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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Cafeteria Chic – Beef and Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers... a Work in Progress
The sweet bitterness of the roasted pepper, along with the aromatic, meaty filling makes for a very nice plate of food. And of course, any time you can get your meat, vegetable, and starch in one neat package, you have to love that.
As I say at the beginning of the video, I'm still playing around with different fillings for this recipe before deciding on which version goes in the cookbook. This is pretty close however, and no matter what you use, the technique for prepping the peppers is basically the same.
Many people boil the peppers for a few minutes first. I don't, and have never felt the need to. Also, many recipes call for browning the beef first, then making the stuffing. I may try that out, but I've always used raw meat, and think it's probably a better way to go.
The biggest potential change to the recipe you see in the clip is the meat. For the cookbook, I'll probably use a sausage and beef blend. More flavor, and more fat, usually means a better recipe, but stay tuned for the final word on that.
The ingredients below are exactly what I used, but I've made notes next to some with suggestions. If you give these a try, and come up with some incredible combination, please let me know. Enjoy!
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6 bell peppers
1 1/2 pounds ground meat (I used all lean beef, but suggest you try 1 lb. beef with 1/2 lb. pork sausage)
1/2 onion, sliced
2 cups tomato sauce, divided (I would increase this to 3 cups, and use an extra cup in the baking dish)
1/2 cup beef broth (I would increase this to 1 cup)
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
4 cloves garlic, minced fine
1/2 cup finely grated real Parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano)
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
36 comments:
This might be a silly question, Chef, but what other things are peppers stuffed with? I've always seen a rice and meat mix. For some reason that doesn't appeal to me but stuffing peppers does. I just can't imagine what else to experiment with. Any ideas? A single stuffed pepper seems like the perfect portion size for a meal.
- March 2, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Chef John said...
maybe with cheeses, other grains, barley, or lentils, orzo, etc. Play around!
- March 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- KPeff said...
In my family, we always use green bell peppers, and we serve them with mashed potatoes to soak up the gravy.
- March 3, 2010 at 12:56 AM
- Birder said...
Great base recipe idea! I can see myself making this, but with the addition of what should be unlawful amounts of garlic.
- March 3, 2010 at 1:11 AM
For the stuffing. I used ground beef, a spicy smoked chorizo and bacon since I didnt have enough ground beef. It really jazzed it up.
- March 3, 2010 at 1:20 AM
I use ground lamb--and I think (IMO) the benefit of cooking the meat first is that you KNOW it's cooked and the dish is a little less greasy.
- March 3, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- proximation said...
really awesome wish we had such nice peppers in India though. Ours are really small stlll gonna give it a try though . . .thank u chef :)
- March 3, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi! Happy new camera ;)
BTW, in Iranian (Persian) cuisine, we always add a bit of Turmeric to the mix. we also keep the stem on the peppers as a sort of handle! ...we do stuffed aubergins and stuffed big white onions as well! try them ! (take a look at here for aubergine version, i'm afraid the text is in persian : http://matbakhchi.blogfa.com/post-25.aspx) - March 3, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Moyses said...
Sea foods are great as a base for the stuffing as well (shrimp, salmon, etc). Also, when we make these with meat and rice, there's always a very, very generous pouring of olive oil on top of it. I mean, you know that hissing and sizzling the peppers make right after you pull them off the oven? They're happy because they know the olive oil is coming... Indulge them! ;-)
- March 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Could I use marinara instead of tomato sauce?
- March 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Chef, why cut off the stem from the tops? For venting? Wouldn't the stem help with presentation?
- March 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Chef John said...
stem is very bitter and I think this looks better, but you can leave yours.
- March 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Chef John said...
yes, i used marinara myself
- March 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Liz said...
I'm a new visitor here and I LOVE the video format. I've never made stuffed peppers before, which is strange, considering I like everything that goes in them. I am definitely inspired to try and look forward to experimenting with fillings!
- March 3, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- Livia said...
I've tried various stuffed bell peppers in the US, but none of them really appealed to me. Mostly because I find the Hungarian version so much better (and so did any American who tried my cooking).
The basic difference is that we use a pepper with thinner meat to stuff. This pepper also has spicy versions, which adds extra flavor, if one so desires. But the thick meat of the bell pepper really spoils this dish for me. - March 3, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Green bell peppers, cut in half from bottom to top will look like little boats. Filling is chopped beef, cooked rice, basil, oregano, salt & pepper, mix with crushed tomatoes, Put the peppers in a large frying pan and salt the inside then mound in the meat mixture. Pour the rest of the crushed tomatoes on top, drizzle olive oil and add more basil and oregano and salt & pepper. Cover and let simmer until pepper are tender. Take cover off and continue to cook so the tomato sauce cooks down a bit. Serve over cooked rice.
- March 3, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Stuff long thin green peppers with bread. My mother-in-law did this over 50 years ago and I make it to this day. Italian bread broken in small pieces or cut into cubes, add to that grated Italian cheese, garlic, basil, oregano, salt & pepper. The only liquid is crushed canned tomatoes. When the bread soaks up the liquid and is no longer grainy but holds together, cut the tops off the peppers and dig out the seeds. Stuff peppers with the bread mixture. I use the handle of a wooden spoon to help push the stuffing to the bottom of the pepper. Don't over stuff, leave a little room at the top for expansion. Fry in olive oil turning often until brown on all sides. Today instead of frying you can put them on a sheet pan with sides, with a drizzle of olive oil and bake until peppers are wilted and slightly browned. Sprinkle salt after they are baked/fried, I have always fried. That is how my mother-in-law taught me. Hard to break old habits.
- March 3, 2010 at 9:08 PM
It seems like there would be way too much fat in the pepper if you didn't render it a little bit before hand.
maybe using some dark chicken meat or stew meet wouldn't be a bad idea (given that you are cooking it for up to 2 hours).
Also, it seems like you use a lot less rice than I've ever seen before. Is this personal preference or does it turn out better this way.
I love the site, and I LOVED your bbq sauce. Good luck on the cookbook! - March 4, 2010 at 12:03 AM
- Chef John said...
regarding the fat, there's no difference between this and meatloaf, or meatballs, etc. no don't cook those first, so that's not a prob.
Amount of rice is totally random. You can use more for sure.
Lastly, change your handle! I can't post comments from "poophead" - March 4, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Chef John said...
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- March 4, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Nancy said...
I have also done this with couscous if you don't like rice. Couscous, chickpeas, feta and beef or lamb. Its fantastic and so easy to make rather healthy.
- March 4, 2010 at 1:48 AM
- frabala said...
Hello Chef John,
I must admit that your recipe is almost tha same with the greek 'gemista'. Gemista are green and red pepers and also tomatoes with rice, meat and dril.
In Greece we also cook that way little fresh zuchini. (The recipe is here: http://frabala.com/2010/02/small-squashes-stuffed-with-rice-and-miced-meat/)
For another time cons for your video!!!\
frabala - March 4, 2010 at 5:18 AM
- Rita said...
we love stuffed bell peppers. thanks for the recipe and the technic.
by the way, i voted for you, of course. this is something that we can vote everyday, i hope? i really didn't see any kind of rules on their site. - March 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Chef John said...
thanks! I believe you can only vote once
- March 4, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Livia said...
Yep, only once, I tried ;-). Of course, you can make an account for your husband, children, grandparents, etc. And log on from different IP addresses :-)
- March 4, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- ShootingLittleStar said...
Thanks for the inspiration, Chef John! I made a variation of these for dinner today, and they were deeeelicious! I posted pictures on my friend's blog. http://www.craftybakers.com/2010/03/stuffed-bell-peppers-remix.html
- March 5, 2010 at 12:17 AM
In Turkey we use green capsicum as the red ones have a sweet taste- honestly I don't like this taste either. You may google it typing "etli biber dolmasi" (meat stuffed bell pepper) or the vegetarian version "zeytinyagli biber dolmasi". For the stuffing, we cook the meat a little bit and then add some onion and then some tomato paste. When the meat and onion are a little bit cooked, we add some rice and mix them 2-3 minutes. Then we add some water (for 1 cup of rice 2/3 cup of water)and cook until the rice absorbs all the water. The we generally add parsley and dill. You may add spices and salt as you wish- especially black pepper, Turkish chili and mint. But anyways I liked the idea of cheese and I'll try this version someday =)
- March 5, 2010 at 12:58 AM
- Chef John said...
Those look great! Thanks!
- March 5, 2010 at 1:00 AM
- Karen said...
Making these tonight, chef! I love these pretty standard beef-filled tomatoes. So yummy.
Even though a few nights ago I made some vegetarian "Mediterranean" peppers with eggplant, feta, san marzano tomates, onions, and herbs-- topped with whole-wheat (panko) breadcrumbs. But I pretty much sauteed the filling myself before baking for like, 20 minutes. I think this method is more time consuming but I'm sure letting everything simmer together is what makes them more delicious. - March 6, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- tipsi said...
Dear Chef,
You have a great foodblog here. I saw one of your videos in Youtube and got myself directed here. I like your comments too and style. Thanks. Will be doing some recipes soon! Have a great day, and happy cooking too!!
Betsy - March 16, 2010 at 12:24 AM
- Fred said...
Love you, your site, and your food. Here's my attempt at your awesome stuffed pepper recipe. I would love a chef john verdict.
- August 13, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- maila said...
hi mr chef.. what can i use instead of balsamic vinegar in making my beef and rice stuffed peppers? thanks.. i really love your site..
- August 15, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- Chef John said...
another vinegar with a pinch of sugar, or leave out
- August 16, 2010 at 12:04 AM
I tried this for dinner tonight and it came out delicious...the peppers were so sweet and flavorful and the filling was great...I was worried about not cooking the meat first but it was fine...the rice really absorbed all the flavor...and the pan sauce...with the onions...YUMMY...the balsamic vinegar and the red pepper really push it over the top!!!
- January 26, 2011 at 6:19 PM
I'm currently living in Costa Rica, where chiles rellenos are different from the baked stuffed version that I've done in the U.S. I showed my Costan Rican housemates how to prepare them using your recipe and and cooking them in an electric skillet instead of the oven, and they loved them! We had to use cilantro, as Italian parsley doesn't seem to exist here.
- July 23, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Jota said...
You may want to check out
I'm not sure the method in this recipe works, so I'll tell you I've been told you need to bring the peppers to a boil, from cold water, anywhere from 3 to 5 times to remove or reduce the heat. Since you like the heat, you'll probably enjoy if you ever try this. - February 22, 2017 at 7:57 AM


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The fact that it was four pages long was cause for a little apprehension. It can also be found at the bottom of this post.
The taste of the St. Honore' cake was sublime. The richness was evident, but the flavors were nicely subtle.The pastry cream especially was delightful. I flavored mine with rum.
This recipe starts with some comments by Helene who is the hostess for this month along with Anita. The group is growing so quickly that I've stopped counting how many members there are.
"Turns out that May 16th is Saint Honore (pronounced o-no-ray) Day, patron Saint of pastry chefs and bakers. It also turns out that there is a very traditional cake named after him: Gateau Saint Honore. It is the "must pass" element of pastry school students and it is a cake that includes several elements and techniques that bakers should try at least once: puff pastry, cream puff dough, caramel and pastry filling. There are many fillings as they are bakeries: chiboust cream, pastry cream, Bavarian cream (aka Diplomat cream).
The cake building goes like this:
- base of puff pastry
- rings of cream dough baked on top (so that the cream sticks)
- cream puffs set on the pastry filling or hooked to the base with hot caramel
- cream filling to fill everything
I compiled recipes from Bo Friberg's books "The Professional Pastry Chef" editions 3rd and 4th, and "The Advanced Pastry Chef". It is straightforward and very close to what you would find nowadays walking on the streets of Paris and popping into a bakery (close our eyes, you're there).
I realize it calls for time consuming puff pastry so you can use store bought that is totally fine, but if you have never made it why not try. It is just a long process, but the recipe given below makes more than you need so you can freeze it and use it later for something else.
The recipe for the Saint Honore cream is flavored with rum and that may not appeal to you, so substitute an alcohol that you like more (Grand Marnier, White Godiva, Kirsch,…), or use vanilla, without changing the filling altogether.
Make them round, square, oblong, heart shaped…your call.. Have fun!
Before you say "oh my lord is she crazy?!" The only difficult part I could foresee is the cream puff dough, but once again it is a very cool technique to learn if you have never made it before. (just remember the words "thick mayonnaise"!)
The cream filling and the puff pastry (if using)can be made ahead of time and refrigerated.
One more thing: the caramel is necessary to hook the puffs but if you are caramel challenged and don't feel like using it to decorate the remaining of the cake and do not wish to end up like Jenny perched on high chair spunning sugar you can totally skip it.
Last thing: I liked the idea of co-hosting so new members would not have to wait a year or so to participate and I asked Anita from Dessert First to co-host this month. We are going to do it "round –up" style but modified because of logistics issues. We will divide the DB between our two blogs and list your name –blog- post url on our respective blogs."
Gateau Saint Honore: Components and respective recipes follow:
Puff pastry
Pate a Choux – Cream Puff Dough
Saint Honore Cream
8oz sugar for caramel
1 cup heavy cream + 1 tsp sugar
Pate a Choux – Cream Puffs Dough
4 ¾ oz. all purpose flour (135 gr)
1 cup water ( 240 ml)
2 oz unsalted butter (58 gr)
¼ tsp. salt (1 gr)
1 cup eggs (240 ml)
Sift the flour and set aside.
Heat the water, butter and salt to a full rolling boil, so that the fat is not just floating on the top but is dispersed throughout the liquid.
Stir the flour into the liquid with a heavy wooden spoon, adding it as fast as it can be absorbed. Avoid adding it all at once or it will form clumps.
Cook, stirring constantly and breaking up the lumps if necessary, by pressing them against the side of the pan with the back of the spoon until the mixture comes away from the sides of the pan, about 2-3 minutes.
Transfer the dough to a mixer bowl. Let the paste cool slightly so that the eggs will not cook when they are added. You can add and stir the eggs by hand but it requires some serious elbow grease.
Mix in the eggs, one at a time, using the paddle attachment on low or medium speed. Do not add all the eggs at once. Check after a few, the dough should have the consistency of thick mayonnaise.
Transfer the dough to a piping bag and use as desired.
Pate Feuillete – Puff Pastry:
Makes about 2 1/2 pounds.
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface (420 gr)
3/4 cup cake flour (105 gr)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (7 gr)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, well chilled (60 gr)
1 1/4 cups cold water (295.5 ml)
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (14 gr)
1 3/4 cups (3 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, well-chilled (405 gr)
1/ Make the dough package: In a large mixing bowl, combine both flours with the salt. Scatter butter pieces over the flour mixture; using your fingers or a pastry cutter, incorporate butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
2/ Form a well in center of mixture, and pour the water into well. Using your hands, gradually draw flour mixture over the water, covering and gathering until mixture is well blended and begins to come together. Gently knead mixture in the bowl just until it comes together to form a dough, about 15 seconds. Pat dough into a rough ball, and turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap. Wrap tightly, and place in refrigerator to chill 1 hour.
3/ Make the butter package: Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon flour on a sheet of waxed or parchment paper. Place uncut sticks of butter on top, and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tablespoon flour. Top with another sheet of paper; using a rolling pin, pound butter to soften and flatten to about 1/2 inch. Remove top sheet of paper, and fold butter package in half onto itself. Replace top sheet of paper, and pound again until butter is about A inch thick.
Repeat process two or three times, or until butter becomes quite pliable. Using your hands, shape butter package into a 6-inch square. Wrap well in plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator until it is chilled but not hardened, no more than 10 minutes.
4/ Assemble and roll the dough: Remove dough package from refrigerator, and place on a lightly floured work surface. Using a rolling pin, gently roll dough into a 9-inch round. Remove butter package from refrigerator, and place it in the center of the dough round. Using a paring knife or bench scraper, lightly score the dough to outline the butter square; remove butter, and set it aside. Starting from each side of the center square, gently roll out dough with the rolling pin, forming four flaps, each 4 to 5 inches long; do not touch the raised square in the center of the dough. Replace butter package on the center square. Fold flaps of dough over the butter package so that it is completely enclosed. Press with your hands to seal.
5/ Using the rolling pin, press down on the dough at regular intervals, repeating and covering the entire surface area, until it is about 1 inch thick. Gently roll out the dough into a large rectangle, about 9 by 20 inches, with one of the short sides closest to you. Be careful not to press too hard around the edges, and keep the corners even as you roll out the dough by squaring them with the side of the rolling pin or your hands. Brush off any excess flour. Starting at the near end, fold the rectangle in thirds as you would a business letter; this completes the first single turn.Wrap in plastic wrap; place in refrigerator 45 to 60 minutes.
6/ Remove dough from refrigerator, and repeat process in step 5, giving it five more single turns.Always start with the flap opening on the right as if it were a book. Mark the dough with your knuckle each time you complete a turn to help you keep track. Chill 1 hour between each turn. After the sixth and final turn, wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight before using.
Saint Honore Cream (Rapid Chiboust or Diplomat Cream)
1 envelope unflavored gelatin (7 gr.)
1/4 cup cold water (60 ml)
1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar (130 gr)
½ cup all-purpose flour (70 gr)
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 egg yolks
2 cups whole milk (500ml)
1 Tb. rum
¼ cup whipping cream (57 gr)
3 egg whites
dash of salt
1/2 cup sugar (105 gr)
Soak the gelatin in the 1/4 cup of cold water.
Put the sugar, flour, and salt into a saucepan and stir together with a whisk. Add the yolks and enough milk to make a paste. Whisk in the remainder of the milk.
Place over low heat and stirring constantly, cook until thick. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and the gelatin. Stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
Stir in the whipping cream.Set the mixing bowl in cold water and stir until the cream is cool. Place the egg whites in a clean bowl and using clean beaters, whip them with the dash of salt. As soon as the whites begin to stiffen, gradually add the 1/2 cup of sugar and beat until they are very stiff. Fold the egg whites into the cooled cream.
8 oz sugar (240 gr)
Caramelize the 8 oz. of sugar: Fill a bowl that is large enough to hold the pan used for cooking the sugar with enough cold water to reach halfway up the sides of the pan. Set the bowl aside. Place the sugar in a heavy bottomed pan and cook until the sugar until it has caramelized to just a shade lighter than the desired color. Remove from the heat and immediately place the bottom of the pan in the bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. (See below to see when to do this step)
Roll the puff pastry out to 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick, 12 inch square (30 cm). Place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate covered at least 20 minutes.
While the puff pastry is resting, make the pate a choux and place it in a pastry bag with a # 4 (8mm) plain tip. Reserve.
Leaving the puff pastry on the sheet pan, cut a 11 inch (27.5 cm) circle from the dough and remove the scraps. (An easy way to cut it is to use a 11inch tart pan as a "cookie cutter"). Prick the circles lightly with a fork.
Pipe 4 concentric rings of Pate a Choux on the pastry circle. Pipe out 12 cream puffs the size of Bing cherries onto the paper around the cake.
Bake the puff pastry circle and the cream puffs at 400F (205C) until the pate a choux has puffed, about 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375F (190C) and bake until everything is dry enough to hold its shape, about 35 minutes longer for the cake and 8 minutes longer for the cream puffs (just pick them up and take them out as they are done).
Place about 4 oz (114 gr) of the Saint Honore Cream in a pastry bag with a #2 (4mm) plain tip. Use the pastry bag tip or the tip of a paring knife to make a small hole in the bottom of each cream puff. Pipe the cream into the cream puffs to fill them. Refrigerate.
Spread the remaining cream filling on the cake. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to set the cream.
Caramelize the 8 oz. of sugar:
Fill a bowl that is large enough to hold the pan used for cooking the sugar with enough cold water to reach halfway up the sides of the pan. Set the bowl aside.
Place the sugar in a heavy bottomed pan and cook until the sugar until it has caramelized to just a shade lighter than the desired color.
Remove from the heat and immediately place the bottom of the pan in the bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process.
Dip the cream puffs into the hot caramel, using 2 forks or tongues to avoid burning your fingers.
Place them on a sheet pan. The caramel must be hot enough to go on in a thin layer. Reheat if necessary as you are dipping, stirring constantly to avoid darkening the caramel any more than necessary. Also, avoid any Saint Honore cream to leak out of the puffs and get mixed in with the caramel while dipping as the cream can cause the sugar to recrystallize.
Whip the one cup of heavy cream and teaspoon of sugar to stiff peaks. Place the whipped cream in pastry bag fitted with a #5 (10mm) star tip. Pipe a border of whipped cream around the top of the cake. Arrange the cream puffs, evenly spaced, on top of the filling, next to the cream.
Option: Before filling the cake, take care of the cream puffs, dip them in more caramel, hook them up to the base. Fill with the cream filling and fill the holes with the whipped cream.
To recap:
3 modifications possible:
- puff pastry can be store bought or made follwing the recipe provided
- liqueur in the cream filling can be omitted or changed, oranges or lemons can be used, but no chocolate or coffee,... The idea is to keep the cream white/off white
- shape/size of the cake
- cream puffs set on the cream or dipped in caramel and glued to the base
Anita and Helene (which interestingly enough is pronounced "hell-en") co-hosting.
Stone throwing very optional...
Due date: Sunday May 27th

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Britain's late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has "never ceased to be dangerous," but the West has "ceased to be vigilant."
Nothing better illustrates her point than the fact that the West has imported vast numbers of people who hate our guts and would love to slit our throats. Political correctness has replaced self-preservation. The Boston Marathon killer who set a bomb down right next to an eight-year-old child is only the latest in an on-going series of such people.
Senator Patrick Leahy has warned us not to use the Boston Marathon terrorists as an argument against the immigration legislation he advocates. But if we are not to base our laws on facts about realities, what are we to base them on? Fashionable theories and pious rhetoric?
While we cannot condemn all members of any group for what other members of their group have done, that does not mean that we must ignore the fact that the costs and dangers created by some groups are much greater than those created by other groups.
Most members of most groups may be basically decent people. But if 85 percent of group A are decent and 95 percent of group B are decent, this means that there is three times as large a proportion of undesirable people in group A as in group B. Should we willfully ignore that when considering immigration laws?
It is already known that a significant percentage of the immigrants from some countries go on welfare, while practically none from some other countries do. Some children from some countries are eager students in school and, even when they come here knowing little or no English, they go on to master the language better than many native-born Americans.
But other children from other countries drag down educational standards and create many other problems in school, as well as forming gangs that ruin whole neighborhoods with their vandalism and violence, and cost many lives.
Are we to shut our eyes to such differences and just lump all immigrants together, as if we are talking about abstract people in an abstract world?
Perhaps the most important fact about the immigration bill introduced in the Senate is that its advocates are trying to rush it through to passage before there is time for serious questions to be explored and debated, so as to get serious answers.
Anyone who suggests that we should compare welfare rates, crime rates, high school dropout rates and drunk driving arrest rates among immigrants from different countries, before we set immigration quotas, is likely to be stigmatized as a bad person.
Above all, we need to look at immigration laws in terms of how they affect the American people and the American culture that gives us a prosperity that has long been among the highest in the world.
Americans, after all, are not a separate race but people from many racial and ethnic backgrounds. Yet most Americans have a higher standard of living than other people of the same racial or ethnic background in their respective ancestral home countries. That is even more true for black Americans than for white Americans.
Clearly, whatever we have in this country that makes life here better than in the countries from which most Americans originated is something worth preserving. A hundred years ago, preserving the American way of life was much easier than today, because most of the people who came here then did so to become Americans, learn our language and adopt our way of life.
Today, virtually every group has its own "leaders" promoting its separate identity and different way of life, backed up by zealots for multiculturalism and bilingualism in the general population. The magic word "diversity" is repeated endlessly and insistently to banish concerns about the Balkanization of America — and banish examples provided by the tragic history of the Balkans.
We are importing many foreigners who stay foreign, if not hostile. Blithely turning them into citizens by fiat, rather than because they have committed to the American way of life, is an irreversible decision that can easily turn out to be a dangerous gamble with the future of the whole society.
What happened in Boston shows just one of those dangers.


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Nokia never ceases to innovate. That's the mind-set for the majority of it customers and also the company, who has taken to Twitter to unveil an event happening on October 22nd.
What makes this date so special? Nokia cancelled a New York event for this month, which was to announce the Lumia 1520, a 6-inch Windows Phone and also a Windows 8 RT Tablet. There's not much to go on regarding location, but there are some subtle hints in the image, we're sure.
Earlier, the Twitter account Evleaks reported an October 22nd date for Nokia's next "launch" and that appears to be accurate. So what do we expect to see at this event? We believe this announcement will be what was to be held in September - expect to see the Lumia 1520 (as noted above), as well as a potential Windows tablet codenamed 'Sirius' from Nokia and other accessories that are surely to follow.
Yesterday Windows Phone Central reported that the Lumia 1520 will be launching on AT&T on November 8th for an expected $699 off-contract price tag. The device will also come in four colors, including red, yellow, white and black. With the October 22nd date on hand, that will give Nokia and AT&T a two week launch window for the device, falling in line with their recent Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925 launches.
Check out our recent coverage of the upcoming device. We'll reach out to Nokia and see what more we can dig up.
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Insights Lifestyle EstateThe need to care for special-needs children may continue into their adult years, and even after the passing of their parents.
The care choices are wide ranging—family, health-care aides, special-care facilities, day programs, and group homes. However, your child's specific needs and your available financial resources may dictate which is appropriate for your situation.
Family Limits
Family members are a logical first choice for care. However, the physical, financial, and emotional demands must be considered.
Home-health aides can provide respite for family caregivers. You may want to distinguish between individuals who work directly with a family versus those employed by a company, since the former may be less expensive.
In some situations, the relief provided by an aide may allow a family member to earn additional income in excess of the cost of a caregiver.
Some care needs may require an extended care facility.
In any case, there is a wealth of private and public resources available to help you through all phases of securing care for your child.
Ask Questions
Whichever direction you take, you will want to perform due diligence on caregiver candidates.
For individual caregivers, ask about their education, experience, and skills. Do they match your child's needs? Is the caregiver certified? Pose questions relating to your child's situation. Be attuned to whether the candidate is empathetic or simply views your child as a job.
Interviewing a care facility is also about gauging competency and compassion. Ask about alleged abuse or neglect. What is the staff-to-patient ratio? Call response time? Is supervision present 24/7? What activities are offered? Does the facility have patients compatible to your child? Is the facility accredited? What's the staff turnover rate?
In each case, ask for references and contact them.
Stay Involved
Ongoing communication is critical to the caregiver understanding your expectations and meeting them. Set regular meetings with the caregiver and ask questions. Offer to volunteer time or join in activities, which will provide you with a deeper insight into care levels. Participation sends a strong message to your child and the facility.
The content is developed from sources believed to be providing accurate information. The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. It may not be used for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties. Please consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding your individual situation. This material was developed and produced by FMG Suite to provide information on a topic that may be of interest. FMG Suite is not affiliated with the named broker-dealer, state- or SEC-registered investment advisory firm. The opinions expressed and material provided are for general information, and should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Copyright 2019 FMG Suite.


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Hyun-Jin Ryu followed up his shaky debut with a solid start to earn the sweep of the Pirates: 101 pitches over 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER (off a two-run HR to Andrew McCutchen; no shame there, even though it was Pittsburgh's first HR this year), 6 Ks and 2 BB. Ronald Bellisario got the hold with 1.2 IP, closed out by Matt Guerrier and Ken Howell in the ninth.
But the story today was the Dodgers offense, which finally showed up in the sixth game of the season. Adrian Gonzalez led the way with a 3-for-4, 4 RBI day; Carl Crawford went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, and Nick Punto went 2-for-2 with 2 runs himself. Matt Kemp doubled in the first inning and had a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Dodgers the lead.
Even Justin Sellers got his first hit, a HR to left center. Heck, even Juan Uribe almost went yard (fly to the deep left corner). It was that kind of day, the third sellout of the year.
Dodgers get a day off tomorrow and then greet the Padres for their home opener Tuesday. Sax, on the other hand, gets to relish his newly acquired Matt Kemp youth jersey. Thanks, Dodgers (and Dreyer's Ice Cream)!


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- RT is a request tracking package based on the "user sends mail to a group of people to report a problem which is then tracked and dealt with" paradigm. RT is written in perl5 with a mySQL backend and has CLI and Web interfaces. It's free.
- WebTTS - A WWW-based trouble ticketing system written in Perl 5 and designed with ease of use and an Internet-oriented environment in mind, with a backend that uses MySQL.


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Bike to Work Month (May 3-21)
May 3 - Traffic Skills 101 Course at Washington Park, 9 AM - 3 PM
A League Certified Instructor will take participants through a course that teaches basic bike maintenance, traffic skills, and defensive maneuvers. Registration deadline is April 28th. The course is free. To register, contact Andrew Edmonds at firstname.lastname@example.com or 336-747-7052.
May 12 - Cycling Social at Krankies Coffee, 5 - 7 PM
A chance to meet other cyclists from the community in a casual atmosphere and learn more about upcoming bike events.
May 13 - Bike Movie Night at a/perture, 6-7:30 PM
A screening of the film Pedal-Driven, a documentary focusing on the conflict of non-sanctioned mountain bike trails built on protected forest land and the park rangers who are charged with the duty of protecting the land. The movie examines the shared philosophies of stewardship and sustainability from both sides and, ultimately, offers examples of the ways in which opposing factions can find common ground.
May 15 - Bike for Fitness Day at YWCA of Winston-Salem, 7-10 AM
Information and advice on bicycling for transportation and health.
May 16 - Bike to Downtown Day at Fourth Street and Trade Street Intersection, 7-9 AM
Sponsored by the Forsyth County Department of Public Health - Refreshments, maps, and information will be available for cyclists. Group rides from various locations around town will allow cyclists to join other cyclists from a set location to downtown. Locations of the group rides will be posted to www.BIKE.cityofws.org
May 21 - Ride of Silence at Mock Orange Bikes, 7 PM
As part of the National Ride of Silence, Zach Lail of Mock Orange Bikes will lead a seven-mile Ride of Silence to honor cyclists who were injured or killed while riding their bikes. The ride will leave promptly at 7:00 PM, so please arrive by 6:45. For more information about the Ride of Silence, visit www.rideofsilence.org


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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.
Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers' online buying habits in 2001.
Online shopping was up 28.4 percent on Cyber Monday compared with the same time period a year ago, according to figures released late Monday by IBM Benchmark, which tracks online sales. Sales from mobile devices, which include tablets, rose 10.1 percent. The group does not track dollar amount sales.
The strong start to Cyber Monday, a term coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed people were doing a lot of shopping on their work computers on the Monday following Thanksgiving, comes after overall online sales rose significantly during the four-day holiday shopping weekend that began on Thanksgiving.
"Online's piece of the holiday pie is growing every day, and all the key dates are growing with it," said Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru. "The Web is becoming a more significant part of the traditional brick-and-mortar holiday shopping season."
It's the latest sign that Americans are becoming addicted to the convenience of the Web. With the growth in smartphones and tablet computers, shoppers can buy what they want, whenever they want, wherever they want. As a result, retailers have ramped up the deals they're offering on their websites during the holiday shopping season, a time when stores can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue.
Amazon.com, which started its Cyber Monday deals at 12:01 a.m. Monday, is offering as much as 60 percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch TV that's usually priced higher than $1,000. Sears is offering $430 off a Maytag washer and dryer, each on sale for $399. And Kmart is offering 75 percent off all of its diamond earrings and $60 off a 12-in-1 multigame table on sale for $89.99.
Delisa O'Brien, 24, took advantage of some of the deals on Monday. O'Brien, who said she would rather shop online than deal with the crowds in stores, bought an H-P Notebook for $399 on Hewlett Packard's website for her mother. The company threw in a free Nook e-book reader with her purchase.
"When it comes to Black Friday, I'm a tiny, 5'1" woman and the thought of having to push and shove my way through hoards of people just to get cheap merchandise is kind of a nightmare to me," said O'Brien, a Brooklyn, N.Y. resident. "My mom gets a new laptop, I get an e-reader, and all without spending too much money ... Everybody wins."
Chas Rowland, 34, a pastor in Vicksburg, Miss., agrees. He said that he prefers shopping online on his iPad. On Cyber Monday, he bought clothes at several online retailers, toys at Toys R Us and electronics and phone accessories from Best Buy. He got at least 40 percent off everything and free shipping on some items.
"The best part was that I got to sleep while everyone else was standing in lines all night long on Black Friday," he said.
How well retailers fare on Cyber Monday will offer insight into Americans' evolving shopping habits during the holiday shopping season. With the growth in high speed Internet access and the wide use of smartphones and tablets, people are relying less on their work computers to shop than they did when Shop.org, the digital division of trade group The National Retail Federation, introduced the term "Cyber Monday."
As a result, the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday has become busy for online shopping as well. Indeed, online sales on Thanksgiving Day, traditionally not a popular day for online shopping, rose 32 percent over last year to $633 million, according to comScore. And online sales on Black Friday were up 26 percent from the same day last year, to $1.042 billion. It was the first time online sales on Black Friday surpassed $1 billion.
For the holiday season-to-date, comScore found that $13.7 billion has been spent online, marking a 16 percent increase over last year. The research firm predicts that online sales will surpass 10 percent of total retail spending this holiday season. The National Retail Federation estimates that overall retail sales in November and December will be up 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion.
But as other days become popular for online shopping, Cyber Monday may lose some of its cache. To be sure, Cyber Monday hasn't always been the biggest online shopping day. In fact, up until three years ago, that title was historically earned by the last day shoppers could order items with standard shipping rates and get them delivered before Christmas. That day changes every year, but usually falls in late December.
Even though Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, industry watchers say it could just be a matter of time before other days take that ranking.
"Of all the benchmark spending days, Thanksgiving is growing at the fastest rate, up 128 percent over the last five years," said Andrew Lipsman, a spokesman with comScore.
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NEW YORK — A high-speed commuter ferry that crashed into a lower Manhattan dock, injuring dozens of people, had recently undergone a major overhaul that gave it new engines and a new propulsion system, and officials were looking into whether they played any role in the morning rush hour accident.
The catamaran Seastreak Wall Street had slowed following a routine trip across New York Bay and past the Statue of Liberty Wednesday morning when the impact took place, hurling scores of people to the deck or into the walls. Around 70 were hurt, 11 seriously.
The naval architecture firm that designed the reconfiguration, Incat Crowther, said in an August news release that the ferry's water-jet propulsion system had been replaced with a new system of propellers and rudders to save fuel costs and cut carbon dioxide pollution in half. James Barker, the chairman of the ferry's owner, Seastreak LLC, said the overhaul made it "the greenest ferry in America."
The hull was reworked, and the boat was made 15 metric tons lighter. At top speed, the ferry, built in 2003, travels at around 35 knots, or 40 mph.
Seastreak spokesman Bob Dorn, asked whether the work had hurt the ferry's maneuverability or caused pilots any problems, said it would be up to the National Transportation Safety Board to determine if the new equipment played any role.
Dee Wertz, who was on shore waiting for the ferry, saw the impact. She said that just moments before the ferry hit, she had been having a conversation with a ferry employee about how the boat's captains had been complaining lately about its maneuverability.
"He was telling me that none of these guys like this boat," she said. "It was coming in a little wobbly. It hit the right side of the boat on the dock hard, like a bomb."
About 330 passengers and crew members were aboard the ferry, which had arrived from Atlantic Highlands, a part of the Jersey Shore still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Passenger Frank McLaughlin, whose home was filled with 5 feet of water in the late October storm, said he was thrown forward and wrenched his knee.
"We come in and do this every day, and so it just kind of glides in," he said. "It came in hard, and it was just a huge impact as we hit."
Some passengers were bloodied when they banged into walls and toppled to the floor, he said.
"We were pulling into the dock. The boat hit the dock. We just tumbled on top of each other. I got thrown into everybody else. … People were hysterical, crying," said Ellen Foran, of Neptune City, N.J.
New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, said the ferry was coming in at 10 to 12 knots, or about 12- to 14 mph, when it struck one slip and then hit a second.
After the impact, the boat was able to dock normally. Wertz, who saw the crash from the dock, said passengers raced off once the ramp was down.
"I think people just wanted to get the heck off the boat as soon as they could," she said.
Police said the boat's crew passed alcohol breath tests given after the crash. Crew members also took drug tests, the results of which weren't immediately available.
Officials identified the captain as Jason Reimer, an experienced seaman. In a 2004 profile in Newsday, Reimer said he had joined Seastreak as a deckhand in 1997 and became a captain three years later at age 23. Barker called him "a great guy."
The NTSB said it had yet to interview the captain.
The Seastreak Wall Street has been in minor accidents before. Coast Guard records said the ferry hit a cluster of fender piles while docking in 2010, punching a small hole in the ship's skin. In 2009, it suffered another tear on the bow after another minor docking collision. No one was injured in either of those mishaps.
Such ferry accidents happen every few years in New York. In 2003, 11 people were killed when a Staten Island Ferry crashed into a pier on Staten Island after its pilot passed out at the wheel. Three people were badly hurt and about 40 were injured when the same ferry hit the same pier in 2010 because of a mechanical problem.
Wednesday's ferry accident happened just a few hours before a 200-foot-tall crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront in Queens, injuring seven people.


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- Do the following:
- Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while woodworking, including splinters, scratches, cuts, severe bleeding, and shock. Tell what precautions must be taken to help prevent loss of eyesight or hearing, and explain why and when it is necessary to use a dust mask.
- Earn the Totin' Chip recognition.
- Tell your counselor what precautions you take to safely use your tools.
- Do the following:
- Describe how timber is grown, harvested, and milled. Tell how lumber is cured, seasoned, graded, and sized.
- Collect and label blocks of six kinds of wood useful in woodworking. Describe the chief qualities of each. Give the best uses of each.
- Do the following:
- Show proper care, use, and storage of all working tools and equipment that you own or use at home or school.
- Sharpen correctly the cutting edges of two different tools.
- Use a saw, plane, plane, hammer, brace, and bit, make something useful of wood. Cut parts from lumber that you have squared and measured from working drawings.
- Create your own carpentry project. List the materials you will need to complete your project, and then build your project. Keep track of the time you spend and the cost of the materials.
- Do any TWO of the following:
- Make working drawings of a project needing - (1) Beveled or rounded edges OR curved or incised cuttings, OR (2) Miter, dowel, or mortise and tenon joints. Build this project.
- Make something for which you have to turn duplicate parts on a lathe.
- Make a cabinet, box or something else with a door or lid fastened with inset hinges.
- Help make and repair wooden toys for underprivileged children; OR help carry out a carpentry service project approved by your counselor for a charitable organization.
- Talk with a cabinetmaker or carpenter. Find out about the training, apprenticeship, career opportunities, work conditions, pay rates, and union organization for woodworking experts in your area.
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DETROIT (AP) — Most of the big car companies are reporting double-digit gains for January as last year's momentum in U.S. auto sales continues into 2013.
Sales at Toyota rose 27 percent and they jumped 22 percent at Ford. GM and Chrysler each reported 16 percent gains compared with a year earlier. It was Chrysler's best January in five years.
But Volkswagen, which reported a 31 percent increase in 2012, saw sales slow a bit, growing only 7 percent.
Other automakers report sales later Friday. The figures so far indicate that Americans bought new vehicles at a strong pace last month, as the industry remains a bright spot in a tepid U.S. economic recovery.
"The sales pace we saw in the fourth quarter of last year rolled into January, exceeding our expectations for the industry," Bill Fay, Toyota Division group vice president, said in a statement.
Chrysler estimates that total U.S. industry sales hit an annual rate of 15.5 million in January. If that holds for the rest of the year, automakers will sell 1 million more vehicles than in 2012, when sales rose 13 percent.
Analysts are expecting sales for all of 2013 to reach 15 million to 15.5 million. Although still far from the recent peak of about 17 million in 2005, the industry could sell a whopping 5 million more cars and trucks than it did in 2009, the worst year in at least three decades.
At Ford, the growth was led by the Fusion midsize car, which saw a 65 percent increase. Explorer SUV sales rose 46 percent. Sales of the F-Series pickup truck, the top-selling vehicle in the U.S., rose 22 percent.
GM's Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra each saw increases of over 30 percent while sales of the Ram pickup, Chrysler's top-selling vehicle, rose 14 percent from a year earlier. Those gains give a strong indication that businesses are replacing aging pickup trucks that they kept through the Great Recession.
Even though VW's growth slowed, last month was still the company's best January in the U.S. since 1974. Sales of the Passat midsize sedan rose 40 percent to 8,856.
January is normally a lackluster month for sales as people avoid going out in winter weather across much of the country. But they were apparently willing to venture to showrooms this year. Perhaps the stock market gave them incentive — the Standard & Poor's 500 index had its strongest January since 1997.
"(January) was like a sprinter out of the starting blocks," said Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc., the country's largest auto dealership chain.
Analysts say sales for the month should exceed 1 million vehicles and are likely to be 8 percent to 15 percent higher than a year earlier.
Jackson, whose chain reported record fourth-quarter earnings per share on Thursday, feared a hangover last month from the strong finish to 2012. But he said people who focused on paying down debt the past few years are now making big-ticket purchases at a robust pace.
Consumers are saying: "I'm moving ahead with my life. I'm getting a new vehicle," Jackson said.
Buyers crowded dealerships even though incentives weren't as good as last year. The auto industry spent 8 percent less on discounts last month than it did a year earlier, according to the TrueCar.com auto pricing site. Of all major automakers, only Hyundai and Volkswagen raised incentives from what they spent in January of 2012, TrueCar said.
But that could change later in the year as automakers are expected to compete for sales with new vehicles and better deals.
Automakers are looking to the U.S. market to compensate for falling sales in Europe and slowing growth in emerging markets. The U.S. appears poised to deliver as the economy heats up, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting for LMC Automotive, an industry consulting firm.
Now automakers and parts supply companies are starting to worry about being able to make enough cars and components, said Schuster. Many suppliers cut their operations or went out of business altogether during the recession, and are having a hard time ramping back up to meet demand.
Last year U.S. unemployment eased, the housing industry started to recover and people felt a bit more confident in the economy. Interest rates also stayed low and banks made loans available to more customers, even those with lousy credit. People began to replace cars and trucks that they'd owned since before the economy went sour in 2007. The average age of a vehicle in the U.S. grew to a record 11.2 years.


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Nursery Outdoor Play Equipment can provide play equipment and surfacing for EYFS personal and emotional development and can offer advice and information on how you can incorporate EYFS personal development into your playground.
EYFS personal and emotional development is essential to developing a young child's persona. The Early Years Foundation Stage, or EYFS for short, is responsible for monitoring the personal, social and also emotional development of children during their first five years.
It is during this time that children learn how to interact with each other, form lasting and bonding relationships and begin to understand their own and others' feelings.
It is imperative that this development is encouraged, and the more stimuli that are in place, the faster and more naturally this development will come.
A variety of equipment is available to do this, ranging in size, configurations and expense, but all firmly with the emphasis upon helping a child with their personal and also emotional progression.
By sharing this equipment to play games and socialise with children of their own age, children have fun while learning how to interact and manage each other's feelings.
To learn more about emotional development playgrounds in primary areas, please complete the contact box provided and we will get one of our local experts to help you.
Personal, social and emotional progression in children can be encouraged in a multitude of different ways and probably the best and most effective way to is to use playground equipment that specialises in the interaction between groups.
Early years PSED activities such as role-playing can be extremely important. Imagine two different scenarios; the first have children sitting quietly in a classroom, listening to a teacher, who is telling them all about being a pirate. This scenario does not allow for interpersonal contact because they are focused on just one person, their teacher.
Granted, they may learn something about pirates, but it is not encouraging them to think for themselves, interact with their friends, and make decisions.
Scenario number two has the same group of children with the same teacher, only this group has pirate costumes and an outdoor wooden pirate ship to play in. This opens things up substantially as it allows the children to decide things, such as who is going to be in who's 'crew', who will be the Captain, who will 'walk the plank'.
They get to decide, via their collective imaginations, how pirates may have acted instead of being told what they should do. When the element of fun is introduced it encourages children to socialise more, make friends and inspire their imaginations.
All of these types of activities can actually help with education as the children can learn whilst they play.
It's these social bonding activities that develop the child into the confident and empathetic person they need to be later in life.
You may be looking for a nearby expert or one in surrounding areas to help you create an area to enhance the development of personal and also emotional characteristics. Our experts closest to you can offer information you need, so please contact us today for more details.
Emotional development in early childhood is not only desirable, but it's also actively encouraged by Government guidelines. Every school and early-learning provider that is registered with Ofsted must abide by this framework.
This is to ensure that each and every child, regardless of their own personal background and situation, will get equal and universal attention. Research has shown that if emotional progression in these first five years is stunted, then this will affect the child in later life.
As they grow into older children and even into adulthood, they are not as receptive to forming close social bonds and have problems with solving tasks that would require input from others.
That is why it's essential that the EYFS guidelines are followed and upheld, to give the child the best possible start in life at being a confident, sociable and receptive person.
Good self-awareness can be achieved by taking part in a range of activities. For example, taking part in group discussions, participating in group storytime and even acting out a play will all help to boost the child's confidence.
Role-playing equipment and drama stages and props are readily available and in so many different combinations too; costumes such as doctors and nurses, kings and queens, firemen and firewomen, construction workers - once they are combined with pirate ships, timber castles, workbenches, play tents and shops then the possibilities for their imaginations to run wild truly are limitless.
Their EYFS personal and also emotional development is stimulated and heightened through this interaction with children of their own age and with the equipment too.
Children's EYFS personal and emotional developments are not just about making children conform to Government targets, they are a concerted effort to improve their social and emotional well-being.
For example, by installing a hobbit house, children could imagine a scenario of one of their group having to leave home. They would need to decide who is leaving and who is staying, why that person is leaving, is it for a happy or a sad reason, and how they would deal with this loss emotionally.
This type of play can also help with expressive arts and can help the children develop various other skills.
Equipment is simple as story time seating areas can encourage interaction through class discussions and debates about certain topics.
It is social, emotional activities such as this that stimulate the development of the self-confidence that is critical in today's world.
EYFS personal development also needs to include practical, everyday situations and the skill set to cope with them. Equally as important as learning how to interact with each other confidently and respectfully, is the need to recognise right from wrong.
To a small child, this can be represented by something as ordinary as waiting in line for a turn on the slide or learning that toys must be shared. They must interact with each other and the equipment around them to learn these valuable social lessons.
A child needs to learn that they must consider other people's feelings besides their own and the EYFS equipment can help promote this. So for example, if Child A decides that Child B cannot use the swings because they want them all to their self, they will have to understand that their selfishness will cause Child B to feel upset and left out.
By utilising the equipment as a learning tool, they come to understand that sometimes compromises must be made in order to maintain a happy medium. In this way, their EYFS personal and emotional development is put to the test in a real-world scenario and they learn something about themselves and what is expected of them from their peers too.
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Not familiar with St. Elizabeth's? You probably saw part of the west campus in "A Few Good Men." This hospital has the distinction of being the first large-scale, federally run psychiatric hospital in the United States. The doctors there pioneered the lobotomy, studied the effects of race on mental illness, and tested "truth serums" during World War II.
In the 1940 census, Sherman was a patient in the Veterans Administration facility in Salem, Virginia, an institution for "nervous and mental diseases," according to the enumerator's notation at the top of the page. The 1940 document is full of interesting information. For one, it indicates that Sherman was living in a "Govt Inst" in Washington DC in 1935, likely still at St. Elizabeth's.


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- Performs routine food service activities according to established operational policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates basic knowledge of menu and responds to guest inquiries and concerns in a courteous manner.
- People Oriented – enjoys working with our guests and fellow associates, possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Growth Oriented – knows that learning and growth are keys to personal and professional success and is willing and able to share with others.
- Greet and serve customers with quality food and service.
- Assist in ensuring a clean, safe and well-organized restaurant.
- Follow food and restaurant safety standards and guidelines.
- Attention to detail in food/service quality and cleanliness
- Ensure a constant and adequate supply of ingredients are prepared according to company specifications and local health regulations.
We offer all Full-Time Associates:
- Progressive Compensation Package and Bonus Opportunity.
- Paid Training to prepare you for success.
- On-Going Career & Leadership Development.
- Medical and Dental Insurance.
- 401 K with Company Match.
- Paid Time Off Associate Discounts and free meals when you work.
- Opportunities for growth into Management positions.
- Some high school
- 0-1 year related experience
- Applies basic knowledge of steam table operations and serving protocols
ADA Statement: While performing duties, counter areas are often hot with steam from steam table and food vapors. Work space is restricted and employees are expected to remain standing for long periods of time. Employees must prepare hot and cold foods, use Chinese cook knife and other kitchen equipment and work quickly without losing accuracy. Employees may be required to lift up to 50 lbs., stand for up to four hours and reach across counter tops measured at 36 inches to serve customers. Kitchens are hot and noise levels are usually high; storage space is limited and shelving is high.
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