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 Fashion Frames (Press On) $8.29 (Easily to make a decorative covered frame // Kit contains 1 self stick oval shaped mat board, 1 self stick ocal shapped mount board and 1 self stick ease -- Mat open size 2 - 5/8" X 4 - 1/8" // decorative paper not supplied in kit)  Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public $14.00 A chunk of this book is accolades to outstanding reporters and news peers of Thomas's, but most of it points out ways in which reporting has failed to be probing and questioning of authority, with a complete collapse of that function in the Bush years. Traces the history of how White House news has been increasingly managed and scripted over the last 4 or 5 decades, and how news has generally become more sanitized and shallow over that time. Troublesome food for thought, and a general wake-up call about asking hard questions and what it takes to be an informed public (or to inform the public). As a writer now dealing with news analysis I found this particularly helpful in thinking about the ethics and greater purpose of news-related writing.  Johnson-Rose 5-Inch Cast Aluminum Hamburger Press $10.00 If you want burgers as thin as you get at most fast food burger joints then this is the patty maker for you. The description reads: Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches That led me to believe it would make 1-1/2" thick patties. Wrong. That dimension is actually the total height of the entire press including the lift handle. I wish the other people's reviews had been available before I purchased this so I wouldn't have wasted my money. I guess you could always stack them together to achieve the desired patty thickness. Fortunately I purchased another brand that does make thick patties plus it has a few storage containers that you can freeze extras in and it doesn't require patty paper either. |
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