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In today's economy, it's more important than ever to be well-educated on the ins and outs of boat buying. Whether you're a first-time buyer or you're interested in purchasing your third houseboat, there are important facts and principles to keep in mind when making this important decision. We spoke to Helen Dolen, vice president at Monticello Banking Company in Kentucky and Anna Brown from Progressive Insurance, and drew on their experience and insight into this industry to pass their knowledge along to you.
According to Dolen, not much has changed over the last couple of years when it comes to qualifying for a boat loan.
"If a buyer could get a loan before the recession, they can get one now," she said. "As long as buyers meet the guidelines and have the ability to repay the loan and keep their credit in check, then there shouldn't be a problem."
That said, there are certain red flags that may appear in a credit history that will usually disqualify you from getting a loan. While a missed payment or two five years ago probably isn't enough to earn a rejection, if you have a missed payment two or three years ago, that is recent enough that it will give the lender pause. Keep up on any recurring payments you make, including those for a car, home or credit cards.
One automatic disqualifier for Monticello Banking is bankruptcy. Dolen was very clear in expressing this policy, so if you ever plan on buying a sparkling new houseboat, avoid bankruptcy at all costs (or be prepared to pay cash).
If you live in a thriving boating market, there is likely to be a multitude of options when it comes to getting a marine loan. While some lenders offer boat loans in addition to their more traditional home and auto offerings, others specialize in this business, training their staff in the details of the industry.
It's a good idea to compare rates and terms offered by lenders in your area before making a final decision. Options can include banks, financial service companies and credit unions. Check to see if your bank is part of the National Marine Bankers Association (NMBA) by visiting www.marinebankers.org. If you approach your home institution about opening another line of credit with them, that can cut down on the paperwork and time required to complete the deal.
Financial service companies work hard to maintain relationships with local, regional and national lenders, which give them special insight into the economic situation and financial trends. Many of these companies specialize in marine lending, so look for their advertisements in boating publications.
Credit unions are an attractive choice to boat buyers, as they give special interest rates to members and often have specialized marine lending staff on site to help you with your loan.
Dolen suggested buyers put 20 percent down on boat purchases, a number that applies across the board. Whether it's a 15-foot pontoon boat or a behemoth 100-foot houseboat, that 20 percent number is a smart starting point for buyers.
Dolen also recommends that boat buyers obtain a loan for the price of the boat they want before signing anything with the seller. While many purchasing contracts include the clause "dependent on financing," which would mean any down payment would be returned in the event a loan cannot be secured, some contracts do not protect you in this way.
"Sometimes a buyer will lose money they've paid on a boat," Dolen said.
So do your shopping early and don't sign anything until you have the money available to purchase the boat. Even if your credit is impeccable and you don't think there will be a problem with the lending institution, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Be aware of the sliding scale of payment amount, interest rates and loan length: the longer the loan, the smaller the payments but the more you'll pay in interest over the course of the loan. And in the reverse direction, the shorter the loan, the larger the payments, but you'll pay less in interest.
For example, a $200,000 loan with five percent interest that is paid off in 16 and a half years means you'll pay $1,500 a month and make around $90,000 in interest payments over that time. But by lowering the payment to $1,000 per month on the same loan, you'd spend 35 years to pay it off and end up paying around $230,000 in interest.
Take the time to do the math when deciding how large or small you want your payment to be.
Buying a new boat always comes with a nice, fuzzy feeling, but don't let that get in the way of some common sense. Be sure you can afford additional fees associated with boat ownership in addition to a monthly payment. Insurance is a necessity, and can range in price and coverage quite a bit.
Brown suggested taking a good, hard look at your boating lifestyle before determining what type of coverage is right for you.
"Decide whether it's a passion or pastime," Brown said. "Boaters will spend more time on the water if they know they've chosen the right coverages and services for their vessel."
Will you be docking your boat at a lake? Don't forget to factor in these fees when determining whether or not you can afford a boat. Other factors to keep in mind are potential repairs and aftermarket purchases.
There can be a lot to keep in mind when buying a houseboat, but by sticking to these concepts, you can enjoy years of worry-free time on the water with friends and family, and isn't that what this is all about?
Visit Monticello Banking at www.bankatmbc.com and Allison Brown at www.allisonpr.com.
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A Croatian nurse dubbed "The Penis Collector" by local media has been arrested for allegedly stealing male genitals from a hospital morgue.
InSerbia reports a 52-year-old man was arrested in Slavonski Brod on suspicion of possessing human body organs.
Police say they found jars of human penises soaking in formaldehyde in his apartment.
Cops suspect the man stole the penises from bodies in the morgue of the hospital where he worked.
"On behalf of all employees of the hospital, I have to say that we are very unpleasantly surprised by an event that threw a shadow over this hospital," a hospital spokesman told Queerty.com. "Our apologies to families of the deceased."
Police said the suspect has no criminal record and described him as a "family man."
He has been released from custody pending trial for disturbing the deceased. If convicted, he could face up to two years in jail.

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Sargramostim, GM-CSF
Sargramostim Solution for injection
What is this medicine?
SARGRAMOSTIM, GM-CSF (sar GRAM oh stim) helps the body make more blood cells. It is used to increase the number of blood cells after chemotherapy or with a blood or bone marrow transplant.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
heart disease
irregular heartbeat
kidney disease
liver disease
lung or breathing disease, like asthma
retaining water
an unusual or allergic reaction to sargramostim, yeast products, benzyl alcohol, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
How should I use this medicine?
This medicine is for injection under the skin or into a vein. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Do not shake the solution. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. This medicine is not approved for use in newborns.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
medicines for cancer chemotherapy
steroid medicines like prednisone or cortisone
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?
Visit your doctor for regular check ups. You will need blood work done while you are taking this medicine.
This medicine may make you feel flushed, faint, dizzy, or weak on your first dose. Tell your doctor if your symptoms do not get better.
Do not become pregnant while taking this medicine. Talk to your doctor about birth control. Call your doctor right away if you think that you may be pregnant.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
breathing problems
chest pain
fast, irregular heartbeat
feeling faint or lightheaded, falls
flu-like symptoms
sudden weight gain
swelling of hands or feet
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
bone pain
muscle aches
pain, redness, or swelling at site where injected
stomach upset
This list may not describe all possible side effects. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Where should I keep my medicine?
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store in a refrigerator between 2 and 8 degrees C (36 and 46 degrees F). Do not freeze. Do not shake. If you are giving this medicine at home, you will be instructed on how to store this medicine. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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One of the lines that came to me in the aftermath of the election, and which the determined pessimists should ponder, is a passage from T.S. Eliot that Russell Kirk used to like to quote:
If we take the widest and wisest view of a Cause, there is no such thing as a Lost Cause because there is no such thing as a Gained Cause. We fight for lost causes because we know that our defeat and dismay may be the preface to our successors' victory, though that victory itself will be temporary; we fight rather to keep something alive than in the expectation that anything will triumph.
So it came as a surprising coincidence to learn of the passing of Eliot's second wife, Valerie Fletcher Eliot, just last Friday, at the age of 86. I hadn't realized she was still alive. And while we're on the subject of passings, I also just learned this morning of the passing of Thomas McCraw, the great Harvard economic and business historian. Among other fine books (all of which are excellent), his book on Joseph Schumpeter is invaluable. And today the New York Times has an op-ed from McCraw on how Alexander Hamilton would see our current fiscal and economic predicament. Very much worth a read.
So while we're on the subject of poets, how about a graphical grammatical interlude.
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This morning I had the idea to reorganise my nail polish collection. I used 'Daler Rowney's Artist's carry box'. I purchased a couple of these a while ago from Cass Art, I stored my stationary in one, and was planning to store beads in the other. But, it's made such a practical home for my nail polishes and nail care instead.
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Can Canadians Turn Over A New Leaf With New Salads?
Kraft Canada, Toronto, inspires Canadians to turn over a new leaf and change the way they enjoy salads with three ways to dress up their greens: restaurant-inspired Kraft Sizzling Salads, entrée salad kits; pure Kraft Refrigerated Dressings; and the entire Kraft dressing line-up has been reinvented to offer only natural flavors.
Entrée salads are the fastest growing category on restaurant menus in Canada, and Kraft Sizzling Salads take the guesswork out of creating restaurant-quality Entrée salads in the comfort of your own kitchen. Available in the salad dressing aisle, each Kraft Sizzling Salads kit perfectly pairs a cooking sauce for your chicken with a complementary dressing for your greens. Inspired by some of the most popular entree salads on restaurant menus, varieties of Kraft Sizzling Salads Include: Asian Chicken, Teriyaki Ginger cooking sauce with Toasted Sesame Dressing; Chicken Caesar, pairs Cracked Black Pepper Cooking Sauce with Classic Caesar Dressing; Greek Chicken, pairs Lemon Oregano Cooking Sauce with Mediterranean Feta Dressing; and Southwest Chicken, Spicy Fajita Cooking Sauce with Barbecue Ranch Dressing.
Whether you follow the simple directions for Kraft Sizzling Salads or add a dash of culinary creativity by including your favorite ingredients, your home menu of delectable entrée salads is endless. And when life has you on the run, simply enjoy your entrée salad in a wrap for a mouth-watering meal on the go. Kraft helps you easily toss-up the perfect entree salad for lunch or dinner in just 12 minutes.
Suggested retail price is $4.29.
"Canadian eating habits are changing and consumers are looking for innovative salad solutions and flavors," says Leisha Roche, senior brand manager, Kraft Canada. "As Canada's leader in salad dressings and the makers of many of Canada's favorites, Kraft has now taken innovation to the next level and combined the ultimate in quality ingredients with convenience to give Canadians even more reason to love their greens."
Kraft also makes a bold move into the fresh produce department with a line of six premium, pure Kraft Refrigerated Dressings, available in Asiago Caesar; Calorie-Wise Asiago Caesar; Raspberry Poppyseed; Barbeque Ranch; Creamy Balsamic and Greek Feta. These unique flavors, and more than 44 other flavors, now contain no artificial flavors, flavor enhancers, MSG, artificial colors or preservatives. And, as part of its commitment to the environment, Kraft is introducing more sustainable packaging on all its 250mL and 475mL dressings, with new bottles using 17 percent less plastic than previous bottles.
Suggested retail price is $3.99.


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Exploring The Alternative Field Nominees
(For a complete list of 54th GRAMMY Awards nominees, click here.)
You've seen the list of nominees, now take a closer look at the artists nominated in the Alternative Field for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Some of the most wide-ranging and forward-thinking artists to be recognized by the GRAMMY Awards can be found in the Best Alternative Music Album category. The Black Keys took home the award last year at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards for the stripped-down, roots-riffs of Brothers, and this year competition is tight among a typically eclectic group of nominees.
Best Alternative Music Album
Newcomers Foster The People are nominated for their debut album, Torches. The indie trio made a huge impression in 2011, powered by the infectious Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Pumped Up Kicks," which is also up for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Fellow first-time nominees Bon Iver, the project of singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, earned a nod for their self-titled sophomore album. Bon Iver scored nominations in three other categories: Best New Artist and Record and Song Of The Year for the ethereal "Holocene." My Morning Jacket's Circuital, their highest-charting Billboard 200 album to date, earned the band their second nomination in this category. The group was nominated in 2008 for Evil Urges. The fourth time may be the charm for Death Cab For Cutie, who are nominated for Codes And Keys. Death Cab For Cutie have received three nominations in this category previously, including Plans (2005) and Narrow Stairs (2008), the latter of which spawned a nod for Best Rock Song for "I Will Possess Your Heart." Radiohead are nominated for their eighth studio album, The King Of Limbs. The group have won three times in this category, including Kid A (2000) and In Rainbows (2008).
Who will take home the award in the Alternative Field? Tune in to the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 12, taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles and airing live on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).


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The Army's internal study of the war in Iraq criticizes some efforts by its own psychological operations units, but one spur-of-the-moment effort last year produced the most memorable image of the invasion.
As the Iraqi regime was collapsing on April 9, 2003, Marines converged on Firdos Square in central Baghdad, site of an enormous statue of Saddam Hussein. It was a Marine colonel -- not joyous Iraqi civilians, as was widely assumed from the TV images -- who decided to topple the statue, the Army report said. And it was a quick-thinking Army psychological operations team that made it appear to be a spontaneous Iraqi undertaking.
After the colonel -- who was not named in the report -- selected the statue as a "target of opportunity," the psychological team used loudspeakers to encourage Iraqi civilians to assist, according to an account by a unit member.
But Marines had draped an American flag over the statue's face.
"God bless them, but we were thinking ... that this was just bad news," the member of the psychological unit said. "We didn't want to look like an occupation force, and some of the Iraqis were saying, 'No, we want an Iraqi flag!' "
Someone produced an Iraqi flag, and a sergeant in the psychological operations unit quickly replaced the American flag.
Ultimately, a Marine recovery vehicle toppled the statue with a chain, but the effort appeared to be Iraqi-inspired because the psychological team had managed to pack the vehicle with cheering Iraqi children.
-- David Zucchino


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Headline: Our Captain Fantastic
Pete Willcox, who has just been refused bail and remains alone in a Russian jail cell, was my skipper on board the first Rainbow Warrior in 1984.
As a crew we spent five months in a hellhole boat yard in Florida turning the "Warrior" from a motor boat into a sailing boat and she turned really beautifully. Pete had grown up in sailing boats and being at sea was second nature to him, so taking the lead on such a big project for Greenpeace was a perfect fit. He was all over every aspect of the changes that were made. I remember on our sail across the Atlantic sitting at a sail sewing machine strapped to the deck in the middle of the night making adjustments to a torn sail, him on one side of the machine and me on the other. He was thorough, ever present, and like a radar when it came to fine tuning this magnificent campaigning ship that we had 'built'.
The Warrior's first big job was relocating 350 people of the Rongelap community in the Marshall Islands away from their radioactive home atoll to a safe island 100 miles away. Their island had been badly contaminated by radioactive fallout from US nuclear testing there in the 1950s. We made three trips backwards and forwards between their home island and their new home, packed to the gunnels with people and their belongings. We were in and out of lagoons, through tiny passages and around coral reefs, much of which was uncharted, navigating with people up the mast and lead soundings off the bow, and it all happened without a hitch as if Pete had done this "bus run" every day for years. The "Warrior" was a big sailing boat for such delicate terrain and Pete remained the very cool, calm skipper that he is through it all.
He was the same when the French secret service bombed our beloved ship in Auckland harbour in the middle of the night in 1985, while most of us were asleep on board. We were preparing to go with a protest flotilla of sailing boats to French Polynesia where the French were conducting nuclear tests. Moments after the first bomb on the ship's hull went off at 10 to midnight, Pete was out of his bunk calling 'abandon ship.' It was an extraordinarily tough time that followed, particularly because we lost fellow crew member Fernando Pereira that night. He drowned when the second bomb went off at the stern.
Pete respects and understands well the personal commitment and risk that anyone of us knowingly makes when sailing aboard a Greenpeace ship. He has done it time and again. He believes our actions have to count, that's the point. After the bombing of the "Warrior" he quickly signed on as crew on one of the small sailing boats and did go to French Polynesia to protest the French nuclear testing programme, because the "Warrior" no longer could.
Hollywood made a movie of the Warrior bombing and the French government's role in ordering it. Pete was the hero in the story. It was a terrible movie, but Oscar winner Jon Voight did a great job of playing Pete and tried hard to get script changes so the movie was a better reflection of what really happened.
I always thought the French authorities failed in their mission not because they got caught but because they did not understand what makes Greenpeace work, what makes people believe in Greenpeace. Ultimately it is people like Pete that make Greenpeace what it is. Whether on the deck of the Warrior or sitting in a Russian jail he represents what people the world over believe in.
Pete has sailed to both ends of the earth and many times around the middle to peacefully and courageously protect what makes life on this little planet possible for all of us. He has done this whilst raising two daughters. He is truly our Captain Fantastic.
Bunny McDiarmid, crew member aboard the Rainbow Warrior in 1985, and now executive director of Greenpeace New Zealand


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(printable recipe)
1 cup shortening (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp.s milk
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
4 ozs. unsweetened chocolate, melted
Heat oven to 375'.
Cream shortening in electric mixer. Add sugar and mix.
Add eggs, salt and chocolate.
Alternately, add milk and flour, while mixing.
Fill cookie press and bake on cold, ungreased cookie sheets.
Sprinkle with granulated sugar or colored sugar.
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are you available to be rf developer?
kindly messege us
Sniped x-D
I get ya mate same with me really, working and all that, going reading festival next month though so that should be good
Not much mate been a while haha, how you been?
Let me know if you need any tips or help, I was once a visor myself!
Congrats on visor!
Let's be friends dan! o/ xoxo
(that profile necro)
Haven't talked to you in forever
3,333 post count. Nice haha
Your location is says "AmeriKKKa" lol
Sending subliminal messages to kids n shit, not cool bruh
I knew it... you KKK bastard!
Dont eh me, wassupp? And i cant help but be negative, 2013 has been absolute crap *.*
Your usernames for your online gaming accounts.
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Online or classroom Leader Training
Youth protection (MANDATORY) – every registered adult must be re-certified every two years.
New Leader Training for new Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout and Venturing leaders includes:
- Fast Start Training – online training you can take right now.
- Basic Leader Training includes:
- This Is Scouting (formerly New Leader Essentials) – online overview of values, history, aims, and methods.
- Leader Specific Training – provides the specialized knowledge a new leader needs.
BSA Online Learning Center – provides a variety of materials courses.
- Other: Roundtable – University of Scouting – Trainer's EDGE (formerly Trainer Development Conference)
Outdoor Leader Training
In addition to fulfilling other requirements, some unit leaders need outdoor-specific training.
- Cub Scout Pack: BALOO – To have a Pack camp-out, at least one unit leader must be BALOO trained.
- Webelos Den Leaders: Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OWL) – To have a Webelos Den camp-out.
- Scoutmaster & Assistants and Varsity Scout Coach & Assistants: Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills – To have a camp-out.
- Wood Badge – Advanced Leadership skills for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Venturing, district and council Scouters.
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Beech-Nut Launches Line Of Baby Food In Traditional Latin Flavors
A recent study from Beech-Nut Nutrition indicated that two-thirds of U.S. Hispanic moms are not satisfied with their baby food options and wish there were more traditional ethnic offerings. Armed with this information, and the fact that one-fourth of all births in America are to Hispanics, the company partnered with Goya Foods to launch a line of authentic Latin-flavored baby foods.
"Our research shows that Hispanic moms have been waiting for just such an offering, which combines the authentic, traditional Latin flavors Goya is famous for with Beech-Nut's nutritious, natural ingredients free of preservatives," says Jeff Boutelle, Beech-Nut president. "Our products are as close as possible to homemade, and that's very important to Hispanic families."
The new line includes 22 products, 19 of which are eligible for the subsidized supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Products range from dried cereal mixes in varieties such as Rice with Mango to jarred foods designed for various eating stages. For example, there's Stage 1 Beef and Chicken with Broth, and Stage 2 Apple Guava. The Stage 2½ category includes products with increased texture, such as Rice Pudding with Raisins.


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Don't Do The Dishes: Banana Bread in Pork Roaster
Waste not, want not. I believe that. Also, I can be lazy. These are the pillars of this post.
I've been testing recipes for our Polynesian supper club coming up next weekend. As part of our soup course, I need to prepare a roast pork shoulder with a papaya seed rub. This past Monday, I was experimenting with my recipe. And I was left over with a glass baking dish with some delicious drippings and grease. I swear, although its horrible for you, there is almost nothing which smells and tastes as delicious as pork fat. You think there is…prove it!
Pork shoulder roast with papaya and sea salt rub. Soooo good!
Anyway, I also had two bananas going bad which I needed to use up. I decided to make banana bread. But…I only have one loaf sized pan and it was currently being used with the small test pork roast. Hmmm….
Yes, I had two bananas, but I already smashed one before I thought to take their pictures. Oh well.
To be lazy, I don't like doing dishes. (WHO DOES??) To waste not, I wanted to use both the delicious pork flavor on the glass dish and the bananas which were going bad. Why not put them together!! I decided to make a banana bread and just put the batter right into the glass dish once the pork roast was done!
A detail of the caramelized pork drippings on the glass dish (left) and the batter in the pork fat (right).
I left some of the pork grease in the bottom and put my banana bread batter right into the dish to bake and fuse with the caramelized porky yum.
The result: banana bread with a slight hint of the savory salty sweet flavor of pork. I also added a lemon glaze. Delish!
Here's the basic banana bread I used:
Basic Banana Bread
- 2 brown bananas
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1 c. flour
- 3/4 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt*
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 3/4 c. sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp whiskey
Lemon Glaze
- 1 c. confectioners sugar
- 2-3 tbs lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mash bananas in a bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar together with a stand or hand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs 1 at a time to butter and sugar and mix.
- Mix dry ingredients together.
- Add to butter/sugar/eggs and mix together.
- Add bananas, sour cream, vanilla and whiskey.
- Pour into your pan greased loaf pan (the pork fat is not manditory).
- Bake until tests clean with knife or skewer test. About 45 – 60 minutes.
- Prepare glaze by mixing together two ingredients.
- Spread glaze over cooled loaf.
- Eat it, obviously!
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We've scoured the journals and conference proceedings to bring you the top research stories of the week. This diverse set of items includes advancements in petascale-era development environments; the challenges of energy-efficiency in HPC; optimizing computer science instruction; and a possible path to extreme heterogeneity.
A Scalable Development Environment for Petascale Era
The Juelich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, in Germany, has released the final scientific report detailing its efforts to develop "A scalable Development Environment for Peta-Scale Computing." The goal of the project was to extend the Parallel Tools Platform (PTP) – an integrated development environment for parallel applications – to meet the needs of current-era petascale systems. PTP covers code analysis, performance tuning, parallel debugging and system monitoring.
The role of the Juelich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) was to provide a scalable system modeling solution for today's supercomputers. This meant developing a new communication protocol for status data to be exchanged between the target remote system and the client running PTP. Remote support was essential as PTP provides transparent access to multiple remote systems via a unified interface.
The nature of the challenge is described thusly:
"The common requirement for all PTP components is that they have to interact with the remote supercomputer, e.g., applications are built remotely and performance tools are attached to job submissions and their output data resides on the remote system. Status data has to be collected by evaluating outputs of the remote job scheduler and the parallel debugger needs to control an application executed on the supercomputer. The challenge is to provide this functionality for peta-scale systems in real-time."
The remainder of the paper describes the process by which JSC developed the new monitoring component and successfully integrated it into PTP. The solution is now being used on JSC's BlueGene/Q system JUQUEEN, as well as its general purpose cluster JUROPA and its GPU cluster JUDGE. It's also been successfully applied to Jaguar, the Cray supercomputer maintained by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (now part of Titan), and various XSEDE machines, including the Kraken and Keeneland systems at the National Institute for Computational Sciences, the Lonestar and Ranger systems at Texas Advanced Computing Center, as well as Argonne National Laboratory's Blue Gene/P and Q.
Energy-Efficiency: A Balancing Act
Another research paper released this week demonstrates novel energy savings strategies for parallel applications by way of point to point communication phases.
"Although high-performance computing traditionally focuses on the efficient execution of large-scale applications, both energy and power have become critical concerns when approaching exascale," state the four-person research team (from Iowa State University and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va.).
Fig. 2. State diagram for runtime procedure to apply energy savings efficiently. The transitions are labeled with Lt, where L takes a value of the first 11 letters of the alphabet. The transition of a state into itself (At,Et,Ft,It) indicate ongoing state action.
The authors explore several frequency scaling strategies aimed at saving energy:
"In modern microprocessor architectures, equipped with dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) and CPU clock modulation (throttling), the power consumption may be controlled in software. Additionally, network interconnect, such as Infiniband, may be exploited to maximize energy savings while the application performance loss and frequency switching overheads must be carefully balanced. This paper advocates for a runtime assessment of such overheads by means of characterizing point-to-point communications into phases followed by analyzing the time gaps between the communication calls."
The tests employ NAS parallel benchmark problems and calculations performed by the quantum chemistry software package GAMESS. In the final analysis, the team achieved close to the maximum energy savings, however there was a small performance loss of 2 percent.
Their work appears in the latest edition of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing.
Next >> Greener Supercomputing
A Power Efficient General Purpose Supercomputer
The power wall is one of the biggest challenges facing the HPC community. While these mega-machines are essential to research and business, they also are also big energy consumers. This issue, however is getting a lot of attention, and optimizing performance-per-watt has become a key goal of the computing industry at all levels.
A team of UK researchers have written about the advances that will be needed over the coming years, observing that achieving a "pervasively energy-efficient" supercomputing architecture will require improvements in multiple fields. They believe that the LOEWE-CSC supercomputer at the University of Frankfurt, Germany, has already made a lot of headway in meeting these goals. That system, they write, "is setting new standards in environmental compatibility as well as energy and cooling efficiency for high-performance and general-purpose computing."
The team notes that GPUs provide more compute performance per watt versus standard processors, while "a balanced hardware configuration ensures that most of the compute power is available to the user when he employs optimized applications." As well: "clever algorithms enable the user to fully exploit the computational potential and avoids to waste power when the processors idles, which is often a cause of inefficient programming."
The LOEWE-CSC supercomputer achieved 740 MFlops-per-watt on a Linpack benchmark run, earning it an eighth place finish on the Green500 list of November 2010. A good metric for the time, it has since been surpassed by more energy-efficient systems and has fallen to 109th position on the most recent Green500 list (November 2012).
The work appears in proceedings from the 21st Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing, 2013.
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Evaluating Student Understanding of Core Concepts in Computer Architecture
Four researchers from across the country have written a paper that is sure to resonate with anyone who's ever taken or taught a computer science course. In "Evaluating Student Understanding of Core Concepts in Computer Architecture," the authors begin with the assertion: "Many studies have demonstrated that students tend to learn less than instructors expect in CS1."
The researchers wondered whether these findings would hold true for subsequent, upper-level computer science courses, and set out to test their hypothesis.
Multiple computer architecture instructors developed basic concept questions for upper-division computer architecture courses. The questions were designed to test students' minimum proficiency levels post-course and the expectation was that every student would be able to answer the questions. The tests were used to assess four separate computer architecture courses (taught by four different teachers) at two institutions, a large public university and a small liberal arts college.
The results in the authors' words: "Our results show that students in these courses were indeed not learning as much as the instructors expected, performing poorly overall: the per-question average was only 56%, with many questions showing no statistically significant improvement from precourse to post-course. While these results follow the trend from CS1 courses, they are still somewhat surprising given that the courses studied were taught using research-based pedagogy that is known to be effective across the CS curriculum."
The paper includes a discussion of the findings as well as recommendations for further study. While this may come as "bad news," pinpointing the most difficult subject matter will help course instructors refine their lessons (see the Recommendations section for more on this topic).
It's no question these findings are significant – one wonders how surprising they will be to the HPC or larger computer science community.
This paper opens the door for further discourse on this important subject.
Extreme Heterogeneity
The last decade has seen continuing push toward heterogenous architectures, but is there a more extreme form of heterogeneity still to come? There is according to one group of computer scientists. The diverse research team, with affiliations that include Microsoft as well as US, Mexican, European and Asian universities, presented a paper on the subject at the International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms and Networks (I-SPAN' 2012) in San Marcos, Texas, December 13–15, 2012.
In "Introducing the Extreme Heterogeneous Architecture," they write:
"The computer industry is moving towards two extremes: extremely high-performance high-throughput cloud computing, and low-power mobile computing. Cloud computing, while providing high performance, is very costly. Google and Microsoft Bing spend billions of dollars each year to maintain their server farms, mainly due to the high power bills. On the other hand, mobile computing is under a very tight energy budget, but yet the end users demand ever increasing performance on these devices."
Conventional architectures have diverged to meet the needs of multiple user groups. But wouldn't it be ideal if there was a way to deliver high-performance and low power consumption at the same time? The authors set out to explore a novel architecture model that addresses both these extremes, setting the stage for the Extremely Heterogeneous Architecture (EHA) project.
"EHA is a novel architecture that incorporates both general-purpose and specialized cores on the same chip," the authors explain. "The general-purpose cores take care of generic control and computation. On the other hand, the specialized cores, including GPU, hard accelerators (ASIC accelerators), and soft accelerators (FPGAs), are designed for accelerating frequently used or heavy weight applications. When acceleration is not needed, the specialized cores are turned off to reduce power consumption. We demonstrate that EHA is able to improve performance through acceleration, and at the same time reduce power consumption."
As a heterogeneous architecture, EHA is capable of accelerating heterogeneous workloads on the same chip. This is useful because it is often the case that datacenters (either in-house or in "the cloud") provide many services – media streaming, searching, indexing, scientific computations, and so on.
The EHA project has two main goals. The first one is to design a chip that is suitable for many different cloud services, thereby greatly reducing both recurring and non-recurring costs of datacenters or clouds. Second, they plan to implement a light-weight EHA for use with mobile devices, with the aim of optimizing user experience under tight power constraints.


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Men's Lacrosse Returns to NEWMAC After Nine-Year HiatusMay 23, 2013BABSON PARK, Mass. – For the first time since 2004, men's lacrosse will return to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), as the conference will begin sponsoring the sport for the 2014 season. Conference members, Babson College, Clark University, Emerson College, MIT, Springfield College and Wheaton College will be joined by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, who enters the NEWMAC as an associate member in 2014. Men's lacrosse becomes the 19th conference championship and the league's eighth men's offering.
Christopher Rullan to Play in USILA North-South GameMay 22, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On the heels of an outstanding senior campaign, Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) will cap off his MIT men's lacrosse career by playing in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association LaxWorld North-South Senior Game to be held at Cabrini College on Friday, May 24. He joins Jack Clifford '48, Chuck Fitzgerald '59, Joe Skenderian '61, and Tim Dorf '88 on the list of selections for the Cardinal and Gray and is the first to compete in the Division III-only game as previous incarnations featured student-athletes from all three NCAA divisions.
MIT Men's Lacrosse Garners Pilgrim League HonorsMay 07, 2013SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team received three Pilgrim Lacrosse League All-Conference honors and seven Academic All-Conference accolades for the second year in a row. Senior Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) was voted to the All-Conference First Team while junior Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.) and freshman Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) earned spots on the Second Team.
Engineers Fall to Springfield in Pilgrim League SemifinalsMay 01, 2013SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Top-seeded Springfield College outscored No. 4 MIT, 9-3, in the second half en route to a 13-4 victory in the semifinals of the Pilgrim Lacrosse League tournament on Wednesday night. Freshman Graham Francis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) paced the Engineers with two goals and an assist as they finished the season with a 5-10 record.
MIT Edges Mass. Maritime, Clinches Playoff SpotApril 29, 2013BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – For the second year in a row, the MIT men's lacrosse team secured a spot in the Pilgrim Lacrosse League Championship Tournament in dramatic fashion on the last day of conference play as it defeated Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 7-6. Sophomore John Kramer (Glastonbury, Conn.) provided the game-winning goal with 1:49 remaining in regulation on Monday night while senior Sean Burke (Centennial, Colo.) put the Engineers in the playoffs last season by scoring with 33 seconds left in a double-overtime decision against Clark University.
Big First Half Leads Engineers Past Clark, 11-5April 27, 2013WORCESTER, Mass. – Seven unanswered goals along with 14 saves from senior goalie Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) in the first half helped power the MIT men's lacrosse team to an 11-5 victory over Clark University in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Saturday afternoon. For the second straight outing, sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) led the way for the Engineers (4-9, 2-3 Pilgrim) as he generated a game-high four goals.
Wheaton Holds Off MIT, 7-4April 24, 2013BOSTON, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team produced three goals in the fourth quarter but it would not be enough as Wheaton College held on for a 7-4 win in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Wednesday night. Sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) paced the Engineers (3-7, 1-3 Pilgrim) with two goals and an assist.
Men's Lacrosse Overpowers Regis, 17-2April 17, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A balanced attack that saw 11 players record at least one point helped propel MIT to a 17-2 victory over Regis College in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Wednesday night. Freshman Luke Verdi (Middletown, Md.) produced a game-high four points for the Engineers (3-8, 1-2 Pilgrim) on two goals and two assists. Sophomore Nick Dallas (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and freshman Nicky Rodrigo (Miami, Fla.) generated the offense for the Pride who saw their ledger lower to 4-9 on the year and 0-4 in conference action.
Christopher Rullan Named Pilgrim Lacrosse League Player of the WeekApril 16, 2013SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Following an impressive week between the pipes, MIT senior goalie Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) was voted the Pilgrim Lacrosse League Player of the Week. The honor is the first for him as well as for the men's lacrosse team this season as he totaled 43 saves, a .768 save percentage, a 6.50 goals against average, 15 groundballs, and four caused turnovers in two games.
Late Goal Lifts Babson Past Engineers, 5-4April 13, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – With 2:23 left in regulation, freshman Spencer Low (Natick, Mass.) connected on a feed from senior Alex Patinkin (Providence, R.I.) in transition to propel Babson College past MIT, 5-4, in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Saturday afternoon. Patinkin produced a game-high four points on one goal and three assists for the Beavers (6-6, 2-0 Pilgrim) while sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) posted two goals for the Engineers (2-8, 0-2 Pilgrim).
Fourth-Quarter Run Propels Salem State Past MIT, 8-4April 09, 2013SALEM, Mass. - With the scored tied at four heading into the final frame, host Salem State University rattled off four unanswered goals to defeat MIT, 8-4, in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Tuesday night. Freshman Alex Seo (Westport, Conn.) paced the Engineers (2-7) with two goals and an assist.
MIT Falls to Springfield in Pilgrim League OpenerApril 06, 2013SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - In its first Pilgrim Lacrosse League game of the season, the MIT men's lacrosse team fell to Springfield College, 22-7, on Saturday afternoon. Senior Sean Burke (Centennial, Colo.) posted a pair of goals for the Engineers who saw their ledger lower to 2-6 on the year and 0-1 in conference action.
Engineers Overpower UMass Boston, 17-6April 02, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team saw 11 players earn at least a point in its 17-6 victory over UMass Boston on Tuesday afternoon. Sophomores Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) and Jake Slonaker (West Windsor, N.J.) both posted four goals and an assist for the Engineers (2-5) while the Beacons (2-8) were led by sophomore Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.) who registered a hat-trick.
Comeback Bid Falls Short as Florida Tech Holds off Men's Lacrosse, 9-8March 29, 2013MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Institute of Technology outscored MIT, 5-2, in the opening frame and managed to hold on for a 9-8 victory over MIT in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Friday. Freshman Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) led all scorers with three goals and an assist for the Engineers, whose ledger lowered to 1-5 on the year.
MIT Falls to Tampa, 13-9March 26, 2013TAMPA, Fla. – In its annual trip to the University of Tampa, the MIT men's lacrosse team fell to the Spartans, 13-9, on Tuesday night. For the second game in a row, sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) recorded a team-high two goals and an assist for the Engineers (1-4).
Balanced Attack Leads MIT Past Gordon, 12-5March 23, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Behind the strength of a balanced attack, the MIT men's lacrosse team defeated Gordon College, 12-5, on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) paced the Engineers (1-3) with two goals and an assist while sophomore Mio Sison (Warren, Mich.) produced the same statistics for the Fighting Scots (1-6).
Wentworth Rallies Past Engineers, 8-5March 20, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team rattled off six unanswered goals in the third quarter en route to an 8-5 victory over MIT on Wednesday night. Junior Steve Glover (Marstons Mills, Mass.) recorded all four of his goals in the pivotal frame for the Leopards (4-0) while senior Sean Burke (Centennial, Colo.) and freshman Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) both scored twice for the Engineers (0-3).
UNE Edges out Men's Lacrosse, 7-6March 16, 2013BIDDEFORD, Maine. – MIT knotted the score at five early in the fourth quarter but the University of New England scored twice during the last eight minutes to emerge with a 7-6 victory in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) paced the Engineers (0-2) with two goals as freshman Jonah Hessels (Poolesville, Md.) added one goal and an assist.
Fourth-Quarter Run Powers UMass Dartmouth Past MIT, 11-4March 13, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Five unanswered goals by UMass Dartmouth in the fourth quarter propelled it to an 11-4 win over MIT in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Nicklaus Prozinski (Ashland, Mass.) racked up six goals, including four during the final frame, for the Corsairs (4-0) while freshman Jonah Hessels (Poolesville, Md.) paced the Engineers (0-1) with a goal and an assist.
Men's Lacrosse Announces 2013 ScheduleJanuary 15, 2013CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team kicks off the 2013 campaign on Friday, March 8 with a home game against Norwich University. One new opponent appears on the Engineers' schedule in addition to a six-game Pilgrim Lacrosse League lineup.


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Bilderberg Meetings
The 60th Bilderberg Meeting will be held in Chantilly, Virginia, USA from 31 May - 3 June 2012. The Conference will deal mainly with political, economic and societal issues like Transatlantic Relations, Evolution of the Political Landscape in Europe and the US, Austerity and Growth in Developed Economies, Cyber Security, Energy Challenges, the Future of Democracy, Russia, China and the Middle East.
Approximately 145 participants will attend of whom about two-thirds come from Europe and the balance from North America and other countries. About one-third is from government and politics, and two-thirds are from finance, industry, labor, education, and communications. The meeting is private in order to encourage frank and open discussion.
Bilderberg takes its name from the hotel in Holland, where the first meeting took place in May 1954. That pioneering meeting grew out of the concern expressed by leading citizens on both sides of the Atlantic that Western Europe and North America were not working together as closely as they should on common problems of critical importance. It was felt that regular, off-the-record discussions would help create a better understanding of the complex forces and major trends affecting Western nations in the difficult post-war period.
The Cold War has now ended. But in practically all respects there are more, not fewer, common problems - from trade to jobs, from monetary policy to investment, from ecological challenges to the task of promoting international security. It is hard to think of any major issue in either Europe or North America whose unilateral solution would not have repercussions for the other.
Thus the concept of a European-American forum has not been overtaken by time. The dialogue between these two regions is still - even increasingly - critical.
What is unique about Bilderberg as a forum is the broad cross-section of leading citizens that are assembled for nearly three days of informal and off-the-record discussion about topics of current concern especially in the fields of foreign affairs and the international economy; the strong feeling among participants that in view of the differing attitudes and experiences of the Western nations, there remains a clear need to further develop an understanding in which these concerns can be accommodated; the privacy of the meetings, which has no purpose other than to allow participants to speak their minds openly and freely.
In short, Bilderberg is a small, flexible, informal and off-the-record international forum in which different viewpoints can be expressed and mutual understanding enhanced.
Bilderberg's only activity is its annual Conference. At the meetings, no resolutions are proposed, no votes taken, and no policy statements issued. Since 1954, fifty-nine conferences have been held. The names of the participants are made available to the press. Participants are chosen for their experience, their knowledge, and their standing; all participants attend Bilderberg in a private and not an official capacity.
For further information refer to www.bilderbergmeetings.org. A list of participants is attached.
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I've returned. Didn't think I'd be gone too long? Summer was busy, hopefully fall won't be so busy (meaning, I won't be goofing off as much!).
Been meaning to follow up with more Rochowiak data I've been collecting. Worked to trace the Martin Rochowiak family, my great-grandmother's half-brother. As noted previously, I do have the marriage record for Martin and his wife, Catherine. However, the data I have been able to locate has been incomplete so far. Here's what I've found so for that I can at least verify.
Martin and Katherine were married 3 November 1877 in Góra Żnin, Poland. I cannot locate any ship manifests that could be considered at least close to either Martin or Katherine. The 1910 and 1930 census records provides an immigration year of 1885; the 1920 census provides an immigration year of 1889. Per the 1920 census, Martin was naturalized in 1897. So that is an area for some research in the future–to review immigration records in the Toledo Lucas County Library to locate the naturalization records.
Martin and Katherine had seven children:
- Frances, b. 1880, d. 1961, m. Felix Tafelski. Frances likely was born in Poland.
- Agnes, b. 1882, d. 1928, m. Anthony Dutkeiwicz. Agnes was likely born in Poland.
- Teresa, b. 1883, d. unknown, m. George Suchala. Teresa was likely born in Poland..
- Joseph, b. 1880, d. unknown, m. Justina ?? — Joseph did not seem to marry until after the death of his parents. The 1930 census places Joseph living with his parents and the 1940 census shows him living at the same address with a wife named Justina. The address on the 1930 census indicates 406 Detroit; however, his father's death certificate reflects an address of 408 (which is the same address as the 1940 census).
- Jadwiga, b. possibly December 1891, d. p0ssibly December 1953, m. possibly twice: once to a Buckowski and secondly to Frank K. Sieja. Her parents' death notices list her as Hattie Buckowski. Her death certificate notes her husband as Frank K. Sieja and her name as Pauline and as Jadwiga.
- Rose, b 1893, d. 1931, m. Anthony Luczak.
- Martha, b. 1899, d. 1982, m. Benedict Idzikowski.
Martin died 12 February 1931. His death notice was published in the Toledo News Bee on 13 February 1931 and is transcribed below:
ROCHOWIAK, MARTIN–Age 80 years, beloved husband of Catherine, Thursday at 7 p.m. Father of Joseph, Mrs. Frances Tuselski, Mrs. Theresa Suchala, Mrs. Rose Luczak, Mrs. Hattie Buckowski, Mrs. Martha Idzikowski, 25 grand-children and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Monday, Feb. 16 at 7:45 a.m. from the residence, 408 Detroit Ave., and 8 a.m. at St. Stanislaus church. Interment family lot Calvary cemetery. W.K. Sujkowski
Katherine died just a few weeks later on 5 March. Her death notice was published on 6 March in the Toledo News Bee and is transcribed below:
ROCHOWIAK, KATHERINE–Aged 73, ???, widow of the late Martin Rochowiak, beloved mother of Joseph, Mrs. Frances Tafelski, Mrs. Theresa Suchala, Mrs. Rose Luczak, Mrs. Hattie Buckowski, Mrs. Martha Idzikowski, 26 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren; Thursday at 10 a.m. Funeral Monday March 9, 8:45 a.m. from the residence, 408 Detroit Ave., 9 a.m. at St. Stanislaus church. Interment Calvary Cemetery, family lot. Friends invited.


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For Chasen's birthday in June, we are having an Adventure party.
I will fill each one with a water bottle, trail mix, compass, flashlight and granola bar.
I have also purchased camo outback hats and camo bandannas.
Needless to say...no dessert table.
Sheridan picked an Ice Skating party for her theme in November. We will skate at the local ice rink and rent the party room there. Here is where I get to have my, I mean Sheridan's, candy bar with white, silver and blue candies. I bought the invitations from Anthropologie a few years ago in anticipation of this theme. (She picked it herself with no coaxing from me!)
The pictures that you see are from Amy Atlas. She is a party planner in New York and specializes in Dessert tables. Check out her other fabulous tables.
I pulled the following off of the Real Simple website:
Candy buffets are always a welcome treat at parties and weddings, and they seem to instantly bring about that wonderful "kid in a candy store" feeling, no matter what your age! As much a party decoration as they are an edible treat, you'll quickly discover that there's definitely a right and wrong way to do candy buffets. Here are some guidelines to help make sure you end up with a display that looks as sweet as it tastes!
You'll need:
• Several glass containers in a variety of shapes and sizes
(bowls, jars, vases, canisters, pedestal servers)
• Candy• Candy Scoops• Small cellophane bags or mini boxes for guests to fill with candy
• Ribbon, labels, and other embellishments to decorate the jars
How much candy do you need?The number one thing to keep in mind when creating a candy buffet? Don't skimp! Instead of thinking in terms of how much candy each guest will actually eat, it's best to think of your candy buffet as a decorative element and focus on creating a display that looks visually stunning, just as you would do with flower arrangements or other "regular" party decor.
For Large parties or weddings:8-10 types of candy / 15-20 pounds each
For smaller parties or occasion showers:7-10 types of candy / 6-10 pounds each
The quantities above are a general guideline, but the more abundant and full the candy buffet looks, the better!
Do you plan parties 6-11 months in advance or do you wait until 2 weeks before?
(that would just give me a heart attack!)
I hope that you are inspired by these fabulous ideas!
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Face it -- the fiscal cliff is the 800-pound gorilla in the room right now in terms of economic news. People are so afraid of it that it seems to have everyone's full attention.
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But as important as these budget negotiations are, there are still other economic developments worthy of monitoring. Sometimes these even yield good news, as with the case of the recent trend in oil prices.
Oil prices and inflation
Oil prices are like a person with a bad reputation -- nobody talks about them much when they are behaving, but when they flare up they become one of the top economic concerns.
Oil prices have made headlines in a negative way twice this year. They surged above $100 a barrel in the early weeks of 2012, sparking fears of the type of sustained run in oil prices that helped slow the economy in 2008. Then, after subsiding from those high levels, oil prices jumped by about 20% in just eight weeks this summer.
That summer spurt in oil prices sparked a resurgence of inflation in August and September. Oil prices play an especially important role in inflation. Not only are oil and gasoline important components of the Consumer Price Index themselves, but because so many other aspects of the economy depend on oil and gas for their manufacture and transportation, any sustained rise in fuel costs can soon spill over into other goods and services.
For now though, the inflation threat from oil prices seems to have subsided. The past several weeks have seen oil prices ease from the high $90s to the mid $80s. For all the ups and downs oil prices have had this year, by early November they were about $10 a barrel below where they started 2012. That's the type of trend in oil prices that is very conducive to low inflation.
The effect on savings accounts
A low-inflation environment is vital to savings accounts, because they have so little breathing room. Average savings account rates are near zero, but rates can be found that are closer to 1%. If inflation stays flat, deposits in those accounts can make a little money. However, if inflation flares up even a little, the purchasing power of savings accounts starts to decline.
Add all this up, and you can see why people with savings accounts and other deposits might want to keep a wary eye on oil prices. A flat-to-negative price trend for oil is critical to those accounts staying ahead of inflation.
Waiting for the cliff
Of course, what depositors really want is for bank rates to rise. In large measure, that comes back to the fiscal cliff. A constructive solution to that problem may well be the best chance for generating the type of sustainable growth that could lead to higher rates in 2013.
The original article can be found at Money-Rates.com:Savers get relief as oil prices drop


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Entering her ninth season at the helm of the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team, two-time National Coach of the Year K.J. Kindler has elevated the Sooner program to become one of the nation's elite.
In 2013, Kindler led OU to the program's third NCAA Super Six team finals appearance. The squad earned seven All-America honors en route to a second-place team effort overall, tying for the highest finish in program history. The performance marked OU's third top-three finish in the last four seasons under Kindler.
Kindler's 2010 team also achieved a second-place finish in OU's first-ever Super Six appearance. With the performance, Kindler became the first head coach in NCAA history to lead two separate programs to the Super Six (Iowa State--2006; Oklahoma--2010, 2011 and 2013).
Under Kindler's leadership, OU has captured six Big 12 championships, four consecutive NCAA regional titles and 41 NCAA All-America awards. The collegiate gymnastics community has recognized Kindler for her coaching achievements, awarding her National Coach of Year honors twice (2005 and 2010), Regional Coach of the Year accolades five times (2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013) and Big 12 Coach of the Year laurels a program-record eight times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014).
The 2013 season marked one of the finest in Oklahoma program history. OU spent the entirety of the season ranked in the top three nationally, including two weeks at No. 1. The primary beam coach, Kindler led the beam squad to a No. 1 ranking for 11 consecutive weeks during the regular season. OU defeated nine top-25 teams, including four top-10 squads, en route to the program's 11th conference title and an NCAA Regional championship.
The Sooners' regular season efforts were recognized with a nation-best 11 NACGC/W All-America awards. Kindler's leadership throughout the team's stellar season earned her Coach of the Year honors from the Big 12 and the South Central Region.
Kindler's OU squad was marked by excellence at both the team and individual levels in 2013. The team posted a 197.375 at the NCAA Championships to finish as the nation's runner-up, tying for the highest finish in Sooner history. OU scored a 197.000 or better at 13 meets in 2013, tying an NCAA record for most such meets in a single season.
The seven All-America honors earned in 2013 give Kindler 58 career All-Americans, including 41 at Oklahoma. Kindler also coached her team to seven individual conference titles, boosting her career total to 42 Big 12 champions and 29 at OU. Five Sooners earned regional event titles at the NCAA Norman Regional, giving Kindler 26 career regional event champions and 17 with Oklahoma.
Kindler has combined athletic and academic success throughout her career with 78 Academic All-Big 12 honorees and 50 NACGC/W Scholastic All-Americans.
Kindler was named the South Central Regional Head Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding OU to its third undefeated regular season in four years. A program-best 11 OU gymnasts were named All-Americans as the Sooners went on to win an NCAA Regional title and finish third in the nation.
On Jan. 23, 2011, Kindler collected her 100th win with the OU program as the Sooners defeated TWU, 196.175-193.050. OU is a combined 179-48-2 in seven seasons under Kindler; she has helped the program to its four best win percentages in program history in the last four seasons.
In 2010, the National Coach of the Year, Regional Coach of the Year and Big 12 Coach of the Year led Oklahoma to a national runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships with seven All-Americans, including Big 12 Sportswoman of the Year Hollie Vise. Vise was an All-American on bars, beam and floor and finished as the national runner-up on bars and floor.
Under the direction of Kindler, the Sooners closed 2010 with a final record of 29-3. The win total broke the previous program best of 26 that was set in 1989 under Becky Switzer. Kindler guided the Sooners to the only undefeated regular season in the NCAA in 2010 (22-0) en route to postseason titles at the Big 12 Championship and NCAA University Park Regional.
OU was ranked first or second in every regular season poll in 2010, as the Sooners were the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet.
Oklahoma also picked up its first win over a No. 1 opponent in program history in 2010 with a 197.950-197.275 victory over top-ranked Alabama on March 5. OU eclipsed its previous program best (197.725) by 0.225 in the win, which was the highest score in the NCAA that season.
Kindler's squad continued its Big 12 dominance, winning its third-straight Big 12 title with a team score of 197.175, the highest score by a conference champion since 2001. OU swept all four team event titles and won at least a share of all four individual event titles.
The Sooners won their second-straight Big 12 title in 2009, while posting individual event titles on bars and beam at the conference championship. Megan Ferguson earned All-America status with her stellar performance on beam as the Sooners won eight beam titles in 2009.
In 2008, Kindler guided Kiara Redmond as the senior capped off her illustrious career with four additional All-America honors, moving her career total to nine - the highest tally of any gymnast in program history. The 2008 campaign started with 21 consecutive victories, including all 18 regular season meetings, as OU finished the regular season as the only undefeated team in the country.
Oklahoma produced a conference-leading nine spots on the 2008 regular season All-Big 12 Team.
OU recorded only two scores lower than 9.8 in the final three events of the 2008 conference championship as the Sooners clinched at least a share of all four individual event titles - marking just the third time in Big 12 history that a school clinched at least a share of all four apparatus wins.
Named head coach of the Sooners in the summer of 2006, Kindler quickly positioned the OU squad among the nation's elite in her first season in Norman in 2007. That year, the Sooners rattled off a streak of 12 consecutive victories, nine of which came on the road, including an upset of then-No. 6 Nebraska in Lincoln, a feat no OU team had accomplished since 1991.
Oklahoma finished second at the Big 12 Championships before heading to the NCAA Central Regional, taking second place before finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish up to that point in program history.
"We are dedicated to filling our staff with the best and brightest minds in coaching," said OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione upon Kindler's hiring. "K.J. Kindler brings a reputation of great achievement in all aspects of leading a program."
Prior to her hiring at OU, Kindler spent six seasons as the head coach at Iowa State. In her final season in Ames in 2006, Kindler led Iowa State to its third trip to the NCAA Championships and its first appearance in the Super Six team finals.
The 24-10 Cyclones produced three All-Americans for a second-consecutive season while posting an undefeated mark at home, a 10-1 dual record and an 8-1 standard in duals against ranked opponents. The team also snapped Nebraska's 60-meet home winning streak.
The 2006 squad won its first Big 12 Championship since 2000, and three Cyclone gymnasts earned either an outright or share of an individual title at the meet.
Kindler, an Iowa State graduate, joined the Cyclone staff as an assistant coach in 1992.
Kindler hails from Lake Elmo, Minn., and trained under Mary Jane Olsen at Hamline University in St. Paul. In high school, she moved to Connecticut and trained under Frank and Laurie DeFrancesco at Arena Academy in Stamford and Walter Hawkes at Wilton High School. In Connecticut, she won multiple conference and state titles.
The eldest of five siblings, Kindler hails from a gymnastics family. One sister, Lori, competed at the University of Minnesota. She and her husband own and operate Flips Gymnastics in the Twin Cities area. Kindler's nieces, Emma and Lucy Kindler, enjoy recreational gymnastics.
Kindler is married to OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The couple has two daughters, Maggie and Adelade.


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PORTSMOUTH — The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge will remain closed indefinitely after being struck by a 473-foot tanker that broke free from its mooring at the New Hampshire State Pier on Monday.
The bridge sustained structural damage in the accident, which left the vessel pinned sideways against the aging drawbridge for more than four hours.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) was preparing to launch a full damage assessment and engineering analysis this morning. Gov. Maggie Hassan was also scheduled to inspect the damage first-hand between 7:15 and 7:30, according to a spokesman.
The Harbour Feature, a Portuguese-flagged oil and chemical tanker, broke free from its mooring at the state pier on Market Street shortly before 1:30 p.m. The vessel rotated in the strong current and was swept sideways into the bridge.
The mishap brought marine traffic in the Piscataqua River to a halt, and also blocked cars heading north and south on Route 1. At a minimum, the bridge is expected to remain closed for several more days, according to Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot.
"Once the full extent of the damage is known and a fix is determined the Department will be able to estimate how long the bridge will remain closed to vehicular traffic," NHDOT Assistant Director of Operations David Rodrigue wrote in an email Monday evening.
Crews raised the bridge's lift span soon after it was struck on Monday, and the drawbridge appears to be functioning normally, transportation officials said.
Completed in 1940, the Sarah Long bridge provides a crucial connection for motorists traveling between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine. The steel structure measures 2,800 feet, and carries the Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River. On an average day, an estimated 16,000 vehicles cross over it.
The bridge is also a gateway to the commercial terminals further upriver, where ships routinely load up oil, gas and other products.
The Harbour Feature arrived in New Hampshire several days ago carrying a crew of 20, according to U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Nick Barrow. The ship was in Portsmouth to load material from the Sprague Energy terminal. A Sprague Energy spokesman said the tanker received 3,700 metric tons of tallow oil, a product derived from animal fats, between the time it arrived Sunday and Monday morning.
The vessel then moved to the state pier to refuel its diesel engines around noon.
"After she was secured, and the pilot and the tugboats went back to the pilot dock, something happened on board the vessel that caused it to get off the dock, and the force of the tidal currents caused the lines to break," New Hampshire Ports and Harbors director Geno Marconi said.
The ship's crew radioed the Coast Guard for help, indicating the ship "somehow became detached" from its mooring, Barrow said. It wasn't under power at the time, and the ship drifted upriver with the flood tide, he said.
No injuries were reported, but the vessel's exterior was damaged. Crew members found a rupture between 6 inches and 1 foot long near one of the ship's ballast tanks. The hole was above the water line, and no water entered the ship. The Coast Guard found no sign of oil leaking into the river, according to an announcement released Monday evening.
After the crash, Coast Guard personnel, Portsmouth and Kittery firefighters and staffers from NHDOT were dispatched to the scene. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the Coast Guard Air Station on Cape Cod buzzed overhead for several hours, and representatives from the New Hampshire Marine Patrol and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection were also on hand.
In Portsmouth, spectators dotted the banks of the river to view the marooned ship. The orange hull also loomed large in Kittery, where youths gathered by the edge of the water to take in the spectacle. Military personnel assigned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were also seen monitoring activity along the coastline.
"To say it's a rare event is completely accurate," said Maine DOT spokesman Ted Talbot, who couldn't recall a similar event in his career. Neither could NHDOT spokesman Bill Boynton, who said the only other event with similarities occurred in the 1940s, when a submarine struck the Memorial Bridge.
"The folks up in bridge maintenance tell me there's no recollection of anything like this happening, despite all the river traffic that occurs in the Piscataqua," he said.
Tugboats could be seen stationed near the state pier throughout the afternoon, preparing to pull the Harbour Feature away from the bridge. The attempt was delayed until the slack tide — a period of relative calm between the tidal cycles — which fell early Monday evening. The ship was finally dislodged around 5:50 p.m.
Now one of the oldest bridges in the state, the Sarah Long has been flagged for repairs for years. The bridge tops the state's roster of so-called "red-listed" bridges. Officials in New Hampshire and Maine have been hashing out a plan for repairing or replacing the structure.
Along with a consultant, NHDOT crews will be strapping on gear to climb across the drawbridge this morning to get a look at the damage. Preliminary photos show impacts to the bridge's steel supports, Boynton said.
"There's definitely some bent steel beams," he said, "and at a minimum, they'll have to be either strengthened or replaced."


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Scofield is the woman who co-directed and owned the private shelter w/my friend Gerda. She is now the director of our town shelter. Trust me, she will make sure they go to responsible owners. Sadly, a few years ago, she had a fire in her home and lost about 10 of her dogs. I can't imagine. Anyway, here is a new program she is involved in:
Brookhaven's town animal shelter wants to create a bull market for pit bulls.
The town said Tuesday it would give $250 to certified charities, animal welfare groups and relief organizations for every pit bull they "commit to taking and placing in a safe haven."
The Horseblock Road animal shelter, which houses about 175 pit bulls and pit mixes, has had a backlog of pit bulls for several years, and the new program will get them out of the shelter and closer to placement in homes, Supervisor Mark Lesko said. The pit bulls and pit mixes comprise more than 90 percent of the dogs at the shelter.
"As wonderful as these dogs are, they can be difficult to place because there is a stigma attached to them," Lesko said.
Money for the program will be provided by the Help the Animals Fund, a nonprofit group whose board of directors includes Dori Scofield, the Brookhaven shelter director.
Pit bulls constitute the majority of dogs at shelters on Long Island and beyond because of the dogs' undeserved reputation as aggressive, Scofield said. Many of the dogs exhibit aggressive behavior because they were mistreated as fighting dogs or guard dogs, but with proper care they are friendly and loyal, she said.
"They are the toughest to adopt out," she said. "If I had a shelter full of Yorkie-poos, they'd be gone in no time."
The dogs will be vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed or neutered at the shelter, Lesko said. The program is not limited to groups from New York State, he said.
The town will conduct a background check of every organization that wants to adopt dogs to ensure that the organizations are licensed nonprofits, Lesko said.
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A featherweight bout between Diego Brandao (15-8 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Pablo Garza (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is now official for UFC on FUEL TV 9, and three other recently reported fights are now official for the April card.
Brandao vs. Garza, which MMAnytt.se and kimura.se today reported, is the 12th addition to the card.
UFC on FUEL TV 9 takes place April 6 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm. The event's main card airs on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.
It's not clear where Brandao vs. Garza will land on the fight card.
Brandao, "The Ultimate Fighter 14" winner, submitted Dennis Bermudez to win the reality show before suffering a decision loss to Darren Elkins in his next outing. However, the Team Jackson-Winkeljohn fighter rebounded in October with a decision victory over Joey Gambino. The hard-hitting grappler has now won five of his past six pro fights.
He now meets the 6-foot-1 Garza, who recently ended a two-fight losing skid (to Dustin Poirier and Dennis Bermudez) with a hard-fought unanimous-decision victory over former title challenger Mark Hominick. Before the skid, the North Dakota-based WEC vet earned fight-night bonuses after knocking out Fredson Paixao and submitting Yves Jabouin in his first two UFC fights.
Other recently reported fights that are now official for the card include welterweights Chris Spang vs. Adlan Amagov, lightweights Reza Madadi (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Michael Johnson (12-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC), and middleweights Michael Kuiper (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Tom Lawlor (8-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC).
The latest UFC on FUEL TV 9 card now includes:
- Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi
- Philip De Fries vs. Matt Mitrione
- Mike Easton vs. Brad Pickett
- Ryan Couture vs. Ross Pearson
- Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza
- Michael Kuiper vs. Tom Lawlor
- Marcus Brimage vs. Conor McGregor
- Michael Johnson vs. Reza Madadi
- Akira Corassani vs. Robert Peralta
- Papy Abedi vs. Besam Yousef
- Adlan Amagov vs. Chris Spang
- Ben Alloway vs. Ryan LaFlare
For more on UFC on FUEL TV 9, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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