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Impossible? Not in the world of genealogy. Ancestry.com has been diligently indexing the names on the 1940 US Census records; millions now fully searchable. And my state, Oklahoma, has been completed.
Unexpectedly faced with the 1940 US Census of both my parents, I swiftly magnified each, skimming along as I read of my parents, grandparents and great-grandmother.
Neither census revealed features unknown to my family history except for one surprising and unusual element: the address. The little unincorporated community of the house where I grew up was within the township boundaries of a Tulsa suburb that is at present, ten miles away.
Seventy-two years of city, county and US Post boundaries have evolved, dissolved or shifted and family homesteads, especially those in rural communities, may have different addresses on the 1940 Census than today. Chalk it up to the fascinating and frustrating world of genealogy: everything old is new again.
Surprised at my little discovery, it was a simple reminder that if we hope to go forward into the digging of family history, we have to keep our minds open and inviting to all possibilities. Everything and nothing is as it seems. Proud family stories are suddenly dispelled; great-grandfathers had 2nd, sometimes 3rd wives and county boundaries shift from census year to census year.
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Looking for an interchangeable-lens model -- dSLR, mirrorless, or something in between -- that's good at both stills and video? Here are our top picks.
There are a lot of good reasons to choose a camera over a consumer camcorder for shooting video, including larger sensors, which tend to deliver better tonal range and enhanced depth-of-field flexibility, and better photo quality. And an interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) -- a dSLR, fixed mirror (Sony's SLT series), or mirrorless model -- imparts huge creative and logistical benefits over a typical point-and-shoot design.
Most consumer camcorders have pretty ugly polygonal bokeh until you hit the $1,000 or so price point. With an ILC, even the cheap lenses deliver better handling of out-of-focus areas.
So why do camcorders still exist? For one thing, they're physically optimized to be held for longer periods of time without inducing fatigue. Holding a camera with the LCD at eye level or the bulky body with an LCD tilted or flipped out can be awkward. Cameras also tend to be a mixed bag on the autofocus (AF) front. Mirrorless designs -- point-and-shoots and ILCs -- tend to have an advantage because they're built around contrast-based AF systems that are more suited to continual operation than the phase-detection AF systems integral to dSLRs. (Here's a discussion of the two technologies.) The videographers who first used dSLRs accepted the need to manually focus -- and to retrofit their cameras with the lens add-ons necessary for smooth, comfortable focus operation (a follow focus) and LCD magnifiers called loupes for precise operation on the relatively small, low-resolution displays. But not everyone wants to surround their nicely sized camera with an unwieldy Erector Set-like rig. So if you just want the video equivalent of a point-and-shoot, my recommendation is you stick with a mirrorless ILC.
Some key features to consider while deciding on a model include manual controls -- the ability to adjust shutter speed, aperture, and gain (ISO sensitivity) -- support for an external microphone or headphones, and a tilting or articulated LCD. While many cameras have manual controls, watch out for the caveats. For example, the Sony Alpha SLT-A77V has nice autofocus, but you can use it only in automatic mode. Also, some cameras only let you adjust aperture, not shutter speed; if you can't control the shutter speed, you can frequently end up with a jittery, unpleasant look to video shot in bright light. While focus peaking, which uses edge highlighting to show the scene moving in and out of focus, is a huge advantage for manual focus, at this point only a few cameras seem to have incorporated it.
Also, keep in mind that you don't necessarily need an ILC to get decent video, manual controls or expandability. Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V and HX200V both deliver good video if you like your settings automatic. And the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 stands out on a few fronts: it not only supports manual exposure controls during video, but it also has a mic jack, a hot shoe (for a bank of LED lights), and its fixed f2.8 aperture across the entire zoom range gives you a lot more flexibility in low light than the typical snapshot camera.
There are quite a few cameras that I haven't yet tested that have potential to be good video options, including the Sony NEX-5R and NEX-6 , Canon EOS 6D and EOS M , Sony Alpha SLT-A99 , and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 .
Sony Alpha NEX-F3
If you're looking for the cheapest ILC suited for shooting video, my choice is the F3, which runs about $600 for the typical body-plus-18-55mm lens. It's a nice little consumer-oriented camera with manual controls and very nice video quality, plus a lens lineup and autofocus system that works accurately, quickly, and quietly. While the video does display some artifacts, overall it's still better than a similarly priced camcorder; the biggest drawback is that it's interlaced at 1080/60i and there's no 1080/30p. You have to drop down to 24p for the highest-quality progressive option. Read the full review.
Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Last year's T3i still ranks as the cheapest dSLR for shooting video without autofocus. At about $600 for the basic kit, the T3i offers the high video quality and all the features an indie videographer on a budget needs, short of time code support and clean HDMI output. However, it has the typical dSLR problem with usable contrast autofocus, making it intrusive and frustrating to use. The (even older) T2i remains a fine choice as well if you can find it for less than the T3i; the T2i has reached the inevitable point in its life cycle where it's priced the same or even more than its successor. Read the full review.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
For the video geek on a budget who wants autofocus, this older top-of-the-line model is a great way to buy into a system that will scale with your interest. At about $700 with the basic 14-42mm kit lens, it's one of the cheaper options but delivers excellent video, full manual controls, and a mic input. The Micro Four Thirds mount has a nice selection of native lenses (including Panasonic's power zoom options and some great fast primes from Olympus), and with an adapter you can pretty much use any lens you'd like. To get the most out of the camera, though, you'll probably want to look into some of the firmware hacks available that deliver more features, increased bit rates, and better video quality. With the subsequent model, the GH3 , Panasonic added in a lot of the capabilities provided by the hacks, but it also raised the price to about $1,300 for the body only. (I haven't had a chance to test it yet.) Read the full review.
Canon EOS Rebel T4i
As the least-expensive dSLR with decent video autofocus, the T4i makes a great choice for mainstream photographers who want a dSLR, but also want the ability to shoot typical video of kids, pets and vacations. The biggest drawback for this crowd is that "least-expensive" doesn't necessarily mean cheap. In order for the autofocus to work quickly and silently you have to use one of Canon's new STM line of lenses, of which there are only two at the moment, and which bump the price up significantly: the recommended kit with the 18-135mm STM lens will run you about $1,100. It's also a good choice for more advanced videographers who want the flexibility of access to a wide selection of Canon and EF-S compatible lenses for manual focus, with the occasional autofocus ability. Plus the touch-screen operation provides a nice interface for video recording. A more expensive option is the Sony Alpha SLT-A77V -- more expensive because it's a much better camera -- which produces good video and in auto has good autofocus. However, the A77V has too many video-related caveats, especially given its $1,700 price tag (with the excellent 16-50mm lens). Read the full review.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
The overall best dSLR for video is currently the 5D Mark III, widely priced at about $3,300. It delivers the best tonal range, fewest artifacts, and, for the most part, broadest video-oriented feature set of the crowd. However, if you don't need hardware features like a headphone jack and you feel adventurous, you can get the also excellent -- and at around $1,800, a lot cheaper -- 5D Mark II. A bunch of the video features added in the Mark III, such as time code support and better audio control can be had in the Mark II by installing Magic Lantern, a third-party firmware hack (there's also an alpha version for the 5D Mark III that adds focus peaking and a few other features). The biggest hole in both camera's feature sets is clean uncompressed (4:2:2) HDMI out for recording to an external drive. Canon has announced a firmware upgrade for April 2013 that will supposedly supply this capability, but that's a long way off. Read the full review.


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A sexting scandal is rocking a Brentwood, California community.
More than a dozen middle school students have been blackmailed by cell phone pictures.
A teenage boy at J. Douglas Adams Middle School is accused of using inappropriate photos of a girl to coerce her into engaging in sexual acts with him on campus.
Police say the case involves more than a dozen students sexting each other.
Parents are shocked.
"It's one thing you don't want in the community. You work hard to make sure your community is protected and when it comes to the forefront it's disturbing," says a parent Mike Wright.
Police are talking to at least 12 boys who were sending and receiving inappropriate photos at Adams, Bristow and Edna Hill Middle Schools in Brentwood and Excelsior Middle School in Byron.
The students involved range in age from 12 to 14.
"I think as adults we all have the responsibility to remind children that their online actions have real life consequences," says the Superintendent, of Brentwood Union School District, Dana Eaton.
Eaton says the school has handed out severe discipline to the teens and they're working to prevent anything like this from happening again.
Brentwood police haven't found any new victims, but know how damaging and embarrassing the allegations are for the teens.
"As we all know in the cyber world, once that information is out it is nearly impossible to get it back," says Walter O'grodnick of Brentwood Police Department.
That's why police and the school district are encouraging parents to talk to their children about how they use their cell phones and the internet.
Wright continues, "like the adage goes, it takes a community to raise a child. We're only prepared as we educate ourselves."
Police say they still need to go through confiscated cell phones to look for inappropriate images.
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Its "100 Heroes 100 Days" campaign launched Aug. 3 and ends on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
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Plus, hiring veterans could lead to financial benefits under the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011.
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The Office of Personnel Management published final rules Thursday aimed at helping agencies recruit and hire students and recent graduates through the Pathways Program.
The plan includes three major tracks: Internship Program, Recent Graduates Program and Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF).
Internship Program
The Internship Program will recruit students who are enrolled at least half-time in qualifying educational programs. OPM said it will open the program to students at several levels on the academic ladder, including high school, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate.
OPM Director John Berry
"If you're in school and you're working for the federal government, you're an intern," Berry said.
Recent Graduates Program
Students who have received degrees can apply for opportunities in the Recent Graduates Program, which is for applicants who have completed qualifying post-high school educational programs, such as those offered by colleges and vocational schools.
"Everybody will get a two-year window after they graduate," Berry said. "You will be allowed to apply for positions that the agencies will identify in (the Recent Graduates Program). And again, just like with the intern program, if you do a good job, you can be converted after a year of service
Members of the military whose service precludes them from applying during the two-year window may apply within six years.
Both the Internship and Recent Graduate Programs seek to help federal managers find permanent civil servants, OPM said. Agencies will have the option of offering permanent jobs to anyone who does well.
Presidential Management Fellows Program
While the Internship and Recent Graduate programs might primarily help agencies recruit lower-level employees, the PMF program will target graduate and post-graduate degree holders interested in the junior ranks of federal management. OPM hopes to "polish" the program, which began more than three decades ago, to improve effectiveness.
"We are increasing the assessment tools that will help us identify better candidates," Berry said. "We are increasing the sense of cohort amongst those classes, so they'll get to know one another in joint exercises and training. And we are increasing the onboarding and training exercises that the (Presidential Management Fellows) will go through in that program."
The National Treasury Employees Union criticized the final regulations, saying they do not go far enough to prevent abuse.
"While I am pleased to see certain of NTEU's recommended changes incorporated into Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations implementing the Pathways Programs," NTEU President Colleen Kelley said in a statement, "I remain concerned that the programs as designed, particularly the Recent Graduates Program, permit agencies to circumvent long-standing competitive hiring practices and merit systems principles."
NTEU voiced the same concern in October, after OPM issued proposed rules for the Pathways Program.
In a statement, American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage said AFGE was still evaluating the final regulations.
"We applaud the Office of Personnel Management for taking to heart the need for significant reform to the federal internship program and to the agencies' general hiring processes," Gage said in the statement.
To be sure agencies administer the Pathways Program properly, OPM will implement new reporting requirements.
"Agencies have to tell us what jobs they're going to be filling through these programs, where they're located, what the pay is, and how people will apply for them," said Robert Shriver, OPM's deputy general counsel for policy. "We will be putting that information on [USAJobs.gov]."
In the effort to oversee the program, OPM's Merit Systems Audit and Compliance Office will analyze how agencies use the Pathways Program, Shriver said. These audits will become part of the office's periodic reviews of agency hiring practices.
"Our regulations make it clear we have the ability to revoke agency authority to use these programs, if they're not being used properly," Shriver said. "We're not expecting that. We're expecting the agencies will use them as they're intended to be used. But we do have that authority."
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Research In Motion was founded by two very strong willed men. While this worked well in getting the company off the ground and creating what was, at the time, a market moving product, it wound up costing the company its leadership role. Indeed, the BlackBerry, as the company's phones are called, was the first to allow easy and highly secure email access.
That may seem quaint in a world where texting and tweeting have taken over for email as the hot communication tool, but when the BlackBerry came out it was nothing short of revolutionary. Even the company's use of a full keyboard on the device was a big plus. However, management's insistence on sticking to that particular feature turned into a negative as Apple and Google products quickly changed what customers wanted.
The diehard attitude that got the company to the top, then, is what brought it low, in the end. After a management change, the company is looking to revamp its core product to offer a more modern option to customers. This is a make or break moment for the company.
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The BlackBerry 10, or BB10 as some are calling it, isn't a life altering advance in the smart phone space. However, it is an important modernization of the BlackBerry that happens to include some nifty new features and keeps some of the company's distinguishing traits. At the very least, it seems like a good start.
For example, the new operating system is being launched with a touch screen, something the company simply didn't pull off well before. Reviews are calling the software sleek and fast, which is good since both Apple and Google offer top-notch operating systems. These attributes, however, are just table stakes since anything less couldn't compete.
One new feature that is likely to be very well received, and perhaps push competitors to come up with similar functionality, is BlackBerry 10's ability to separate work from pleasure. BlackBerry Balance addresses a big issue with both the company's smart phone competitors and its own devices. The former tend to be geared more toward personal lives, while BlackBerries had lingered too long on the business side. Providing a "balance" between the two that also keeps them separate is a nice addition.
The BlackBerry will also be sold with a keyboard in addition to models with a touch screen. This should keep fans of the keyboard, a core user group, very happy. Research in Motion will also continue to boast some of the best data protection in the business, which will be appeasing to customers, particularly on the business side.
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BlackBerry 10 is making its debut shortly after Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new mobile operating system, worked on in conjunction with Nokia (NYSE: NOK), was first presented to the market. Nokia's phone, the Lumina, has received high marks, as has Microsoft's operating system. However, some of that may be tied to what many view as an emerging duopoly between Apple and Google in the smart phone space.
Generally speaking, the industry would like to see at least one more notable participant to keep the market moving forward. Strong early orders for BlackBerry 10 devices suggest that it will launch to at least decent demand. Like the Microsoft/Nokia product, the BlackBerry will have an uphill climb to unseat the two dominant companies in the space. However, it looks like it will have a lot of people rooting for its eventual success.
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Last season, Piper led the Blue Devils to the NEC Tournament for the fourth time in her six seasons. CCSU tied for fourth in the conference standings and entered the eight-team field as the #5 seed. Following the season, Jaclyn Babe was named First Team All-NEC and was a CoSida Academic All-District First Team selection. Babe became the first player under Piper to earn first team honors from the NEC. The Blue Devils finished the season with 16 victories, the fifth highest season total in CCSU's Division I history.
The 2011-12 season, the fifth under Piper, the Blue Devils finished 13-16. The 13 wins marked the fourth consecutive double-digit victory season for the Blue Devils and helped the team to the best four-year record in program history. During the season, then junior Jaclyn Babe scored 446 points and earned second team All-NEC honors. Her classmate, Kirsten Daamen became the Blue Devils' career leader in blocked shots and by seasons end she had run her total to 140.
Piper led the Blue Devils to 19 wins in 2010-11. That is the highest win total for the program since joning the Northeast Conference for the 1997-98 season. Piper also led her team to 11 conference victories and the third NEC Tournament victory of her career. By reaching the NEC Tournament, the Blue Devils set a new program best by making the postseason three straight years.
The Blue Devils won 12 games in 2009-10, including eight conference games and earned the sixth seed in the Northeast Conference Tournament. It was the Blue Devils second consecutive NEC Tournament berth. Piper's squad upset third seeded Sacred Heart 63-51 to advance to the semifinals before falling to Long Island University 61-55. Central's back-to-back tournament berths were the first since 2004-05 and 2005-06.
In the second season under Piper, CCSU finished with the best turnaround in the nation, improving from four wins in 2007-08 to 18 wins in 2008-09. Central finished with a 12-6 record in the Northeast Conference and was the second seed in the NEC Tournament. After falling to St. Francis (PA) in the conference semifinals (73-62), the Blue Devils were selected to play in the Women's National Invitational Tournament. It marked the first time in the school's NCAA Division I history that the team qualified for post conference tournament playoff action.
After two seasons as head coach at CCSU, Piper has guided two players to NEC All-Rookie Team honors and in 2009 sophomore Kerrianne Dugan earned the first All-NEC selection during Piper's tenure. Dugan became the first Blue Devil to earn conference accolades under Piper's guidance, receiving all-rookie team honors after leading the Blue Devils in points, rebounds, assists and steals in 2007-08. Shontice Simmons garnered all-rookie team accolades the next season after leading Central in points, assists and steals as a freshman. Dugan was only the fourth player in school history to receive All-NEC honors, as she picked up a second team selection during the 2008-09 season.
Piper collected her first collegiate victory at Stony Brook on Dec. 12, 2007, leading the Blue Devils to a 61-59 win. She earned her first Northeast Conference win on January 7, 2008 as CCSU defeated Wagner, 62-54, on the road in overtime. The first win of Piper's career in Detrick Gymnasium followed a week later when Central defeated St. Francis (PA), 72-64.
CCSU President Jack Miller and recently retired Director of Athletics Charles, C.J., Jones announced Piper as the fourth women's basketball coach in University history on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. Piper, a 1999 CCSU Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, joined the Blue Devils after spending 19 seasons as the head coach at nearby New Britain High School.
"I was very pleased to welcome Beryl Piper back to Central Connecticut State University," Miller said. "As an alumna, she has a great passion for our university and our women's basketball program. Coach Piper has a remarkable winning record and is a champion. I'm sure she can develop a winning formula for the future of CCSU's women's basketball."
Piper guided the Golden Hurricanes to three state titles, compiling a 289-151 record. New Britain won its first in 1998 and added back-to-back championships over her final two seasons. Beginning in 1998, Piper also won seven consecutive Central Connecticut Conference South Division championships. She added two north division crowns in her last two seasons there.
Piper's New Britain team finished the 2006-07 season with a 22-3 record en route to winning a second consecutive Class LL state championship. A Trumbull, CT native, Piper was named the Connecticut High School Coaches Association 2007 Coach of the Year. Additionally, she was presented with the 2007 Merit Award by the CIAC Girls Basketball Committee and was named the 2007 Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Doc McInerney Coach of the Year in a female sport. In 2008 she was inducted into the New Britain Sports Hall of Fame.
"This was the perfect time for me to make this transition," Piper said at the time of her hiring. "Central Connecticut gave me a chance to be a player and now is giving me a chance as a coach. I feel I worked hard to become successful as a player. As a coach, I will use the same work ethic to make the University and community proud of the women's basketball program."
Piper was a three-sport athlete at Trumbull High and is now a member of the school's hall of fame. She then went on to attend CCSU, where she played basketball under the legendary Brenda Reilly.
A four-year player and co-captain of the 1985-86 women's basketball team, Piper helped lead the Blue Devils to a 24-4 mark as a senior. That team, which reached the NCAA Division II quarterfinals, holds the record for most wins and best winning percentage in program history. She also participated in Blue Devil softball. As a senior, Piper won the Gail Rutz Award as CCSU's outstanding female student-athlete. She went on to play professionally for Team Blarney in Ireland, where she was part of the 1986-87 national championship team.
In addition to being one of 11 women's basketball members in the Central Connecticut Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame, Piper has received the Rebecca McCord Award for Athletic and Academic Excellence from the University.
She earned her master's degree in health education from Southern Connecticut in 1991 and completed 30 credits beyond her master's in 2003 at the University of Hartford.
Piper, who also served as a physical education teacher at New Britain High, began her coaching career as a junior varsity coach and varsity assistant coach at Northwest Catholic High School in 1987-88, during which the varsity team won a state title. She moved on to New Britain for the following season, inheriting a 0-20 team. She concluded her run at NBHS with 11 straight winning seasons. Over her last 10 seasons, Piper compiled a 200-49 record.
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When the economy was tanking in 2008, Congress raised those limits in order to boost the housing market, The Los Angeles Times reports. That helped people buy more-expensive homes, because lenders knew they could count on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration for backup.
Raising those limits was always meant to be a temporary move. But people say now is the wrong time to push the reset button.
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I had a lot of equity in my property and home for many years and still am able to make my payments on time. But due to the Real Estate bubble burst my property and home equity has been erased and because of that I will now not be able to qualify for these so called record low interest rates. How about putting a program together for people that do pay their bills and allow them to take advantage of today's rates?
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I agree with you dutch155. There are many, many people who currently have outrageous rates, like 6.5% and higher, that would benefit from refinancing. Not that I am a big government intervention supporter, but in a case like this, it would be appropriate. All banks must allow refinancing, even if underwater. If there is a 2nd, that lender would be required to subordinate or lose FDIC protection. That would cause the bank to go away and go away quickly.
Refinancing a principal balance of $350,000 from 6.5% to 4.5% would save the borrower $583.33/month in interest. That would be huge for lots of people. Plus it would keep us title insurance people busy, busy, busy!!
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Wrong edition. I've read a couple over the years. The full version kind of sucks because the middle third or so was just plain boring. Probably realistic, but I don't want to be a whaler. Later I read an edited version & found it much more palatable.
This book was 607 pages of epicness. There were a few dry chapters here and there, but altogether a well-plotted and very detailed story. I loved the chapter on cetology very much and anyone who is into that type of marine biology would benefit from that; the history of whaling that is discussed with killing and selling isn't forced.
Did you know this thing was funny? Like maybe even absurdist? Certainly satirical. Is Herman Melville playing a joke on us?
Did he have an editor? Did editors exist in the 1840s?
Was Moby Dick the Call Of Duty of its time? In that it imbued an alternately boring and terrifying job with mythical significance for the purpose of seducing young men into supporting the socio-political structures that require it?
Everything you could ever possibly want to know about whales and a depressing gothic-like story that absorbs you. Oh, I know, it's an allegory... Just read it and enjoy - if you can avoid the frustration in pausing to learn about whales.
I can't get on with the prose style so I've started this several times and not got very far. I keep trying because I love "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick which is an astonishing book about the real events that inspired Moby Dick and I would love to read the Melville book as well. The real life disaster of "In the Heart of the Sea" starts where Melville's book finishes - with the sinking of the ship and launching of 3 lifeboats. It is every bit as haunting as the story of Moby Dick.
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Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
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Economists are worried not only about inflation, but also deflation, and now it appears U.S. consumers need to worry, too.
While prices for many goods are rising, in cases where prices are steady, the packaging frequently is smaller. It's an unmistakable trend for grocery shoppers these days: Every other package seemingly has a "great new look" for the "same great price."
The problem is that the new look is a few ounces smaller than the old packaging. Or there has been some other creative way to have shoppers pay the same money as always without recognizing that they are bringing less home.
Barring a change in the way packaging is regulated, consumers need to change habits -- or at least be more attentive -- to make their dollars go further and minimize the effects of this cost-inflation/product-deflation cycle.
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It's been particularly noticeable to me of late because my family recently switched from our preferred grocery store to a nearby competitor. With the change, we noticed that it felt as if our dollars were buying less and less.
Retail prices in the two stores are roughly the same, but we were buying less. For instance, a "half-gallon" container of orange juice from Tropicana is actually 59 ounces; a roll of toilet paper is shorter, the "new-look" salad dressing is 4 ounces smaller and so on.
Mind you, the manufacturers aren't discussing the pricing/packaging change. Tropicana is running commercials saying its packages have "16 fresh-picked oranges squeezed into each carton" -- a claim the company has made for years -- but there must be some orange deflation if the carton is about one glass of juice smaller. Tropicana cut its packaging size in response to last winter's freeze in Florida, according to Consumer Reports, after consumer research showed that people preferred to pay the same price even if it meant less juice.
That's part of the problem, because the grocery budget is not just about finances; it's about how far the products go.
"It's caveat emptor on aisle three," said Donald MacGregor of MacGregor-Bates, a Eugene, Ore., firm that does research into consumer judgment and decision making. "Consumers must realize that, as a group, they are easily manipulated, and companies are counting on that. If a company reduces the price of something by 5% but gives you 10% less, you look at the price and think you are getting a bargain, but they have increased their profit margin by 5%. It looks good to you, but you're really paying more to get less."
The manipulation involves playing with different units of measure, a problem consumers allow because they get familiar with a certain size and then assume it stays the same. Ask people in the orange juice aisle what, exactly, they are buying, and they will say "a half-gallon of orange juice," even if they are picking up a carton that holds less.
That's why people buy a "pint" of ice cream that is really 14 ounces; it may be the same-sized container with more air in the product, or it might just be fancy new packaging that is a tad smaller. The issue is that the manufacturer sets up the unit price in ounces, where the competitor selling a true pint does its unit pricing by the pint. That makes it hard for the average consumer to do a quick-look price comparison and know which is the better deal.
The same thing goes for paper towels and toilet paper, where the unit can be the feet of toweling you buy or it can be "sheets," a unit for which there is no standard measure. Cut the sheets smaller but take a few feet of length off the roll, and you can still have more sheets -- but less product -- for the same money.
A few slices out of a package of cheese, one less hot dog in the pack or an ounce less of deli meat -- all changes the makers are hoping most consumers won't notice so they will stick with the brand rather than shop based on price and value.
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This is not a new problem. I don't know who decided that a coffee cup would hold 6 ounces when we were all taught in school that a "cup" is 8 ounces, but check any china set and you'll see the difference.
At some point, the units of measure became units of packaging, where consumers ask for a "pound of coffee" but don't recognize that the package holds just 12 ounces.
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Even if consumer watchdogs do create uniform standards, consumers still need to watch for product deflation, because it is a form of price inflation. While people may feel as if they are staying within their budget, what matters ultimately is that they get sufficient value for those dollars.
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Sneaky? Yes, indeedy. Smart idea? Yep!
Here's what it looks like open. You tuck a tea bag in each of the four little pockets. Or sugar or creamer packets (I do not like powdered creamer but if you like it, there's a spot for it here).
Please excuse the lighting on these shots...I was pinched for time and had to go with the flow...taking pictures while I was sewing.
But I digress...here's how to make these little totes:
First, choose a pretty fabric. Small patterns are the best and you can find dozens of small pattern fabrics if you check out the quilting fabrics.
I found the exact buttons that were used on the tote that I bought! But you can use any sort of button you'd like, of course.
You'll also need fabric for the lining. It goes without saying that a light lining fabric will be what you want to use. :-)
Click on any of the photos to enlarge them if you need a closer look.
Cut one 6-3/4 inch x 13-1/4 inch rectangle from each of the fabrics.
With right sides together, stitch a 1/4 inch seam all the way around the edge, leaving a 2-inch opening in about 1-1/4 inch from one end.
Turn right-side-out and press.
Fold in half like so:
And fold in half, again. Using the ribbon and a straight pin, mark the spot for the button.
It helps a little to place some tea bags inside before folding. That way, there's a little bulk because when it's finished, the ribbon will be a little more snug when you hook it around the button.
Using a fabric marking pen, place an 'x' where the button should go.
Unfold the tote and note where the button will go. It's hard to see in the picture, below, but there IS a pin with a blue head to the right of the arrows. (I should have used red, dang it.)
With the sides folded in (see below), stitch around the entire piece as close to the edge as you can, catching the ribbon in as you go.
This is the point at which I find where the button should go and sew it on. You need to be sure you just sew it to the outside and you can do that by reaching inside the fold and stitching it through to the outside. Make several stitches to secure the button.
(If this makes no sense to you, please let me know. I neglected to take a picture of that step. Come to think of it, getting a shot with one hand holding the button and one hand taking stitches would have been
Next, find the center of the folded tote. Set your machine to a zigzag stitch. Experiment on a spare piece of folded fabric to find the stitch you like best.
Stitch across from one side to the other making sure to secure the stitches at each end.
Then stitch down the center between the two sides (again, secure the stitches at each end).
And now all you have to do is tuck in some tea bags, fold it up and button it!
You've got a clever way to tote your tea bags. And it's a nice gift for a tea loving friend, too.
I'd love to know if you decide to try this project.


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