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"Our research team is focused on designing a new wind turbine that will not only be one of the most powerful in the world, but sets new standards in efficiency, reliability and cost of energy as well," says GE's Jim Lyons. Research will be conducted over the next three or four years at GE's Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York.
"Wind energy is a major component of our ecomagination initiative," says Lyons, referring to the GE program to develop environmental technologies. "The design of a next generation offshore wind turbine represents our commitment to introduce new products that help our customers meet their environmental challenges."
Development of a new generation offshore turbine does not necessarily mean that GE's 3.6 MW model, seven of which have been operating in the Arklow Bank wind station off the coast of Ireland since late 2003, is suddenly obsolete, says Lyons. "We're still actively bidding the 3.6 MW version in the US," he says. "It depends on how these planned projects play out with their timelines and permitting and all of those kinds of things. So yes, we could still end up flying some of them." As yet there are no offshore wind farms in US waters and none are expected to come online this year or next.
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The main problem, Lyons says, is getting offshore projects to make economic sense. That includes everything from renting ships for installing the machinery to ease of servicing the equipment once the heavy lifting is complete.
"We've taken a fresh look at all of this and the turbine cost is only one-third the cost of the farm," Lyons says. "To get the economics right on an offshore farm you have to do everything right. The economics are getting a lot better than they were, but offshore is still a very challenging environment. There has to be a learning curve and the industry has to mature. What the DOE wants us to do is make it all affordable."
GE's plans for a bigger machine is taken by some to signal yet another caution for the embattled 420 MW Cape Wind development being planned for waters off the Massachusetts coast of northwest America. Opponents may now suggest that Cape Wind should simply wait five years for a 7 MW turbine and end up virtually invisible in much deeper waters.
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Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- Demonstrators clapped along to Soviet-era songs as dancers from Russia's Black Sea fleet entertained the masses at the center of Crimea's administrative capital Sunday.
But it was more than just nostalgia for the old Soviet Union.
With a controversial referendum over whether Crimea will remain part of Ukraine just a week away, it was a rallying cry for ethnic Russians gathered in Simferopol's Lenin Square.
The large demonstration was the latest flashpoint as tensions simmer on the Crimean peninsula, which has become the epicenter of a battle for influence among Moscow, Kiev and the West since Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's ouster last month.
Pro-Russian forces have pushed into the Black Sea peninsula in a bloodless siege, prompting criticism from Western nations and Ukraine's interim government.
At Sunday's rally, throngs of people waved Crimean and Russian flags. And they said they want one thing: a union with Russia.
Because of language and history, one man at the rally told CNN, Russia and Crimea are already "brothers."
But not all Crimeans are convinced. Across town, beneath a statue of Ukraine's most celebrated poet, the crowd was much smaller, the mood much more somber.
Asked what he thought about the possibility of Crimea becoming part of Russia, one demonstrator shook his head.
"It will be very complicated because of economics, and a lot of different nations live here, not only Russians. ... Not all of the people want to be part of Russia," he said. "It's kind of show. Putin's show."
The rally was peaceful. But elsewhere, in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, another Ukrainian rally came under attack by pro-Russian gangs who whipped and beat demonstrators.
In Kiev, thousands of people gathered at a rally for peace at the central Independence Square, the cradle of the protests that ousted Yanukovych.
The crowd shouted slogans such as "Glory for Ukraine" and "Putin go away" as representatives of different religions prayed for a solution to the crisis.
Putin speaks with Merkel, Cameron
While the autonomous Ukrainian region was the scene of emotional demonstrations by both sides, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended the breakaway moves by the pro-Russian leaders of Crimea in conversations with two world leaders on Sunday,
In separate phone calls with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, Putin underlined "steps being taken by Crimea's legitimate authorities ... being based on international law on behalf of the interests of the population there," according to a Kremlin statement. Putin also said new Ukrainian authorities were doing nothing "to curb ultra-nationalist and radical forces committing outrages" in Kiev and other regions.
The three leaders spoke amid tensions on the Black Sea peninsula that have escalated since the Moscow-backed regional parliament voted to leave Ukraine for Russia and announced a March 16 referendum to give Crimeans an opportunity to vote on the idea.
Despite the differences of opinion over what is happening on the ground, the Kremlin statement said there was consensus on the need to de-escalate tensions and normalize the situation.
It's unclear what could happen next in the tense standoff, but Sunday's phone conversations between Putin, Cameron and Merkel send one clear message, CNN analyst and Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner said.
"I think it shows that President Putin is very worried by the situation. I think speculation that he's trying to rebuild the Soviet empire are way off base," Pozner said. "I think he knows all too well the necessity of Russia having an international relationship with the West. ... My hope is, with all the escalations going on, that there's a real chance of finding some way out of this very dangerous situation."
Moscow has denounced the events that led to Yanukovych's ouster as an illegitimate coup and has refused to recognize the new Ukrainian authorities, putting the two countries on a collision course over control of Crimea, which has longstanding ties to Russia and has thousands of Russian troops stationed there.
Putin has said Russia has the right to protect Russians living in the former Soviet republic. Pro-Russian forces are now in de facto control of the region ahead of the referendum, which Kiev says is illegal.
Washington has warned Moscow that any moves to annex Crimea would close the door to diplomacy. On Saturday, U.S. President Barack Obama rounded up world leaders to demand Russia "de-escalate the situation."
Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will fly to the United States this week to discuss the crisis in Crimea, as hostilities in the eastern European country's southern region intensify.
Yatsenyuk is expected to arrive in the United States on Wednesday, a spokeswoman from his press office told CNN. The White House confirmed the visit and said the two will talk about the Russian military incursion and economic support for Ukraine.
Referendum becomes focus
Putin last week secured permission from his parliament to use military force to protect Russian citizens in Ukraine. The move came within days after Yanukovych's flight from the country. Yanukovych was ousted after three months of protests against a decision to spurn a free trade deal with the European Union and turn toward closer ties with Moscow.
A convoy of military vehicles, believed to be carrying Russian soldiers, traveled through Simferopol on Saturday, heading toward the border post at Armyansk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense told CNN. Armyansk is one of the main access points into Crimea from the rest of Ukraine.
Dozens of military observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe have tried to cross into Crimea for three days but have been refused entry by armed men. They did not attempt a crossing on Sunday.
The referendum on whether the Crimean Peninsula should join Russia has become the focus of the Ukraine crisis. Yatsenyuk has called it "an illegitimate decision."
"If there is an annexation of Crimea, if there is a referendum that moves Crimea from Ukraine to Russia, we won't recognize it, nor will most of the world," U.S. deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.
"So I think you'd see, if there are further steps in the direction of annexing Crimea, a very strong, coordinated international response."
READ: Opinion: Five myths about the crisis
READ: Opinion: Clock is ticking on Crimea crisis
CNN's Claudia Rebaza, Arkady Irshenko, Azadeh Ansari and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report


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I had liposuction when I was 18 years old. While many people choose to have cosmetic surgery for their own totally valid reasons, my reasons were based in shame. I was fat, and I hated being fat. I hated my body, and I had surgery to get rid of it and replace it with one that wouldn't embarrass me every time I looked in the mirror or stood on a scale.
That was a decade ago, and this is the first time I've told anyone I'm not very close to about my surgery. I've been too embarrassed to talk about it, because I feel like I'm supposed to be "above" that kind of body shame. I'm a feminist who is always telling people how beautiful they are at any size or age, in any shape, and I truly believe that all bodies are "good" bodies. So why couldn't I exercise this kind of acceptance toward myself?
When I look at pictures of four-year-old me wearing shorts, sleeveless tops, and polka-dot bikinis, I try to remember what it was like to not feel fat. My mom has told me that as a baby, I was happiest when I was naked, playing in the sandbox and crawling around the backyard without a care in the world. That's the only evidence I have that there was ever a time when my body was just a body to me and not a reflection of my inner to me and not a reflection of my inner "goodness," which boggles my mind, because as far back as I can remember, my inner and outer selves have been so inextricably linked that they feel like they came that way.
The trouble began just before my 10th birthday. My mom took me shopping for a new bathing suit, and in the dressing room, she casually mentioned my "thunder thighs." I tried to figure out what she meant: Was she saying the earth shook when I walked on it, and it sounded like thunder? When she saw my face, she realized how upset I was and tried to comfort me by assuring me I would outgrow my "baby fat," but the damage was done. I looked at my body in the full-length mirror, pushed out my stomach, and pinched the flesh around my belly button with my hands. Suddenly everything about my body felt wrong. What was I to do about this? If I stayed the same size, I would obviously be "fat," which I was old enough to know meant "bad" in my family. And what if I got bigger? The thought filled me with terror, which, along with my "baby" fat, increased as I got older.
My mom continued to bring up—and try, unsuccessfully, to manage—my weight throughout my adolescence, mostly through constant criticism. My dad was around to witness this (at least until my parents divorced when I was 17), but he was silent about, and sometimes complicit in, my mom's hurtful comments. She was diabetic and, even though she was relatively thin, struggled with her own body image, and she projected her anxieties onto me. When I was 11 or 12, my parents told me they were afraid I would become diabetic too, and they put me on a diet. I wasn't allowed to eat pizza, chocolate, soda, butter, ice cream, cheese, or basically anything I liked. I was signed up for basketball, soccer, softball, and swim team, all of which I loathed and was terrible at. In desperation, I started secretly hoarding my "forbidden" foods. I would binge on them when no one was around, then immediately beat myself up for doing so.
By the time I was 14, I was eating all the time, whether or not I was hungry. I ate when I was bored, angry, frustrated, or sad, and kept eating until my stomach felt like it was going to explode. I didn't know how to stop.
Mother-daughter shopping trips, which used to be pleasant experiences, had become almost unbearably painful. On one such outing, when I was 16, we stopped at my favorite plus-size store. I couldn't find anything I liked that fit me, and I became overwhelmed with frustration. We walked out empty-handed and sat down on a mall bench, where I tried not to cry. That's when my mom asked if I had ever considered liposuction, the surgery where they basically vacuum fat out of different parts of your body. That knocked the wind out of me, and I started to openly sob.
"Sometimes dieting and exercise don't improve the parts where you need the most help," she said, trying to be supportive. She told me that she'd had liposuction herself after giving birth to me—something I hadn't known before—and that she was happy with the outcome. She advised me to "think about it" and said she'd pay for the surgery as my high school graduation present. Even though her suggestion that I might "need" lipo hurt my feelings, part of me immediately wanted badly to do it. Mom also hated her looks once, but she did something about it, I thought. Maybe I should, too.
My mother didn't bring lipo up again, but I kept thinking about it. I was ashamed of my body, and it felt like I couldn't keep my weight down, no matter what I tried. When a friend's bulimia landed her in the hospital, I didn't worry about her, I envied her—not only because she was thinner than me, but also because she was getting help. Being fat wasn't getting me the right kind of attention—I wanted to be worried about and cared for, not criticized and shamed—so I tried going in the other direction, physically. I ate lettuce all day and started smoking cigarettes, which I had heard made people skinny. When I couldn't control my cravings, I binged on huge amounts of food and then threw it up. Over a few months, I lost significant amounts of weight and gained it all back more than once…and not one person said anything to me about it, as I had hoped they would. I just ended up sad, frustrated, and still fat. I couldn't handle it anymore.


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Even as a federal judge in Minnesota contemplates whether to grant Jammie Thomas a new trial, a new battleground is emerging a couple states to the east. The issue at hand in Michigan is the role MediaSentry plays in the RIAA's legal campaign against P2P users and whether the company needs to be licensed as a private investigator. A recently-filed lawsuit against seven unnamed Michigan residents shows that MediaSentry continues its investigative activities despite a March ruling that it is required to be licensed as a private investigator under Michigan state law.
Last month, a handful of record labels filed suit against seven unnamed University of Michigan students who were observed logged on to P2P networks by MediaSentry investigators during the first four months of 2008. Following its customary practice, MediaSentry downloaded a handful of songs from each Doe, verified that they were the complete and copyrighted recordings they appeared to be, and then took screenshots showing every song in the Does' shared folders.
Both MediaSentry's corporate parent, SafeNet, and the RIAA have insisted that the company does not need to be licensed to carry out the investigations, but the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (the agency responsible for licensing PIs) ruled to the contrary this past March. MediaSentry was also given a cease-and-desist order for operating without a PI license earlier this year by the Massachusetts State Polic, and other RIAA defendants have raised the issue of whether MediaSentry needs a license, and if so, whether the evidence it gathered should be excluded due to having been gathered illegally.
A University of Michigan student is continuing to press the Michigan DLEG to take action against MediaSentry. In a letter dated August 14, the anonymous student (who signs his letters "Case #162983070") brings the continued activities of MediaSentry to the DLEG's attention. "Unfortunately, for myself and other students and individuals across the state, Media Sentry has not only ignored your agency's directive to secure a license but has also continued to actively investigate my personal activities well after it was informed of its legal obligation to secure a license from your agency for such actions," reads the letter.
The letter goes on to point out some of the inconsistencies contained in MediaSentry's response to the DLEG's March ruling. In it, MediaSentry places itself in the same category as chemical engineers, geologists, and physicians typically used as expert witnesses and not required to obtain PI licenses according to a 1989 opinion. Despite putting itself in that category, however, the company does not call itself an expert witness. The anonymous student says that this omission is due to the recently settled UMG v. Lindor case, in which the RIAA was fighting attempts by Lindor's attorney, Ray Beckerman, to characterize a MediaSentry employee as an expert witness.
If MediaSentry's employees were expert witnesses, the company's investigative techniques would be open to investigation and discovery by defendants, a possibility the RIAA would just as soon avoid altogether. (In the Jammie Thomas trial, a MediaSentry employee testified as a factual witness.) So it appears that MediaSentry is trying to lump itself into the expert witness category in Michigan to avoid having to be licensed as a private investigator, while denying elsewhere that its work falls into the expert witness category. Both the RIAA and MediaSentry have consistently maintained that the company is not required to obtain a private investigation license in any of the 50 states.
Barring a ruling to the contrary and a major setback in court, that position will not change, and MediaSentry will continue to scour LimeWire and other networks like a hungry lion seeking P2P users to devour.
Further reading
- Pike & Fisher has a PDF copy of the letter from the anonymous University of Michigan student available as well as the new complaint in LaFace v. Does 1-7
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After 25 years on air, Oprah Winfrey bid a teary farewell to her viewers today. Watch a clip from the last show. Plus, Tricia Romano talks to the most traumatized superfans. Related: Watch Oprah's 5 biggest giveaways.
The phrase "No. 1 Fan" conjures many images—most of them terrifying. From obsessive squealing girls who plaster their walls with pictures of their heartthrobs to creepy stalkers who believe they are really in a relationship with Miss Aniston to the most chilling No. 1 Fan of all— Misery's Annie Wilkes, who hobbled and poisoned her favorite writer so they could be together forever, the super fan gets a bad rap.
But Oprah Winfrey's No. 1 fans are of a different sort entirely. While fans of other celebrities just want to be near their idol, Oprah fans seem to pay homage to their idol by modeling their lives after Oprah's sage advice.
Who else could have the power to inspire a woman to read all of her Book Club recommendations and start a career in publishing, including her own book-publicity company? Who else could inspire a former math teacher living in Kansas City to start an online campaign to convince the talk-show host that she should run for president? Who else could propel a single mother of three with no college education to become a writer and run her own nonprofit? Or an Australian mother to lose 150 pounds and pen four books based on her diet and exercise plan?
Jocelyn Kelley was a junior in high school when she first started watching Oprah seriously—getting hooked on the Book Club. Ever since that day in 1996, Kelley doggedly read every selection—there have been 67 in all—starting with the first book, Jacquelyn Mitchard's Deep End of the Ocean, up to the last choice, a doubleheader of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.
"It really changed the way I looked at reading. I saw it as a very personal connection that you could have with these books and these discussions that people could have and how you could relate it to your own life," she said.
And Kelley, now 32, credits Oprah with more than just introducing new books to her life—Oprah's Book Club inspired her to pursue a degree in journalism and go into publishing. She worked at Little Brown and later left to start her own business: a book-publicity firm, Kelley and Hall. Her first client? Jacquelyn Mitchard.
"She really did put me on this path toward publishing, publicity, talking about books, being excited about books, and relating books to your life," said Kelley of Oprah.
Kelley's been on the show—via Skype—six times. And at the beginning of the final season, Kelley was tapped as one of the No. 1 fans and flown to Australia in December. But the icing on the cake was when she went up to Oprah after that show. "We were at this restaurant. I went over to her. Before I said anything, she said, 'My Book Club girl!'"
"I am a perfect example of Oprah's teaching, by putting her words of wisdom into practice and achieving results," said a woman who lost 150 pounds after Oprah opened up about her weight struggles.
In 2003, Patrick Crowe, a former math teacher in Kansas City, made national news when he launched his one-man campaign to get the talk-show host to run for president. "It was seen by at least 20 million people," said Crowe, 73. Crowe says he was interviewed by the BBC, Good Morning America, and the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show. "I probably did more than 100 talk radio interviews all saying, 'Here is a person that could make a difference, that stands for generosity, kindness, compassion, and is in effect the opposite of what we had in President Bush.'"
Though Oprah had been on his radar for years, he was mostly too busy teaching and running his car wash business to pay attention. But when Oprah offered $100,000 of her own cash to catch a wanted child molester and opened schools in Africa (which have since become the subject of abuse controversy) with her own funds, Crowe became a superfan, convinced that President Oprah would be the best person to undo the Bush years.
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"When she takes on a cause, you better watch out because she's going to get it done," he said, calling her, "a woman of fierce determination."
Though his campaign to get Oprah to run was unsuccessful and cost him a pretty penny (reports put the figure as high as $60,000), he did get the chance to speak to her for 20 minutes when she called and talked to him about supporting Barack Obama, even sending him a copy of the book The Audacity of Hope, which she signed and inscribed her phone number. (When Crowe was convinced there was no convincing Oprah to run, he then backed Obama.)
Crowe has published one book, Oprah for President: Run Oprah Run, and plans to publish a second one in July. "Her effect on my life is inspiration," said Crowe.
Across the globe, in Australia, Karen Gatt was 150 pounds overweight and miserable, but was so moved by the program that aired in 1999 when Oprah discussed her own personal weight issues that she was inspired to drop dress sizes, too. She spent 13 months pacing around her clothesline and lost all the weight. She credits Oprah as the source of her motivation: "She has taught me to be strong, confident, to believe in myself and has taught me to be a leader." One of her four books, The Clothesline Diet, was also published in the U.S.
"I have always felt that Oprah is like a guardian angel of mine and when she speaks whether in person or on screen, it feels as though she is speaking to me," Gatt said. "I am a perfect example of Oprah's teaching, by putting her words of wisdom into practice and achieving results."
Gatt met her idol once when she was in the audience, but she was flummoxed and unable to speak. She has spent $80,000 flying back and forth to America to publicize her book in an attempt to get the talk-show host's attention, so far, to no avail.
Like Kelley, Gatt, and Crowe, the trajectory of Cheryl Jackson's life has been shifted by Oprah's influence. Jackson was only 17 when she first saw Oprah on her television and she was transfixed. An African-American woman was on TV: she was not playing a maid or some downtrodden character. She was just Oprah—confident, warm, funny, smart. "The first time I was thinking, well, you know, she's my color, and I was thinking, she's not going to make it," said Jackson. "She embodied everything we needed on TV, especially the African Americans at the time. We needed motivation. We needed someone, especially in the African American community, to give us hope."
Though she had no college education, Jackson took Oprah's advice: "She said, 'You know what? Get somewhere, write what you want to do, and then check it off one by one on the list.' So I was crying and I was like, 'I want to be a writer. I want to interview Oprah. I want to have my own radio show. I want to be on TV.' I mean, just everything that I wanted out of life, I wrote it down.'"
Not long after that while attending a Live Your Best Life seminar, Jackson voiced her dream while in the audience—interviewing Oprah—and her request was granted. She was escorted backstage where two chairs were brought out for her to talk to Oprah one-on-one. "When I interviewed her, I said, 'Why did you give me this interview?' She said, 'Because our spirits connected.' She looked at me and she said, "Cheryl, you've got me. So if anybody else tells you no, just know you got to me."' And she goes, 'So keep on walking.' I mean, and I'm just crying. I mean it was an opportunity of a lifetime."
Since then, Jackson has put out a book and become a motivational speaker herself, and runs a nonprofit to feed the hungry in Texas, called Minnie's Food Pantry, named after her mother.
Jackson has met her idol 11 times, and even made it into one of the last few shows, where she was picked by producers to sit behind Oprah and the guest stars, including Maria Shriver, Steadman Graham, and Gayle King.
"There was one point in the show where Aretha Franklin was singing 'Amazing Grace.' Oprah turned around and looked at me and said, 'This is amazing.'"
With The End here—or at least in this current form, where she shifts from a single talk show to OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network)—the No. 1 fans are thinking about an Oprah-free future, one that doesn't have teary-filled afternoons.
"You know, I'm going to miss her," said Jackson. "It's like I told someone, she made us laugh during the time of war. She challenged us almost on a daily basis to do better, to be better, and to become more and not to have those daily lessons come into our house. She's going to be missed. I don't know that there's anybody else. There's nobody like Oprah. Nobody."
Plus: Check out more of the latest entertainment, fashion, and culture coverage on Sexy Beast—photos, videos, features, and Tweets.
Tricia Romano is an award-winning writer who has written about pop culture, style, and celebrity for the New York Times, the Village Voice, Spin, and Radar magazine. She won Best Feature at the Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for her Village Voice cover story, about sober DJs and promoters in the nightlife industry, "The Sober Bunch."


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OKLAHOMA CITY (CBS) — Russell Westbrook scored 28 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 106-90 to eliminate the Lakers in five games.
The victory puts the Thunder in the Western Conference finals, and sends Mike Brown's Lakers into an offseason full of question marks.
Oklahoma City got their spark in the third quarter, after a turnover by Ramon Sessions, Westbrook's circus shot fell, plus the foul, giving the Thunder a 73-70 lead .
Kobe Bryant did everything in his power to keep his team in the game, scoring 42 points on 18-33 shooting.
But the Thunder did their damage with Bryant starting the final frame on the bench, scoring 10-straight points to start the fourth quarter.
"Oklahoma City was the better team." Metta World Peace said. " Indirectly I'm proud of the Thunder,we got them a few years ago. But we're going to work hard to get back."
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In the midst of a stock market bubble like this one, everyone from Warren Buffet down to the shoeshine boy has some great tips for you.
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Many mortgages have not just been modified once, but twice, and sometimes more. Loan servicers are holding higher-end mortgages rather than foreclosing a decade after the crash. Thus, there is plenty of shadow inventory lurking, waiting for the next crash.
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Richard Vague's new book on financial crises repeats many old myths about economic booms, while failing to understand the role of malinvestment and central banks.
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A truly effective criminal justice system would be built on restitution, not imprisonment and punishment. Moreover, government-funded prisons have no incentive to rehabilitate prisons since they receive funding regardless of outcomes.
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After quoting H.L. Mencken's famous quip, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people," Andrews wonders, "I don't know if old H.L. was a bookmaker, but he would have been a great one if he had been."
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The Smart Dot from Tangram Design Lab (@tangram_design) is a laser pointer you can control with your iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, iPod Touch or iPad - and a bit more. The laser connects to the 3.5mm jack on your iOS device, and it's powered by the same. The free Smart Dot App activates and deactivates the laser, but it can also connect with the machine hosting your presentation via wi-fi and act as a controller for your presentation as well. The App also includes a trackpad feature you can use to control the mouse pointer on the machine hosting your presentation. Smart Dot will do all of this for a mere $79.90. A pretty cool little gadget for the road warriors out there.
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Most of us don't think too much about the exhaust gas recirculation systems in our cars, at least not until the EGR light on the dash comes on. The system isn't particularly exciting, since it's mostly for pollution control and doesn't do much for making your car go faster or louder or driftier, or any number of other engaging things.
That's why I really like this picture of the EGR system's more exciting, experimental days. Most people have never seen an EGR valve, and they're not really much to look at in their highly integrated and engineered form. But early on, back in 1960, when UCLA researchers Richard D. Hopa and Hiroshi Kimura were developing the device, it was a large, external mass of chrome pipes and coiled lines and heat shields. The prototype, mounted here on a fetching Ford Ranch Wagon, looks a bit like a partially-untangled French horn or some kind of steampunk mechanical-man intestines.
The goal of an EGR system is to actually lower the overall combustion temperatures of the cylinders, so more nitrogen oxides (NOx) can be burned, leading to more efficiency and less pollution. It's an unsung hero of modern engines that can put out better air than they take in.
Maybe it's time for some cars to have big, chrome, external EGRs again.
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Under the Electrical Safety Act 1998, it's your responsibility to regularly inspect private electric lines on your property, to ensure they are well maintained and clear of vegetation.
Private powerlines are the overhead and underground lines that begin at a point of supply outside your property, and also include any other lines, poles or electrical equipment running from this supply.
At least once per year, we recommend that you use binoculars or a telescope to view the powerline coverings (insulation), and also check the poles to make sure they aren't rotted or damaged. If you need assistance, please contact a registered electrical contractor.
Under certain conditions, it may be suitable for you to request replacement of an overhead private electric powerline with an underground alternative, such as a private or low voltage powerline, or a substation.
If an underground replacement is approved, the costs will be distributed as follows:
Your contribution
High-voltage extension (including the substation pole)
Low-voltage underground mains on your property
Tree-clearing costs
Easement costs
Our contribution
One of the following:
Substation establishment (including the transformer)
Low-voltage underground mains on your property (in non-fire areas)
Underground low-voltage service cables in the road reserve up to an equivalent value of 50 metres of cable (fire areas).
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Small Plant News: Volume 3, Number 4
|Small Plant News Archive Page. This is an archive page. No new content is being added. While these newsletters remain available for reference purposes, the documents do not reflect changes to Agency policy that may have been instituted since the newsletters were published. Also note that resources and websites mentioned in older issues may have moved or may no longer be available. Points of contact for various initiatives may have changed.
In This Issue:
- Make "Test and Hold" an Integral Part of Your Operation
- Producing Partially Cooked Products? Review the Proper Labeling Requirements
- Avoiding Noncompliance Records: Supporting Documentation Requirements
- Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
Make "Test and Hold" an Integral Part of Your Operation
By Larae Booker
"Test and hold" is a relatively simple concept: test product for adulterants; wait for the results; then ship the product after results come back negative.
Not only is "test and hold" a common sense approach to food safety, it's also a good business practice. Industry, regulators, and consumers all have a part to play in the food safety continuum, but ultimately you, the establishment, are liable for the product that comes out of your door. Holding product pending test results is one way to protect your company from the potentially devastating effects of a recall.
And, as Dr. Jay Wenther, executive director of the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP), added, "Whether it's one pound or thousands of pounds of product [subject to recall], you're liable."
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) does not mandate holding product pending test results, but strongly urges plants to take up the practice. And, industry associations like AAMP are stressing "test and hold" to their membership. So, if it's such a simple concept that helps ensure food safety and makes perfect business sense, what establishment wouldn't want to hold product?
For owners of small and very small plants, the answers aren't so simple. What about the small plant owner who sells product on the same day for immediate use? What about establishments that make product with a short shelf life? Or those plants with little to no space to store product while waiting for results? Is "test and hold" an option for them?
There is no single, uncomplicated answer. But the "to hold or not to hold" dilemma comes down to a matter of ability—if you can hold product, it is recommended that you do so.
There are certain practices that make testing and holding product more feasible for plants of all sizes. Freezing tested, finished products for a longer shelf life or creating systems to identify and track material by supplier or lot, for instance, are some operational adjustments that help establishments control tested product. Plants may also take steps to better control product, such as keeping tested product separated and working with FSIS inspectors to arrange advance notification when samples are taken.
AAMP was one of several industry associations that coordinated to produce these and more best practices in a document titled Industry Best Practices for Holding Tested Products, issued in September 2005 and facilitated by the International HACCP Alliance. The document offers considerations for establishments producing raw products, as well as those producing ready-to-eat products.
"What we've found," Wenther explained, "is that once our members make some minor changes—such as issuing specific guidelines for their operation or using tags [to identify lots and suppliers]—they realize that holding the product is a good business practice that can be accomplished." A little ingenuity and a few extra steps may make holding tested product possible at your establishment, no matter how small it is.
A more troubling approach is to take no action at all. Given the low number of positive sample results, plants may be tempted to think that a recall won't happen to them. The risk is minimal, but it still exits. And an upward trend in pathogen-related recalls in recent years should have more plants considering the importance of holding tested product and incorporating the practice into their testing program.
Wenther likes to compare having a "test and hold" program in place at your establishment to having any type of insurance: "You'll wish you had it when you need it."
Therefore, take steps to hold tested product at your establishment. It protects you and your consumers. If you'd like more information on implementing a "test and hold" program, the Industry Best Practices for Holding Tested Products document is available on the International HACCP Alliance Web site at http://haccpalliance.org/sub/food-safety/HoldingTestedProdSept1905.pdf (PDF Only). The trade associations that assisted in developing this document are also good resources and are listed in it. For further assistance, call FSIS' Office of Outreach, Employee Education, and Training at (800) 336-3747.
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Producing Partially Cooked Products? Review the Proper Labeling Requirements
By Denise Amann
In March 2006, FSIS posted a Class I recall notice announcing the voluntary recall of approximately 75,800 pounds of frozen, stuffed chicken entrees. The cooked appearance of these uncooked chicken products may have led consumers to believe that the products did not need to be heated to a safe minimum internal temperature prior to consumption. In response, FSIS focused its efforts on additional labeling requirements for all partially cooked products with a cooked appearance. Labeling is now required to clearly state that products of this type are only safe to eat with proper preparation.
Examples of commonly recognized products with these labeling requirements include: partially cooked beef patties, char-marked beef/chicken patties, partially cooked breaded chicken patties and nuggets, partially cooked stuffed chicken products, partially cooked turkey products, and partially cooked chicken Kiev. This list should include any meat product that is purchased by the consumer uncooked, raw, or not ready to eat that has a cooked appearance, whether frozen or refrigerated.
In addition to the standard labeling requirements applicable to all inspected product, there are three criteria that must be met when labeling partially cooked product with a cooked appearance.
- The label must contain a clear, concise statement that the product is not ready to eat. Statements that would be considered acceptable are "RAW," "RAW-Cook Thoroughly," "Uncooked," or "NOT Ready to Eat."
- The label must contain a specific endpoint internal temperature. For example, with partially cooked poultry products, "Product Must be Cooked to a Minimum Internal Temperature of 165 °F." This temperature will destroy Salmonella, the most heat-resistant pathogen of public health concern in raw poultry.
- The label must advise the consumer to determine internal temperature using a food thermometer. A food thermometer is the most accurate way to determine internal temperature. Changes in product texture or color are not accurate indicators that the product has reached a safe minimum internal temperature.
All of the items listed above must be located on the principal label adjacent to the product name and recognized easily by consumers.
The cooking instructions must also include the endpoint temperature as determined by using a food thermometer. As with all labels, the cooking instructions can appear anywhere on the retail package and must include validated cooking method(s). As part of validating cooking instructions, plants must maintain data that supports that the cooking instructions, when followed correctly, are practical and achieve a safe minimum internal temperature throughout the product.
For more information about this and other labeling requirements, visit the Compliance Guidance Index on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Compliance_Guides_Index/index.asp#Labeling . Or call the FSIS Labeling and Consumer Protection Staff at (202) 205-0623 or (202) 205-0279.
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Avoiding Noncompliance Records: Supporting Documentation Requirements
By Commander Jeff Tarrant, U.S. Public Health Service
In previous issues of Small Plant News, we introduced to you FSIS Form 5400-4, more commonly referred to as the Noncompliance Record (NR). This document is generated whenever FSIS inspectors determine that an establishment has failed to meet one or more regulatory requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act. An NR describes each noncompliance in clear and concise terms, states how FSIS notified the plant of the issue, and identifies whether any regulatory action has been taken.
In this issue, we'll address common NRs originating from supporting documentation requirements. According to Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 417.5(a), each establishment's recordkeeping system must contain a written Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan, the documents used to develop the HACCP plan, and the records that monitor and document readings at critical control points.
FSIS Inspectors are trained to review a plant's supporting documentation relating to their HACCP plan, hazard analysis, and any decisionmaking documents. Supporting documentation that establishments often use include: scientific journal articles, Federal regulations, pathogen modeling, processing authority, research applicable to the specific process, and historical data.
In an effort to understand 9 CFR 417.5(a) better, let's look at a few examples of supporting documentation compliance and noncompliance.
FSIS Inspector Karen Brown (fictitious individual for this scenario) is reviewing a plant's hazard analysis documentation and process flow diagram for its raw ground beef patty operations. During the inspection, she finds that all of the steps in the actual plant operations are described in the flow diagram and each step is addressed in the hazard analysis. She also finds that the hazard analysis considers potential biological, chemical, and physical food safety hazards at each step.
Where potential food safety hazards are identified, the plant has made a determination about whether or not they are reasonably likely to occur, and recorded the basis for that decision. For the receiving step, this plant has identified that there is a physical food safety hazard, "foreign material," but determined that it's not reasonably likely to occur on the basis that "plant records show that there has been no incidence of foreign materials in products received in the plant."
Inspector Brown requests supporting documentation for this decision, and she is provided a copy of a procedure for physical examination of raw material receiving and the raw material receiving examination log. Upon review, she determines that there are no significant findings of foreign material. And, because the hazard analysis appears to have been conducted appropriately and is backed up with credible supporting documentation, the inspector determines that the establishment is in compliance.
In another example, FSIS Inspector Josh Snow (fictitious individual for this scenario) is reviewing a plant's HACCP plan for baked chicken. During the review, he observes that there is no stabilization critical control point. He is concerned by this and decides to review the hazard analysis to determine how this decision was made.
Inspector Snow finds the plant concluded that since the product is rapidly chilled, a hazard is not likely to occur. In addition, he also finds that the plant had no prerequisite program covering the stabilization of this product. The inspector concludes that the establishment has no documentation supporting the verification procedure, due to the fact that chilling is not sufficient to state that a hazard is not likely to occur, and is not in compliance with 9 CFR 417.5 (a). Consequently, an NR is generated.
These are just a couple of examples of examining supporting documentation. By familiarizing yourself with the regulations that affect your establishment, you can ensure that your facility remains in compliance. In the next issue of Small Plant News, we'll address another common noncompliance topic—record authenticity. For more information on NRs, visit FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov, or call the Program and Policy Development Division at (800) 233-3935 or (402) 344-5000.
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Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
Q. If a plant relies on its own product cook tests for its validated cooking instructions, must the cook tests be approved by a process authority?
A. No. Plants may rely on their own product cook tests, provided that the conditions studied in the validation testing support the parameters stated in the labeled cooking instructions.
Q. What are some distinctions an establishment may use when validating cooking instructions for products that contain raw or partially cooked poultry products, described in FSIS Notice 75-06, versus those for other not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) products?
A. The distinction relates to how the cooking instructions on the label for products that are for sale to the consumer must be validated. For products that are produced specifically for food preparation operations (e.g., hotels, restaurants, school lunch programs, and other institutions), this distinction does not apply.
To explain further, products covered by Notice 75-06, that appear to be ready-to-eat, but are not, must be labeled with cooking instructions for the consumer indicating that the product must be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 °F. The cooking instructions on the package must be validated as reaching this internal temperature.
For other NRTE products (those not covered by Notice 75-06), the cooking instructions on the label for products for sale to the consumer may be based on the final internal temperature, or they may be based on a combination of an internal temperature and holding time to achieve the appropriate lethality. These combinations can be found in Appendix A of the Compliance Guidelines for Meeting Lethality Performance Standards for Certain Meat and Poultry Products (https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/bf3f01a1-a0b7-4902-a2df-a87c73d1b633/Salmonella-Compliance-Guideline-SVSP-RTE-Appendix-A.pdf?MOD=AJPERES) or in Time and Temperature Tables for Cooking Ready-to-Eat Poultry Products, which supplements Appendix A with updated information. For example, based on Time and Temperature Tables for Cooking Ready-to-Eat Poultry Products, a product could be cooked to 160 °F and held at that temperature for 14.5 seconds to achieve the same lethality as cooking to 165 °F.
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He didn't get the win, but that didn't mean Jake Gleeson's efforts last weekend didn't go unnoticed.
The Portland Timbers' backup goalkeeper earned nearly 40 percent of the vote for the MLS Save of the Week, narrowly enough to top Houston's Tally Hall for the Week 2 honors.
Gleeson – who came on at the half during 2-0 Timbers road loss to Toronto FC after starter Adin Brown was subbed out with an injury – didn't get much time to settle in. His award-winning save came in the 49th minute, when he dove to his right and steered aside a breakaway chance from TFC's Maicon Santos.
Watch: Gleeson denies Santos
It was just good enough to top the effort of Hall, who earned just over 37 percent of the vote for a reaction save on a point-blank header from Seattle's O'Brian White during a 1-1 draw at Qwest Field last Friday.
Final Results
1. Jake Gleeson, POR 39.9%
2. Tally Hall, HOU 37.23%
3. Will Hesmer, CLB 15.54%
4. Sean Johnson, CHI 3.89%
5. Michael Lahoud, CHV 3.43%
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Week 1 – Nick Rimando, RSL (watch here)


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That washi heart tape idea is legitimately original–I have been collecting good Valentine's ideas from blogs for a while now and I love coming across something awesome! <3
These sheets are heavenly! This project is adorable!
I definitely need to get some of those washi sheets!!! And I love the cute heart frame…especially the rhinestone one!!!
Really great idea Michele! Pinning asap!
I just bought some washi tape for the first time and was trying to figure out what to do with it. I'm so not crafty. Love your valentine's idea. Saw your heart art on Flamingo Toes. Would love for you to share on Thursdays Treasures http://fooddonelight.com/thursdays-treasures-week-70/
What a cute project. I haven't used washi tape in a project yet, this is a great way to use the sheets!
Hugs, Antonella 🙂
I've linked over from Te Answer is Chocolate where I've linked up too.
These are so cute. I love my washi tape. I have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop and would love to have you share this and any other posts with everyone. It runs from Tuesday night through midnight Sunday. Here is the link to the party.
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
LOVE THIS! I have some washi tape and someone just mentioned washi sheets on my blog yesterday! Too fun! I love what you did with the heart dies also! I'm a new follower – found you at Tatertots and Jello's link up party!
Happy Weekend!
This is incredibly cute! I love the colors you chose. Washi tape is so addicting!
I'd love for you to share these with my readers at my link party this weekend! They are just too cute! Hope to see you there!
Very sweet! Love this!
Oo–I love the blue and red. Not what you'd think of for "traditional" Valentine's Day, which is awesome. Very cool. 🙂
Such a beautiful project! 🙂 I love the hearts. Megan
Entire sheets of washi tape! What a great idea, and I love how you used them for the art and layout.
Incredible!! I love the idea of washi tape sheets! Totally could have used this for my latest project 🙂
That is very cute, I am very excited about washi tape sheets! Such cool dies too! They look great on your scrapbook page. Thank you for sharing this on A Crafty Soiree!
Cute, Cute, Cute! Love the added little rhinestones in the one.
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Love it! It's so cute- and thanks for the info about washi sheets! I must have some now!
so cute
OMG – adorable! Love the red and aqua! Pinning!
Totally caught my attention, love the hearts!
I am co-hosting a link party today called Tell Me Tuesdays! I'd love for you to come check it out and link up!!
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What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing 🙂 found you on Sugar bee and pinned your art and started following you! Kathi
This is really cute! I wish I had a die cut machine thingy…it's on my wish-list! (I should make an actual list for my husband, I think…) Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Wonderful! I'd love to have you come share some of your projects at my link party that just went live!
I'm your newest follower!
This is cute! Who knew there was washi tape that came in sheets? Awesome!
This is so fun, Michele! I have been wanting to get my hands on sheet washi for awhile now, but the addition of the die set makes me want to order it right NOW! 🙂
Ack. I am full of spelling errors! That will teach me to comment from my phone! Lol!
Oooooooh this is so fun! I love that heart art-it's so cute! And that scrapbook layout is do pretty too-I love how too put out all together!
Sheets of washi … what a brilliant idea! Love the heart art and your scrapbook layout is beautiful!


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Shurtleff, Swallow maintain innocence despite several state charges
SALT LAKE CITY -- Two former Utah attorneys general were arrested on an array of bribery charges Tuesday stemming from cozy relationships with several businessmen, including St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson, a stunning fall for a pair of politicians who built immense political clout in their years at the highest level of state law enforcement.
John Swallow, 51, and Mark Shurtleff, 56, were arrested at their homes Tuesday morning, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said at a news conference at the FBI office in Salt Lake City in which he detailed payoffs involving gold coins, swanky resorts and other luxury gifts.
"This is a sad day for Utah," Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said in a statement. "The entire situation, regardless of how the legal process plays out, is a black eye for our state."
Court records show John Swallow faces 13 charges, including felony bribery charges, while Shurtleff faces 10 counts that include bribery. The most serious charges for each man come with a maximum penalty of 15 years in state prison.
Gill said the investigation is ongoing and additional charges will likely be filed against both men and others.
It's unclear if federal charges are being considered, though the FBI said it will continue to investigate a number of leads.
When Swallow walked out of jail Tuesday afternoon, he said he'd known for a few weeks that this was likely to happen.
"I absolutely maintain my innocence," he said. "This finally gives us the opportunity to start to respond back."
Swallow said he looks forward to making his case in court "to confront my accusers and to share my side of the story for really the first time."
Shurtleff, a Republican, said the charges leveled against him are completely false and motivated by a politically charged investigation by Gill, a Democrat. He accused Gill in charging forward with an incomplete investigation and engaging in political sideshow antics for his own political gain during a re-election year.
Gill defends the investigation and points to cooperation from a Republican county attorney, the state department of public safety and the FBI as evidence that inquiry is not politically motivated.
Shurtleff called it a "sobering experience" to be arrested and recognized making errors in judgment during his tenure in office.
"But I have never intentionally committed any violation of the ethics," Shurtleff said at an afternoon news conference at his attorney's office. "I have never misused or abused the public's trust. And I certainly have not violated any of the criminal laws of the state of Utah."
Gill said both men are accused of accepting at least $50,000 in cash or campaign contributions from people who faced or were about to face scrutiny from the attorney general's office. They used a luxury jet and personal property belonging to Johnson, who was in trouble with regulators, authorities said. Swallow also used Johnson's million-dollar houseboat on Lake Powell, according to officials.
Swallow's former employer, a payday loan titan based in Nevada, gave Swallow 12 one-ounce gold coins when he left to join the attorney general's office, court documents said. Swallow, while working as a chief deputy in the attorney general's office, later sold back the coins one at time, receiving $17,000 in all.
Both Shurtleff and Swallow stayed at a high-end Newport Beach resort where they enjoyed meals, golf, clothing and massages paid for by another businessman who had been charged earlier with fraud by the Utah attorney general's office.
They're also accused of trying to cover up the alleged schemes.
Both have denied all the allegations.
Swallow resigned in late 2013 after spending nearly 11 months dogged by the bribery and corruption allegations. Swallow adamantly denied breaking any laws and said the toll of the scrutiny had become too much for him and his family.
The first bombshell allegations dropped less than a week after Swallow took the oath of office in January 2013, when a businessman in trouble with federal regulators accused Swallow of arranging a bribery plot involving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Reid and Swallow, who pledged to fight white collar crime during his campaign, denied the allegations.
In the months following, the accusations and investigations snowballed, and led to probes by the U.S. Department of Justice, Utah elections officials and the state bar. Reid has not been implicated in the investigation.
An investigation from Utah lawmakers concluded Swallow destroyed and fabricated records and hung a veritable "for sale" sign on the door of the attorney general's office.
Swallow said any missing records were deleted unintentionally.
Shurtleff, his predecessor, is Utah's longest-serving attorney general. He left the office in early 2013 after a dozen years in office, but allegations of corruption followed him.
Swallow served as chief deputy for Shurtleff from 2009 to early 2013.
Officials with the state's pretrial services agreed to let Shurtleff and Swallow out without posting bail, court records show. Initial court appearances have not been set.
Check back later for more details as they become available.


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The number of cash-strapped Baby Boomers age 62 to 64 taking out reverse mortgages has tripled since 1999, sharply lowering the average age of potential borrowers, according to a study released Wednesday by the MetLife Mature Market Institute.
The age of people seeking U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development home equity conversion mortgages (HECM), more popularly known as reverse mortgages, has plummeted in the four years since the collapse of the U.S. housing market, according to the MetLife study, Changing Attitudes, Changing Motives: The MetLife Study of How Aging Homeowners Use Reverse Mortgages, produced in conjunction with the National Council on Aging.
The percentage of prospective borrowers who are 62- to 64-years-old has increased to 21%, from 6%, since 1999, despite the fact that younger applicants have had lower available loan limits, the study says. The largest age group of potential borrowers in the study is 65-69, representing 28%, which has risen eight points. In 1999, the biggest group was 70-74 year olds, which were 28% of the total, they now account for just 21%. Overall, the average age of those who have gone through reverse mortgage counseling has declined and is now 71.5 years of age, and HUD also reports a similar decline in the average age of actual borrowers to age 73. Forty-six percent of homeowners considering a reverse mortgage are now under age 70.
Barbara Stucki, vice president for home equity initiatives for the National Council on Aging, said that there is a good chance home equity will evolve from being an emergency measure to one that is part of a strategic retirement plan.
"While the economic downturn may be a major reason borrowers have begun to use this financial option for debt management, in the future it is likely that tapping home equity will be viewed as part of the entire retirement planning process," Stucki said in a statement. "It is likely the reverse mortgage option will be considered alongside some of the more traditional methods of saving and investment."
Boomers age 62 to 64 currently represent one in five prospective borrowers of the product, which has traditionally been associated with a much older age group. According to FHA guidelines, homeowners must be 62 years of age or older to be eligible for a HECM mortgage. In addition, they must own their home outright or have a low mortgage balance that can be paid off at closing with proceeds from the reverse mortgage.
"Consumer attitudes about reverse mortgages are changing because the recession has eroded confidence about retirement security, and Americans will rely more and more on these measures," said Sandra Timmermann, director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute, in a statement.
Data for the study was collected by HUD-approved counselors as part of mandatory counseling for all reverse mortgage applicants. Between September and November 2010, counselors completed 21,240 of these counseling sessions.
The report provides information for consumers and financial advisors, including an explanation of loan types and why a fixed-rate HECM can be more costly and potentially offer less flexibility than an adjustable-rate mortgage HECM loan.
Changing Attitudes, Changing Motives: The MetLife Study of How Aging Homeowners Use Reverse Mortgages, and The Essentials: Reverse Mortgages can be downloaded from www.MatureMarketInstitute.com.
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