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What Matters in the Week Ahead for Global Markets
Here are the most important macroeconomic data and policy news events expected in the forthcoming week:
U.S.: Martin Luther King Day.
U.S. financial markets closed
NEW ZEALAND: 4:45 p.m. EST (10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Wellington) Fourth-quarter consumer price index. [Expected -0.1% on-quarter, +1.5% on-year; previous +0.9% on-quarter, +1.4% on-year]
Markets will be watching closely for any clues about whether the Reserve Bank of New Zealand might move to raise rates in January or hold off until March. With the economy booming and housing prices up 10% in 2013, the central bank is keen to prevent a real estate bubble from forming. The CPI increase is expected to stay comfortably within the RBNZ's target range of 1%-to-3% on-year. A stronger than expected result would add to the view that it might move at its end-January policy meeting. (CN)
SOUTH KOREA: Time N/A. January trade data for 1st 20 days of month
The brightening economic outlook in the U.S. and Europe is likely to lift demand for South Korean exports. In December, exports rose at a faster than expected 7.1% on-year, reaffirming the view that Asia's fourth-largest economy remains on track for a recovery this year. (CN)
GERMANY: 5 a.m. EST (11 a.m. Berlin) January ZEW sentiment survey [Expected business expectations +64.0 vs. +62.0 in December; expected current situation +34.0 vs. +32.4 in December]
German sentiment surveys have has been stronger than the underlying data during recent months, but recent releases show that they are, indeed, proving to be leading indicators of real activity. More bullish signs are likely from the latest set of figures. (AM)
–4:30 a.m. EST (9:30 a.m. London) December CML gross mortgage lending [From £17 billion in November]
—6 a.m. EST (11 a.m. London) January CBI industrial trends [From a balance of +16 in December]
Recent trends show that although U.K. industry has been picking up, the economy's real strength comes from consumer demand, supported by strong house prices and growing credit. (AM)
TURKEY: 6 a.m. EST (1 p.m. Ankara) Central Bank of Turkey interest rate decision
The lira's persistent weakness–it keeps hitting new lows against the dollar–is putting pressure on the central bank to tighten policy to keep inflation in check despite a soft economy and political upheaval. (AM)
HUNGARY: 9 a.m. EST (3 p.m. Budapest) National Bank of Hungary interest rate decision
Hungary's central bank has been cutting rates steadily since August 2012–the key rate was 7.0% then, they're 3.0% now. With inflation at near 40 year lows, there's scope for yet another 0.2 percentage points to come off the official rate. (AM)
–6:30 p.m. EST (10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sydney) January Westpac – Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. [Previous -4.8% to 105 points]
Any figure over 100 means optimists outnumber pessimists. This indicator should provide a view on whether the central bank's interest rate cuts have encouraged consumers to spend more. But given the sharp fall in Australian employment in December, it's likely that consumer sentiment deteriorated further in January. (CN)
–7:30 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sydney) 4Q CPI [previous +1.2% on-quarter, +2.2% on-year]
After the sharp fall in employment in December, the Reserve Bank of Australia must surely be tempted to lower interest rates further to cushion the economy from the slowdown in the mining sector. But the risk is that lower rates could lift inflation and fuel a housing bubble. Inflation has been largely tame in recent years, staying well within the central bank's target range of between 2% and 3%. But that was largely due to downward pressure on import prices from the Aussie dollar, which traded near historic highs for much of the past three years. With the Aussie dropping to its lowest levels in almost 3 ½ years Thursday, low inflation can no longer be taken for granted. (CN)
THAILAND: 2 a.m. EST (2 p.m, Bangkok) Bank of Thailand monetary policy committee meeting. [Previously 25-basis-point cut to 2.25%]
In November, the BOT surprised markets by cutting its key rate to its lowest levels in three years. As thousands of antigovernment protestors attempt to shut down Bangkok, appropriations for billions of dollars of projects–such as a high-speed rail line–have been slowed while rubber output has faltered and tourism dwindled. With inflation remaining relatively benign, the increased political uncertainty and the weak economic trend from 2013 could prompt the BOT to lower rates again. (CN)
JAPAN: Time N/A. Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting decision
The board is widely expected to stand pat on immediate policy. The WSJ reported that the nine-member policy board will either leave its median inflation forecast unchanged or raise it by 0.1 percentage point rate for the current Japanese fiscal year ending March and for the next year, according to people familiar with the bank's thinking. Any downward revision to the previous price prediction would suggest the bank is less confident of meeting its pledge to generate 2% inflation in two years, boosting the chances of additional monetary stimulus near-term. Any upward changes would indicate otherwise. When the bank last updated the forecasts in October, it said prices, as measured by the core consumer price index, would rise 0.7% in the current fiscal year and by 1.3% in the next. The board will likely maintain its 1.9% forecast for the year after that, starting in April 2015. At the policy meeting, the board will also likely debate how much its members expect consumers will rush to spend before the sales tax goes up to 8% in April from 5%. The more rush purchases, the sharper a subsequent drop in consumption could be, an outcome that could in turn put pressure on the BOJ to act. (CN)
U.K.: 4:30 a.m. EST (9:30 a.m. London)
–Bank of England minutes [Expected 9-0 vote in favor of maintaining policy unchanged]
–December public sector borrowing [Expected £13.5 billion vs. £16.5 billion in November]
–December claimant count unemployment [Expected fall of 34,000 vs. down 36,700 in November]
–Three months to November unemployment rate [Expected 7.2% vs. 7.4% in October]
–Three months to November average earnings [Expected up 1.0% on the year vs. up 0.8% in October]
A raft of releases should give an indication about where the Bank of England's medium-term policy might be heading. The minutes to the most recent BOE meeting will almost certainly show unanimity on keeping the base rate and stock of bond purchases unchanged. But they could give clues about potential tweaks to forward guidance. A likely drop in the unemployment rate closer to the BOE's 7.0% threshold, at which the MPC will start mulling tightening policy, makes this pressing. As long as average earnings remain muted, the new forward guidance will essentially be "ignore the 7% threshold, steady as she goes." Meanwhile, the government will want policy to stay exactly as it is not least because it's helping to pull down the public sector deficit. (AM)
U.S.: 7 a.m. EST Mortgage Bankers Association weekly mortgage applications survey. [Previous week market composite index +11.9%].
Going into the New Year, mortgage applications have picked up. But that's mostly a rebound from the naturally quite holiday period. It will take more data to determine how consumers are faring in the face of upward pressure on bond yields and mortgage rates as the Fed prepares to taper its bond-buying over the course of the year. (MC)
CANADA: 10 a.m. EST. Bank of Canada interest rate announcement.
Canada faces starkly competing economic forces – on the one hand, consumer price trends are heavily disinflationary, on the other, its housing prices are deemed by many measures to be among the most overvalued in the world. That puts the Bank of Canada in a bind. If anything, however, the BOC has been quite dovish in stance on interest rates, suggesting they won't be increased for some time, with currency markets pricing in a modest chance of rate cut this year. That probably won't come at this meeting, but the signals will be important for the direction of the Canadian dollar, which has weakened because of the contrast between this stance and that of the Fed's gradual withdrawal from stimulus. (MC)
BRAZIL: Monetary policy committee minutes.
Faced with stubborn inflation and current-account deficit, Brazil's central bank has been aggressively tightening monetary policy. Last week it hiked its benchmark Selic rate by a half-point, when economists had expected a quarter-point increase. The key question is whether by acting so decisively, did its policy committee intend that to put an end to the hiking cycle – at least for a while? After all, this campaign is seriously squeezing growth. The minutes will help provide clues as to that intent. (MC)
SOUTH KOREA: 6 p.m. EST (8:00 a.m. Thursday, Seoul) 4Q advance GDP [previous +1.1% on-quarter, +3.3% on-year]
Third quarter growth was stronger than expected as private consumption and investment picked up the slack from a fall in exports. With exports in December surging 7.1% from November's 0.2% rise, fourth quarter GDP can be expected to pick up. But there are a few risks ahead — the yen's been weakening as Japan pushes ahead with its easy monetary policy, which hurts the competitiveness of Korean exports, as well as weak demand in developing countries, which could offset an increase in demand from the U.S. (CN)
CHINA: 8:45 p.m EST (9:45 a.m. Thursday, Beijing) January HSBC flash manufacturing PMI [previous 50.5]
The big question is whether the indicator will fall below the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction. Recovering economies in the U.S. and Europe bode well for manufacturing but the strengthening yuan and rising wages are a drag. Meanwhile, domestic demand is uncertain. The consumer market continues to expand, but some categories of manufacturing, especially heavy industry, are under pressure from excess capacity and government attempts to control pollution. (CN)
FRANCE: 2:45 a.m. EST (8:45 a.m. Paris) January business sentiment [Expected 100 vs. 100 in December)
The French economy has been the euro zone's laggard during recent months, struggling against recession while other single currency economies grow. January's business sentiment survey is expected to show that companies are still treading water. Whether President Hollande's proposed structural changes, with the aim of lifting some of the tax burden off businesses, lifts the mood remains to be seen. (AM)
EUROPE: Starting 3 a.m. EST (9 a.m. Brussels) January preliminary purchasing managers' surveys
–EURO ZONE: January preliminary purchasing managers' survey. [Expected manufacturing PMI 53.0 vs. 52.7 in December; expected services PMI 51.4 vs. 51.0 in December; expected composite PMI 52.5 vs. 52.1 in December]
–FRANCE: January preliminary purchasing managers' survey. [Expected manufacturing PMI 47.5 vs. 47.0 in December; expected services PMI 48.0 vs. 47.8 in December]
–GERMANY: January preliminary purchasing managers' survey. [Expected manufacturing PMI 54.7 vs. 54.3 in December; expected services PMI 54.0 vs. 53.5 in December]
The trend on euro-zone PMIs is pointing up, though still modestly. The story remains one of exports rather than domestic demand, though services sentiment is picking up modestly too. (AM)
U.K.: 5 a.m. EST (11 a.m. London) December CBI retail sales [Expected balance +29 vs. +34 in November]
After the surprisingly strong official sales data for December, investors will look for confirmation in other series, like the CBI's survey, that those numbers weren't an anomaly destined to be revised down. (AM)
CANADA: 8:30 a.m. EST. November retail trade. [Previously -0.1% on month, +0.4% ex-autos.]
Ex-autos, last month's data weren't too bad, but they still symbolize the concerns that the Bank of Canada has about the pace of growth in the economy. (MC)
U.S.: 8:30 a.m. EST. Unemployment insurance weekly claims report. [Initial claims expected 330,000 vs. 326,000 in prior week.]
The distortions of the holiday period are now more or less behind us but weather disruptions might also be affecting the data. Nonetheless, the initial claims numbers are generally describing the same kind of stabilization in the labor market that we've seen elsewhere. (MC)
U.S.: 9 a.m. EST Markit Economics's January "flash" manufacturing purchasing managers index. [Final reading 55.0].
Interest in Markit's challenger to the PMI produced by the Institute for Supply Management is not yet strong enough to generate economist consensus estimates, but the same surveys for Europe have significant influence, not least because the preliminary data series gives people a chance to get an early read on activity before end-month. And so far it's proving to be reasonable proxy for the ISM number. Over time, people could warm to the flash number. (MC)
EURO ZONE: 10 a.m. EST (4 p.m. Brussels) January consumer confidence [Expected -13.0 vs. -13.6 in December]
Consumer confidence has been held back by high unemployment. But as exporters pick up steam, some of this stronger output should flow into sentiment and thus into domestic demand. (AM)
U.S.: 10 a.m. EST. National Association of Realtors December existing home sales. [Expected +0.4% on month vs. -4.3% in November.]
Whereas new home sales and construction can be sustained somewhat by the natural demand for shelter, the low inventory available to meet that demand, and the interest of investors in providing rentable properties to fulfill it, existing home sales are more susceptible to mortgage rates – which are not as amenable to home-buying as they were. (MC)
U.S.: 11 a.m. EST Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City January survey. [Previous manufacturing activity index -3].
U.K.: 4:30 a.m. EST (9:30 a.m. London) December BBA net mortgage lending [From up £347 million in November]
Despite the strong gains in house prices and considerable interest, the actual flow of credit has been relatively modest lately. A pick-up in net mortgage lending would show that the domestic economy was truly returning to normal. (AM)
CANADA: 8:30 a.m. December consumer price index. [In November, unchanged on the month, +0.9% on year.]
No inflation in Canada – a key reason why the Bank of Canada can afford to take a dovish stance despite the housing market's lofty valuations. (MC)


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The Most Common Plant Diseases
Plant diseases are caused by either environmental factors, such as moisture and fertilizer, or by other living organisms, such as fungi and bacteria.
Here are some tips for preventing most types of plant diseases:
- Infected plant material should be removed from the garden area as soon as a disease is noticed. Either burn or dispose of the infected plants. Do not put diseased plant material in the compost pile.
- When purchasing transplants, look for healthy plants that do not have any blemishes or spots on the leaves or fruit. Select disease-resistant plants when possible.
- Use a drip or soaker system to water plants instead of an overhead watering system. Keeping plant leaves dry will help reduce the instances of mildew, rot and blight.
- Do not overwater plants. Most plants prefer to dry out between watering.
- Provide plants with plenty of air circulation. Prune plants so that air flows between branches and provide sufficient space between plants.
- Do not touch an infected plant and then touch other plants in the garden. Hands and tools should be washed after handling an infected plant.
There is a long list of plant diseases. Here are some plant diseases that are commonly found in the home garden:
Root rot is a common disease that is caused by soil borne pathogens. Signs of root rot include wilting leaves, stunted growth and yellowing of the plant. The major cause of root rot is overwatering. Too much water makes it difficult for the roots to get air and causes the plants to drown.
Powdery Mildew affects a wide variety of plants and can be devastating to squash, beans, rose and lilac plants. This disease shows up on plant leaves as a white or gray powder after a long rain spell or during times of high humidity. It quickly spreads to the stems, flowers and fruit. When the mildew appears, wash the leaves with a solution of 1 teaspoon mild dish soap mixed with 1 quart water.
Late Blight is a disease that lives in the soil and attacks tomatoes and potatoes causing black spots on the fruit and leaves of the plant. Blight is most prevalent during cool, wet weather and cannot survive in hot and dry conditions.
Rust is recognizable by the powdery masses of orange, purple or black spores on the underside of leaves. The rust may leave a gall, or bump, on the leaves.
Black Spot attacks roses with its black spots that cause the leaves to turn yellow. Remove these black spotted leaves from the plant and any leaves that have fallen to the ground. At the end of summer, remove any diseased laves and canes. To prevent further instances of black spot, plant roses in full sun and keep other plants away from the rose bushes to provide air circulation.
Damping Off is a disease that prevents seeds from germinating and causes new seedlings to rot at the soil line. Damping off is caused by over-watering. When planting seeds, water well when the seeds are planted and let the soil dry slightly before watering again. A daily mist with chamomile tea or worm compost tea can help prevent damping off.
Fusarium Wilt attacks tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, peas and melons. With fusarium wilt, either the top of the plant or the lower leaves will wilt during the day and slightly recover at night. After a time, the entire plant will wilt. At this point, the plant will perform poorly or quit producing entirely.
Blossom End Rot affects the blossom end of fruits. It starts as a small spot at the spot where the blossom was attached to the fruit and grows into a large dark, leather-like lesion as the fruit grows. Heavy rains, drought or root injuries can result in a lack of water and calcium getting to the plant leaves. Hot and dry weather may also be a culprit due to the rapid rate at which plants grow and lack of water.
Most plant diseases can be avoided with proper care. Maintaining good plant health, keeping the leaves dry and not giving plants too much water will help avert most diseases. When problems do occur, remove the affected parts of the plants from the garden.
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Indian Institute of Science at Kudapura Second Campus
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore celebrated it centenary in the year 2009. To expand its activities, need for a second campus was felt at that time. Indian Institute of Science has acquired a second campus at Kudapura, Challakere, Chitradurga district of Karnataka. The creation of the second campus has been greatly facilitated by the help rendered by the Government of Karnataka. The campus is located at Kudapura 15 Km from Challakere on the Challakere - Naykanahatti Road. Kudapura campus is 220 Km away from the Bangalore campus.
Talent Development Centre (TDC)
The Institute conceived the idea of starting a Talent Development Centre mainly to impart training to science teachers at all levels, to conduct discussion meetings, seminars, winter and summer schools, provide academic and research facilities for the young high school, college, and University students. High School Science Teachers Training Program (HTTP)is considered a priority because it is in the high schools the students are introduced to science. Science education is crucial for the development of our Nation. It is the experience of the Institute that if the teachers are trained, vast number of students gets benefitted for a long period of time. Therefore at IISc Kudapura, HTTP.
Vision of High School teachers Training
The primary vision of this program is teaching and training teachers to teach students with passion. Motivation to higher level of intellectual activity is more important than just giving lectures to the participating teachers and covering the course syllabus. The Hall mark of the IISc academic program is in its rigor, honesty of purpose, simplicity, humility, sincerity, time consciousness, hard work and delivery. It is the research and the research attitude that drives the Institute. If an event is announced in IISc it takes place at the appointed time. Can we inculcate in these teachers the Indian Institute of Science culture of learning?
How to reach IISc at Kudapura?
One can reach the new campus by road via Bangalore- Tumkur-Sira- Hiriyur on the national Highway No. 4 and turn right to Bellary road to Challakere. With Kudapura is on the Challakere- NykanaHatti road. It takes 3 to 4 hours to reach the new campus by car. Chitradurga is 30 Km from Challakere.


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The shopping is done….completely. The presents are wrapped…mostly. The meals are planned…sorta. And I won't be leaving my house until Christmas Day, if I can help it. The closer we get to the big day, the more my focus shifts from practical preparations to preparations of the heart.
I want to shut out the noise the world and focus on the quieting of hearts and stilling of spirits.
The last few weeks have been a flurry of shopping, wrapping, planning, class partying, church pagent-ing and caroling. We've fallen behind in our Jesse Tree devotionals. And I didn't bake cookies with my kids. Again.
We've consumed our weight in popcorn while watching Elf, Rudolph and Home Alone.
Our family's tradition of celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve feels just right again this year. We are blessed with lots of family to visit on Christmas Day, so several years ago we began opening gifts on Christmas Eve morning. We treat it just like Christmas day and it gives us a wonderfully quiet day to play with new toys, eat simple meals and just be together…our little family.
Some dear friends will join us for a Chinese take-out dinner and then for church services.
Christmas Day morning will be a simple, joyful celebration of the birth of our Savior. Birthday cake for breakfast, anyone? I've been inspired by my friend who doesn't exchange gifts on Christmas morn and we'll be incorporating a couple of her traditions. The rest of the day will be abuzz with family and visiting. But we'll have already had our quiet and it all seems just right.
I'd love to hear about your preparations and plans.
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Barataria Museum and Wetlands Trace opens Saturday in Jean Lafitte
Officials of the town of Jean Lafitte in Jefferson Parish will formally open the Barataria Museum and Wetlands Trace on Saturday.
The 6,000-square-foot museum chronicles the 200-year history of Jean Lafitte, a fishing village about 20 miles southwest of New Orleans named after the buccaneer and hero of the War of 1812.
A multimedia theatre presentation and nature trail follow the life of Lafitte, a pirate whose support at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815 was critical to the American victory over a British army.
The museum also touches on stories and folk traditions of the wetlands as well as coastal erosion and natural and man-made disasters.
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Prior to the panel discussion, Father Jack Costello, S.J., President of Regis College, will preside at a Eucharist of Thanksgiving for the election of Pope Francis. Please join the Regis College community at 6:45pm in St. Joseph Chapel to celebrate this joyous occasion.
Regis College is located at 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, near the corner of Queen's Park Crescent East. Regis College is on the 94 Wellesley bus route and a short walk (south) from the Museum subway station. Public parking is available in the University of St. Michael's College parking lot on St. Joseph Street, one block north of Regis College. The venue is accessible.
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What to know when voting on village referendum
November 03, 2011
BLOOMFIELD — For the people behind the effort to turn a 12-square-mile region of the town into a village, next Tuesday is their moment.
On Nov. 8, those who vote in a special referendum election will decide if this region northeast of Highway H will become a village.
Whether the town should incorporate to become less dependant on county governmental services and protect its borders from future annexation attempts has been the main question in Bloomfield since at least 2008.
Since then, it's been a slew of petitions, negotiation attempts and court orders — all of it discussed during last month's incorporation meetings and detailed in previous news stories throughout the area.
It all comes down to the Nov. 8 referendum election, which is the final stage of the process. Voters will once and for all decide if this proposed village becomes a real one.
History could be made.
"There's probably nothing (voters who live in the proposed village) are ever going to vote on again in the near future that's going to have this much of a direct impact on them," Town Clerk Martie Wells said Monday.
She said she hopes for about 2,000 people to vote Nov. 8, but remains skeptical because none of the signs are there for a large turnout.
"I expect between 500 and 700," Wells said. "With the absentee ballots, I sent out 20-some odd ballots and I've only gotten five back so far, so I have to unfortunately say I'm not expecting a huge turnout."
She said it doesn't so much matter to the poll workers how many people show up Nov. 8. Although Wells said it makes a 13-plus hour day go by more quickly if there is a large turnout, the "only way to make a good decision is if everyone is there."
But there are some things Bloomfield Township residents need to know when it comes to this election.
"The biggest one is that the whole of the town cannot vote," Wells said.
Only people who live in the proposed village can vote. Wells said her estimates have the total number of eligible voters at between 2,000 and 2,200.
She said those residents who can't vote Nov. 8 reside in Graden Woods, Lake Ivanhoe, Tuscany, Pioneer Estates and those who live west of Highway H and south of Deignan Road.
"They do have to live within the incorporation area," Wells said.
She said when people arrive at the polls, they will be asked for their address. Wells said she worked with town engineers and Bloomfield Zoning Administrator Jill Murphy to compile a list of addresses for those who live in the proposed village area. If your address isn't on the list, you will be told you cannot vote Nov. 8, Wells said.
But it appears she accounted for the margin of error. If someone wants to contest why they're not on the list, there will be a way to double check.
"We're using the town zoning administrator as our registration deputy during the election," Wells said. "She will have access to the GIS (Geographic Information System) in my office."
Using an overlay these officials created on the GIS, Wells said Murphy will be able to call it up during Election Day. This overlay consists of the boundaries of the proposed village.
"We should be able to pinpoint someone's home and see if they fall in this area," Wells said.
Other changes
The residency requirement to participate in the Nov. 8 election is one of two other changes Wells discussed Monday.
She said because of new state laws, voters also will be required to sign in and become informed about next year's photo ID requirement.
According to Wells, voters haven't had to sign the poll book before. But they will have to next Tuesday and during all future elections, under this law.
Although needing a photo ID isn't necessary until January 2012, voters Nov. 8 will be asked if they have one.
"They can still vote if they don't," Wells said.
However, if the answer is "no," poll workers are supposed to provide them with a handout about the new law. Wells said the first election in Bloomfield which will require voters to have photo ID takes place next February.
But whether it's 500 or 2,000 people who weigh in at the polls Nov. 8, it's bound to be an election to remember.
"I'm hoping to see 2,000 voters and I'm hoping everyone who has a vote exercises it — for or against the incorporation," Wells said. "This is something we as a community need to decide."


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What goes better with a cup of tea than a tiny frosted cake topped with candied violets and mint leaves? The perky flower faces with their sugared whiskers are bound to put a smile on the day. I await the blooming of the first violets of the season not only for their color and fragrance, but also as a signal that I can start replenishing my stock of the candied flowers I enjoy all year.
Preserving flowers and leaves with sugar requires some patience and time, but it is quite simple to do. Nearly everything you need is probably in your house. I use powdered egg white that I purchase at a cake-decorating shop; not only is it convenient and easy to use, it carries no risk of salmonella poisoning. I buy extra-fine granulated sugar there as well.
Any flowers and leaves you use must be edible and free from pesticides or other harmful substances. Choose blooms that are newly opened, free of dew, and clean, but wait to cut them until you are ready to preserve them so they will be fresh and firm. Limp or wilted blossoms will turn into sodden, sticky lumps. Remove any stamens as the pollen on them may cause allergic reactions.
My favorite flowers for crystallizing include violas, pansies, miniature roses, bachelor's-buttons, fuchsia hybrids, calendula, lavender and lilacs. I use both the leaves and flowers of scented pelargoniums. Mint and lemon balm leaves both contribute a pleasing, sprightly taste and hold their color well.
Use candied flowers or leaves as you would sugar sprinkles to make a simple dish of ice cream or a brownie special. Dress up fruit cups, tarts and pies. A cascade of crystallized blossoms swirling down a wedding or birthday cake is a sight not soon forgotten.
The delicate beauty and color of flowers can be preserved for months if the flowers are properly crystallized and stored.
• 2 small bowls
• Powdered egg white
• Water
• Salt shaker filled with extra-fine granulated sugar
• Tweezers
• Fine artist's paintbrush
• A variety of edible flowers
• Waxed paper
• Cake rack
• Small knife
1. In a small bowl, whisk 1 tablespoon powdered egg white together with 3½ tablespoons water until slightly frothy. Lay a piece of waxed paper near your work space.
2. Pick three or four small flowers or one large one. Holding each flower by the sepals with tweezers, paint the front and back of each petal with the egg-white mixture.
3. Holding the flower over another small bowl, sprinkle the back heavily with sugar, turning it so the sugar falls into the crevices between overlapping petals. Turn and sprinkle the front lightly. The lighter coating of sugar on the face of the flower will make it look more natural when dry. Place each flower on the waxed paper, face up, allowing plenty of room between blooms.
4. While the first batch dries, pick more flowers and coat them with egg white and sugar until you've done as many as you wish. After the first batch has lain on the waxed paper for about an hour, gently touch a flower to see if it has stiffened slightly. If so, slide the tip of a knife under it and move it away from any syrup that may have dripped off. Move it again in several hours. Place larger flowers such as calendulas and roses on a cake rack after the first hour to expedite drying. Place the flower-covered waxed paper or rack in a warm, well-ventilated area until the flowers are completely dry. This may take as long as two weeks. When dry, the flowers are brittle and quite fragile, so handle them with care.
5. Pack the flowers loosely in airtight, shallow jars (widemouth half-pint jars are perfect). Stored in a dark, dry place (not the refrigerator), they will keep six to eight months. Exposure to light may cause the colors to fade.
Kathy Thompson owns and operates the House of Whispering Firs, an herb and everlasting nursery and Victorian gift shop outside Newberg, Oregon.
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The new medication, Xeljanz (tofacitinib), was found in a phase III clinical trial in the Netherlands to lessen disease activity and slow down the joint damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects approximately 1 percent of individuals worldwide, including 1.3 million Americans. A chronic condition with no cure, rheumatoid arthritis can be a lifelong condition. The best approach to the disease is to slow the progression of joint damage and lessen the impact of its symptoms, experts say.
Five months ago, Xeljanz showed symptomatic benefits and improved physical function in rheumatoid arthritis patients in two phase 3 trials. Now, results of a 24-month clinical trial and a 12-month post-trial analysis have been published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal Arthritis & Rheumatism, show a similar trend.
"Tofacitinib inhibits Janus kinase (JAK) enzymes that are found in white blood cells, and which help to regulate the immune system," explained lead investigator Désirée van der Heijde, MD, PhD, of Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, in a press release. "We are examining the oral JAK inhibitor, tofacitinib, as a disease-modifying anti-inflammatory drug (DMARD) and for its ability to modulate the immune system in those with RA."
A few weeks ago, Australian researchers found that a combination of rituximab and methotrexate can slow joint damage caused by arthritis.The latest Xeljanz trial offers the possibility that the drug offers another alternative.
"Our findings provide the first evidence that tofacitinib reduces the progression of structural damage in RA patients with active disease," concluded van der Heijde in the release.
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME BACK TO NEWS-8 NOW, I'M TRACY SABOL. AND, I'M DAVID CHARNS. IN LIMINGTON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS A TORNADO TOSSED TREES AND SCATTERED DEBRIS. METEOROOGISTS SAY THAT E-F ZERO TORNADO HAD WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. THAT TORNADO WAS FAIRLY LOCALIZED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD...80 YARDS WIDE WITH A PATH OF 300 YARDS. THE CLEAN-UP CONTINUES TODAY WITH MOSTLY SCATTERED DEBRIS AND TREE LIMBS. THIS IS THE SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MAINE THIS MONTH...BUT IT'S NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TO PUT IT SIMPLY- WE'RE JUST GETTING BETTER AT TRACKING AND REPORTING THESE TYPES OF STORMS. partly were getting more reports, our technology on the radar side has improved so we can see better what's going on inside storms so at least in part that accounts for some of the apparent rise in reports." WHILE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CLEANUP TO BE DONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD...THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS FOR THE MOST PART MINOR. ABIGAIL HERNANDEZ'S ACCUSED KIDNAPPER IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT -- HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS BAIL. THE 15-YEAR-OLD WAS IN COURT, AS THE JUDGE SET BAIL CONDITIONS FOR NATHANIEL KIBBY. MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THOSE NINE MONTHS ABIGAIL WAS MISSING. FAMILY FRIENDS ARE CALLING WHAT SHE ENDURED "HORRIBLE." THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISED ABIGAIL'S STRENGTH. INVESTIGATORS ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH KIBBY'S HOME IN GORHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. A JUDGE SEALED ALL SEARCH WARRANTS. KIBBY DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY... DATING BACK TO 19-98. JUST SIX DAYS AGO ... A JUDGE SENTENCED KIBBY IN CONNECTION WITH A "CRIMINAL TRESPASS" INCIDENT ON MARCH 4-TH. IN 2013... KIBBY PLEADED GUILTY TO MARIJUANA POSSESSION CHARGES... AND PAID A FINE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON NEWS-8 NOW. MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK AT WMTW DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP FOR THE TOP STORIES AND WEATHER ANYTIME. HAVE A GREAT
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5 defensive keys for UConn football
Five questions facing the UConn defense: 1. Can the secondary do its job? There is so much youth back there, it's almost frightening. Cornerbacks Blidi Wreh-Wilson and Dwyane Gratz at least have some experience, but they still have much to learn. Safety Kijuan Dabney is a senior, but he's been going back and forth between linebacker and safety the last couple of years. Jerome Junior, another safety, played well at times last year and at other times looked lost. The secondary will make its share of mistakes again. The key is making sure those don't result in long TDs.


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In the retelling, fish get bigger, men become legends and girls get prettier. But by all accounts and from a wide range of horsemen, Miss Jim 45 may come as close to perfection as the Quarter Horse world will see.
Bred by James Nance of El Reno, Oklahoma, the red dun mare was by Jim Harlan out of the Waggoner Ranch mare Miss Paulo's 45. Shown by Nance to the Oklahoma high-point filly title as a yearling and two-year-old, she was bought by Matlock Rose and George Tyler in February 1969.
Between February and June 1969, the filly was shown 69 times, with 65 firsts, three seconds and a third.
A 20-year-old University of Michigan student named Frank Merrill spotted one of Miss Jim 45's win pictures with Matlock Rose at the lead in the May 1969 Western Horseman.
"Mr. Rose," he recalled saying in the November 1991 QHJ. "You don't know me, but I'm Frank Merrill of Fremont, Michigan, and I've just seen this picture of you and Miss Jim 45. I'd like to know if she's for sale."
"Are you standing or sitting down?" Rose asked. "Because we want quite a bit for her."
"How much?" Merrill quietly asked.
"$30,000," Rose replied.
"Mr. Rose, I'm coming out West after school gets out in June," Merrill said. "I may not buy her, but I'd sure like to see a $30,000 mare."
A two-week trip to Texas after school saw Merrill at Rose and Tyler's place in Gainesville, and he knew at first sight he had to own the mare.
Tyler rejected his first offer of $20,000, but accepted a deal for $25,000 the next morning, and shared a piece of advice before Merrill headed off.
"He showed me how to set her, and get her ears up," Merrill said. "Above all he gave me three pieces of advice. First, he said, 'Either be the first horse in the class with this mare, or the last, because inevitably, the judge is going to compare everything he has seen with this mare. Give him a good impression.' Second, he told me, 'You're going to have to hide this mare until right before the class. If people see her, they're liable to pull their mares out of the class.' Finally, Mr. George said, 'A mare like this, you show in a plain leather halter. For the idiots out there, put a brass nameplate on the side that says Miss Jim 45.'"
Horsemen in his home state of Michigan didn't share much love with Merrill for all the shows he and Miss Jim 45 won during the summer of '69. At the Chicago International Livestock Exposition, legendary horseman Jack Kyle named the mare grand champion.
"Son, I don't know who you are, but you've got the greatest mare I've ever laid eyes on," Kyle told the young Merrill.
In 1970, Merrill enlisted Clark Bradley to campaign the mare. One hundred twenty-thousand miles, 153 shows, 139 firsts, 12 seconds, a third and a fifth later, Miss Jim 45 was the 1970 high-point halter mare. Along the way she amassed 436 points - more than any other mare up to that time. In her lifetime, she earned 176 grand champion mare titles, 33 reserves and 642 halter points.
Merrill sold Miss Jim 45 to Michael Mulberger of Arizona in May 1971. Her lone offspring was a 1973 bay colt by Boston Mac. A racing Register of Merit earner, Mr Colt 45 started seven races with earnings of $696.
Although not able to pass on her near-perfect conformation, the picture of Miss Jim 45 lives on in the imaginations of those who saw her. And it's not a big fish story.
Taken from the AQHA Hall of Fame website and the March 2000
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Five Kentuckians and three Ohioans have been indicted for crimes related to the sale of stolen motorcycles occurring between 2000 to 2008.
The indictment, which was filed under seal Aug. 11, charges Mark Justice, 52, of Ashland, Ky., John C. Slusher, 58, of Pineville, Ky., Robert Jason Chapman, 31, of Cleves, Ohio, George Ferguson, 63, of Ashland, Ky., Richard D. Meade, 64, of Ashland, Ky., Robert W. Harris, 60, of Newport, Ky., Shon Fields, 33, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Christina Bannigan, 31, of Cleves, Ohio, with a money laundering conspiracy related to the interstate shipment of stolen vehicles.
The grand jury indictment also charges some of the defendants with money laundering and possessing stolen vehicle parts with the intent to sell them. In addition, Fields is charged with obstruction of justice and Harris is charged with lying to a federal law enforcement agency.
According to the indictment, the defendants altered or obliterated the vehicle identification numbers from stolen motorcycles. They then allegedly transferred the title of the motorcycles to others before selling them, to conceal the fact that they were stolen.
The indictment alleges that the conspiracy stretched from January 2000 until February 2008, and that most of the alleged criminal activity took place in Bell and Boyd counties in Kentucky. The defendants profited $2.5 million from the conspiracy, the indictment says.
Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Special Agent in Charge Michael A. Rodriguez, FBI Pittsburgh Division and FBI Charleston, W. Va.; Special Agent in Charge Elizabeth A. Fries, FBI Louisville Division; Rodney Brewer, Commissioner of the Kentucky State Police, Criminal Enterprise Task Force; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Ohio Bureau of Investigation and Ohio State Patrol; and NICB, announced the indictment together Aug. 17.
The investigation preceding the indictment was conducted by the FBI, Kentucky State Police, OBI, NICB, and Ohio Patrol. The indictment was presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Stephen C. Smith.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
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LOWELL - The warm weather drew thousands to the 38th annual Octoberfest on Lowell's Buell Island this weekend. And it was perfect weather for selling ice cream.
"It's the best weekend I've had so far this year, and the crowds have been great," said Dan Lang, owner of Uncle Dan's Old Fashioned Ice Cream.
He's been making the ice cream utilizing an antique steam engine at a host of summer festivals and other events throughout the region since 2007.
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Bill Francis, right, Wayne Linger, center, and Tammy Wells stir kettles of apple butter for Dungannon United Methodist Church during the 38th annual Octoberfest in Lowell on Sunday afternoon.
"We have nine different flavors this weekend, but blackberry, black walnut and pumpkin seem to have been the favorites," Lang said.
Dale and Dixie Myers, from Stockport, were selling a large variety of crafts and artwork from a tent beside the recreational vehicle where the couple spent the festival weekend.
"We've been coming to the Octoberfest for 17 years now, and we always do good here," Dixie said. "In fact we sell more here in one day than we can do in four days elsewhere."
Janet and Jim Cowan, of Parkersburg, are owners of J.C. Merchandising and brought a variety of wooden yard decorations and flags to Octoberfest.
"We've been coming here for 25 years, and enjoy it," Janet said. "Saturday the business was so good that we sold completely out of some items."
Octoberfest Committee member Jim Lenhart said the event started off with a big parade to Buell Island on Saturday.
"I was shocked. We had quite a turnout for the parade," he said. "Last year we had some rain during Octoberfest, so this year is a lot better. There are quite a few food and craft vendors here, and I've seen quite a few flea marketers, too."
Lenhart was selling tickets for several prizes that would be raffled off during the festival.
"The proceeds we raise go back into the Octoberfest and to support the park," he said.
Committee member Steve Weber was running the cash register at the food booth where approximately 1,000 barbecued half-chickens were sold over the weekend.
"Saturday we had one long line all day," Weber said. "We sold about 700 chicken dinners, and only had around 300 left to sell today."
The chicken, slow-roasted on long racks over a wood fire, is a festival favorite.
"It's really good," said Dianna Rauch, of Vincent, as she and husband Rod enjoyed a plate of chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes Sunday afternoon.
"We don't come every year - it's been raining or cold the last couple of years," Rod said. "But the weather's been great this time."
Nearby the unmistakable aroma of apple butter wafted through the air as members of Dungannon United Methodist Church took turns stirring three large kettles of the fall favorite.
"We had the kettles on by 8 a.m., and have to keep stirring for four or five hours until it's done," said Tammy Wells as she plied her kettle of apple butter with a wooden paddle.
She said jars of the butter sell well at Octoberfest, and many people purchase them to give as holiday gifts.
"They can end up as far away as Florida and California," Wells said.
After some years of absence from Octoberfest, Naomi Rowe, of Lowell, was back with pony rides for the kids over the weekend.
"We used to do this years ago, but all of my children grew up and I didn't have anyone to help me," she said. "This year my grandchildren are old enough to lend a hand, so we're back."
Rowe said the response was great.
"We gave 235 pony rides Saturday," she said. "And a lot of those kids told me it was the first time they'd ever ridden a horse."


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Protesters Sweep Up Before Being Swept Out
By Jessica Firger and Alison Fox
As protest organizers and attorneys discussed whether to resist attempts to clear and clean the park they've occupied for nearly a month, participants in the Occupy Wall Street demonstration armed themselves with mops Thursday morning and started cleaning the area.
"We're willing to help clean. We want what's best for us and the community, that's why we're going to remain here," said Faith Laugier, 33 years old. The East Harlem resident describes herself as a "full-time revolutionary."
Brookfield Properties, the landlord of the privately owned Zuccotti Park, has notified protesters that crews will arrive at the park at 7 a.m. Friday for a planned cleanup. The company has said protesters will have to move for the cleanup, but that it would allow people back into certain areas of the park, provided they follow the rules, which prohibit lying on the ground, among other things.
Brookfield's notice was read aloud at an emergency morning meeting, after which various members addressed the group. Some advocated for the cleaning efforts, while others said they should scout other privately-owned, public spaces to occupy. One protester announced "We need to take more parks," and proposed a 24-hour occupation of Tompkins Square Park, located in the East Village as a trial run to test police reaction.
"We're waiting on legal [advisers] to see what the ramifications are if we stay," said Lily Gist, 24, and a student at School of Visual Arts. She said volunteers from the National Lawyers Guild would attend another emergency meeting at noon.
Emptying the park, which has formed the base of operations for protesters since mid-September, will take a good deal of work. In addition to temporary structures, the space has grown crowded with generators, storage bins, tables and computer supplies.
If the protesters do move, the group announced Thursday that it would set up a "coat check" where people can bring their belongings to be stored during the cleanup.


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University Leadership Transition
3/23/2012 8:00 am
On Thursday March 22, University of Illinois President Michael J. Hogan submitted his resignation to the Board of Trustees, and Chairman Christopher G. Kennedy has accepted it on behalf of the Board. Hogan will serve as president until July 1, when Robert Easter, a long-time faculty member and former interim provost and interim chancellor on the Urbana-Champaign campus, will serve as president-designate.
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CIOs See Windows 8 as Possible iPad Alternative
Tablet computers based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system are of keen interest to IT executives because it will make it easier to implement the same applications across both Windows PCs and smartphones. The new OS will also make it easier to implement security, permissions and other management processes compared to Apple's iPad, CIOs said.
As things stand, however, the iPad has become the standard tablet for business, with C-level executives and traveling sales workers using the devices to conduct meetings and share presentations. Over 80% of 100 CIOs Barclays Capital surveyed in March said they would support the iPad.
However, Microsoft has garnered its own share of tablet interest, thanks to a new user interface and other promises around Windows 8 "Metro" which Microsoft says will ship later this fall. To wit, nearly 30% of CIOs said they would support Windows 8, Barclays found.
Greg Fell, CIO for global manufacturer Terex, is so keen to adopt Windows 8 for tablets that he has arranged with Microsoft to test a Windows 8 tablet in May. Fell, who supports 200 iPads among his 23,000 Terex workers, said he was interested in the interoperability Microsoft is promising between desktops, tablets and phones with Windows 8.
Fell has another motive for scrutinizing Windows 8. He wants another viable platform to support. "We don't want Apple to be the only vendor in the enterprise," Fell said. "If BlackBerry is not going to be the strong No. 1 or No. 2, somebody else has to be, and if that's Microsoft, that's good for us and competition."
Bob Pick, senior executive director for technology infrastructure at Conde Nast, is intrigued enough by the promise of being able to develop internal applications that will work seamlessly across both Windows 8 tablets and Windows phones that he is slowing his roll-out of Windows 7 to his 3,200 employees. He wants to be able to stop the roll-out and switch to Windows 8 if he likes what he sees.
Even SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann, who presides over one of the largest iPad enterprise installations of 15,000 units, said he's interested in Windows 8, and plans to support the platform with his company's mobile management software.
Apple doesn't make iPhones and iPads particularly easy for businesses to manage. Corporate software won't run directly on iOS devices, and IT staffs have to rely on third-party management tools for security and other remote device management applications. This has turned off some CIOs who want tablets that are as easy to manage as Windows PCs have become.
However, Microsoft is introducing its own compatibility challenges with Windows 8. The software maker is releasing Windows 8 for Intel's x86 chips, as well as Windows on ARM, which makes the chips that power iPads and many other mobile devices. ARM chips are prevalent among mobile device makers because they consume less power, say analysts. What CIOs must be wary about is that applications written for Windows 7 and older Microsoft operating systems won't work on tablets based on Windows on ARM.
Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi said that "one OS across devices is not really materializing for enterprises," if apps written for PCs have to be rewritten to run on other devices.
Milanesi said that while Microsoft tablets will account for only 4.1% of media tablet sales in 2012, its share will grow to 11.8% the end of 2016, largely thanks to a customers, partners and suppliers hungry for an alternative to the iPad. That could be enough to help Windows 8 become a viable third platform for CIOs to consider.


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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
Located in the heart of Norrkoping, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Ostgota Theater and Power Park. City Museum and Work Museum are also within 15 minutes.
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This hotel features a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a spa tub, a sauna, and self parking.
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In addition to a spa tub, Scandic Norrköping City features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This Norrkoping hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, gift shops/newsstands, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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Issue No.04 - July-August (1997 vol.1)
pp: 91-93
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/4236.612230

For the past year, the browser war between Netscape and Microsoft has made Internet news headlines, with each company offering new and better features. But the competition for "more features" leaves an important area of network software behind: security.

Ben Adida, "Securing the Web", IEEE Internet Computing, vol.1, no. 4, pp. 91-93, July-August 1997, doi:10.1109/4236.612230


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I added Targa Resources Partners (NGLS) to my Dividend Income portfolio http://jubakpicks.com/jubak-dividend-income-portfolio/ on January 11 because the units offer a really attractive potential for dividend growth and capital gains. The current dividend, at 6.81% on January 11, isn't any too shabby either. (For the most recent update on that portfolio see my post http://jubakpicks.com/2013/01/11/reformatting-my-dividend-income-portfolio-for-a-period-when-dividend-investing-gets-more-important-and-tougher-too/
The big upside here comes from Targa's acquisition of oil and natural gas pipelines from Saddle Butte Pipeline that for the first time moved Targa into the Bakken shale formation of North Dakota that is the heart of the U.S. oil boom. The deal also gave Targa its first oil pipelines—before that Targa had been a natural gas only pipeline play. The North Dakota oil boom is currently very underserved by pipelines, which gives pipeline companies with footholds in the area, and that now includes Targa, an opportunity to invest today's cheap money in profitable new capital projects.
After the deal Targa reiterated its projections for 10% growth in distributions to holders of the MLP (master limited partnership) units in 2013 from 2012 levels. Read more
Targa Resources Partners
In my November 23 post on buying income assets in what increasingly looks like a bubble in income assets http://jubakpicks.com/2012/11/23/i-think-the-argument-that-were-in-an-income-asset-bubble-is-easy-to-make-deciding-when-it-might-burst-and-what-to-do-about-it-are-much-harder/ , I suggested opportunistically looking for income-producing assets that had been sold down at the moment for no good reason. From that point of view I suggested units of Targa Resources Partners (NGLS), which took a pounding from $42.83 on November 6 to $35.96 on November 16 on news that the company would price a secondary stock offering at just $36 a unit. It's typical for secondaries to get priced below the current market in order to attract new money. But in this case the pricing seems to have been aggressively low and that took down Targa. After all if you can buy the secondary at $36, why pay $42 for units on the market?
What makes this drop a very interesting opportunity is that the capital raised is going to finance an acquisition that takes this pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) into North Dakota's Bakken shale formation. (For more on this fast-growing oil region see my post http://jubakpicks.com/2012/11/20/the-oil-world-turned-upside-down-and-how-to-invest-in-the-rise-of-the-u-s-to-top-global-producer-by-2017/ .) Targa is buying Saddle Butte Pipeline's crude oil pipelines and natural gas gathering and processing operations in the Williston Basin for $950 million. The growth potential here is very solid—not only is oil and gas production climbing in North Dakota but also the region is underserved by pipelines with 74% of North Dakota crude traveling by (more expensive) truck.
For Targa, which already operates in the Barnett and Wolf Camp areas in Texas's Permian Basin and in Louisiana's Tuscaloosa play, this is an initial foothold in the Bakken oil shale geology.
The deal also gives Targa its first oil pipelines, which increases the diversification of a company that had been hooked to natural gas and natural gas liquids. Read more
Sell Enbridge Energy Partners (EEP)
I'm going to continue to diversify my Dividend Income Portfolio by selling Enbridge Energy Partners (EEP.) It's one of three pipeline master limited partnerships in the portfolio. The sale of this position plus the sale of Natural Resource Partners (NRP) earlier reduces the energy exposure of this portfolio to a still hefty 40% from a previous 60%.
I'm not worried about a collapse in energy prices in 2010, but I don't see a significant rally in oil prices from current levels and natural gas seems stuck near lows for a while because in the short-tem supply seems ample to meet recovering demand. (For my very different take on long-term energy prices see my post http://jubakpicks.com/2009/12/08/the-return-of-the-oil-shortage-around-2015-and-why-the-industrys-logical-decisions-now-will-make-it-worse/ ) I see Enbridge Energy Partners with its bet on growing volumes of oil from Canadian oil sands as especially exposed to stagnant energy prices. Estimates are that it takes a price of $70 a barrel to make development of those resources attractive.
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We spent our 4th of July with a long, lazy lunch with extended family members. Lots of fun, and lots of leftovers. Hence the theme for today's Recipe Roundup: what to do with leftovers from our 4th of July feasts!
Leftover: Grilled Hotdogs & Buns
This Corn Dog Bread from Foodie with Family is made with 8 cooked hotdogs and cornbread, which means it's probably perfect comfort food.
For leftover buns, Real Simple, one of my favorite magazines, has a lovely article on 7 Ways to Use Leftover Buns. Included are recipes for croutons, pineapple upside-down cake, and salami panini. Very awesome.
Leftover: Mashed Potatoes or Potato Salad
Lunch in a Box has a delicious-looking recipe for Faux Latkes made with canned tuna and leftover potato salad, and a lovely Bento as well. We love Bentos.
Cheap Eats' Potato Salad Sandwich might not be the first thing you think of, but made with warm french bread? Looks delicious.
Leftover: Sheet Cake
Leftover cake is usually not a problem in our house (top it with ice cream? Or just… eat it?), but for something a little more jazzed up, why not try an English Trifle.
What do you do with your Fourth of July leftovers?


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br wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a linux server in my bedroom, it's working all the time
> (postfix, apache and some others). The problem is it is very loud. The
> main problem is with disk. I cannot switch it off after lets say
> 10min, becouse its turn on again when the postfix recives mail or
> apache wants to log something. I dont want to stop logging all these
> things. Ok. I have an idea to use a usb key (i dont know english word
> for it, pendrive, maybe) to store a disk buffer on it. Linux should
> buffer everything on pendrive and in case of pendrive is full, copy
> everything to disk. I dont want to mount pendrive to one or more
> directories, i will prefer just to store disk buffer on it. I know
> linux can store disk buffer in ram, but its a litte bit too risky,
> becouse from time to time there is no power for one or two minutes and
> all my email and so on will be lost.
> thank you for any help
USB pen drives are supported in linux as 'usb mass storage' devices
in order to make use of them, the linux kernel must be configured with
- scsi disk support
- usb support
- usb preliminary filesystem support
- usb mass storage support
Once these are enabled, the usbutils package contains the 'lsusb' command,
you can run lsusb, it should show you information, like if the usb pen
drive is recognized.
Once you have the usb pen drive recognized as a device, it will appear as a
scsi disk device, most likely the last scsi drive.
My system has all IDE drives, so for me this is /dev/sda . It is much easier
if you are using device filesystem to see the usb device, as it shows up
under the /dev/scsi/hostx.///.. path.
Ok, so after you have found the scsi device that coresponds to you usb pen
drive, you may need to create a partition on it, and may need to create
ext2 or ext3 or what you use filesystem. (use fdisk, mke2fs on the
/dev/sd?? device that is your usb drive)
I have found most pen drives come pre formatted with some msdos or fat type
of file system.
Note, be careful and make sure you are using the usb pen drive, if you have
other scsi disks in your system (we don't want to mess them up)
Then, it should be a matter of adjusting your /etc/fstab to mount the pen
devices in place of the /path/to/log file spot.
hope this helps.
Travis Hein
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Chemical and physical transformations of solid food begin in the mouth, but the oral phase of digestion has rarely been studied. In the present study, twelve healthy volunteers masticated mouthfuls of either bread or spaghetti for a physiologically-determined time, and the levels of particle degradation and starch digestion before swallowing were compared for each food. The amounts of saliva moistening bread and spaghetti before swallowing were, respectively, 220 (SEM 12) v. 39 (SEM 6) g/kg fresh matter. Particle size reduction also differed since bread particles were highly degraded, showing a loss of structure, whereas spaghetti retained its physical structure, with rough and incomplete reduction of particle size. Starch hydrolysis was twice as high for bread as for spaghetti, mainly because of the release of high-molecular-mass α-glucans. The production of oligosaccharides was similar after mastication of the two foods, respectively 125 (SEM 8) and 92 (SEM 7) g/kg total starch. Starch hydrolysis, which clearly began in the mouth, depended on the initial structure of the food, as in the breakdown of solid food. These significant physical and chemical degradations of solid foods during oral digestion may influence the entire digestive process.
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All Sorts of Weird Stuff offers news and information about George R.R. Martin, in particular about his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
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George R. R. Martin shares a number of updates on several different topics at his "Not a Blog" journal, ranging from current progress on the book (his attempt to defeat the problem he's termed "the Meereeneese Knot" hasn't succeeded and it's back to the drawing board) to comics ("Skin Trade" and "In The House of the Worm" to be published by Avatar Press, while Wild Cards: The Hard Call has its final issue still undrawn and with no set completion date) and anthologies (Songs of the Dying Earth has sold out, Warrior is due for a March publication, Star-Cross Lovers is progressing, and a new cross-genre anthology called Down These Strange Streets—mixing private eye mystery with fantasy and SF—has been contracted to Penguin/Ace.)
There is also a brief update on the progress of the pilot, with one more role cast, another role being offered to an actor, and a third role (and its selected actor) having to be written out of the pilot.
The Westeros network consists of several different sites, including a forum and a wiki, for all your A Song of Ice and Fire needs.


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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter The Supernatural Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them, with shrill, incoherent exclamations that made her mother tremble because they had so much the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue. (6.6)
Before you start calling Pearl a little witch, take a look at her childhood: she was born in a prison, she lives with her mother in a tiny cottage far away from town, and kids say mean things to her all day long. We don't know about you, but we'd be cursing up a storm if we were in Pearl's position.
Quote #8
The unlikeliest materials—a stick, a bunch of rags, a flower—were the puppets of Pearl's witchcraft, and, without undergoing any outward change, became spiritually adapted to whatever drama occupied the stage of her inner world. (6.8)
Witchcraft, sure—or maybe just active imagination. But to the Puritan kids, who only know how to play at going to church and "scourging Quakers," this wild imagination probably does seem a lot like witchcraft.
Quote #9
"Art thou a Christian child – ha? Dost thou know thy catechism? Or art thou one of those naughty elves or fairies whom we thought to have left behind us, with other relics of Papistry, in merry old England?" (8.5)
Gee, "merry old England" sounds a lot pleasanter than the strict Puritan world of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We get the sense that Mr. Wilson and his fellow government officials think of England as a place where frivolous things go down (things like dancing, parties, and eating good food). Apparently, England is also full of elves and fairies, and the Puritans had hoped to have a purely elfless and fairyless society. No supernatural here—unless it's prophetic meteors, of course.


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The Ulster County SPCA received nine dogs from the Hempstead Animal Shelter on Long Island Nov. 21 in an effort to provide much-needed kennel relief for the animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
The transport consisted of a boxer-pit bull mix, a dachshund with a recovering broken leg and a mother dog with her puppies, all of which were longer Hempstead Animal Shelter residents.
"We wanted to provide as much space relief as possible to allow Hempstead Animal Shelter to continue intake of displaced animals," said UCSPCA Executive Director Stacey Price. "It's especially important to provide this kind of relief during times of disaster, since shelter adoptions typically decrease yet shelters continue to be flooded with incoming strays and foster animals. It provides the best chance for pets and families to be reunited."
Twice in the past 10 years the UCSPCA has faced weather severe enough to force a shelter evacuation, with an overwhelmingly positive response from the community.
"During times of disaster," said UCSPCA shelter manager Adam Saunders (above right), "it's essential groups work together and pool available resources, especially when animals' and families' lives have been so heavily affected."
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Even without a variety of fresh local produce available, the River City Farmers Market remains busy through the winter months, vendors said Saturday.
"Just because there aren't fresh vegetables to sell and buy doesn't mean there isn't a need for the farmers market," said Linda Fagan, of Fagan Family Farm in Lower Salem. "There is still meat, cheeses, eggs, baked goods and crafts; produce is really just one of many things the farmers market has to offer."
The market, located in the Home Arts Building at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Marietta, is open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. each Saturday and is the only farmers market open year-round locally.
The fact Marietta's market is not seasonal is why cheesemaker Bill Marietta drives the more than two hours from Fredricktown, Ohio, each week.
"I found this market online when looking for year-round markets and with a name like Marietta, I had to try it out," he said.
Not only was the name of the location perfect, but those who regularly shop at the market have taken to the handcrafted dairy foods.
"I've been part of this farmers market for two years and have never had a bad week," said Marietta. "During the summer I average $500 in sales each week and in the winter $400, which is good."
Each week, his Ohio Farm Direct booth offers about a dozen cheeses made with certified organic grass-fed cows' milk.
"I have loyal customers who come in and patronize me weekly, which I greatly appreciate," Marietta said. "People tell me they come in just for my cheeses."
Crafter Debbie Cunningham said this winter season has seen more new customers than in the previous six years.
"This winter has seen pretty steady business and all of us are seeing our regular customers," Cunningham said. "This year, it seems that we are seeing a lot of new people and I think, unfortunately, it is because of the fire."
On April 29, a fire in the Rabbit and Poultry Building, where the farmers market had been housed, destroyed thousands of items belonging to dozens of the market's vendors. Cunningham said the news of the fire reminded people of the market.
"There are a lot of people who have come in who have never been to the farmers market and want to see what is available," she said. "It's nice to see new faces, but a terrible reason they have come."
Nicole Melin, of Dayton, and her sister-in-law Alanna Kanawalsky, of Pittsburgh, purchased locally grown meat, apples and fresh cider Saturday.
"We are here to visit family and decided to see what is available at the farmers market," Melin said. "I love farmers markets and can't pass one up. It's not a grocery store and you can get local, fresh food that is so much better than what you get in a big store."


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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted Society and Class Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"A fine affair. All of Frell came, everyone who counts anyway," he said, as though Mother's funeral had been a tournament or a ball. (2.46)
Talking about your wife's funeral in terms of the social cred of its attendees? Definitely the classy thing to do. Good work, Sir Peter.
Quote #2
"Ella is not outfitted in accordance with her station, Sir Peter. My girls have eight trunks between them." (7.44)
Materialistic much, Dame Olga? Fortunately, Ella doesn't seem to agree with the equation of high social standing and having a pimpin' wardrobe.
Quote #3
"No, you are almost noble. It would be an insult to make a servant of you. You will be my lady-in-waiting, and I shall share you with my sister sometimes." (8.33)
Gee, thanks, Hattie. So Ella's social status prevents her from being forced into total servitude, but… you can still make her do whatever you want? This social class thing seems a bit more confusing than it's made out to be.


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Hi- I'm a newbie after unsuccessfully trying running about 7 years ago. First week down and all good Anyway.... looking at all the new swanky sneakers on the market. I'm planning on going to a good running store in the area to get fitted but just wondering, what do you wear?
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I wear Asics
Hi! I am a New Balance Active Ambassador and I LOVE my NB 890s!! They are cute (mine are purple!) and super light. They also come in widths so you can find a size that fits you perfectly...I would def check them out!
Keri - NB Active Ambassador
Asics here too. I am currently using the Asics Gel Nimbus 12. Best shoes I've had ... no injuries or shin splints .. happy feet!
Mizuno. Bought them at the runner's shop. The SA picked 2 pairs after checking my anatomy on the treadmill with a video camera and the Mizuno-pair was the perfect shoe.
I don't buy brands but shapes/right support and let the SA choose the show. I just sit after the running on the treadmill and wait for him to pick the right choice. This makes shoe-shopping so easy and carefree.
I went to a local running store and got fitted for new shoes. I have a mild overpronation and a wide foot so they put me in a New Balance WR860. Not a pretty shoe, but it feels good.
Yayy for New Balance!
It took me awhile to get past trying to choose the cutest shoe...it will be worth it to have the right shoe for your body!
Keri - NB Active Ambassador
I just got Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11s last week. Evaluation at the fitting was that I had moderate over pronation, noteable ankle instability and a need for cushioning. The clerk brought me 4 models of shoes...Saucony (2 types), Brooks and Mizuno each for moderate stability and cushioning. For me, the Brooks were the most comfortable and have corrected problems I was having with knee pain. Highly recommend a good visual/video fitting.
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The creation of a new envoy for the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) reflects the high priority the country places on signing the deal, despite recent opposition.
New Federal Aviation Administration rules for operating commercial drones took effect Monday, making it easier for businesses to use the flying robots for a variety of applications.
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When a Contributor submits a new post using the custom status I've set up, the "Post Status Changed" notification e-mail is sent, not the "New Post Created" message that should be triggered by a new post.
The "New Post Created" notification e-mail did work for me until I started editing custom statuses.
I tried deactivating and deleting the plugin and then re-installing. No luck.


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A big, old, empty castle brimming with history served as perfect location for Lucia Moretti's retro flavoured photo shoot. Exploring the empty spaces, playing house, becoming one with the opulent surroundings, model Aleksandra seems caught somewhere between the past and the present. Wearing a delicate Zalando lace dress that begged for a retro styling, she embodies pure femininity with a modern twist.
Blonde tresses built into a bewitching pin-up inspired hair-style courtesy of Marco Natali, red lips accompanied by a touch of black eyeliner as envisioned by Pina Natali and green nails for an unexpected whimsical touch, are the elements working closely in accenting the dainty, graceful and ladylike character of the retro dress. And then come the shoes: bold and modern, building the contrast, adding edge.
Sometimes all a beautiful dress ever needs is an adventurous styling, one that is able to preserve its essence, while also enhancing its powerful character. To witness the retro inspired photo shoot photographed by Lucia Moretti (www.luciamoretti.com), click on the thumbnails above and pursue the gallery.