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Right now it's fairly difficult to test clients and proxies (moxi) under controlled circumstances. Moxi does have an existing test framework that simulates both server and client, but it is not usable for large-scale tests, was designed for proxy testing only and adding new tests is difficult. The current ns_server client tests expect there to be a working memcached server running; it would be easier to test independently as well as under adverse conditions if we had a flexible simulator we could depend on for testing.
A unified simulator framework in a single project would give us a central repository for memcached server behaviors that we could use for testing everything we have that acts as a memcached client under a variety of conditions that are difficult or impossible to reproduce using vanilla memcached.
These are in order of priority and get increasingly vague as they go to lower priority (and thus farther in the future).
- Implemented or at least fully controllable from a high level language to make changing behavior easy.
- Usable as a target for testing clients under "normal" conditions - this would make the simulator useful immediately.
- Possibly replace existing threaded Moxi test framework guts - this may require some research
- In particular, note the ability in the current Moxi test framework to simulate slow clients and/or servers: http://github.com/membase/moxi/blob/master/t/moxi_mock_a2a.py#L96
- And, the ability to simulate crashing servers: http://github.com/membase/moxi/blob/master/t/moxi_mock_a2a.py#L180
- In addition, there's the ability to test protocol translations. Here's an ascii client, with a binary-speaking server: http://github.com/membase/moxi/blob/master/t/moxi_mock_a2b.py#L316
- What the moxi test framework cannot handle today:
- Timeout tests
- Concurrency tests. In fact, moxi is configured to be single-threaded and downstream_max=1 for the test framework to currently work, as python threads currently don't allow for the right thing to happen.
- A language (API or DSL) usable by any Membase engineer (test or otherwise) to specify (potentially abnormal) server behavior
- Ability to synchronize server behavior with existing test frameworks - restart with different command line options or send Python code on a separate port to, for example, tell the server to start giving errors for set commands.
- Ability to specify behavior in a centralized fashion across a "cluster" of simulators, at least on the same node - could have one node listening on more than one port with separate behavior specifications for each port, or start separate processes.
- Ability to specify behavior in a centralized fashion across a "cluster" of simulators on separate nodes (use Erlang as the runner?) - for automating large scale distributed tests.
- Tap protocol simulation for testing vbucketmigrator and future vbucketmigrator simulators/implementations.
- NodeCode simulation.
Current technology
There is a Java-based memcached server simulator implementation (JMemcached), as part of the libmembase project. It was created due to unit testing needs.
We have three Python memcached server implementations:
- An asyncore-based implementation that's part of the same project mc_bin_client came from - this is the first implementation ever of the memcached binary protocol and was used to test spymemcached. It's single-threaded, and due to asyncore's lack of features, it is not very flexible. For example, making it delay responses would not be very straightforward.
- The moxi client/server test suite. This is entirely thread-based. It has the interesting property of being able to very closely coordinate server and client behavior, but Python threads are hard to work and don't behave as well one might hope, and it would be difficult to use this for large-scale (many simulated concurrent clients and many simulated servers) tests.
- A Twisted Python implementation that Dustin used for his S3-backed memcached server experiment. This is quite flexible and would probably be the best framework to start with. It currently has an example that shows how to make it slow down requests.
Another option would be to use the existing Erlang framework for this, but the Erlang runtime is more difficult to work with Python, and it would be easy to spawn Python processes from Erlang if in the future we decide to use Erlang to run distributed tests. Node.js is another option, but we seem to be closest to a working simulator with the existing Twisted-based code.


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Over the past few decades, American businesses have outsourced jobs overseas, leaving a lack of good-paying middle class jobs, especially in manufacturing (the classic middle class American job). Since then we have seen the middle class shrink drastically, with many people falling into the service sector of our economy which is dominated by part-time, low skilled, minimum wage labor. Many adults in today's society are forced to support a family on these service sector jobs as they are the only jobs readily available to people who do not have a college degree.
Thus, I believe that this minimum wage hike is desperately needed by the working class in America and I'm glad to see New York State is stepping in the right direction. But, if anything, this legislation does not go far enough. All workers are entitled to a Living Wage that gives them the freedom to meet their family's basic needs, afford healthcare costs, and save for retirement in order to be self-sufficent. Currently, many employers in New York State pay a Living Wage and this has had great success in bolstering local economies. Maybe a progressive idea like this would benefit us all?
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Here's how RW members rated this race (1044 votes).
In short: Well organised, great scenery and fantastic support throughout!Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: For a new route this was excellent,very well marshalled, support stations,a coule gentle hills.In full: Well done organisers, I personally preferred the old flat route, but realise it had limited expansion potential . This years had it all great race HQ, start n finish at the racecourse. City centre loop at the start with usual Chester classy scenery , riverside last mile -again iconic Chester. An to top it off lovely rural villages of Cheshire and neighbouring Wrexham County.RecommendedDate of review: October 9, 2011
In short: my first full, exceptional organisation, great atmosphere, top notch marshalling and drinks stations, well doneDate of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Can't fault organisation but course was horribleIn full: Before people start trolling me - each to their own, and this is my honest feedback. I travelled up with two mates who were keen to run the race based upon last years reviews. We set out a 12 week training program and followed it religiously based on the 'pancake' flat reviews. The guys chose the race as their first to dip under 3 hours. Now don't get me wrong, there will be a lot that love Chester and the course but it is NOT an easier 'pancake' flat course. It has apparently significantly changed since last year and the hills are in the wrong place to really have a go. At about 18 and 24 miles you have considerable ups (compared to thr big city marathons) and any downs are negated by the shredding your legs get at this point. It just doesn't suit the guys looking to beat 3 hours. That doesn't mean it's a bad marathon, just not as advertised. Pity as we really wanted to leave our mark on the race and the organisers had really tried to make it great. Good points - toilets, accurately measured, good parking, superb goody bag, accurate mile markersBad - course with hills at 1 mile 18 and 24 (terrible for pace judgement), sparse support. Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Excellent well organised event!Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Fabulous, fast and friendlyIn full: This was my 4th Marathon and definately my favourite so far. PB potential in abundance with great support most of the way round. Running from England to Wales and back again (well you would wouldn't you!) was unique and memorable.Whilst the race was on the steep side you don't remember the price, just the PB opportunity, views, and the atmoshere. A race organised by runners for runners. Superb.Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Very friendly and well organised event with excellent support and a great finish !In full: I wasn't planning to do this race until a member of my club pulled out a couple of weeks ago - great that the organisers allow transfers, shows this is run by people who who truly appreciate runners (take note miserly money grabbers Bupa and VLM). Great start, nice course, with brilliant support by the locals. The water stations were fantastic; well organised and very vocal ! Nice couple of miles along the river toward the end (great support there too) and great finish in front of the main stand at Chester Racecourse. Great medal and tech shirt too.Note to organisers: Don't change a thing - other than remove a couple of those pesky hills ! Thank you !Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Excellent Race....well organisedIn full: This was my first marathon and it was well organised excellent course and you could not wish for a better event.So if your thinking of running a race I would highly recommend Chester....Date of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Pan flat for long stretches but gruelling hills in places especially the 2nd halfDate of review: October 9, 2011
In short: Great race, very well organised. Great advert for the NWIn full: Great venue to start and finish from which lent itself to the vent. Supporters and marshalls were marvelous throughout. After the debacle of the finish at Edinburgh this was silky smooth. Date of review: October 9, 2011
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3DMark (2013) - Notebook GPU Performance Review
Running the New 3DMark on Notebooks
Concluding our review of 3DMark (2013)'s cross-platform benchmark, today we'll be taking a look at the Cloud Gate benchmark, which is designed for integrated graphics processors and mobile discrete GPUs. We'll also be seeing how some of our notebooks fare on Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme.
For a look at 3DMark (2013)'s performance on mobile devices, check out our 3DMark Android GPU Performance Review feature, and to see how desktop graphics cards fared on 3DMark check out our Fire Strike Desktop GPU Performance Review.
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is designed for integrated graphics processors, mobile discrete GPUs and entry-level dektop graphics cards. It utilizes a DirectX 11 engine limited to Direct3D feature level 10 (equivalent to DirectX 10) with a heavy emphasis on geometry, heavy post processing, particle effects, and volumetric illumination.
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Notebook Performance Review
For this test we've chosen a variety of notebooks, ranging from a 13.3-inch Ultrabook running Intel's HD 4000 integrated GPU, to the monster MSI GT70 0NE, winner of our 2013 Tech Awards Editor's Choice for Best Gaming Notebook, which boasts NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M GPU.
Here's a look at how our machines compare:
Surprisingly, the AMD Radeon HD 7970M equipped MSI GX60 fared very badly at Cloud Gate, scoring almost 25% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650M.
As for the NVIDIA GPUs, the GTX 680M was, as expected, way ahead of the pack, outscoring the 2-way SLI GTX 650M configuration by about 20%. As we found out in our Lenovo Y500 review, the 2-way SLI GTX 650M configuration was quite powerful, outscoring the GTX 670M by about 13%.
On the other end of the chart, Intel's HD 4000 IGP was about half as good as the NVIDIA GTX 650M.
Fire Strike & Fire Strike Extreme
Fire Strike is designed for enthusiast-level graphics cards and dual-GPU setups and is Futuremark's most ambitious and technical benchmark to date.
It serves as a showcase for DirectX 11 features, utilizing a grueling two-part test with extreme levels of tessellation and volumetric illumination, as well as complex smoke simulation using compute shaders and dynamic particle illumination.
Fire Strike Extreme is a ramped up version of Fire Strike with more tessellation, more particle effects and more taxing DirectCompute calculations.
As such, it is not really designed with mobile GPUs in mind, however, we wanted to see how our notebooks fared and how they compared against their desktop equivalents.
The AMD Radeon HD 7970M fared much, much better at Fire Strike and FireStrike Extreme which makes us suspect that its poor score on Cloud Gate is more to do with bad optimization with AMD drivers - we will look into this and update with future driver versions.
In fact, the Radeon HD 7970M was the top performer on Fire Strike, outscoring even the GTX 680M by 3%. This result is actually consistent with the pattern we saw in the desktop graphics cards, where the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition managed to outperform NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680. For modern day games, this benchmark is much more reflective of the notebook and it's graphics subsystem's capabilities.
Moving down the list, the 2-way SLI GTX 650M configuration was again very impressive, outperforming the GTX 670M by about 30% on Fire Strike and by 35% on Fire Strike Extreme.
As expected, our Intel HD 4000 IGP scored very poorly at Fire Strike.
If we compare our mobile GPU results (above graph) to our previous desktop GPU scores (below graph), we can see that mobile GPUs are still quite far behind their desktop counterparts. The highest scoring mobile GPU, AMD's Radeon HD 7970M is only about half as good as its desktop equivalent, and overall is more akin to the mid-range NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 - which still outperforms it by some 20%. From a technical standpoint, this is accurate because the GPU configuration of the desktop Radeon HD 7970 is quite different from the mobile version. However, from a marketing standpoint, it could be a cause for mismatched expectations, which has probably always been the case.
Discrete mobile GPUs are fairly powerful these days and almost all of our notebook units seemed to handle the Cloud Gate benchmark with ease (with the exception of the AMD Radeon HD 7970M - which is likely due to driver issues). Cloud Gate has a number of feature limitations due to its DirectX 10 emulated engine, which makes it somewhat unreliable as a benchmark for modern games as most new releases utilize DirectX 11 engines.
While the benchmark itself looks quite good, it is probably only useful as a representation of older games or easier to run titles such as MMORPGs like World of Warcraft. As such, Cloud Gate is probably best reserved for testing integrated graphics processors or entry-level discrete GPUs such as NVIDIA's GeForce GT 620M.
Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme on the other hand, are more representative of modern FPS titles utilizing a number of extremely taxing DirectX 11 features. Our high-end discrete mobile GPUs performed as expected here, scoring roughly equal to a same-generation, mid-range desktop graphics card. As such, we would recommend that gamers with powerful, desktop replacement notebooks skip Cloud Gate and use this benchmark instead.


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- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- Chocolate Pudding:
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 cups milk, divided
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Special equipment: 1 (12 to 16 cup) glass trifle bowl or 12 to 16 individual small trifle bowls
Whip the cream until stiff peaks are just about to form. Whip in the almond extract and confectioners'sugar until peaks form. Make sure not to over whip, the cream will then become lumpy and butter-like.
When completely cool, use your hands to crumble the brownies into smaller pieces. In a glass trifle bowl, layer in the following order: crumbled brownies, about 1 1/2 cups pudding, 1 1/2 crumbled toffee bars, about 1 3/4 cups whipped cream. Repeat the layers in the same order. Save the last 2 toffee bars to crumble and sprinkle on top before serving.
For individual small trifle bowls, layer in the following order: crumbled brownie, pudding, crushed chocolate covered toffee bars and whipped cream.
Garnish with more crumbled toffee bars. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
For your brownie batter, melt your butter in a medium (or large) heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water.
While the butter is melting, whisk your natural cocoa powder, sea salt and sugar in a separate bowl. (The sugar and salt will work as abrasive agents to get any lumps out of the cocoa.) Whisk the cocoa/sugar/salt combo into the melted butter. Continue to whisk the ingredients together in the bowl over the simmering water until the sugar has dissolved fully. The mixture should look like fudge and pull away from the bowl into a ball. Remove from the heat and set on a dishtowel on your counter, and allow the fudgy mixture to cool down until it's warm, but not hot anymore.
While that is cooling, line the bottom and sides of your 9 by 13-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil. You want to leave about 4 inches of overhang on the 2 opposite sides. These serve as your handles to remove the brownies from the pan in 1 piece, so make sure that there is enough of the overhang for you to have a solid grip. Grease the parchment or foil well.
Stir in the vanilla into the cooled fudge mixture to loosen it up. Add the eggs into the mixture 1 at a time, adding the second egg after the first egg is fully incorporated. The batter should look shiny and well blended. Add in your flour and stir it until it's fully incorporated. Once it looks fully blended, beat the batter vigorously for at least 45 strokes. This'll not only get out any pent up stress, but it will make the brownies chewy. Fold in your chocolate chips. Spread the very thick and fudgy brownie batter evenly in the lined pan with an offset spatula or your greased hands.
Pop the brownies in the oven and bake until they get a nice crust and your house smells like brownies, 30 to 35 minutes. Let them cool completely on a rack or a dishtowel on your counter.
Whisk the sugar, cocoa powder and flour in a bowl until there are no lumps. Crack the eggs into the bowl, add the yolks and whisk into a paste. Slowly whisk in 1 cup milk until fully incorporated. Then whisk in the remaining 1 cup milk. Put the milk mixture into a saucepan and put over medium heat. Cook, whisking constantly, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it starts to look like pudding. It will begin to bubble and it will hold soft peaks when you lift the whisk out. Take off the heat and cool to room temperature.
Cook's Note: To prevent a skin from forming, cover the pudding with plastic wrap, pressing down directly on the surface of the pudding. Poke a few holes throughout to allow to cool to room temperature.
Recipe courtesy of Anne Thornton
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How do you celebrate Valentine's Day as a "secondary"?
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13:45 Topic: Poly for Valentine's Day
A from New Orleans wrote in to ask about how to celebrate this sexy and very couples-oriented holiday when you are in a poly relationship. Who gets the chocolate and flowers and who gets the shaft? How does a "secondary" celebrate this sexy holiday without feeling crappy!
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Check out these previous Poly for the Holidays segments; the same rules apply to sexy holidays as to family holidays:
Also, keep these basic guidelines in place:
- Ask you partners for what they want: what makes a great Valentine's Day for you? OK? Bare minimum?
- Say what you want.
- Coordinate with your partners to make sure everyone gets pretty close to what he/she wants.
21:30 Feedback
- J wrote in that Episode 379 Owning your own shit was a good refresher course
- Doug wrote in to say that episode 380 reminded him that all relationships—including with friends and exes, require nurturing and attention
24:20 Happy Poly Moment
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A Conversation with Ray Zahab
Pro tips for first-time stage racers and adventure runners
Ray Zahab on day nine of the Atacama Extreme Expedition. Photo courtesy of impossible2Possible
Editor's Note: This is the second installment in ultrarunner Jenn Hughes' ongoing series on training for stage races.
Ray Zahab, a former "pack-a-day smoker" turned adventure racer and youth advocate, is perhaps best known for running across the Sahara Desert in 2006 with Charlie Engle and Kevin Lin—a journey chronicled in the film Running the Sahara. Since then, he's completed countless adventure runs and founded impossible2Possible (i2P), an organization that aims to inspire and educate youth through adventure learning, inclusion and participation in expeditions.
Zahab took a few minutes to share his thoughts on adventure running and advice for preparing for stage races like the Grand to Grand Ultra.
Many people start with ultras and then become interested in stage races. What drew you to adventure racing from the beginning?
I was intrigued by the idea of going places I thought I'd never be able to see. When I was still new to running, I read a magazine article about the Yukon Arctic Ultra (160km) and immediately started training. It was my first race so I was nervous about the distance, but I was always driven by the place and the adventure.
That race taught me the beauty of ultrarunning—we are truly able to push ourselves beyond any limits we thought possible. Average, everyday people can will themselves to do incredible things and maybe not always complete them, but at least attempt.
When I was 15, I was the last kid picked to do anything and I never saw myself as athletic. I barely graduated high school and didn't finish community college. When I was running the Sahara, which was 40 miles a day for 111 days, all of a sudden I realized running was teaching me things and allowing me to discover the world. I was amazed at how much I could learn from running, and that I did have the capacity to learn if I wanted to. That experience formed my passion for learning through adventure running and the desire to give other youth that same opportunity with Impossible2Possible.
What are the main differences you see between training for a multi-day race and a regular race?
When you're training for stage races, you have to consider that you'll be carrying a week's worth of supplies in your backpack. In the months leading up to training, you can just train with your pack during your weekend long runs; you want the body to adapt slowly. But as you get closer to race day, you'll want to wear your pack on most all your training runs. The second piece—almost as important—is that you're going to wake up and run multiple days, back to back. It's fatiguing. Prepare for both of those.
What advice do you have for finding a good pack?
Select a pack you like and that fits your body well. If you're saving three ounces but it doesn't fit your body, you're going to be in a lot of pain. If you're just starting out with stage races, I'd recommend a 25-30-liter pack. Someone who's really experienced might be able to get away with 20 liters or less.
How do you prepare for weather or terrain extremes (desert, heat, altitude, etc.) that don't exist where you do your primary base training?
The very best way to prepare for adverse conditions is to actually run in those conditions. An ideal scenario is to have your own mini training camp in some place that mimics the environment you're going to race in, but for most of us additional travel is just not an option. So for a desert race, you can go running on a sandy beach, snow, or loose terrain to get practice on that unstable surface. Combining that with functional strength exercises will really help.
As far as the heat, sauna training will at least give you a 'feel' for what it's going to be like. The most important aspect of being heat prepared is your body's ability to process fluids and food while running in the heat. So, in the sauna, try consuming your hydration fluids and get your body used to processing fuel in the heat.
All these exercises will really help, but they are investments in time. Remember that your body is amazing at adapting and you will adapt over the stages.
Let's talk gear. What are some weight-shaving tips?
Take care of your food first, then consider what you can cut from your gear. Choosing lightweight gear is more important than eliminating calories. For a seven-day race I'll take about 17,000 calories. So find ways to cut weight by cutting tags, anything you can do to make your gear lighter. Food can be repackaged in Ziploc bags to make it lighter. Choose dehydrated foods—but choose ones you like. Taking lightweight food that you're not going to eat doesn't help at all.
Speaking of food, what is your favorite treat out there?
My #1 must-have is coffee. I use the Starbucks Via packets.


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ST. LOUIS - Major League Baseball says it will appeal a federal court ruling allowing an online fantasy baseball business to use names and statistics without paying for a licensing agreement.
MLB and its players' union also said Wednesday they expect to win back the right to demand money from fantasy sites like St. Louis-based CBC Distribution and Marketing Inc., which prevailed in its lawsuit in a federal court's summary judgment issued Tuesday.
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For the reasons more fully set forth above, the court finds that the undisputed facts establish that the players do not have a right of publicity in their names and playing records as
used in CBC's fantasy games and that CBC has not violated the players' claimed right of publicity. The court further finds, alternatively, that even if the players have a claimed right of
publicity, the First Amendment takes precedence over such a right. The court further finds that the undisputed facts establish that the names and playing records of Major League baseball players as used in CBC's fantasy games are not copyrightable and, therefore, federal copyright
law does not preempt the players' claimed right of publicity.
Additionally, the court finds that the no-challenge provision of the 2002 Agreement between CBC and the Players' Association and the provision of this Agreement which prohibits CBC from using players' names and playing records after the expiration of the Agreement are unenforceable based on public policy
considerations. The court finds, therefore, that declaratory judgment should issue in CBC's favor.
As such, the court will order the Players' Association and Advanced Media to refrain from interfering with CBC's fantasy games in the manner proscribed by his court's decision.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that CBC's Motions for Summary Judgment are GRANTED;


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5 Tips For Black Friday Credit Card Spending
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Holiday purists may not like it, but consumer interest in Black Friday shopping is at a five-year high, according to a study by Accenture.
The consultant says 55% of U.S. adults say they will shop on the day after Thanksgiving, up from 44% in 2011. Thirty percent of consumers say they will do their Black Friday shopping online, up from 25% last year.
Another trend: 38% of Americans say they will actually shop on Thanksgiving Day, getting a jump on discounts and deals retailers typically offer on Black Friday.
"Retailers are mindful that during the 2013 Thanksgiving-Christmas shopping period, they will have six days less in which to tempt shoppers through their doors, so many will go big and go early," says Chris Donnelly, global managing director at Accenture. "Thanksgiving Day shopping is now a firm fixture in the holiday season. We will see more stores opening early on that day in order to capture their share of consumer spending."
No matter if you shop on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday, take special care of your credit card this holiday season.
Without a plan, or some checks and balances, it's way too easy to abuse your card and leave yourself a pile of debt to clean up come December and January.
Beverly Harzog, a nationally regarded credit card expert, consumer advocate and author of the new Confessions of A Credit Junkie , has credit card tips to keep your finances in balance steps up to the plate in advance of the biggest holiday shopping weekend of the year:
Stick to a budget. Harzog advises launching your Black Friday plan by making a list of everyone who will get a gift and decide how much you'll spend on each person -- and how much you'll depend on your credit card. "Don't forget to include holiday bonuses you want to give to those who provide services for you, such as your babysitter or your mail carrier," she says.
Set card usage limits. Card users may not realize it, but if you use more than 30% than your card's credit limit, you could damage your credit score. "This is important to keep in mind if you're planning to refinance your mortgage or get an auto loan anytime soon," Harzog says.
Protect yourself online. If you do wind up making a purchase, use your credit card and not your debit card for the purchase. That's because credit cards have built-in protections against faulty products and botched product shipments.
Watch your credit card tally. Harzog also advises keeping a running "score" of your credit card spending starting on Black Friday. "Use a free money management software such as Mint, or just hang onto receipts and keep a running total," she says. "If you don't know how much you're spending, you're unlikely to stay within your budget. The goal is to pay your bill in full when it arrives. If you go over budget and your cash flow can't cover it, you'll carry a balance and pay interest expense."


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The 1988-D Jefferson Nickel was produced in large quantities that examples of this date and mint mark are easily available, even from circulation. Examples in high condition such as Mint State MS65 and higher require lots of searching. In MS66 with the Full Steps characteristics it is almost impossible to find. Less than 100 examples are known. In MS67 Full Steps it is almost unheard of with less than a handful of examples known and none existing in any higher condition.


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What's an hour or two?
A proposal to change the bar closing time in Essex County from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. would not do much to solve the problem of alcohol abuse and would significantly hurt a few Lake Placid businesses.
The three bars that would be affected – Wiseguys, Roomers and Zig Zags – all close at 3 a.m., an hour before the law says they can. That in itself demonstrates they have taken a responsible step.
One of the groups behind moving this legislation is the Lake Placid and Wilmington Connecting Youth and Communities Coalition (CYC), which has done some great work with initiatives such as the "I Matter" poster campaign and YC Magazine. Although one of its missions involves raising awareness of the problems of alcohol abuse, it is overstepping its bounds by taking on this fight. A CYC board member has said a 4 a.m. closing time encourages alcohol use among the community's youth. Really? Most teens are in bed during the aforementioned early-morning hours. There are other things CYC can spend its resources on that would have a direct impact on helping our area's children.
Yes, alcohol abuse and drunk driving is a societal problem – but moving closing time up to 2 a.m. won't solve that. If a law change is going to cost Lake Placid business owners tens of thousands of dollars a year, it had better do more for the common good than this.
Drinking responsibly primarily involves moral decisions by individuals. This law unfairly places the onus on bar owners – and their staffs, who would also pay a price. And for what?
It doesn't seem like it would save lives. If someone has documented a link between a significant number of local deaths and bars serving patrons between 2 and 4 a.m., we haven't heard about it.
We can't see how it would do much to cut down on bad behavior, either. The prediction that it would reduce noise complaints and alcohol-related arrests seems like wishful thinking. It seems more likely that the only thing it would change is the hours police respond. Instead of the last arrests coming at 3 or 3:30 a.m., they would be at 2 or 2:30. Granted, there's some good in that, if you happen to be trying to sleep during those hours.
What about those who work at these establishments? Sure, it's only one hour a night. But that's six or seven hours a week in lost wages and tips. In an economy in which every penny counts, that loss would certainly hurt those relatively low-wage workers.
Let's remember that Lake Placid's bread and butter is tourism. People come here on vacation and want to have a good time. Night life – "apres-ski" in wintertime – is a competitive selling point among resort towns. For many adults, the pub scene of Zig Zags or the dance scene at Roomers is a major plus in the Lake Placid experience. Certainly there are a few bad apples who get out of control and prompt police involvement, but that rings true for almost any hopping vacation destination.
Speaking of night life, that is something most of the town supervisors who will vote for the law change lack in their own towns. Not to be critical, but the law change wouldn't really affect them. To them, we ask, if your town had a business full of 50 to 100 paying customers at 2 a.m., would you vote to make them close early?
It's not only about alcohol sales. One of the affected establishments is the only place in this tourist mecca that serves food during the early-morning hours. There are visitors who roll into town past midnight, and having a place to buy a late dinner is an important service.
So here's an idea for compromise: Meet right in the middle and make closing time 3 a.m. Business owners in Lake Placid won't lose revenue since they already close at 3. It would also be consistent with the 3 a.m. closing time in neighboring Franklin County. No one really loses. The organizations that initiated this move would have a feather in their caps and could move forward to fight alcohol abuse in ways that have a clear impact.
That seems like the most sensible and responsible way to handle this.


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...like this. By "transfer the drawing" I just mean using the grid as a guide to draw. As mentioned above, the panel is 12 x 16 inches, and I'm using a gessoed surface on this one. I seem to have an easier time controlling values in underpaintings, on a gessoed panel surface than on oil primed linen.
Next I establish my simplified design using two or three values. This is the underpainting. I do rely on underpaintings when doing cityscapes, because drawing is so critical. I want to make sure the design reads at this stage, and the drawing is more or less accurate.
The underpainting is done with just one dark color (in this case, Ivory Black) and a medium like Liquin. It's painted entirely transparently, and I try to keep the value structure as simple as possible.
I then start painting opaquely, keeping very close to the simple value structure established in the underpainting. Where I start to move away from the crude 2 value design (separating the distant areas from the closer areas, for example) , I do so slowly, and carefully, making sure I'm not fragmenting the overall structure.


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The new estimate of black carbon's heat-trapping power is twice that made by the IPCC.Ramanathan of the Scripps Institution for Oceanography, an expert on atmospheric chemistry who was not involved in the study.
Black carbon has a dazzling number of effects on clouds.sunlight back into space, and so the soot-laced clouds end up warming the atmosphere. But black carbon that hangs above low-lying stratocumulus clouds has a different effect. It stabilizes the layer of air on top of the clouds, promoting their growth. It just so happens that thick stratocumulus clouds are like shields, blocking incoming sunlight. As a result, black carbon also ends up cooling the planet.
"It took a while to convince ourselves it was correct," a co-author of the study says.atmosphere thanks to black carbon. Climate scientists typically express that energy as watts per square meter of the Earth's surface. The number they got — 1.1 watts — was enormous. Carbon dioxide, the biggest heat-trapper in the atmosphere, is responsible for an estimated 1.56 watts per square meter. Black carbon takes second place. "It took a while to convince ourselves it was correct," says Doherty.
The study suggests some sources of soot should be a top priority in fighting global warming.priority for efforts to fight global warming.
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[Brandon, Fla.] Floor covering veteran, T. Fred Roche, Jr. of Brandon, Fla. passed away at 83 years old, on May 1, 2013, after an extended illness.
A native of West Springfield, Massachusetts, Roche began his floorcovering career 45 years ago selling sponge rubber carpet cushion for U.S. Rubber Co. in New England. After six years, he took a job selling the same product for B.F. Goodrich. In 1970, he began working with Robert's Consolidated Industries. When Robert's had a management buy-out in 1976, Roche became a manufacturer's representative retiring in late 2004.


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Expert Q & A Answers About low libido and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
My boyfriend is on blood pressure medication and can't get it up. How do I talk to him about it?
I am a 56-year-old post-menopausal woman with a healthy interest in sex. I have begun a serious relationship with a 66-year-old man, who is on medication for blood pressure and SSRI medication. He knows that the blood pressure med affects his sex life, but he acts as if there's no problem. He hates the idea of Viagra and doesn't want to talk about it. I love him and we talk about spending our lives together...but I want to be able to have sex. How can I get through to him?
Can depression medications cause low libido in men?
My boyfriend has been treated for depression for several years. Recently, he quit taking his medication to increase his sex drive, but that hasn't worked. He hasn't had sex in eight years. Is this something that will improve with time? What would you suggest?


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SiCortex Inc. has won a 2009 Green Business Award from the Boston Business Journal. The Green Business Award is presented to fourteen innovative Massachusetts companies that are advancing green initiatives in the state. The publication's editorial team selected SiCortex's energy efficient high-productivity computing (HPC) system as a winner in the "invention" award category.
"Massachusetts is well-known for driving innovation, and we are honored to be recognized in our home state as a leader in advancing green technology," stated Chris Stone, president and CEO of SiCortex, Inc. "Reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions by investing in clean and green technologies is increasingly important for companies aiming to minimize global warming and their carbon footprints. And we at SiCortex have proven that energy efficiency does not have to mean a loss of productivity; our customers are achieving more while consuming less."
SiCortex Co-founder Jud Leonard accepted the award on behalf of the company during the Boston Business Journal's Green Business Summit at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston on May 15, accompanied by fellow co-founders Matt Reilly and John Mucci. The summit celebrated the Green Business Award recipients and featured a keynote presentation by Ian Bowles, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs as well as a panel discussion on the future of the clean technology industry in Massachusetts.
SiCortex, founded by Leonard, Reilly and Mucci in 2004, manufactures the world's most energy efficient computers. In an industry focused on speed and power, the company has emerged as a green technology leader with its high-performance systems that are built from the silicon up to ensure breakthrough computing power at the lowest consumption of electricity and cooling in the industry.
A full list of all the Boston Business Journal Green Business Award winners can be found at http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/event/5005.
About SiCortex
Headquartered near Boston, Mass., SiCortex, Inc. makes the world's most energy-efficient high-productivity computers. Its proven architecture was designed from the silicon up to provide breakthrough delivered performance at the lowest power consumption in the industry. SiCortex computers scale from 72 to 5,832 processors running a powerful Linux operating environment in packages ranging from deskside to departmental to data center. SiCortex systems are the compute-power behind some of the most important research initiatives at government agencies, national laboratories and academic institutions. For more information, visit http://www.sicortex.com/.
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WebRTC has had a real tough three or four years, and so have those working with it. Only a few short years ago, the development world were excited about WebRTC and proclaiming how awesome it was. You might have played with the technology a couple of years ago, only to find the extra infrastructure requirements were painful to implement and poorly documented. This probably left a bitter taste in your mouth, especially when things went wrong.
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WebRTC is bringing significant change to the communications landscape that will bridge the worlds of web and telephony, making the Internet the new standard for communications. Cloud9 took the road less traveled and used WebRTC to create a downloadable enterprise-grade communications platform that is changing the communication dynamic in the financial sector. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Leo Papadopoulos, CTO of Cloud9, discussed the importance of WebRTC and how it enables companies to focus o...
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Providing secure, mobile access to sensitive data sets is a critical element in realizing the full potential of cloud computing. However, large data caches remain inaccessible to edge devices for reasons of security, size, format or limited viewing capabilities. Medical imaging, computer aided design and seismic interpretation are just a few examples of industries facing this challenge. Rather than fighting for incremental gains by pulling these datasets to edge devices, we need to embrace the i...
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Web Real-Time Communication APIs have quickly revolutionized what browsers are capable of. In addition to video and audio streams, we can now bi-directionally send arbitrary data over WebRTC's PeerConnection Data Channels. With the advent of Progressive Web Apps and new hardware APIs such as WebBluetooh and WebUSB, we can finally enable users to stitch together the Internet of Things directly from their browsers while communicating privately and securely in a decentralized way.
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Gown: Kendal
Date of wedding: April 07, 2012
Photographer: Lynsey Creative
Hot tip: During your reception stay together. Greet everyone arm in arm. Stay with your groom all night, if you separate you won't be able to enjoy the reception together.
What they loved: The timeless look of the dress and how lite weight it was. Perfect for an outdoor wedding
Husband: Andrew


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While storm surges may be the most catastrophic threat, steadily rising temperatures may be the most difficult challenge.degrees Fahrenheit by century's end and make the city's climate close to that of present-day Raleigh, N.C. The milder winters with few days below freezing and little snowfall — just about the only good news in the report — will be offset by long summers, with a third of the days above 90 degrees and marked by extended heat waves, frequent droughts, and more and more intense storms. By the end of the century, one-in-ten-year floods will come once every two to three years.
A new waterfront power generating station has been built to withstand a four-foot seal level rise.contain control rooms for mass transit operations may require being enclosed in waterproof containment areas to protect critical equipment. When the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) replaced the pumps at its Rockaway water treatment facility not far from the city's Atlantic shore in Queens, engineers set the pump motors some 17 feet higher than they had been before. If they didn't, a decent storm surge in 2050 would put the motors underwater and shut down a vital pumping station. The cost of this small, but key, adaptation? Thirteen million dollars.
To counteract storm surges, the city may construct a storm barrier across New York harbor.through during normal tides but that can be closed during storms — might also protect New York's major airports — LaGuardia, Kennedy, and Newark — whose runways are now just barely above sea level. They would also protect wetlands, beaches, and salt marshes faced with severe storm erosion. Storm surge barriers already protect the port cities of London and Rotterdam, for instance, although increasing sea levels may soon make these earlier barriers obsolete. Rotterdam's climate change adaptation strategy calls for building a half-dozen new storm barriers.


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Collection: Texas Fashion Collection
- Sailor Hat
- Hat in sailor style of red straw with wide flat brim trimmed with 3 big silk roses and small white and pink flowers. Flat crown trimmed with triangular pulls from straw. Red nose veil that ties in back with narrow red velvet ribbon. Hatpin with spherical pink head. Unlined with red grosgrain inner headband. Manufacturer's label: "Mrs. Eugene Gray Inc. / Columbus, Ohio Harbor Springs, Mich" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277023/
- Toque
- Toque hat of fuchsia pink fur felt; rounded crown with sides extending 1" above top of crown; 4" front sides of crown narrow to 2 1/2" at center back sides. Unlined, with fuchsia pink grosgrain ribbon headband. Label sewn inside band: "Florence Killey / CLEVELAND" Label stamped in white on inside top: "MARTELLE / Body made in West Germany" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330540/
- Pumps
- Pair of heeled pumps of 2-tone beige leather. Designed with slightly pointed toes squared at ends, the main body of the upper is of light beige polished leather, with thin band of holes punched along upper edge. Toebox of darker beige leather with punched hole band and "pinked" edge at join, and a design of punched holes across top. Heel area of same darker beige leather, with same band of holes and "pinking" edge at join. Heel tapers to base. Designer's label inside: "Selby" Stamped inside: "Leather upper man made / trims, other parts / man made materials / [D in a circle] 9 D/B 42673C 23" Stamped on sole: "Made in U.S.A." Measurements: L: 25 cm. W: 8 cm. H: 12 cm. Heel: 6 cm, 2.5 inches digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277044/
- Toque
- Toque hat of sienna brown beaver fur felt. Black sequins, copper colored sequins, and copper colored beads sewn in floral pattern as trim on front and sides on the lower half of the crown. Unlined, with an inner hatband of sienna brown grosgrain ribbon at inside base of crown. Label sewn at inside back: "Jan Leslie / Custom Design" Label sewn at inside back: "The Halle Bros. Co." Stamped in yellow on inside top: "MONTARA / HB / MADE IN ITALY" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330486/
- Toque
- Toque hat covered in appliqued velvet leaves. The cloche-style hat has a domed crown completely covered with vari-colored velvet leaves/blossoms in shades of pink, red, green, gold, fuchsia, brown, purple, etc. At base of crown is tied a fuchsia velvet ribbon with bow with ribbons trailing at right. Slight brim below ribbon, which extends downwards. The hat is lined in pink/fuchsia lace, and has an inner purple/mauve grosgrain ribbon hatband inside base of crown. Sewn into inner ribbon hatband is retailer's label: "Stern and Mann / Millinery. Received with a period white-painted wooden hat-stand. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39202/
- Cloche Hat
- Cloche style hat of rust colored fur felt. Black velvet trim with self-covered button on left side of crown. Lower edge of inside crown trimmed with black velvet. Unlined with black grosgrain headband. Retailer's label on inside hatband: "The Halle Bros. Co." Inside crown stamped: "Musketeer / Imported Body / Made in Austria" Size tag on inside hatband: "22" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc114959/
- Toque
- Toque of brown and green straw. The toque has a high, cylindrical crown with flattened top. The crown is made of bands of very fine green and more coarse brown/tan woven straw. The flattened top is of green, and along the sides are three narrow green bands, three narrow tan/brown bands, and the lowest, wide band of tan/brown. To one side of the toque is affixed a spray of artificial lily of the valley, tied with a red grosgrain ribbon bow. The hat is lined in blue/gray fabric, with an inner hatband of off-white grosgrain ribbon round the inside base of the crown. Designer's label sewn to inner headband: "Made in / England / Christian Dior / Chapeaux". Retailer's label sewn to inner headband: "Lazarus / French Room / Columbus, Ohio". digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39194/
- Hat
- Hat of red purple/plum silk velvet. The hat has elements of a turban, tam-o-shanter, and beret. It is made with an oversized crown of red purple or plum velvet, gathered, caught, and draped, pulling under and then back out to form a brim that does not extend as far as the billows of fabric from the crown. The fabric is embellished with running lines of matching chenille, and clusters of silver-gray painted wooden beads. The hat is lined in black satin. Retailer's label sewn inside crown: "Pogue / Cincinnati". digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39069/
- Pumps
- Pumps of black satin and black kid leather. Vamp with cutwork in leather forming a modified sunray or comet design centered on circular metal button set with rhinestones. The cutwork is embellished with black jet beadwork. Louis XV style heels covered in black satin. Stamped inside one shoe in gold, partly illegible: "Kasson's / Knickerbocker / Cincinnati" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30028/
- Shoe
- Single shoe of tan damask weave cloth and black leather. Shoe designed with pointed toe, the toebox and heel of black leather, the rest of the upper in textured tan cloth. Across instep is wide strap with flaring ends to which is applied an ornate cut/stamped steel simulated buckle. Strap secures with buttons. Modified stacked Louis heel. Stamped inside: "The H&S. Pogue Co. / Cincinnati" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86971/
- Hat
- Hat of black velvet with soft brim and two ostrich pom-poms attached to left side. Hard velour stand decorated with jet surrounds a shirred crown. Retailer's label on inside crown: "Irwin's / Decor / Cincinnati / St. Louis" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39163/
- Shoes
- Pair of lady's shoes of brown leather. The shoes, designed with gently pointed toes, are of the Oxford style of brown leather with openwork at sides of instep and with laced closure at instep of 4 holes height. The medium height heels are styled as a modified Cuban or continental heel, with rounded sides and back, tapering to base, and slightly curved at front. The heels covered with matching leather. Sole of tan leather, with rubber/composite on heel. Stamped in lining on one shoe: "Arch Rest / Drew / Portsmouth. O." Stamped into lining of shoe: "8 1/2 AAA 75537 / 6003" Stamped on inner sole: "[drawing of arrow] INTERIOR / DREW / [illeg]CK REST" Tooled into inner sole at heel: "SNUG-FITTING / HEEL" Molded into rubber of heel: "Biltrite" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39023/
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- Boots
- Pair of boots or "High Button Shoes" of black leather. The shoes, designed with rounded toes, button closed along outer side, with 14 domed black glass buttons on each shoe. The low, stacked heels are rounded at sides and back, and are curved at front, and taper slightly to base. Maker's label stamped inside: "The Krippendorf / Dittmann Co. / Cincinnati" Stamped on sole: "3 36" Stamped inside: "36 3 14522" digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86985/


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Week One of the OHSAA playoffs kicks off tomorrow night. There are some great games Friday and Saturday night. I hope to catch one or two on a local or statewide broadcast. If you are a true football fan, you are missing the boat if you don't catch any Ohio H.S.Playoff games.
Here are some good 1st round matchups...
Mentor vs Solon
St Ignatius vs. Glenville
St X vs Lakota West
Colerain vs Moeller (i think Colerain wins it all)
Maple Heights vs. Olmsted Falls
Pickerington vs. Canfield
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Niles McKinley
Hubbard vs. Youngstown Liberty
We'll have to wait until the championship when Youngstown Mooney faces Coldwater in a rematch of last year's game. There will be about 12-15 Div 1-A prospects in that one.


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Pro Huk Big Bird Dry Collar
The Pro Huk Big Bird Dry Collar is built with a flat polyester tricot micropique for a smoother, tighter fabric. This style has great moisture management properties.3.8-ounce, 100% polyester tricot
- Snag resistant
- Moisture-wicking
- Double-needle stitching throughout
- Tag-free label
- Taped neck
- Flat knit collar
- 3-button placket with dyed-to-match rubber buttons
- Set-in, open hem sleeves
- Side vents
Care Instructions: Machine wash cold, gentle cycle with like colors. Use mild detergent, remove immediately. Do not bleach. Tumble dry low.


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As the last generations of Depression-era children or back-to-the-landers take their leave of this world, their DIY skills go with them. When we try to learn from scratch, we soon discover that recipes in books don't tell half the story.
DIY soap making and other skills slipping away
I have never figured out why this knowledge started slipping away from us, but I am trying to re-learn some of the basics. I now make my own soap, hand lotion, yogurt and bread. I am trying to figure out toothpaste, but it is hard to find good information about abrasion damage. I also found a great cheese site, which has a recipe for labneh, a cheese I can make from my homemade yogurt, and I plan to make other cheeses with my friends, who write about the Hundred Mile Diet.
My soap recipe is customized to use full bottles of most of the oils, so you don't have a lot of inventory lying around, and you don't have to do a lot of measuring. Normally, making soap requires a lot of finicky weighing, since measuring by volume isn't considered accurate enough. So far I have had no problems, and, for those without a scale, I give both weight and volume in this recipe.
Making homemade soap can be dangerous
Before we begin, let me stress that soap-making can be dangerous. Although it is easy to become comfortable with the process, you should only make soap when you fully understand the safety procedures.
Here is some general homemade soap information
Soap is made in two parts, lye and water, plus a mixture of oils. The two don't combine easily, so they must be brought to similar temperatures. Lye and water get very hot when mixed, so the mixture must cool before being added to the oils.
The oils must be gently heated. The oil is nowhere near hot enough to cook with, but still, please do not start any fires. Every oil has a different saponification index, which is a measure of how much lye is required to turn that oil into soap. This means, if you run out of coconut oil, don't go replacing it with olive oil.
Lye is VERY caustic, so don't get any on your skin. It also gives off nasty fumes, so use goggles and very good ventilation or a respirator. Check out the Materials Safety Data Sheet on lye.
You will also need a mold. You could use a 9 x 13 cake pan and line it with wax paper. I bought a used Rubbermaid bread box that is about 14" x 6" x 5". This makes a big block of soap that is not safe to cut with a knife. I cut it with a guitar string wrapped around a couple of chopstick handles.
Homemade soap: The hardest step
The hardest thing about soap is knowing when it is done. This is judged by a state called "trace." This is when a dribble of soap kind of stays on the surface instead of sinking into the pot. Think honey on a counter top as it slowly flattens out.
The book that I used to work out this recipe is called "The Soapmaker's Companion" by Susan Miller Cavitch. This is also where I found recipes for hand lotion.
Homemade Soap Recipe
- Lye — Mix in large pyrex measuring cup, stir with a chopstick saved from order-in Chinese food. Again, do not breathe the fumes. Wear goggles.
- 700 milliliters purified water
- 270 grams or 9 1/4 ounces lye (one small container)
- Oils (Mix in a big pot.)
- Olive oil 955 grams or 4 1/2 cups (Use the cheap pomace olive oil; virgin doesn't work as well.)
- Coconut oil 390 grams 500 milliliters 2 cups
- Grapeseed oil 515 grams 500 milliliters 2 cups
The first time I made soap I used a whisk and my spatula, which I washed carefully later. Next time I used my stick blender. Once I felt sure that I was going to make soap regularly, I bought a used stick blender at Value Village for $5 and dedicated it to soap making. If you use a whisk, you can look forward to hours of stirring. I also have a couple of thrift-shop thermometers, one for the lye and one for the oils. I have also heard of people making soap by feel. When the containers of lye and oils feel similarly warm to the touch, you are good to go.
At trace, add 10 milliliters cinnamon oil. Mix as little as possible, just enough to combine. Theoretically, the soap can harden very quickly at this stage, trapping your spatula inside a giant bar. I have never had a problem with this recipe, though.
Pour into mold. Wrap with heavy blankets for 24 hours to keep the heat in and help the chemical reaction.
The next day, when soap has set, cut it into bars and store, separated nicely, on brown paper in cool place. Turn over after two weeks. Use after one month.
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The Admission Office
Dana Anselmi
M.A., George Washington University
Dana joined the Berkshire community in the fall of 2010 after a four-year admission and coaching career at nearby Westminster School. Prior to Westminster, Dana worked in a similar capacity at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, CA. The lure of the mountains, the emphasis on environmental stewardship, and the dynamic leadership at Berkshire were driving forces in her relocation.
In addition to her admission responsibilities, Dana serves as an advisor, a dorm parent in Crispin-Gordon-Rose, an assistant ice hockey coach, and the head girls' lacrosse coach. From her experience as a student-athlete at St. Paul's School and Middlebury College, Dana believes that team sports are central to every educational experience. She has worked at many camps, coached summer club teams, and traveled to an orphanage in Tanzania with a bundle of lacrosse sticks to spread the love of the game.
In her free time, Dana enjoys listening to music, hiking, and skiing, and she has traveled all over the world pursuing these passions. She hopes to one day set foot on every continent.