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Nancy Rhodes, artistic director of Encompass New Opera Theatre, announced today that Klea Blackburst, actress, singer and comedienne best known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything The Traffic Will Allow, will be the featured performer at the Encompass Jazz Cabaret Gala in Manhattan on June 25th, 2014. The benefit will take place at 7:00 PM in a spacious penthouse with panoramic views at 66 Leonard Street.
Ms. Blackhurst will honor the songs and sass of Ethel Merman with nods to American Songbook favorites by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerry Herman, Marvin Hamlisch and more. Accompanying her on piano will be music arranger and composer, Michael Rice.
This one-night-only event will take place at 66 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013 (between Church Street & Broadway) in the penthouse of Mr. Chip Seelig. Guests can also expect savory hors d'oeuvres and enjoy wines from his private collection. Ticket prices begin at $250 and may be purchased online at www.encompassopera.org or via phone at 718-398-4675. Visa/MC/AMEX or checks will be accepted for payment. Directions by train to 66 Leonard Street: 1 train to Franklin Street or A, C, E to Canal Street.
Klea will perform highlights from Everything the Traffic Will Allow, which won rave reviews from New York critics, and led to a national tour and a well-regarded CD. Last year, Ms. Blackhurst earned accolades as Dolly Levy in Hello Dolly! at Goodspeed Opera House. In 2012 she created a lead role in The Nutty Professor, a musical directed by legendary comedian Jerry Lewis, and featuring a score by Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes.
Michael Rice, currently the resident musical director for Trinity Rep is a well known music director/arranger On and Off Broadway and was the original Music Supervisor for Nunsense. He first performed with Klea in the Off Broadway productions of Radio Gals and Oil City Symphony.
ENCOMPASS NEW OPERA THEATRE, one of the nation's leading companies creating and producing new music theatre/opera for over 35 years launched its Jazz Cabaret Gala 5 seasons ago to showcase some of the nation's best cabaret and jazz artists including Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway. Over the years Encompass has premiered such works as Angel of the Amazon by Evan Mack, Elizabeth and Essex by Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, Richard Engquist, and Doug Katsaros, Only Heaven by Ricky Ian Gordon, The Diary of Anne Frank by Grigori Frid, I Tre Compagni by Louis Gioia, and the operatic works of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson.


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Meaning: Someone who gads about, a wanderer, someone who roves about idly out of curiosity, often spreading rumor and gossip in their wake.
Notes: Today's word comes from the phrase "to gad about", where gad itself has come to mean "to wander from place to place without a particular destination". It is a perfectly guileless word, spelled and pronounced exactly as it should be.
In Play: Gadabouts are basically people who cannot stay at home for long periods, who have to move about: "Oprah who? I'm afraid I'm an incorrigible gadabout who doesn't spend time watching TV." Some gadabouts, however, gallivant around spreading rumors, so this word makes a less jarring alternative to gossip: "I heard from the town gadabout, Miles Overland, that Willy Leaver isn't speaking to his wife."
Word History: Today's Good Word is a jocular turn of phrase based on the facetious verb gad, the origins of which are unclear. The best surmise is that it is a reduction of the phrase, "to flit about like a gadfly". Gadflies are known for their painful, burning bites. Human gadflies are people who annoy and figuratively get under your skin. Gad came from Old Norse gadd-r "spike, nail" from the times when the Vikings were gadflies along the coast of England. (Today we are grateful to Tonia Smith-Kalouria, author of the pun-filled collection of gadabout verse, Aerobic Poetry, for suggesting today's word.)
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A lot of times form developers develop form designs locally on their machines or on development servers. When dealing with web services, they would use the local or development instances of the web services by creating data connections pointing to WSDL URLs on localhost or dev.server.com. This is perfectly fine until the forms need to be migrated to other systems such as system test, stating or productions. The form developers would need to revisit the forms and update the data connections to point to the appropriate URLs depending on which environment the forms are being migrated to.
This becomes a big time consuming issue on projects dealing with a vast amount of form designs. So recently what I have been recommending my customers is to use a form rendering process that updates the WSDL data connections in the form design automatically on the fly as the form is requested by a user.
How does this work? (Please also refer to the process map below.)
- The process reads the requested form design resource from the LiveCycle repository.
- It then copies the content of the form design as XML to process variable and counts the number of WSDL data connections in the form.
- Then it loops through every WSDL connections and update the domain name including the port with a new domain name extracted from a process variable called targetURL. (This targetURL variable is passed in automatically when you set up your the Render Service setting in your form variable.)
- It then updates the form design variable with the new XML that has new WSDL information.
- Finally LiveCycle renders the form design into a PDF.
- LiveCycle Forms ES server.
- The form design has to be in an XDP format.
- The XDP has to be in the LiveCycle repository (e.g. database, Documentum, FileNet, etc.).
- All web services used in the XDP have to be on the same server as the LiveCycle instance.
- The only difference between web services on various environments must be the domain name and port. (e.g. http://dev:8080/soap/services/Weather?wsdl and http://staging/soap/services/Weather?wsld – OK but http://dev:8080/soap/services/Weather?wsdl and http:/staging/soap/services/Weather2?wsdl – Not OK)
Download wsdl-updating-form-rendering-process.xml
Download wsdl-updating-form-rendering-process.xml
and import the XML into LiveCycle Workbench as a process.
Further thoughts
- If you need to reader extend your forms, add a Reader Extensions action at the end of the process map.
- If your form design is in PDF, you could modify the process map to read the PDF resource from the repository and convert it to XDP.
- What if you only deploy PDFs to your production system and don't want to render them only the fly? You could render XDPs to PDFs as a batch process by creating a watched folder endpoint that invokes this form rendering proess.


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Best Savings Account Rates: What Savers Should Know
by Richard Barrington | MoneyRates.com Senior Financial Analyst, CFA
Choosing a savings account is one of the first and longest-lasting financial decisions a person makes. Before you simply walk into the nearest bank branch and settle for the latest offer, know more about your options.
After all, you would probably do a little research before shopping for a car, and over time you are likely to put more money into your savings account than into your car. So choosing a new savings account is not a decision you should make randomly.
Type: Savings Minimum to earn APY $100
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Rates / APY terms above are current as of the date indicated. These quotes are from banks, credit unions and thrifts, some of which have paid for a link to their website. Bank, thrift and credit union deposits are insured by the FDIC or NCUA. Contact the bank for the terms and conditions that may apply to you. Rates are subject to change without notice and may not be the same at all branches.
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Rates / APY terms above are current as of the date indicated. These quotes are from banks, credit unions and thrifts, some of which have paid for a link to their website. Bank, thrift and credit union deposits are insured by the FDIC or NCUA. Contact the bank for the terms and conditions that may apply to you. Rates are subject to change without notice and may not be the same at all branches.
As you can see in the table above, MoneyRates.com regularly monitors bank rates from more than 200 banks to highlight the best savings account rates. But as important as rates are – they are likely to be one of the central factors in your choice of bank – they are still only one component of a savings account.
To understand what else you might need from your savings account, it's important to understand what part savings accounts should play in your finances.
Where savings accounts fit your life
A savings account should play an intermediate role between a checking account that you might access on a daily basis, and a long-term retirement account, which you shouldn't touch for many years. The following are some examples of how to best use these savings accounts:
- Getting started with savings
- Saving for emergencies
- Building funds for large purchases
What makes a savings account suited to these uses is that it can pay higher interest than a checking account because you won't be drawing from it as regularly, but at the same time, it will allow you ready access to the money when it's needed. Remembering the role of a savings account is important when evaluating the facets of a prospective savings account.
Types of savings accounts
Compared to a regular savings account, there are many different types of savings accounts you can open to prepare for future expenses or help grow your wealth.
These include:
College savings (529 plans)
Individual retirement accounts
Rewards savings
Jumbo savings
Joint savings accounts
Health savings
High-yield savings accounts, also known as high interest savings accounts
Plans like 529 plans or IRAs are meant for particular purposes, such as saving for college or retirement.
Many accounts may qualify for tax-free savings, including health savings accounts. The IRS defines a health savings account as an account that is designed to pay or reimburse you for medical expenses. Having a health savings account has several tax benefits, including tax-free interest or other earnings in the account.
Depending on the tax savings or interest rate associated with the savings account, consider using a savings goal calculator to determine how much to deposit each month to achieve a particular financial target.
High interest savings account questions to ask
You might find accounts with attractive yields through either online savings accounts or your local bank branch. Naturally, the idea of a high interest savings account sounds good, but here are three things you should check on before you open one:
Legitimacy of the financial institution
- Is your bank or credit union well-established or have a great reputation for customer service?
Extent of FDIC insurance coverage
- Make sure the institution is covered, and if you qualify for a high-yield savings account because you are making a very large deposit, ensure it does not put you over FDIC insurance limits, which is currently $250,000 per depositor, per institution.
Any restrictions on your access to the money
- A high interest savings account may limit how often you can access your money. If you can live with those limitations, take advantage of that strong yield. But if not, look for a savings account that offers looser restrictions.
Should you get an ATM card?
Some accounts also offer the option for an ATM card, including online savings accounts. This may sound like a nice perk, but before you opt for one, ask a couple of questions:
Will easier access result in more spending?
- If this account is for savings, is having easier access to your money going to hurt your savings habits?
Are you sacrificing a higher interest rate for the ATM card?
- If so, you might be better off with a conventional checking account for your short-term funds, while finding a high interest savings account or money market account for your longer-term savings.
Evaluating your savings account options should start with understanding how you intend to use the account, and based on that, what features are most important.
Look at the table above and select the best savings account for you to get your finances on track.
Best money market and savings account rates found by users like you
Choosing a savings account is one of the first major financial decisions you can make. It's an account you may have for years to come, so knowing more about your options is Step 1.
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David Ruelas
6 January 2017 at 10:56 am
United Bank is offering 1.25% APY on money markets.
Kevin Williams
22 April 2016 at 7:25 am
I have been with Ridgewood Savings Bank for 5 years .The customer service in this bank has exceeded my expectations. Manager helped me get organized in a way that has helped me grow my business. I recommend that any young entrepreneur or start up to get signed up with their business banking services as it can be difficult for an artist/creative person to get organized. I also have an account here and I am very satisfied with this bank. Incidentally, if you are searching information aboutRidgewood Savings Bank you can find it here http://www.usbankinginfo.com/bank/ridgewood-savings-bank/
30 December 2014 at 10:08 pm
Hey, RICH NG, How about telling us where BECU is, because the BECU in Washington State is almost as low in their rates as the CU's in SC, under half a percent.
rich ng
21 November 2014 at 6:48 am
Don't see credit unions either... Maybe not considered banks? BECU offers 2% interest for their premium no fee checking...
Linda Rowsey
30 October 2014 at 4:13 pm
I do not see Wells-Fargo in the 148 pages of banks listed. Did I miss it?
22 September 2014 at 7:07 am
Clayton Bank and Trust is offering a new Prime-Based Money Market Account with no minimum balance to open the account or earn the APY, which is currently 0.75%. The rate is WSJ Prime minus 2.5, so you won't need to rate shop when prime moves. There are also no fees or complicated requirements.
12 August 2014 at 2:26 pm
MySavingsDirect.com has 1.00% with no minimum and no fees!
Bree Martin
16 May 2014 at 11:35 am
FSG Bank in East Tennessee has a great rate of .75% on $10,000 I was looking for somewhere to park some liquid cash for awhile and they were great and easy to deal with.
Julie Baek
23 September 2013 at 5:02 pm
I was looking around for a higher interest savings account so i had been purusing sites looking for the best deal. I ultimately found mine beause my mother in law saw an ad in the korean newspaper. I opened my account today at First Choice Bank, my experience was pleasant nothing negative to report, its their high yield savings account, minimum: $10000, 1.00%, this rate will not change for a year, and you have to open the account by 11/30/2013, I think you have to go into the branch to open though which was fine with me since I happen to live closeby to one of their branches. I think their website has a list of all their locations (www.firstchoicebankca.com). They are only in southern california so if you live nearby its pretty convienient.
Richard Rosenberg
23 August 2013 at 6:00 pm
We opened a M.M. account with Amtrust Direct which pays 1.05%. Take it from me its not worth the difference between other internet banks. We sent the application in 7-11-13 and today its 8-23-13 and all issues have not been addressed. Its been a absolute nightmare dealing with a staff that doesn't know whats going on. The time ive been on the phone with the bank has been a total WASTE. Richard Rosenberg
2 June 2013 at 6:12 am
Barclays has now dropped to .90% and didn't notify me of the rate change. Salem Five is a mess. They offered a great rate, and I set up an account only to be informed after the whole process that the rate was for new money only.
8 April 2013 at 1:52 pm
I'm a big fan of Barclays as I have been with them since June, 2012 and their interest rate has remained 1% the whole time.
11 February 2013 at 7:14 pm
Salem Five is offering 1.25%, but setting up an account with them is very tedious and we just learned they have very low limits for making deposits and withdrawals on line. First deposit has to be by mailed check. We set up an account and ended up closing it after having to repeatedly call them for clarification of their policies and procedures. Opened an account with CITbank(1.00%) that went very smoothly. Much better experience.
23 January 2013 at 9:06 am
TIAA Direct's savings account APY went down to 1.00% for all balance amounts.
Maria - MONEYRATES MODERATOR
15 January 2013 at 10:36 am
Hi Doug, My apologies for the oversight and not responding to your earlier email. Barclays is included in our list. Take a look at our Best Savings Accounts page http://www.money-rates.com/savings.htm. Barclays Online Savings Account is currently listed on the fifth page of our financial institutions list. According to Barclays website they have over 300 years of banking history and currently have banking operations in over 50 countries including the U.S. Barclays Bank Delaware is FDIC insured. Thank you for contacting us!
14 January 2013 at 9:12 am
I am checking rates and also comments on institutions. I note that none of the comments posted here are past September 2012. It is now January 14 - are there any more current comments?
Norman Ross
7 January 2013 at 5:30 pm
Salem Bank 1.25%
19 December 2012 at 8:57 pm
Be sure to check credit union accounts. I make my living through a Fortune 500 company that has their own credit union available for us. The regular savings account that I have with them has been earning around 2.4% APY for the past 2 or 3 years. It also has very easy and favorable terms for the everyday common man. Be sure to look into this sort of thing at your workplace if you work for a large company.
10 December 2012 at 8:51 am
I will ask it again: What is the reason that Barclays is not included on your list?
Monty Berry
5 December 2012 at 5:43 pm
UFB Direct now at the great low rate of .80. I moved money from American Express back in July to UFB when they were at 1.30. Now American Express is higher.
Eric Deleon
20 October 2012 at 12:02 am
Careful with Sallie Mae. They may have a good rate now and then but they can actually "set off" money from any SM account you have if you owe money on student loans from them(which most students are not aware of); banks are not legally required to inform you if they take your money from an account you have with them, only after they have already done so. Technically, if you have a loan from them, you owe them money, but if you have priority payments e.g., rent, utilities, insurance, etc., this can be a pain in the ass. If you have an unpaid loan from Sallie Mae, DO NOT bank with them! Simple rule: "Don't bank where you've got debts."
Dennis Bell
2 October 2012 at 12:32 pm
Don't forget Sallie Mae Bank. Paying 1.05% on savings as of 10/02/12
Sandra H. Myers
30 September 2012 at 2:30 pm
American Express lowered the interest rate after I opened my account and has never paid the advertised rate again. Currently they are advertising .90%. My last statement dated September 1 paid .87%. Shopping now for better rates.
Bill Garrison
27 September 2012 at 8:43 am
I have a pre-paid credit card with a savings account option paying 5% APR. Is that good?
20 September 2012 at 11:44 am
Why isn't Barclays listed? They have been paying 1% for some time now.
Maria - MONEYRATES MODERATOR
9 September 2012 at 2:46 pm
Hi Tim, Thank you for letting us know that UFB Direct has lowered their MMA rate to 1.10% APY. Deposits for UFB Direct are FDIC insured through BofI Federal Bank. Thanks again!
6 September 2012 at 9:04 pm
Looks like UFB Direct has lowered their MMA rate to 1.10% APY now.
17 August 2012 at 1:18 pm
ufbdirect.com currently offering FDIC insured MMA @ $1.30% APY
8 August 2012 at 5:08 pm
Hannah: Thanks for your comment. Regulation D applies only to certain types of electronic and telephone transactions. Unless otherwise prohibited by the bank, customers should be able to make as many withdrawals as they like from their savings account via in-person transactions such as branch and ATM withdrawals. But to avoid any confusion, I've amended the article slightly to reflect this distinction. You can also find more specifics on Regulation D as it pertains to savings accounts on page 3 of this document from the Federal Reserve: http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/supmanual/cch/int_depos.pdf Thanks again, Maria
27 July 2012 at 4:38 pm
It appears that TIAA Direct is currently not taking on any new accounts.
21 June 2012 at 5:54 am
Hi Julie - isn't it a bit misleading to say "There are no limits to the frequency or amount of money you can remove from typical savings accounts."? Regulation D limits the number of withdrawals made per calendar month from US savings accounts to 6. Many customers are confused by this, and it might be helpful to make a note of this in your otherwise excellent overview.
P Smith
3 May 2012 at 12:14 pm
I am currently earning 2.01% on my checking account at Cardinal Bank. They have 27 locatons in VA, DC and MD. There are some stipulations, but who doesn't have them? I could not be happier. Great people to work with and a great rate on balances up to $100K.
10 April 2012 at 1:37 pm
I recently spoke with a capital one banker, they have a checking account that offers 1% for the first year provided that you have a minimum balance of 5k. I think I'm going to open one.
Maria - MoneyRates Moderator
25 March 2012 at 4:34 pm
Hi Jim,Thanks for the tip about TIAA Direct which is a division of TIAA-CREF Trust Co, FSB, Member FDIC. We added their products to our rate list. And currently the products are available nationwide. If anyone has any experience with TIAA Direct please submit a comment, we would appreciate hearing about your experience. Thanks!
Maria - MoneyRates Moderator
25 March 2012 at 4:18 pm
Hi Elvis,We often respond directly to the individual who contacts us, however point well taken and we will do our best to respond in our comment section. Thanks for the valuable feedback!
Brown Financial
25 March 2012 at 1:04 pm
What a great comparison of savings account rates!! Had to share this. It's important everyone knows the value of shopping around even when it comes to your bank accounts. Every penny counts these days, why not keep more of your money in your own pocket!
20 March 2012 at 10:58 am
Can the focals at Moneyrate verify the top rates suggested by the readers AND give stability information on the bank?????? Summary: cardinal - 2.1% upto $100,000 FDIC insured Washington Saving Bank - 1.5%, Massachusettes ONLY ING Direct - 0.9% Electric Orange checking Acct Provident Credit Union(CA) - 2.06% Super Rewards Checking upto $25,000
14 March 2012 at 6:40 am
tiaadirect.com 1.25 % mma
4 March 2012 at 8:16 am
I see Washington Savings Bank has a 1.50% rate. Can anyone tell me where this bank is located and its contact information. Thanks.
8 February 2012 at 5:08 pm
Is AmTrust really capped at $100,000? Their customer service says they pay 1.15% from 5K through 250K. Please call them and verify.
21 January 2012 at 1:28 pm
consumers credit union @ 4 % rewards checking as / of 01 / 21 / 2012
14 December 2011 at 4:15 am
I received this message from Smarty Pig on December 2: Effective Friday, December 9, 2011, the interest rate paid on SmartyPig savings accounts will be adjusted. The interest rate earned on balances* $0.00 - $50,000.00 will be 0.698% (0.70% APY). The interest rate earned on balances* above $50,000.00 will be 0.499% (0.50% APY). *Balances: For purposes of calculating balances for determination of the rate tier that applies, total balances of all goals within your SmartyPig profile will be aggregated.
6 December 2011 at 1:39 am
Discover (the credit card company) has an interest rate of 1.00%, minimum to open is $500, no minimum to earn interest or avoid fees, and is accessed via ACH transfers. I might go with this one because I already have a credit card through them and love them. Their transfers always clear by the same business day.
22 November 2011 at 12:25 pm
ING rates have dropped again. They are now at .79
13 November 2011 at 9:10 am
A Credit Union in California ... check out Provident CU which offers approx 2.06% on it's Super Reward Checking a/c - look in 'search function.
9 November 2011 at 7:50 am
Linda Thanks for the tip. Just what I was looking for. As a side note, I could not find the special program on their website, but when I chatted with representative and inquired about the special 4 month promotion I was given a link. Thanks again.
4 November 2011 at 12:32 pm
FlagStar Bank offers an on-line savings account interest rate of 1.25% APR guaranteed for 4 months
8 October 2011 at 6:44 am
I agree with Susan about Capital One in that Interest rate keeps going down for Interest Plus Online Savings. Was 1% on 9/9 and 0.95% on 9/30 and 0.85% on 10/8. The HIgh Yield Money Market is now down to 0.65%. I am beginning to look elsewhere although no matter whom you go with, your initial "too good to be true" rate will quickly drift. The truth is the banks do not want us to store our cash with them,. All of this depends on how much time and aggravation one is willing to settle for in constantly changing banks.
2 October 2011 at 12:53 pm
WSFS in Wilmington,De. has a 90 day promotion of 1.24 percent interest
23 September 2011 at 10:01 am
Capital One slashed its interest rates on September 21, 2011. Its APY on money market accounts plunged to 0.65%. Its APY on Interest Plus Savings Accounts plummeted to 0.85%.
Chris Gallager
11 September 2011 at 12:20 pm
I found a 43 year old federal government employees credit union in Panama offering 4% on regular savings accounts in US dollars. It is called COACECSS, they are the Social Security Employees credit union (over 15,000 members), and they generally do not open accounts for foreigners (non Panamanians), but through this law firm POLS (www.pos-inc.com) I got an introduction and they helped me setup an account.
3 September 2011 at 6:18 am
CapitalOne has not failed me. I keep coming here hoping to find something better, but other banks have high minimum balances, require additional accounts, rates that drop off quickly, etc. CapitalOne only requires $1,000 and you earn one of the most competitive rates at any given time. They are always right near the top. That's why I have been with them for 3 years and haven't switched to anyone else.
Joann Kingsley
5 August 2011 at 12:29 pm
Capital One has 1.10% APY for InterestPlus Online Savings Account, $1000 min, no fees plus 10% quarterly bonus on interest
29 July 2011 at 2:32 pm
First Choice Bank, tiered MMK $2500-$99,999, APY 0.90%; $100,000-$499,999, APY: 1.00%
25 July 2011 at 9:19 am
Cinco Credit Union or Kemba Credit Union 3.75% for a checking account, much better rate than these savings accounts listed!
21 July 2011 at 10:59 pm
Everyone would like the best savings interest rates. Why not cover off-shore banks? I understand you can get 6% - 8% interest in India or other countries. Perhaps even China offered 5% recently since it's key lending rate went up to slow down it's economy. Seriously, we all know about off-shoring. There are just some tricks to get an account or international and legal access (US Laws and Regulations some what interefer).
14 July 2011 at 8:55 am
Hudson City Savings Bank, NJ...1.05%
Max Brimberg
2 July 2011 at 9:57 pm
Capital One is paying 1.14% to Costco members in a savings account.
ridgewood savings
19 June 2011 at 8:20 am
Money market insured 6/11 bayside NY branch only, 25 k min 1.75% fixed til 12/31/11. six withdrawals per month permitted
fred winer
7 June 2011 at 11:33 pm
you can get 4%/year at communication federal credit union up to 30,000.00 rules are 1.bill paid by draft,2.debit card used 12 times a month,3. 500.00 sent to credit union once a month.phone number for the branch i go to is (918) 665-3760 i forgot to say that the 500.00 has to be sent to the credit union by electronic means.anything over 30000.00 only gets 1%/year.the branch i go to is in tulsa but i believe they have other locations across oklahoma and also in kansas and missouri
2 June 2011 at 1:35 pm
SmartyPig is going down to 1.09% from June 15
2 June 2011 at 12:42 pm
Smarty pig is about to reduce their APY to 1.10% as of June 15th 2011
Davide Larenzo
4 May 2011 at 4:48 pm
SAC Federal Credit Union in Sarpy and Douglas County, Nebraska offers 3.00% interest to shareholders owning a checking account with a debit/credit card and making at least 12 debit/credit transactions a month. The 3% APY is paid monthly for checking account balances up to $25,000. I believe only residents of the 2 counties qualify for membership.
John Weaver
22 April 2011 at 9:42 pm
Oops, Treasure State Banks Money Market account yields 1.95% APY
John Weaver
22 April 2011 at 9:40 pm
Treasure State Bank, Missoula, MT Terms: $1000 Min., 6 free withdrawals per month Opened Jan 2011 Can be opened by phone, mail, or in bank
Doug R
16 April 2011 at 7:57 am
The Palladian Private Bank has not offered online deposits for some time. Their name should be removed from this list.
12 April 2011 at 7:02 am
Discover bank rates are also good.
robert kilgour
1 April 2011 at 10:28 am
what is the current rate of interest for a 1 year, 1 1/2 year, and 2 year cd at US Bank
22 March 2011 at 9:02 am
Presidential Bank has dropped their savings rate from .63 to .50. Second drop this month. Chg acct rates also dropped again from .50 to .38
11 March 2011 at 1:57 pm
salliemae has reduced to 1.10% smartypig seems to be the best bet right now
9 March 2011 at 8:22 pm
Hello - the 1.75% rate listed for the AmericaNet Bank MMA acount is no longer available. When you go to their website and click on the MMA account it is showing "Sorry Sold Out" and has shown that for awhile. Thanks for the great website! -Tim
7 March 2011 at 12:27 pm
Sallie Mae Bank Online, APY 1.25% Savings Account (variable) opened November 2010, minimum to apply $0
7 March 2011 at 12:08 pm
Many thanks for sharing this helpful information here.
4 February 2011 at 7:36 am
Leonor: Re NetSpend debit card. You do receive 5% up to a maximum of $10,200, but it will cost you more than that to ever get the money out of the account. That is the trick. My advice: AVOID.
30 January 2011 at 7:05 pm
Would anyone recommend Customers Bank in PA for the MMA???? Thanks.
30 January 2011 at 3:28 am
I have a netspend visa debit card that offers a savings account plan that pays 5.00% APY, How is this bank able to offer a higher return than the more recognized banks? Or am I reading the numbers wrong?
Sandra L Ross
23 January 2011 at 3:51 pm
CapitalOne Bank is offering 1.25% interest on Direct Banking Savings accounts. This is an increase from 1.01%. No checking link is required and may be opened with $1.00. A 10% bonus on earned interest is offered if your balance remains above $10,000.00 for the previous three months, and is deposited to your account for the next quarter. In an age where interest rates are extremely low, I find CapitalOne to be consistantly above the rest of its competitors.
Thomas B.
17 January 2011 at 12:23 pm
I am looking for the best savings rates for those with Trust Accounts (living trust). Many of the online savings institutions with FDIC insurance so not authorize trust account applications. Is there a listing of which ones will take trust accounts? Can you add information to your rate listings indicating if they take trust accounts? TUVM
3 January 2011 at 11:08 am
smartypig dropped to 1.35% today
1 January 2011 at 9:01 am
Soopers Credit Union in Denver Colorado has a Rewards checking account which yields 3.75% APY. The three stipulations are 1. you must have one direct deposit account set up, 2. you must sign up for e-statements, 3. you must use your check card 15 times per month. I think the hard part will be to keep an invisible line between what is to be saved and what is available for spending with keeping your savings in a checking account. But I'm trying at that rate.
Mick Rogers
7 December 2010 at 3:38 pm
American Express Bank has a savings account that is simple yet high yielding (currently 1.3%). No minimum balance required. No fees. They do not require you to open a checking account, mortgage, car loan nor direct deposit. Literally no strings attached. It's ideal for out-of-state use because of the internet. You will need a checking account at whatever bank or credit union that is most convenient for you (probably a credit union because most don't charge to maintain a checking account). You then transfer funds to and from this account as needed via the internet (very easy, convenient and fast). Six (6) withdrawals per month are allowed (this is the same for every savings and money market account in the country mandated by the Federal Government). Then just pay your bills or financial dealings using this checking account which allows unlimited transactions and addition benifits such as free Bill Pay. This is the best deal I could find and even competes very favorably with certificates of deposit without tieing up your funds. CHECK IT OUT
24 November 2010 at 1:34 pm
from FirstMerit bank on Orchard ave, they have a savings acct at 1.25% the min. bal required to open is 1.00 for real 1.00 call them 630.907.4500 they are so nice they are 2430 w Indian trail rd in aurora IL
12 November 2010 at 6:37 pm
Wachovia offers the way 2 save account. 3% for 1 year, you can put up to $100 a month in the account and you can put additional money in the account every time you buy something with your debit/check card.
12 November 2010 at 12:28 am
Capital One is saying that they will give me 1.3%APY for an online savings account - plus a bonus for depositing. Sounds pretty good to me - am I missing something?
11 November 2010 at 1:58 pm
ing direct's orange savings account has 1.10% APY with no minumum to open.
Walter Galbraith
17 October 2010 at 9:40 am
Hello, There is a bank that has a new money market rate of 2.1 % for deposits under $10,000.00. My Bank First United Walt
1 October 2010 at 9:45 am
Evantage Bank's Rewards Checking has been giving me 4.0% for over a year now.... the "catch" is that I need to make 10 checkcard transactions per month (though there is no minimum transaction size, and I can make the transactions over the internet).
30 August 2010 at 10:53 am
Huntington Bank is currently paying 1.51%.
24 August 2010 at 5:01 pm
High-Yield Savings Account by Sallie Mae is giving 1.40% interest, which is higher than all the other banks shown here.
Paul Malley
17 August 2010 at 6:16 pm
S Sallie Mae Bank High-Yield Savings Account by SallieMae Current Rate 1.40 % No minimums No monthly fees Sallie Mae Bank at this web address: https://banking.salliemae.com/login.do?_flowExecutionKey=_cF277682F-81DE-3A65-F33C-C8B2FE1D2B48_kA48AE3A9-7840-B5C5-C827-2B9ACB627A17
earlene bacon
2 August 2010 at 11:46 am
security bank offers 1.51% on rewards checking w/10 debits and free atm fees
steve gompertz
17 June 2010 at 2:32 pm
ing direct (https://secure.ingdirect.com) has 1.1% savings and an electronic internet only checking account that is very convenient
17 June 2010 at 11:48 am
CNBBankDirect is offering 1.25 APY with only a $1 opening minimum balance to earn that rate.
17 June 2010 at 6:21 am
Dollar Bank of Pittsburgh and local branches in Cleveland, OH offer 2.50% for free money savings.
Lynn Edwards
26 May 2010 at 6:21 pm
Provident Community Savings Bank, 2700 Celanese Road, in Rock Hill, South Carolina offers their Dream Checking account at an over 4% monthly interest rate with balances up to $30,000, There are a few stipulations, like making so many ATM purchases, having one direct deposit and using electronic banking, but this is easy to manage. You can also link a Dream Savings account to this for a 2% rate on savings. Best one I've found so far in this crummy economy! You do have to apply in person, though, so living near the area is a bit of a must.
10 May 2010 at 11:59 am
Charter Bank in GA and AL offer 5.01%APY on checking no min dep. Required: 1 ACH Debit/Deposit, 10 MC Debit Purch, eStatement,. Also refund ATM fees. Think goos thru Sept.
3 May 2010 at 1:36 pm
Elsie, can you provide more details regarding this 2% from 5th 3rd. My banker is telling me the highest offered is 1.6%.
25 April 2010 at 12:35 pm
Fifth Third Bank is paying 2% APY on a savings, min $5000
2 September 2009 at 5:15 am
Check out Grand Bank in NJ. Offering 3.20% money market with $50,000 deposit.
1 September 2009 at 8:41 am
i would like to compare and see which bank in brooklyn has the highest rate on interest
jim angelo
30 August 2009 at 12:00 pm
best money market rates
28 August 2009 at 10:13 am
Through Costco online if you are a member there is a 1.75% through Capital One and an incentive for $60 and $40 depending on what membership you hold.
Grant Jacobsen
28 August 2009 at 6:18 am
Freedom Bank (branches in Vienna and Fairfax) has 14-month CD yielding 2.00% APY, minimum $2500, rate current as of 8/18/2009.
27 August 2009 at 12:30 pm
First National Bank in Oneida, Tn is offering 3.56% on a money market
White Chocolate
25 August 2009 at 10:25 am
Shore Bank Direct Rates as of Aug. 25th Savings Rate 2.15% This bank makes it very easy to sign up online just completed opening my account.
17 August 2009 at 8:02 am
SmartyPig's rate just went down to 2.01%.
15 August 2009 at 2:25 pm
Smartypig is lowering their interest rate on its online savings account from 2.75 to 2.01 on August 17th. That's quite a drop, but I guess we all knew they couldn't keep paying more then 1 point interest then their closest competitors.
Clark Schultz
14 August 2009 at 2:52 pm
Please take a look at the 2 yr CD rates on this page: http://www.money-rates.com/cdrates.htm
charles burton
14 August 2009 at 12:47 pm
I opened saving account online with (Bank of Internet) that I funded with local checking account (100.00) min. to find out that new account is not linked for online transfers. What good is a Bank of Internet account if you have to use snail mail to transfer funds! Beware there is also a $25.00 fee if you withdraw funds before 90 days.
huili liu
14 August 2009 at 6:58 am
Please provide me with the best savings or less than 2 year cd rate. Thanks.
10 August 2009 at 5:03 am
Need to know checking account intrest and MMA account rate
24 July 2009 at 2:58 pm
I opened a MMA and Savings account @ Discover Bank from their online signup. Then registered to be able to access the accounts and was provided a screen that said it would be 2-3 business days before I would be provided an e-mail with the access info. I called their support number and was told they had to manually process every application and they were several days behind and there was nothing they could do. Advice... if you open an account with Discover Bank make SURE you only fund the minimum amount to open the account and expect it to take a while to really have the account setup.
19 July 2009 at 11:10 pm
19 July 2009 at 7:03 pm
Try CapitalOne online savings 1.75% 10K min, or MM 1.40% any amount. I opened last year and yes I observe everybody is lowering rates lately. Still better than local banks offering less than 0.5% for savings. Aloha :D
Paul Chien
10 July 2009 at 9:41 am
Could not get a straight answer from SMARTY PIG on POD for account. Had to call their bank in the Mdwest directly and they informed me no PODs are allowed on SMARTY PIG CDs because they are not considered regular CD's but transaction accounts instead.
8 July 2009 at 7:00 pm
How come Darby Direct can restrict it's higher-interest rate (2.5 %) "available to Georgia residents only? Isn't that inconsistent with Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution? Section 2 - State citizens, Extradition The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
7 July 2009 at 9:23 pm
Timberland Savings Bank offers a rate of 4% on a balance of up to 25,000 dollars. The minimum to earn this apy is one dollar. The terms required e-statements instead of paper statements, and you must use your debit card at least ten times every month. They have 22 branches in Southwest Washington State.
Joe bardi
5 July 2009 at 3:25 pm
wher,e,s my highest rate bank.
1 July 2009 at 1:54 pm
Just found out that you can't withdraw from a Smartypig.com account unless you close it. Not good.
1 July 2009 at 7:09 am
I would like to know who has the best interst rate on Money market accounts in my area. Sun Trust drop from 2% to .92% and continuing to drop. If anyone has good infromation I would love to hear from you. Thank you, Donna
Leo Marks
30 June 2009 at 3:47 pm
Give us the 10 highest rates avialiable now?????? Leo Marks `
Erno Balogh
27 June 2009 at 4:43 am
Please advise of the best money market rates in the local banks.
Farmers State Bank
26 June 2009 at 8:31 am
3.51% on firsst $25000 in checking then 1.01% after. Requires electronic banking w/ 10 debit card purchases and once/month check account on line w/ online statements. Website www.farmersstatebankmn.com
25 June 2009 at 6:00 am
amtrustdirect.com still has 2% on their Premium e-MMA
Carolyn McCance
24 June 2009 at 10:24 am
SmartyPig has an online savings account program that pays 2.75% with FDIC coverage
23 June 2009 at 5:54 pm
cesare stefanelli
17 June 2009 at 7:41 pm
Need Best Interest Rate for Moneymarket Account for a Closing Trust Account $500,000 to $1,000,000 ave bal app.


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The Escondido Union High School District board unanimously approved a trustee-area boundary map Tuesday night, another step in the process that will change the way school board members are elected.
"There was a good debate," board President Tina Pope said Wednesday. "There were four very good maps. The consultant … gave us options that made sense."
Pope said that all the draft maps balanced out the district population, but the consensus was that Plan 4 best blended the boundaries of the three comprehensive high schools.
Board members did not want the trustee boundaries to seemingly focus on one high school or neighborhood, she said. Although a trustee will be elected by voters from one area, he or she will represent all residents, board members have said.
The National Demographics Corp. created four trustee boundary maps for the high school district. All four included a "majority minority" Latino district in the urban core of the city, a criteria for redistricting under federal voting rights law.
National Demographics senior analyst Justin Levitt said the map selected by trustees Tuesday night splits the San Pasqual High attendance boundary area between two trustee districts rather than keeping most of it in one trustee district.
The high school district is changing from at-large elections to voting by trustee area to comply with the California Voting Rights Act. At-large elections may be challenged if a demographics analysis indicates racially polarized voting exists.
A by-trustee area election system divides the school district into five areas. Registered voters in each area vote to elect a singular school board member, instead of voting for multiple candidates in a citywide election. The city's K-8 district is engaged in the same process.
The high school district next will submit the map to the county Office of Education for approval, said Michael Simonson, assistant superintendent for business services. Meanwhile, the state Board of Education is scheduled in May to consider the district's request for a waiver to avoid an election asking for voters' approval of the trustee-by-area change.
The district is on target to start area elections in November, Simonson said. It must submit county education officials' approval of the election change and map to the registrar of voters by June 15, he said.
The map and other information on the election transition is on the district's website, www.euhsd.k12.ca.us.


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In a flash of brilliance this past week I decided to hook The Dead Hand into the Digg directory. For the uninitiated, Digg is a vast collaborative filter, whose hundreds of thousands (millions?) of users vote on ("digg") news stories, blog posts, and other content they like in what is essentially the Web's biggest ongoing popularity contest.
If you run a small blog like TDH, Digg seems like a great way to reach folks who might not otherwise find you in the noise. If you're inclined to spam, though, Digg looks like a big, fat target... and, to discourage spammers, the company has taken the sensible step of letting their users duke it out in the open: users can "bury" content as well as digg it. Presumably, diggs and buries cancel each other out, and each user account gets only one vote on a given piece of content.
Simple enough, right?
So imagine our astonishment when Robert tried to submit a new post this morning and discovered that our URL had been blocked! The message:
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This URL has been reported by users to be in violation of Digg's Terms of Service and cannot be submitted at this time.
Okay, fair enough... we hadn't read those. So we did, and saw absolutely nothing in them describing anything we'd done.
So... why else might Digg users want to stifle The Dead Hand?
The majority of the posts we submitted over the past few days were short excerpts from Robert's new book, The Chicken Little Agenda: Debunking "Experts'" Lies. One of the main themes of the book (and particularly of these excerpts) is climate change, and Robert's thesis is that it is (a) not a man-made problem, and (b) not really a problem anyway.
By now we should all be aware that so-called global-warming deniers have been subject to various persecutions, up to and including death threats. The term itself is a ridiculous play on holocaust denier, intended to evoke the suspicion that its target is at best a crank, and at worst criminally insane. Certainly many proponents of the human-caused climate change theory—perhaps fearful that their cause is on the ropes—have turned away from rigorous debate and have instead taken every opportunity to stifle debate entirely.
Nor is Digg's history unblemished with respect to censorship. Even a casual search will retrieve dozens of instances when Digg has been accused of burying content or banning sites for purely anticompetitive or ideological reasons. We fear that our case is one such instance: that a Digg user, offended by Chicken Little's case against his pet environmental cause, found in a Digg moderator a sympathetic ear and had TDH removed from the scene.
Josef Stalin would approve wholeheartedly.
We've contacted Digg to plead our case, but we aren't going to sit around waiting for an answer that may never come. If you agree that The Dead Hand has been unfairly banned from Digg and should be reinstated, we urge you to click the link below and make your voice heard!
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Here are the communications that have passed back & forth between TDH and Digg:
3/31/2007 8:12 AMThe Dead Hand
I am a subscriber to Digg (username argeew). I subscribed yesterday, and posted several articles from my own website (www.thedeadhand.com) to Digg. This morning, I attempted to post another article, and received the following notification: URL blocked! This URL has been reported by users to be in violation of Digg's Terms of Service and cannot be submitted at this time.
I am unaware of any policy violation. If it happened, it was inadvertent, but I don't think it happened at all. I posted several articles on global warming from the point of view that it is not human caused, and some excerpts from my recent book, The Chicken Little Agenda, which also discusses this subject. I suspect that some diligent member who ardently believes that global warming is human caused is simply trying to ensure that I cannot post further information to Digg that presents another point of view. It would be a shame if Digg allowed its services to be used in this blatant political fashion. Please follow up on this.
4/1/2007 7:51 AMDigg
The URL was blocked for violating Digg Terms Of Use. The website content is not Digg related and Digg is not an advertisement platform for books. When and if Digg decides to have a book category, your website will be unblocked.
4/1/2007 10:22 AMThe Dead Hand
You guys have it all wrong!
The Dead Hand (http://thedeadhand.com), the site you blocked, IS NOT a book promotion site. Check it out - it's obviously a place where we present our opinions on a lot of matters ranging from science, to politics, to humor, to everything else. While the site does contain articles on global warming, nuclear power, and other controversial subjects that have been extracted from my book, the articles do not in any way promote the book, and these articles form only a small fraction of the totality of articles on the site. Although visitors to the site are given the opportunity to purchase the book, along with other merchandise, the purpose of the site clearly is to promote our ideas - period, like any other blog.
The articles you have censored have appeared widely across the internet, and in other venues: newspapers and magazines, and even the Congressional Record. They fall squarely into the science/environment category, and are absolutely on point regarding their subject matter. Furthermore, we have violated no Terms of Use. Nowhere do your Terms of Use state that book excerpts presented as articles cannot be included. In fact, your Terms of Use do not prohibit promoting a book or anything else (which we adamantly insist we have not done), so even your stated reason for blocking us is incorrect. The 20 or so posts we have made to Digg enhance the quality of Digg's overall content, and blocking our site violates the very principles that Digg was established under in the first place.
There is absolutely no justification for the censorship. I respectfully request that you review your actions and reinstate The Dead Hand.


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I've come to the mountains to escape the idea of the last day. In the ancient mountains there are no last days, as the mountains go on forever. As we drive up, the giant spruce tower over us on either side of the road like attendants at the portal to this land of infinity. Their size should make them initimidating in the rapidly darkening skies, but it doesn't. Their white coats of snow make them look like sad angels, overgrown children tasked with standing together and greeting newcomers at this entrance to the land that never ends.
From my cottage window I can see the sacred mountain. It gets in the way of progress, they say, because no one is allowed to build on it, over it or around it. One becomes quite ill climbing up this mountain, and one wonders why since, like most of the Swedish mountains, its altitude is not remarkable. Perhaps that is because its very being clashes with our need for speed; our inclination to divide life into the old and the new. On the mountain, old and new dwell together; they are a part of the same whole and change is constant.
In the nearby village it's the time of peak business; time for excitement, hustle and bustle. Yet, the manner of speaking of our local hosts, the townspeople, remains constant. While happy to see us, the shop attendants find our ecstatic lowland approach to New Year's puzzling. They've put out the fireworks for sale for our petty amusement, but the mountains will continue at the midnight chiming of the clocks and time will go on.
Out on the cross-country tracks, which are themselves an endless white, it occurs to me why it is that I long to escape finality and the ideas of old and new this year. It isn't as simple as ageing. The challenges that we face today seem so final that opposites don't matter any more. Young, old, this, that matter decreasingly as we begin to wake up to the fact that we've used up the earth. In this dark thought I come to an even space, as even as the land that stretches between the low, undulating Swedish mountains: when finality becomes great enough, contradictions and opposites seem to collapse. Old and new become time, time and infinity become the universe and, most importantly, you and me become we. My skis keep moving me forward in space and time through the white, but I hold onto this thought which seems so deeply entrenched in the spirit of the mountains.
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From 2012 to 2014 the Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society from Canada provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and fireless cookers. The training was successful, cooking ugali (hard porridge), rice, vegetables, meat, beans, and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. The result of using the cookers has reduce tree cutting, and eye and chest problems due to smoke was reduced by 40%, students are going to school since the money which used for buying fuelwood and charcoal is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.
- See also: Global Calendar of Events and Past events in Tanzania
Most significant projects
- January 2013: Solar Circle shares insights they have learned in Tanzania - The NGO Solar Circle has learned many things from their solar cooking program in Masasi, southern Tanzania. People will use solar cookers if they are efficient and affordable, which is often a problem for subsistence farmers who are most in need of the cookers even when the cookers are heavily subsidized. However, they have also learned that people will work hard to earn a solar cooker. The group has created a bartering system with community leaders. The community chooses a service project and the beneficiaries organize and oversee the effort. Participants earn a solar oven for their involvement. As of 2013, the program had distributed more than 3000 solar ovens, and built 40 houses for people who are sick, elderly, widowed, or disabled. Because the community chooses the project and beneficiary, there's an eagerness to work together. Surrounding villages have heard of the cookers and the program, so spreading the word has been easy. They cannot keep up with demand. The barter program relies on external help with finances, but community service represents the same effort that of money earned in outside employment. Solar Circle values that effort, and raises what money it can from friends to expand the program.
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- January 2017: Solar cooker use follow-up: - Solar Cookers International recently reported the results of the SCI Adoption & Impact Survey from two projects in Tanzania. Half of the women surveyed began solar cooking five years ago; the others, three years ago. They are, each week on average: using their solar cookers 5 times, retained-heat cookers 5 1/2 times, and pasteurizing water 3 times. 70% state that neither themselves, nor their family, are experiencing any health problems related to cooking fire smoke since they began solar cooking. Money usually spent for traditional fuels is used to increase the family food budget.
- July 2016: Villagers in Tanzania benefit with solar cooking - Thanks to Solar Cookers International, supporters and a partnership with the local Tanzanian organization, Macedonia Ministry, thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania are now using solar box cookers, fireless cookers, and water pasteurization indicators for purifying water. Firewood use is now down 34% and charcoal use is down 45%. More information...
- March 2014: Update from 2012 to 2014 The Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society from Canada provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and fireless cookers. The training was successful, cooking ugali (hard porridge), cooked rice, vegetables, meat, beans, makande (beans mixed with maize), and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. The result of using the cookers has reduce tree cutting, the eye and chest problems due to smoke has reduced by 40%, students are going to school since the money which used for buying fuel wood and charcoal is now saved and used for other purposes including medication, school fees.
- February 2014: Solar cookers on their way to Tanzania, Pakistan, and Iraq - A.G. Karim of the Lady Fatemah Trust, reports that 550 solar cookers have been shipped to Arusha, Tanzania. As soon as more sunny returns, a trainer from Kenya will come and help train a group of volunteers to run user workshops. The group is also in the process of shipping 2,500 solar cookers to Pakistan, and Andreas Fasoulides, living in Cyprus is scheduled to come to train volunteers. Once the program in Pakistan is underway, the Trust plans to ship solar cookers to Iraq to provide villagers in the desert with a solar cooking alternative, as they currently burn either dried branches of dates or kerosene.
- February 2014: Members of the Global Resource Alliance demonstrate the importance of permaculture for the future welfare of the citizens of Tanzania.
- November 2013: Islamic charity sends 500 solar cookers to Tanzania - The London-based Islamic charity, Lady Fatemah Trust (LFT) has shipped 500 solar panel cookers to the Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. These highly-reflective waterproof versions of the traditional CooKit were designed by UK inventor Matthew Rollins, and are intended to reduce the amount of time spent by women and children foraging for firewood. Faustine Odaba, who is conducting the training sessions, will show the women how to cook local foods with these solar cookers that have been manufactured in the UK and shipped to Tanzania on pallets. Although LFT reports that the newly designed solar cookers do not require the use of a plastic bag to surround the cooking pot, they also report that next year LFT will supply foil trays and clear domes to be used as greenhouses over the cooking pot to improve cooking efficiency. LFT is in discussion with Odaba about the introduction of retained-heat cooking technology to be used alongside the solar cookers.
- January 2013: Macedonia Ministry provides solar and fireless cookers for widows - Widows in Tanzania live with an unjustified stigma, that can often include abuse. Despite the government's efforts to help educate the public, prejudice still exists. Unfortunately, due in some part to AIDS, the number of single parent households are on the rise. In 2010 and 2011 the Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the nonprofit, Kyoto Twist, provided more than seventy-five widows with solar box cookers and fireless cookers in the city of Moshi, within the Kilimanjaro Region. These cookers have helped save the environment as fewer trees are cut for fuelwood. The income incentive program has allowed the women to pay the fees to send their children to school, and be able to get them medical attention. They are happy and want this project continued.
Wide ranges of projects are found in Tanzania, many located in schools, missions, or local training centers. Solarafrica, a Zanzibar organization, has promoted both basketry and solar ovens on the island of Zanzibar for many years, sponsored by the Esperanto Club of Lund, Sweden. Early in the development of connections between the two areas, the shortages of fuel for cooking were noted. Swedish participants have developed a number of simple technologies that can be locally made, such as parabolics of cardboard lined with foil, and another formed from a large flat basket. (Solar Cooker Review, Sept '02).
Yet another project on Zanibar, sponsored by a German group, Mama Earth, uses both parabolic cookers and boxes, preferring to cook some food in the slower box and the parabolic for "speed cooking" rice, and also for dying plaited palm leaves for craft use.
In addition, the group is experimenting with the use of flattened beer cans as reflectors in a frame of wood or metal for homemade cookers.
The GEF Small Grants Programme funded a project by the Kagera Community Development Trust, Bukoba - KADET in 1999 that produced 40 solar box cookers. Progress reports showed that the technology was replicated in various parts of Kagera region.
Another German group, Solar Cooking Zanzibar, is also located on the large island offshore from the mainland of Tanzania. The focus of this group is craft and artisan development; they have used solar cookers to dye fabrics and basketry material for craftwork. Some of the profits have enabled members to purchase solar cookers for their own household use (Solar Cooker Review, Aug, '02). The German electric utility, Bayernwerke, has made possible the provision of parabolic cookers for a local fishing village, as well, and a number of sponsoring organizations have made possible the building of a workshop and solar powered kitchen. (Solar Cooker Review, Aug '00).
On mainland Tanzania, a religiously affiliated group, EAG (T)Church - MJIMWEMA in Kigoma produces locally made parabolic or "bowl" type cookers. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania in Morogoro Province has conducted research on fuelwood use, and then began using parabolic cookers, sent from Germany, for cooking, pasteurizing water, and firing clay bricks. The Kilimanjaro Biolgas and Solar Centre sponsors many types of renewable energy and has been active in solar cooking promotion for many years. (SCI Rev Dec 00). Many of the devices promoted by Anna Pearce (see "multiple-nation" promoters section above) are in use in Tanzania, particularly the "Anahat" cooker/hatbox combination. Other organizations working in Tanzania are the Ilemi Secondary School of Mbeya, Net-Score of Malinyi, and Solar Innovations of Tanzania.
In the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003, Project AHEAD, an American NGO, demonstrated the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization in two areas of Tanzania, first in Shinyanga District, in the northwest of the country, and the second in Kisarawe, near Dar es Salaam. National and district health officers have attended workshops on the technologies of water testing for contamination, followed by demonstration of the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization. In the summer of 2003, household surveys were conducted in both districts to serve as baseline data and an evaluation tool for a large project to be mounted in the period, 2004-2006, funds permitting. This will be the first major demonstration project focused on the use of solar cookers for this purpose. Because of the innovative nature of this project, a case study on this topic is included with this report.
[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
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Solar Cookers International has rated Tanzania as the #9 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Tanzania in sunny areas of the country but with fuel scarcity in 2020 is 7,500,000.
Tanzania is experiencing a demographic and an environmental crisis. Tanzania has a population of around 37 million. It has a fertility rate of almost five children per woman. This rapidly growing populace places extreme pressure on the environment. For example, forests are being diminished rapidly in significant part by demand for fuel wood. A case in point: between 1960 and 1980, the Amani forest in Tanzania was reduced by 50%. For every 28 trees cut in Africa today, only one is planted.
As forests around communities are degraded, women and children must forage for fuel wood further and further from home. In some places, women must camp overnight in the bush. When the distances become too great, some families must pay 25% to 50% of their income to buy cooking fuel.
See also
- Wikipedia article on the climate of Tanzania
- Discussion of eastern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
Possible funders
- Find a Kiva microfinance partner in Tanzania.
- See general guidance on raising funds through grants and donations
- January 2017: Up Scaling Solar Cooker Project in Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions in Tanzania - Sperancea Gabone
- July 2008: East Africa Report - Karyn Ellis
- June 1991:Project Report Tanzania - Paul Funk
Articles in the media
- June 2017: Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania - NDTV
- October 2015: Clara Ibihya finds opportunity in renewable energy sector - The Citizen
- February 2015: How Results Based Financing is spurring solar market development in Tanzania - SNV, archived
- December 2007: Brit Olam's Student Delegation Member Teaching Solar Cooking
- October 2007: Purdue students build solar oven for use in Tanzania - Purdue University News
- December 2006: Student sows seeds of community-helping technology in Africa
- December 2000: Solar Water Pasteurization in Tanzania - Bob Metcalf
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A NEIGHBOUR is calling for action after his home was targeted by burglars just two days after a pregnant woman was threatened by armed attackers.
Jamil Hussain, of Edith Street, Blackburn, said he believed his home had been the orginal target for the burglary at his neighbour's property.
The 26-year-old woman, who is seven months pregnant, was at home asleep with her three-year-old son when two men burst in through the back door with a knife and a screwdriver.
The burglars demanded cash and gold, but left empty handed after ransacking her home.
Mr Hussain, who runs Mohammed and Sons greengrocer, in Pringle Street, said just 48 hours after the attempted robbery on Wednesday, his home then became a target. The 45-year-old said: "I think I was the prime target because I have been doing business round here for 30 years.
"When they broke into my home, my daughter Nafisa, who is 22, was inside and I think her being in stopped them taking anything.
"Nafisa is in shock, she locked her bedroom door and screamed and shouted. Then she rang me.
Mr Hussain said the burglars broke in through his back door at around 2.30pm on Friday. The attempted robbery at his neighbour's house happened around 1pm on Wednesday after the lock on the back door was broken.
Mr Hussain is now calling for Blackburn with Darwen Council to put up alley gates to prevent thieves gaining access to people's homes. The shopkeeper said: "We applied for gates two years ago."
But Coun Salim Mulla, who represents the Queen's Park ward, said the gates were not in the budget for this year.
He said: "I am going to be sending an email to the divisional commander of police Chris Bithell to see if we can have some police presence in this area."
But Mark Aspin, community safety manager at the council said he was still waiting for an application for alley gates.


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Liberty Blanks UNCG, 1-0, for 5th Straight Win
The Liberty women's soccer team improved to 5-1 for the first time in program history, Thursday night, defeating the UNCG Spartans, 1-0, at UNCG Soccer Stadium.
After dropping its season opening contest at Charlotte (Aug. 23), Liberty is now on a five-game win streak for the first time since the 2009 season. That year, the Lady Flames captured the Big South regular-season title.
Alanna Dunkle scored the lone goal of the match, connecting on a first-half marker courtesy of a Brittany Aanderud assist. Dunkle now leads the team with three goals, three assists and nine points on the season.
Along with the team's five-match win streak, goalkeeper and current Big South and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week Holly Van Noord also picked up her fifth shutout of the season, finishing with two saves.
With the win, Liberty picks up its first-ever victory over the Spartans. Prior to the matchup, UNCG led the all-time series, 5-0. The Spartans fall to 4-3 in 2013 with the defeat.
UNCG fired three shots in the opening eight minutes, with the closest attempt occurring during the fifth minute. Midfielder Chesney White sent a shot at the Lady Flames goal, but Van Noord corralled the attempt for her lone save of the half.
The Lady Flames flipped the script on the Spartans during the ensuing 8:45, with Dunkle taking three shots on goal during the span. Dunkle lit up the scoreboard on her third attempt in the 17th minute to give Liberty the early 1-0 lead. With Aanderud positioned outside the 18-yard box, the sophomore midfielder kicked it over to the far right side to Dunkle. The junior booted a shot from just inside the box, sending it through the goalkeeper's legs and into the lower left corner.
Liberty outshot UNCG during the opening period, 7-5, and held a 3-1 advantage on corner kicks. The Lady Flames took six shots on goal in the period, compared to the Spartans' one. UNCG goalkeeper Jaime Simmons collected four saves in the first 45 minutes, while the Spartans also earned a team save, preventing Liberty from adding to its 1-0 lead before halftime.
Liberty took five shots in the second period, compared to two by the Spartans. The Lady Flames outshot UNCG in the contest, 12-7, and held a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks. Simmons finished with five saves on the night for the Spartans, while Rachel Collins stepped in for the final 7:43, making one save.
The Lady Flames return to action on Sunday, playing host to Marshall. Liberty hopes to even the all-time series at 1-1-1, while improving its 2013 home record to 3-0.
The Lady Flames and The Herd last met in Rock Hill, S.C., during the 2010 Winthrop Tournament (Aug. 29, 2010). Each team's offense was firing on all cylinders, resulting in a 3-3 tie. Game time on Sunday at Osborne Stadium is slated for 2 p.m.


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Food Allergies: The Newest Disability?
Posted on Monday, January 21st, 2013 at 6:23 pm
A recent decision out of Massachusetts may have far-reaching consequences for those with serious food allergies. A settlement reached by the United States Justice Department with Lesley University has established that, in some circumstances, people with severe food allergies may be considered to have a disability and, therefore, may be entitled to request a reasonable accommodation for their dietary needs with the help of a disability lawyer.
The case arose from a complaint filed by at least one student after being denied exemption from the school's meal plan, in spite of the fact that this individual was allergic to all of the school's offerings. As a result of the settlement, the school will now be required to provide gluten-free options in all of its cafeterias. More importantly, though, this agreement opens up the possibility that other institutions which serve food to the public may, in the future, be legally required to meet the needs of individuals with serious food allergies.


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Abundance is the mother of preservation. My friend Amy found herself in possession of a very large quantity of figs, more than any rational human could possibly manage to consume, so I happily took a few flats off her hands. Fig jam, after all, is my absolute favorite.
Coincidentally, I'd been harvesting fennel pollen from a thicket up the hill from my home. After a couple weeks drying in the basement, I worked the pollen off the fennel heads.
Abundance. A surfeit of figs and a bowlful of freshly harvested fennel pollen. They called to each other, beckoned each other. As my jam bubbled on the stove, possessed by the power of the pollen, I tossed some in. Just like that.
The flavor of the fennel bloomed in the jam, enhancing the natural floral and honeyed notes of the figs, but left a haunting licorice note at the back of the palate. We enjoyed some that night on crostini with homemade yogurt cheese alongside a simple salad, and I am eager to use it as a condiment with pork loin. But this jam begs for cheese, playing as well with a tart fresh chêvre, a sharp cheddar, a mild gorgonzola dolce or, best of all, salty, hard cheese like Grana Padano (or my personal favorite, Achadinha Capricious).
Fig Jam with Fennel Pollen
If you don't have fennel pollen, fennel seed can be substituted, though the flavor will be milder.
1000 g. fresh, ripe figs, rinsed (about 7 cups, chopped)
900 g. granulated white sugar (about 5 cups)
1 Tbsp fennel pollen
1 Tbsp butter, to reduce foaming (optional)
Combine the figs and sugar in a large nonreactive pot and leave to macerate for at least 30 minutes. Longer is better, as the sugar breaks down the fruit; I left mine macerating in the fridge overnight. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to avoid burning. Mash the fruit with a wooden spoon occasionally. Cook an hour or until thickened and the flesh of the fruit is translucent. Add the fennel pollen and stir to combine thoroughly. If you're canning, ladel the jam into sterilized jars, adding 1 Tbsp of bottled lemon juice per pint, and process by normal water bath method. Otherwise, refrigerate and use within a month.
Read More: Sean discovers an award-winning pickled fig (and scores the recipe) for the SF Weekly.
Sean Timberlake is a professional writer, amateur foodie, avid traveler and all-around bon vivant. He is the founder of Punk Domestics, a content and community site for DIY food enthusiasts, and has penned the blog Hedonia since 2006. He lives in San Francisco with his husband, DPaul Brown, and their hyperactive terrier, Reese.


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Motorists are advised that the right lane in the northbound direction on the Bronx River Parkway will be closed between Harney Road (Exit 10) and Crane Road (Exit 12) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 22.
The lane closure is necessary for part of the Crane Road Bridge Replacement Project. The project began last summer and will take three years to complete.
Delays are expected and motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.
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CBS will wait on Oct. 20 games
Published: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 12:22 p.m.
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CBS Sports has decided to use a six-day option for its broadcast of Southeastern Conference football on Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m. ET. The network will decide from South Carolina at Florida, Alabama at Tennessee or LSU at Texas A&M following this week's games.
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A MAN was attacked in the toilets of an arts centre in High Wycombe while a music event was underway.
On Sunday, January 26, at 7pm the victim, a 46-year-old man, was in the toilets of Arts 4 Every1 in Desborough Road, when he was grabbed by the throat by another man.
He managed to get away and out of the toilets before another man approached him and punched him once in the face. Both of the attackers were then made to leave the venue.
The men are both described as white. The first is aged in his late forties to early fifties. He was around 5ft 7ins with broad shoulders. He had short dark cropped hair and was clean shaven. He was wearing a dark blue long sleeved jumper and blue jeans.
The second is described as aged in his mid fifties, thinner than the first offender and around 5ft 10ins. He had short grey hair and a grey moustache. He was wearing a dark coloured long sleeved jumper and blue jeans.
If you have any information please contact PC Mark Martin at High Wycombe via the Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 101.
If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
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It's been ages since I read "The World According to Garp."
I don't remember much about the book except for a story one of the characters told about going to the ocean when he was a little boy.
His mother always warned him to watch out for the undertow, but he didn't quite understand what she meant.
So he kept a watch out for the Undertoad. He had a clear image of a giant frog lurking below the surface of the water, ready to snatch over-inquisitive little boys who might stray too far from the shore.
Like I said, I don't remember much about the book, but that image has stuck with me ever since.
I told my husband about it, and throughout the years, whenever something bad unexpectedly happened, I'd blame it on the Undertoad.
Maybe I liked the image so much because it fit my understanding of life. Whenever I worried about confessing some childish escapade to my mother, it would always be all right. She would understand; I would be forgiven, and life would go on.
But, you see, it was the things I didn't worry about that would get me into trouble. Still is, to be honest. Things I think are just fine often turn around to bite me when I least expect it.
Now I know it's the Undertoad that got me.
It's been almost 12 years that I've been writing for the BCR. I remember when word of the job first came up. I said to my husband, "I can't imagine anything more wonderful than writing for the newspaper!"
Well, I got the job, and while it hasn't been all wonderful, it's been an amazing experience.
I like to think I've made a couple of politicians squirm over a carefully-phrased question. I hope my presence – and that of all of us local governmental beat reporters – has helped keep proceedings up front and honest.
But the real wonder of this job has been all of the people I've met.
I've gotten to meet the famous and the infamous, the powerful, and those who have no voice.
I've met people who try their best to avoid talking to me, but I've met so many more who are happy to share their time and thoughts and energy with me.
I've had the honor of both laughing and crying with many of you.
But this is my last column, and this part of my life came to an end on Friday.
I ran into the Undertoad last year, and he tried his best to knock my feet out from under me. But with the help of family and friends, I've come up out of the water. The sand is once again firm, and the view up yonder is looking mighty pretty ... but I discovered my path along the shore has changed.
I'm moving ahead, and that means saying good-bye.
I will miss you and the challenges of telling your stories, but you'll be coming with me in my heart. And I look forward to all the opportunities and new horizons that lie ahead of me.
It's been an amusing game for many years to imagine – in five words or less – what you would like to have written on your tombstone someday. I've liked reading some of the other answers, but I could never come up with anything for myself.
But now I've figured it out.
I'd like my tombstone to read "The Undertoad never got her."
Thanks for everything ... and good-bye.
BCR Staff Writer Barb Kromphardt can be reached at email@example.com.


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This fantastic hotel, formerly Catalonia Berna, is located in the city's historic centre, next to Plaza Cataluña. Situated in one of the first buildings in the enlargement ("Eixample") of the city of Barcelona.
It was designated a Historical Monument thanks to its interesting eclectic classical style. It is the only building that conserves the wealth of paintings and decorations on the original front, which have been fully restored. On the Modernist Route, it is located very close to Paseo de Gracia and the busiest commercial area of Barcelona.Hotel Barcelona-004249
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The uniqueness of this beautiful historical building lies in the fact that it is the only building in El Eixample that is decorated with paintings. It was designated a Historical Monument and is the most important of its kind in Barcelona. The property developer Josep Cerdà built this house between 1863 and 1864. The front is perfectly conserved and covers a surface area of 1200 m².
A team of 12 specialist restorers took part in the delicate restoration work. Detailed historical, technical and iconographic studies of the paintings were carried out before the work on the facade. The entire project was carried out under the supervision of the technicians from the City Hall of Barcelona and Generalitat de Catalunya.
The author of the paintings was the Italian artist Raffaelo Beltramini, who specialised in decorative painting and scenography in Barcelona in the second half of the 19th century. He mainly used the fresco technique in this work, although he also combined other methods.
The facade includes allegorical figures in bright colours which, after the restoration work, can again be admired in their original state. They are figures that symbolise nature, the arts, the sciences and cardinal virtues such as temperance, hope and prudence.
The paintings are distributed harmoniously under a hierarchical criterion in relation to the importance given to each floor during the period. Only the ground floor has no decoration.
On the first floor, the figures are brightly coloured and greatly ornamental to highlight the noble character of the main floor. These figures are situated on rectangular rosettes marked by a thin column and they have various decorative motifs at the top.
On the second floor, the figures are painted with a combination of different tones of green. They are not framed and include ribbons and other types of ornaments.
The decoration of the upper windows imitates doors with semicircular arches and archivolts, with circles painted in green.
A frieze of closed arches culminates this unique facade at the top of the building.
Its location and features will let you enjoy the busiest area of the city. At the same time, you can enjoy deserved moments of peace and quiet and relaxation.
The metro station that has a direct connection to the airport of Barcelona is located only 200 m from the hotel.
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UK Students Report on their Marine Conservation Field Trip in Mauritius
Staff and students from Nottingham Trent University in the UK embarked on an expedition to Blue Bay, Mauritius, to carry out surveys as part of the marine and terrestrial research of Dr. Nicholas Ray and Mr. Graham Shelbourne.
Students participating in this ongoing research project come from a range of degree courses including Wildlife Conservation, Environmental Science, Animal Biology and Zoo Biology but what they all have in common is a commitment to help the fight to protect endangered species and a passion for furthering their knowledge and experience with both terrestrial and aquatic species.
The trip took place during CITES CoP16 held in March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, where Member of the Parties voted to protect vulnerable shark and ray species from illegal and unsustainable trade. The students took on this opportunity to shout out for sharks and show their support to Project AWARE's "Extinction is NOT an Option" campaign by proudly sporting t-shirts designed specifically for the occasion. The students shared their knowledge, enthusiasm and passion with the local communities educating and inspiring them through the hard work they were doing collecting debris and recording data for analysis.
Transects were set up collecting debris both on the local beaches and in the sea by both land and marine teams. Debris was collected from each of the transects and taken back to base where identification and recording of the different types of plastics was completed and then disposed of responsibly. The data collected contributes to creating a global picture of the negative impact that plastic is having in and around our oceans.
The marine team led by Dr. Nicholas Ray continued their on-going biodiversity surveying of the lagoon and outer reef in an attempt to ascertain the health of the oceans in south-east Mauritius however they were pleased to report a distinct lack of debris at the dive sites.
The excellent on-going work of Mukesh Buldewa (owner of Coral Diving Centre and PADI Course Director) and his team have ensured that divers are very aware of the impact of debris in and around the dive sites and are involved in regular Dive Against Debris surveys throughout the year.
The daily collections of debris were a great success in the overall clean-up operation and generated a lot of interest from the locals who are now getting used to the presence of Nottingham Trent University students around Easter time working in collaboration with the local NGO Eco-Sud.
After last year's expedition Dr. Nicholas Ray said "It is hoped that the continued efforts of Eco-Sud under the Lagon Bleu project name and the presence of more student volunteers to help with the marine research will highlight the need for further Dives Against Debris and bring the local community together to continue to protect and preserve their local marine environment."
This year Dr. Nicholas Ray was pleased to report that the trip was once again a resounding success addressing his special thanks to Mukesh Buldewa, Christophe Bauluck and the rest of the team at Coral Diving who were such a great help with the marine project and the on-going support of Lagon Bleu and their team of volunteers. "Long may be our connections for the love of the ocean! Let's keep up the fight for a healthy ocean," he added.


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