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In sheer desperation, my brother yanked at the hem of a skirt near his head. A chalky voice neighed down at us from above: "Eh, look two littl'uns. What y'all want my darlings?" it said. "D..d..danish pastry."said my brother. "Two", I added, holding my fingers up at a smiling, heavily made up face. "'Ere, give dese two sweet'earts danish pastry neh." said the large woman to the surly attendant. The attendant reluctantly slapped two drippy, treacly treats on the counter and returned our change. "Go siddown dere 'n' eat." she said, pointing to an unoccupied table. "Y'all came 'lone eh?" "No, our grandfather's gone to the theatre to buy tickets." we chimed in chorus. "Ooh, holidayzuh?" she said, and turned back to continue haggling with the attendant, while my brother and I ran to the table slavering over our spoils.
This is my earliest memory of Nilgiri's - the most celebrated cake shop in South India. They'd been around over seventy five years before I arrived on the scene, and still stand strong and proud today. New cakeshops have come and gone, some with arguably better fare than their old world competitor. None, however, have been able to replicate their unbeatable always-been-there flavour, that seems to have ingrained itself irreversibly into our palates.
By the 1940s, Nilgiri's had moved down from their mountain abode into a little shop on Brigade Road stocked with homemade English goods. When they started their booming fancy cakes business in the '50s, everybody in Bangalore ordered from them. For every function, a cake more special than the previous one would be delivered fresh from Nilgiri's. For a wedding reception, my grandparents ordered a cake shaped in the form of an entire stage. For Pongal (yes we are incurably cantonment), they ordered a sugarcane shaped one. My mother's birthday cake was in the shape of a house, my uncle's was like an aeroplane, and the crowning glory was a rich Vat 69 bottle cake specially ordered for my great grandfather's birthday.
Nilgiri's, though hugely popular by the '60s, was still a friendly little shop. My mother remembers an incident from back then, when she arrived by auto on Brigade Road and realized she'd left her purse back home as usual. She hesitated only for a moment before deciding what to do. After admonishing the auto driver for not bowing low enough, she adjusted pin no. 112 in her bouffant hairstyle, batted her mascara'ed eyes and told him to wait by the side of the road, so as not to inconvenience the 8 vehicles that plied on it daily. Looking steadfastly away from the risqué poster at the Opera theatre, she took 347 mini-steps across the pavement (on account of her double wrapped saree), and stood at the Nilgiri's counter, knotting and unknotting her pallu worriedly. "What happened ma?" asked Mr Chenniappan, the kindly proprietor. The young mutter, amidst heaving bosoms, fluttering eyelids, and helpless looks cast hither and thither, explained her predicament. Without a moment's hesitation, Mr Chenniyappan emptied a bag full of 1 paisa coins onto the counter and said, "Take as much as you want ma". She counted out 100 coins, the staggering fare from Malleswaram to Brigade road, and gave them to the waiting driver, who was standing with his palms folded over his head and one leg crossed over the other, waiting for his fare in a meditative trance. He accepted the money with another low stately bow and sputtered away, humming the latest Sivaji hit.
But that was then. By the time I was tall enough to reach the top of the pastry counter, things had changed. The sweet little mountain-bakery had been replaced by Nilgiri's Supermarket, the biggest shop I had ever seen. You could get everything you'd ever read in an Enid Blyton there. Marzipans, gingerbread, licorice, cheeses, marshmallows, jellybeans, asparagus, easter eggs- everything. And at the cake shop below: pastries, puffs, pies, minces, pizzas, tarts, eclairs, macaroons- and of course, those slurpily delicious Danish pastries. The counters were operated by a bevy of Tamil women, all equally surly, and if my grandmother was to be believed, "hired directly from Nimhans, I tell you." They looked straight through you, said "No" just on a whim, and in the unlikelihood of their taking mercy on you, made you acutely aware of how privileged you were to be getting something from them. Nevertheless, the crowds surged on through the '90s and midway through my college years. Nilgiri's cakes were, after all, the cheapest and loveliest to be found.
Upper Crust, the restaurant started by the Nilgiri's heir-apparent, did roaring business, especially with the college crowd. People from my college, strategically situated in the heart of the city, would be the first to bunk class and appear there for a quick bite (and sometimes a long drawn out date) before a movie. The cafe-restaurant was also the perfect place to meet after a long day at work. When they started serving Chettinad cuisine, our joy knew no bounds. Unfortunately, the cafe went into decline in the 2000s thanks to family feud, and closed down a couple of years ago. Die hard Nilgiri's buffs like me grew sadder as the stacked shelves in the bakery grew lighter and lighter with every passing year.
Last week, an enthusiastic classmate and I decided to organize a college reunion at the Nilgiri's cake shop. We felt it was the perfect place to renew old aquaintances, and perhaps bid fond farewell to our old favourite hang out. As we waked down the stairs to the basement cake shop, a pleasant oniony aroma hit us. It was the all-too-familiar smell of Nilgiri's baking. The cake shop under its new management had been given a face lift. There was air conditioning, modern furniture, elegant lighting and even a children's play area. Nilgiri's' slightly anachronistic trademark pastries and cakes stood proudly in their shelves once again. The surly staff now smiled waterily at the customers, as they laboriously keyed bills into their new cash machines. The food, in true Nilgiri's style, was cheap, pleasant and satisfying.
As for the reunion, the less said about being the only singleton among 10 ageing classmates - spouses and children in tow, the better.


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work in the context of the Goodman combo gave the "vibes" (as it
eventually came to be known) a new level of legitimacy. Of course, Hampton 's
energy, inventiveness, enthusiasm, and sheer sense of swing also had much to do
with this. His was a style built on abundance: long loping lines, blistering
runs of sixteenth notes, baroque ornamentations, all accompanied by an
undercurrent of grunting and humming from above. Hampton
In looking back, Lionel Hampton was there at the beginning of my Jazz "Life."
's is a natural, uncomplicated musical talent—almost casually inventive—in
which the sheer joy of performing, the direct unfurrowed communication to an
audience, is more important than any critical or intellectual assessment of
it. He is in this sense also not a leader, the way Ellington and Lunceford, for
example, were. Hampton
is also rarely adventurous harmonically. He may appreciate the
"modern" orchestral settings provided by many of his arrangers, but
he himself rarely contributes significantly in the way of harmonic/melodic
explorations, being generally content to maintain a more conservative stance,
well-rooted in the swing language of the thirties." [excerpted p. 397] Hampton
"When he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra in 1936, Lionel Hampton's principal instrument, the vibraphone, was relatively unknown in the jazz world as a whole.
Hampton, more than anyone, is largely responsible for taking what was a quasi-novelty sound—essentially a "souped up" xylophone with added vibrato effect— and transforming it into a mainstream jazz instrument. …
Few figures of the be-bop era, with the obvious exception of Tatum (with whom the vibraphonist later jousted in a session of note-filled excesses), could squeeze more into a sixteen-bar solo than
In the battle of form versus content, the latter always won when this seminal
figure was on stage." Hampton
Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz, [p.151, paraphrased]
"Hampton's exuberant improvising, always full of high spirits, heady emotion and finger-poppin' excitement, marvelously complemented [pianist] Teddy Wilson's cooler, more controlled virtuosity. Between the two of them, they suggested the full range of expressive possibilities in Benny Goodman's own playing."
- Ross Firestone, Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman
"The exuberance and excitement and feeling of exultation that Lionel Hampton contributes to any musical occasion with which he is associated are absolutely amazing. No other single performer in American jazz—and in American big bands, too—has so consistently and joyously incited and inspired his fellow musicians and his listening audiences. For Hamp invariably projects a wonderful, uninhibited aura of spontaneity that brightens every place in which he performs and that assures everyone within earshot that music, fast or slow, screaming or sentimental, can be a joy forever—or at least as long as Lionel happens to be playing it.…
The band that Hamp eventually led, and continued to lead for many years thereafter, was primarily a swinging one, a high-flying swinging one, complete with brilliant showmanship and musicianship from Hampton and a whole series of talented musicians whom he discovered and inserted into his lineups.
Hamp always surrounded himself with outstanding musicians, …. [He]had a good ear and a good eye for new talent, and the list of musicians he has discovered is truly an amazing one. "We've been the breeding place of some fine jazz musicians," he told me one day, as he reeled off, with obvious pride, such names as Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Lucky Thompson, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Cat Anderson, Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer and many more, as well as singers Dinah Washington and Joe Williams."
- George T. Simon, The Big Bands, 4th Ed.
In looking back, Lionel Hampton was there at the beginning of my Jazz "Life."
He holds a special place in my coming-of-age in the music as he was the vibraphonist in the very first small Jazz group I ever heard.
Lionel was a member of clarinetist Benny Goodman's quartet which also featured Teddy Wilson on piano and Gene Krupa on drums.
The irrepressible swing of this combo made an indelible mark on me and I've always held the music played Benny's quartet as the standard by which to evaluate other combos.
Cohesiveness, listening closely to one another, sharing the solo spotlight but, above all, swinging with a sense of a firm rhythmic propulsion.
These are the qualities that impressed me in Benny's quartet and its what I want to experience when I listen to other small groups.
Benny's quartet had so much energy and enthusiasm and to my ear, the spark that ignited these qualities was Lionel Hampton.
Following his time with Benny Goodman, Lionel moved on to lead his own small groups and big bands for over 60 years.
The Jazz world also moved on and away from the style of Jazz that
represented until his death in 2002. Hampton
For many of the reasons described in the following excerpts from Günter Schuller's monumental The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz 1930-1945, Lionel became less of an artistic Jazz performer and more of a commercially successful one, especially for those fans who prefer their Jazz expressed in a more discriminating manner.
When Universal Pictures made The Benny Goodman Story in 1955, it reassembled the Goodman quartet to appear as themselves in the movie.
While they were in town for the filming of the movie, the Jazz impresario Norman Granz had his usual excellent presence-of-mind to bring Lionel, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa together to record a album for his then recently formed Verve Records label.
I coupled some schimolies together from my newspaper delivery route savings and bought a copy which I virtually wore-out while practicing to it.
Airmail Special from this Verve album is the audio track on the video tribute to Lionel Hampton at the conclusion of this profile about one of Jazz's Founding Fathers. Teddy, Lionel and Gene all play exceptional solos. Have a look and a listen and see what you think.
© - Günter Schuller/
University Press , copyright protected; all rights reserved. Oxford
has been one of the most successful and
enduring multi-instrumentalists in jazz, obviously one of the few outstanding
vibraphone soloists, but a drummer and (mostly two-fingered) pianist and
talented singer as well. … Hampton
In any period of its history, one is tempted to apply the word unique to Lionel Hampton. Certainly no one has outrivaled
in sheer exuberance, physical as well as
emotional. Motored by a seemingly limitless supply of energy and stamina, Hampton 's playing is known the world over for its
relentless physicality, unhampered technical facility (especially on vibraphone),
and a seemingly imperturbable inventiveness. Limitless outpourings of rhythmic
energy being always more admired in the popular arena than subtlety or
refinement of thought, Hampton 's image as the unremitting hard swingster has far outstripped an
awareness of his considerable lyric and melodic talents. Hampton
To be sure,
's approach to music is often unsubtle,
uncritical, at times even tasteless. In truth, when he assaults his drums,
brutalizes the piano keyboard in his hammered two-finger style, pounds the
vibraphone into submission, the perspiration quotient is high indeed, its
inspiration equivalent often considerably lower. Both in his ability to
generate audience frenzy and in his own susceptibility to it, Hampton foreshadowed the empty-minded hysteria of
today's more outrageous rock singers. Nor is the distance between rock and Hampton 's 1940s' early form of rhythm-and-blues
all that great, certainly not in respect to its rhythmic, dynamic, and energy
levels. Hampton
What all this unfortunately obscures is
's talents as a balladeer, both as a
vibraharpist and a singer, and his equally innate ability to express himself in
gentler, more subtle ways. Hampton
Stylistic identity and the creation of a recognizable individual orchestral style have never been uppermost in
's thoughts, succumbing instead to a randomness of approach that
accounts for much of the inconsistency of quality in both of his own playing
and that of his accompanying groups, large or small. Indeed, his ambivalence in
these matters caused him, when he contemplated forming a large band, to
consider seriously any number of orchestral options, ranging from hot to sweet,
from frantic jump to sedate dance, including the use of a large string section.
did in the end opt for a more orthodox
jazz instrumentation, one which in due course became pre-eminent as a dynamic
hard-driving swinging ensemble." [excerpted, pp. 393-394] … Hampton
"Great originality and well-conceived solos are, however, not
's forte.
He is not so much a creator as he is a compiler. His solos tend to consist of a
series of remembered or "common practice" motives, which he infuses
with his own brand of energy and strings together into a musical discourse.
While this method ensures that Hampton is never at a loss for ideas, the solos
tend to be based too much on patterns and repetitions, rather than development of ideas. Hampton improvisations are more apt to be a collection
of riffs. This is especially true in faster temps, whereas in more relaxed
contexts his melodic and ornamental gifts are given freer rein. More disturbing
even than the reliance on patterns, however, is Hampton 's fatal compulsion for musical quotations.
Uncritical audiences, of course, love these diversions, delighted to recognize
some snippet from the musical public domain and enjoying the improviser's
challenge of fitting it into, say, a 2-bar break, a challenge Hampton never
fails to meet. The liability of these tactics, however, on a serious level is
that they inevitably interrupt the musical argument, rather than extend or
develop it. For all of Hampton 's inordinate facility, his music-making is often indiscriminate
and uncritical. Hampton
is what he is, and no amount of latter-day
analyzing can—or should— make him into anything else. He is, like Armstrong,
one of the old school, where the entertainer role is always prominent, perhaps
even primary. And like Armstrong—though certainly not on his creative level— Hampton is a dedicated artist-musician and
craftsman, his flamboyance and exhibitionism not withstanding. And perhaps
most significantly, Hampton has been
the keeper of a venerable tradition which, though it stands apart from all
recent developments in jazz, is nevertheless a respectable one and one which
Hampton, given his age and stature, is well entitled to preserve." [excerpted,
p. 402] Hampton


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2 More Plead Guilty in Prearranged Funeral Scam
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The owner of a now-defunct prearranged funerals company in suburban St. Louis has admitted his role in what prosecutors called a giant Ponzi scheme.
Sixty-seven-year-old James Douglas Cassity, of Clayton, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to fraud, money laundering and misappropriation of funds. His 46-year-old son, Brent Cassity, pleaded guilty earlier Wednesday.
Prosecutors said their company, National Prearranged Services Inc., sold prearranged funeral contracts from 1992 until 2008 for up to $10,000 each. But the company used the money instead for its own benefit and to pay for previous customers' funerals.
Investigators say the scheme bilked customers of as much as $600 million.
Another employee pleaded guilty in June. Three others await trial.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
A son of the owner of a prearranged funerals company that prosecutors say was actually a giant Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty to federal fraud and other charges Wednesday.
Brent Douglas Cassity, 46, could face up to five years in prison when he's sentenced Nov. 7 for mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He's the second former employee of now-defunct National Prearranged Services Inc. to plead guilty in the case, joining 69-year-old Sharon Nekol Province, of Ballwin, who admitted her role last month and is due to be sentenced the same day as Cassity.
Cassity's plea agreement is sealed, so it wasn't clear if he had agreed to testify against others implicated in the case. His father, James Douglas Cassity, and three other defendants have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to stand trial starting Aug. 5.
According to prosecutors, the company sold policies in several states from 1992 until 2008 under which customers typically paid a single sum of up to $10,000 to cover the cost of future funeral services and related expenses.
The law required the company to keep the customers' money in a secure trust or insurance policy. Federal prosecutors say money from as many as 150,000 customers was used to enrich the company's officers and others, and that new business provided the money needed to pay for funerals that previous customers had paid for in advance.
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Though not always admitted, some people prefer to use the term dessert as against pudding as this has connotations of class. Using "dessert" is thought to be posher than a homely pudding. This distinction has changed with more traditional recipes making a fashionable comeback in recent times — such as spotted dick, bread and butter pudding and the timeless trifle!
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- 200ml whipped double cream
- 100g raspberries
- 4 peaches, oven-roasted, see recipe below
- 2tbsp clear honey or maple syrup
Method for oven-roasted peaches
- Slice each peach into 8-10 slices.
- Put into an oven-proof pan with 2 tbsp water, and cook over a medium heat until just beginning to soften. Do not stir.
- Remove from heat and gently stir in 2 tbsp maple syrup or clear honey.
- Slow-roast in the oven gas Mark 2/150C for 45 minutes until starting to caramelise.
- Remove from oven and if using for the roulade, drain off any excess juice. The excess juice can be used as a coulis to serve with the roulade. These are also delicious served with Greek yogurt.
Method for roulade
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Lightly brush the base of a 30cm x 23cm Swiss roll tin with vegetable oil. Cut a sheet of greaseproof paper to fit the base of the tin. Brush the paper with a little more oil, then dust with caster sugar and flour.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy, until pale and thick enough for the mixture to leave a trail when the whisk is lifted. This takes about 5-7 minutes.
- Sift half the flour into the mixture and fold in very carefully until no traces of flour are left. Repeat with the remaining flour. It's important to take your time and do it thoroughly.
- Halve the mixture and gently fold the raspberry jam into one half. Spread this gently into the prepared tin and top with the other half.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 7- 9 minutes, until golden and risen and just firm to the touch.
- Remove from the oven. Lay a piece of greaseproof paper that is larger than the sponge on the work surface. Dust the greaseproof paper with caster sugar. Turn out the sponge onto the sugar-dusted paper. Peel the paper off the base of the sponge. Roll gently lengthwise and place on a cooling rack.
- Once the sponge is cool, unroll it gently. Trim off the edges of the sponge.
- For the filling, dot the sponge with the roasted peaches and raspberries, then top with the cream.
- Roll the sponge carefully. Drizzle the peach juices over the top and serve.
Brioche summer pudding with an iced custard filling
Prep time: 20 minutes, plus overnight in fridge & freezer • Cook time: 10 minutes • Total time: 30 minutes • Serves 1
For the Summer Pudding:
- 60g strawberries, halved or quartered if large
- 60g raspberries
- 60g blackcurrant jam
- 1 tbsp crème de cassis or Ribena
- 3 slices brioche loaf
- 100ml whole milk
- 5g caster sugar
- 7g custard powder
- 40g double cream
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Method for Custard
- In a bowl mix together the custard powder and sugar adding the milk slowly to make a smooth mix. Heat gently in a pan or in a microwave to make a smooth custard.
- Remove from the heat and whisk well. Stir in the cream and vanilla if used and whisk again.
- Pour into an ice cube tray. Cover with cling film and put in the fridge.
- When completely chilled, place in the freezer for a couple of hours.
Method for Summer Pudding
- Place all the fruits, jam and cassis in a saucepan and cook gently over a medium heat for about 4 minutes, until softened but still holding their shape or in a bowl for 2 minutes on medium in a microwave.
- Drain over a bowl, reserving the juice and allow to cool slightly.
- Cut two large rounds from the brioche slices and three strips to line the bowl. Dip one brioche round into the juice, soak well and use line the base of a small basin. Dip the strips into the juice and line the sides of the bowl. Fill with the fruit and place the remaining soaked round on top.
- Cover with clingfilm and place a saucer with a weight, such as a food can, on top and put in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight.
- 40 minutes before serving, score a small circle of brioche from the top of the summer pudding, put to one side, and remove a large teaspoonful of the fruit. Pop a cube of iced custard into the hole and replace the brioche.
- Invert the pudding onto a plate and spoon the summer fruit onto the top.
- Place extra cubes of iced custard around the edge. Leave for 40 minutes at room temperature.


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The week in health: 5 things you need to know
This week we learned that trans fats in processed foods are a lot like Blockbuster stores: they still exist, but probably not for long. Here's what you need to know about that and all the health headlines:
The Food and Drug Administration has not banned trans fats – yet. But the agency really wants to rid the food supply of artificial fats that health experts say are artery-clogging killers. The stuff is still used in some baked goods, canned frostings, stick margarines, coffee creamers and microwave popcorns, but "there really is no safe level of consumption," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says. The public has 60 days to comment on a proposal that would remove trans fat from a list of ingredients "generally recognized as safe." But consumers should expect any phase-out to take years and, meanwhile, keep reading labels for telltale signs of "partially hydrogenated oil."
Federal health authorities also have their eyes on e-cigarettes. Manufacturers say these newfangled nicotine-delivery devices may be able to help smokers quit more dangerous conventional cigarettes. But the FDA is looking at ways to regulate them. And, in an interview with USA TODAY's health staff this week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thomas Frieden said he's worried about their potential to hook kids on nicotine and turn them into smokers.
There might be worse things than 'low T." Men who took testosterone supplements in a new study increased their risks of heart attack, stroke and death. These were older men and many had existing heart troubles, so it's not clear the results apply to younger, healthier men. But the findings may still give some men pause about trying the heavily marketed gels, patches and injections to boost their sex drives or fight fatigue.
There may someday be an autism screening test for babies. Infants who go on to develop autism spend less time looking at people's eyes when they are as young as two months old, a new study shows. But, as the New York Times reported, this is not something parents can pick up or that a pediatrician can reliably test for right now.
A bilingual upbringing may really pay off. The latest evidence comes from a study conducted in India which found bilingual people, no matter how educated or uneducated, develop dementia years later than other people do. So feel free to nag your kids to do their French or Spanish homework this weekend.


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Utopia Bay Beach Resort: Paradise for Weary ActivistsDr. W. S. Palimpsest
10/6/2005, 11:14 pm
Well comrades, there's no need to worry, for I've got the prescription for restoring your zeal. It's called Utopia Bay Beach Resort (UBBR) - a place where outspoken opponents of Bush's illegal nuclear war can come to decompress and recharge their revolutionary batteries before the next protest cycle. With a breathtaking backdrop of lush, green mountains arrayed in colorful tropical flora, this hillside enclave of serenity, located on the Caribbean island of St. John, commands a spectacular view of Utopia Bay, a stunning expanse of brilliant turquoise water fringed by a secluded white sand beach.
Winston Palimpsest Does Tour de FranceRed Square
7/17/2005, 8:19 pm
A press photographer at the Tour de France captured this image of our very own Professor Palimpsest protesting the Yankee imperialist, Lance Armstrong.
Chateau Babeuf: A Model of Social EntrepreneurshipDr. W. S. Palimpsest
6/30/2005, 5:48 pm
Social Entrepreneur Professor Palimpsest at his renowned winery, Château Babeuf.
Bonjour, mes amis! I'm sending in this installment from my artisan winery, which is magnificently situated in the picturesque Côtes du Rhône region of southern France.
I purchased the establishment back in the early '90s and renamed it "Château Babeuf," in honor of François Noël Babeuf, the father of the proto-socialist "Conspiracy of Equals" movement that flowered during the French Revolution.
When looking for a suitable winery to acquire, I naturally eschewed the viticultural regions of the United States, and, instead, chose the progressive country of France, where I'd be assured generous government subsidies to get my "enterprise" up and running. I must admit that it's so nice to be back here among the enlightened French people and to get a respite from the unsavory commercialism and myopic mindset of America.
Grade Points: Fair Redistribution Among The Less GiftedW.S. Palimpsest
5/25/2005, 2:48 pm
Red caps and gowns: would you have expected anything less from us, comrades?"
Another semester has ended here in the progressive, sub-alpine village of Boulder, Colorado. The always hilarious Bill Maher (my buddy Ward's favorite comedian) has delivered the commencement address, wryly peppered with side-splitters about our half-witted President. Once again, our halls of higher learning have disgorged a fresh class of graduates out into the dog-eat-dog world of capitalist wage slavery. Hopefully, the seeds of collectivism that my colleagues and I so insidiously sowed in their minds will sprout into thorns in the side of the bourgeoisie!
SerendipityDr W. S. Palimpsest
5/5/2005, 12:51 am


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Yummy Plants: a vegan lifestyle website and community. We can help you start a vegan diet!
vegan and gluten-free pasta
This week's Accidentally Vegan feature is… Ancient Grain Pasta by TruRoots! This gluten-free pasta is made from organic, kosher and non-GMO quinoa, amaranth, brown rice and corn. The package doesn't say vegan, but it is! Note: this gluten-free pasta is made in Italy and has a wonderful texture!


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There's no doubt that Adobe's Creative Suite compilation of tools for graphic arts professionals is as required in that field as the Autodesk suite of tools is for architects, or even Microsoft Office for most knowledge workers. So why would an application developer be one of the audiences well served by Adobe's latest Creative Suite release? In this article, I examine the 5th iteration of the suite look at what each member of the Creative Suite may bring to a developer's toolbox.
There are four configurations of Creative Suite: Design, Web, Production Premium and Master Collection. The version matching most developer's needs and budgets is the Web Premium edition, though to completely cover the product, I consider the Master Collection -- the largest and most expensive suite configuration.
While some developers have the fortunate gift of codifying logic as well as expressing aesthetically arresting visual design, few developers I know (including myself) have this hybrid left brain/right brain skill. There is something about shades, perspectives ,and the patient nuance of sketching a competent drawing that baffles my analytical engineering mind. And yet, like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, I know good art when I see it. It is within this context that I dove into the programs offered in the penultimate and most expensive collection of Adobe's intellectual assets which consists of the following design and programming tools:
- Audiovisual Tools
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Encore
- Adobe OnLocation CS5
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
- Adobe Soundbooth CS5
- Document Tools
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe InDesign
- Graphic Tools
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop Extended
- Web Tools
- Adobe Contribute
- Adobe Device Central
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Flash Builder 4 Standard
- Adobe Flash Catalyst
- Adobe Flash Professional
Audiovisual Tools
Adobe After Effects is a brilliant compositing tool for video and imagery. Broadcast-quality effects such as video overlays, 2D, 3D, image and vector graphic effect compositing, dozens of visual effects (distortion, smoke/sparks, wave reflections, lightning bolts, smart motion blurs and numerous transition effects), 32-bit audio effects support and much more. Notably in the CS5 release are full 64-bit support, Adobe's Roto Brush (identifying foreground elements from backgrounds and letting After Effects do the rest - no expensive rotoscoping required), color lookup table (LUT) support to apply more consistent color across projects, enhanced multiprocessor and multicore support for significantly faster rendering times, a unified user interface and more seamless integration with other CS5 applications like Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere.
Of primary interest to developers and workflow experts is After Effects support for Adobe's Expressions for application-centric and command-line driven automation instructions. Scripts can be edited via the program's built-in text editor that supports keyword highlighting that can be user-defined, and debugged via After Effects script debug menu. Another welcome aspect is the fact that After Effects project files can be exported in XML format so that they can be further automated via script manipulation. The extensive scripting model included with After Effects provides a broad degree of flexibility when leveraging the program in highly customized video effects and compositing workflows.
Encore is Adobe's Blu-ray and DVD authoring application. This was an application that personally held the least amount of interest for me since as a progressive technologist, I rarely have any need to consume video via physical transport medium. With the advent of numerous streaming media devices such as the Apple TV and Google TV, Blu-ray and DVD's days are numbered.
Adobe does offer a web-friendly format called web DVD (a Flash-based titles viewer for streaming content), but its implementation seems to be an out-of-sync attempt to emulate the disc menu experience on the web. Nevertheless, for those who require their video projects to be consumed via Blu-ray or DVD, Encore supplies several new features that make it as modern as any other interactive disc menu authoring package. New features include support for multi-page menus, native AVCHD camera support for Blu-ray output (no video transcoding necessary, keeping the purest digital video information intact) among other things. OnLocation is another application that developers may call upon during video capturing via the application's direct-to-disk recording. Metadata logs can be simultaneously recorded into the data. This can be programmatically extracted while working with Adobe Premiere's non-linear editor.
Speaking of which, Adobe Premiere Pro is the uber-editor for high-quality professional video editing. It's feature set is easily at parity with Apple's Final Cut Pro, but offers the added incentive of cross-platform support. While the version I tested was Mac-based, the behavior and performance on the PC should be identical on a comparably spec'd system. Premiere Pro CS5 leverages both 64-bit and GPU-accelerated processing for the fastest, most optimal number-crunching use of available hardware. Seamless integration between the other CS5 applications (particularly After Effects, Encore, OnLocation and Photoshop) coupled with new features like variable playback resolution, speech search (metadata-generated speech to text transcripts and analysis), AI-like face detection, individual still frame export, CineForm Neo 3D editing and exporting and the literally hundreds of filters and effects make Premiere a top video editing application.
Developers will appreciate its support for Open Media Framework (OMF) and Premiere's broad video playback and encoding support (including optimized encoding for FLV, WMV and MP4 mobile device playback). And because the application is so well integrated with other CS5 components, scripting automated workflows for recurring builds is not only possible but encouraged.
Adobe SoundBooth completes the audiovisual editing package with a sophisticated multitrack audio editor complete with a number of filter and mastering effects, over 130 royalty-free Soundbooth Scores, FLV or XML export cue markers for precise audio coordination with After Effects, Flash Pro and Premiere Pro projects.


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Flower Arranging 101
the art to making it easy
I love arranging flowers. I think it is something that anyone can do - because the style that I like the simpler the better. I don't think flowers should be contrived or stark. I think they should be bountiful and sweet - just as they would (should) grow, with natural bending lines and movement.
Floral arranging looks like it should be easy because the best arrangements are those that look natural. However, it is not always so easy to make flowers look 'natural'... there are a couple of tricks to learn.
I've mentioned before how my Aunt Joanie was a cake decorator and how she would let us 'help' her decorate cakes. Her sister, my Aunt Phyllis is a florist. She used to also let us 'help' her when she had large jobs and weddings. We would get to tie bows (it was the late 80's and early 90's... there were lots of bows) and prep roses by pulling the leaves off of the stems. Phyllis is one of those people that has an eye and a hand for artistry. She has a knack for creating a natural looking arrangement - tweaking the placement of a rose here, maybe a branch of greenery there to add interest and natural movement.
When I was first starting out as an event designer, I went back to Phyllis for a little floral training - as an adult. She taught me some of the tricks to shaping a bouquet, keeping it fresh, and how to look at each flower's shape to determine where it should be placed for the most appealing look.
I put together (or I attempted to...) a little step-by-step for the arrangements I created for Emma's Baptism :
1) Start by getting all of my flowers prepped - taking off all of the foliage off of the stems - or most.
2) Gather your vessels to determine shape and size. Fill them with clean, cool water. Here, we're using coffee cups for the mini arrangements that will go down each table and a larger white urn that will be used on the Alter, then brought down for the buffet centerpiece.
3) Pile all of your flowers up - blooms out - to see how they look together. Edit from here - then you know exactly what you're working with.
Pictured Left to Right :
-Pink Parrot Tulips
-Pink Hyacinth
-Pink Ranunculous
-Pink Tulips
In the Vase (not in the photo here)
-Blush Pink Hydrangea
-Cream Garden Roses
-White Lilac (on the table)
4) Start with the branches - they will help to determine the shape, as well as create stability for each bloom as you place it in the vase.
Then... I got carried away. I got so into it that I forgot to take more step-by-step photos! So...
The finished product! Here is how I got there :
5) Hydrangeas - they will create most of the fullness.
6) Garden Roses - place them in the holes between the hydrangeas
7) Lilac - place them in groups of three. I like these at the base of the arrangement because they bend nicely. Be sure to stick a couple in at the top just off center because they will add nice height.
8) Tulips - place these in groups of two and three. I also like these bending down around the base.
9) Ranunculous - fill in with whimsy. These should look a little random as they peek up through the flowers.
I made little hand arrangements and divided up the flowers until they were full. There is not much to these! I finished with a couple of magnolia leaves for contrast.
Emma was a great helper (because she slept almost the entire time!). She even put on her overalls for the big job. Don't you love that knit hat?
The finished product...
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by Katherine Meakem, Public Relations Writer
Three graduates of Cedarville's sports business management program began work with Quint Events, a professional sports event management company, in August.
The company creates and sells elite weekend experience packages to many famous sporting events like the NFL Super Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl, NBA All Star Weekend and the Kentucky Derby.
After graduating in 2013, all three alumni spent several months as interns with Quint Events located in Charlotte, N.C. Now full-time employees, the graduates agree that Cedarville prepared them both academically and professionally to thrive in the sports industry.
Matthew Callan, from Cedarville, Ohio, and Stephen Ellis, from Pittsburgh, Pa., graduated with sports business management majors. Brooke Devereaux, from Oakland, Maine, graduated with a sports business management minor. This program in Cedarville's school of business administration equips students to pursue professional careers in the sports industry.
With many opportunities for out-of-class experiences, Ellis appreciates the real-world knowledge he gained about sports management during his time at Cedarville. Ellis feels that the curriculum and classes in the program gave him a strong understanding of the marketing side of the sports industry.
"The biggest aspect that Cedarville set me up for was how to communicate with my clients," Ellis said. Ellis currently sells ticket packages to the weekend experiences Quint Events hosts at famous sporting events, and he even attends some of these events to serve clients on site.
Callan also sells high-profile ticket packages for Quint Events. In addition to his work with sales, Callan helps run several Quint Event experiences at large sporting events and has enjoyed experiencing many aspects of the sports management business firsthand. "Cedarville prepared me very well for the problem-solving and the background of the industry," said Callan.
In November, Lori Huckaby, assistant professor of sports business management, and 10 of her students will take a class trip to Austin, Texas, where they will volunteer with Quint Events and help serve clients at the Formula One United States Grand Prix. This trip will provide students the opportunity to put into action what they have learned in class. Huckaby said that these events and internships "provide invaluable experiences for students."
According to Callan, he appreciates his time at Cedarville even more after participating in many aspects of the sports industry as an intern and now as a full-time employee. "I take the things I learned at Cedarville and use them to make decisions every day with my job and the rest of life."
Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University attracts 3,400 undergraduate, graduate and online students to more than 100 areas of study. Inspiring greatness for over 125 years, Cedarville is a Christ-centered learning community recognized nationally for rigorous academic programs, strong graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings and leading student satisfaction ratings. Visit the University online at www.cedarville.edu.


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Decision : 27 COM 8C.45
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Inscribes Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat), Iraq, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv):
Criterion (iii): Founded in the 3rd millennium BCE, the most important role of Ashur was from the 14th to 9th century BCE when it was the first capital of the Assyrian empire. Ashur was also the religious capital of Assyrians, and the place for crowning and burial of its kings;
Criterion (iv): The excavated remains of the public and residential buildings of Ashur provide an outstanding record of the evolution of building practice from the Sumerian and Akkadian period through the Assyrian Eempire, as well as including the short revival during the Parthian period;
2. Requests the Iraqi authorities to provide the Environmental Impact Assessment and original feasibility study;
3. Considering the costs of remedial measures already proposed by the Engineering Report,
4. Considering the pause in construction activity occasioned by the war,
5. Taking into consideration that the original proposal for the dam, while necessary, may not have been planned with consideration of all aspects of the problem,;
6. Requests the Centre and ICOMOS to continue assisting the responsible Iraqi authorities in the definition of possible alternative locations for the dam and the most appropriate protection measures for the property, including a comprehensive management plan;
7. Invites UNESCO, should the dam project be resumed, to launch an appeal to the international community and archaeological missions to help the Iraqi Department of Antiquities in conducting rescue excavations and documentation in the area affected by the future reservoir.
DocumentsDecisions adopted by the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee in 2003" > WHC-03/27.COM/24
Context of DecisionWHC-03/27.COM/8C
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Stanley CSS names new executive
Stanley CSS on Dec. 13 named Robert Branchaud, to lead its Eastern Canada district, which will encompass Stanley's operations in Canada as well as the former Microtec Security Systems (AlarmCap.) Branchuad was a founder of a security company that he sold to Microtec in 2000.
Stanley acquired Microtec, the fourth largest alarm company in Canada in August. Here's my report on that deal. The deal also also included ULC approved and bi-lingual monitoring capabilities.
"The implementation of local, ULC and French speaking monitoring services, solidifies Stanley CSS as a major player in the Canadian security industry," Branchaud is quoted as saying in a release. "Our advanced technology detects what region a customer is calling from before connecting him or her with an operator. We are then able to identify the caller's language and match the caller with an operator who can communicate most efficiently with the customer. Stanley CSS' commitment to doing business at a local level and focusing on outstanding service in the five customer touchpoints highlights their understanding and appreciation for the importance of individual service."
Here's some more information on Branchaud from the release.
"[He] is well known and highly regarded in the Canadian security industry. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, he founded three security companies, the most recent of which he sold the majority of interest to Microtec Enterprises, Inc. in 2000. Active in the Canadian security industry, Branchaud previously served as President of the Canadian Security Association (CANASA) for the Quebec division, received President's Awards in 2005 and 2011 for his achievements with CANASA, and was the 2011 recipient of the R.A. Henderson Award in recognition of his exemplary leadership, years of dedication and significant contributions to the Canadian security industry."


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Bonita Vormawor, MathWorks
Learn the different ways in which you can share MATLAB programs as desktop, web and enterprise applications.
You will learn how to:
About the Presenter: Bonita Vormawor is a senior application engineer at MathWorks, with a focus on application deployment using MATLAB. Prior to joining MathWorks in 2011, she gained years of experience working in numerous professional roles across various industries. Her past titles include: senior software engineer, associate scientist, laboratory administrator, database developer, and research assistant. Her former employers include: Raytheon Company, Polaroid, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Bonita earned a M.S. degree in computer science, from the National Technological University, and a B.A. degree for a double major in computer mathematics, and natural sciences, from the University of Pennsylvania.
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"The Royal Charter off Moelfre"
Image used with permission of E. D. Walker
Image used with permission of E. D. Walker
(This post and the anniversary of this shipwreck is the reason I began blogging five years ago. It's now 156 years since my 3rd great grandfather lost his life in this shipwreck. I've found more cousins since then and sometimes blogging is slow when I'm in school, but the blog and I are hanging in there!)
October 26, 2010 is the 151st anniversary of my great-great-great grandfather, Manus Maurice Boyle's, death in the shipwreck of the Royal Charter. He worked in the coal mines of northeastern Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Alice Monaghan, were both Irish immigrants and longed for a better life for their two daughters, Bridget Mary and Anna. He left Pennsylvania in September 1856 to go to Australia to mine for gold in hopes of a better future for his family. He was returning to his family from Australia in the autumn of 1859. The Royal Charter would have taken him back to Britain. No one knows what ship he was to board to return to America. No one knows what fortunes, if any, he was returning from Australia with. During the last leg of his journey to Liverpool a hurricane struck. There was no advanced warning. None existed prior to that date.
The winds that raged over 100 mph changed from East to North/Northeast and the bay (Moelfre Bay) which Captain Taylor had hoped would shelter them became the instrument of their demise. The anchors that had been weighed, snaped in the first hours of the morning of October 26th and the ship was repeatedly thrown against the rocks until it split and sank. Of more than 480 passengers and crew only 41 survived. No women or children were saved.
The valiant efforts of one of the crew, Joe Rogers, and the inhabitants of the Moelfre coast were what enabled even those 41 to be saved. The storm had caused damage to one of the Moelfre homes and as residents were repairing the roof in the early hours of the morning they saw the ship in peril. They woke the town and 28 local men made a human chain in the violent waters of the bay to attempt to rescue those aboard. Joe Rogers took a line from the ship and swam to shore, being turned back in the violent waves of the storm at least 3 times before reaching the men on shore. The rope was used in an attempt to bring those from the vessel ashore.
Sadly, many of the passengers on the ship jumped or were thrown overboard. The bulkiness of the clothes of the time coupled with the fact that many had money belts and pockets filled with gold inhibited their efforts to the deadliest of degrees. Had they abandoned their garments and treasure many more may have survived.
There was over 322,000 pounds (British monetary unit) of gold aboard the ship. This was the amount insured back in 1859 and does not include the gold the passengers kept on their persons. I do not know the equivalent in today's currency the gold would be valued at, but it would obviously be substantially higher. The large amount of money combined with the rumors of "good fortune" that surrounded the town after the wreck led to the shipwreck being called the Golden Wreck.
The village church of Saint Gallgo became the collection point for the bodies. The Reverends Stephen Roose Hughes and his brother Reverend Hugh Robert Hughes paid the local inhabitants to bring the bodies to the church, a difficult trek up the rocky shores to the church made monetary remuneration the only way to persuade the locals to take on the grim task. They saw to the burial of those killed and personally answered over 1000 letters they received begging a response regarding loved ones. The stress from this caused the Reverend Stephen Hughes' life to be cut short. He died a few years later.
The church at Saint Gallgo still exists today and each year remembers those lost in this tragedy. Monuments stand to remember those lost. A distant cousin of mine Debbie Fay Buch and her husband, Josh Buch, placed a memorial stone at Saint Gallgo Church in August 2004. It reads:
Manus Maurice Boyle
Never Recovered from the Royal Charter
Placed by the Fay Family
Hazleton, PA USA 2004
Never Recovered from the Royal Charter
Placed by the Fay Family
Hazleton, PA USA 2004
I don't sit around depressed over the fact that this is the anniversary of my ancestor's death. What would have happened had he come home with gold from Australia? My 2nd great grandmother, Anna Boyle, may never have met her husband, Martin Blanchfield, and I would never have been born. Sometimes good can come from tragedy. People's fortunes can improve or worsen causing them to make decisions that determine the outcome of their history and sometimes other people's histories. It does sadden me to know that Manus was never to hold his youngest daughter, Anna. She was born 2 months after he left for Australia. It saddens me to know that his last thoughts were most likely of a family that he would not see again in this world. Or perhaps his last thoughts were of a determination to survive and get back to them. A determination that was matched by the ferocity of the circumstances in which he found himself. It saddens me knowing that he did not die the "peaceful" death of drowning for the majority of those lost were broken on the rocks of the bay. The passengers and crew of the Royal Charter died so close to shore that even today the wreck can be seen below the surface of the waters from the bay's shoreline. Still there, resting peacefully below the water.
It is not everyone that can say their ancestor's demise was written about in books. I have read two that write of the Royal Charter. One by Alexander McKee, "The Golden Wreck: The Tragedy of the Royal Charter" is out of print, but it tells of the voyage from Australia to it's wreck, the recovery of the remains of the victims and the trial of the crew that survived. I have read the account of the shipwreck written by the great Charles Dickens (yes, I said Charles Dickens wrote about this tragedy!) in his book "The Uncommercial Traveller" (only about the first 20 or so pages of the book are dedicated to this wreck. It's a series of 34 books and this is in volume 24. The entire series tells of Dickens' travels as he IS the Uncommercial Traveller).
I take this time today to remember a man I never knew, but love nevertheless. As a genealogist it can be hard to convey to those that do not research their ancestry that while we may never have met these names that appear in our family trees, we feel a closeness that defies explanation.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa. You will be remembered by your many descendants.


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BOSTON (AP) — The more informed you are, the better. Yet there's so much information about mutual funds available, from performance data to legal disclosures, that it's understandable to wonder what you really need to know.
For the past three weeks, many investors have been able to check out new information that falls into this category. On a fund company's website, they can click on list of available money-market funds to see daily updates showing tiny changes in the market value of a money fund's portfolio.
Average investors and institutions use these safe-harbor investments as parking places for cash that's temporarily kept out of stocks or higher-yielding segments of the bond market.
Goldman Sachs on Jan. 9 became the first to post daily values of its money funds. More than a half-dozen other companies have since followed suit or announced similar plans. They include the largest money fund provider, Fidelity Investments, as well as such names as Federated Investors, BlackRock, JPMorgan and Charles Schwab.
There's minimal practical value for average investors to review these numbers. Money funds get relatively little attention because they're low-risk investments, and their portfolios of short-term bonds generate tiny returns even in the best of times.
But by voluntarily making these daily disclosures, the money fund industry is doing more than just serving investors. It's trying to convince regulators that it's open to some degree of change, in hopes of heading off more far-reaching rules that are under consideration to stabilize money funds.
"All of a sudden, the industry got religious on transparency," says Peter Crane of money fund researcher Crane Data. "It's throwing a bone to regulators."
With its leadership in transition, it's too early to say how the Securities and Exchange Commission will react to the industry's increased openness. But the step could convince regulators that there's no need to require funds to hold loss reserves — there are none currently — or that there's no need to set limits on how quickly investors can withdraw cash.
Generating even more industry opposition is a proposal that the value of money fund shares float, rather than be kept at the current fixed $1 per share. Allowing money funds to be priced slightly above or below $1 would reflect the market value of the fund's holdings at a given time.
With nearly $2.7 trillion in assets, money funds' critical role in the financial system became clear during the financial crisis. In September 2008, a large money fund collapsed and investors pulled more than $300 billion from money funds in a matter of days. Short-term credit markets froze and the government rescued money funds by extending temporary guarantees. This created headaches for corporate and local government treasurers, who use cash invested by money fund shareholders to cover short-term needs such as payroll and purchasing.
After the crisis, the industry largely embraced new SEC rules to stabilize money funds. But some regulators say additional changes are needed. The industry says that proposals such as withdrawal restrictions and floating asset values would make money funds so unattractive that investors would pull out of them altogether.
Restrictions backed by former SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro stalled last summer when she couldn't secure backing from a majority of the five-member panel. President Obama has nominated Mary Jo White to replace Schapiro. The week after Obama's re-election, the Financial Stability Oversight Council urged the SEC to adopt stricter rules, putting pressure on White to act if her appointment is approved.
In anticipation, the industry has rolled out the new daily public disclosures on money fund values. They provide far more information than the monthly updates that fund companies began providing to regulators a couple years ago.
So far, money funds are making daily disclosures covering more than half of the industry's assets, according to Crane Data. But there are some holdouts. One is Vanguard, which argues that the majority of its money fund investors are individuals, rather than institutions that might have greater interest in frequent disclosures.
Daily changes in the values of Vanguard's largest money fund, with $122 billion in assets, have been minimal, a Vanguard spokeswoman said.
Indeed, there's been little alarming information from the daily disclosures so far. If that keeps up, it could show that there's no need for tighter money fund rules, says Lance Pan, research director at Capital Advisors Group, which assesses risks for investment clients such as corporate treasurers.
Each of the more than 200 funds that Crane Data tracked through Jan. 22 posted net asset values above $1 a share. On average, the funds published market values of $1.0002, or a dollar and two-hundredths of a penny. Typically, values are rounded off to four decimal places.
"Anyone tracking this should expect to see a lot of zeros," Crane says. "So far, there have been no nines, and that's good."
For example, a fund reporting a value of 99.9999 cents means there was temporarily a slip below the $1-a-share benchmark, measured by the latest value. However, investors withdrawing cash from the fund could still get back $1 for each dollar they invested, because the disclosures reflect the market's latest asset pricing, rather than how much investors get when they redeem.
A fund with a value slightly below $1 wouldn't "break the buck" unless it fell below 99 and a half cents. That's what happened with the Reserve Primary Fund, which collapsed during the financial crisis.
It's not surprising that the new daily asset value disclosures haven't revealed any funds to be at risk of breaking the buck. Markets aren't currently under stress, as they were in 2008.
The next time there's trouble, Crane will check to see whether any funds appear to be at the risk of breaking the buck. For now, however, average investors have little need to pay attention to the new disclosures.
"Anything happening in the world that's important enough to noticeably move a fund's net asset value is probably something that's important enough to be in the newspapers," Crane says. "So you can just stay alert that way, rather than watching all these zeros."
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Our Valentine's Crush: The Blue OxPosted: February 15th, 2010 | Author: JR | Filed under: American, Bistro, Blue Ox, Lynn | Tags: Lynn Restaurants, The Blue Ox, Valentine's Day | No Comments »
We had planned to take a night off from reviewing when we headed to dinner on Saturday night for a Valentine's Day treat. But we had such a great meal at The Blue Ox that we'd be remiss not to tell you about it.
Feeling in a celebratory mood, we chose Matt O'Neil's $39 prix fixe menu, which included two options for each of the three courses. The cauliflower soup was outstanding: creamy and smoky with a generous serving of bay scallops. Not loving frisee, we were skeptical about the salad but wanted something light before the pasta entrée. As it turns out, we don't mind frisee one bit when it's dressed in a maple vinaigrette and accompanied by fantastic duck prosciutto, tangy blue cheese, sweet apricots, and salty pistachios—an incredible combination.
Our main courses were also highly satisfying. The grilled filet mignon was properly cooked to medium rare and kissed with a flavorful port wine glaze. A heaping serving of mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus were perfect accompaniments. Just as good were the firm but light potato gnocchi with a generous portion of lobster and a wonderful sauce of butternut squash, mascarpone, and parmigiano.
Yes, we were too full for dessert, but we had to at least sample the mascarpone cheesecake (to die for) and the decadent chocolate layer cake with whipped-cream filling.
Given that it was Saturday night on Valentine's Day weekend, we half-expected to run into kitchen missteps and/or harried waitstaff. We're happy to report this was not the case. Despite a very crowded dining room, our waitress was smiling and calm throughout, and we never felt rushed or neglected.
With O'Neil's obvious talent and reasonable prices for this quality of food (entrées run from $15 to $19), the crowds are no surprise. Still, opening this type of restaurant in downtown Lynn was a risk, so we're glad to see that diners are not letting the location get in the way of a terrific meal.
Next Tuesday (2/23) at 7:00, O'Neil is holding a demonstration on deboning a chicken and preparing a chicken roulade. The cost is $35, which includes a three-course meal of escarole soup, the chicken roulade, and almond cream cake. We attended an earlier demonstration and found it informative and fun—you can read about it here. Call if you want to reserve a spot, as these tend to sell out.
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191 Oxford Street, Lynn
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy - Paid Tools
As we go through the 52 weeks of writing it will be interesting to see others responses.
My first thought was, "What tools do they mean?" My computer is a tool and I paid for it and I use it.
My camera is a tool and I paid for it and use it. My genealogical programs I have paid for and I use them.
I have membership in societies that are used as tools for information. I also have Ancestry and Fold3
and two more subscriptions about to run out until I have more time to use them.
Like using Geni.com for sharing with other researchers, it there by, is also a tool. I use Reunion mostly on the computer which of course is a Mac. So one is stored in the sky and one on computer.
The list could be really long but you get the idea now.
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Eric A. Jones Jr.
Loved the outdoors
Eric A. "Buddy" Jones Jr., 24, of Finleyville, died unexpectedly Sunday, December 25, 2011.
He was a loving son of Eric A. Sr. and Karen Jones; beloved brother of Jenna (Mike) Palmieri and Patrick Jones; and grandson of David and Mary Huffman and the late James and Betty Jones. He also will be missed by his NA family.
He loved the outdoors, hunting and camping. He was an Eagle Scout.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Paul L. Henney Memorial Chapel, 5570 Library Road, Bethel Park, where funeral services will be held at a time to be announced Thursday, December 29. www.henneyfuneralhome.com
Susi, interpret the weekly topics and way you want to. You know me, I never put rules on any of these series. There are no wrong answers. I want you to have fun!ReplyDelete
Amy Thanks for the comment. I grew up on a ranch and tools were lol a lot more specific. Hammer, Lathe, saw etc. I look forward to this adventure.ReplyDelete
Do you have a list of all who are participating? The replies would be fun to read.
I don't have a list, sorry. Participation varies from week to week.ReplyDelete