Kenny Perry shoots 63 to win US Senior Open

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Kenny Perry is getting the hang of these majors. He only wishes it had happened sooner.

Perry completed a masterful performance with a 7-under 63 on Sunday that gave him a five-shot win over Fred Funk in the U.S. Senior Open.

The 52-year-old Kentuckian won his second straight senior major with a flurry. His 64-63 finish and the 10-shot deficit he overcame after 36 holes set tournament records. His 13-under total of 267 matched the lowest four-round score.

"It all came together. Why, after all these years?" Perry said. "Here I am, (almost) 53 years old, and it finally came together for me."

On the regular tour, Perry won 14 times but was best known for collapses in the 2009 Masters and 1996 PGA Championship. Those memories haunted him again in May when he squandered a three-shot lead with six holes to play in the Senior PGA Championship and lost by two to Kohki Idoki.

Just as he did two weeks ago in the Senior Players Championship at Fox Chapel, Pa., where he won by two shots over Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf, Perry came from well behind to win in the hills and heat at the par-70 Omaha Country Club.

"This is by far the biggest tournament I ever won," Perry said. "I lost the playoff at the Master's and the PGA playoff. I didn't get the job done. Now to have a USGA title, it's an Open, it's our Open, it's what the players play for.

"To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honor."

Perry, who started Sunday two shots behind leader Michael Allen, was in front to stay after he birdied the second and third holes and Allen bogeyed the third.

Perry's 63 matched Allen's Friday score for best round of the tournament and was the best ever in a U.S. Senior Open final round.

"He put it to us," Funk said. "Six under yesterday, seven today, back-to-back. It's kind of what he did two weeks ago at Fox Chapel. He just smoked the field on the weekend. He just lapped us."

Perry made par over the last three holes. A wide smile crossed his face as he tapped in for par on 18. He dropped his putter, raised both arms and waved his visor to the gallery.

Perry is the ninth player to win consecutive senior majors. He said he wouldn't go for three in a row. He's staying home to rest rather than play the British Senior Open in two weeks.

Perry had six birdies and one bogey on his way to a 5-under 30 on the front nine Sunday. He started a run of four straight birdies when he blasted out of the sand to within 5 feet on No. 6.

By the time he made the turn, he was three shots ahead of the fading Allen.

Things momentarily got interesting when Rocco Mediate made a 10-foot putt on No. 15 for his third straight birdie to get within two shots. Over on the par-5 14th, Perry was buried in the left rough. He chipped into the fairway and was left with 130 yards to the pin.

He knocked his wedge within a foot, yelling "Be right" as his ball plopped onto the green and rolled toward the cup. After the tap-in, another birdie on No. 15 and Mediate's bogey on 16, Perry's lead was up to five and he was well on his way to his fourth win since he joined the Champions Tour in 2010.

Perry said Mediate's late run helped him keep his focus.

"I was like, 'Oh, oh, we've got to keep going. We've got to put the hammer down and work on out,' " Perry said. "Sometimes when you get leads, you kind of hang onto that lead. I didn't want that cushion. I wanted to push it on out there. I wanted a five-shot lead coming down to the last hole."

Funk, the 2009 champion, was runner-up for the second straight year and third time since 2008. He was tied with Perry after the third round but couldn't make much headway, shooting a final-round 68.

Mediate (66) and Corey Pavin (67) tied for third at 7-under 273.

The 54-year-old Allen needed acupuncture treatments for a pinched nerve in his neck to be able to play the last three rounds. His five-shot lead through 36 holes was the largest in tournament history. He followed his course-record 63 on Friday with a pair of 72s that left him in fifth place.

"Today's round was probably the greatest round I've ever played," Perry said. "I just was spot on with all my irons. I putted like Ben Crenshaw. It's just been a remarkable month. I've had a great run."

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How to Score a Great Vacation Rental | Northwest TripFinder

Looking for a fun alternative to a hotel, but dislike the lace and frills of a traditional bed and breakfast? There?s another lodging option you can book with the click of a mouse?the vacation rental.

From rustic mountain cabins to deluxe oceanfront condos, vacation rentals often come loaded with perks and might even save you money.

Not all vacation rentals are second homes, but many are. This can make for some interesting experiences as the vacation home renter. You might open a dresser drawer to find someone?s spare nightie, or experience cruel disappointment when you discover the home owner?s idea of ?morning coffee? is instant.

But there may be surprising benefits, too.

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Loaded with Perks

We once booked a vacation cabin near Lake Wenatchee with a colorful hand-tiled shower that was truly a work of art. A loft we rented on Orcas Island was the second story of an active pottery studio and we had a chance to watch a potter in action. You?ll probably find a vacation rental?s kitchen to be fully-stocked, which is always a plus when you forget to pack the salt and pepper. And if you love to try new board games, the average vacation home has plenty.

A friend of mine, Seattle author Lyanda Lynn Haupt,?regularly books her family?s local getaways through VRBO.com?where she recently found a deal on a cabin at Spring Creek Ranch in Winthrop. She described it as beautiful, rustic and well-designed for a family retreat, but it was the added perks of the setting that truly put this place over the top for her.

?The cabin is on an alfalfa farm at the edge of the Methow River. Right out of your cabin door you can access this trail, a lovely cross-country ski trail in winter. It?s so private and tranquil,? she told me. Other perks of the cabin included a fenced dog run, washer and dryer to launder your gear and even boarding for your horses, should you have them.

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Where to Find Great Vacation Rentals

Vacation rentals are easy to locate, evaluate and book these days with websites like HomeAway.com, Flipkey.com and VRBO.com. Owners of vacation rentals post the listings themselves, so there is no middleman or travel agency to go through. The lodgings will have plenty of descriptive text and photos for you to peruse. You can narrow your search with parameters such as the number of bedrooms you need or whether pets are allowed. You can even surface results based on keywords, like ?hot tub? or ?golf.??Most helpful, though, are the reviews left by prior renters that give you a good sense of a property?s assets, pitfalls, and overall value before you commit to the booking.

For a specific Northwest region, check out local websites that feature listings for vacation rentals. Popular with outdoor recreationists, the site CentralReservations.net features cabins and ski condos in the Methow Valley. Owners of vacation homes around Lake Wenatchee post their cabins on LakeWenatcheeInfo.com, and Mt. Baker chalet owners use mtbakerlodging.com. If your eye is set on a particular vacation resort community like Seabrook on the Washington Coast, Black Butte Ranch?or Sunriver Resort in Oregon, you can go directly to the resort?s website, then search for and book vacation rentals right there.

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Vacation Rental Tips

Ready to take the plunge on?your?next getaway? Here are some basic tips for a smooth vacation rental experience:

Do your research.?Read through the property?s reviews to see what past guests shared about their experiences. Look for common themes in the reviews. If one bad review included had a petty gripe about the front door sticking but most of the other reviews are glowing, you might confidently ignore that one bad review. But if the same complaints surface a few times, take notice.

Go offline. Lyanda Haupt always makes contact with the owners for information not included in the property description. ?I hate traffic noise, so I might call and say ?I?m looking for a place that is quiet, can you tell me how loud the highway noise is?? I appreciate it when the owner gives me a candid response, and I like engaging with the owner ahead of time.?

Follow safe practices. Perhaps you?ve read about travelers being scammed by booking vacation rentals via websites like Craigslist only to show up and find the property doesn?t even exist. Avoid being scammed by taking common sense precautions. Never wire money. Spot red flags, like if the owner pressures you to act fast before someone else books the property. And if a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Read the Fine Print. Many of the rentals require minimum stays of two nights or more, or require a cleaning fee. Know what the cancellation policy is, and if there are any house rules you need to follow.

Vacation Rentals in Parks

Not all vacation rentals are listed on VRBO or AirBnB. Throughout the Pacific Northwest, outdoor enthusiasts are finding cheap sleeps right on the lands they play on, and they?re not just sleeping in tents. Some dwellings are light-filled yurts near a beach, while others are historic cabins in the woods.?Rates start as low as $46 a night.

Washington State Parks offers heated cabins and yurts at twenty three state park locations, including cozy cabins at Wallace Falls State Park and canvas yurts at Cape Disappointment State Park.

Eleven Washington State Parks also have vacation house rentals available; they?re actual homes (many historic) that are heated, furnished and ready to host you on your next vacation. For example, Fort Flagler State Park on Marrowstone Island rents homes small and large that were once used by military personnel and their families. Cape Disappointment State Park rents out the lighthouse keepers? residences.

Several Oregon State Parks rent out vacation cabins ranging from very rustic to deluxe.

A fun option near Seattle is to rent a refurbished shipping container at King County?s Tolt MacDonald Park in Carnation. The mod vessel rents for $50 a night.

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A version of this article first appeared in 2012 on OutdoorsNW.com.

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NSA at Defcon? More like No Spooks Allowed

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Member of the DHS Advisory Committee Jeff Moss speaks at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit in New York, June 12, 2012.

The annual Defcon hacking convention has asked the federal government to stay away this year for the first time in its 21-year history, saying Edward Snowden's revelations have made some in the community uncomfortable about having feds there.

"It would be best for everyone involved if the feds call a 'time-out' and not attend Defcon this year," Defcon founder Jeff Moss said in an announcement posted Wednesday night on the convention's website.

An irreverent crowd of more than 15,000 hackers, researchers, corporate security experts, privacy advocates, artists and others are expected to attend the Las Vegas convention that begins August 2.

Moss, who is an advisor on cyber security to the Department of Homeland Security, told Reuters that it was "a tough call," but that he believed the Defcon community needs time to make sense of the recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.

"The community is digesting things that the feds have had a decade to understand and come to terms with," said Moss, who is known as The Dark Tangent in hacking circles. "A little bit of time and distance can be a healthy thing, especially when emotions are running high."

He said that the move was not designed to create tension, but to defuse it. "We are not going on a witch hunt or checking IDs and kicking people out," he said.

In previous years the conference has attracted officials from federal agencies including the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, Secret Service and all branches of the military.

Last year, four-star General Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, was a keynote speaker at the event, which is the world's largest annual hacking conference.

The audience was respectful, gave modest applause and also asked about secret government snooping. Alexander adamantly denied that the NSA has dossiers on millions of Americans, as some former employees had suggested before the Snowden case.

"The people who would say we are doing that should know better," Alexander said. "That is absolute nonsense."

Alexander is scheduled to speak in Las Vegas on July 31 at Black Hat, a smaller, two-day hacking conference that was also founded by Moss. It costs about $2,000 to attend and attracts a more corporate crowd than Defcon, which charges $180.

Moss said that he believes Alexander will still speak at Black Hat and that his call for a "time out" only applies to Defcon. Officials with the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security could not be reached for comment late on Wednesday.

The feds have previously always been welcome at the event.

Moss says he invited them the first year because he figured they would come anyway. They politely declined, then showed up incognito, he said. And they have attended every year since.

"We created an environment where the feds felt they could come and it wasn't hostile," Moss said in an interview a year ago. "We could ask them questions and they wanted to ask the hackers about new techniques."

Some feds have even worked among the motley crew of Defcon volunteers who run the conference and walk around wearing T-Shirts that identify them as "goons."

It has also become a fertile ground for recruiting. The U.S. military, intelligence agencies and law enforcement typically compete with corporations to find new talent at Defcon.

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Study: Youth attitudes shift in Great Recession

CHICAGO (AP) ? Drew Miller clearly remembers the day his father was laid off.

Miller, now 25, was a freshman at an Ohio college, full of hope and ready to take on the world. But here was this "red flag ... a big wake-up call," he says. The prosperous years of childhood were over, and his future was likely to be bumpier than he'd expected.

Across the country, others of Miller's generation heard that same wake-up call as the Great Recession set in. But would it change them? And would the impact last?

The full effect won't be known for a while, of course. But a new analysis of a long-term survey of high school students provides an early glimpse at ways their attitudes shifted in the first years of this most recent economic downturn.

Among the findings: Young people showed signs of being more interested in conserving resources and a bit more concerned about their fellow human beings.

Compared with youths who were surveyed a few years before the recession hit, more of the Great Recession group also was less interested in big-ticket items such as vacation homes and new cars ? though they still placed more importance on them than young people who were surveyed in the latter half of the 1970s, an era with its own economic challenges.

Either way, it appears this latest recession "has caused a lot of young people to stop in their tracks and think about what's important in life," says Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who co-authored the study with researchers from UCLA.

The analysis, released Thursday, is published in the online edition of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Its data comes from "Monitoring the Future," an annual survey of young people that began in the mid-1970s. The authors of the study compared responses of high school seniors from three time periods ? 1976-1978 and 2004-2006, as well as 2008-2010, the first years of the Great Recession.

They found that at the beginning of this latest recession, more of the 12th-graders were willing to use a bicycle or mass transit instead of driving ? 36 percent in 2008-2010, compared with 28 percent in the mid-2000s. However, that was still markedly lower than the 49 percent of respondents in the 1970s group who said the same.

There were similar patterns for other responses, such as those who said they:

?Make an effort to turn heat down to save energy: 78 percent (1976-1978); 55 percent (2004-2006); and 63 percent (2008-2010).

?Want a job directly helpful to others: 50 percent (1976-1978); 44 percent (2004-2006); and 47 percent (2008-2010).

?Would eat differently to help the starving: 70 percent (1976-1978); 58 percent (2004-2006); and 61 percent (2008-2010).

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield said the findings fit with other research she's done that shows that people become more community-minded, and less materialistic, when faced with economic hardship.

"To me, it's a silver lining," says Greenfield, another of the study's contributors, along with lead author Heejung Park, an advanced doctoral student in psychology at UCLA.

Their analysis found that, of the three groups, the Great Recession group was still most likely to want jobs where they could make a "significant" amount of money. But the authors say that may simply be attributable to the ever-rising cost of day-to-day expenses, from groceries to electric and gas bills.

In comparison, they note that the Great Recession group also showed a bit less interest in luxury items than the students who were surveyed in the mid-2000s.

For instance, 41 percent of high school seniors questioned 2008-2010 said it was important to own a vacation home, compared with 46 percent in 2004-2006. Again, both percentages are higher than the 34 percent who said the same in 1976-1978.

These findings have a margin of error of plus-or-minus 1 percentage point, or less.

Tina Wells, CEO of Buzz Marketing Group, which tracks youth trends, says the analysis fits with what she's seen in her own work.

Many young people, she says, are living in what she calls "millennial purgatory," unemployed or under-employed, working in jobs below their qualifications, and sometimes still living at home with their parents. During the Great Recession the unemployment rate for 15- to 24-year-olds has risen above 20 percent ? more than double the overall rate.

"If you're 22 and trying to jump-start your life right now, it's not so easy," Wells says.

As a result, various 20-somethings have tempered their career expectations in different ways.

Until the economy improves, "I've been opting for security over the perfect job," says Calvin Wagner, a 24-year-old accountant in suburban Cincinnati. As he bides his time, working for a small company with little chance for advancement, he's studying for the exam to become a certified public accountant.

Like many of the survey respondents, Ashley Rousseau, a 25-year-old in Miami, says she's now more focused on a job that helps her community in some way than in landing "a corner office."

"The recession made it even more clear that I'm not going to find job satisfaction from a high-paying career," says Rousseau, who's getting her MBA and works at the medical school at Florida International University, which she says "improves the medical care in the community."

"I'm proud to be part of that mission," she says.

Miller, the 25-year-old whose dad was laid off, left Ohio when he couldn't find work there in his field, electrical engineering. He moved to Alexandria, Va., after finding a government contracting job. But he recently decided to take a chance on a new company that's using "smart technology" to help big corporations cut electrical usage for lighting their spaces.

Though it meant taking a small pay cut, he says having a job that helps the environment was a "huge" motivator.

It remains to be seen, however, how members of this generation will cope with this economic adversity.

Brent Donnellan, an associate professor of psychology at Michigan State University, has found that how parents handle the stress of an economic situation affects a child's resilience. But so does the child's personality. Perhaps not surprisingly, Donnellan says, studies have found that young people who have more self-control and who do well in school tend to weather economic hardship better.

Still others wonder if the shifts in attitudes noted in the study will last.

Lane Kenworthy, who's looked at the impact of various recessions, isn't so sure.

"In almost every case, public opinion has roughly gone back right back to what it was before," says Kenworthy, a professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona, who co-wrote a chapter on this topic for a book titled "The Great Recession."

The biggest exception, he says, is the Great Depression of the 1930s, when unemployment rose as high as 25 percent.

That major economic downturn saw a big shift toward the Democratic party, he says, and an embracing of government programs such as Social Security.

The downturn of the 1970s ? which caused public opinion to sway Republican ? was the only other noteworthy exception he found, he says.

Kenworthy says this recession might impact young people more because they tend to be more impressionable than their elders. But he says a lot will hinge on how long the economic downturn lasts ? and how deeply they feel the pain.

Miller, in Virginia, says he still sees a lot of his peers living beyond their means and that worries him.

"I hope that mentality will change to say, 'Hey, we have to plan ahead' because this could happen again," he says.

But Monica Raofpur, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, doubts the Great Recession will forever change her generation.

"People usually adapt to their surroundings and make decisions based on what is going on in the present, not in the past," says Raofpur, a sales consultant in the tech industry.

The UCLA/San Diego State study was funded by the Russell Sage Foundation, which focuses social issues and has funded several projects related to the Great Recession.

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Martha Irvine is an AP national writer. She can be reached at mirvine@ap.org or at http://twitter.com/irvineap .

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The Liberty Reserve case And its influence about E-commerce By ...

Federal prosecutors shut down Liberty Reserve, the alternative-payment network under the Patriot Act low. The patriot act low was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001 as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The act expanded the Secretary of the Treasurys authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities. Liberty Reserve was one of world?s largest web based payment processing and money transfer system. The American Justice Department says that since the founding of Liberty Reserve, in 2006, it has handled more than fifty-five million transactions totaling more than six billion dollars, and as of last year it had more than a million users. Liberty Reserve operated like a bank. The deposits from customers could only be performed in its own propriety currency. Customers could open an account with Liberty Reserve, providing the bank with a name, which could be fake, and an e-mail address. The key to the scheme was that you couldnt then deposit money directly into the account. Instead, the customer had to work through middlemen, who were called ?exchangers.? These were typically unlicensed person in countries like Malaysia, Nigeria, and Vietnam, who bought Liberty Reserves currency in bulk from Liberty Reserve. The customer paid the ?exchangers? in dollars (or other currency) for a certain sum of Liberty Reserves currency. The currency deposited into the customer account. When the customer wanted to withdraw funds, the process worked in reverse, perhaps with an exchanger in a different country. (Liberty Reserve itself took a one-per-cent exchange fee on transactions, while the exchangers typically charged five per cent or more per transaction.) The point of doing it this way was that the Liberty Reserve bank would have no identifying data for the customer (no record of how or from where the customer sent the money), since the deposits and withdrawals were all done through the exchangers, In addition, they allowed customers to do international payments from one account to another via the internet with almost no questions asked. Therefore Liberty Reserve was, by all accounts the most popular form of payment, in the cybercrime underground. These news sharpen the need for reliable and Sobering companies in the international payments field, this field has been a tremendous development at the recent decades. In the past, before the era of the Internet and fast communication, when the banks and authorities had absolute control over banking services, it was impossible to manage without the banks. Subsequently a cartel of banks was formed, manifested by very high commissions for all various services they provided -continuing today despite the increasing competition in some services that previously were dominated exclusively by banks ? , starting from any ordinary transaction any person performs in the account up to international payments that one wishes to make between accounts worldwide.

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Judge tosses 3 NY lawsuits against ex-Elmo actor

FILE - This Aug 16, 2006 file photo shows Kevin Clash, who was the voice and movements behind Sesame Street's Elmo, posing for a picture with Elmo in New York. Three lawsuits brought by men who said Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a federal judge who said in a decision published Monday, July 1, 2013, that the men waited too long to sue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - This Aug 16, 2006 file photo shows Kevin Clash, who was the voice and movements behind Sesame Street's Elmo, posing for a picture with Elmo in New York. Three lawsuits brought by men who said Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a federal judge who said in a decision published Monday, July 1, 2013, that the men waited too long to sue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Three lawsuits brought by men who said a former Elmo puppeteer sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a judge who said in a decision published Monday that the men waited too long to sue.

U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl said the claims must be barred because they came more than six years after each man reasonably should have become aware of Kevin Clash's alleged violations and more than three years after each turned 18. One other lawsuit is pending in Pennsylvania.

Clash resigned from "Sesame Street" in November after college student Cecil Singleton sued him for more than $5 million, accusing Clash of having sex with him when he was 15.

At the time, Clash said he was leaving his job because "personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work 'Sesame Street' is doing."

Clash was the man behind Elmo, the popular furry red monster, for 28 years.

Singleton's lawsuit was among those thrown out Monday. Koeltl also rejected lawsuits brought by Kevin Kiadii, who claimed that Clash initiated contact with him on a gay chat line in 2004 when he was 16, and a third person, a Florida resident, who remained anonymous in his lawsuit as he claimed that Clash befriended him in late 1995 or early 1996 when he was 16 or 17.

Sex with a person under age 17 is a felony in New York if the perpetrator is 21 or older.

Koeltl said Singleton's claim expired in 2009, Kiadii's claim became time-barred at some point between 2008 and 2010 and the case brought anonymously would have expired between 2000 and 2002.

Adam D. Horowitz, an attorney for the men who brought the lawsuits, noted that the case was dismissed only on statute of limitations grounds.

"It should not be viewed as a vindication for Kevin Clash or a determination that he is innocent," Horowirz said. He added that lawyers were "still hearing from more of his alleged victims."

Jeff Herman, another lawyer for the plaintiffs, said he would appeal. He called the statute of limitations "an arbitrary timeline that silences victims."

A lawyer for Clash did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the ruling, the judge said that the time in which someone must bring a lawsuit accumulates after the victimization rather than when the individual realizes subsequent psychological harm.

Otherwise, he said, plaintiffs could make claims decades later.

"While the plaintiffs may not have recognized the extent of their injuries, they were aware of the defendant's conduct toward them and could have brought claims," Koeltl wrote.

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Wedding Bridal Gift Baskets

Wedding bridal gift baskets can be a terrific way of thanking those special women in one's life that have given their consent to be a part of that memorable day. This stylized container that is so popular in and of itself, can contain an incredible assortment of small gifts especially chosen just for the woman to whom it is given. There are several ways that this gift idea can unfold, each of them promising the "ooh and aah" effect. Much of the selection process will be dependent upon budget, taste and availability. And since this writer's tongue is now firmly in cheek, consider the "Christmas gift effect," which many Americans hold dear to their hearts. Whether it is rejected or not, accepted as truth or just blown off as the result of consumerism, this strange practice says that a present given must be offset by a gift in return of similar value. One can laugh and pooh pooh the notion, but the Christmas present effect's aura casts a foreboding shadow on gifts given all year long, requiring very long term memories for all givers of presents.

The result of such nonsense can be that marital celebration party members may secretly resent all the expense and hassle of being in a marriage celebration, and may hope for some sort of equal in value payback. Of course, one whose optimism remains strong in the goodness of people's hearts will find even the hint of such a possibility preposterous. So the problem of what to give will always be in the brides and grooms hands, but many wise married people know that ten years after the wedding it won't really make any difference at all! Probably many of the wedding party won't even remember if it was wedding party gift baskets or buckets that they received.

If the budget is high for such gifts, options abound. The wedding party bridal gifts baskets can be pretty impressive. One company offers wedding baskets in the shape of hat boxes, filled with gourmet chocolates and tea, for seventy-nine dollars. Or choose from the same company a basket shaped as two real leather suitcases filled again with gourmet food, for the lowly price of three hundred and twenty nine dollars. For an in between idea, try the basket in the form of a wooden antiqued box filled with, well, more gourmet food for one hundred and forty dollars. Or, as another option for the high end spender, just forget the basket and give all the women a new electronic gadget to hold twenty thousand songs.

For the high end budget, ideas for the men are also interesting. Wedding party gift baskets for them can include the handyman gift basket from one website that includes an actual handyman's tool box filled with chocolates for one hundred and forty nine dollars. Or perhaps consider the large wicker basket filled with smoked salmon, truffles and caviar for the same price, or the golf themed basket that is really a cooler in the shape of a golf bag filled with golf shaped pretzels, golf shaped cookies, golf shaped chocolates, golf shaped...well, the idea has been planted. The cost for the duffer's delight is ninety-nine dollars. Of course, with all these high end gifts, the prices does not include shipping and handling, which sometimes can be so high that the assumption is made that they are shipped from Bora Bora and handled by those with Master's degrees in logistics.

However, there are great alternatives for those who want to provide sensible gratitude gifts. Consequently, wedding bridal gift baskets can be created on less than a bloated budget. Beautiful wicker baskets can be obtained on line for less than four dollars and decorated beautifully for just a few dollars more. What is placed in one of these wedding bridal gift baskets can be chosen personally for each valued woman or girl the marriage celebration party. That kind of intimate care will be greatly appreciated by the attendants. The following are ideas that can be combined with others to create a memorable gift at a reasonable price. Consider candles, small gift certificates to a favorite coffee haunt, a framed picture of just the bride and that person, or a picture of all the women in the party. Or perhaps think about bath soaps, paperweights, gourmet chocolates, costume jewelry of reasonable taste and quality, and maybe bath slippers.

And as far as filling inexpensive wedding party gift baskets for the guys, there are also many options. Golf tees, a sleeve of his favorite golf balls, a set of small screwdrivers, and a keychain with his car's logo, an inexpensive gift certificate to download music, a cool travel mug, something with his college or pro football team's logo is cool. Perhaps a Swiss army knife or a battery powered hook sharpener for the fisherman. Whatever hobby or interest your attendant or groomsman has, some small, practical gifts can be found for that basket.

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