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Good morning, Netizens…
Quoting the National Journal, Congress doesn't want voters to conclude lawmakers are all "posh and shiny" and just spent their summer "ramming it to the rest of us." Oh? Given the chaos and mass pandemonium of the last few days, it certainly sounds that way to me. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats seem to have a viable plan to stop the national economy from going into default. Instead of appearing to be the author of a last-ditch bill to prevent default, House Speaker John Boehner seems to me to resemble a political form of endangered species.
Last night, as the Republican House sent their proposed bill to the Senate, which was voted down within a short period of time, as expected. According to the Associated Press, those who voted the bill down included Republicans Justin Amash (Mich.), Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Jason Chaffetz (Utah), Jeff Duncan (S.C.), Tom Graves (Ga.), Tim Huelskamp (Kansas), Steve King (Iowa), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Connie Mack (Fla.), Mick Mulvaney (S.C.), Ron Paul (Texas), Steve Southerland (Fla.), and Joe Walsh (Ill.).
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) states the Senate has a plan. The Senate now plans to strip Boehner's bill of its content and replace it with language crafted by Reid which, if it works, would be a compromise that would avoid default… maybe.
As the clock ticks down toward Tuesday's deadline, it still remains to be seen whether or not the Congress can avoid default. Some members of the Republican Tea Party members are going so far as to suggest that the government defaulting on their obligation to pay our nation's bills is badly overrated; that it would not create the pandemonium that some sources suggest. Nothing could be further from the truth according to economists. A default would be economic mayhem, and we, the People, would end up in serious financial hot water.
Meanwhile, back at the White House, it does seem my earlier observation, that President Barack Obama is playing chicken with Republicans. In chicken, there is only one winner.
We owe the money and we need to pay our bills, not default on them. Then we need to have a long talk about how to never get in this situation again. Of course, this is my opinion and mine alone. Yours may differ.
Good morning, Netizens…
The Spokane Transient Board, a hitherto thinly-disguised subset of our fine local government, has announced they are hot after building a new transient conveyance which ostensibly will cost approximately 36 million to build, subject to voter dissension, and will initially run from Browns Addition to Gonzaga with various stops in between. Although several different versions of the proposed public transit system have already been discussed by those-in-the-know, but not really brought before the voters, there is some question whether this will fly. However, an alternative proposed version of this system has come to light which I feel may merit some extra consideration by the voters.
Eschewing any other sources of power, such as diesel, LPG or even electrical buses, the new system which I propose will include horse-powered carriages quite similar to ones deployed at the turn of the century, with pairs of fine gray dobbins docilely traveling over the city streets.
Yes, indeed, the proposed new system will not only add new jobs to our deplorably lackluster local economy, but by carefully planting the hundreds of acres of vacant land owned by the city in timothy hay, the cost of feeding the teams of horses will be marginalized; they will eat hay locally-grown and locally-owned on 100's of acres of vacant city land that otherwise grows weeds and presently serve as contemptuous eyesores to the general public. Finally, we find a use for all that vacant city land!
Further cost savings will be achieved by putting city hall bureaucrats to work feeding and tending the horses which will become city employees, but with a novel twist: unlike present staff members, the horses will draw no income. I hereby nominate Joe Shogun to be in charge of mucking out the horse stalls since, with the next election, he will be looking for work.
The only pollution generated by this system would be the excretions of the horses, themselves. Of course, given the horse manure that comes out of City Hall these days, including the proposed new transient system, hardly anyone will notice a little horse manure on the city streets.
Who knows? This idea might catch on.
Good morning, Netizens…
Here we go again, with another fanciful visitation to David Horsey's view of national politics. My God, as if we needed an excuse, given the divinely chaotic fracas over the National Debt! To most Americans, allowing the U.S. economy to default on its debts would be as unthinkable as the Republican Party to compromise. Wait a minute: are the Republicans even listening to American voters? Or do they see American voters as socialists?
Now simply to avoid any ambiguity, let us borrow the definition of the word socialism as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, shall we?
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Now I left the links to the various definitions embedded in this quotation, also to avoid any ambiguity or confusion, with people disputing any facet of what socialism is or is not.
Now to be totally honest, I have not seen any overt signs that socialism has overtaken our form of government, with the possible exception of medical care. According to today's Horsey cartoon, the Tea Party members, on the other hand, insist, often with great vitriol, that President Barack Obama is a socialist, or at least that he is advocating socialist programs to the exclusion of normal democratic principles. I demur. Confusing President Obama with socialism simply is confusion in action. He is, in my opinion, an economic centrist, and it sounds as if the Tea Party, in their rush to label him a socialist, are about to drive our collective government economy over a cliff.
If we manage to screw this up, our entire republic is at risk.
Of course, your opinions and beliefs may differ from this view.
Good morning, Netizens…
Cartoonist David Horsey set off a political bonfire this morning with this cartoon of John Boehner being derailed by a Tea Party baby. Oh, Lord, there are so many ways to read this. After all, didn't the Tea Party members all get elected by promising on their honor to never raise taxes? While I am not a Tea Party advocate, I do find it unusual, even odd, that an elected official actually keeps their campaign promises, and it appears that is what they have done.
Of course, all Tea Party members and Republican wing-nuts might spend a few quiet moments in the corner thinking about what would happen if a national default were to take place.
There are many of us out here, who have faithfully paid into our Social Insecurity funds who stand to lose everything. This, of course, does not include Medicaid payments and those on military retirement who would stand to lose everything; that is simply unacceptable.
Are the Tea Party members saying they are willing to stop all funding for these?
I not only say no, I say Hell no! Of course, your results and opinions may differ.
Good morning, Netizens…
Have you ever played chicken with another driver before? My personal high priestess of correct thinking always told me playing chicken was a total waste of resources, regardless of whether or not I won. I believe Harry Reed and the Republicans are now playing chicken with various portions of our entire economy. The House Speaker John Boehner even went so far as to hold a closed-door meeting with President Obama, and attained slightly more than nothing.
Boehner and Obama each took their verbal shots at one another in rare prime-time addresses to the nation last night. Obama stated, in part, "…once again, the economy will be held captive unless they get their way." while Boehner countered with "The solution to this crisis is not complicated." "If you're spending more money than you're taking in, you need to spend less of it."
As the white picket fences on each side of the economic road fade into a blur over the next week, someone will have to compromise with their political counterparts or we will be facing certain financial disaster in the form of default, something both parties have stated would be a catastrophe.
In the age of the Internet and television, the two sides are moving faster and faster, but never flinching from the respective positions they espouse. They've both got their feet on their accelerators full-blast, their eyes locked firmly on the goals of politics and roaring toward one another.
Who will swerve at the last minute, thus avoiding certain economic breakdown? This is a game of chicken, remember?
Good morning, Netizens…
Here, courtesy of the Spokesman-Review, is the obituary of Jack Garrett:
Former wheat farmer and lifelong eastern Washington resident, Jack Stewart Garrett, passed away on July 21, 2011 after battling cancer for several years. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 2 pm St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Parish at 330 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA. Jack was born on December 30, 1934 in Spokane, Washington to Forrest and Gretchen Garrett. Jack was the youngest of four children. He grew up in Spokane where he graduated from Lewis and Clark High School. He met the love of his life, Nancy Rae Bowen, while in high school and after graduating from high school, the two of them were married on December 26, 1953 at St. Aloysius. They moved to Endicott, Washington where they immediately began farming and having children. Jack was active in the Endicott community where he served for several years as the mayor, and he was on the board of directors of the Wheat Growers of Endicott. Jack was active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks where he served as the Exalted Ruler of the Colfax, Washington lodge. He was also a member of Tall Elks. He served in the National Guard. Jack faced the tragedy of the loss of his son, John, who died at the age of 28 as well as the loss of his grandson, Tyler, who died in infancy. After these tragedies and 32 years of farming, Jack and Nancy sold their farm and moved to Spokane. Jack and Nancy took cruises and enjoyed family and friends in retirement. While in Spokane, Jack developed his passion for Model A cars. He bought a 1932 Model A and enjoyed tinkering on the car for years. He joined the Model A Ford Club of America where he served as the treasurer of the local Inland Empire chapter. Jack enjoyed making hundreds of pounds of German and Italian sausage with family members and friends every December. He developed a group of close friends from the coffee "klatsch" he went to many mornings. Jack was a talker; always wanting to be around people to share stories and reminisce. He had the spirit of a teenager. Surviving are his cherished wife, Nancy; and four of his children: Marian and her husband David Fisher, Spokane, Michael and his partner Alan, Seattle, Kathleen and her husband Mark Richter, Endicott, and Steven and his partner Terry, Seattle; eight grandchildren, Gretchen, Joel, Lindsae, Kayla, Claire, Colson, Quinn, and Sabrina; and six great-grandchildren, Brigitta, Natalia, Analina, Francesca, Mackenzie, and Isabele. Family requests no flowers. Memorials are suggested to Cancer Care Northwest. On-line guest book is at www.bruningfuneralhome.com.
Rest in Peace my old friend…
Good morning, Netizens…
We have managed to survive for yet another week, as today is Friday. Our combined fortunes here in the Inland Northwest are as good as in the can, although various high-ranking Republicans and Democrats are still fighting like cats and dogs over our nation's finances in our far-off nation's capital. My solution for the unending imbroglio over taxes and spending is simple: turn off the damned air conditioners in Washington, D.C. until they fix the damned mess! Although I had written this long before 6:00 AM this morning, KXLY's morning weather forecaster Mark Peterson said pretty much the same thing. Put Republicans and Democrats in a crowded room in stifling 100 degree heat and leave them there until they work out something that works for everyone. Talk about working up a sweat. I call it justice.
At about 10:30 PM last night, just as we were settling down for the night, we heard a rush like a whirlwind whipping its way through the Virtual Garden, but when we both rushed to the windows to see what was the matter, we were astounded to discover a high-volume rainstorm dumping heavy rain like the predecessor to the Great Flood. Like most things in Spokane, however, the gusher only lasted a few minutes before it returned to a nice steady shower and finally fizzled out somewhere before midnight. The best (or worst) part is this mini-flood never even merited a mention in the morning weather forecast on any local TV news. I guess we don't have any of those high-tech, fast-talking meteorologists on duty at that hour of the night.
There wasn't any hail so although our fledgling tomato plants, cucumbers and strawberries were delighted with the moisture, no wounds were noted this morning. Depending upon how far the raging rain storm reached, the wheat farmers would probably be greatful for the rain, too. This morning a similar storm hit Northern Stevens County near Colville, and since that showed up on NEXRAD weather radar they made a big fuss of it, and so onward we march.
Of course, no mention of the events this week should exclude Borders Bookstore is closing their doors forever. It is time, my friends, to go examine the "sale prices" to see whether their sales truly exist. Maybe not.
Good evening, Netizens…
It is with a sad heart I note that today an old friend, ally and thousands of hours of homespun farm humor, most of which would be considered too risque for even Community Comment, has finally passed away this morning after many months of illness induced by a stroke and/or cancer. Jack Garrett, a retired farmer, computer aficionado and homespun philosopher had been a friend of mine for over 20 years, and an original member of the Phoenix newsgroup which I founded and maintained for over a decade.
Articulately profane in some of his stories, nearly all of which were swear-to-God-true, in his later years, Jack was forced by his deteriorating health, to sit staring at the television, watching movies or otherwise waiting for his many friends to come by for a visit. Still, he had a selection of earthy stories that, given only the slightest urging, could be told in a heartbeat.
At present, the time and location of his funeral or memorial are still in-process. Once I know the pertinent details I will post them.
I will truly miss him.
Good morning, Netizens…
Spokesman-Review columnist Doug Clark's story (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jul/19/doug-clark-bird-calling-device-is-something-to/) about a crow-calling device this morning did not quite live up to Hillyard standards because we have the genuine article right down the street. Pinky, a delightful old bat who lives down the street from the Virtual Ballroom has been calling a pair of crows by name for several months and feeding them bread crumbs on her front lawn each day.
Who needs a crow-calling wooden whistle when you have Heckle and Jeckle, two Hillyard crows, who seem to favor our neighborhood, perhaps because of this retired 90 year-old woman adorned in pink-colored hair who comes out daily armed with a bowl of shredded bread crumbs and calls them by name?
Nobody is certain how or when our neighbor first began calling the two crows Heckle and Jeckle, although several resident cartoon historians have been quick to point out the original Terrytoons Heckle and Jeckle cartoon characters were actually magpies, not crows, but that seems irrelevant when you consider the end result. The pair of crows, and oftentimes their friends and relatives show up calling for their breakfast until Pinky comes out and delivers their ration of bread crumbs.
On those rare occasions when our resident crow-caller shows up earlier than expected, all she has to do is call them by name, and they swoop out of the trees and march in imperious splendor across the grass to where their meals await them.
Although nobody has ever checked the crows to see they are indeed Heckle and Jeckle rather than crow-imposters, having witnessed this daily call to bread crumbs, where Pinky calls them by name, there is little doubt in anyone's mind that at least two of the crows are the genuine items. Of course, throughout the rest of the day, itinerant crows drop raucously by to check for any remaining crumbs so life is never dull in Hillyard.
Good morning, Netizens…
Rupert Murdoch stands atop the news universe just like David Horsey's excellent cartoon this morning, and until its demise his News of the World pretty much reigned supreme.
If you really want to know how big the news conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch is, all you have to do is peruse this Wikipedia list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corporation
There are some who are still asking why Murdoch shut down News of the World, and to them I say, the erosion probably isn't over yet, that the investigations into how this hacking of people and their privacy concerns is not over yet, by a long shot. Just how far does the damage reach? Are there any other Murdoch-owned properties suspect, even with News of the World shuttered? Although I cannot answer that question, this morning's David Horsey cartoon alludes to it, and perhaps rightfully so.
The obvious issue is the sanctity of journalism. Using hacking or other illegal means of subterfuge to obtain the news simply was not allowed in my day, nor I suspect of nearly any serious journalism students of my generation. Thinking back to the various editors I have worked for over the years, I cannot think of a single person who would have tolerated hacking into personal information as part of creating a news story. This isn't investigative journalism we are speaking here: this is a dangerous descent from the tacit rules of journalism
into uncontrolled violations of our personal privacy and thus should never be tolerated.
So how do you stop someone as incredibly powerful and wealthy as Rupert Murdoch from ever allowing such a travesty from happening again? Alas, were it as simple as a Star Wars scenario… Of course your thoughts and beliefs may differ.
Good morning, Netizens…
Do you, or anyone you know, have an in-depth understanding of how the debt ceiling works? I guess that requires some understanding of how our economy works or is dysfunctional.
David Horsey's cartoon depicts one view of the budget impasse, but I admit there are perhaps as many solutions to the mess we've gotten our economy into as there are problems that cry out to be solved.
On one hand we have the multi-millionaires and billionaires who ostensibly pay less taxes on their incomes than lower-to-middle class do, all under the belief that "trickle-down" economies work. Lots of people, including some of the legislators, all seem to believe trickle-down works, but over history I have yet to see how it works in reality. Some of the above are the same people who export most of our jobs to foreign countries, and these nifty offshore schemes cry out among the loudest for taxation.
Then we have the debt ceiling itself. Raising it is tantamount to giving the teenagers, who cannot manage their own personal lines of credit a new credit card, forgiving all their past exorbitant spending habits so they can purchase the (enter device(s) they really, really NEED). The Tea Partiers, on the other hand, are saying, tear up the credit cards, give back the spendy cars and pay the debts you've already accumulated; LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS. There is something to be said for living within our collective means.
We have a lot of name-calling being done on both sides of the political aisle. The US is in financial straits right now with unemployment still far too high, banks and other corporations hoarding their profits, false foreclosures, raising rates where ever they can, condemning any and all attempts to put regulations back in place, and we have these so called republicans doing absolutely nothing but condemning everyone who sides up against them as socialists or even worse, terrorists.
Somehow, out there on the fringe of our national picture, we have to bring back the jobs we have exported to foreign shores and put Americans back to work. All you have to do is look at the row upon row of shuttered factories and plants across the country to see how far we collectively have fallen. It's time to close the loopholes that allowed this travesty to happen, to put hard-working American workers back to work, and put America back into its former role as the manufacturing leader of the world.
Judging by the economic malaise where America currently finds itself, it is my considered opinion we need to expediently get this straightened out. Then tax the hell out of those responsible, who have profited so handsomely for their role(s) in our current position, including some of our elected officials for some of them have profited for their roles in creating the loopholes to begin with.
It's time to put some polish on the old Liberty Bell, and to do that we need some good old-fashioned elbow grease, not political malingering. Of course, your results and beliefs may differ.
Good morning, Netizens…
Holy cow, how did I miss this important calendar date in history?
On July 7, 1946, just six days after the test of a nuclear explosion in a South Pacific atoll named Bikini, French fashion designer Louis Reard introduced a swimsuit of the same name, hoping that the new outfit would cause a similarly explosive reaction. It's fair to say that he succeeded. "The new 'Bikini' swimming costume (in a newsprint-patterned fabric) … caused a sensation at a beauty contest at the Molitor swimming pool in Paris," the caption reads. "… Reard was unable to find a 'respectable' model for his costume and the job of displaying it went to 19-year-old Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris. She is holding a small box into which the entire costume can be packed."
While he was at it, he completely changed the face of fashion design at the beaches of the world. Of course after the worldwide acceptance of the bikini came the appearance of the thong for men, which only further complicated life on the beach.
Of course, your 90 year-old Aunt Tillie probably would not dare to don such scanty pieces of cloth, even in her prime, but then again, perhaps she would. Beach riots have started for less things, you know.
Have you ever stopped to consider how the bikini has forever altered American beaches and through that, American mores? There are some bodies that are made for bikinis and thongs, and then there are some bodies that at least should not wear them in public, my aging fat-body included.
Good morning, Netizens…
Casey Anthony was found not guilty of the murder of her daughter, Caylee, yesterday. She was, however, found guilty of four counts of giving false testimony to police. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how the prosecutors in this case let this case go to the jury in such a state of disorder, never having established for the court just how Caylee died, much less tie her mother, Casey, to how she died. Was Caylee's death a murder? Once again, the prosecution left the jury and members of the court hanging out to dry, with no clear definition given how young Caylee died.
What further complicates matters are the allegations that Casey Anthony partied with her friends during the time Caylee was missing, not to mention she neglected to tell anyone that her daughter was missing for thirty days. That certainly adds the appearance of the guilt of Casey Anthony to the mix of this case.
Casey Anthony's tearful appearance during the latter parts of the trial notwithstanding, regardless of how photogenic her appearance was to the members of the mass media, someone is lying about how much they know about two year-old Caylee Anthony met her end, and they truly need to be brought before the court and forced to testify. Unfortunately, that never happened and now probably never will.
What is yet to be determined is how much longer Casey Anthony will be jailed. If her lawyers had truly been on their game(s) yesterday, the minute Casey was found not guilty of the various charges of murder, they should have immediately petitioned the court to set bail on the four charges of lying to investigators, misdemeanors all, yet another strange anomaly in a case swimming with other anomalies. Although Casey Anthony will be sentenced on these charges tomorrow, it does appear possible that she could be cut loose from jail on time served.
Sadly, there are no further solutions to this mess; young Two year-old Caylee Anthony never will have a chance at life that she deserved. Her mother probably will skate away with only the misdemeanors still on her record and perhaps even return to her party lifestyle without a backward glance. There are more unanswered questions than there are answers. This is not the way justice is supposed to be meted out.
Of course, as always, your results may differ.
Good morning, Netizens…
Happy Birthday, America! Although for the life of me, I seriously question how many Americans will be paying attention to anything other than the rocket's boom and red glare, most of them in various places throughout the Spokane area, some in their back yards. Judging by the window-rattling booms and an occasional aerial blast July 3rd , one might have thought July 4th came a bit early but perhaps your results may have been different. In Hillyard, the place where the city never sleeps, blasts were still going off at three o'clock this morning, July 5th .
Some, not all of the mainstream news media, ostensibly serving public good by their coverage of this auspicious holiday, have been largely ignoring any content bearing any semblance of meaning to July 4th as they have spent more time focusing on the travels of Prince William and Kate Middleton and various other news stories unrelated to our shared history as a nation.
However, if for nothing else, the Fourth of July is most-notably about food. Egods we collectively put on a gastronomic feast each year around the Fourth. Out come the burgers, brauts, hot dogs, steak, chicken, beans and potato salad. We eat until we are stuffed to the gills, and then lay beneath the trees in the shade where some fall asleep.
Aside from the fireworks shows, perhaps the biggest part of July 4th are the endless festivities in Riverfront Park. For the small stipend of a registration fee, I believe you can hock, sell or otherwise pawn off your doddering Aunt Wilhelmina in Riverfront Park. Perhaps ten thousand people will show up to see and perhaps even bid on your aging aunt, and if such an event actually were to take place, I probably would have to be in attendance just to see how the bidding went. Of course we don't really have anything like that here in Spokane. All we have are the same listless bunch of politicians attempting to get elected and a few entrepreneurs willing to try their hands at public office.
Yes, with July 4th in the rear view mirror, we still have a lot to look forward to this summer, the least of which we actually enjoying summer weather as we should.


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-on the scandium frames the chain stay length is 17.3
this allows for 32/20 magic gearing and 32/18 magic gearing with a half link from my experience.
-we built a new 2012 emd ss last nite that , according to niner still has a 17.3 CSL . however 32/18 was the magic gearing WITHOUT a halflink.
so... niner nust have a misprint (for the EMD at least) as far as CSL. it has to be 17.5 instead of 17.3.
check out what Jenson lists the CSL on their new EMD build
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Thrift Store Beach Tray
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Looking for thrift store craft ideas that are perfect for the summer months? Make a Thrift Store Beach from Tiffany Windsor tray using inexpensive materials. This is a great decorative piece that you can display even when it's cold outside.
- Wood tray
- Blue low-mask painters tape
- Tulip Soft Paint – Cool Blue, Linen
- Cosmetic sponge
- 4″ repositionable alphabet stencils
- Foam brush
- Paint palette (or wax paper)
- I found this cool wooden tray at my local thrift store. Is was plain wood with a varnish finish. Because I was in a hurry to make this project, I decided not to strip or sand off the varnish which worked fine for my weathered finish but I do recommend that if you want a fine finish to your finished project, you should take the time to sand off the varnish.
- I used the blue tape to mask off the edges to create a striped pattern.
- I like to use a cosmetic sponge to apply paint when I stencil. Just pour a small puddle on your palette. Dab sponge into paint and then dab it several times on the palette to evenly spread the paint on the sponge. Gently dab it over the areas of your tray that you want to paint. Apply several thin coats of paint, letting paint dry in between coats.
- Place your stencil lettering where desired on your tray.
- Carefully dab on background color with cosmetic sponge being careful not to move the lettering. Again, apply several thin coats of paint letting each coat dry completely.
- As soon as all of the paint has been applied to the background, carefully lift the lettering. Let paint dry completely.
- Using foam brush, apply Linen paint in a dry brush effect over entire surface of tray. If you apply too much paint, you can use a wet wipe to gently wipe away excess paint. Just use a soft touch to wipe away the paint so that you do not disturb the background color. Display your favorite beach collectibles!
For a comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out Thrift Store Beach Tray.
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I have said many times before that I'm not, well, the most tech-y person in the bunch. But when I was introduced to the My Style Fashion Assistant iPhone app by Madison creators Jeff Ollerman and Louie Penaflor, I fell in love. You see, this app allows you to virtually document your closet on your iPhone (Check out the gallery below for screen shots of the app).
Basically users photograph each piece of their clothing—shoes, pants, tops, dresses and accessories (jewelry, handbags, belts). Which admittedly, is time-consuming at first (but once you've photographed everything all you need to do is photograph each subsequent piece if you buy something new). Then the My Style Fashion Assistant can really go to work. Categorize each piece according to what it is (pant, top, etc) and then construct virtual outfits by using the slider panel on the phone.
Don't like that top with those jeans? Slide over the top slider and find exactly what you want. Or, if you don't have what you want already, go to your favorite shopping website and pull that top into your virtual closet to see how it would look with the rest of the outfit. It's an ingenious idea and so simple my explanation here probably can't even convey it. If you go to the website you'll get a better idea: mystylefashionassistant.com.
If I had an iPhone I would immediately purchase this app (only $4.99, available on iTunes). Ollerman and Penaflor both told me that users have compared this style app to Cher Horowitz's virtual closet from the movie Clueless—one user even comments: "2009 has finally caught up with 1995 thanks to My Style Fashion Assistant. This app allows you to live the dream of being Cher in Clueless. Mixing and matching clothes with the 3-panel fashion slider is awesome. I've spent WAY too much time making outfits. It's so much fun and completely addictive." The user's name, ironically, is "Cher Horowitz."
My favorite aspect of this app? The calendar feature, which lets users document their wardrobe every day of the week. Perfect for those who can't remember what they wore last week (um, me) or those who just want a little variety in their looks—the calendar function can save your every fashionable move.
2,500 people have purchased the app worldwide (Ed's update: Since our interview Ollerman tells me 3,000 people have purchased the app). (Australia, Canada, Japan, France and more) and people of all ages have bought it, say Ollerman and Penaflor.
So organize your closet, figure out what fashionable holes you need to fill and even—gasp—save money by rediscovering new life for old pieces by mixing and matching for tons of outfit combos.


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NEW YORK, August 14, 2013 — What gives with Geico choosing a pig to sell insurance?
You do not have to be Jewish or Muslim to hate those Geico commercials that feature Maxwell the pig. A Christian group called One Million Moms, part of American Family Association, publicly complained about one particular spot that featured a woman trying to seduce the pig, in a car, apparently on a date. "Repulsive," they said.
They also said that the madmen geniuses who came up with the concept were promoting bestiality.
That is exactly what I thought when I first saw that commercial. I turned to my wife, the wiser of the two, and said, "Am I getting this right?"
We know that in selling a product the trick is to sell it two ways, 1, say it loud, 2, say it soft, subliminally. Well, this does both.
So is Geico saying that bestiality is okay? There seems to be no other explanation. The Web says that Warren Buffett owns Geico through the parent company Berkshire Hathaway, and that Buffett would spend $2 billion on Geico ads if he could. So far the cost is about $1 billion a year.
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"Geico advertising campaigns," it says, "are known for their humor and satire." Got that. But are pigs the way to go?
Surely Mr. Buffett would stop the pig campaign if he were made fully aware of the number of people who object to such depictions.
The insurance company appeared to pull that particular dating commercial but here comes another one, again with the pig, and these spots run on every TV show every hour on the hour, and sometimes every minute on the minute.
So it must be working, especially on kids who are now being taught a brand new politically correct imperative. Pigs are people, too.
We can date pigs. We can mate with pigs. Says so on television.
Let's not call this the sort of depravity that ends entire civilizations through moral decay, but it is a start.
Giving the pig a cutesy name like Maxwell, and giving it a Facebook page, makes no difference. The whole business is no less disgusting. A pig is still a pig.
Here, finally, is one place where Christians, Jews and Muslims can all link arms and be offended together. We have already heard from the Christian group One Million Moms. As for the Jews, the Torah is clear enough. The pig is not kosher. I am not a rabbi, so do not hold me to every word.
But here is the gist. Jews may eat any animal that has split hooves. That's one. The animal must also chew its cud. That's two. The animal must do both.
So here is the problem with Maxwell or a pig by any other name. The pig has split hooves, yes it does, but it does not chew the cud, rendering it un-kosher.
How long have we known this? Oh, for about 3,500 years when Moses brought down The Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai along with the rest of the Hebrew Bible.
The pig, incidentally, sometimes represents hypocrisy, as it advertises itself half kosher, and there is no such thing. Kosher is an all or nothing deal. So the pig shows off its split hooves, which everyone can see, but hides its front end, where it does not regurgitate its food. "See?" the pig says. "I am kosher."
Muslims picked up the Hebrew prohibition against pigs and likewise refuse to have anything to do with the animal.
Who knows what they must be thinking over there at Geico. Surely there came a day when the ad execs met with the Geico execs for approval of that campaign.
How best to sell insurance?
A pig? Yes, a pig.
Great idea, and let's be sure to swamp TV with those spots.
Who can possibly be offended, except for Christians, Jews and Muslims?
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Simpson, North Carolina
For population 25 years and over in Simpson:
For population 15 years and over in Simpson village:
8 residents are foreign born
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2012: $1,417 (0.9%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, NC (5.6 miles , pop. 60,476).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (78.6 miles , pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (327.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities: Grimesland, NC (2.2 miles ), Greenville, NC (2.4 miles ), Hillsdale, NC (2.6 miles ), Winterville, NC (2.7 miles ), Stokes, NC (3.1 miles ), Ayden, NC (3.3 miles ), Chocowinity, NC (3.3 miles ), Washington, NC (3.6 miles ).
Latitude: 35.58 N, Longitude: 77.28 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 252
Property values in Simpson, NC
This village's Wikipedia profileUnemployment in July 2013:
Unemployment by year (%)
Population change in the 1990s: +23 (+5.2%).
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Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
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Simpson-area historical tornado activity is above North Carolina state average. It is 60% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/28/1984, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.5 miles away from the Simpson village center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 5/15/1972, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.4 miles away from the village center injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:Simpson-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 46.1 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)
Natural disasters:The number of natural disasters in Pitt County (14) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 9, Floods: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Storms: 2, Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Blizzard: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2002 was 16.8. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 6.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.76. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.2 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 15.8%
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Religion statistics for Simpson village (based on Pitt County data)Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 31.64%
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Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 29
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 69
Number of full-service restaurants: 102
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Simpson government finances - Cash and Securities in 2002 (per resident):
8.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,697 average adjusted gross income)
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($150 average AGI)
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,419 average adjusted gross income)
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($211 average AGI)
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FCC Registered Antenna Towers:2
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Is the old adage "older and wiser" true? A recent study suggests that it is. A psychologist found that in the US, older folks have more of it than younger people, despite the fact that we seem to admire youth so much here. Surprisingly, he found the opposite in Japan, a country where they venerate their elders.
When psychologist Igor Grossman sent out questionnaires at random to Japanese citizens and then evaluated them without know the ages of the respondents, he found that Japanese youth had better solutions to complex questions than older citizens.
This could mean that the Japanese learn wisdom faster--that it takes us much longer to get wise. We're a country that values individualism, while Japan values the ability to work in a group. Does this mean that groupthink produces more wisdom?
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Please clarify: Are you saying that Japanese people get more foolish as they age? Wouldn't this simply be dementia?
Wisdom is definitely part of getting older--too bad the media doesn't seem to think so, since all the movies and TV shows they put out seem to cater to adolescents, and the few newscasts that don't have depressing ads, for viagra and other prescription drugs. Hey, WE can have fun too!


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Day 34: Southwest Colorado and Onward
The interstate got the best of me last night. I managed to get through more than 500 miles and close enough to the Missouri border to allow myself a nap. That I never got up from. Perched here in Lawrence, KS. I should be able to get through Missouri — with hopefully a few stops that involve humans which had to be postponed from earlier in this trip. Then, I have to interstate it through Illinois and Indiana. So, again, you might have to wait til the following morning for the blog post. I'm realizing now that what I usually do on these big interstate treks is tough it all out at once — and then write you from home. But this trip was designed to make that stretch less painful since I'll only have one not-so-bad interstate mess home after Cincy. But right now, this highway stuff is just awful. Starbucks ain't working for me now.
Anyhow, on with the photos since the sun is nearly up. I finished tidying up the little corner of Colorado yesterday. Not a tremendous amount of stops but it will save me some time this summer when I take on Colorado more seriously. It'll mean a bit more Utah and/or Montana can be included.
From Fowler — the local paper still in production:
A mid-century modern dome in Rocky Ford — aka the Melon Dome:
The Rocky Ford High School teams are known as the Mighty Meloneers — not exactly a terrifying mascot but they do their best to make it work:
Also from Rocky Ford — this motel sign photo marred by the shadow from a pole:
These two are from La Junta:
Also La Junta. I love mileage signs like this. Especially since I've had mileage on my brain for the past couple days. Constantly calculating to figure out how to get to Cincy on time — but not miss stops on the way if I can make them:
A couple from Springfield:
Now a BBQ place:
From Cheyenne Wells. I have no idea what this deco / streamline building was used for:
And, lastly, from Burlington. The tree on one side, the sun on the other. Had to go with this funky angle:
Time to hit the road. I'll try to get the next post to ya tonight — but if the interstate beats me up again, don't panic if it's not uploaded til the morning.
8 Responses to "Day 34: Southwest Colorado and Onward"
That deco streamline building reminds me of the TV station I worked for in Urbana Illinois. Which was a former bakery.
Curve Motel sign is wonderful!
Have a safe interstate drive to Cincinnati. Can't believe this trip is almost over.
some really great vintage signs I love the sign for the Curve!
That "terrifying mascot" is going to make me sleep with one eye open…..!
I always enjoy reading your blog and perusing your website. I see you will be in Colorado in about a month. I live in Denver (only blocks from Lakeside Amusement Park). I would love to show you around town. I know where all the great the buildings, signs, etc. are located. I have scoured the city on my own and I am sure I can show you places you are not aware of through your research. Hope to meet you in July!
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Boston Red Sox (30-23)@
Detroit Tigers (26-26)
Sunday, May 29
Comerica Park
Attendance: 39,873
Game Leaders
L: Beckett
(4-2) 1.80 era
W: Verlander
(5-3) 3.12 era
S: Valverde
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Justin Verlander pitched into the eighth inning and Miguel Cabrera drove in an insurance run as Detroit silenced Boston, 3-0, in the back end of a doubleheader from Comerica Park.
Verlander (5-3) allowed four hits and two walks while fanning three, posting his second scoreless outing in May.
Don Kelly and Brennan Boesch also knocked in a run each for the Tigers, who dropped Sunday's opener by a 4-3 count but avoided a four-game sweep with a victory in the nightcap.
Josh Beckett (4-2) worked six innings, yielding five hits and two runs for the Red Sox, whose five-game win streak was halted.
A 51-minute rain delay at the outset didn't dampen the Tigers' desire to snag a win from the series, and they gave Verlander all the support he needed in the first inning.
Andy Dirks worked a one-out walk, then scored when Boesch slammed a double to right. Cabrera followed with a base hit to bring in Boesch, but the rally fizzled after a Victor Martinez single when Kelly flied out and Alex Avila fanned looking.
"Going up against a guy like Beckett, if we're able to scratch across two early runs, you know that's probably all you're going to get, or not much more," said Verlander. "At that point, it's my job to go out there and shut those guys down and keep that lead."
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Verlander didn't allow a runner past first base until Jason Varitek's one-out double in the sixth, and he prevented further trouble by getting the next two batters on fly outs.
Boston put a runner on third in the seventh, but Verlander induced an inning- ending groundout from Carl Crawford.
"You can't stick that guy with a lead," said Beckett. "If it's one run, that's one thing. But it's tough enough without staking him to a couple."
The Detroit starter finally faltered in the eighth after J.D. Drew singled and moved to second on an error, and Jacoby Ellsbury walked with two outs. Joaquin Benoit came on to retire Dustin Pedroia on a fly ball to left.
Cabrera doubled with one down in the home half before scoring on Kelly's two- out base hit. Jose Valverde finished off the win by setting down the BoSox in order in the ninth for his 12th save.
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What I do: Investigative reporter (currently freelance) and adjunct journalism professor at University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism
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Angikaar C | 10:04am gmt 28 Sep 2011
Duncan Fletcher has a few questions to answer.
At the outset, let's get two glaring facts out of the air. Yes, this truly was a wretched, wretched tour for India. Injuries boomeranging here and there, the weather almost conniving to rob them of the few chances they had and a joint loss of form of pretty much everyone except Rahul Dravid.
Secondly, and make no mistake about it, India are a decidedly better ODI team than a Test one. Even despite a 3-0 loss which has consigned them to 5th place in the ODI rankings.
And after a long and in the end, plain disappointing tour, I just have a few questions for the cricketing management in the country.
I will not go into the Test debacle, because there has already been far too much analysis done over there. Yes, 4-0 hurt, no cross that, stung. But, as I just pointed out at the beginning of my piece, India possess a decidedly better ODI team. Add to the fact that they are World Champions, winning a World Cup, just around 5 months ago. And the best result they could come away with, was, a tie?
What differentiates the Test series from the ODI series is the fact that India did, at least, put up a fight. Unlike the Tests, there were moments and chances where India could have surged ahead. And therein, the problem lies.
If the cricket administration in India will take solace in the fact that India showed 'fight' and 'character' in the ODI series, then we have a big problem on our hands. No two words about it, the Test series is probably India's nadir in the last ten years and I seriously doubt if India will actually play that badly again. Compared to their performance in the Tests, yes India played well. Compared to a level of performance you expect from a World Champion side, no sorry, India were painfully off the mark, even in the ODI series.
Again, I can hear the usual excuses. 'We didn't have Sehwag, Gambhir, Sachin, Zaheer.' 'They turned on the rain whenever we had a chance of winning' And no, I'm sorry, they are excuses. Even without those 3, the Indian batting actually performed pretty decently. Rahane and Patel forged a very good opening partnership, Dravid as usual gave the solidity and even Kohli came into his own. Dhoni and Raina were brilliant in the series, proving why they're rated so highly in the ODI circuit. Special mention has to be given to Ajinkya Rahane, who was thrown into the deep end and has come out with flying colours.
But, with the bowling attack India has now, any opposing team will back themselves to chase down however many runs India scores, a fact so well illustrated in the last two matches. There's a telling statistic which adds to this. A look at the top 5 run getters in the series reveal four Indians - MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel and only one English player - Ravi Bopara. Now, cross to the highest wicket-takers and you get the following 4 English bowlers (Swann, Bresnan, Anderson, Broad) and only one Indian (R. Ashwin).
This rut in Indian bowling is not new; it's been there for quite a while now and has just become even more glaring with the injury of Zaheer Khan. Praveen Kumar has been India's best bowler in the entire tour, but would he really displace an Anderson, Broad or a Bresnan? I have my doubts. This was also talked up to be the tour where Harbhajan would 'show up' Swann as the premier off spinner in cricket today; I think we don't really need to dwell on who showed up who. Also, who's brainwave was it to take Varun Aaron, supposedly India's fastest bowling prospect, on an all-expenses trip to England without giving him a game? What was the logic behind persisting with Vinay Kumar?
Vengeance should actually come soon, I don't really expect England to win the ODI series when they come over to India. If nothing else, Yuvraj Singh should be back, and he's a much better fifth bowling option to have, on the subcontinent, as he showed in the World Cup. Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel and even Harbhajan, if he comes back, will suddenly find their teeth and look menacing on the slow and flat pitches of the Kotla and Hyderabad. But for how long will India blow away their opponents at home and meekly subside away? Every World Cup is not going to be held in India, after all.
"Every World Cup is not going to be held in India, after all."
Comment by uvelocity | 6:47am gmt 29 Sep 2011
Great summary- but nobody seems to have remembered Mukund. Is he the worst player in international cricketing history? - perhaps.
Comment by edc | 6:15pm gmt 28 Sep 2011
[URL="http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/344.php"]The Same Story in the ODI's[/URL]
Angikaar C expresses his disappointment at India's performance in the ODI series against England.
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The average failure rates for machines purchased between 2005 and 2006 are 15 percent in the first year of ownership and are projected to average 22 percent in year four.
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Desktops purchased in 2005 and 2006 averaged a 5 percent failure rate in year one and are projected to have 12 percent failure rate in year four. Desktop machines purchased in 2003 and 2004 saw rates of 7 percent in year one and 15 percent in year four.
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While a failure could be as simple as a broken notebook latch, the firm reports the most common failures are motherboards, the main circuit board in a computer, and hard drives for both notebooks and desktops.
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Welcome again, Gail. It's nice to see a new face, especially in recent software change time. That pizza sounds great. I homemade spaghetti sauce this weekend and used the last of the basil in my garden for it. I'm in central KY, so it's fading fast here too.
Jeff and I are meeting some friends at a Mexican place tonight. Much needed.
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Welcome to the board, Gail~ I love pizza.... sounds yummy! I will either have meatloaf or the hot dogs we did not have last night.


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How long do you think it would take to do two partial mash brews in one day ?
I was planning on doing one tomorrow, and one Sunday, but family obligations have just ruled out tomorrow...unless I start late in the day.
Surely less than the 5 hrs, 20 mins it took me to do two AG batches. http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=32200
If you start the second mash during the first boil you should be able to squeeze them into a short time frame. Probably only a couple hours more including clean up. Depends on how fast you are and how comfortable you are with your setup.
shouldn't take more than 5 hours, if you start early on a Saturday morning you should be finished before 1pm or so
i made it through 3 in one day a couple of weeks ago
just learn to multi task.... start your next mash as soon as you go into the big pot for your boil, save time
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Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud
The lovely Carole has found this little Woman in Black snippet for us – it sounds like Dan is really enjoying filming this project.
Daniel Radcliffe is enjoying his nights – spent filming The Woman In Black.
The Harry Potter actor stars in the remake of the gothic thriller, directed by Eden Lake's James Watkins.
"We've been doing lots of night shoots – they are cold and long, but good," he said.
Another challenging scene saw Daniel, who soon reprises his wizard role in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One, encased in mud inside a cramped tank.
"I was also in a five foot by six foot tank, in five foot deep of freezing cold mud for two days a couple of weeks ago and it was hard work, but it was excellent, and the sequence looks amazing. I saw some cuts of the footage the other day and it's fantastic," he continued.
"So far, touch wood, it's looking great. We'll wait and see but at this point, I'm quietly confident. It's a brilliant script by Jane Goldman."
The 21-year-old, who is set for an upcoming stint on Broadway in the musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, is impressed with the film's director.
"James is a brilliant young director who I think is comparable to the Chris Nolans in the British film industry. James will make some very important films in his career in the scale of Inception and The Dark Knight because he has the imagination and ambition. To see that in a young British filmmaker is quite inspirational," he said.
:: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One opens in cinemas on November 19.
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About 10 days ago I moved my IPA from primary into secondary and dropped in 1 ounce of pellet hops in a hop bag, recommended by my LHBS. Instead of dropping the entire bag into my carboy, I held the last couple inches of the drawstring out of the carboy neck and wrapped it around the stopper and airlock a little, thinking this would make the hop bag a little easier to pull out once I was ready to bottle.
I didn't think much about the beer for a week, and earlier this week decided to check it out and maybe give the hops a good rousing. It seems the cotton drawstring has wicked up some of the beer and now I have a couple of small mold colonies growing there. This evening I wiped down the drawstring and carboy neck with alcohol in hopes of staving off an infection. I'm planning to bottle it as soon as possible, hopefully tomorrow evening, but still feel a little concerned.
Is there any danger of the mold making its way into my beer? Any special precautions I should take when racking into the bottling bucket?
Anyone have a better suggestion for dry-hopping using a hop bag in the future?
When I dry hop I use the muslin bags. I soak them in sanitizer before filling them up with hops and I have never had any problems doing it this way. I also sanitize some stainless weights that go in the bag with the hops to weigh it down. These muslin bags are cheap and I normally dont reuse them so I dont care if they come out in one piece or not. Sometimes it is just easier to break them open to get everything out. I use both glass carboys and better bottles and I have to say that dry hopping is much easier in the better bottles because the mouth is much wider than my glass carboys.
wow, I just fill the paint stainer with an ounce, tie it in a knot and just toss it in the keg. I have made some of the best summer ales using cascade or amarillo with this method. So good after the first week, they disappear. It stays in the keg longer than the prescribed 7 days but never makes it to day 15. I do use whole hops when dry hoping, less material to strain through my teeth.
I just dry hopped 10 gallons of Ed's Haus Pale Ale with hop bags. I put an once in each bag and placed in the carboy. I then draped the bag around the outside of the opening and placed the airlock in between it, to hold the bag in place. After a week I removed the airlock, pulled the bag and replaced the airlock before bottling and kegging. It was the first time I did it and it worked fine. Just make sure to sanitize the bag before you do it and it should be fine. Also, I used a nylon bag, not one of the cotton muslin bags.
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I just did my first dry hop for an ESB. Not sure if you would call it an ESB after dryhopping it but that's beside the point. The point is that it turned out really nice tasting. All I did was boil a muslin bag with a couple marbles. I then put the marbles in with an ounce of whole leaf hops.
You are probably not in any danger of having infected beer. Like the previous poster said, you can syphon from below the surface of the liquid and then stop it before you suck in any of the crud floating on the top.
I dry hop my kegs this way as well. If you don't want to risk it and use pellet hops..I have found that if I crash cool all the pellet hops settle to the bottom of the carboy and than rack as normal with minimul transfer..
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