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Coveted for the immense fat reserve it amasses to migrate hundreds of miles up river - the source of its pronounced, buttery, rich flavor - chinook, or king, salmon is among the world's most prized delicacies, on par with foie gras, Kobe beef and Jamón serrano. The fish almost sells itself.
"Pound for pound, there's no better eating fish in the world," says Wade Wiestling, VP of culinary development for Oceanaire Seafood Room. "As a chef, it's something you look forward to every year."
However, this year's market realities put king salmon out of reach for most seafood buyers during the first month of the summer salmon season. The closure of the California and Oregon fisheries, a weaker-than-expected Copper River harvest and burgeoning demand for king salmon resulted in tight supplies and high prices.
Buyers were forced to decide whether selling king salmon at $40 an entrée or $30 a pound was a disservice to customers during an economic lull or an opportunity to cash in on those willing to shell out a pretty penny for the esteemed fish.
Buyers were also reminded just how imperative customer education is. Consumers may erroneously assume overfishing is the cause of the unprecedented California and Oregon shutdown and avoid eating salmon altogether. They may fail to realize if wild kings remain out of their price range that farmed kings and four other species of Pacific salmon - sockeye, coho, chum and pink - are also available, and more affordable.
During the first month of the summer salmon season, which unofficially kicked off May 15 with Alaska's highly anticipated Copper River fishery, kings were anything but affordable. Due to inclement weather, the first 12-hour Copper River opener yielded only 800 kings, well shy of the 5,673-fish projection. It was a sign of things to come. The next four Copper River openers through June 2 produced less than 7,000 kings.
Meanwhile, Southeast Alaska's troll fishery yielded only about 12,500 kings in May. The region's 2008 quota (all gear types) is set at an eight-year low of 170,000 kings, down from 329,400 fish last year. Hatchery-raised fish should bridge the gap, but the region's 2008 total catch is unlikely to eclipse 240,000 kings, which would be down from 352,000 fish in 2007.
Statewide, Alaska's 2008 king salmon catch is expected to reach 500,000 fish, which would be down from 562,000 fish last year.
'Astronomically expensive'
Most retailers waited until the Copper River fishery was in full swing to buy kings, while some passed on the fish altogether due to high prices. Tim's Seafood in Kirkland, Wash., didn't sell Copper River kings during the first two weeks of the fishery.
"My customers asked, 'Where are the Copper River kings?' And I said, 'I don't want to charge you $60 for them,'" says co-owner Tim Caluya. "I was afraid to scare my regulars away."
By the third week of the fishery, Caluya received his first batch of Copper River kings, which he retailed for $36.99 a pound. He also sold Southeast Alaska troll-caught kings for $29.99.
Monterey Fish Market in Berkeley, Calif., retailed Alaska and Columbia River kings for $25.99 in mid-May, more than double the price of two years ago, says founder and owner Paul Johnson. Due to the California and Oregon closure and the economic slump, Johnson expects salmon to represent just 5 to 10 percent of his total summertime seafood sales; they usually account for one-third. He anticipates his total seafood sales will be off 15 to 20 percent.
Doug Denny, owner of The Fish Guys in Columbus, Ohio's historic North Market, doesn't plan to sell Copper River kings this season.
"They're just too pricey. They're astronomically expensive," says Denny. "I really have a hard time charging over $30 a pound for any salmon. If I have to buy a H&G salmon in the $20s, then I won't do it. When it dropped below $20, that was the first time I bought any at all. Otherwise, it's too steep."
By mid-June, prices were more realistic. Gillnet-caught Copper River kings had dropped to the mid-$10 to mid-$11 range for fresh whole fish, while Southeast Alaska troll-caught kings had slipped to the low- to mid-$7 range, according to Urner Barry Publications of Toms River, N.J.
Casual dining chains like King's Seafood Co., which operates 12 King's Fish House restaurants in California, Nevada and Arizona, are conscious of their value-oriented image, particularly during an economic lull, and are therefore wary of menuing a salmon entrée at $20 or more.
"We want a lot of our guests enjoying wild salmon, and we want them to do it frequently. We want them to bring their friends back," says Matt Stein, the Costa Mesa, Calif., company's chief seafood officer. "We're definitely conscious of our guests not spending too much money with us."
In late May and early June, King's Fish House featured Copper River sockeyes prepared four ways - Salmon Cakes for $12.45, Summer Salad for $15.95 and Cedar Plank Roasted with Dry Rub and Hazelnut Crusted, both for $17.95.
"It's been about five years since we've focused on kings," explains Stein. "When kings hit the menu, there were terrific supplies of Monterey kings and/or white kings. So we'd reach out and grab it for two weeks here, three weeks there. But now we're working mostly with sockeyes in the beginning of the season, and then with silvers."
Coho's time to shine
Oceanaire, which operates 15 upscale casual seafood restaurants nationwide, is paying about $4 a pound more for kings this year and is buying less. In mid-June, the chain launched an Alaska salmon promotion that runs through next month.
"In this economy, we don't want our chefs running a $45 salmon dish," says Wiestling. "People are very sensitive about how and where they're spending their money. So we have to retain that mass appeal, and I don't think a $45 salmon dish necessarily has that mass appeal. And we won't run a 6-ounce piece of salmon unless it's an appetizer or salad just to keep our costs down. Our chefs really dig [kings], so they'll buy it as long as it stays in that $12 to $16 range. They'll buy it and sell it all day long. But they can't afford to buy $24-a-pound whole fish."
But adversity spawns opportunity. Tight supplies and high prices of chinook salmon are opening the door for other Pacific salmon species, particularly coho, or silver, salmon, which doesn't garner as much hoopla from chefs, retailers and food editors as its larger, fattier cousin.
"Last August, we ran an Alaska coho promotion, and coho is [a species] that not many of our chefs had a lot of experience with. A lot of them questioned why we were doing it, because kings and sockeyes are the bigger story," says Wiestling. "But we got tremendous play out of it. It got a lot of press. It turned out to be a fantastic promotion for us, and we're looking forward to doing it again [this August]."
Alaska's coho harvest is projected to yield 4.4 million fish this year, which would be up from 3.6 million fish in 2007.
Though it often steals the limelight, kings represented only 6.4 percent of Alaska's $416.8 million salmon catch last year.
"We'll see [buyers] working more species of Pacific salmon into their product mix this season," says Laura Fleming, communications director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. "Everyone always worries about [price resistance], but I'm not sure where that point is. We won't see [kings] fall off menus or out of cases. But we'll see people trying out different species at a price they can afford."
Down on the farm
Farmed king salmon is also a viable alternative to wild product. The United States imported 7.3 million pounds of farmed kings last year and 10.2 million pounds in 2006. Most of the product originated from British Columbia, the rest from New Zealand.
Farmed king demand is growing worldwide, says Paul Steere, CEO of the New Zealand King Salmon Co., which opened a new 3-acre salmon farm, its fifth overall, in February. The company raised just under 6,000 metric tons of kings from June 2007 to June 2008, and about 10 percent of its production is exported to the United States.
"We enjoy price premiums in the United States now," says Steere. "King salmon is a much more fragile species to husband and handle [than Atlantic salmon]. It also has a higher feed conversion ratio, so we are conscious that it is already more expensive in the water."
New Zealand King Salmon does not use antibiotics or vaccines in its grow-out, and there are no wild salmon runs near its farms, notes Steere. The company markets its environmental attributes to avoid getting swept up in the barrage of negative press damaging salmon aquaculture, including sea lice infestations in British Columbia (see International Sourcing on Western Canada, p. 24) and infectious salmon anemia outbreaks in Chile.
Reaching out to consumers is also a challenge for the West Coast salmon industry, which is fearful the market for California and Oregon kings won't be there if - and when - the fish return, says David Goldenberg, CEO of the California Salmon Council. The 2009 fisheries are up in the air, he adds.
"We're losing ground. If we go dark for too long, when we finally come back it will be like marketing a brand new product," says Goldenberg. Changes in ocean temperatures, water diversions and habitat destruction, not overfishing, are likely to blame for the collapse of the Sacramento River salmon population, which produces about 85 percent of the kings harvested off California and Oregon, he explains.
For Alaska's salmon industry, the California and Oregon closure is a mixed blessing, notes Gunnar Knapp, an economist at the University of Alaska-Anchorage's Institute of Social and Economic Research.
"It's [beneficial] in the short run, but your traditional customer base may resist [higher prices]," he says. "Your customers may look somewhere else, and if they like what they see, they may not come back when you lower your price. High prices are good, but it opens the door for competitors. A price rise is better if it's driven by growing demand than by a supply shortage."
With supplies as tight and prices as high as they are, buyers can't rely on solely kings to drive their summertime salmon sales. Promoting other Pacific salmon species and farmed kings may just be the difference between a lucrative summer and a lackluster one.
Associate Editor Steven Hedlund can be e-mailed at email@example.com


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Nov 24th 2009 12:37PM Pets FTW
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Blood Sport: Patch 3.3, part II {WoW}
Nov 6th 2009 4:06PM In my opinion, deterrence and dispersion are more in line with what defensive abilities should be like in general. Using either comes with a cost--losing the ability to DPS or heal. Abilities that give a defensive edge without an offensive penalty can and will be used for an offensive ability and are partially responsible for the success of some high burst "train one opponent and win" teams.
Blood Sport: Patch 3.3, part I {WoW}
Oct 31st 2009 3:06PM You really understate how good WOTF is in its current form. The number of people that arena as undead, or multiple UD teams really speaks to the reality. Changing the ability to have a 45 sec lockout with your trinket seems like a little much. I would say it should be more like a 30 second lockout.
People also tend to overstate how good Every Man for Himself is in comparison to WOTF. Being able to potentially break two CCs in a row is extremely powerful VS classes that rely on CCs affected by WOTF. Every man would be easily balanced if Blizzard would be willing to introduce upgraded versions Titan Forged Runes, etc., to keep them more in line with the current generation of PVE trinkets.
Also, did I miss something, or have they changed the fact that pets are not going to be immune to AOE effects in arenas any more? If the change is still in the patch, it seems that the AOE damage is being somewhat offset by pets having the full resilience.
Patch 3.3 PTR: Area-of-effect damage cap change {WoW}
Oct 9th 2009 5:57PM A lot of people seem to be misunderstanding the change. From GC's mouth:
"I think you're misunderstanding the change (which could certainly be our patch note). What we're doing is making sure that your AE damage will always go up if you increase gear. If you do a fight where you AE a lot (cough Onyxia) you could very well be at the cap already which makes additional gear feel lame. With this change, the cap itself will scale with your damage.
I guess it's a moderate nerf to solo farming but AEs still rock for blasting apart raptors in Stranglethorn. "
And I for one definitely already feel the AOE cap, on Onyxia in particular. Puny mind sear numbers (even in grande bulk) make me sad.
Update on the Ghostcrawler situation {WoW}
Sep 28th 2009 6:53PM It's not just shadow priest QQ, it's QQ in general thats a problem. The role forums are overrun with it. There are some excellent posters there, but there is also a lot of whining, inappropriate microdisection of individual class abilities, crying for devs, etc. In many ways, it'd be nice if the forums could be more community moderated than they are, because a lot of whats there is wasting the developers' time.
Priest Q & A: Healers remain indifferent {WoW}
Aug 5th 2009 12:46PM I'm sorry, but this isn't a commentary. It is a regurgitation of the priest Q&A, minus the shadow priest information. If you're going to bother writing up something, take some time to do something other than copy/paste lines from the Q&A.
Class Q&A: Druid {WoW}
Jul 15th 2009 1:45AM To quote GC: "Giving up healing to do damage works okay. Giving up everything to heal is lame."
My main is a priest. I've always hated the holyform idea for the very opposite reason. In a PVE evironment at least, having any "form" that straight up boosts healing has no down side to it. The old tree form worked because of synergy with swiftmend and the fact that it made druid healing a sort of choice.
Honestly, I don't see how there is such a distinction between shadow/moonkin forms and treeform in GC's eyes (how two are OK but the other not). Elemental shammies and to a lesser extent ret pallies don't suffer similar limitations to their priest and druid counterparts. Cat and bear are truely distinct forms with unique resources and abilities. Everything else is just ability taxing in order to have a class be compeditive.
Patch 3.2 PTR: Priest changes in build 10072 {WoW}
Jul 8th 2009 1:07PM According to MMO champ:
•Improved Mind Blast has an additional effect - while in Shadowform your Mind Blast also has a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to reduce all healing done to the target by 20% for 10 sec.
So this mini MS is slapped on top of CD reduction. So no change in our PVE DPS output because of it.
Shifting Perspectives: Restoration and the Tree Druid's future {WoW}
May 26th 2009 11:03AM Ghostcrawler kind of brushed it asside, but why isn't there a similar dialogue about Shadowform and Moonkin form? Both are required to bring the class in line with other DPS specs. Both play an essential role in the class's survivability in arena, to the point where in today's high burst setting if you drop form you're pretty much screwed. Both Pallies and Shaman can heal in their DPS specs to varrying degrees of effectiveness without giving up their survivability (Paladins can even bubble and heal up if they so choose), I really wonder if the key to making both specs more arena viable is just removing the anti-healing penalty.

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Westword Music Showcase initial acts revealed
It's coming. You ready? Save the date: Saturday, June 22. That's when we'll be taking over the Golden Triangle once again for the nineteenth annual edition of the Westword Music Showcase, presented by Miller Lite. You know the deal: more bands than you can consume in one sitting, spread across a dozen stages, including our all-ages outdoor stage. There's a special pre-sale this weekend that you can get in on by signing up for our newsletter and becoming a Westword Insider before tickets officially go on sale this Monday, February 25. We've got a full slate of choice headliners this year, some of which we've posted below. Keep reading to see what's on tap so far.
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If you've been to Showcase before, you know we're all about going out on a high note at the end of the night, dancing ourselves into traction and partying like it's our last night on earth. In recent years, this role has been filled by Ghostland Observatory, Chromeo and Girl Talk. We needed something on par with those acts, someone who is bigger than life, over the top and capable of providing the perfect soundtrack. Alas, we found 'em: Dada Life. If you're looking to kick out the epic, look no further.
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Shopify Review – the Pros and Cons of Using This Online Shop Builder
A lot of people are interested in starting a little (or big) online business. There are various tools available online that can help you do this, allowing you to build stores with eCommerce facilities. One of these is Shopify.com, which allows you to handle all online sales. It is said to be one of the better solutions out there, and since it comes with a two week free trial option, I figured I had little to lose in trying it out.
What Is Shopify?
Shopify is designed to give you everything you need to have a running online store. The only thing you have to add to it, as such, is your stock and some business acumen. Essentially, it is about outsourcing those parts of a job that you are perhaps not as good at. If you were to compare it to a physical store, you would leave the design and build of the store to someone else, while you focus on getting stock, customers and staff in place.
Shopify wants to help small business to be able to grow in today's difficult economy. They want to help them become successful by using state of the art technology that is accessible to anybody, even those with smaller budgets. The company is still kinda small, which makes it more personal, and everybody that works there has to be dedicated to providing excellence and to wanting to solve problems.
Visit the official Shopify site here to learn more <<
When they first started, they serviced just a single store. Because they were unable to find any eCommerce software, they decided to create their own. That store became hugely successful, which encouraged the company to focus on this software solution instead. Just three friends founded Shopify back in 2006. Since then, they have gained tens of thousands of customers, from small local businesses to huge multinationals like General Electric. They still believe in the same features: giving businesses the functionality that they need to run a successful business without having to be an expert in software development.
Shopify is now hugely successful and one of the biggest providers of its kind on the market. It continues to develop, providing newer technology as their customer database grows. The best part is they want people to try Shopify before they make a decision and that's why you can get a free trial right here.
What Does Shopify Offer?
Shopify basically makes sure the hard parts of online retail are taken care of. Their packages include:
- Complete control over what your website actually looks like, with over 100 different templates and the option of working on a custom design.
- The ability to accept payments through credit card (AMEX, Visa and MasterCard) through secure payment options.
- Full SSL encryption so that customer data is always secure.
- Round the clock customer support.
- The ability to sync your physical store with your online store through Shopify POS.
Read the entire list of what Shopify offers here.
Shopify Prices and Packages
Shopify offers five different packages.
These are:
- The Starter package, at $14 per month. This offers almost no functionality, but is sufficient to give you a bit more opportunity to try things after your trial period is completed.
- The Basic package, at $29 per month. This gives you unlimited bandwidth and products, as well as 1GB of storage. The transaction fees are set at 2% and you can also access a discount code engine.
- The Professional package, at $79 per month, which has the same unlimited bandwidth and products, but comes with 2GB of storage and a transaction fee of 1%. Besides the discount code engine, you also get gift cards, recovery of abandoned carts and professional reports.
- The Unlimited package, at $179 per month, which has unlimited bandwidth and packages once again, but also unlimited storage and no transaction fees. It has the discount code engine, the gift cards, abandoned carts and professional reports, but also an advanced report builder and real-time carrier shipping.
- The Enterprise package, which is a bespoke package.
- Shopify POS, which allows you to sync your physical store to your online store, costs an additional $49 per month and can be added to each of the packages.
What I Liked About Shopify
- It comes with a 14 day free trial. Access that trial here.
- It does not require any software and you don't have to be technically minded to work it.
- The templates are really good and with so many to choose from, it is likely that you will find one that suits your needs. If not, you have the opportunity to design one yourself.
- It is easy to customize everything so that it suits your specific needs, even if eCommerce isn't the main driver of your website.
- Spotify also has blogging functionality, which makes it far easier to promote your website through SEO purposes and other types of inbound marketing.
- It works really well with AdWords.
- You can keep track of all your orders and your customer data, essentially offering a CMS system.
- You can link your physical retail store with your online store.
What I Didn't Like
- Some people would say that a company that has as many customers as Shopify should be offering more than 100 templates for stores. You can however find people to easily customize templates and built templates from scratch for you though.
- The prices of templates on Shopify are quite high, starting at $80.
- Some of the customization options, particularly adding text and subpages is really complicated and could be made easier. However, there is round the clock customer support, so you can get any help you need as you need it.
- There are a number of fees that you will have to pay in order to have real functionality. Each add-on will cost you a little bit more as well.
The Verdict
Shopify is one of the giants out there in terms of eCommerce and for good reason. Improvements could most definitely be made, particularly in terms in their shop templates. However, compared to what else is out there, I would say that Shopify really is the best one out of the bunch and I also believe it will continue to improve as customer demands become more stringent.
If you do want to set up an online store, whether linked to a physical retail store or not, I highly recommend you use Shopify.


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Am just back in Panamá City after two days on Isla Colón, the largest of the nine islands in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. These islands are located on the extreme western side of Panamá, only 40 kilometers, or about 24 miles, from Costa Rica.
The first words out of my mouth when we stepped onto this island were "Key West!" Like most resorts that feed off the beautiful blue Caribbean waters, Bocas shares many characteristics of our south Florida resort. It crawls with plump, sunburned tourists and hops with hostels full of international kids who've not bathed for days. If you take a big whiff, you'll catch a healthy waft of last night's cocktail. Full of fruit, of course. Shark teeth and plastic woven wristbands are abundant in the souvenir shops, as are sarongs made in the Orient and jewelry purportedly handmade.
But if you look beyond the first impression you'll find nature our children experience only through pixels. Our group of four stood mesmerized as a tree sloth, high in a tree, nursed her young. I carried with me a huge palm branch, enthralled with its intricately woven fibers. Starfish as big as a dinner plate, lay abundantly only feet from the shore line. And the frogs and birds of the rain forest . . . their sound almost symphonic.
I hope you'll enjoy this visual tour of the area known as Bocas del Toro as much as I did. I begin with the moment we stepped off the bus and into our next means of transportation, a bright yellow water taxi. Hail Marys come in handy, whether you're Catholic or not. The young driver, donning a bejeweled LA cap, instructed twenty-five of us (yes, I counted) to jump in and put on our life vests. This is where you surrender to the man in the tacky cap, and pray that you'll see your kids "just one more time, dear God!"
I survived and was very happy to leave the island in an airplane.
Once on the main island of Isla Colón, we found lots of hostels teeming with kids from around the world.
It always amazes me how creative bar owners can be with their watering holes . . . surely designed while under the influence.
Then, of course, a slice of Atlanta . . . the hometown I share with Coca-Cola.
Our hotel, Gran Hotel Bahía, once the headquarters of the fruit company now known as Chiquita, has two large porches overlooking the water. As you peer down the hallway, you could almost imagine the workers running back and forth across the dark wide hallways, with clipboards in hand, barking out orders to the workers who load bananas on the dock outside.
Fueling up for the ride around the nine islands of the Bocas del Toro province of Panamá. (see below)
Walking through the rain forest to reach Isla Bastimentos' Red Frog Beach, one of the most pristine beaches I've ever seen . . . also one of the frog chirping-est! (see below)
Tents for rent at the Palmar Tent Lodge, ranging from $10 if you pitch your own, $70/per for a 4-person tent. Each comes with 5 gallons of water for showering and basin/pitcher for brushing your teeth. For the young, I'm afraid. (see below)
Here is the sanctuary of an open-air Catholic church in the town called Bocas.


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Every day from now to Thanksgiving, we'll share something for the holiday table.
Rue de l'Espoir is a much beloved restaurant on Providence's East Side.
Owner Deborah Norman has also endeared herself to many by sharing wonderful recipes including this seasonal delight, The Rue's Cranberry Tart.
Norman has been treating Providence to American bistro cooking since 1976. The cozy restaurant at 99 Hope St. is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Rue's Cranberry Walnut Tart
For the tart shell:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
5 tablespoons butter cut into cubes
Pinch of salt
1 egg
1/2 tablespoon water
For the filling:
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
Juice of one orange
1 cup walnuts chopped
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, roughly chopped
Preheat oven 375 degrees.
To make the tart shell: combine cup of flour, 1/2 cup sugar and pinch of salt in a large bowl, With a pastry knife, cut in the 5 tablespoons of butter until mixture is coarse.
Make a pool in center and add one egg. Beat lightly with fork and combine just until mixture forms a ball, adding the water if necessary. Wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Grease a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom. Press pastry into the bottom and up the sides of pan.
Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Cool.
To make the filling: combine the 3/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons butter and orange peel and juice in a large bowl. Set aside.
Place walnuts and cranberries in bottom of tart. Pour sugar mixture into pan.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden, the edge of filling is firm and center is almost set. Cool.
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Luvs did the jiffypops recently and got me thinking of little gifts that I can give my neighbors this year. We usually don't do anything expensive.
I thought of an idea the other day that I may do. You know those little galvanized pails you can get at craft stores and even the hardware store? I was thinking of painting a cute snowman scene on them and filling them with popcorn balls (snowballs?). What do you think of that? Or I've seen new paint buckets painted and filled with snowmelt for those of you that live in snowy areas. Anybody else got any fun painted gift ideas to share. |
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- Posted by colour_me_violet (My Page) on Fri, Nov 3, 06 at 20:43
Those are really great gift ideas. I have a sister who is learning to paint with me. She has really limited her supplies so I purchased one of those galvanized buckets and have been adding supplies to it. All pertaining to painting and she can paint the design on the bucket too once she empties it. How's that? |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Fri, Nov 3, 06 at 21:31
Anj, I love the bucket with the popcorn snowballs Idea--sounds really cute! Don't know about snowmelt--none here in So. Calif. ;o) Violet, your sister will love a bucket full of painting supplies! It takes awhile to accumulate all the neat brushes and assorted paints. Nice idea. My Jiffypop containers seemed to go over well. Thought I might do a few for Christmas for a group of friends I meet for lunch every couple of months--but now I kind of like Anj's idea better. I've also painted flowerpots and put seed packets, gloves and small gardening tools in them--that seems better for Spring or Summer tho. I've also thought about painting on soaps and then wrapping it with a pretty washcloth in clear paper with a pretty ribbon tied on. I've already done the same idea with candles and candleholders from Big Lots one year. I'll let you know if I think of anything else. Luvs |
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I thought this post from Ade was pretty interesting. It refers back to an exercise Joe Walnes ran at Extreme Tuesday. The concept is simple but pretty cool and a few of us here at RBS had a crack at it.
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We did it as a bit of fun really but it's been a useful exercise. I found that it forced me to be a little more tangible about what I actually value at a personal level. Also comparing the maps is interesting. Not that surprisingly there's a fair bit of similarity between those drawn by these guys (they are all TW or ex) but it's the differences that are really interesting. I reckon you can feel them in the team dynamic. Useful.
I also tried using the technique in an interview situation. We just got some A3 and a marker and we penned out a map for the prospective employee. It was a pretty cool way of exploring his values and it was interesting to contrast it back to the others. Again the differences were interesting.
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07:00: Full Disclosure: Although I do have a passport, I've never been out of the country. Part of the reason is opportunity. The other part is that my passport photo makes me look like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Once again it looks like I've have to vicariously live through Mike. Truth be told, Australia is at the top of my travel bucket list, so thank you Mike for the vicarious vacation.
07:01: Cool this looks like Mike and the gang are going on "Survivor." One thing that always fascinates about "Survivor" is all the people who show up wearing suits, dresses and high heals. Here's a tip: If the producers of "Survivor" call and say it's "go time" put on your jungle outfits. You don't need to impress anyone you need to… what's the word I'm looking for… oh yeah… survive! But I digress.
07:01: Nice logo with the whole slimming the planet thing.
07:02: Nothing like a good production SNAFU to get things started out. Is there anything more annoying then landing in your destination and then waiting around to actually leave the airport? Unless it's the Vegas airport with the slot machines this is not a good way to start my vicarious vacation.
07:03: I like it that Mike packs up the trucks. Remind me to ask him if he did that because he knew the cameras were rolling or because he knew he would be missing out on his workouts? Maybe he just felt bad for the crew because clearly they look a bit anxious.
07:03: New favorite show: "Hotel Hell." Of course, Mike and his black light did this bit first but I'm fascinated by how business owners let their businesses go downhill when all it would take is a little effort to turn things around. Would I ever check out of a hotel where I saw bugs crawling around? Probably. Another reason why my passport hasn't been stamped.
07:04: Four hour drive? Zoinks. I wonder if they'll be playing Car Bingo or Bug Punch.
07:05: Mike said "Roach motel." Funny. Even funnier that he has to stay there.
07:06: Dirty Jobs CSI. I call dibs on the pitch.
07:06: Having a nice memory flashback to a family vacation to Florida where we went to Busch Gardens and drove around the safari country. Don't remember anything startling from that trip like a charging rhino or monkeys attacking our car. You have to wonder, why did we go there then?
07:07: Can you imagine being the poor pizza deliver guy who has to bring pies to this town? Talk about working for your tips. Yikes.
07:08: If I had a nickel for every time I heard Mike explain his job to somebody I could pay from my own vacation that wouldn't be vicarious at all.
07:09: Adaptability. The hallmark of a successful anything. Mike loves working without a script. This is why: he's adaptable.
07:09: Not for nothing but if all they're doing is catching crabs and cutting down a tree I'm guessing they could probably do both in the same day. No?
07:10: "Rarely has there been in so short a time so much confusion." Clearly, Mike is forgetting the last time we went out for a meal. I tend to order "off the menu" a lot. That's confusing even for me. Especially when the food finally arrives and I ask, "Did I order that?"
07:11: I'm making a prediction that the crabs Mike is about the catch aren't the crabs caught back in Baltimore. As it happens I've actually gone crabbing. It's a very Zen like experience. You become one with the water, the crab and the chicken neck you tied to a string to catch the crab. After crabbing on several occasions I learned to embrace the crab cake. That too is Zen like as you become one with the crab cake and your fork. Much better Zen.
07:12: I actually admire people who say, "I don't watch television." Or even better, "I don't own a television." I think it's very noble to engage in other pursuits. Of course, at the moment I hear this I have nothing to say and move on to another person.
07:13: Cool they're tracking beasts of the wild. I wonder if the Learning Annex has a class in water buffalo tracking? Bigger question: When you find the wild water buffalo what are you supposed to do with it?
07:14: So they are cutting the tree and getting the crabs? See? I told you it could be done in a day.
07:15: "His tree is his canvas." Michelangelo once said, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." How cool would it be to have a pair of Michelangelo glasses that let you see things like he saw them? Dibs on that pitch, too!
07:15: Deadly tree sap? That's totally a CSI episode!
07:15: Mike with a log on this should makes me thing of Curly carrying a plank of wood: no good can come of this.
07:16: Bullbar. New favorite word.
07:16: I'm going to have to be on Team Turtle too. Can't imagine enjoying a turtle egg omelet.
07:17: They're letting Mike drive? No good can come of this.
07:18: Not for nothing but at this point I'd like a Google Earth type map. Yes, we're down under but after that I'm clueless. Who's with me?
07:19: No he didn't just spear that!
07:20: Wow these Aborigines have a different word for everything.
07:22: I don't care what they're looking for on the water, they're going to need a bigger boat.
07:23: All that for one little fish?
07:24: Welcome to a new way of life: eating turtle eggs on a beach. Outstanding.
07:24: $100 bucks for nine pops, 3 packs of smokes and a gallon of water? Is that the "American film crew" rate or everyday rate? I'm guessing the former.
07:25: While this seems like a unique adventure for Mike and the gang, you wonder if this is just another "Tuesday" for the locals.
07:26: There's no road. Seriously. There's no road.
07:27: Going over log as opposed to getting out and moving the log? One wonders who made that call? If the axle breaks or the tire blows I would totally be the guy who would say, "We should have moved the log."
07:28: "Mike's Toilet Time." Thanks for that. Now I can rest easy knowing the flushing parameters down under.
07:29: "Spear in his hand and running." Proof positive they are where they should be.
07:30: Are you freaking kidding me with that spear fish toss in the water thing? That dude would totally clean up on "Survivor."
07:33: Man, these guys have some really good eyes.
07:35: Note to self: Don't get stranded on a deserted island with Mike and depend on him to feed me.
07:36: I think these locals have the best time of their lives telling silly Americans to do silly things. Personally, from where I'm comfortable ensconced, I couldn't be happier at their attitude.
07:37: Day one and Mike jacks up his toe. Way to go, dude.
07:38: So if I hate sushi with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns can you imagine how well raw shark liver and stingray meat would go over?
07:40: As for cooking in the dirt, I did have roasted pig once that was cooked in a pit. It was wrapped in banana leaves and rubbed with sea salt. That was it. Best tasting thing I ever had. However, I can't emphasize enough the fact that it was COOKED!
07:42: Gotta admire the folks who live off the land. Makes me feel weak and puny but those feelings will quickly subside as I head out to my nearest Ralph's grocery store to spear a piece of fried chicken. Good times.
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Love the recap, why aren't you ever on camera Meyer??
"…put on your jungle outfits. You don't need to impress anyone, you need to survive!" (New favorite phrase.)
Good job as usual, Meyer.


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The Rodolfo Moraga 'The Role Of Pinatas' series recreates moments from classics with paper-mache. The installation uses a mix of sculpture, video, sound, dioramas and photography. Moraga is quoted on the 'If It's Hip, It's Here' website, saying that in his artwork he is looking for "an evolution in its most volatile form, questioning the social references that force themselves into the sensibility of the human eye."
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Here are the Dahlias I bought this year, and I'm wondering if anyone else has grown any of these? (I did see on another thread I started that another person has grown Vassio Meggos and Fuzzy Wuzzy)
So far, only 1 has flowered, after being planted in early May with 2 others, but it was obviously mislabelled, and I had bought it from a local store. The other dahlias were planted on May 25(3 of them), and June 11(4 more) **These I bought from Swan Island: These were planted May 25 and June 11. 1. Fuzzy Wuzzy
**These others I bought as tubers from a local store: 1. Contraste(rotted in the ground after week long rain/May)
I've planted them 5 inches deep in mixed organic soil(PH 6.5 - 6.9) with good nutrients, and given them water manually whenever needed, usually every 2 days, as it hasn't really rained enough for 6 weeks, and its been HOT. I topped them at the 3rd leaf level. The plants all basically look healthy, but some are growing faster than others, and 2 now are starting to grow flower buds, which should open in a week or so. Anyway, have you grown any of these, and what were your results? Please mention the size of the flowers of the varieties on this list that you've grown, thanks.... |
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It's my first year for #3 and #4 (I'm too lazy tonight to spell them out). #4 was really slow to get started. #3 has buds and I'm excited to see it bloom... |
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Mislabeled? That's sad. Although dahlia flowers are my favorite, there's always that dahlia variety that attracts me the most. So, purchasing a mislabeled set of dahlia tubers is a big "NO" for me. You can check a clean and well-organized selection of dahlias below. This time no more mislabeled dahlia packs. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Lynch Creek Dahlias
- Posted by redmond_phyllis Seattle area (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 11 at 0:22
I've heard good things about that grower, but it's certainly not the only good one. I consider Swan Island to have consistent quality. They've never sent me a wrong dahlia in the 3 years that I've ordered from them. But these two are not the only good growers. You can find good growers by using the search words "dahlia biglist" in your search engine. Most commercial growers specializing in dahlias get you the variety that you ordered. |
Note that the OP bought the mislabeled one from a local store, not Swan Island. |
- Posted by redmond_phyllis Seattle area (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 11 at 23:37
Box stores do make mistakes, and I'm not sure how important box stores regard their labels. Bought a "Peaches and Cream" last year that I've been told is probably "Seattle." But in this case, I bought the plant because I really liked the bloom, not for the name. |
I have Tutti Frutti this year and it is doing really well. Its pink with a golden glow at the base and holds up well to sunshine. This is its 2nd week of blooming and it seems like it will be quite prolific. |
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Instead of a crystal chandelier, Cowtown Diner's owners opted to install a light fixture fashioned from antlers to reflect their restaurant's rustic atmosphere. Inside the dining area brown leather booths line the exposed brick walls bedecked with colorful artwork and the occasional cowboy hat. The outdoor patio features umbrella topped tables where patrons dig into chicken fried steak, Belgian waffles, and scrambled eggs.
Deb and Steve's Cafe boasts a menu full of multicultural twists on Americana favorites and a comfy family-friendly environment. Shareable starters include the four-tiered appetizer combo with fried shrimp, onion rings, mini burgers, and chicken fingers, and entrees such as the customizable Texas-chili burger—made with prime Nolan Ryan beef—or veggie-friendly portobello burger save families the trouble of cooking dinner or paying the government to air-drop them lunch. Steve's famous chicken-salad sandwich silently speaks to poultry prophets, and the new york strip steak arrives with potatoes and veggies, anxious to be devoured and washed down with a fountain drink.
Like the beloved American diners of yesteryear, Elks Diner retains some classic touches, from the tall pie cooler in the corner to the long counter and casual booths. During mornings that begin at 6:30 a.m., Elks' servers warm mugs with fresh-brewed coffee, as well as plates piled with chicken-fried steak and fluffy three-egg omelets. The vast menu, cooked by a chef with experience in five-star restaurants in Chicago and Beverly Hills, also includes panini, hamburgers, and albacore-tuna melts, rounded out by slabs of a chef's selection of house-made pies.
Longtime Dallas residents can still remember when Mama opened her diner in 1958, bustling about the kitchen with her daughters scampering by her side, whipping up her signature hearty country specialties and desserts. More than 50 years later, Mama continues to watch over the kitchen with the help of her daughters, granddaughters, and a loyal kitchen staff. Drawing from Mama's timeless recipes, seasoned cooks fry up chicken fried steaks, pot roast, and catfish for the menu of daily specials, while biscuits, peach cobblers, and cinnamon rolls rise in the oven. Servers bear hefty platters out to the cushy booths of the dining room, where Mama's timeless wisdom is written across the walls, including such gems as "Eat your peas and get dessert" and "Don't stare".
When Norma's Cafe opened in 1956, it was the kind of homey breakfast spot where the food was as comforting as the waitresses were welcoming—they greeted their customers by name. One of those customers was Ed Murph, who later purchased Norma's with the goal of keeping the down-home tradition alive. And according to the Dallas Observer, he succeeded. The paper voted Norma's The Best Home Style Restaurant in 2010, claiming that "the recipes taste as though they haven't much changed." It's those recipes that have made generations of diners—and even food critics—eager to wake up in the morning. Pillowy biscuits blanketed in gravy, chicken fried steaks, and omelets made with farm-fresh eggs are partially responsible for the countless amounts of press and awards Norma's has earned. But credit the atmosphere for a good portion of the popularity. Norma's continues to evoke feelings of a friendlier, simpler time, when the pies were made from scratch, the waitresses knew your name, and the jukeboxes didn't heckle you for your poor music choices.
Buzzbrews Kitchen is not your average coffeehouse. For one, it sees some of its largest crowds in the wee hours of the morning. Two of the shop's three locations are open around the clock, catering both to late-night carousers and early-morning commuters. Whether you think the morning starts at 9 a.m. or 3 a.m., you're likely to find something to love on the 24-hour menu, which loosely focuses on traditional breakfast and Mexican fare. Mochas and lattes are popular throughout the day, and burgers are a hit at lunch and dinner. There's also an impressive selection of wines and beers, which explains why some guests show up with sleeping bags and a desire to never leave.


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Xiao He and Li Qing, drummer for Carsick Cars, fiddle with a piano during a relaxing day off in West Virginia, between shows in Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The musicians on tour are all multi-instrumentalists and enjoy collaborating. —Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Xiao He and Shi Xudong, bassist for P.K. 14, take in the scenery at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. It was, perhaps unbeknown to them, a quintessential American experience. —New Jersey somewhere
Long hauls in the RV were spent napping, drinking, and enjoying the passing American landscapes. The RV became the bands' home away from home for most of the tour. —East Coast somewhere
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My first car
1962 VW Bug I got when I was 15. My dad and I spent the year building it from the ground up. I thought myself how to drive a stick in that car. 6 months after it was finished, I was rear ended by a drunk driver and the car was totaled.
Car I wish I still had
The 1967 Chevy Nova II my dad and I built when I was 13.
My dream car
Currently, a 1950 Mercury lead sled.
- Type of racing: Drag racing
- Driving song: Radar Love by Golden Earring, anything off of Sevendust's first album
- Car movie: Original Gone in 60 Seconds
- Car magazine: Hot Rod
- Car game: Simpson's Road Rage (cause you got to take your frustrations out somehow)
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We're in Utah and are building a home with a walkout basement -- the southern exposure will shine sunlight at several rooms along the back. We're thinking of putting ceiling fans in for circulation but are unsure if they're even necessary at all.
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Common - probably not. We put one in (NC - Eastern windows) and we never use it. As you said, it is pretty cool on its own. I don't run the a/c down there and it is always a few degrees cooler than the main floor. When you are at the windows at the right time of day, it is a little warm but that area isn't even covered by the ceiling fan. |
My 6 yr old house has a walk out basement with lots of south light. We put ceiling fans in two bedrooms, a large family room, and the exercise room. All of these rooms have a lot of light. I like ceiling fans. I have them in many rooms on the main level as well. I wish I had one in my master bathroom. We are in Central/southern Illinois and are experiencing a heat wave and drought. |
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We are in the northeast and our walkout maintains a temp of 63 all winter without heat and will warm up to about 78 on the hottest summer days if we keep it closed up, so we didn't put in ceiling fans. (personally I'm not a fan of how most of them look.) You could put in provision and then wait to see how the place performs and add them later if need be. |
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MontBell Alpine Light Down Parka
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Fill Weight |
4.3 oz |
Insulation |
800 fill power goose down |
Shell Fabric |
30-denier Ballistic rip-stop nylon |
Lining Fabric |
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26.8 in (Size M) |
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For a very warm, well-made, very lighweight down parka, you'd search far and wide to do better than this one. Wonderful, effective hood. Easily a great parka for winter backpackers and climbers, but also for normal people who just want to stay warm in the winter.
- 800 fill goose down is extremely efficient while not overly puffy.
- The hood is one of the best, most comfortable and warmest I've seen.
- Not seam sealed or waterproof. But the outer fabric is rated at 25 washes.
- Would be even better if were three or four inches longer.
This is a beautiful-looking and well designed parka. Nice fleece lined pockets (though, oddly, the fleece is only on one side), nicely tailored with a very functional and warm hood.
Last night I took a walk when it was 10° F. Under the alpine light I wore a thin wool sweater and a thin MontBell Thermawrap, hood up. Light thermal bottom, as well. Perhaps I masked how the parka performs, but I wasn't the least bit cold. And if you're exerting yourself much, you'll absolutely be warm enough. In fact, you might need to unzip a little. If you were standing or sitting still in freezing weather, you'd need at least a couple of layers beneath. MontBell's Frost Line Parka might be better for this type of thing.
This parka is extremely comfortable to wear and, very importantly, comfortable to move in and use your arms without hindrance. I wish it were a few inches longer to keep more of me warm, but as it is the hem goes below my belt.
Cuffs are non-adjustable, comfortable elastic, and the bottom cinch and hood cords are easy to adjust. I haven't worn it in any rain or snow yet, but the few flakes I did notice beaded right up. The outer fabric isn't fragile, nor is it for bushwhacking through thorny underbrush.
The 800 fill goose down really delivers the warmth and looks deceptively unpuffy. For the price, this is a great piece of gear. I bought it from MontBell's outlet on their website for a very good price.
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Fabric: 30 denier pertex, i believe
Fill: 800
Price Paid: $140
Great piece of gear. Fit is almost athletic cut. Warmth is awesome, hood is great and it's extremely light. If it's real cold out, I'll wear this under my shell for ice climbing and it does great. and the hood will fit over my helmet, barely.
Excellent construction, nice soft warm pockets and it looks great. And unlike my North Face 900 fill jacket, this Montbell hasn't lost a single feather yet...two years into use.
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Crusted Custard! The pies are missin'!
In Skunk Valley, Ma and Pa Baker's livelihood is threatened when the evil Vincent Von Villenueva plots to take over the town starting with their pie shop. Can Chicken Farmer John save the old couple from his dastardly deeds, keep the town from becoming a rootin'-tootin' saloon destination and still prove his honor to the lovely shop girl? This hilarious spoof of turn-of-the-century melodramas—complete with a dashing hero, a mustache-twirling villain and a slew of wacky characters—is as American as…well, you know.
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"So this is the culmination of an entire autumn of workshops, five regional workshops, the lucky winners of which have been brought forward to this national final."
Dr Celia Caulcott, BBSRC Director of Innovation and Skills speaking at the event:
"One of the great things about the Biotechnology YES is the whole process of involving ourselves with brand new young scientists who are developing their early careers. It's incredibly exciting to see so many young scientists who are keen to understand not just their science skills but a wider set of skills that will help them as they develop in future life."
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Professor Martin Binks, Director, UNIEI speaking during a break:
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Dr Fiona Marston, Judging Panel Chair speaking to the room:
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Dr Peter Ringrose:
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Amanda Wall-Graf
HENO: "The Power of the Hustle: Passion, Community and Creativity in a Town Where You're a Dime a Dozen"
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Portland's a vibrant town, full-to-bursting with designers, creative-types, the self-employed, makers and shakers of every stripe. That environment is both a boon and a pain for entrepreneurs trying to make it work in fields that are challenging at the best of times. In this talk, Amanda explores the struggles, strategies and opportunities for fulfillment that she's discovered in her own pursuit of success and achievement as a furniture designer and maker. This is not a "how to get rich talk." It's a time for us all to ask ourselves the questions: How do we, the creative and self-employed, succeed? How do we build and maintain a vibrant and exciting practice? How do we seize the hustle?
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We live in Montana and just bought our first house. It's a clean slate for landscaping (currently it's a dirt lot, heh) and we're looking into doing a native landscape.
I am wondering how fast (in general) will shrubs and trees native to the Rocky Mountain region grow each year? I suppose it would depend on how big they are going to be at maturity... I'm asking because we would like to save money by buying some of the smaller sizes of shrubs, but we may be moving in 3-4 and selling the house, so I want to make sure they will have "filled out" by then. We haven't completely decided yet, but some of the species we were looking into are: Serviceberry Ocean Spray Golden Current Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Bearberry Thanks for the help! |
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Here is a link that might be useful: Montana Native Plant Society
The USDA classifies growth rate as: slow, moderate or rapid. It is based on establishment and the time it takes to reach full maturity height. Here is some information I found for you. Serviceberry: Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fernald Ocean Spray:Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim Golden Currant: Ribes aureum Pursh Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. Bearberry: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. I hope this helps! |
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- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
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