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United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that these charges resulted from a two-year Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") investigation of a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Gonzales also said that the investigation was designated as an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force ("OCDETF") case. OCDETF is a nationwide program that combines the resources and unique expertise of federal agencies, along with their local counterparts, in a coordinated attack against major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. This investigation was part of Project Deliverance, a national coordinated strike against Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations. This DEA initiative focused on disrupting the transportation infrastructure of these drug organizations in the United States.
During her plea hearing, Beltran admitted that between May 2009 and June 2010, she participated in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. She also admitted that on May 9, 2009, she and two co-conspirators delivered three kilograms of cocaine to an undercover agent in Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to the plea agreement filed in the case, Beltran admitted that she delivered cocaine on nine occasions between February 2010 and May 2010, and that she took her minor daughter with her on six of those deliveries to try to conceal the criminal nature of the trips from law enforcement.
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Hi all, I am looking to add a few apple trees to my backyard garden. I am located in zone 5b/6a in western MA. I am thinking of planting three trees: Liberty, William�s Pride, and Enterprise on M26 rootstocks. I like the idea of getting some disease resistance although I understand that spraying still will be required, especially prior to bagging. My question is: will these trees provide sufficient cross pollination? From what I read their blooms are somewhat spread out but in theory overlap enough. Anyone know if that�s true? I was considering planting Freedom as well, but from what I�ve read on this forum, the quality isn�t as good as Liberty/WP and it doesn�t match Enterprise�s resistance. Also, any recommendations for rootstocks? A local orchard owner recommended M26, but it sounds like some of the Geneva rootstocks have value. Thanks in advance. |
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- Posted by swampsnaggs 5b (My Page) on Fri, Dec 6, 13 at 17:11
All four of the trees you are considering have good qualities. Freedom is an exceptional pollinator, in my recollection. Freedom is great for fall eating and applesauce and is very disease resistant in every category except summer rot resistance. Both freedom and liberty are very productive. You can learn more about these varieties with the exception of "freedom" by following the included link. If you have deer in your area you should consider a permanent fence enclosure when using dwarfing rootstocks. |
Here is a link that might be useful: William's Pride Apple
- Posted by swampsnaggs 5b (My Page) on Fri, Dec 6, 13 at 17:17
All four of the trees you are considering have good qualities. Freedom is an exceptional pollinator, in my recollection. Freedom is great for fall eating and applesauce and is very disease resistant in every category except summer rot resistance. Both freedom and liberty are very productive. You can learn more about these varieties with the exception of "freedom" by following the included link. If you have deer in your area you should consider a permanent fence enclosure when using dwarfing rootstocks. |
Here is a link that might be useful: William's Pride Apple
I like your choice. You have the whole season covered with WP for early, Liberty for mid and Enterise for late season. If there are crabapples in your neighborhood, you'll be all set with pollination. Where I live (central MA), you can't go a mile without seeing crabapples as ornamental in many yards. I have 2 WP because I like it very much. Mine are on M7. I have to stake them but I like short trees. My WP ripens in mid Aug. I don't have the other two but have heard good things about them from other growers. Although many love Goldrush, another disease resistant, your zone might be pushing it regarding having enough time for it to ripen properly. I enclosed the link to Adam County Nursery on apple rootstocks. You can check it out and decide. |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 7:11
I live in southeastern NY- not east enough to get a lot of coastal moderation. When I started my nursery and orchard I leaned on disease resistant varieties, but many don't taste that great IMO, including Liberty and Enterprise. Because fungus and insect control occur at the same time, I see little benefit in using these varieties unless you have compared it to other known great tasting varieties and find them as good to eat and use. There is a reason these varieties have not established in commercial production- Liberty has been around a long time now. Even if I was determined to grow organic I wouldn't grow LIberty or Enterprise. To most palates these are just so-so off the tree and don't cook particularly well. There are some very good tasting, disease resistant apples, (to my, and my customer's palates) which include on top of the list Goldrush, followed by Pristine and William's Pride, (both great for such early apples) and some of the new releases that ACN carries such as Crimson Topaz. William's Pride has the advantage of an exceptionally long harvest period- not good for commercial growers but great for the home grower. Not great for me, because I'm much too distracted in Aug. with peaches, plums and nectarines to bother much with apples. For you to successfully ripen Goldrush there, tree best be in full sun and pruned open. I haven't had the chance to adequately evaluate those newer releases but the ones I've pulled off of my nursery trees have been quite good. |
Re. long season of WP, this year, the first pick (actually apples dropped from the tree) was 8/11 and the last pick was 9/14. It's the first time I noticed how long its picking season was. This long picking season is an added bonus. |
I'm in NY also 5b/6a and this year we had our first good harvest off our Goldrush tree. I guess they could've stood a bit longer on the tree, but I love the flavor and would personally select this variety first. I only spray 2x a year in spring for cedar-apple rust; my tree does get full sun. Pollination should not be a problem as there are so many apples/crabs in MA. Unless you are in an unusually tree-free area. A fruit tree is a lot of work and buying apples is pretty cheap in our area. So |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 12:09
I had a customer years ago in Lakeville, CT that had a landscape designer place 50 Liberty apples on M7 root stock in the orchard their. Also 50 Reliance peaches and 50 Moonglow pears. Nice site that on a good year would produce heavy crops of super-market pristine Liberties. They literally couldn't give the suckers away. Yet I know of some here who love their taste. I always say they are the lucky ones because it is such a grower friendly apple, aside from its strange growth habit, which includes a reluctance to set nice secondary and tertiery wood. |
I agree that WP is an easy choice- good flavor for an early apple and a long window- I picked it from 8/3-8/27 this year. Liberty is OK, not great. Two other September apples which were much better are Kidds Orange Red and Sweet Sixteen. Neither is a modern bred scab-resistant apple, but both are pretty disease resistant (with at least some resistance to scab) and so far I've grown both without fungicide. KOR is a parent of Gala and is just as sweet (or more so) with more flavor. Sweet Sixteen comes from the same breeding program as Honeycrisp and has some common ancestry (Northern Spy). The Sweet Sixteen sometimes has a very interesting flavor, almost like artificial cherry candy, so you may want to try it first to see if you like it. I loved it, but some don't. When I don't detect that flavor, which seemed to happen when I picked it a week or so early, it was just a nice sweet-tart flavor. When I've gotten Enterprise from local orchards, it has been nice and red, but not very flavorful. It kept for a while, but never tasted like much to me. Some people on the forums like it, and I believe that they said it needs to hang for a while after it gets red (which the orchard probably didn't). Goldrush is great, though you may not fully ripen it in OH. This year, mine were good, but not great like last year. Of course, they aren't in sunrise to sunset sun (such a thing doesn't exist in my yard due to the curve of the land, neighbors houses & trees, etc). Two other good modern scab-resistant apple: Florina Querina- I'm not growing this one yet, but I had it from a semi-local orchard this year. Actually, the orchard is further north, on the border of zone 5b/6a. The apples were dark red, and very crisp/crunchy. They reminded me of a Fuji, but were more flavorful, with a perfumed flavor. Almost everyone who tried them really liked them, while only my mom preferred Sundance. |
- Posted by Enterprise none (My Page) on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 13:58
If I understand what many of you are saying, really enjoying the apple variety is more important than disease resistance. I think the disease resistant varieties are seductive initially because I don't know enough about apple diseases and pests yet, but longer term as I keep learning, its worth having trees I like. It sounds like WP is reasonably good, although I haven't been able to try it myself yet. I guess I know Liberty and especially Enterprise are not great tasting, but I was thinking I could use them for cider and cooking/baking, although I can do that with varieties that have better taste too. I've read so many great reviews of Goldrush that I think I'll add it, see if it will ripen here. I'm also taking another look at other varieties instead of Liberty/Enterprise. Thanks! |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 15:17
You will find Goldrush to be exceptionally good as a cooker, I think. It's high acid and firm texture make it a pretty exciting addition to pies, compoties or whatever. N. Spy also is great for cooking as is Jonagold. Scab and cedar apple resistance are also in Arkansas Black, Ashmead's Kernel, Golden Russet, Roxbury Russet, Saint Edmonds Pippin, Spartan, and old strain Stayman amongst others, according to Tom Burford's list. These are all very nice apples that should do well where you are. Ash is my favorite heirloom for flavor, but may not be a consistent cropper. If you add the fungicide Immunox (myclobutanyl) with your first two (and probably only) insecticide sprays, you can probably grow and harvest any apple you want. In case you are interested, here is a spray schedule that should work for you. Alan Haigh- The Home Orchard and Nursery Co. REPRINT PERMISSION FROM ALAN HAIGH REQUIRED ________________________________________ Here's my spray schedule for the scores of orchards I manage around SE NY adapted for home owners managing a few fruit trees. It has functioned well for me for over 2 decades, although J. Beetles and brown rot of stone fruit increases the number of sprays and necessary pesticides some years some sites. Stink bugs are also an increasing problem requiring more subsequent sprays when they appear. Time of spray is based on apple bloom as that is the predominant fruit here but I generally get away with spraying all trees at the time I spray apples. Please note that pesticide labels must be read before their use and my recommendations do not override the rules on the label. The label is the law. This document only communicates what has worked for me and your results may vary depending on local pest pressure, which may require a different spray schedule. Dormant oil (this is optional if there were no mites or scale issues the previous season, which is usually the case in home orchards). Do oil spray somewhere between the point where emerging shoots are 1/2" and the flower clusters begin to show a lot of pink. Mix Immunox (myclobutinyl) at highest legal rate (listed on label for controlling scab and cedar apple rust on apple trees) with 1 to 2% oil. If it's closer to pink use 1%. Don't spray again until petal fall when petals have mostly gone from latest flowering varieties and bees have lost interest. Then spray Triazide (Spectracide Once and Done) + Immunox mixed together at highest legal rates. Repeat once in 10 to 14 days. Where I manage orchards, the space between earliest flowering Japanese plums and latest flowering apples is only 2 weeks or so which usually allows me to wait until the latest flowering trees are ready to begin spraying anything. Plum curculio seems to time its appearance conveniently to the rhythm of the last flowering apple varieties. This may not be true where you are. If plums or peaches need oil they may need application before apples. I've only had mites on European plums here and never need oil for other stone fruit. All this is based on plum curculio being your primary insect problem which is the case most areas east of the Mis. River. These sprays will also absolutely control scab, CAR and Mildew as well as most of the crop fatal insects. Apple fly maggot is an exception, but I haven't had much of a problem with this pest in the orchards I manage. This pest can be controlled with a lot of fake apples smeared with tangle trap. If you don't want to use synthetic chemicals try 4 applications of Surround about a week apart starting at petal fall. You may need to start on earlier flowering varieties as soon as they drop petals because Surround is a repellent and can't kill eggs after they've been inserted into the fruit.. Stone fruit may require the addition of an application or 2 of Indar (Monterey Fungus Fighter is closest available chemical for home growers) starting 4 weeks before first peaches ripen. Apricots must be sprayed sooner if they are scab susceptible with same compound. Because I manage so many orchards so far apart, I have to resort to a spray schedule that is based on expectations rather than actual monitoring. You may be able to reduce insecticide sprays with monitoring, but PC can enter an orchard overnight and if your insecticide lacks kick-back (as is the case with Triazide), do a lot of damage in a couple of days.. Other problems may occur later in the season and you will in time learn to monitor and react to the pitfalls. Good luck, Alan Haigh- The Home Orchard and Nursery Co. |
- Posted by Enterprise none (My Page) on Sun, Dec 8, 13 at 21:33
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. And thank you for the low spray schedule, that will be very helpful. |
I agree about Liberty's taste, but disagree on Enterprise. When I leave them on the tree longer (picked about a week before Halloween or later) they are great, full of flavor. |
I agree eboone. I pulled my Liberty after several years of apples I didn't like. Never could get a good tasting apple off the tree. Enterprise doesn't produce super great apples for me, but they are pretty decent. Enough that I'm glad I planted the tree and have no plans to pull it out. My wife made a pie out of some Enterprise apples a couple weeks ago. Excellent pie and much better than the pies I made out of Granny Smith. However, she used a different recipe, so that may have been part of the difference. |
We have a refrigerator full of Liberties we're working our way through now, and in honesty I have to say it's not my favorite apple. I like it, it can be great or indifferent, depending, but it's too problematic to be your main apple, at least here. Pluses are obvious: it's prolific and healthy. Negatives vary. It can be fickle as can be, and ripens unevenly. It's disease resistant but a codling moth magnet. It keeps poorly, except when it doesn't. It's a beautiful color, but you can't eat color. I'm working my tree over to other stuff- Gala, Rubinette, Carousel, Yellow All that said, I've eaten some Liberty apples that were just amazingly good, and I can't explain that. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 11, 13 at 5:26
PC loves it also. |
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Low blood sugar, juice or D50?
0Apr 17, '10 by mappersLast night I had a patient with a BS of 39. I had just finished giving report on her when she asked us to check her BS. Since the oncoming nurse still had to get report on a few more patients, I got the aid to check the BS then did the following....
She was alert, oriented, walking, talking, etc. (She was diaphoretic and seeing black spots, but very capable of eating and drinking.) I got her OJ, crackers and peanut butter. She also had Glucerna at her bedside. She drank the OJ, insisted on drinking the Glucerna too. (Type I DM for 16 years. I often trust what they say since they've been managing their disease for a long time.) She said she'd eat the PB and crackers too. Said she was starting to feel better and I could tell she was "perking up".
I felt confident she was doing better, found the other nurse who had just finished report, and told her what I'd done. She said, "I'll get her an amp of D50."
So with a BS that low, what would you have done? I think our policy is to give food and juice if the patient was able to eat, not NPO, etc. There is no "low end" as far as I know to always give D50. Does it work faster? With a BS of 39, would you use D50 even if the person could eat?
This has been bugging me all night. I actually had a dream that they called an RR on her after I left. (Very odd-ball patient, probably undiagnosed bi-polar or personality disorder. She'd taken up A LOT of my time that day and had gotten under my skin, which is probably why she was so much on my mind.) -
3Apr 17, '10 by BluegrassRNI would have done the same as you. It's easier to do the D50, from the nurse's perspective. You know your patient is getting it, you don't have to trust your patient to drink or eat. Maybe it's a control thing with your fellow nurse.
I think it is terribly rude and presumptive, though, to override a type I diabetic's decision about what to use to bring up their blood sugar. Like you said, they know their body best, and they know what works best. I work with several type ones, and one of my closest friends is a type one diabetic. If they were low, were dealing with it appropriately and how they wanted to deal with it, and a nurse came in trying to give them D50 despite their wishes, that nurse is going to end up with D50 shoved where the sun don't shine.
The only thing I would have done differently in your case would be to recheck her blood sugar, so that you could have definitively reported where she was. And even then, that depends upon the time frame. Next time, check your protocol, as you sounded unsure of what exactly it is. Our is to give juice, graham crackers and peanut butter, or the equivalent if the pt is alert and able to swallow, or to give D50 if the patient is not alert or able to swallow. Blood sugar is to be rechecked every 15 minutes until above 70. -
0Apr 17, '10 by mappersHer BS was going to be rechecked. It just wasn't in the timeframe yet. That's why I went to tell the other nurse what I'd done, so she could re-check her in a few minutes.
I wasn't unsure of what to do until the other nurse said, "I'll get D50". Everything I've seen regarding the protocol is to give juice, etc if they can eat, which is why it really surprised me when she said that. Even the other nurse with her said, "Aren't we just supposed to give them juice if they can eat?" (She isn't the most confident nurse, so her statement didn't necessarily re-assure me.)
This was one of those, the more I thought about it after I got home moments.
And I'm not really sure how this particular patient would have reacted if the nurse had come in with D50. She seems to LOVE being a patient, IYKWIM. Nothing "normal" works for her, in her opinion. She was very happily chronically ill, with all kinds of weird reactions to meds, etc. She might have loved the interevention of using something IV...LOL....Or she might have reacted like you said. -
0Apr 17, '10 by oramar GuideIf your protocols allow for handling the situation that way fine. However, perhaps that other nurse worked at places that had doctors that have their own protocols that specify D50 for a 39. I know some endocrinologist that would be furious if you didn't follow their protocols. I actually had my fellow nurses raise an eyebrow when I was following hospital protocol and nudge my memory by saying "ah, that is a doctor SMITH patient". I was glad they did because Dr. Smith was a real bear when someone followed the hospital protocol instead of his. Confusing yes, but we got used to it after a while.
0Apr 17, '10 by supernaturalWe give an amp of D50 then call the MD it is protocol at our hosp. People can go into a coma a die at that low of a BS. Plus most people end up dieing with sugar that low. An amp of D50 should have been first. Then a page to the MD with a recheck on the BS. If that patient went into a coma or died you could have been held medically liable for your actions.
2Apr 17, '10 by DuluthMikeIf the patient can tolorate juice, go with that. There is no reason to administer D50. D50 is not benign.ChristineN and Overwhelmed1026 like this.
18Apr 17, '10 by southern rnQuote from supernaturalI'm sorry I will have to disagree with you on this. I have seen MANY,MANY patients over the years with blood sugars this low and lower.It is certainly low enough to cause lethargy but not coma, and to say that most people end up dying from a blood sugar of 39 is simply not something I have seen. OP, If in doubt check your protocols or the patients orders on how to treat;in the scenario you just describe dI would have done exactly the same thing you did. If she didn't respond to food or got more symptomatic then certainly go ahead with the d50.We give an amp of D50 then call the MD it is protocol at our hosp. People can go into a coma a die at that low of a BS. Plus most people end up dieing with sugar that low. An amp of D50 should have been first. Then a page to the MD with a recheck on the BS. If that patient went into a coma or died you could have been held medically liable for your actions.
2Apr 17, '10 by leslie :-Dfirst, you really need to check your facilitie's protocol, regardless of pt loc.
using nsg judgment, it makes a whole lot more sense to give sweetened juice/drink to those able to drink it.
but you need to stay with them and recheck it...that is also good nsg judgment.
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Oct. 31st brings two traditions to my house. Doling out lightsticks and full sized candybars to the children of the neighborhood, and chili.
A few folks have asked for the recipe, which i don't really have written down, so i'll make up for that now:
- 1 lb lean stew beef
- 1 large can of stewed plum tomatoes
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 can of red beans
- Seasonings (these are mostly to taste, but i tend to use in descending amounts):
- Chili Powder (about a tablespoon)
- Oregano
- Basil
- Sage
- Cumin
- Salt
- Optional stuff:
- 1/2 can Lager beer
- Cast iron dutch oven
- long tongs
About the ingredients:
Like with everything else you get out what you put in. If you just grab what's cheapest at Fresh & Easy, you're not going to be that happy with what you get out. Meat should be fresh (that means it's red all over the cuts), the Chili Powder should be actual dried, ground chilis. On that note:
Stew Beef
You can usually get this from the butcher counter. It's usually cubed chuck. Don't get the ground chili beef since that's full of silver skin, which gets tough. You may have to trim up the meat to get it to the right size. You want some fat, but you don't need that much. If you can't find stew beef, get 1 lb of leaner chuck and cube it yourself. Make sure to remove all the silver skin, otherwise you're going to wind up chewing some meat gum, and that's never pleasant.
Chili Powders
i like a mix of dried poblano and chipotle, but feel free to experiment. You can usually find these in cello packs hanging in good mercados or the "ethnic" food aisle. Don't use the pre-mixed "taco seasoning" McCormic crap. That's mostly salt and MSG. On the plus side, those cello packets usually sell for about a buck each, and you won't use that much of them, so you're saving a lot of money by getting the real stuff.
The Prep
Proper prep will make your life much easier. Cut and clean the meat and set it into a large bowl, Mix the seasonings well and set them into a small dish, dice the onion and set that into a small bowl. Turn on your hood fan and open a window. Open the beer (but don't start drinking yet). Have the tongs handy as well as some paper towels in case you need to clean anything up.
The Cookening
This is best done in stages, and will take time. This isn't something you dump in the crock pot. You will be rewarded.
First thing to do is sear the meat. Put the pot on the burner and turn it to high. Once the bottom of the pan reaches about 400° (way past the 'smoke point' for oil, that's why you're not using any) start placing the meat. It'll stick hard at first, and that's fine. Make sure there's space between the chunks. About when you've placed the last chunk, you should be able to turn the first. You're looking to get a good sear on most of the meat, but not cook it. In cooking terms, you're "blue"ing the meat. Once you've got a good dark sear on the chunks, get them out of the pot and replace them with whatever is not yet cooked.
When you're about half way through the last batch, turn down the heat on the pot to low. There should be a lot of burnt meat at the bottom. That's good. It's also why i recommend a cast iron pot for this. Take the last of the meat out when done. Toss the meat in the spices (or more likely, toss the spices onto the meat) and make sure the meat is coated. You're going to let the meat juices bloom the spices while you're cooking the onions.
Speaking of which toss the onions into the pot. You don't want these to burn (that's why you lowered the heat), if you think the pot is still to hot, use some of the beer to deglaze and cool the bottom. Plus, beer simmered onions are amazing. Onions take time to cook, so don't rush this. Plus the longer the meat blooms the spices, the better. Depending on how much you like raw onion, you can either just sweat them or caramelize them. i go for more caramelized, which takes longer, but really brings out the flavors.
Once the onions are done, turn the heat up to medium and add the meat back to the pot (may want to use a spatula to scrape out the juices from the bowl). If you still have beer left, you may want to deglaze the bottom of the pot now and get up all those delicious burnt bits, don't spend too long doing that you don't want all the liquid to boil away or the meat to cook. If you don't have beer, no worries just pour in some of the liquid from the tomatoes.
When you feel like you've gotten as much up as you'd like, carefully add the tomatoes and beans, and any extra beer. Bring the pot to a medium boil, then drop the temperature to a simmer. Let lightly simmer for about 3-4 hours or until the meat falls apart. If you don't want to leave this thing on the stove that long, you can also park the pot in the oven at 250° for that long.
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Recent projections show the demand for smartphone capacity is likely to slow - mainly because wireless providers want to charge you a fee, while broadcasting comes to you for free. And "free" is better than "fee."
Another reason may be that while some apps are fun, they are not important to everyday life and their novelty wears off. I've got 100 apps on my iPhone, and I use only 5 or 6 with any regularity.
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The Northwest's rural areas are looking to agri-tourism for a boost. Commodity crops are old hat and don't attract visitors, so the trend is toward the exotic. In Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, they've embraced lavender in an attempt to make themselves over as a kind of northwestern extension of Provence; in the Skagit Valley, it's tulips. From Woodinville to Walla Walla to the Willamette Valley, the buzz is about wine.
Last fall, I took a tour of San Juan Island. We stopped at an alpaca ranch to pet some of these peculiar, big-eyed, mutton-chopped Anime creatures much treasured for their wool. Down the road, we spotted a herd of llamas and later in a field we spotted a single, adult dromedary that was reputed to have been purchased on Ebay. Welcome to agri-tourism as brought to you by Dr. Dolittle.
If all this seems a bit twee, you can find relief in another budding trend. Seventy-five years after the repeal of Prohibition, distilleries are making a comeback. For decades, the only locally made hard liquor you could buy hereabouts was something cooked up in a Darrington still by the descendants of Appalachian pioneers – if you knew where to find it. But that's changing.
Following on the heels of the winery and microbrewery boom, the whiskey makers are coming. The Associated Press recently documented the trend. In Oregon, AP reports, the number of distilleries has doubled to more than 12 in the past two years. Sales of locally made craft liquor is increasing in state liquor stories, topping "14,000 cases in the 12-month period ending November 2007, compared to 9,331 cases in the previous 12 months." Oregon has approved a law that now allows distillers to have tasting rooms and sell to the public, just like wineries.
Washington is headed in the same direction. The first distillery since Prohibition is now up and operating. Spokane's Dry Fly is making whiskey, gin, and vodka from locally grown crops. (The Spokane Spokesman-Review has nice video of their maiden efforts.) Also, bills are working their way through Olympia that would permit distillers to give free samples and sell their wares directly. Currently, hard liquor in Washington can only be obtained through state liquor stores. The new rules would also require distillers to buy at least 50 percent of their raw materials from in-state sources, a boost for local wheat, barley, and corn growers.
This not only gives good cheer to local drinkers but helps local farmers. It's a new market for their crops and a way to add some sex appeal to grains, which Washington grows in abundance. I have previously written about the challenges of agri-tourism in wheat and barley country, which finds it tough to compete to the with food-and-wine appeal of areas with flourishing vineyards. My story on Pomeroy and Garfield County contained the following observation: "I recently asked an Eastern Washington farmer what it would take to boost wheat country's tourist appeal. 'The only way to get the public excited about wheat,' he replied, 'is have a naked woman run through the field.'" After naked women, making booze seems like a good second choice.
I reported that Garfield County was the possible site of a distillery, and since my story I have found out a little more about that effort. The project is the brainchild of an entrepreneur named Tom Lix, who previously launched Public Interactive, a company that the creates and distributes interactive online tools for public broadcasting. Lix sold the company in 2004 and turned to something more down and dirty: Bulldozer Camp, basically a giant sandbox where grown-up boys and girls could play with earth-moving equipment, from bulldozers to rock crushers. A search for a camp site led him to Garfield County. He liked the people, fell in love with southeastern Washington, and acquired 536 acres on the Snake River for his camp.
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Costco took on the Liquor Control Board a few years ago over its arbitrary pricing and distribution rules that did nothing but add cost to beer and wine, and it was successful in having them struck down in federal court. At the time, the legislature wasn't all that keen on addressing the issue because opening the spigot on more booze rarely is at the top of anyone's legislative agenda and because Democrats are rarely willing to dimantle any Rube Goldberg-like regulatory scheme that takes cash out of the pockets and purses of citizens and puts it into state coffers with zero benefit to those citizens.
But sometimes it's just time, and maybe this is the time. While I won't be planning any excursions to Eastern Washington whisky tasting rooms anytime soon (I'm a beer man), anything that fosters economic development and opportunity and reduces the size of government is worth supporting, whether on a micro, as in Dry Fly Distillery, or macro, as in eliminating the Liquor Control Board and its arcane rules, basis. Elliott Ness needs to be removed from the state payroll.
Why wait for happy hour?
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Posted Mon, Jan 28, 9:45 a.m.
Hendrix Electric Vodka: Has anyone tried Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze vodka? I bought a bottle for the holidays. It's distilled and packaged in Rigby, Idaho. The packaging is fancy, and the contents was the best Idaho vodka I ever had.
Posted Mon, Jan 28, 11:18 a.m.
I'll personally vouch for the fine -- even outstanding -- quality of Dry Fly's gin. It's currently being offered at Steelhead Diner in Pike Place Market as an inspired signature cocktail: Dry Fly, lime and sage. It's selling like the martini equivalent of hotcakes.
Posted Mon, Jan 28, 5:28 p.m.
It is a sad statement about the State of Washington that they are not "progressive " enough to go beyond 1930's era blue laws and privatize the distribution of hard liquor. Sales jumped when they experimented with Sunday Sales. Just think of the revenue potential for the State, B&O; taxes, reduced State payroll, no properties to manage or lease, no high priced managers. Competition might even mean lower prices to the purchasing public... You have motivated me to have a taste of the amber nectar...Here's to your health.
Posted Mon, Jan 28, 5:53 p.m.
Why not? Why shouldn't adults be able to buy Dry Fly single malt or vodka at a Safeway or even a Bartell's? Or Jim Beam, Glenfiddich, or even Old Yakima Rock and Rye? Why must the busy-body State of Washington be involved at all aside from the cut they take from any retail sale?
Is there an initiative in here? Tim Eyman, are you listening?
The Piper
Posted Mon, Jan 28, 7:53 p.m.
It was religious temperance activists, people who could be called "conservatives" by any reasoned observer.
Us Liberals, (and you will know me by the big scarlet "L" I am required by law to wear on my back) believe in the freedom to manufacture and distribute ALL types of intoxicants, without state interference.
Now if you will excuse me, a conservative farmer is chasing me out of his cow pasture with a shotgun, all because of some mushrooms...
Posted Tue, Jan 29, 11:42 a.m.
It really is a shame that this State insists on maintaining anti-competitive monopolies and price gouging the consuming public. If they were truely progressive they would open the market and realize the increased tax dollars without maintaining the infrastructure/distribution and personnel overhead associated with the current system.
The real reason that the State maintains the staus quo is greed and social control.
Posted Tue, Jan 29, 12:05 p.m.
Come to think of it, the lot of them have driven most of us to drink, so this must be the grand marketing scheme for the WSLCB.
The Piper
Posted Wed, Jan 30, 9:28 p.m.
So the depression mentality, Prohibition era thinking of WSLCB lives on, albeit tethered to ridiculous legal life support. Some solace, though, since the Ninth Circuit is the most frequently overturned court in the United States, a prospect that apparently has some...uhm...appeal to Costco management.
Wouldn't it be best just to junk WSLCB and all the Packard and Pierce Arrow-like rules and regulations and simply let whoesalers, retailers, and consumers resolve things in the market place?
The Piper
Posted Thu, Jan 31, 9:45 p.m.
RE: Oops!: Well even though I hate having to feed the Government monopoly by purchasing Liquor from the State. I am rasing my glass once again to the removal of David Goldstien from the airwaves...somethings are worth the inflated prices to celebrate.
Posted Thu, Feb 7, 11:47 a.m.
One weekend my neighbor forgot to tell me he was leaving for weekend and that I needed to watch the still. Well the still went dry and exploded. It must have been loud as hell but no one heard it. When we opened the garage Monday night there were bits of metal all over the inside of the garage. Fortunately we had the still in the center of the garage on the cement floor. We were lucky the garage did not burn down as it would have been difficult to explain it to the fire department and the BFAT. We never resumed distilling again.
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Long-Term Management Requires Taking An Active Role In Your Health
It's sure scary sounding, but "heart failure" doesn't mean your heart has actually stopped beating—just that the heart muscle isn't squeezing as hard as it should to pump blood to the body's other organs. As blood flow out of the heart slows, blood returning to the heart through the veins backs up. Fluid leaks into the lungs, legs, ankles — in fact, throughout the body.
Heart failure (HF) creeps up on you over weeks and months as your heart becomes weaker and less able to pump the blood that your body needs. By the time the condition is diagnosed, chances are the heart has been losing steam for quite a while. At first the heart tries to compensate by becoming larger and more muscular, and by pumping faster. The rest of the body pitches in to help out the heart: Blood vessels narrow to elevate blood pressure as a way to make up for the heart's loss of pumping power, and blood is diverted from less important tissues and organs to maintain adequate flow to the heart and brain.
But these are just "work-arounds" that mask the problem without fixing it. Still, the body is often so good at coping with a failing heart that some people may not become aware of their condition until years after their heart begins its decline (a good reason to have regular checkups with your internist or cardiologist). Eventually, the heart and body just can't keep up, and one or more symptoms develop (see box).
As our population ages, the incidence of HF is expected to rise. You want to know how to avoid becoming a statistic? "Numbers one, two and three are 'control blood pressure, control blood pressure and control blood pressure,'" says Mariell Jessup, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant program at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia.
These other risk factors can also lead to HF: clogged arteries that don't carry enough blood into the heart; a previous heart attack, with scar tissue that interferes with the heart muscle's normal work; heart defects present since birth; heart valve disease due to past rheumatic fever or other causes; cardiomyopathy and other diseases of the heart muscle; and myocarditis and/or endocarditis (infection of the heart and/or heart valves).
HF can worsen without treatment, and can lead to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias), such as atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, which require appropriate medical treatment. But with proper medical care most people with mild and moderate HF can expect to live a full and enjoyable life.
Once HF is diagnosed — usually by echocardiography (a type of ultrasound) — the doctor will decide which combination of medications will help the most, based on the underlying cause:
▸ Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors lower blood pressure to decrease the heart's workload;
▸ Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) also lower blood pressure and are used for patients with allergies to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors;
▸ Vasodilators like nitrates or hydralazine, expand blood vessels to allow blood to flow more easily, making less work for the heart;
▸ Beta-blockers slow the heart rate and improve how forcefully the heart's left lower chamber (left ventricle) pushes blood to the farthest reaches of the body;
▸ Digitalis increases the pumping action of the heart; and
▸ Diuretics help the kidneys remove salt and water from the bloodstream, which can relieve the heart's workload and alleviate symptoms of congestion.
Slowing the progression of HF depends on taking medicine exactly as recommended. Alarm clocks and pill boxes with a compartment for each day can help you stay on schedule. "If you forget to fill your pill box, enlist the help of your son, daughter or neighbor to fill it on Sunday night," advises Kathleen L. Grady, Ph.D., A.P.N, Administrative Director of the Center for Heart Failure at Northwestern University's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Chicago.
But HF management doesn't stop at the medicine cabinet. Your doctor will also advise that you weigh yourself daily to check for fluid retention; eat a healthy diet low in salt and saturated fat; and pace yourself. "It helps to schedule more difficult activities at a time when you feel more energetic — for example, in the morning rather than later on when you're tired," says Ileana L. Piña, M.D., Director of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
You may be surprised to learn that physical activity is also an important component of HF management. People often believe that exercise is harmful to a failing heart — a misconception reinforced by shortness of breath and a tendency to tire easily.
Over time, daily physical activity will increase stamina to keep fatigue in check — plus it's easier to manage elevated blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as to lose weight and keep it off. "Exercise is incredibly safe. Of course, you should check in with your doctor before starting an exercise program," says Piña. Even patients with more advanced disease can benefit from some activity, such as walking, standing from a chair and moving from chair to bed.
One key term you should know is "left ventricular ejection fraction" — the amount of blood released during each contraction of this lower heart chamber. An ejection fraction of 60 percent — which is normal — means that 60 percent of the total amount of blood in the left ventricle is expelled with each heartbeat. "It's always good for patients to know how well their pump is working," says Piña.
Knowing your ejection fraction gives you a starting point from which to track your improvement over time.
Eleven years ago Cindy Wolforth, 55, a purchasing agent for a Chicago chemical company, found out she had heart failure caused by tachycardia, a rapid heartbeat that overworked her heart. At the time, her ejection fraction was only 17 percent. An ablation procedure to remove the heart tissue where the abnormal electrical activity originated controlled the tachycardia and improved her heart function for many years.
But she later developed clogged arteries, which further stressed the heart; a quadruple bypass was unsuccessful. With the walk from the parking lot to her desk at work becoming increasingly taxing, she went on short-term disability. After an angioplasty (a balloon is inserted into the arteries and inflated to push out the blockage), her doctors prescribed an ACE inhibitor and a beta-blocker. Now that her ejection fraction is up to about 40 percent, she's planning a triumphal return to the office. "I have much more energy now," she says.
For people whose HF has progressed enough that they are experiencing abnormal heart rhythms originating in the ventricles, an implantable defibrillator may be necessary. Even in the most advanced cases there's hope. Heart failure patients can benefit from two types of open-heart surgery: valve repair or replacement, and heart transplant. "Heart-failure patients who have these operations can go on to live full lives for many years," says Grady.
Case in point: Philadelphia attorney James Eisenhower III (a distant relative of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower) was always on the thin side, and an avid distance runner. But in the fall of 2003 he began to notice shortness of breath and suddenly collapsed one night.
Then 45 years old, Eisenhower had surgery to repair a leaky mitral valve (mitral regurgitation), which if untreated can cause heart failure. Mitral regurgitation occurs because changes in the size of the heart can make it difficult for this valve — which is located between the heart's left upper and lower chambers — to close normally.
While many patients with mitral regurgitation typically return to normal life soon after surgical repair, Eisenhower felt terribly fatigued for months. "I could barely walk," he says. A follow-up cardiac ultrasound (echocardiogram) revealed his ejection fraction was down to 30 percent — a sign of full-blown HF.
Now on an ACE inhibitor and beta blocker, his ejection fraction is better than 50 percent, which is considered a good target. Equally important to him, "I work out in the gym, play golf, even do a treadmill," he says. He wears a monitor so he doesn't exceed the speed limit of 145 heartbeats per minute.
In the worst-case scenarios — when a suitable donor heart is not available for transplant or a patient isn't a good candidate for the procedure — doctors may implant a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to take over the work of the left ventricle. More than half of patients using an LVAD survive one year, but may eventually succumb to infection, blood clots, failure in other parts of the heart or other organ failures.
Heart failure remains a treatment challenge for healthcare professionals — and certainly for people living with it day after day. But two facts remain: "Many times, heart failure can be reversed — for example, when valves are repaired or replaced," notes Jessup. "And even when heart disease can't be reversed, the heart can usually be stabilized and prevented from deteriorating further."
▸ Swelling (edema) of the legs or ankles
▸ Shortness of breath not related to physical activity or exertion, especially when lying down
▸ Sudden weight gain—as much as three or more pounds in a day, or five or more pounds in a week — as fluid builds up in the body. Weight gain caused by eating too much occurs gradually, so if your weight is increasing this quickly the American Heart Association recommends that you see your doctor right away.
▸ Abdominal swelling or pain
▸ Trouble sleeping—particularly, waking up short of breath or needing to be propped up with extra pillows.
▸ Frequent dry, hacking cough
▸ Increased fatigue
▸ Confusion or trouble thinking clearly
▸ About 5.7 million Americans are living with heart failure.
▸ 570,000 people are newly diagnosed with HF each year.
▸ Seventy-five percent of people with HF had high blood pressure first. Compared with people whose blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg, the risk of HF doubles among those whose blood pressure is 160/90 mm Hg.
▸ At age 40, your chance of developing HF over your lifetime is 1 in 5.
▸ The prevalence of diabetes is increasing among older people with HF, and diabetes is a risk factor for death in these individuals. The five-year survival rate is 46 percent for those with heart failure alone but only 37 percent for those with heart failure and diabetes.
▸ The estimated direct and indirect cost of heart failure in the United States for 2009 is $37.2 billion.
© 2009 American Heart Association, Inc.
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I have a cellar which has a pit where a boiler used to be; at the bottom of that pit is a sump pump. It doesn't accumulate much water except in heavy rains. I replaced the pump about 2 years ago. I'm thinking about putting in a laundry sink in the cellar. (There's a floor over the boiler pit.) Now the sink would see very little use, and the easiest way to drain it would be to run a length of drain pipe toward the sump pit, allowing the pump to take care of that drainage. Or would it be better to have a separate pump for the sink? Is the only downside of using the sump pump to handle the sink's drainage is that it might shorten the life of the pump a bit? If it's better to have a separate pump, anybody have any recommendations as to brands and models of pumps? This will be pumping wash water only, no sewage. TIA for any comments and guidance. |
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The sink needs a sealed crock and a sewage ejection pump. even if it is only serving a sink. Sump pumps do not last long in this application unless the water is completely clean (no dirt, lint, trash, etc.) |
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