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If You've Never Been to Treasure Beach, You're Really Missing Out
15 March 2013 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 31 comments ]
Here's a cool new site dedicated to one of my absolute favourite parts of Jamaica – Treasure Beach.
Be sure to check it out!
Jamaican vacations are largely concentrated on the north coast, but one sanctuary on the rockier, sunnier south coast is leading the way as the island's epicenter of sports tourism. And what's most extraordinary about this phenomenon—is that it's entirely community-made.
Treasure Beach recently took top honors in Jamaica's National Best Community competition, but for those who've experienced the warmth, vibrancy and strength of that place—it was no surprise at all. Another editorial in the Observer summed it up perfectly: "The people of Treasure Beach aren't just talking the talk, they are walking the walk."
The people of Treasure Beach, spearheaded by Jason Henzell of Jake's Hotel and his non-profit BREDS, have come together to build what's becoming the region's preeminent Sports Park. To put this feat into perspective, London's esteemed House of Lords & Commons Cricket Club just came to play the Pedro Plains Pirates and cut the ribbon on the newly built pavilion.
Outside the action at the Sports Park, Treasure Beach is promoting fitness trips—and attracting personal trainers and yoga instructors who arrive with troupes of tourists who leave no less than seduced.
All of these efforts are now coalesced in a new website: treasurebeach.tumblr.com—which was created by an enamored tourist. Alison Hess lived in Kingston for a year in 2005, working at an ad agency called Generousitas, and went to Treasure Beach once. But it wasn't until she returned during the 2012 Olympics that she realized this town is on fire.
She says, "I was on assignment for Puma last summer, creating original content for the brand's tumblr site. I drove all around the island, with the incredible privilege of telling stories about Jamaican people, places, culture and style. Treasure Beach was my final stop—and I was absolutely blown away by what I found there."
Alison wrote about Sally Henzell's legendary creativity, told the story of the Sports Park, and an article about an extraordinary fish sanctuary maintained by BREDS. "For three days, I wrote as fast as I could, but the assignment ended, and I was left with so much more to say."
She spent two more weeks in Treasure Beach, biking the terrain, making friends and feeling welcome. She took two more trips to Treasure Beach before the end of the year, gathering more and more content—and then, with the support of Jason, BREDS and talented friends in New York, launched the tumblr site for the town. "It's hard to come to Treasure Beach and not want to get involved. So I did the thing I know to do—tell stories, and create a cool platform where the world can read them and chip in donations for things that range from a can of tennis balls to a bus."
The plan is for local students to become reporters and photographers for the site, for foreigners with large social media followings to visit and contribute—and to continually document the vibrancy of the community.
The website is being nurtured like every other in Treasure Beach—with determination and passion that runs deep. So spread the word, make a donation and take an unforgettable trip to the roaring rural town.


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Christoph von Toggenburg talks about humanity in action
"If one attempts to make the world a better place one must begin with very small things. We must learn to understand that actions, no matter how small they are, can lead to great changes."
February 2002, Desert Lut, South Iran
In our daily lives we are often overwhelmed with the problems that are brought to our attention. Bad news prevails which often leads to people feeling immobilised. Christoph found that the best way to tackle problems is by looking at their source and realising that no obstacle is too high to overcome.
Driven since childhood by the desire to improve lives of people in need, Christoph combines his passion for sports, communication and the use of technology to give people a voice. Since more than a decade he raises awareness through his humanitarian expeditions to the plight of those in need and raises funds for projects offering help. Every new initiative (re-)confirms to him how much power one individual can develop and the impact one can have if power is used positively. It does not help to feel sorry for someone in need or to look away but it is important to translate such feelings into actions and to make use of what we all have: Energy.
Christoph will tell us why this is relevant for everyone and why everything comes back to energies and actions. His message is not about heroism or extreme situations but about human strength, successes, failures, encounters and empathy.
Christoph von Toggenburg
Christoph von Toggenburg is a humanitarian globetrotter who has been active in more than 15 countries over the last decade. He started his career as a painter and photographer in London, Brussels and Paris, but gradually moved his activities towards humanitarian emergencies. From 2005 to 2010 he was delegate of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) and was posted in conflict zones around the world such as: Nepal, the Central African Republic, the occupied Palestinian territory / Israel and Colombia. Since the beginning of 2012 he works for the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).
In 2003 he created the Colour the World Foundation, which supports various projects for people affected by mental illness and leprosy. Amongst others the foundation financed a hospital for leprosy patients, a home for disabled children, surgery rooms, programs for women affected by mental illness, etc.
In order to raise funds and people's awareness on humanitarian issues he initiated three major campaigns. In 1998 he initiated the Run for Help campaign and ran solo 270km across the Alps from Switzerland to Italy on his own, raising funds for homeless children in Romania. In 2001 he started Bike for Help, a humanitarian expedition that made him cycle nearly 10'000km from India to Switzerland for people affected by leprosy. In 2010 he launched the project Alegría for women affected by mental illness. He cycled 3200km across the Nepalese and Indian Himalaya along the highest roads in the world.
Christoph's humanitarian projects were published world-wide in hundreds of articles and the visual media. In 2004, the TV channel 3SAT made a documentary about Christoph's humanitarian work. His documentaries Bike for Help and Alegría were widely broadcasted and shown at the International Adventure Film Festival in Graz in 2003 and 2012. In 2003 his Book "Bike for Help – A humanitarian Adventure" was published.
Christoph has won several awards for his art, photography and humanitarian activities. Among them, he was awarded Architect of the Future by the Waldzell Institute in 2006 and was decorated with the Commanders Cross by the Order of the Maltese Knights in 2003 for his outstanding humanitarian efforts.
He holds an M.A. in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, Bologna (Italy), an M.A. in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Art, London (UK) and a B.A. in Communications and Fine Arts from Guildhall University, London (UK).
His native language is German and he is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian. Christoph is married, lives and works in the Middle East.
Websites: http://vontoggenburg.com, http://colourtheworld.org
Twitter: @cvontoggenburg
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Like many people who supported the Iraq War, Ezra Klein has written his apologia.
But he fails to identify—indeed, repeats—his biggest mistake in supporting the war: When thinking of the US government, he thinks "we."
Iraq, [Kenneth Pollack] said, shouldn't be America's top priority. We should first focus on destroying al-Qaeda. We should then work on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Only then should we turn to Hussein. Moreover, when and if we did invade Iraq, we should do so only as part of a coordinated, multilateral operation…
After all, what other chance would we get to topple Hussein?
It wasn't worth doing precisely because the odds were high that we couldn't do it "right."
Klein doesn't think a state invaded another state; he thinks "we" went to war. He identifies with the state. Whether he's supporting or dissenting from a policy, he sees himself as part of it. He sees himself on the jeeps with the troops. That's why his calls for skepticism, for not taking things on authority, ring so hollow. In the end, he's on the team. Or the jeep.
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While we're on the subject of the Iraq War, Yasha Levine tweeted this classic line from a Nicholas Kristof 2002 oped:
President Bush has convinced me that there is no philosophical reason we should not overthrow the Iraqi government.
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Know Your Lore: The struggle for Southern Barrens {WoW}
May 5th 2011 11:44AM Barely, and mostly because of the Mudsprocket patch in BC. Whereas Arathi was left almost completely untouched, Dustwallow got... a road. Yippee.
Know Your Lore: The sorrow of Southern Barrens {WoW}
Apr 24th 2011 7:30PM Actually, Mudsprocket was during Burning Crusade, but otherwise you seem to be right. Which is frustrating, because it leaves a gaping hole in the Alliance's storyline for Cataclysm, second in import only to the Worgen just being dumped in Darnassus with no plot in sight until Eastern Plaguelands, while the Undead get to see what happens after Gilneas.
It may just be that those storylines were part of lower-priority zones, but it leaves Cata's "Old World Revamp" very one-sided in terms of content. I don't mourn the loss of Southshore (Except for going sight-seeing in Lordaeron) but the Alliance side of things is nowhere near as cohesive as the Horde side.
Speaking of priorities, what the hell happened to Arathi Highlands? That hadn't been touched since Vanilla, why'd it get skipped?
Know Your Lore: The sorrow of Southern Barrens {WoW}
Apr 24th 2011 7:22PM All of the arguments of which faction is more reprehensible aside, I think the biggest problem with the Southern Barrens' storyline is how aborted the storytelling is on the Alliance side. There's no lead-in, from what I saw; Duskwallow, which should logically be tied to it, is virtually unchanged since the Mudsprocket patch, all they seem to have added is the road and NPC's fighting each other over it, none of the quests reference it at all.
It'd be great to have these cross-faction storylines if they were at least complete on both sides, but like the Worgen storyline, all the action seems to go down on the Horde side and all the Alliance gets are dangling plot-threads.
WoW Archivist: The Karazhan Crypt {WoW}
Apr 6th 2011 8:53PM I have a slightly different opinion: I'd love to hear the developer's thoughts on things like this if and when it's removed. Particularly when it's a very heavily developed area like the Karazhan Crypt, it'd be a shame for it to just disappear and we never find out why it was even there. (Though that does add to the mystique a bit.) I kinda hope they find the time to revisit Karazhan, and bring this with it; Kara is by far the raid I have the most memories of, and it's just such a cool instance. The fact that its tied heavily into Alliance-side storylines would be a nice balance to the extremely Horde-centric Cataclysm, too.
Lichborne: Blizzard tackles death knight DPS utility in patch 4.1 {WoW}
Mar 24th 2011 12:52PM Emergency Off-tanking and Kiting seem to still be fairly useful though, in my (admittedly limited) experience. More than a few times, I've had pulls go wrong and had my pet pick up one of the loose mobs via growl/misdirection until either the tank could grab it or the other DPS could burn it down. There's the definite advantage in that scenario that I can heal it a fair amount myself, and that it gets significant bonuses to any healing that does get tossed its way, so healer mana isn't as big an issue. Also, it's certainly more expendable than a player, so it's much more okay if it dies.
It does seem like having an off-tank for every pull would probably just slow you down though.
The Queue: More like zero class, am I right? {WoW}
Mar 22nd 2011 2:48PM I do somewhat wonder if, given the Hunter changes in Cataclysm, specifically removing Eyes of The Beast and a lot of the other showy magical abilities, they aren't trying to make room for a more strongly caster ranged weapon user. It'd certainly be weird, but there's definitely a lot less competition for mail and ranged weapons than pretty much any other gear type.
GDC 2011: Tom Chilton discusses Cataclysm design, talent and zone revamps {WoW}
Mar 3rd 2011 10:53AM It's too bad that they ran out of time to update all the zones like it sounded like they were going to. That's actually one of my biggest complaints about Cataclysm, that there are parts of the world that are just disconnected, like Arathi and Theramore. Those would have been great areas to actually give the Alliance some storyline too, but other than the causeway in Dustwallow (which is never even mentioned by any NPCs) neither of them is changed at all.
Arathi is understandable, since it's always been one of the most isolated areas in the game, but it feels like Dustwallow should have been the lead-in to Southern Barrens, which just kinda comes out of nowhere. I mean, it feels like the breadcrumbs to Southern Barrens should really mention the whole "Major Alliance offensive campaign" but you just walk into the fighting with no prep at all.
GDC 2011: Tom Chilton discusses Cataclysm design, talent and zone revamps {WoW}
Mar 3rd 2011 10:44AM Call me crazy, but I kinda liked it. It was definitely in need of work, yeah, but the wide-open, destroyed landscape was kinda peaceful in it's own way. Moonrise in Desolace was actually one of the prettier events in Vanilla WoW. Hmm... that's a pretty good name for either a guild or a Trance band.
Lichborne: Preliminary patch 4.1 PTR impressions for death knights {WoW}
Mar 1st 2011 7:41PM So if Frost no longer uses Blood Strike, and neither do either of the other specs, what role does it fill anymore? I mean, I guess other classes have abilities that are rendered obsolete by leveling, but DK's only have 30 levels, and given that it's directly named after one of the specs, shouldn't it be a more important ability?
Patch 4.1 PTR: New hydra pet available for hunters {WoW}
Feb 26th 2011 11:54PM YES!
Finally Cervantes the Ghost Hydralisk will be properly represented in-game! I just hope they convert that model over from Crocolisk, so he has a useful ability, instead of the ever-so-lame 20% movespeed reduction. Keep your damn PVP abilities off, Blizzard.


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> To hide a host is always very stupid, why should you do this? There is no > advantage. If you "hide" your computer an attacker knows there is an > stupid guy who doesn't know anything about network security. You're rather free with calling people "stupid" with little to no justification. One could as easily turn it around and ask "why should my server reply at all to connection attempts to ports I am not running any services on?" If I am just running a web server, nobody has any business connecting to any port besides 80/tcp and 443/tcp. ICMP traffic is fine, but what legitimate purpose is there in attempting a connection to another tcp port? If I was running another service at that IP address, it would be advertised through the appropriate channels. Users would (obviously) not need to run a port scan to discover it. Since the person is trying to connect to a port they have no business connecting to, I don't see why my server should send out a packet in reply. It's not about hiding the server or some fictitious security gain -- although as someone pointed out replying to potentially spoofed source addresses could be leveraged into some form of DoS attack. While the chances of this are probably not high, they are precisely *zero* if you don't bother to reply in the first place. The issues of "ident lookups" and "difficult to troubleshoot" are in my opinion not relevant. If you are relying on the behavior of REJECT vs DROP to ensure that supported applications behave correctly, you might be better advised to just figure out what network access is necessary in the first place and enable that. As far as RFCs go, the only relevant excerpt I could find was quoted on http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/network/drop-vs-reject and seems to only cover the side initiating the connection. That is, IF they get a "REJECT" packet then they should immediately abort the connection and notify the application. If their connection is just dropped and we never tell them, so what? Ben -- firstname.lastname@example.com mailing list
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On 2009-04-26, Fabian Groffen <email@example.com> wrote: > On 08-04-2009 15:13:53 +0000, Dirk Tilger wrote: >> On 2009-04-07, Fabian Groffen <email@example.com> wrote: >> > Is there anything that would break if we remove this symlink? And does >> > it make sense to have both mesa and apple-opengl installed? I thought >> > mesa provides an opengl implementation? I'm not to familiar with this >> > stuff, so please tell me if I'm wrong. >> >> Hi Grobian, >> >> well, to be honest, I'm not deep into this either. "osmesa.h" declares >> functions in /usr/X11R6/lib/libOSMesa.dylib, which is not currently >> included in apple-opengl, so it wouldn't really change something if we >> omitted it. Both header and library are not part of the OpenGL standard >> and but provide additional functionality (offscreen rendering). > > Ok, have you tried if stuff works with modified apple-opengl not to > provide osmesa.h? If so, I'm happy to remove the file from the ebuild. No, in fact I haven't any OpenGL application coming with an ebuild that compiles on my box. ;) But I can provide strong evidence: | dirk@Snake ~ $ for PROC in `grep ^OSMesa /usr/X11R6/include/GL/osmesa.h|sed 's!(.*!!'`; do for LIB in `equery f apple-opengl|grep dylib`; do grep -H ${PROC} ${LIB}; done; done | dirk@Snake ~ $ None of the methods defined in /usr/X11R6/include/GL/osmesa.h are used or provided in any of the libraries in apple-opengl. ;) I think the ebuild needs a few more changes: It's symlinking GL dylib's from /System/Library/Frameworks, which might have side-effects. As I came to understand OpenGL, it is a setup of platform independent graphics routines that is used together with a set of platform dependent setup routines. GLX provides the setup routines when OpenGL is used with X11, AGL provides the setup routines when OpenGL is used with Quartz. There are others for all kinds of other environments including Windows. /usr/X11R6/README says on my system: | Direct rendering has exactly the same performance as the native Mac | OS X OpenGL framework. Indirect rendering also uses the native GL | implementation, but incurs the penalty of marshalling, transmitting | and unmarshalling all GL primitives. I take from that paragraph is what they do is they are translating the X11 OpenGL calls into Quartz OpenGL calls. That's probably why `otool -L /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib` shows it has linked /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib When I look at the symlinks of media-libs/apple-opengl-2, I see some pointing to /System/Library/Frameworks. I believe since GLX is the classical Un*x way of doing OpenGL, we should probably take all OpenGL files from within /usr/X11R6. For the ones that are actually running on Quartz natively (let's say a OpenGL extension for vim ^^), I would expect that they pick the OpenGL using '-framework OpenGL' and then they get the files from /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework automatically.. Hope I could shed some more light on this. Dirk.
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We just purchased a brick house built in the 1950's with an exterior door on every side. All these outside doors make for a choppy interior layout. I'm looking for ideas on how to reclaim some of the lost interior space. The ideal approach would be to close up the doorway, but we don't have any matching bricks to close off the exterior opening. I'd love to put up a faux exterior door, and then wall off the interior opening, but I can't seem to find any products for that. I'm looking for ideas or suggestions on how to approach this. |
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Where is the door located on the house? Back porch or side could be covered with some exterior storage cabinet or something like that. |
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What about replacing with a window with a contrasting trim below that matches the rest of the house? This is a bit overly fancy, but something similar: |
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My first car
66 Plymouth Valiant
Car I wish I still had
74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus
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70 Dodge Challenger
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Morro Bay is one of my favorite coastal fishing villages.....great scenery, great fish restaurants and lots of little shops.
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I absolutely love The Carrie Diaries. The Carrie diaries is a tv show based on the book from Candace Bushnell, this book is set before the sex and the city books. It's about Carrie Bradshaw only she's still in high school and is just starting to enjoy life in the city. It is set in the early 1980s so the clothing in it is absolutely fabulous. Carrie is played by AnnaSophia Robb and even though I look nothing like her I still wanted to recreate this look for you today. Note that my lipstick looks a lot brighter than hers but in fact they are quite similar in real life.
Here's how to get this look in 5 easy steps:
- Make sure your skin looks flawless and radiant. Start by applying moisturizer and if needed a primer. After that apply either a foundation or BB Cream, I used the Tony Moly Luminous Goddess Aura BB Cream. Finish off with concealer and powder.
- Secondly apply a pink blush to the apples of the cheeks. Make sure you don't over do it, all we want is a subtle hint of color. I used the Sleek blush in Rose Gold. Then apply a highlighter where the light would naturally hit your face. If you want to you can do a slight contour.
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Glen and Nadine Kinser will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary during a reception hosted by Jack and Diane Woolum.
The reception will be at 4 p.m. Feb. 2 in Pentecostal Lighthouse Church, Harriman.
All relatives and friends are invited. The couple requests no gifts.
The Kinsers were married on Feb. 3, 1944, in Harlan, Ky. He is now 90, and she is 89.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Roberts Oliver and Chasity Lynn Lively, together with their families, announce their forthcoming marriage.
The ceremony will be in spring 2015.
Zackary Culleton turned 6 years old on Dec. 5.
He celebrated on Dec. 8 with a panda party attended by 30 relatives and friends in Children's Museum of Oak Ridge.
He is the son of Holly Culleton and Shawn Culleton.
Grandparents are Len and Gina Jackson of Harriman, and Connie and Dave Pulk of Knoxville.
Billie and Chuck Beach of Oliver Springs are described by Zackary's Grandmother Jackson as his "almost grandparents."
Zackary has a 10-year-old brother and best friend, Josiah.
Addie "Mac" Robbins turned 101 years old on Dec. 1.
She celebrated her birthday Thanksgiving weekend with family at Jamestowne Assisted Living, Kingston.
Shawn Alexander Burney celebrated his fourth birthday with family and friends on Nov. 18.
He celebrated with a Hot Wheels-themed party.
He is the son of Melissa and Scott Burney of Harriman.
Grandparents are Linda Utley Banks of Harriman, and Troy and Annette Burney of Oliver Springs.
Great-grandparents are the late Melvin and Lola Utley of Harriman, the late J.H. and Sarah Burney of Oliver Springs, and the late O.T. and Etoy McDaniel of Oak Ridge.
Shawn has a 5-year-old brother, Bryaden Andrew Burney.
Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 30 with relatives and friends at Harriman Shoney's.
Thomas and the former Alice Goodman were married on Nov. 30, 1963, in Rhea County Courthouse, Dayton.
He is retired.
The couple has four children: Linda Shillings of Harriman, Wayne Thomas of Rockwood, the late David Thomas and Linda Lynn of Harriman.
There are seven grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.
James and Pamela Foster of Harriman announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Erika Nichole Foster, to Christopher Cory Stafford.
He is the son of Henson and Elaine Stafford of Harriman.
The ceremony will be at 4 p.m. Dec. 28 in Riverside Baptist Church, Harriman.
All relatives and friends of the couple are invited to attend.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Zola Keathley.
She is a dental assistant with Dr. James D. Walmsley's dental practice.
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He weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long.
He is the son of Matt and Angie Thomas Fritz of Kingston.
Grandparents are Jim and Becky Moates Thomas of Kignston, and Ernie and Cynthia Fritz of Harrison.
Great-grandmothers are Madeline Moates of Kingston, and Betty Pratt of Urbana, Ohio.
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Twins Leyton Ross and Tenley Harper Bolden were born on Oct. 29 in Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.
They are the children of Tim and Amber Bolden of Harriman.
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Alyson Kate Wheeler turned 10 years old on Nov. 6.
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An easy ~ silly question today :)
When is the last time you replaced your seam ripper and why?
I replaced mine last Thursday. I picked a new one up for $1.99 a few weeks ago when I visited the Pfaff dealer a few weeks ago - forgot about it - it was still in my purse. My old one was cracked and really old. It is very, very old -years since I got a new one, says Japan & SKC on the metal part. I needed to rip out some stitching on a block I sewed wrong, my quilt was layed out on a different floor & I remembered the new seam ripper in my purse. I did not realize seam rippers are sharp! Wow! Like why did I wait so long?????In dressmaking, when you rip out, you run that sharp little blade between the seams and slice/rip all those little stitches very fast - I could do that again! I can't believe how sharp this baby is~LOL I don't collect seam rippers, I have one I use primarily, one that came with my machine that I do not like & I can think of one other seam ripper that is too large to be controlled easily somewhere in a drawer. So, when is the last time you treated yourself to a new seam ripper? |
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I've used lots of different kinds but my favorite is a scalpel I got from work. It was in a kit--the doc needed the other stuff in the kit but not the scalpel and I thought, "I wonder . . . " Had it for years and it's still razor sharp. I am VERY careful using it to avoid ripped fabric and blood stains. |
I recently bought a new one because it was on sale and had the big rounded handle that ergonomically designed tools have. It was purely an impulse buy, but it's been a delight to use. I think I still have every one I've ever owned over 30 years of sewing! Don't know why I can't throw one out when it gets dull. Kate |
Can't remember when. My newest came with my latest sewing machine a couple of years ago. Use different things but the ripper is always next to my sewing macine. My favoite tool. I also have some scalples, very sharp. Have one with a curved blade that is handy sometimes. Like my fine pointed siccors at times. Even use the rotory cutter like E Burns sometimes for long seams. I couldn't sew without my rippers. |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 12:11
I have quite a few seam rippers.....apparently I unknowingly collect them to make sure there's always one at hand. @:) SharonG/FL |
I got a new one last year when the arthritis in my hands was acting up. It's green (can't remember the brand) and is ergonomically shaped. It's comfortable to use and I was surprised how much sharper a point it had, making it faster work (as if ripping out can EVER be considered fast!). |
I buy them 2 or 3 at a time, and keep one by the sewing machine, one on the ironing board, and one by the longarm. Yes, they get dull, and I replace them about yearly. About $7.00/year is worth it. Dull tools slip - and you don't want to poke a big hole in your fabric! |
Somehow I lose them. The one that came with my Janome is OK. My method is to use embroidery scissors and clip the threads then use an embroidery needle in the middle and pull out the section of thread. Using a ripper and then having to pull out all of those little threads on both sides drives me crazy. I haven't tried the mustache trimmer method. Rosa |
- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 14:46
Fortunately mine aren't used enough to dull yet but I gather more each time I see one at a garage sale in a box of thread or something. I stick them next to every machine, in each sewing box, in each travel box and next to my chairs. I hate stopping to go find one. Wonderful tools to have around. I'd make more mistakes if I didn't have one. |
Oh my gosh.......here I come crawling out from under my rock again. I had no clue they were even supposed to be sharp, just like I had no clue that dealie on the left of my sewing machine head was actually a thread cutter. LOL I've been sewing all my life, practically. Needless to say my seam ripper has to be almost antique as it never occured to me it would ever need to be replaced. I figured it performed its function simply by being pointed and able to lift up a thread and I just relied on the thread breaking when I pulled hard enough. (groaning) I inherited another little seam cutter from my mother's sewing notions when she passed away and keep it handy in my machine drawer. I wondered why it poked me when I reached in to grab it. It was actually sharp. It's my mother's fault, obviously, for not educating me on this tool. ;-) |
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After reading this, I guess I will be buying a new seam ripper, too! LOL |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 18:07
What is so funny to me - about me - is I am quick to change needles, rotary blades, razor blades in tools, so not to replace my trusty seam ripper is odd. It has teeth marks where my greyhound tried to chew it, and she has been gone almost 10 years. DH saw me dumping out my purse to find the new seam ripper and he said - you bought another one of those??? Don't you have one? lol Yeah, my response was - how many electrical testers do you have????? (He is not an electrician.) |
MRG - ask him how often he changes his razor blade. Dragging razor on face or legs ... ouchie! Even if he uses an electric, those blades don't last forever either, LOL. |
I have many, many!! Like others, when I want one I want it now, right here. Most are dull,...so old. Then many are ok., because when I have coupons, and don't find fabric that I want, I buy a ripper. |
Didn't someone on here name their seam ripper 'Harold'? Karlene |
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I planted some eggplant and bell pepper seedlings in my newly constructed raised beds earlier this spring. (The beds were filled with a "garden soil" blend - topsoil, compost, sand - delivered from a local soil yard)
Initial growth looked good and was normal(and those leaves still look normal), but in the past few weeks the new growth began to curl as can be seen in the pictures. I have seen no insects or holes in the leaves. The plants are beginning to set fruits, but I can't imagine they will yield well with this problem they seem to be having. Any ideas what it is?
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- Posted by tim_the_gardner (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 3:04
I could be wrong, but it looks like it may be a "Mosaic" viral infection. I dont see any damage from chewing insects... no evidence of sucking pets present... no discoloration indicating a nutrient deficiency. I did notice the newer growth seemed to be more affected. I'm not sure why that is, but if I had to guess - it would be because the virus has been recently introduced. Aphids, or other small insects can transmit this virus easily. Just a possibility - I can, and have been, totally WRONG in assessing the cause of such problems. Best of luck! Tim |
- Posted by tim_the_gardner (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 3:12
Hey Carl - I just noticed the post indicating it may be thrips. It's really hard to see them if they are on the plant, let alone in a photo. One way to tell is to take a affected leaf and tap it while holding a bowl of water under it. Some of the thrips should fall off, and into the bowl of water. You can take the bowl inside with a good light, and magnifying glass to see what pests are present - if any. FYI - a white bowl makes it easier to see the tiny bugs, rather than a clear glass bowl. Let us know what you find out... Tim |
Thank you for your suggestions. I checked leaves from 2 different plants, and on each I found a single 2mm cream colored bug. I don't know if it is a thrip(see below), but I'm guessing that this is not a heavy enough case of whatever this insect is to cause the damage I am seeing. The problem seems to be affecting both my traditional as well as asian eggplants. My grape tomato leaves don't look right either but the adjacent Celebrity and Romas are fine. Hot peppers, squash, cukes and melons are all fine so far. I don't remember gardening being this tricky when I was a kid... : ) |
- Posted by west_texas_peg 7b West Cen TX (My Page) on Thu, Jun 4, 09 at 10:32
I hope you are able to determine what is causing your problem because some of my peppers are having the same problem. Eggplants are fine...other than the darn holes in the leaves from the hail we had last week...who says pea-sized hail is not a problem! Peggy |
It could be thrips, could be a virus, could be nutritional, etc. When I first saw the malformed, cupped young leaves I thought calcium deficiency. That's exactly what I've seen on apple leaves. So that's a possibility maybe. If that's what it is, it can be caused by fluctuating soil moisture, excess of nitrogen, potassium, or magnesium, and other things. Good luck. Dave |
Hello Carl, I was wondering if you ever found out what was affecting your plants. My toms, eggplant, and peppers look exactly like yours. Was your yield reduced, did they recover, what did you try? -maria |
- Posted by fiddlechick 8b (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 1:12
San Antonio, TX We're having an identical problem this year, with eggplants (two varieties: Ichiban and Gretel), tomatoes (four varieties: Juliet, Celebrity, Phoenix and Mortgage Lifter), and two kinds of pepper (an anaheim called Big Jim, and pimiento). I would post pics, but they look *exactly* like the original poster's photos - new leaves are curled/distorted in the same manner shown in the pics above. No visible insects, no discoloration or mottling on the leaves. I supposed it could be a soil deficiency, but we have good soil that we add fresh compost to every season. The Celebrity, at least, is supposed to be resistant to mosaic virus. The fact that there's no discoloration on the leaves would, to me, point away from mosaic virus. But I'm relatively new to gardening and relying on photos I can find on the internet.... I supposed there are a lot of other viruses it could be. Suspect possibly spider mites, though I see no evidence of them at this time. (We had a major infestation last season, but not until later in the year when the plants were more established - we didn't know what we were doing, and composted the plants at the end of the season. From what I read online, they can survive the compost bin just fine, overwinter just fine.) We are now trying a foliar spray with seaweed/molasses from our local organic garden supply, hoping that this will help. But not very optimistic.... Not even sure spider mites are actually causing the problem. Posting this hoping someone has some ideas. |
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OP already has found insects !!. So the virus is not the cause. I suspect APHID or Spider mite. A would spray with a pesticide . |
- Posted by Slimy_Okra (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 12:11
Fiddlechick, If you've ruled out thrips and viruses, the only possibilities that remain are: |
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- Posted by fiddlechick 8b (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 13:05
Thanks, folks - I really appreciate these replies. We don't use herbicides, and have a tiny urban garden surrounded by other folks unlikely to be using herbicides. Do you feel that mites are not a possibility? I'm unfamiliar with thrips, as we've not had a problem with them here to my knowledge. So my mind went to mites, which we have struggled with in the past, though never so early in the season. I presume they'd need to be treated differently. |
- Posted by fiddlechick 8b (My Page) on Sun, Apr 27, 14 at 21:43
An update - brought some leaves to the plant genius at our favorite local nursery, and he said it's a response to the relatively cool nights we're having this spring in South Texas (the weather has been all over the place). He didn't think it was any sort of insect pest. So we'll see how it goes. I hope this is all that it is - will post another update later in the season. |
Hi fiddlechick, Has your plants improved? I'm having the same problems with my Ichiban eggplants. They have been fine up until couple days ago. |
- Posted by mrsearthluvr 6 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 14, 14 at 1:09
wow, I'm having exact same problems!!! I've researched and researched until my head spun !!! I truly appreciate this forum and all of you , just joined and I now know (as all other possibilities have been exhausted) that the weird weather we've been experiencing is the culprit. I hope all manage to make it through. Much Appreciation!! |
Do a Gardenweb search for Chilli Thrips. It's a fairly new invasive pest working it's way up from the Gulf. It hit me for the first time this year in the Highland Lakes area. Many of the big box store starter plants were even showing CT damage around here a couple weeks ago. Here's a recent thread on them... |
- Posted by SunshineZone7 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 15, 14 at 19:59
Could be 2-4-D herbicide damage. People use "weed and feed" on their lawns all the time and the drift affects sensitive plants. |
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