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The sun was peeping through the dense foliage of the trees surrounding the event as it unfolded on the forest floor beneath. Insects and small animals scurried to safety in the thick undergrowth, hurrying to hide away from the ruckus, emotional screams and evil laughter coming from the clearing even the birds that normally went about a daily routine and sang in the branches had flown away at speed. Beautiful, serene and fresh over looking the ocean and at least an three hour hike from the city outskirts, this was a clearing that now accommodated and witnessed the office bitch and flirtatious tease stripped and staked firmly down to the forest floor with her long, shapely, slender and tanned legs spread eagle unable to move in any direction exposing the neatly trimmed platinum blonde landing strip with the cute little pink bulb of her clitoris poking through into the cool mountain air.
The ropes held her ankles tight without any give or mercy, the same way she operated in her office teasing all the male co-workers and any other foolish man or female unfortunate enough to cross her path. Her mind raced analysing this predicament trying to find any angle to allow her a opportunity to escape or to summon help but there would none at any moment for the foreseeable future. The nipples on her firm round 38c breast stood at military attention trying to touch the rays of sunlight that danced through the shadows of the swaying branches overhead whilst the summer breeze cooled by the proximity of the ocean swirled and harassed the fine minute silky barely visible hairs that covered her body. She could really feel this from her breast to her pussy and then down her thighs and even in the small of her back which was held slightly up off the forest floor because of the firmness of her athletic bum forged from miles of jogging everyday.
One of her attackers, a female colleague had tied her long platinum blonde locks into a bun knot with a length of rope tightly woven in and secured down the middle of her back to the rope around her waist which was also staked down pulling the head back straightening the neck and to prevent Clarissa from moving her body from side to side. She wanted this bitch to feel every last inch of everything she was going to get and not be allowed to shake off anything whether it was pain or pleasure. She wanted her to know what it was like to be made to experience something one could do absolutely nothing about but just take it. Just the way Clarissa had made many of her female peers suffer her administration at the office since joining the management.
The day had started out as a company team building exercise including an overnight camp out in the forest but little be known to the upper management team whom had chosen Clarissa to lead the expedition alone what had developed by word of mouth through out the company and not just the offices. This was the perfect payback opportunity that lot of co workers had prayed for and it was not hard to get employees to volunteer for this weekend exercise. In fact out of 40 employees 15 women and 25 men had paid the trip fees upfront by the next day after it had been posted.
The rope which was tied and bound both her wrist above her head stretched her slender arms painfully because of the ropes securing the elbows and staked tightly outward to trees either side of her. Clarissa could not move any part of her body an inch in any direction only the movement of her chest heaving was noted because of her breathing.
A camp fire was built and coolers of wines, beers and hard spirits where sat up just out of the heats reach. Tents were pitched in a circle around Clarissa but far enough away so that she became the centre focus. She could feel the warmth of the camp fire which was just out of reach of her feet and as evening fast approached the festivities commenced. Some one had bought a ghetto blaster along with music Cds, a few others had hauled up all the food but everyone had either bought along cameras or video recorders with extra film, batteries and compact discs to document this bitches demise. The men gathered logs for the fire whilst the women started cooking over the camp fire, the music was turned on and a game of who's first ensured amongst all present. Each one would be given a number with no time limits and what ever ensued was agreed by all as fair, she deserved it.
Roy won the first bid, he was a 6'4" black ex rugby player very well endowed and his bulk and bulges testified to his power . He wasted no time as she had made him feel as small and demeaning as she possibly could have. Clarissa had stated to a fellow management member some time ago, whom she thought had the same biased philosophies, what she really thought about people of colour. Unfortunately this had turned to gossip and slipped around the company which immediately turned 40% of the work force against her completely. So it was no wonder that all betting stopped to watch whatever Roy was going to do to this bitch.
He strolled up between her legs and stood admiring his prize but she was well aware of his presence and had seen him coming with an anticipating smile on his face. Momentarily she stopped breathing at the thought of what might be about to happen and to her horror he stepped between her legs and just stood looking down at her nakedness. The tears of anger swelled up as she could feel his glazing stare at her exposed pussy, her trimmed pubic hair, the outline of her clitoris. Her breathing quickened causing her chest to heave much more distinctively now as her pert juicy nipples stood at least half an inch proud of her large firm breast. She then realised that there was an gathering crowd egging him on. He unzipped his trousers, loosened his belt and let them drop, the crowd went deadly silent except for the few gasp from many of the women amongst the gathered They had all heard the rumours but never witnessed the proof. Then she heard men betting sums of money of how he would destroy her or how long before she would scream.
Fear finally satiated her mind and her eyes widened. She tried to move but was pinned down solid from the ropes staked to forest floor. She felt his large black hands feel up and down her milky white, shapely thighs as he knelt down. Her mind was racing at full speed now. How could this be happening..? No black man had ever touched her smooth goddess body and she had swore not one ever would…!! Roy rubbed her creamy white thighs and enjoyed the look of distress in her face but he wanted pure revenge on this biased white bitch to the fullest. He was grateful his friend and colleague Dave who, drew 2nd and known him since joining the company 5 years ago, had kind of fixed it for them both. Dave's Ginger hair blew across his forehead as he watched his best friend prepare to break the bitch in for he knew Roy would be the first ever Black man to fuck this piece of talented, uppity assed pussy and he could not wait to record it on his camcorder.
Roy looked at Clarissa and only said in his deep smooth voice " Tonight Bitch..! You conceive black babies whether you want too or not !" and with that he lined up his hard throbbing giant black cock and speared her with all his might driving it to the hilt in this soft pink vestige of white womanhood causing his big, black, hairy ball sack to slam violently against her virgin ass sending waves of pain, pleasure and revolt like a tsunami ripping through her very essence from head to toes.
Clarissa felt this giant beefy Black man line up his cock to her pink little tight pussy and she knew what was about to happen but didn't expect the force or violence of what he was going to do. She reeled in pain as his cock which seem to have the girth of a coke can, 12 inches in length with large strong veins running up, down and across jaggedly with the occasional coarse hair here and there along the length tore into her soft, tight, white young love tunnel. She was 28yrs old, 5'7" and weighed in at only 8.5st. She had boyfriends in the past and sexual experiences which some were pleasurable, some left her wanting but none, absolutely none had been black or even near black. Non of her friends at schools past had been black, some of her family members had married outside of their race but she had no time for them.
Her love tunnel resisted this invasion as much as she could mange but the pain and determined fulfilment was like nothing she had ever experienced in her life even when she lost her virginity at university. This black man was tearing her a new pussy, it was intensified by the way she was tied down and could not move in any direction to ease the hurt. Roy rammed his big dick harder and harder, each time taking a longer stroke. He marvelled at how tightly her cunt wrapped around his tool and sucked it almost like there was a velvety gloved hand up there trying to squeeze it lifeless, choking the blood flow but to no avail. He also marvelled at how loud she could raise her voice in a scream, it was ear shattering and seem to go on forever the crowd was at fever pitch. This only drove him into a frenzy and like a animal, he wanted more and louder. Roy squeezed his bum driving more blood into his swollen cock causing it to grow ever bigger. The feeling of her tight little cunt beginning to lubricate intensified his pleasure. Whether it was blood from the rips in her pussy lips trying to accommodate this monster or the juices flowing from the multiple orgasms that were now racking her body continuously, perhaps it was a mixture of both or the fact that she could not move at all to acknowledge her bodies rape , all Clarissa could concentrate on now was how full she was, the feel of his muscles as he slid up and down between her legs, his six pact abdomen and the coarse hair that covered every inch of his body that came into contact with hers and how dim the evening light was going in her eyes sporadically every time he rammed her spluttering pussy.
She was in pain and pleasure all at the same time so intensely that her mind was fading in and out of reality, shutting down and then exploding back into life with each orgasm, each time his dick collided with her cervix pushing it invading with every stroke raping her most private of places. The screaming was continuous, the orgasms compounding and becoming stronger each time, the gathered crowd clapping out the rhythm, her body sweating under it onslaught, convulsions after convulsion of orgasms, doing just what he told her, conceiving his will, his seed, his legacy.
Dave and another dropped their trousers and started to stroke their cocks in anticipation whilst many of the women had already cum just watching or taken matters into their own hands and were giving other colleagues blow jobs. Many of the other men drank and hooted at the show on the ground.
Melissa, one of Roy's co-workers in his section, undid and stepped out of her denims and sandals, revealing a lace baby blue g-string, walked over after downing a large glasses of strong wine, knelt down and started kissing him full on whilst he continued to hammered away mercilessly. He pulled her closer causing Melissa to straddle Clarissa face and gaping vulnerable mouth. Melissa did not hesitated to thrust her sopping wet aching pussy onto the screaming woman's mouth muffling the screams. The vibrations of the screams and the soft wetness of her mouth caused Melissa to shudder and orgasm at once to the delight of the baying crowd who were now forming up in groups of 2 and 3 or more. They all wanted revenge on this office bitch and Roy with Melissa were leading the way. Cameras and video recorders caught every movement, every trembling, every spastic jolt of Clarissa body, her screams right down to the moment she betrayed herself and became the company whore for both men and women alike but best viewing of all was descent from arrogant racist bitch to black cock loving slut in 2 hours. Melissa unbuttoned her blouse and unclasped the front catch of the matching baby blue bra she was wearing whilst looking deep into Roy's eyes invitingly. She said in a low soft sultry tone as sweetly as possible " Don't waist all your energy on this…let me show you after some rest and supper what a real woman is" and with that she smiled. Roy repositioned his hands onto Clarissa huge breast and squeezed as hard as he could, kneading them as a baker would bread for the oven working his way to her erect nipples and said" This one is for you babe" as he viciously twisted and pulled her nipple trying to pull them off the mounds of soft firm flesh they were attached too. Clarissa tried to scream as loud as she could from the searing pain but Melissa just drove her now dripping wet pussy harder into her mouth. Melissa began to shake and shudder as gigantic multitude of orgasms gripped her tiny frame. Her pert tits wobbled from the shivering and as Roy leaned down to suck her nipples she began to buck wildly on Clarissa bruised mouth but the squirts of female love juice that expelled from Melissa pussy into Clarissa mouth caused her to buck back best she could. Roy pounded away even harder and with much more gait, his dick began to swell beyond the size it was stiff as his climax drew near.
Clarissa's mind reset itself almost instantaneously and she without realising squeezed her vagina as hard as she could making it suck his bludgeoning dick even harder, deeper and deeper Roy drove his dick twisting and ramming it home to her cervix pushing it almost all the way in each time until he finally with a sweet lip lock kiss from Melissa drove it as deep as he could get causing Clarissa to scream louder than she had when he first violently entered her, sending Melissa off into mental space with an atomic explosion of a orgasm from the vibrations making her collapse in Roy's arms as he clinched his ass and exploded deep into the cervix copious amounts of molten hot cum, rope after salty rope, billions and billions of black mans seeds, whilst he maintained his thrusting until his cock relaxed.
The crowd erupted in cheering and clapping praising the pair for paving the way forward. Roy leaned back causing his dick to pull out of Clarissa with a popping sound it seem to take ages to egress and dripped of cum and pussy juice mixed with blood. Many of the men crowded around Clarissa and vied for the best view of her destroyed pussy as the undulations of orgasms caused her outer lips to quiver and spasm before their eyes. Cum leaked and slowly ran down her now extended lips over her pert little ass hole dripping onto the ground. Melissa stood slowly onto wobbly shaking legs, her g-string pushed to one side and completely soaked up the crotch area. Many of her female peers congratulated her with hugs and kisses expressing how erotic her performance had been and how they could not wait to punish Clarissa.
Clarissa's tensed body began to relax never had she felt so much and been so abused. She lay staked down in natures garden of beauty sobbing, tears streaming down from the corner of her big blue eyes and through the blurriness of her vision she spied another large weapon aiming toward her bruised and battered mouth. Dave was endowed as well but not as monstrous as his best friend Roy. He positioned himself perfectly and rammed home his cock down Clarissa throat. "Mmmummmpphhh !!!!" she bellowed as it pushed past her tonsils, past the back of her throat "MMMmmmmmuuuupppppphhhhhh" "Aaaaaaaccccckckkkk" Mmmmmmmmuuuuuuppppphhhhh" gagging as it hit as far as it could. His ginger hairy giant balls coming to rest astraddle her slender well shaped nose. Julia now took the rampit rabbit from her rucksack as she watched Dave's assault on Clarissa and calmly walked over knelt down between her legs and turned the dildo on full pelt, oiled it before shoving it all at once up her ass.
The evening had nearly turned to night, stars invaded the sky above and replaced the dying rays of last sunlight. The camp fire now roared and sent comforting waves of heat out into the surrounding area. The smell of steaks and burgers along with the music and drink created a memory that none would quickly forget and the team bonded as Clarissa suffered tearfully, regretting her evil ways. Her night was not over, it was going to last well into the early morning light. " MMMMMMuuuuummmmmpppphhh" glug, glug, glug as she had no choice but to swallow her fifth bellyful of cum as the small river of seed slowly ran down the forest floor a few feet away from her aching sore pussy. Already despite the onslaught she knew she was developing half black child in her body and everything else had just ensured she accepted first contact for pregnancy.
She cried the entire time, begging for mercy but receiving no notice. She had been a bitch far too long. She spied a shooting star and made a wish of freedom. Someone cut her head loose and for the first time in many hours since, she was able to raise her head and look down her outstretched body only to see Roy slowly walking back taking position between her legs again. All he said to her was " Round two Bitch"…
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Re: Memory setting recommendations for Accumulo / Hadoop
Have you also increased the maximum number of processes ("nproc" in the same file)? I have definitely seen this kind of error as a result of in insufficiently large process limit.
Some more details, maybe, on these pages: http://ww2.cs.fsu.edu/~czhang/errors.html http://incubator.apache.org/ambari/1.2.0/installing-hadoop-using-ambari/content/ambari-chap5-3-1.html -Krishmin On Mar 12, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Mike Hugo wrote: > Eventually it will be 4 nodes, this particular test was running on a single node > > hadoop version is 1.0.4 > > we already upped the limits in /etc/security/limits.conf to: > > usernamehere hard nofile 16384 > > Mike > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Krishmin Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > This could be related to the maximum number of processes or files allowed for your linux user. You might try bumping these values up (e.g via /etc/security/limits.conf). > > -Krishmin > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Mike Hugo wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm setting up accumulo on a small cluster where each node has 96GB of ram and 24 cores. Any recommendations on what memory settings to use for the accumulo processes, as well as what to use for the hadoop processes (e.g. datanode, etc)? > > > > I did a small test just to try some things standalone on a single node, setting the accumulo processes to 2GB of ram and the HADOOP_HEAPSIZE=2000. While running a map reduce job with 4 workers (each allocated 1GB of RAM), the datanode runs out of memory about 25% of the way into the job and dies. The job is basically building an index, iterating over data in one table and applying mutations to another - nothing too fancy. > > > > Since I'm dealing with a subset of data, I set the table split threshold to 128M for testing purposes, there are currently about 170 tablets so we not dealing with a ton of data here. Might this low split threshold be a contributing factor? > > > > Should I increase the HADDOP_HEAPSIZE even further? Or will that just delay the inevitable OOM error? > > > > The exception we are seeing is below. > > > > ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: DatanodeRegistration(...):DataXceiveServer: Exiting due to:java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread > > at java.lang.Thread.start0(Native Method) > > at java.lang.Thread.start(Unknown Source) > > at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataXceiverServer.run(DataXceiverServer.java:133) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Mike > > |

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In addition to my BOB (which is just my backpacking bag all packed for a week in the woods) I have a bug out bucket. It contains a couple weeks supply of basic food (rice, oats, sugar and coffee) and TP. I made an extension for the handle using an old belt so I can sling it like a purse freeing up my hand. The mental picture of me carrying a full backpack and a five gallon bucket may seem awkward but in fact in practice it's no worse then carrying my rifle during hunting season. The bucket makes a great seat ! It is awesome for picking berries or apples (I see abandoned apple trees everywhere). One thing I have discovered about "found" apples; while they may be wormy the worm rarely ruins more then half the apple and it is easy to cut out the spoiled part.
My first aid kit is in a bucket. Easy to grab and run to the patient with it. I also keep a bucket for every family member with packages of new socks and underwear. As with everything else, when someone needs new we get some out of the bucket then buy more for the bucket. Rotate everything. Old ones are used for cleaning rags or used for pet bed stuffing.
Honestly though, if bugging out I am going to dig myself a small latrine rather than use my only bucket to take a dump. Now, if you're bugging in, its another story…
@Gonewiththewind – Nice addition with the sling to free up your hand.
@Barbara – Good idea. You also might want to keep old jeans that family members have grown out of. Denim has many many uses.
I like the idea of gift buckets. Our bakery has the 5 gallon and 3 gallon buckets with lids. I store alot of pantry items in those buckets! It makes things so much easier for me. We use alot of buckets during garden season. The kids can pick veggies and still haul it out of the garden. I also use them when I am cutting up fruits and veggies to be processed. When I make huge batches of food to process, I have to make some, dump in the bucket, make more, dump in the bucket. I also use the 5 gallon buckets for homemade laundry detergent.
Whoa… "homemade laundry detergent"???
You simply can't drop that line and not go into details! Inquiring minds want to know!
They are the perfect size to hold a sleeping bag. In a bug out situation, I would stuff the sleeping bags into their stuff sacks for transport, but they clearly say DO NOT store them long-term in the stuff sacks. Even more importantly, mice find sleeping bags make lovely mouse-house material. But they can't get to what you store in a plastic bucket. (I would avoid anything like a soy sauce bucket that could potentially impart a food-smell to your sleeping bag, though.) We also have spare clothing in 5 gallon buckets (again, anti-mouse measure) including socks, bras, camis, and underwear. Yet another bucket holds my heirloom seeds and some related items.
When I get a few more, the spare wool blankets are high up on the list of items to go in there, and most likely some wool sweaters I'm not wearing much. I may even toss in some O2 absorbers with the wool items and down-filled sleeping bags. I don't think any moths that might be in there un-noticed will survive long with no oxygen.
I am so glad that you mentioned that mice like sleeping bags. Mine are unprotected at the moment! Need more buckets!!!
Unfortunately, plastic buckets aren't rodent-proof. If they are determined, mice and rats will chew through plastic. I had a bucket chewed through a few years ago.
Question: How do you get the bucket? Do you just go into, say, publix and ask?
I ask anytime I'm near a bakery. Most near me haven't had them, to be honest, but I did get lucky with one free smaller bucket from icing at Costco. My dad got some from a place that uses lots of chocolate. And yes, I do just go and ask if they have any free food-grade buckets. The lids are mostly trashed, though.
Yes that's exactly what I did. I asked the bakery mgr at Publix and he saved them for me. I buy him a 12 pack now and then.
ask a drywall finisher… they have access to them a lot
I am tempted to go down to my local store now and ask for a bunch of the buckets. I have a list of ideas that I could use them for. One idea i had was to store my sanitation supplies in. You always see them being advertised for like 10-15 bucks a piece.
I get my buckets from the Safeway bakery. A pizza place in town gets square shaped buckets with pickles and hard boiled eggs in them. I try to just get the buckets that had the eggs, the smell is easy is to get rid of. I haven't been able to totally get rid of the pickle smell. I like the square buckets, they stack easily in my closets.
Hi, I just found your website and I love it. I have been thinking about emergency preparedness for quite sometime, but just did not know where to start. Your website breaks it down into manageable steps.
I wanted to comment about where I get my buckets. I buy large containers of cat litter at Sams Club. They are square buckets. I guess they wouldn't be appropriate for food storage. I don"t know, but you could still store so many other things in them. I store my homemade laundry detergent in mine.
A.N.T.S. "Americans Networking To Survive" (http://sites.google.com/site/americansnetworkingtosurvive/) uses modular bucket kits in times of emergency / disaster response.
You can drop off a bucket autonomously to assist someone, if keeping a low profile is important, but the multitude of uses from the bucket itself (as well as a weatherproof, portable storage container) make it VERY handy. -
Another idea is to go down to your local Firehouse Sub shop. They sell their 5 gallon pickle buckets for 2 dollars. All of the money that they raise from the selling of the buckets goes to their Charity that helps firehouses in cities that can not afford to buy proper equipment for their firefighters. It's a good alternative if you can't find any bakery's that are nice enough to give up their buckets. Granted it does cost a little but at least you know the money is going to a good cause that will save a life some day.
but how do you get rid of the pickle smell?!?!?!
Oh the little things that make me happy: The grocery store here has started giving me their 5-gal icing buckets. The lid is not only the typical durable, plastic re-locking kind, it *has a gorgeous black gasket* that seals it up prefectly!! I began making what I call "supply buckets" – so far I have only made two. They have rat traps, a berkey element, a package of pool shock (for water purification), a clothes line, hardware to hang the line, clothes pins, a roll of tinfoil, a bottle of vitamins, an inexpensive wheat grinder, a can opener, a few oz of silver, pencils, a notebook, and printouts of critical info.
I get all my buckets from my local grocery store. They are free and I have all my food stored in them. The only bad experience was I did not quite get the strawberry smell out of the one and that rice is now used to make pudding.
A tip I read and can vouch for in cleaning used food buckets. 1) Hose off the greater mess outside at the spigot. Take it to your bath tub or shower and 2) scrub it with dish soap and a brush (don't neglect the outside and the bottom of the bucket – this is important if you plan to stack and store them till needed 3) Fill it with water and 1 cup of bleach. Let sit 24 hrs. 4) Empty, rinse, refill with water and 1 cup of baking soda. Let sit 24 hrs. Empty, rinse, and towel dry, or invert and air-dry. In the summer this can all be done outside at the spigot, and the sun naturally heats the bucket-water, but my work has been over the winter so my bathroom suffices. This will take care of most all residual smell. USPlastic.com sells 4 mil liners for about a buck apiece, and grommet-sealed lids for about a buck-thirty-five. That, and a little dry ice, and I'm in the long-term storage zone!
I've read about getting used buckets in the past, but haven't actually asked anyone. I'll have to do that today. What I really wanted to comment on was your photo. I first saw your post through my feed reader, sitting here in the semi-dark without my glasses, but I was sure you have a bucket of cats next to your pasta and bad kidneys next to the beans along with a bucket holding a R(ight) toe between the sugar and flour. A closer look revealed they were just oats, red beans and rice. Nice to start off with a little giggle in the morning.
Never truly thought of a bucket as a multi-use item. Some great ideas here, one of the best articles I've read on this site.
How did you make those really cool looking labels? They look so large in the picture.
I use em to make wine, they work great!
I'm new to all this survival stuff (thanks, Glenn Beck). Can you use these second-hand buckets for food storage, like flour, sugar or dehydrated items?
It depends on what was in them. If it only had food in it, then food will be safe but the original contents may leave a residual flavor or smell that will impact what you put in it. If it was a soy sauce bucket, then anything you put in it will end up with a bit of a soy taste, I'm told, if you don't put it in other packaging first. The food would still be perfectly safe, though. But I'm not sure I would like chocolate flavored rice! If you do have a container with a stronger smell, you can put smaller non-food items in it to keep things tidy, or packed food. For instance, vegetable oil goes bad more quickly when exposed to light. If you put several bottles inside a bucket with a lid on it, no light = longer shelf life.
Personally, I have so far used mylar bags inside the five gallon buckets because I'm afraid I won't get them clean enough and it isn't worth the risk to my food. I also have things I've vacuum sealed and then put inside buckets. Glad to have you joining us!
I spent an afternoon hitting one restaurant after another down a commercially-populated road thru town. I simply asked very politely if they ever had any 5 gallon food buckets that they threw out and if so would they be willing to let me have them. Some didn't speak english, others were a little perplexed, and I was striking out for the most part but all were vey nice to me. I hit the jackpot at a large Chinese buffet style restaurant whose manager was more than pleased to forward me about ten soy sauce buckets every week for as long as I wanted them. It's been fantastic. I finally just gave her my number so that she can contact me at her convenience (not mine) and so I wouldn't outlive my welcome. It has worked wonderfully.
The buckets sound great for storing food, but is there a problem with the plastic giving off harmful chemicals? I have an auto-immune disease and cannot store food in my frig in plastic; I need to use glass. I got very ill and it ended up being from the plastic water bottles that I had refilled and used more than once. I'm wondering if half-gallon and gallon glass jars would ultimately be healthier for food stored for long periods of time. Please comment.
I'm sure most restaurants would give you all you needed and more. Also sub sandwich and perhaps pizza (ci'ci's and/or pizza hut).
I do not know but you may want to check the local hobby store there are products that "Seal" and are food safe. I do not know if they would work on plastic though.
Is there any concern over the plastic material leaching toxins into the food you are storing? I'm new to this and have heard to use glass if possible. Also I did store food items such as boxed crackers, rice mixes etc. in a new large plastic tub and after a few months the food had taken on a horrid smell and taste. Help!
Keep the flour etc. in the bag and write with a sharpie good until date because IT DOES GO BAD! Also to keep out bugs place bay leaves in the container. It works in cabinets as well. Also my dad (now passed away) back in the 80's stored dried beans using this method. In a clean dry canning jar he would put in beans and place on top a piece about the size of the tip of your finger. Place on metal lid and screw on top ring tightly. The dry ice takes out all the oxygen and no bug or bacteria etc… can live in there. I swear I have black eyed peas and other dried beans in jars labeled 1982 and you can shake that jar etc . all you want. It looks as fresh as if it were bought today. I show it to people and they can't believeit!
What do you do with the dry ice?
If you want to be able to get into the buckets easily, get the Gamma seal lids. They snap onto the bucket, but then have a screw type lid. Much easier to get open for the daily/weekly use items. You can get them from a variety of places on the internet.
I first used the gamma lids on a camping trip and have been a big fan ever since. I would suggest that everyone have a few for they are much easier to use than snap on ones.
Hi! I'm new to food storage also and have a question. The article mentions that you can use buckets from home improvement stores to store non-food items. Why can't food items be stored in these buckets? Thanks!
You can, I use the ones from HD, they have the orings in the lids and seal airtight. You just need to look at the recycle number on the lid and bucket, the triangle with a 2 in it is for the food grade. I am going to look at getting some for free too 8) You cant beat free!
The triangle simply means it is made from recycled material; the 2 is simply the type of material used for the container …straight from Lowe's paint dept. manager!!
yes, I have about 30 LOwe's 5 gallon buckets with food for about 2 years now. And drywall buckets and dele icing buckets.
They aren't necessarily designed to hold food and may have chemicals that seep into food. You can still use them if you have a mylar liner. I use the mylar liners even inside food grade buckets, honestly, just to be extra safe, and make the food inside easier to move to another container if I need to for some reason.
How much wheat fits in a 5 gallon bucket?
About 5 gallons. That is a good question. How long can one survive on a bucket of wheet?
So, I get this cappacino mix from Sam's, and it's a great container. It's also #2. Is it safe to store food in long term? Thank you in advance
When you are using buckets with snap on lids or the gamma lids that snap on with the screw lids you should know that they are not 100% air tight. I use tape to seel the lid to the bucket even if it is for a paint bucket that I plan to use in 6 months and if I notice a difference in paint and other materials think what it will do for your food and other long time storage items. You can use duck tape or a red plastic tape(stucco tape), but keep in mind that some things like clothing might need a breather once a year.
If your planning to store long term, why couldn't you use a silicone caulk where the lid and bucket meet?
The brand new (5 gallon buckets) that are sold at "Lowes & Home Depot" are great for storing food items. They are brand NEW and have not had chemicals in them. The orange lids from the Home Depot have a (nice rubber gasket) inside it. Which is easier for putting on and removing it. Wash them out with a bleach/water solution (to make sure they are clean) to your liking–and dry them out real good. "Remember to always rotate out your food supply."
They are safe for storing many things-like (clothing, sugar, vitamins, mashed potatoes, powdered milk, cake mixes, nuts, baking soda, baking powder, spices, gravy mixes, and medical items) too. Use your imagination and put anything inside them. They stack real nice.
Get some plastic (pallets) from an animal feed store (they give these away most times) to set them on. You do not want your buckets (on the concrete floor) in your garage or cellar. The concrete can (over time) LEACH smells (INTO) your containers. Same way pickles will.
I also use several buckets with lids for charcoal—the kind you use for afternoon barbeques—Sometimes we have (water problems) like hot water heater leaks or busted water pipes over the years and the buckets will protect your stuff from that too—unless it (real bad) like Katrina was.
LOVE LOVE GAMMA LIDS, most of my buckets have those, it is also good for elderly people!
My elderly Mother in Law eats a lot of rice. We gave her a five gallon bucket with a gamma seal lid to store hers in, and she's as happy as can be about that. It's easy even for her arthritic hands to handle and she doesn't have to lug bags of rice home anymore. (We take care of getting the occasional 25 lb bag for her.)
I had never thought of using these buckets for emergency toilets, but…… Do you use regular cat litter or the clumping kind??
I just figured out that the icing buckets from the bakery seem to be the perfect size for a 25 lb of rice! A 5 gallon bucket holds closer to 33 lbs of rice.
Great idea of storing foodstuffs in the buckets. I use squared kitty litter buckets for non food items. A teaspoon of chlorine beach in a full bucket of water takes the perfumey smell out overnight. Another 24 hrs and the chlorine has off-gassed and the water can be used in the garden or laundry.They store easier than round buckets, and the lid is attached unless you want to take it all the way off.
Dunkin' Donuts have buckets with lids. They are more than willing to give them away.


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2011 Dodge Durango SUV Crew 4dr SUV (3.6L 6cyl 5A)
Bought it brand new. 2 years and 36k later:
Good: Nice design in and out. Looks amazing when clean. Smooth powerful V8 Hemi. Tops in towing. Actual useable 3rd row seating.
Bad: Exterior build quality is complete junk. The front bumper pops out and is now cracking like its going to fall off. The exterior mirror housing is frayed and already replaced only to have the same problem return. Tail lights feel loose and move when touched. The drivers door is not aligned with the rest of the body. Car has failed to start once- apparently a known issue with Dodges- failing TIPM's (Google it for more info.). Hemi spark plugs have to be changed every 30k miles. Recommended gas is 89.
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2011 Dodge Durango SUV Crew 4dr SUV AWD (3.6L 6cyl 5A)
I was so excited to get my Durango in June 2011.
Since then I have experienced odd hiccupping, like its missing, when accelerating up hills.
An extremely irritating rattle in the dash.
I have had to have the back of the driver's seat replaced twice because the clips that hold it on break.
The review mirror had to be replaced because the night dimmer decided to just stay on all the time.
The key fob does not always work.
Sometimes the push button start cannot detect the key.
Since most of these issues are intermittent, of course, they cannot reproduce them.
At least my seat and mirror are fixed for now.
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2011 Dodge Durango SUV Citadel 4dr SUV AWD (3.6L 6cyl 5A)
24000 miles later and I would buy this again. We liked it so much that we have now bought a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit and a 2012 Ram Laramie Crew Cab.
The technology is amazing.
After lots of research there is no other SUV ( except the GC Overlands etc) that offer all this technolog PERIOD.
And if they did, i.e Land Rover ( no ventilated seats nor adaptive cruise in LR4 even available ) it would cost $20k more then the Durango.
Auto high beams work great, adaptive cruise a blessing, heated steering wheel.
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I have a 2011 Durango RT V-8. It wasnt cheap but man am I spoiled! It is gorgeous! I love the interior space and quality...it has everything you could need and then some. I have 4 kids and there is space for them and friends even! I am always picking up extra kids. They love the satellite tv and dvd player. My only complaint is the gas milage..while I realize its a v8 and I expected as much, it feels like Im at the pump every day lol. I have put 10k on it and other than oil changes and a balance/rotation all has been great! Its very peppy and fun to drive...wouldnt trade it in for anything. I just love it and so does the rest of the family!!!!
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Bought a 2011 Durango Express AWD. From the day we got it, the steering was loose and pulled to the left. Brought it to the dealer we bought it from, they said it was fine. Brought it to another Dodge dealer that said the car may have been used for parts to fix another vehicle and the parts weren't replaced correctly. They said the alignment was off by 5 degrees. Now the car still has loose steering and now pulls to the right. When going over small bumps, the steering wheel will actually jerk to the right. Three times at the second dealer, they say that's how the car drives. They rotated the tires, double-checked the alignment, balanced the tires was fine. Still have the same problem.
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Now consumer reports recommends.
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That's only a minor issue.
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It is my first american car and so far so good. I did get the extended insurance on the electronics since Im still weary of american quality, I know they have come a long way but... we will see I hope it compares to Toyota and Nissan.
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Our dealer let us have a demo Durango for 5 days and my wife and I put it through the paces of daily life with two small children, a dog.
We we very impressed and compared it head to head with our 2009 Pilot EX-L 4X4.
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Rooting for the homegrown athletes currently competing across the pond? Show your support for American manufacturing, too, with Georgia Tech grad Jenny Drinkard's Quirky Crate modular storage units.
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Given that many of us have taken to screaming at our televisions and staying up past our bedtimes in support of the American Olympians partaking in the 2012 Summer Games, I thought it would be only appropriate to feature a clever new home/dorm room organization solution that has USA! USA! USA! stamped all over it.
Conceived by 25-year-old Atlanta-based designer Jenny Drinkard as a super-hip and super-versatile update on the humble dorm room staple known as the milk crate, the Quirky Crate modular storage system is the first Quirky-borne product to be made entirely American made (it's tooled in New Jersey and assembled in Vermont, to be exact).
Quirky, a community-driven online design platform that allows hopeful young inventors/designers to elevate their creations from the conceptual stage to production, has always turned to China on the manufacturing front. But with Drinkard's crate concept, Quirky switched things up, primarily to cut back on shipping time so that they could be ready for back-to-school season. Explains Quirky founder Ben Kaufman: "When Jenny came to Quirky, she had a really good definition of what the problem she wanted to solve was. For over two years we've been doing business overseas. Now, we're bringing the business back here."
The stackable Quirky Crates are sold a la carte for $20 a pop. A total of ten accessories ranging in price from $5 to $30 — metal casters, drawers, shelves, cord clips, hooks, wooden legs, connecting links, cork board and dry erase panels, and, last but not least, a cushion top — allow space-starved users to customize the crates to their liking for a variety of organizational needs. Because what young dorm-dweller doesn't need a wheeled stool that doubles as a laundry hamper with a dry erase board on the side? Or how about a side table with a drawer to stash your undies and a hook to hang your headphones? A tower in which to stash a collection of vinyl LPs that's much more secure/stylish than a wobbling stack of milk crates?
Quirky Crates are available not only directly through Quirky, but through OfficeMax and at select Target stores (always the excellent dorm room outfitter) as well.
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Glenn Walker is a writer who knows pop culture. He loves, hates, and lives pop culture. He knows too freaking much about pop culture, and here's where he talks about it all: movies, music, comics, television, and the rest... Welcome to Hell.
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At War with the Internet
Recently the Internet seems to have turned against me. I don't know what I did to it. I've always played nice, and fed it well, but lately, it just doesn't like me.
The first culprit is the Twitter. Twitter thinks I follow too many people. At first (and still) I didn't think that was possible. Isn't the whole concept of Twitter to follow other people and seeing what they have to say? Twitter doesn't agree. Here's what they have to say on the subject. Okay, I suppose that's fair, but then why, every single day, after they shut me down from following people do they continue to suggest people for me to follow??
Speaking of suggestions, then there's the Facebook. They are constantly suggesting friends for me on the right side of the screen, saying I may know them, we share hundreds of mutual friends, and mutual likes. But let me tell you something - if you decide to add any of these 'friends' the Facebook has suggested, and they don't want to be your 'friend,' they might just report you to the Facebook.
And I don't care how many times Facebook tells me Mandy Patinkin might know me, I am positive he doesn't. Don't click that 'friend' button. Yep, it's a double jeopardy thing just like the following problem at Twitter.
So if you want to friend me on Facebook, please do, and especially if you want to follow me on Twitter - please please do - so I can beat these fascist following rules.
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I am going to report you to Blogger. This posting of dislike for the internet and social media in general, can no longer be tolerated. I hope you will do the wise and sensible thing and turn yourself into the nearest authority.
Oh, and how dare you try to friend Inigo Montoya.
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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, against ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Isis" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:ISIS) and certain of its officers, on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Isis between March 29, 2012 and October 15, 2012, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). This class action seeks to recover damages against the Company and certain of its officers and directors as a result of alleged violations of the federal securities laws pursuant to Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
Isis is the leading company in antisense drug discovery and development. The Company's strategy is to discover unique antisense drugs and develop these drugs to key clinical value inflection points.
The lawsuit alleges that throughout the Class Period, the Company conditioned investors to believe that Kynamro (mipomersen sodium), one of the drugs in its pipeline, would receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") through a host of materially false and misleading statements regarding the safety and efficacy of the drug, as well as reportedly positive results from Kynamro's phase three clinical trial. As a result of the foregoing, the Company's statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 16, 2012, two days prior to a meeting of the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee to decide on whether to recommend Kynamro for FDA approval, the FDA published a clinical briefing document questioning the safety and efficacy of Kynamro. Specifically, the report noted that abnormal growths or neoplasms developed in 3.1% of patients treated with Kynamro, as compared to only 0.9% of patients who took a placebo. The FDA report concluded that this "imbalance in neoplasms will need to be assessed further in on-going and future studies and post-marketing (if approved)." In addition, the report found that three patients treated with Kynamro died during clinical testing. Two died of heart attacks and the other patient died of acute liver failure, and the report concluded that "the potential for a contributing effect of mipomersen cannot be ruled out."
As a result of this disclosure, Isis shares declined $2.88 per share or nearly 22%, to close at $10.27 per share on October 16, 2012.
If you acquired Isis securities during the Class Period, you may, no later than February 26, 2013, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the class. Although your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision whether or not to seek appointment as a lead plaintiff, lead plaintiffs make important decisions that could affect the overall recovery for class members, including decisions concerning settlement.
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A spectacular new presentation of the grand American Wing presents more than 800 paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts intertwined, revealing surprising connections and fascinating stories. Thematic displays explore the international character of American art and Baltimore's position as a major center for art production and foreign trade from the late 18th century forward.
State-of-the-art lighting, new herringbone wood floors, a new palette of colors for the walls and ceilings, and many other improvements bring forth John Russell Popes magnificent neoclassical architecture as the perfect setting for the BMAs masterpieces of American art.
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ALBANY -- Pricy prescription medications can lead people to shop around, but sometimes trying to cut down on costs can also mean putting your health in jeopardy.
Nina Ossana tells the story of her sister.
"[She] was a police officer and she had a very stressful job and she was taking prescription drugs."
Nina found her sister was taking large quantities of the drugs, obtained online and over the phone. Her sister took her own life and Nina was determined to find out why.
"In the weeks after she died, I got 100,000 doses of these drugs. There is no reason for anyone to have that many doses of any drugs."
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Postal inspectors say buying drugs outside the United States is, in fact, dangerous.
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text: Pioneer - Member of CAB Hall of Fame Duffy, Michael D. "Mike"(1946- )While Charlottetown-born Mike Duffy was in grade 9, he used to spin records for "Club 62" on CFCY-TV, and wrote "Platter Chatter" for the Charlottetown newspaper. His first radio job was with CKDH Amherst in the mid 60s, followed by a stint at CHNS Halifax. He covered city hall, the legislature and in 1967, Robert Stanfield's successful run for the PC party leadership. That dramatic convention at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens gave him his love of federal politics. In 1969, Mike canvassed all the radio and TV stations in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, looking for a job as a reporter. A few months later, he accepted a position with Bert Cannings at CFCF, the CTV affiliate in Montreal. Duff wasn't hired as a reporter, but as a lineup and assignment editor. However, politics was in his blood, and in 1971 he took a 1/3rd cut in pay and moved to CHUM's CFRA in Ottawa. Within a year, he was assigned to cover Parliament Hill for the "Contemporary News" service which served the CHUM Group of radio stations. Mike joined the CBC Radio News Parliament Hill bureau in 1974, and switched to TV on The National in 1977. In 1986 he won an ACTRA Award for live television reporting, for his coverage of a terrorist attack on the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa. In 1988, he joined Baton Broadcasting Inc as the first host on its new national Sunday morning news program - Sunday Edition - a one-hour series which ran for eleven years, during which time Baton metamorphosed into CTV Inc.. As the series ended in 1999, CTV's News One cable channel - whch had launched in 1997 - was renamed CTV Newsnet, and Mike was appointed as its Ottawa Editor. In this capacity he appeared daily reporting from Parliament Hill, as well as continuing to provide his shrewd political commentary from the Hill for both CTV National News and local affiliate newscasts. Over tbe years, Mike broke many stories, won several awards and covered a few wars. In 1990 he was honoured by the University of P.E.I. with an Honorary Doctorate, and received a similar award from Niagara University in Niagara Falls NY, in 1997. In 1994, Mike Duffy was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame. On December 2nd 2008, the PMO announced that Michael Duffy had been appointed to fill one of eighteen vacancies in the Canadian Senate. Written by Pip Wedge - February, 2004 « Previous Personality Bio | Next Personality Bio »Skip to the Personalities whose last names start with: « ALL A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z » |


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Occupation | Novelist |
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Genres | Military science fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy |
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Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.[1] Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award.
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Moon was born Susan Elizabeth Norris and grew up in McAllen, Texas. She started writing when she was a child and first tried a book, which was about her dog, at age six. She was inspired to write creatively, and says that she began writing science fiction in her teens, considering it a sideline.[2]
She earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1968 and later earned a second B.A. in Biology. In 1968 she joined the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant while on active duty.[3] She married Richard Sloan Moon in 1969 and they have a son, Michael, born in 1983.[2]
Moon began writing professionally in her mid-thirties and had a newspaper column in a county weekly newspaper. In 1986 she published her first science fiction in the monthly magazine Analog and the anthology series Sword and Sorceress.[4] Her stories appeared regularly in Analog the next few years. Her first novel The Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988)[4] won the Compton Crook Award and inaugurated the Paksennarrion series.[3]
Most of her work has military science fiction themes, although biology, politics and personal relationships also feature strongly. The Serrano Legacy is a space opera. Her Nebula-winning novel The Speed of Dark (2003) is a near-future story told from the viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer, inspired by her own autistic son Michael.[5]
Elizabeth Moon has many interests beside writing. She has a musical background, having played the accordion during her university days[6] and sung in choirs.[2][6] She is an accomplished fencer, and captain of the SFWA Musketeers, a group of published speculative fiction authors who also fence.[7]
Moon is also an experienced paramedic and has served in various capacities in local government.
On September 11, 2010, she wrote a blog entry "Citizenship" about assimilation and an Islamic group that wanted to build a memorial center at/near the site of the 9/11 attack,[8] which was "perceived by many as derogatory toward Muslims and immigrants." [9] Because it "dismayed, angered and offended" the co-chairs and other people associated with WisCon 35, a feminist science fiction convention to be held in May 2011,[10] her invitation to be a guest of honor was rescinded by WisCon's parent body.[11][12]
Moon was awarded the 2007 Robert A. Heinlein Award, which honors "outstanding published works in hard science fiction or technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space".[14][15]
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