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After serving as executive chef in the kitchens of President Cardoso, Roberta Sudbrack opened her own restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, which quickly became a must-visit destination for lovers of modern Brazilian cuisine. Her cooking blends classic and modern influences with great technique and research into Brazil's gastronomic heritage. At the Salone, Roberta will be the guest of two events: a dinner cooked with four of her Latin American colleagues and Italian chef Massimo Bottura, and a Theater of Taste where she will showcase her talent.
What is your culinary style?
I strive for a cuisine which is strongly characterized by its geographic context and current times: modern, Brazilian cuisine. Our goal is to serve the best, every day. I always look for what nature has to offer and I use the best ingredients to create my menu, which changes daily. Our cuisine follows the cycle of seasons and celebrates Brazilian tastes. We give a lot of importance to the ritual, precision and technique that lies behind a dish. What we propose is, in fact, a neutral space, but also a fusion between innovation and tradition. That's why we do not see RS as a mere restaurant – a place where food and drinks are sold – but rather as a place where guests can have unique taste experiences.
Did you know about Slow Food and the Terra Madre network? What do you think of our work?
I can see great movement in today's world cuisine and every event that attempts to share the exceptional work done by chefs is a step forward. Slow Food and Terra Madre work with great competence and their events and initiatives have managed to put food exactly where it belongs: next to producers, maintaining the link between past and future and preserving family traditions.
You are Brazil's most famous female chef. What is the secret of your success?
Hard work, concentration and listening carefully to my deepest instincts.
What is your first food memory?
My grandmother's chicken with polenta. I am very grateful to her for cooking it for me; it is a dish that I still find moving.
How important was the daily food you ate in your childhood for your professional development?
My grandmother's food has influenced me in every possible way. My ideas, my research, my dreams… all that supports me in my daily work comes from her and our time together when I was a child.
Do you think your careful consideration of food can help your guests develop a deeper respect for food and also to avoid waste?
Sure! I truly hope that my work is an inspiration to others. I do my best in my presentations to convey this message, and I work hard every day to put the best ideas into my creations.
Do you think that gastronomy can help this world through current crises?
Cooking means giving. When you cook a dish, your heart is a key ingredient, just like your view of the world and what is around you. So the answer is yes. Gastronomy can help the world, teaching a simple but key concept: being alive in today's world means living in a community, sharing, listening and speaking up every day. Food is a blessing; it's the wealth that the earth gives us and allows us to keep on living. We must treat the earth with respect and thus learn to treat with respect our fellow men and women too.
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The Ogdensburg man accused of filing $36 million in fraudulent tax-refund claims was a secretive leader in a growing antigovernment movement, according to an international organization that tracks domestic terrorists and hate groups.
Long before Glenn Richard Unger came under the scrutiny of federal prosecutors and the Southern Poverty Law Center, however, he was a talented young orthodontist who tangled with Potsdam village officials over a sign ordinance.
I was totally shocked, retired dentist Jules Comeau said about the arrest of the Brooklyn native he knew as a classmate at the SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry in the 1970s, and later as a fellow practitioner in Potsdam during the 1980s.
He was a very, very good student, the Long Lake resident said. As a dentist, he did really great work.
Dr. Unger, 62, was indicted last month on allegations that he filed for more than $36 million in fraudulent income tax refunds between 2007 and 2011. He has been detained by federal officials, with a hearing on his detention set for today in Albany. A trial has been set for March 4 in Binghamton before Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.
After seeing a Tuesday newspaper story about the indictment, Dr. Comeau said he recognized a photo of his former classmate on the website of the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center. That report identified Dr. Unger as a leader in the antigovernment sovereign citizens movement, which the FBI has described as a loose network of individuals who believe that federal, state, and local governments operate illegally, adopting tactics such as not paying their taxes and creating false license plates and drivers licenses.
While the movement has often focused on nonviolent resistance, Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said federal pursuit of sovereigntists has increased in the wake of several fatal clashes between adherents and police, including a 2010 Arkansas incident that left four officers dead.
This is yet another case showing how hard the government is going after the sovereign citizens, Mr. Potok said.
The 2010 Southern Poverty Law Center report on sovereign citizens identified Dr. Unger as a resident of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, who it said had been slapped with a $116,000 federal tax lien in 2009.
According to the federal indictment, on June 17, 2011, Dr. Unger filed a false document with the Saratoga County clerks office attempting to reverse a $116,410 tax lien from 2009 in which the IRS challenged his individual tax liabilities for tax years 2005 and 2006, and his frivolous filing penalties for 2004 to 2008.
The indictment also enumerates at least 13 other allegedly fraudulent refund requests, including a March 2008 document in which Dr. Unger claimed the Internal Revenue Service owed him a $35 Million refund for 2007.
Dr. Ungers address does not appear in any documents unsealed in the case. The indictment alleges fraudulent filings in Saratoga and Albany counties and activities in the Northern District of New York and elsewhere, but does not specifically mention Ogdensburg or St. Lawrence County.
The Department of Justice has identified him as a resident of Ogdensburg, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Duncan said Tuesday, adding that as a matter of policy the agency does not release defendants specific street addresses.
While his connection to Ogdensburg remains unclear, Dr. Unger clearly has a history in other parts of St. Lawrence County.
A September 1978 Watertown Daily Times article heralded Dr. Ungers arrival in the north country, announcing that he was planning to open a practice in Massena the following month. The article recounted a list of accolades including high school valedictorian, a mathematics degree from Brooklyn College, a dental degree and two-year residency from SUNY Buffalo followed by two years of practice in Buffalo and Los Angeles.
By June 1980, news reports detailed what may have been Dr. Ungers first public brush with government authority. Officials in Potsdam maintained a 20-foot-tall yellow sign outside his practice at 15 Pierrepont Ave. was too close to the sidewalk and violated village regulations.
His smiling teeth sign also was derided as gaudy by some residents, with Dr. Unger replying that it was high and bright to attract business and not get stolen, as previous signs had been.
After months of wrangling, the village Zoning Board of Appeals in January 1981 rejected a variance request by Dr. Unger.
He seems not to appear in any more newspaper reports until November 1993, when he sold the Pierrepont Avenue property to Dr. James P. Ferriter, who still maintains a practice there.
He was a really good orthodontist, Dr. Ferriter said Tuesday. He really was.
And also, it seems, willing to help a fellow practitioner.
With a father in the State Department, Dr. Ferriter had grown up on four continents, but spent part of his elementary school years in Plattsburgh. When he was making the transition from the U.S. Army back to civilian life inn the late 1980s, Dr. Ferriter started looking for a country practice somewhere in the Northeast. That led him to an advertisement Dr. Unger had placed in a trade journal.
There was one problem: Dr. Ferriter was extremely short on cash. Dr. Unger agreed to finance the deal for him, Dr. Ferriter recalled, an arrangement that lasted until 1995.
That was about the last time Dr. Ferriter remembered hearing from him in person.
I knew he was on the Internet, Dr. Ferriter said, adding that he several years ago he heard about an online radio show which Dr. Unger reportedly hosted under the alias Dr. Sam Kennedy.
The Southern Poverty Law Center report maintains Dr. Unger used that alias as host of the Take No Prisoners show on the Texas-based Republic Broadcasting Network. Asked about Dr. Unger, a receptionist who answered the stations phone Tuesday afternoon said he had been gone from the station for several years. She referred questions to host John Stadtmiller, who she said was on air and would not be available to answer questions until today.
Mr. Potok said interest in the movement picked up after late 2008, which many observers attribute both to the recession and some white Americans dismay over the election of Barack Obama as the nations first black president. As the economic crisis worsened, the group attracted a larger and even multiracial base, Mr. Potok said.
And, the law center says, leaders tell prospective followers that there are ways in which they can file for huge sums of money that the government is believed to hold in their name, a tactic called redemption, of which the center maintains Dr. Unger was a major proponent.
This is a movement that promises something for nothing, Mr. Potok said. It tells you that you dont have to pay your taxes, that you dont have to pay your credit card debt.
If that is what Dr. Unger believes, it is a belief whose alleged pursuit could earn him up to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a term of supervised release of up to three years and a maximum fine of $250,000.
Dr. Ferriter declined to say whether Dr. Unger had ever shared such ideas with him during their acquaintance 20 years ago.
Hes a unique individual. Its safe to say that. He is definitely a different thinker, Dr. Ferriter said.
He suggested, however, that perhaps Dr. Unger had ignored a critical lesson.
You dont mess with the government, Dr. Ferriter said. Study history.
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A recent study has provided new valuable information about the use and functionality of public aid as well as public private equity funding in service sector companies. The project, commissioned by the Service Sector Employers PALTA, included an analysis of Statistics Finland's database of public aid, an electronic survey for service sector companies, interviews and international benchmarking.
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1. The service sector share of public funding is approximately 23 %, corresponding to €417m. The amount of support per company (at the service sector) is below that of companies on average
• Finnvera (a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland) is the largest funder also in the service sector, but the share of funding received by service sector companies is clearly smaller than businesses on average. The service sector companies receive more funding from the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes), on the other hand, than businesses in general.
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• In some fields (e.g. debt collection agencies, social and healthcare services) other means of support seem to be more important, including indirect public support, public procurement in particular as well as other measures supporting the entry to the market (for instance support for testing of services).
• These themes were highlighted in the benchmarking examples from Denmark and Sweden. Public procurement is also present in Finland for instance through a number of Tekes programmes (e.g. Witty City and Smart Procurement).
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The use of deadly force is something that most police forces would rather not think about. An officer involved in a shooting incident brings not only the problems of investigation into the incident, but pain to everyone involved.
Sometimes police officers are in situations where an individual is a danger to others and himself, but the use of a gun in the situation brings great criticism. For instance, a man is threatening people and officers with a knife, yet he is far enough away that he offers no immediate threat. However if he charges officers or anyone else he could kill someone. Not long ago police personnel had only one real choice, to shoot to kill.
In the last few years, however, more and more research and development has been done on non-lethal weapons for situations just like this. Some of the near present solutions were devices such as mace, pepper spray and contact taser guns. But all these solutions, however, required an officer to get up close to the threatening individual. That however is changing, and changing right here in Carbon County.
"I saw a demonstration on these new taser guns and knew they would be a good addition to our department," said Carbon County Sheriff James Cordova last week as he picked up one of the new guns the county has purchased and plans to put in every patrol vehicle. "These will save lives."
The new taser guns that will soon be riding with every deputy sheriff has the ability to generate over 50,000 volts and can shoot a cartridge 21 feet attaching itself to the intended target.
"Once that attaches itself to the individuals body it will knock them down because it interferes with the persons nervous system," says Cordova. "It will knock down people no matter how strong they are; even if they are high on something that can give them extraordinary strength."
The yellow weapons can also be used as a contact weapon. For instance if two attackers approach, the deputy can shoot one with the cartridge and still use the gun as a contact weapon as well on the second person. For sighting purposes the weapon has a built in red laser light that is similar to lethal weapon sites used by law enforcement.
The new device also has a data pack built into it. Because the weapon is controlled by the deputy, if he runs into a particularly stubborn attacker, one who the weapon knocks down but tries to struggle again after the shock has stopped, he can reshock the individual if he needs to. The data pack can be downloaded to a computer to see how many times the deputy used the shock device on a suspect as well as the duration of the shocks administered and the time they were administered. It also ejects small tags (called AFID) when a cartridge is discharged. These tags are color coded and have the serial number of the cartridge printed on them so officials can ascertain which officer or how many officers used the weapon during an incident.
"Some people fear that these might affect someone that has a pacemaker," said the Sheriff, "But they are designed not to affect them."
Basically the new guns fill in the gap between mace and the use of deadly force. Each gun costs around $400 and the actual cartridges cost $18 each.
"We buy practice cartridges for the guns for $11 each so our personnel will know how to use the guns and how they operate," says Cordova.
One of the most important aspects of the new guns is the fact that there is no permanent damage of any kind to the person they hit and it is also much safer for the officers than past non-lethal tools.
"The problem with mace and pepper spray is that it can affect the deputies as much as it does the person we are trying to subdue," states Cordova.
The cartridge shoots tags that attach to the body of the person at the same time extending small leads to the gun, which gives the person using it complete control.
All the deputies have gone through the official training on the weapons system. Part of that training was actually being shot by the gun so they knew how it would feel. It can even take down groups of people if they are touching each other.
"I was in the middle of a row of six deputies and we had another deputy fire the gun at the guy on one side and I got shocked as bad as the guy would was the target," states Cordova.
The guns will be installed in the cruisers as well as in the counties prisoner transport van in the next couple of weeks.
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DENMARK There is something sweet in Denmark.
The Denmark Gardens apple orchard has opened for business, becoming Lewis Countys first such operation.
Im seeing the fruit of my labors, said Patsy S. Makuch, owner of the orchard at 10100 Old State Road, across from the Carlowden Country Club. It can only get better every year, if Mother Nature will leave me alone.
Mrs. Makuch said she had hoped to offer U-pick apples right away. However, that idea got pushed back for at least one year after a severe storm hit in late July, destroying several trees and damaging others.
We lost a lot of trees, she said. My orchard needs to heal.
Instead, Mrs. Makuch and her family are picking apples themselves and selling them from a pole barn at the property. The small shop also features pumpkins and squash grown at the orchard, other locally grown vegetables, Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls and barn quilts made by Mrs. Makuch, while a corn maze also has been established, with a cost of $2 per person to navigate it.
The new business is open from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. For more information, call 771-4354 or visit the Denmark Gardens Apple Orchard Facebook page.
The new orchard also is slated to be one of the stops on the Lewis County Chamber of Commerces annual Fall Foliage Tour on Oct. 5.
Between the weather damage and early-season customers, much of the initial crop of Zestar apples is already gone, Mrs. Makuch said.
However, several other varieties will be available over the next couple of months as follows: Snowsweet in mid-September, McIntosh, Cortland and Honeycrisp in late September and Spy and Regent in early October.
Mrs. Makuch and her husband, Maxwell J., started the orchard by planting 300 apple trees in 2010, and others have been added in subsequent years to reach a current total of 650.
The initial crop of trees came from Minnesota, so some of the varieties may be more familiar to Midwesterners than to local residents, she said.
After selling off some cows from the couples dairy farm and beginning to plan for a transition to the next generation of farm ownership, Mrs. Makuch said, she spent some time working at the Mercers Dairy ice cream facility in Boonville, of which Mr. and Mrs. Makuch are part owners.
However, she eventually began looking for an unusual home-based business that she would enjoy.
Given that many local residents travel to Mexico in Oswego County for apples, Mrs. Makuch ultimately decided that an orchard here would fill a niche.
Along with visiting other orchards, the Denmark resident said she consulted with Susan E. Maring, who started up the countys first winery, Tug Hill Vineyards, in West Lowville.
She also has been working with Zehrs Flowers and Landscaping in Naumburg, which has supplied many of the newer trees.
While some downstate growers were skeptical that apple trees would grow well in Lewis County, Mrs. Makuch said, she believed differently, noting that an Empire apple tree in their yard had done well for many years.
And, thus far, the orchard has withstood the cold weather very well, she said.
I havent lost a tree in the winter yet, Mrs. Makuch said.
However, she is kept busy throughout the winter with pruning to bolster the trees continued growth.
Mrs. Makuch said she hopes to continue improving operations at the orchard and making additions to the business, possibly even hosting weddings.
Its a work in progress, she said. Every year, there are decisions to make.
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Gwen was 30 when she found out she was HIV positive, yet this news didn't come as a surprise. She had injected heroin for several years, but managed to get clean when she was 28. Her struggle with drugs was a terrible phase in her young life, and it left her with HIV. But those years also had given her a beautiful baby girl whom she totally adored and who, thankfully, did not have the virus.
Gwen now faced a dilemma. Her doctor just told her, based on her recent lab results, that she needed to start HIV medications. While not unexpected, she felt pangs of anxiety at this news. Since getting clean, she had always been determined to create a good life for herself as well as her baby. She worked part-time from her home and attended community college in the evenings. Gwen's only nearby relative, her sister, worked during the day but was able to watch her daughter while she was at class. Gwen's mind began racing. Who would care for her child if the medications made her sick? The lab, the doctor and her case manager were available only during business hours. Who would watch her baby while she took public transportation to various appointments so she could get her meds and the follow-up labs? How could she afford time away from work? How could she even afford the drugs? She knew there must be some programs to help her obtain them, but she had also heard there were waiting lists for medication assistance.
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Starting HIV meds is among the most serious commitments one will ever make. Like Gwen, anyone facing this decision needs to consider numerous factors that will affect their ability to consistently take a daily regimen for the rest of their life. Disruptions cause resistance, which can render a drug ineffective. And fewer medication options increase the risk of dire consequences.
More than almost any other, one's relationship with his or her HIV medications is an intensely personal, long-term obligation. While it's certainly lifesaving, it requires consistency, determination and acceptance of side effects, both anticipated and unanticipated.
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By SHAUN KEITHCEU Eagle writer
College of Eastern Utah students will need deeper pockets next fall as tuition is slated to go up nine percent, said interim President Mike King at a Truth in Tuition hearing mostly attended by the administration and representatives of student government.
In a document provided to students, King wrote, "This year's tuition and fee process comes in the wake of a significant downturn in Utah's economy. State revenue projections failed to meet expectations in the current year and projections for next year have led the legislature to dramatically reduce budgets for all state-funded agencies and institutions.
"The base budgets for the 2009-2010 fiscal year will be reduced by approximately 17 percent in comparison to last year's appropriation. For the College of Eastern Utah, this means a state-funds budget reduction in excess of $3.2 million. A cut of this magnitude will require a combination of increased tuition and fees and along with reductions in operating expenses, personnel and programs at CEU.
"The recommendation to increase tuition and fees is not a step taken lightly by the CEU administration. CEU has been a leader for the last three years in minimizing costs for students. Over that time fees have not been increased even though fee driven services have expanded. Tuition increases have been kept to the mandated increase as set by the Utah Board of Regents."
Enrollment fall 2008 was 2,084 and spring 2009, 1,729. Tuition revenue for fall 2008 was $1,112,087 and spring 2009, $1,047,384 with the total revenue for the academic year $2,159,500.
King wrote, the enrollment has been relatively flat for the past three years. Based on this trend, we are projecting that enrollment growth will be flat for the 2009-2010 academic year. Given the needs of the college, CEU will recommend to the Board of Regents a tuition increase of nine percent. This increase will increase full-time-student tuition by $85 per semester. This should bring an additional $194,300.
The new revenues generated by the increase in tuition will be used to offset some of the revenue lost due to the state-imposed budget cuts. Our first priority for the funds will be to enhance our promotion of the college, King wrote.
In order to increase enrollment, CEU needs to increase its name recognition throughout Utah and the surrounding states, King continued. Funds will be used to develop a new marketing/image plan, increase awareness of our quality programs, and enhance scholarship opportunities.
All colleges and universities in the Utah System of Higher Education are experiencing similar budget reductions and will be increasing their tuition by a similar percentage.
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"He was immediately hostile," said Strate. "Telling the men that if police came he would shoot them, he would shoot them if he got into trouble."
When Carbon sheriff's deputies arrived, Ambrose's threats continued and escalated into promises to blow up the car he was sitting in.
"Sitting in the driver's seat, Ambrose pointed his finger at police and threatened them as if it were a gun," continued Strate. "He acted like he was going to detonate a bomb, while holding an object in his hand. The object turned out to be a cigarette."
Carbon County Sheriff's deputies were forced to take the suspect's threats seriously as they could see a pair of red wires running into the car's glove box.
Carbon County SWAT members led by Detective Mike Hreinson investigated the wires and found that the car's owner had rigged the fuse box to allow for working brake lights.
"He was actually counting down the detonation," said Strate.
Ambrose's first court appearance will take place on July 31. He will be arraigned via video court from the Carbon County Jail.
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Bands are well known for guerrilla marketing: street-corner concerts, stickers on street signs, handing out demos at college campuses. Now with the popularity of social media, bands are concentrating more effort online, using new tactics via the social web. Even though most bands are moving away from old-fashioned guerrilla marketing to online social marketing, there are a few bands and labels reinventing themselves by using Microsoft Tag to merge their real life and online marketing efforts.
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Fearless Records
Fearless Records has implemented Microsoft Tag in multiple ways. According to the label's Joyce Mealey:
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"Fearless Records has launched many campaigns focusing on education, awareness, and repetition. The label is using the technology to simply interact with fans in a variety of new and exciting ways. We have used Tags in print and online advertisements, social sites, video content, posters, merchandise catalogs, music samplers, and more."
We The Kings
We the Kings used Tag to enable their listeners to enter a contest. But unlike Fearless Records, We The Kings used Tag through a different medium – video. In the video below, Travis explains the promotion and uses Tag in the video so fans can scan right on their computer screens to enter the sweepstakes.
Small Leaks Sink Ships
An independent band out of Phoenix, Small Leaks Sink Ships has merged its traditional guerrilla marketing with online marketing. Small Leaks Sink Ships made customized Microsoft Tag stickers that they placed all over Phoenix. When fans scanned the Tags, they visited a mobile site where they could watch video, chat, check out the band's Facebook page, listen to their latest songs, and find out where they're playing next.
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Rating: 4 / 5
Gatewood Cape ReviewInitial Impressions -------------------I was excited to get my new Gatewood cape in the mail today. Overall, it seems constructed with care and besides a few concerns (discussed with below) it is exactly as expected - it's a wad of sil-nylon in a pyramidal shape with a few strings and toggles here and there screaming for experimentation. As Shelter:-------------------Pulled it out of the bag and was delighted to see the integrated stuff sack. No more loosing the stuff sack, or more to the point, one less thing to keep track of.Setup is understandable if you think about it for a few minutes. The colored harness for the trek pole mounts in the head area of the cape and provides the single center-support for the tarp. I found the colored webbing a nice touch, although I wonder if there could be a lighter way to create this harness – it seemed to me that the webbing is a bit overkill for the intended purpose. Once inserted, however, it works well and supports the cape as expected. I staked out the two sides and then the back. I was a bit confused with how the front guyline is supposed to work (still am). I'm sure with time this will become second nature, but I think the instructions could really benefit from some diagrams/photos for initial orientation. I then staked out the remaining corners and crawled inside, giddy as a school-boy.There is plenty of room inside for one plus gear. I find that if one follows the direction and angles the pole away from the center, you can maximize said space.The hood ties off nicely, and the opening angles down, so there isn't any real chance of water leaking in, although I can see it flopping around in a strong wind and might have to think about how to secure it better with the drawstring.The integrated stuf sack can also serve as a pocket for things you don't want to leave lying around inside the tent. Nice.I was happily surprised to find a toggle to secure one end of the door just like normal tents – leaving this open for normal sleeping will provide extra ventilation and access in and out was easy. I'd forgotten it was in the pictures on the website (on rollover).There are two snaps on the inside that I have not quite figured out. Must be to secure the back under the pack when worn as a cape, but again I think they are over-done. My Equinox poncho/tarp has a couple of Velcro pieces that serve a simliar function just fine with that unit and I'm eying those heavy metal snaps with what can only be described as slightly neurotic UL suspicion. There is also a Velcro closure at the bottom of the zipper, which I suppose serves to secure the end if you want to zip the door partially open. Again, it seems overly wide, but at least it isn't a big metal snap <grin>.I have not experimented much with guying out the sides, as is recommended in the directions for extra support in wind.Overall I'm very impressed with it as a shelter and am exited to get out and give it a go soon.As Raingear:-------------------It certainly feels a bit more awkward than the poncho/tarp when worn as rain gear. The arm slits just don't feel as good as those big open sides, although in the wind it might be a bonus. I expect they will feel odd in the standard swinging motion of hiking, especially with the required trek pole.You can see the slits in the picture - they shouldn't be a problem in tent mode due to tension on the seams. I tried it on with a pack and the aforementioned snaps are a bit confusing. I thought they would suck in the cape in the back so it wasn't so billowy, but when snapped to each other promptly worked their way under the bottom of my pack and I can see them becoming an irritant under there. I snapped it in front to see if that was the right way, but then finding the arm slits was very difficult.Update: After talking with Ron at SMD, he informs me that the grosgrain straps from the bottom are to be snapped into the snaps instead of what I was doing. This makes more sense, although I think velcro would be a better choice here for weight savings.As expected, it certainly provides less ventilation than the aforementioned poncho/tarp, and it remains to be seen under real world conditions how much this matters or how much the zipper allows for ventilation. Summary-------------------In my experience, I don't spend a lot of time with rain gear on (traditionally I've spend alot of time in the desert). I wear it on occasion, and since recently moving to the Pacific Northwest I'll probably be wearing it more in the future, but I'm not as concerned with the cape portion as the shelter. The former will do in a pinch, the latter is essential in my book.I still need to understand exactly how the front guylines work but I'm sure I'll get some emails in short order detailing just that. I also noted that one needs to seam seal the cape - the instructions mention this. I've never done this, and am not to excited to do it either. I'm not even sure how to do it, but Ron does provide a link to his website with sealer making instructions and hopefully directions on how to do it. Wish me luck.Initially I'm pleased, if not ecstatic. We will see how the first trip with it goes.It's a bit heavier than I'd like, but not seriously so. My equinox tarp/poncho comes it at 10.5 oz and the Gatewood cape comes in at just over 2 oz more. But you get more coverage when in shelter mode, so I consider that a good deal.Total weight: 12.6 oz.That includes the cape in integrated suff sack, a small silnylon sack for 6 BMW ti-stakes and the pole harness. Initial Rating: 4 out of 5.I am curretnly rating it as such, but that may change after some usage. I intend it to be my standard shelter/raingear of choice going forward, so I'll update this when I've spent some time in/under it. Here is a gallery with pictures:Note: the hiking pole in the following pictures is not setup according to the directions (and its obvious when you put it together). My trek pole has a DIY monopod mount on the top, and I set that into the mounting harness - its stable and works, but you can't see it in the picture and doing so on a regular pole would *not* work.Gatewood Cape Picture Gallery
Edited by heninger on 03/06/2006 16:07:15 MST.
Rating: 5 / 5
I just got mine and I have set it up twice, 1st time staked directly to the ground, 2nd time I added the 6" loops to give a little more height and ventalation. I have to say, it pitches better, taunter, w/ the added loops. My 2nd setup was to seam seal and while setup we had wind gusts to roughly 35 mph and it held it's ground pretty well though it does experience some flapping, but how much do you realistically expect from a ponch/tarp?I would say it handles pretty well considering that it's not as beefy as say a Golite Hex. So you pitch it where you can get a little protection from nature's rath. Going from the Hex to this for solo trips will save me 1.5 lbs. That's awesome. So, sofar I am VERY impressed.
I had it in use during a seven-day trip through the southern alps (Italy). Only used it as a shelter. And sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker.The Gatewood Cape is very light for its purpose (I had also a bivy with me but you don't need one), easily errected and sheds all the wind (and surely rain which I had not experienced yet). Overall I'm satisfied but there are some small concerns.1. It's really a narrow shelter for a person like me (1,85 m, ~ 6,1'). My empty sleeping bag fits in without touching the sides but if I am in the bag, at least one end will get contact with the walls sooner or later. I had some condensation inside nearly every night (no rain but heavy dew), so one end of my bag got wet. I solved this by putting my rainproof jacket over the lower end of my bag.Getting out of the cape is a bit tricky if the inside walls are wet (which they normally were in the morning). The walls are so slope that nearly always a part of the bag or your back comes in contact with it.That are only concerns about comfort for lazy guys like me. The cape is a perfect castle for emergencies but I wouldn't want to use it 3 weeks long every night. But people a bit smaller or tougher than me may be entirely satisfied with the space the cape offers.:-)2. Erected with a walking stick the sharp metall end of the stick points towards the silnylon of the hood which makes me a bit nervous in windy conditions. I solved this problem with a bit of ducktape over the hole in which the end of the stick is inserted.3. The stitching at the base of the harness seems bombproof. But at the end of the single strips where the hooks are there is no massive stitching, especially no criss cross stitching. One hook got ripped out one time, when I tried to raise the cape by lengthening the walking stick. Easy to repair and easy to avoid with a few extra stitches.4. I haven't yet received a totally pitched stand although I used the extra cord at the loops. One side is slapping whatever I do. I will try on to solve this problem too.I did not use the Gatewood Cape as a rain cape because I don't like my shelter to be my rain clothes so I always carry seperate rain gear (Micropore suit in this case).To me the Gatewood Cape is a perfect companion for trips where you often sleep in huts but also need a shelter for some nights where no hut is available. This is a frequent situation in Europe (for example in the alps)where sleeping in the free nature is normally forbidden. For a prolonged trip in Sweden or Scotland (both harsh climates and wet, wet, wet) I would like to take a SMD Solo e or a HS tarptent with me instead.Edit: After a bit of time I would like to add a few remarks. I'm now able to get a pitched stand after I added some lenght to the line at the "door site" of the cape. I like the design better and better, so I would give a "4,5" if I had to do it now. And there are very few (immediatly nothing comes to my mind) devices in the backpacking world which in my opinion would earn a "5" (which means perfect), so the Cape actually performs not bad.
Edited by geala on 09/08/2006 14:09:50 MDT.
After many incarnations of newer, lighter single wall shelters from Tarptent and Six Moon Designs over the last few years, I've been investigating finally taking the plunge and going with a tarp/bivy comination.My existing shelter is a SMD Lunar Solo Enhanced, so when I saw the Gatewood Cape, I was delighted to see that familiar shape incorporated into a rain cape - no need for my one pound of rain gear (Mont Bell Versalite Large and GoLite Reed Large)!Given that I use a Nunatak Arc Ghost, I really thought the Bozeman Mountain Works Vapr Nano bivy would be the ticket to keep my quilt dry as well as cut down on drafts.Well, when I set up my Cape and unfurled my new Vapr Nano Bivy, I was further delighted to see that the grossgrain tie-outs on the bivy match up PERFECTLY with the tie-outs on the base of the Cape! I simply attached a short length of shock cord and a mini hook to each of the bivy's tie-outs and then attached them to the tie-outs on the shelter and... BAM! A perfectly oriented bivy held in position (away from condensated walls) and kept upright while twisting and turning inside throughout the night.Plus, the tie-out loop above the bug netting on the head end of the bivy snaps right up to the snap on the inside of the shelter side tie-out loop, holding the head of the bivy perfectly up and aff my face!Did Bozeman and Six Moon Designs plan this?!?!?! It's too perfect!!!And to round out the system, I added a pair of Gossamer Gear Spinn Chaps (in grey which matched the cape) to cover the areas the Cape does not.I've saved roughly 1 and 1/2 pounds from my system! Too cool!!!
Rating: 3 / 5
The Gatewood cape was the hardest to let go of. I could definitely stretch the envelope, as I wasn't carrying rain gear from Campo to within 100 miles of Manning. Up in the north cascades I changed to raingear. I continued to carry the cape, since I used it as a pack cover and it was still my shelter. However, the roll up snaps provided to make the cape useful as a garment and pack cover don't work well enough to keep the cape up off the ground, nor to keep it off the brush (snagging was a problem). I invented a system at home which incorporated a bungee. With the bungee set up, I was able to keep the poncho off the ground and away from snagging brush. For that reason I don't believe this shelter/ poncho combo would be appropriate for anyone under 6ft. The first time the poncho was ever used as raingear both of the arm flaps ripped out. It was returned to the manufacturer in the interim while I had switched to the Lunar Solo for bug season. It was returned to me repaired, but again without true bar tacks at key stress areas. This shelter is also difficult to set up on the fly and takes much effort to attain a taught pitch. I wish the hood were more articulated too. The hood on this garment is cut very crudely and while it keeps one's head dry, is obscures both peripheral vision and good visibility in general. I had to make sure to use the guy line tie outs on the sides to get proper headroom. I was impressed with the coverage area of the shelter, the option to vent out the hood, and the option to have the door half open. Also liked the chest pocket for storing gear and its dual use as a stuff sack. I also liked that, unlike many other ponchos on the market, it was more like a jacket than anything available. One is able to vent on the fly. However, with all of those positives, buyer beware as it is poorly executed. This had to go back for repairs twice. Eventually the poor stitching on all the hems started to come undone.
Edited by krudmeister on 12/09/2006 23:49:33 MST.
I believe the one I purchased (Jan 07) is an improved model vs. the previous post. Mine does have bar tacks at stress points and I beefed these up by seal coating them when I did the seams. This is a great one person+gear(+small dog) shelter. It's like having a mini Hex-3 with the option of wearing it as rain gear. I normally only use it as a shelter and utilize a Patagonia Houdini for light rain protection. But when the clouds start pouring the shelter is put on as a cape/poncho for maximum rain protection. Kudos' to Ron for a nifty double-use product!Update: I replaced the stake loops with 1/8" bungee cord (REI). This gives me self-adjusting tension (wind & rain) and allows me to use my trekking pole (w/o adjusting it) for the support pole.
Edited by Steve on 08/28/2008 21:23:08 MDT.
I have only taken this on one trip so far. Everything that I have read about this is true. The space (square feet) and the coverage is awesome. I did not feel claustrophobic at all. The harness is a great addition to this shelter too. I cannot wait to try this out in the Sierra's this summer. This is a nice piece of gear that also doubles as my rain gear along with my wind jacket and pants. Cannot express how much I dig this piece of gear!!!!Now that I have used it on a few trips, I have to say that this is a fine piece of gear. I even use a Sea2summit mosquito net inside the Gatewood and it works perfect.
Edited by kennyhel77 on 08/20/2007 15:35:29 MDT.
I used this piece of gear on a recent trip (35 miles, 2 nights) to the crystal range in desolation wilderness, ca. this was the first time i have ever used a tarp, or poncho-tarp for that matter, as a shelter. but after using it for two nights in the backcountry, i know see why it is such a key piece for a ul soloist. i comboed the tarp with just a GG polycro groundcloth, a GG torso nightlite and my WM highlite.the first night the temperature dropped into the teens. as a result, i had some condensation in the form of ice crystals above my head. some dropped onto my bag, but with WM's fabric, the ice just brushed off my bag.it was quite windy the first night, but i set the cape up as SMD explains, with the back into the wind. it sheltered my for the most part. the cape did stay tight but the wind had it flapping. one neat feature with the cape on this point is that you can close the hood of the cape with the drawstring and that will quiet the noisy hood in the wind.somehow i only brought 5 stakes, so i had to improvise with a stick. see photo. rookie manuever.In terms of setup, the cape is easy. however, the webbing harness for the pole, on mine, is miscolored. unless i am insane, and that is possible, i tried matching the colored webbing from inside the hood to the harness and it was all screwy. i dont know, maybe this batch of capes was funky. i will contact SMD about this with some photos. but anyway, it is pretty straight forward to see how the harness fits and i have to say, it seems pretty ingenious!it never rained, but i did try on the cape too see how the raingear facet worked. inside the cape are two tiny snaps so that you can gather the excess fabric at the arms. nice detail. the cape fit around my pack well, though as noted above by another writer, it will be interesting to see how the cape works when hiking with poles.for me, i think this system works as raingear when coupled with other key pieces, like a wind/rain shirt and pants. on this trip, i carried the montane lite speed and reed pants. while the later has some extra weight, i use them as(reverse?) insulation at night over my pants.overall, this is a well-designed piece, properly executed. with the exception of the webbing issue, which may be me afterall, the cape is well made, thoughtful, and as a result-- highly recommended. i think i am now sold on carrying this as my solo shelter/ rain gear.
I used this as my shelter and rain gear/pack cover on my JMT hike this past year. As a shelter it was perfect. It provided complete protection from the rain and wind. I brought a bivy, but ended up not using it much when I set up the shelter. I think the Gatewood Cape is a wonderful shelter and I love the dual use design. I couldn't ask for anything else out of this tarp type shelter. As rain gear I think it is good, but the cape design takes some getting used to. It is great for going ultralight, but I think I am more comfortable with traditional rain gear and pack cover. I had a hard time venting, and it was wet inside and outside the Cape. Though I am sure it would have been similar with rain gear. I give this a 5 as a shelter and a 4 as rain gear. Overall this is a wonderful product. I hope to pair it with the Serenity Shelter soon.
Edited by dstenberg1 on 02/20/2008 08:02:26 MST.
I have now used the Gatewood on several trips. On one Midwest February overnight it rained copious amounts in 45 deg temps such that creeks were flooded and everything was pure mud. I stayed dry with a homemade PU nylon groundsheet, Thermarest 3/4 UL pad and a NF synthetic 40 deg bag. I was able to get my 100 lb Labrador, my pack and myself into the shelter and keep it all dry. It was admittedly tight, but quite do-able. There was some typical silnyl "misting" (it rained HARD!) but not enough to get anything wet. I wore the cape as raingear in moderate rainfall, and it kept me and my pack dry. The only issue was wind, which caused the cape to billow.I also used the cape on a 5-day backpacking/canoeing trip in Spring weather (upper 30's lows and 70's highs.) It worked very well in light rain as a shelter, in conjunction with the Serenity bug shelter (no bites!) The very light weight and compactness were quite welcome, especially compared to my (envious) companions who were not exactly UL.I made tie-outs with some 1.5 mm accessory cord (I like to be able to tie a rolling hitch [taut-line hitch]to adjust lines), six Ti stakes and a 45" four-section aluminum pole from Quest Fabrics. The custom pole is only marginally heavier than a CF pole, and much cheaper! I don't carry hiking poles.All in all, I am quite pleased with the Gatewood Cape. I recommend it!
Rating: 1 / 5
Worthless instructions, possibly the laziest, most completely useless, and worst-written of all time. Spent at least twenty hours trying to erect this thing and get it to stay taut, to no avail. Spent a like amount researching the advice of others on the net. A less rainworthy ripoff cannot be imagined (except for the Black Diamond Lightsabre). I am a five-time JMT thru-hiker b.t.w. Numerous phone calls to Six Moons, never answered phone or called back. Yes, during business hours. Eventually spoke to a series of weaselly teenagers who had clearly never actually set up one of these things. Asked for my money back...I had ordered directly from Six Moons...and was told by a "supervisor" that Six Moons would not refund my money. Sent it back anyway, Six Moons never had the courtesy to reply. Six Moons Design is a sleazy, sleazy company. I urge you all to never, ever buy any Six Moons products.I bought a Mountain Laurel Designs Poncho-Tarp, and it set up easy as pie, and tight as a drum the very first time. I've never had a lick of trouble with it. In complete contrast to Six Moons, when Mountain Laurel Designs had production problems three yrs. ago,the company president personally apologized, refunded all the deposits for unfilled orders, and suspended operations for many months until he could deliver the kind of service that customers deserve.
I set this up in my backyard expecting that it was fully enclosed. I was suprised when I saw the zippered door was more of a beak that stopped about 10 inches from the ground. My plan was to use it without a bivy with my dog but I feel the need to be enclosed when backpacking with my 4 legged companion or when it's windy. The pitch was poor on the back of the shelter even with the guyouts. I tried for 3 hours to get it wind-worthy changing the position of all the stakes and pole height with no luck. IMHO this was caused by the round hood opening going to a polygon perimeter and the back 3 sides were only 1 piece which seemed to make things even worse. So the side that's supposed to block you from the wind would flap and bow and the door is only good for rain. I decided to return the cape and sent an email with my reasons why and they responded the same day with instructions on how to return the product for a full refund. They got the cape on March 15th and I expected a refund within a week. After a few calls that were always answered but with no response other than "soon" I got a check in the mail 3 weeks later delaying my purchase of an MLD DuoMid. My rating is a combination of my opinion on the cape and the way they handle refunds. I think a poncho/tarp and bivy would be a much more weather resistant multi-use system but triple the cost per equivalent ounce.
Edited by Steingass on 04/14/2009 17:30:49 MDT.
I've used the cape for my go to rig for over the past year and I couldn't be happier. Conditions experienced have included exposed costal ridges winds gusting over 40 knots, heavy rain, rode out a micro burst in a random Ca. thunderstorm and set it up in 14 inches of fresh snow.Lots of room, lots of setup options, there is a learning curve but thats to be expected when you play on this end of the spectrum. If you live or play in a relatively bug free enviroment then this is it!
I just returned from 22 nights in the high Sierra on the PCT and JMT. I had two days of constant high winds in Onion Valley, with sustained gusts to at least 50 mph. My trusty Gatewood Cape flapped a bit, but with the rear staked to the ground and the vestibule zipped, it rode out the high winds just fine. Lesser shelters were suffering badly.We did not get the rain and snow the rangers were warning everyone about, so the cape never got wet.My wife added a third interior snap loop to the cape and a corresponding 3rd tie-out loop to the rear wall of the Serentity Net Tent that greatly added to interior headroom. Now if only the net tent floor matched the footprint of the cape (as does the Lunar Solo E), I'd be a truly happy camper. I do however understand the necessity of meeting a marketing weight point for the lightest shelter. I'd gladly suck up the extra 2 oz a larger floor would cost.
Edited by wandering_bob on 02/01/2010 12:38:06 MST.
I purchased a Gatewood Cape off the Gear Swap and tried it out in various conditions. As other posters have noted, it is a bit unruly in poncho-mode, especially for those who are vertically challenged. (I'm 5'8"). I found that the lack of breathability was a major drawback in poncho mode, and I ended up wet even after wearing it for just a short time.As far as Shelter Mode goes, I liked the cape in moderate weather. I found it to set up easy and provide ample space to sleep, cook, and sit-up and read even. A very beautiful shape and design. However, when faced with extreme weather (i.e. constant rain for hours and hours with high humidity), I was unable to keep myself dry. It was as if it was raining inside the shelter, and my down bag got soaked. After this experience, I cannot believe that some people have success with this shelter WITHOUT a bivy. Perhaps their down shells' DWR work better than mine, but I wouldn't risk using this shelter without a bivy again. So, in the end, I traded it away to someone else and am sticking with a GoLite Hut + Bivy for rainy trips and a simple poncho-tarp for when weather will be nicer.
It took me sometime to figure out how to best set up the shelter but once I "got it" there was no turning back. This setup works great and I have been in several rain/thundestorms under this shelter and managed to pitch it just right to the ground to stay bone dry underneath. If pitched correctly you can get it taught enough to not rattle in the winds if you are in an exposed area. I have used it on multiple trips and love its dual use possibilities but have yet to need to use it as a poncho. The Gatewoods ability to be a tarp/poncho/rain cover for the pack make it one of my most versatile items in the pack.
I like the Cape. It's very good for what it is. Here is a short video I did on it in the snow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJZ2ki4eX8
A 5 so far, but I have only just set it up and slept in it. My main reason to post a preliminary review is to comment on the set up. I bought this tarp/poncho used without instructions. First set up took about 4-5 min. By the time I got to the 4th set up it took 1 min 27 seconds on a duff, pine needle forest floor. Incredibly easy to set up, get taut, and adjust height for ventilation or to be weather tight. Absolutely none of the problems some others have experienced. Lots of room for me (5'7"), and my gear. Only got down to -1 celsius under clear skies. Ventilation was good with the tarp pitched high. In poncho mode it fits well with my pack on. I used a bungee belt to help control the excess. Even at my short height I had no dragging. If I was bush whacking I would likely just take it off. Looks like some pretty heavy rain/snow coming in the next week so will give further comments.Edit. Have been using it in everything from cold clear weather to rain to wind. Has worked very well. A little noisy in exposed windy conditions, but what isn't. So far so good. Will keep pushing the envelope as I can.
Edited by mtnrat on 11/26/2010 21:52:03 MST.
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