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FORT PIERCE - St. Lucie County Emergency Management, American Red Cross of the Treasure Coast, Indian River County Community Emergency Response Teams and Florida Department of Health agencies in Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Indian River counties are partnering with the United States Marine Corps Reserve in their goal to "deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens."
On Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. , volunteers and employees from four counties will be accepting new unwrapped toys at St. Lucie County Emergency Operations Center, located at 15305 Midway Road, Fort Pierce (next to the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds).
When a large-scale disaster takes place, counties provide assistance to each other. Exercises are performed to help strengthen their disaster response skills so they are ready when needed.
Public Health Preparedness Coordinators from Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie and Indian River wanted to develop a multi county exercise to practice local disaster response plans that would also be of benefit to local communities, utilizing volunteers from their respective Medical Reserve Corps units.
While improving local disaster response efforts, this Points of Dispensing (POD) exercise will also provide toys for less fortunate children during the holiday season and food for those in need. After a disaster, a POD would provide residents with an opportunity to get much needed resources like water, food or medicine.
Each county has emergency POD plans that explain how they will distribute a large amount of supplies in a timely manner to residents. As part of staying prepared and ready, these plans need to be exercised and evaluated on a regular basis.
"It really started as an idea and has grown into a real opportunity to provide a service for the community as well as exercise our plans" said Sonji Hawkins, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator for Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie County. "We are asking residents from all four counties to come out and bring a new unwrapped toy with them and/or a nonperishable food item. The United States Marine Corps Reserve will be on site and accepting the donations of toys and we are working with local food distribution sites to coordinate the donated food items." Hawkins continued.
The process "is going to be very simple for participants. All they need to do is drive to St. Lucie County Emergency Operations Center and drive through the POD. Volunteers will be there accepting donated items on behalf of the four participating counties.
Participating in the exercise and helping the community you live in will be easier than going through the drive-thru at your bank." explained Brian Sell, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator from Florida Department of Health in Okeechobee.
Everyone is encouraged to come out and participate.
"The busier we are, the better we will be able to test the effectiveness and efficiencies that we have established in our emergency operations plans and the more families we can help. This is a win-win for participating counties and St. Lucie County Public Safety and Communication/Division of Emergency Management is excited to be hosting the exercise" says Tom Daly, St. Lucie County Emergency Manager. St. Lucie Emergency Operations Center was chosen as the location because it is centrally located between the four counties.
How can you make a difference? Come out and support your community's preparedness efforts and have a positive impact on local families at the same time by participating in this toy/food drive-thru POD. Donations of new unwrapped toys and/or nonperishable food items will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If coming from Okeechobee, head east on Okeechobee Road/Hwy 70 and fork off onto Midway Road and the St. Lucie County Emergency Operations Center will be on the south/right side of the road. If coming from Martin, Saint Lucie or Indian River county, take I-95 to Midway Road exit and head west and the St. Lucie County Emergency Operations Center will be on the south/left side of the road (next to the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds).
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Biological diversity, or biodiversity, refers to the total number of species and ecosystems in a region. As human beings, our ability to live on this planet– to breath air, consume food and water, and cure disease– is intricately linked to biodiversity.
At present, the planet is facing an escalating loss of species across our natural environment, roughly 1,000 times the natural rate, due to increased pollution, disease, land-use, and the impacts of climate change. Although a large percentage of this environmental degradation is fueled by over-consumption and development in industrialized nations, the affects are felt hardest by communities in the developing world whose livelihoods are linked to natural resources. These resources are vital both for consumption and income through forestry, fishing, agriculture, etc.
Gender and Biodiversity
Women and men undertake different roles in the use and management of natural resources to combat biodiversity loss and ensure equitable access to these resources, especially in developing countries. Although gender differentiated responsibilities vary region to region, in most communities in the developing world, women act as primary caretakers and natural resource managers. For example:
• Women often take the leading role in household /community management by controlling consumption patterns, collecting firewood for fuel and cooking, managing household waste, and providing healthcare through traditional medicines.
• Females in developing countries on average carry 20 litres of water per day over 6 km.
• Women control as much as 60-80% of the world's food production and play a huge role in both water management and forestry. However, in some countries, women have few legal rights to land and globally women own less than 2% of the world's titled land.
The gendered nature of resource management coupled with an unequal access to rights in certain countries leaves many women particularly vulnerable to the affects of biodiversity loss. As forests are depleted and fresh water supply exhausted, it is women and young girls who travel farther each day to collect firewood and water for their communities. Having to devote more time to water collection and travelling longer distances, means that girls may be unable to attend school and often puts women at greater risk for sexual harassment.
Significantly though, these gendered roles have provided women with vital technical and traditional knowledge on managing natural resources, particularly in terms of preservation and innovation. For example, women's work in agriculture lends them a vast understanding of crop and seed varietals and in turn how to adapt their food production to changes in weather patterns and food supply. Without women's full participation in decision making we cannot hope to develop the solutions and innovations necessary to combat biodiversity loss.
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Sheriff says she crushed drugs into his sandwich
LAKE WALES, Fla. - The man deputies say was poisoned by his own wife says he still loves her, but says she's never welcomed back to their Lake Wales home.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says on Thursday, Beth Richards secretly slid crushed up anti-depressants into a tuna fish sandwich that she made for her husband, Greg.
"I think she went over the edge maybe," he said outside of his home on Friday. "I don't know."
Authorities are calling it attempted murder.
"It shocks us that this is cold, calculated, and premeditated," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. "He started eating his tuna fish sandwich and noticed it kind of had a aspirin after taste so he only ate about half of it.
"His wife texted him throughout the day and asked him, 'hey, have you ate your tuna fish sandwich?'" He said.
By the time Greg returned to work, Sheriff Judd said he became dizzy and nauseous. He eventually passed out while working up on a ladder.
Greg was rushed to the Lake Wales Medical Center where he received treatment for an overdose of the anti-depressant Trazodone.
He told ABC Action News he has fully recovered.
"Just to let you know, I still do love her," he said. "If she needs mental care or whatever I hope she gets it. But she's never welcomed back here again."
Deputies arrested Beth after they say she started to brag to her step sister about what she had done.
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Investigators say Beth, a carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, confessed to trying to poison her husband, but wouldn't say why.
The sheriff's office learned that Greg does have a life insurance policy worth 250-thousand dollars, or more if he's injured on the job. But the motive is still unclear.
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The photographer was Ed Caraeff, and his session with Carly took place in London while she recorded her third album there. As the other photographs (below) demonstrate, they went through a number of settings and changes of clothes, some of which nodded to the album's first single by featuring an apricot scarf and a hat that could be dipped below one eye. At the end of the session, however, Caraeff was not convinced that he had finished the job. Hence, he followed her as she returned to the Portobello Hotel, on Stanley Gardens in Notting Hill, and he continued snapping on the street (see the photo on the right below). It was this impromptu session, unplanned and late in the day, that ultimately yielded the album's cover shot.
There is much more to the album than that one, stellar song. The theme throughout is confessional but the other songs are more direct in their allusions. The album's opening lines - There's nothing you can do to turn me away/nothing anyone can say from "The Right Thing To Do" - set the scene for confidences that are warm and engaging as well as studied and thoughtful. Her hushed delivery of the first lines of "Embrace Me You Child" (At night in bed I heard god whisper lullabies/while Daddy next door whistled whiskey tunes) brings this scene to vivid life. The admission in "The Carter Family" - And now at night I think of you, and the way that you undressed/and I find that I miss you more than I'd ever guessed - sets the stage for what immediately follows: "You're So Vain" and its frank recollection that You had me several years ago/when I was still quite naive. Another confession is made in the title song, where the singer admits to her lover that, as desirable as it is that We have no secrets/we tell each other everything, she finds that his intimate revelations can be deeply unsettling. Sometimes I wish that I never, never knew/some of those secrets of yours are the song's closing lines, and her voice gets ever lower and darker as she repeats them.
The songs on No Secrets are as autobiographical as popular music can be: disarmingly personal and yet infectiously melodious. Its success marked the apex of the singer-songwriter movement, and also the moment it was infused with glamour, sex appeal and intelligence. Its cover played a key role in this. As she walks down the street, Carly Simon looks effortlessly chic and ready to confide everything, or, as the song "No Secrets" puts it, in a final, off-the-cuff coda, most everything.


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Discussion in 'Motorola Droid 4' started by pc747, Feb 9, 2012.
When you get it let us know what you think; what you like and dislike, battery life, and so on.
I'll get mine tomorrow, perhaps, but here's the unboxing according to Wirefly.
On my way to best buy =)
phones fast as hell, keyboard the best
camera could have some deeper colors, maybe theres an app out there or camera tweak that will fix that
Those of you that have your Droid 4, are you loading all of your current earlier Droid apps to the new phone?
the my gallery app is terrible shows some dumb collage when you start the app...i tried downloading 3d gallery to replace it but that shows pictures sorted with the oldest first instead of newest which is very annoying. anyone know of a fix?
Case makes top row of keyboard a little hard to type on
This is my first Droid, so I may not have a whole lot to offer for a while.
But I thought I'd point out that the Verizon soft case makes the top row of keys just a little bit difficult to type on.
Phone seems quite excellent otherwise, but I'm new to all this.
Got it. Its pretty cool. The keyboard is awesome. Its got a lot of cool awesome little helpful features that surprise you at every turn. So many things to try out, i have to cut this short.
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I got mine. Just barely. And now I get to go into a training/seminar thing for a few hours. That's okay, it can charge. I did play with it just a bit and have to get use to the power on coming on so quickly. On my D1 I would press it and nothing would happen (probably didn't press hard enough or something) so I pressed the power button again and it would come on. I've been powering on then powering off on the D4. Also have to get use to it being in the center top.
I just swiped through the screens to and it's nice and they're fast.
I got mine around 1015, spent an hour at BB because I was the first buyer, they didn't know about the key and messed up the back of the phone LOL.
I was really surprised at the store I went to, no posters or display for the Droid 4. The employees knew nothing about it. They werent even sure if they got any in. Eventually they found it, they only received ONE UNIT other than the demo one, and I bought it. The lady I ended up checking out with didn't even know what promotions they had, I had to TELL HER that RAZRs were buy one get one free. Then, I demanded that she not take it out of the box so that I could do an unboxing video and we got into it. She said that I'd take it home and "not know what to do". Give me a break, I know more about Big Red than you do.
Got mine today when Best Buy opened . They price matched Amazons $99 price. So far its awesome, can't really comment on battery yet until I go through a few charge cycles with it. No regrets thus far. For $99 it was a good upgrade. Although I loved my Droid 3 . I was really surprised that at both BB and Verizon there wasn't really anyone too interested in them. i went to Verizon to get the car dock after BB , they still had all the accessories in the back boxed up. I had to wait for them to get them out.
Lol.... BB was about the same . Guy said when did it release , not sure if we have any. I said according to BB.com you have them in Stock.
LOL. The cs rep at Verizon didn't know either and someone else was looking at it and said "the battery says nonremovable" or whatever and told him that the back locked in place and the key was to open it if needed. Although the CS rep was very helpful and more knowledgeable then I expected. He knew how to put my contacts on my card, and put that in the D4 and bring them up and even showed me how to get them if I don't see any (I don't have a lot of contacts, so I think he expected me to).
Oh, you're lucky BB didn't look into the $99 promotion further. That was only for new accounts. So you got lucky with your upgrade.
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Holder Defends Civilian Court as Best Venue for 9/11 Trial
New York, NY —
Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the decision to put alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and others on trial in a New York federal court.
Testifying before a Senate committee this morning, Holder said he's convinced a civilian court in the U.S. is the best venue for the trial. "I asked a lot of questions, and I weighed every alternative. And at the end of the day it was clear to me that the venue in which we are most likely to obtain justice for the American people is in federal court," Holder says.
Critics of Holder's decision -- mostly Republicans -- have argued the trial will give Mohammed a world stage to spout hateful rhetoric. Holder said such concerns are misplaced and that the public, as well as national intelligence secrets can be protected during a public trial in civilian court.


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Pam Anderson to pose naked in store window
Yeah, right, big deal; everyone's seen her naked. But this time, she'll be naked in the window of Stella McCartney's clothing store in London. She is putting on the show, where she will be displayed with other naked models, to protest the use of fur in fashion. The display will last for about ten minutes.
Or you can just pick up about a dozen back issues of Playboy, or that video with Tommy Lee, and just say to yourself "Yeah, fur sucks." Same difference.
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The body of former child star Lee Thompson Young was discovered in Los Angeles this morning.
According to TMZ, the "Rizzoli & Isles" actor's landlord entered his home after being notified that he had failed to report to work in the morning.
Young, who played the title character in Disney's "The Famous Jett Jackson," was found "with a gunshot wound that appears to be self-inflicted."
His publicist confirmed the news, telling TMZ, "It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning... Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be missed."
After "Jett Jackson" ended, the young actor starred as Cyborg on "Smallville" and ABC's short-lived "FlashForward."
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The Calgary Flames went through a trying 2012-13 Season, finishing in 13th place in the Western Conference. Jerome Iginla was traded to the Boston Bruins and keeper Miikka Kiprusoff retired, but the Flames were able to grab David Jones and Shane O'Brien for Alex Tanguay and Corey Sarich in a trade. T.J. Galiardi and Karri Ramo were also brought in via free agency to help Bob Hartley in his first real training camp with the club he manages. The Flames will look at a late-January homestand as a way to make a stand in the Western Conference, including games against the Coyotes, Predators, Blackhawks, Sharks and ending with a game against the Minnesota Wild on February 1st.
The 2010-11 season was one on the upswing for the Calgary Flames. After a slow start that saw them end the first quarter of the year in 14th place, the Flames bounced GM Darryl Sutter and began to win. They didn't make it to the playoffs for the second straight year, but also came a mere three points away from the eighth spot. Can they build on that momentum? Jerome Iginla's 43-goal, 86-point year was his best in recent history, and continuing that will be the crux of any future successes. Bringing back his wingman Alex Tanguay was important, considering the rapport they share. The rest of the forwards— Curtis Glencross, David Moss and Lee Stempniak—all have 20-goal seasons under their belts, so you have to believe when then all the pieces together, the scores will come in bunches. Defensively, it all depends on the maturation of Jay Bouwmeester in relation to the massive contract he got after his stellar play in Florida. If his production can rise and last year's storied defenseman Mark Giordano—who scored 43-points in 2010-11—can continue with the same output, they might be a formidable line and push Calgary back into the playoffs.
The Calgary Flames got off to a hot start last season, but their early spark was extinguished midway through the year and they ended up missing the playoffs. Fans may be expecting a more consistent year this season, but the team returns much of the same roster, so a different result may be hard to find. The Flames offense is centered around Jarome Iginla. The talented right wing will be looking to rebound from an off year where he scored just 32 goals and notching 37 assists. However, Iginla has very little help on the attack. The new acquisition of Alex Tanguay may provide some depth on the offense, and Olli Jokinen will have to be more productive this coming season if the Flames are to make a playoff push. Defensively, Calgary will be looking for solid performances from Jay Bouwmeester and Mark Giordano, both of whom had rather disappointing campaigns in 2009. The duo will be joined by a group of older players, including Raitis Ivanans and Steve Staios, who provide experience but may be beginning to slow down. The same goes for the Flames' goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff, who had a decent season last year with a 2.31 goals against average.
Are the Calgary Flames the best team in hockey heading into the 2009-2010 NHL season? The Flames should compete with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philly Flyers and LA Kings for that honor this year. Calgary was the #5 seed in the Western Conference last year, but lost 4-2 in the 1st round against the Chicago Blackhawks. Flames team captain Jarome Iginla and Head Coach Brent Sutter are going to make sure Calgary doesn't have an early exit from the 2010 NHL playoffs.
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RHA MA350 Earphones
I got my hands on a pair of RHA MA350 earphones last week and have spent the last few days putting a pair of what are easily the best sub-$50 earphones and among the best sub-$100 earphones I have ever heard through their paces.
I've had the pleasure of listening to quite a few pairs of earphones in my time, all over the price spectrum. For the most part, you get what you pay for – but every once in a while you get a nice surprise like the RHA MA350s. I have spent the past week listening to these earphones and am happy to say that they have exceeded my expectations.
For the song list, I stuck to the same lineup as we used to test out the very capable Braven 650 Wireless Bluetooth speaker. I also spent some time testing out the RHA MA350s on FLAC. They excelled at every turn. They outperform a lot of earphones in the $50-100 price range, which is exceptional for a pair that only costs $40.
The test list included, but was not limited to, the following:
Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Amy Winehouse: Tears Dry on Their Own
Jack White: Love Interruption
Rammstein: Engel
Portishead: Wandering Star
Leonard Cohen: Famous Blue Raincoat
Tool: You Lied
The Roots: Don't Say Nuthin'
Peter Tosh: Legalize it
Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love
Bob Marley: Redemption Song
Before we get started, we need to talk expectations. The levels of performance that you expect to see in a pair of $50 earphones differs markedly to that which you would expect to see in a pair of $300 headphones. When you start paying a lot of money for headphones, the differences between the models in terms of quality are a matter of degrees. In the $50-100 space though, things can vary quite widely.
With cheaper earphones things tend to be either bass- or treble-heavy. I found the MA350s to be very pleasantly balanced. They produced very high highs, and respectably low lows. The end result was very satisfying no matter where the song fit on the spectrum. In fact, they performed so well that I found myself looking for tracks that did a better job of testing out their limitations – when Tori Amos and Maynard James Keenan's Muhammed My Friend didn't stretch the treble, I turned to Sarah Brightman's Time to Say Goodbye. At the opposite end of the spectrum, I found myself listening to random dubstep tracks then exploring the complicated electronic and percussive soundscapes of Prodigy's live performances – at volume. The MA3350s excelled at every turn and the louder things got, the better they became.
FLAC and other lossless codecs did not prove to be an issue. Sound quality with lossless tracks was noticeably crisper.
Design and Comfort
The RHA MA350s are well designed and comfortable to wear, even for extended periods of time. The casing of the earphones is aircraft-grade aluminum, the cord is braided, they have a mic (but no controls), and a little circular bit of plastic that you can use to keep the buds together when they are not in use. They are fairly tangle resistant, not as much as earphones with ribbon cables, but good enough.
They sat comfortably in my ears and did a very good job at blocking out virtually all of the ambient sounds in my home.
What I Loved About Them
The RHA MA350s offer outstanding performance for what they cost. My earphones of choice had been a pair of aging $120 Sony in-ear earphones – these were considerably better and cost a third of the price.
What I Didn't Like
At times the level of definition proved to be something of a curse. With high bitrate MP3s there was no problem, but at lower bitrates things there was a slight but audible hiss. The level to which this was noticeable varied depending on the track – but it definitely had me wanting to upgrade some of my older tracks. At any rate, this is not really a failure of the speakers so much as it is an indictment of lossy music.
Five out of five stars: at just $40, the RHA MA350 earphones punch well above their weight. If you are looking for an affordable pair of earphones that does not compromise on sound quality – look no further.
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If the tongue-in-cheek thank you note sounds like cold comfort to thirsty customers, think again. Knob Creek has managed to do what most other brands haven't—pin a silver lining on a stormy cloud. Sure, the bourbon's stores have run out, but at least someone's doing well. According to a report in The Guardian, the company is growing by double-digit percentages, and the American consumer is to thank.
Thank you, Knob Creek, for putting the consumer back in the driver's seat and reminding us that it's always driest before the dawn. Perhaps by the time Knob Creek's Christmas batch hits shelves, we'll be toasting our recovery instead of drowning our fiscal woes.


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Jessie gets her big break as a stunt double to popular Australian actress Shaylee Michaels and the two become fast friends. But chaos ensues when the movie's director and Shaylee's boyfriend, MCD , asks Jessie out on a date. Meanwhile, Emma helps sneak Zuri's pet zebra into the penthouse.
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A life-threatening caper
Dear Heloise: As a reader of The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., I'm not being too dramatic when I say that you may have saved my adult daughter's life, or at the very least prevented an episode of anaphylaxis. She found out a few years ago that she's allergic to edible flowers.
Neither she nor I knew that capers were in this category until I read it in your column. Your column spurred further research on our part, as it made us wonder what else is out there that is part of a flower that we don't know about.
Thanks and appreciation, as you never know how you may help others in unexpected ways.
— Glenda L. in Louisiana
P.S.: This is the second time you've helped us in this area. The other time was when you suggested carrying two EpiPens in case one malfunctioned.
Glenda, thank you for writing and sharing your story. Wow, who would have thought something as simple as "What is a caper?" would yield such great (and potentially lifesaving) information.
People often ask how topic ideas come about. Obviously from readers who send in questions or hints to share. But also, many ideas come from people I meet when traveling and giving speeches, or doing TV shows and working with producers to plan a segment.
The caper question came from a reader. One of my assistants keeps them as a staple in her house, so she was happy to do the research. Guess what? No one in my office had a clue that capers are part of the flower family!
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Sometimes the "simplest" hint or question starts a journey discovering all kinds of interesting (and some NOT) information!
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With the exception of the trouble I experienced peeling away the prosciutto from the separating papers, this recipe was simple and delicious! Definitely no need to add salt as the prosciutto is already salty enough. We skipped the olives and added green onions and a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese. Served with the Apple and Endive salad for a nice, light (but satisfying) meal. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Endive-and-Apple-Salad-351034flag if inappropriate
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Police are continuing to investigate a shooting that took place late Saturday night just outside a bar on Lawrence Avenue in Ellwood City.
According to the report, Ellwood City Police were sent to the 400 block of Bell Avenue for a large fight and shots fired outside of My House Bar. When they arrived, the shooting victim was not present. Police were advised a short time later that a man with a gunshot wound was admitted to the Ellwood City Hospital.
The man was identified as William Curtis Bonzo, 22, of 4th Street, Ellwood City. Bonzo had a gunshot wound to the crotch area; he was transported via ambulance to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh.
Bonzo told police that he was shot during a fight that occurred outside of My House Bar, according to the report.
According to witnesses, however, Bonzo may have accidentally shot himself. Also, the report said that due to the nature of the gunshot wound, he may have inadvertently pulled the trigger to a gun in his pocket.
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In much the same way as a medical examiner tries to understand how a person died, forensic engineers are often summoned to the scene of a disaster to scrutinize rubble and debris to determine what went wrong. Learning why an incident occurred, or what factors influenced the amount of damage, can be critical in preventing future incidents or defending expensive litigation. Forensic engineering enables companies and risk managers to isolate the roles of factors such as engineering design, operator error, environmental influences and component failures in accidents and near-misses.
Findings from forensic analyses can help form the basis for failure prevention and risk management strategies. Practical recommendations can be developed to address any root causes identified by the investigation. Future risks can be decreased either by eliminating causal factors or mitigating effects of an incident.
The nature and complexity of the incident, and the technical issues involved, help determine the appropriate size and composition of a forensic investigation. The core of the forensic team can be drawn from the company's in-house staff, vendors or consultants. Appropriate technical, safety, regulatory or legal specialists can also be important contributors. Team members should examine each technical aspect of the incident, such as relevant engineering designs, testing and simulation results and past operations performance. Often, industry norms and trends are examined to obtain insight into specific incidents.
A forensic investigation usually begins with an inspection of a product involved in an incident and the incident site to collect and preserve as much evidence as possible. To facilitate this review, the site should remain undisturbed for as long as practicable. Except for safety reasons, nothing should be moved before adequate documentation, measurement, photography or video taping is completed. A simple inspection may involve preparing a few photographs or measurements, videos or even simple sketches and notes. In more involved cases, computerized equipment and drawings are employed to accurately survey a site or a product.
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3 months before the oar and I'm back as promised, loaded down with the plunder of foreign lands. A new Viking, hardened by sea salt, braced by cod liver oil.
I am working through the Neanderhall applicant backlog. Lots of interesting and well-suited people.
Shadowromeo, your email address no longer works, to my disappointment. If you're reading this, please get in touch.
I'll do as many as I can per day. It may take a week to get through them all, at most, but I've finished a good chunk of recent applicants today.
It would probably not be in my interest to mention that emailing again will bump you to the top of the queue.
Long live the original humans.
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How Do Researchers Track Near-Earth Asteroids?
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Later today, an asteroid designated 2012 DA14 will pass just 17,200 miles over Earth's surface. Although this 150-foot space rock will slip harmlessly by, researchers estimate there are nearly 500,000 near-Earth asteroids. So far, they've tracked the orbit of 9,600. How do researchers track asteroids, anyway? A Science Bulletins video explains more about the process, and more about the odds of an asteroid collision with Earth.
Meteor, Meteorite, Asteroid: What's the Difference?
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What's the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, and an asteroid? In the Museum's Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites, curated by Denton S. Ebel, chair of the Division of Physical Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), the differences are clearly explained.
Museum Scientists Analyze Recently Fallen Meteorites with 3D Scans
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Meteorites that fell from an asteroid impact that lit up the skies over California and Nevada in April are showing scientists just how complex an asteroid surface can be. A new study published in Science this week by an international research team, including scientists from the Museum, reports that this space rock is an unusual example from a rare group known as carbonaceous chondrites, which contain some of the oldest material in the solar system.
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Casablanca Isotope 44 Low Profile Indoor Ceiling Fan
Superior air circulation meets contemporary design in the Casablanca Isotope ceiling fan. With its low profile and wing-swept blade configuration, this sleek fan is an ideal choice for flush-mount installation in interiors with lower ceilings. It is available in two blade spans for maximum versatility and style.
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Hawks' season ends at home against Pacers
ATLANTA -- Roy Hibbert gathered his Indiana Pacers teammates as the Atlanta Hawks, listless and ineffective for three quarters, mobilized for a fourth-quarter run to cut the Pacers lead from 19 points to 5.
East Coweta sweeps Rockdale on diamond
SHARPSBURG -- East Coweta provided plenty of reasons why it was ranked No. 1 heading into the Class AAAAAA state playoffs.
Orb wins Derby in thunderous finish
Orb, ridden by Joel Rosario, won the 139th Kentucky Derby at a wet and muddy Churchill Downs on Saturday.
Rams fall quietly in first round of baseball playoffs
NEWNAN -- Twenty-five pings and one mighty Bop sounded a sweep for Newnan's baseball team over Newton in the first round of the Georgia High School Association Class AAAAAA state tournament on Friday.
Alcovy pitching shuts down Westlake
COVINGTON -- After missing the playoffs the past two years, Alcovy's baseball team took advantage of its return to sweep Westlake on Friday to make it the second round.
Hunter, Franklin win state track and field titles
JEFFERSON -- A pair of local athletes won titles in this weekend's track and field state meet at Memorial Stadium in Jefferson.
Eagles swept by No. 4 seed
COVINGTON -- Being a No. 1 seed did not give the Eagles any advantage as they were eliminated by Region 5-AAAA No. 4 seed Troup County 11-7 and 12-2 in the first round of the Class AAAA baseball playoffs on Friday.
Letter: More rental units a bad deal for Conyers
For those who are our elected officials who never pay attention to the absolute consequences of building communities where the greater majority of residents are renters, here is a concrete rule of thumb: The more renters you draw to your town the more services they will demand and you must provide by law!
Rob Jenkins: A family man's guide to gift-giving season
Gift-giving time is here again.
Darrell Huckaby: Saying goodbye to the cafeteria
The lunchroom was one of the best things about having the privilege of being educated in Porterdale.
Covington Fire Dept.'s Fire House 5K set for May 18
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JAKES Day set for Saturday at Charlie Elliott
Charlie Elliott hosts the annual JAKES Day event Saturday.
Suffragettes focus of Historical Society program
CONYERS -- Sally Fanny Gleaton lived in Conyers as a young woman in the early part of the 20th century. She never married nor did she have children. Instead, she devoted her 20s and 30s to fighting for women's right to vote. Her activism led her North to New York
Eastside grad wins national scholarship
A 2011 Eastside High School graduate who now attends Georgia Perimeter College recently won the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
Man robbed by social network contact
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Rockdale delegation reviews 2013 legislative session
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Animal Specialty Hospital of Florida Open House
Save the date for a day of fun! On Saturday, February 25th from 10am-2pm, the Animal Specialty Hospital of Florida will be hosting an open house for you & your family to visit and see what's behind the scenes. The Animal Specialty Hospital of Florida has the most comprehensive team of board certified specialists in all of southwest Florida, including: Neurology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Cardiology and Critical Care. ASH is open for emergencies 24/7/365. On Saturday, February 25th, tour the state-of-the-art facility. The Collier County K-9 Unit will be present to demonstrate their amazing abilities and a professional photographer will be providing complimentary pictures of you & your pet. Enjoy barbecue & drinks and talk to a Humane Society representative about adopting if you're thinking about adding to your family. Located just west of Collier Boulevard, off Davis Boulevard. For more information, visit www.ashfl.com
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After reading so much last year about Chef Rasmus Kofoed's challenging journey to achieve Gold in Bocuse d'Or, we finally visited his new location, at the home ground of the Danish national football team! I was so impressed by this meal and since there wasn't much written about Geranium, I had to start this topic!
Rasmus stunned all of us with an elaborate series of ten amuse bouches at the lounge followed by eight courses in the dining room. Below are just some highlights:
Carrot & Sea-buckthorn
"razor clams" with edible shell
Jerusalem artichoke tree & Walnut oil
Burnt potato & sheep's milk butter
The second course of the menu was a plate of Stones and the manager advised us to eat only the green ones of course! The stone was a cube of salmon coated in dill jello, served with salmon roe and dill sauce. Moist and tasty centre with a nice spark from the salmon roe!
I initially thought the mackerel was smoked but it was actually just lightly salted. It was the paper thin layer of ash sandwiched between the mackerel giving out an intense smokiness.
Served on a trendy metal plate was Langoustine & Hay aroma. Brilliant texture, nice charcoalness, and just a few tiny pieces of wild herbs on top, that was all it needed.
A tea pot of lamb stock and herb with garlic and thyme. Each drop was packed with flavours.
Then our server invited us into the kitchen to sit behind his Bocuse d'Or trophies! While being entertained by the close-up actions in the kitchen, they served us one of Rasmus' signature courses - Chervil & White chocolate.
Carrot leaf and Green egg
Rasmus flawlessly delivered an inspiring meal using regional ingredients with such a high quality beyond my expectation. There is no doubt that this restaurant deserves to be in a different league. If Michelin can give out 2-star to a pub in England that serves average decent food, then this meal we had is probably about... 10 stars?!
Geranium, Copenhagen – Only 1 star?
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 11:51 PM
Fab. But I would probably come away hungry and stop off for fish & chips on my way home.
Posted 03 October 2012 - 02:36 AM
Mark, as I mentioned, above was an extract, the whole meal consisted of 10 amuse bouches at the lounge followed by 8 courses in the dining room. I would be very surprised if you can finish a full plate of fish & chips after the 18 portions of food with bread:)
You can check out the full meal here if you want:
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 12:23 PM
Okay - maybe just one piece of fish. Is this restaurant really in the belly of a football stadium?
Posted 03 October 2012 - 12:52 PM
Ya, I could probably have a piece of fish, but not the chips:). It is part of the stadium through the back entrance on the 8th floor... I think it is the administration office area of the stadium?! The window from the kitchen does have a view of the football field (or the stage as they often host concerts).
Edited by FDE, 03 October 2012 - 12:53 PM.
Posted 14 March 2013 - 11:29 AM
Now with 2 stars. Hubby and I going in May. Excited!
Posted 14 March 2013 - 01:18 PM
Excellent, 2-star now. Very glad! Hope you will enjoy the meal!


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Flu season prompts St. John's hospitals in Oxnard, Camarillo to delay layoffs
Layoffs at Ventura County's two St. John's hospitals have been delayed a month, apparently because of the flu.
When some nurses and health care workers learned in early December that they would be laid off, they were told the action would be effective Jan. 31.
Last week, St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard and St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo informed the employees by letter that the date had been postponed to Feb. 28.
"They figured out that flu season might possibly not be the best time to do a layoff," said Christopher Slane, a representative for Service Employees International Union Local 121 RN, which represents nurses. SEIU-UHW represents health care workers, who are also in the involved in the layoffs.
"The number of affected employees is less than 50 but can be substantially less if employees decide to take an open position within our two hospitals," said Rita O'Connor, director of communications for St. John's hospitals, which are both part of the Dignity Health System.
O'Connor confirmed the hospitals had seen a spike in patient numbers lately, which is why the administration decided to keep the employees longer.
"Consistent with hospitals throughout the country, St. John's hospitals have experienced a seasonal spike in patient volumes and higher acuity patients in recent days, primarily due to the flu season," O'Connor said in an email. "We expect this trend to continue throughout the month."
"Higher acuity patients" means the patients they are seeing are sicker, she said.
Romulo Castro, 52, a nursing assistant at St. John's Regional Medical Center, said he was surprised but happy to work an extra month before being laid off.
Asked what the hospitals will do if there is another patient spike, O'Connor said: "Patient safety is our top priority, and patient care will not be impacted. St. John's staffing has always been and will remain in compliance with California law."
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It's testimony to the couple's strength that Ashton has forged a close relationship with Demi's ex husband – and father of her three daughters – Bruce Willis.
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With 60,000 square feet of exhibit space, Parsons had the largest presenceat the Music China fair.
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Yangtze River Piano spotlighted at Music China's biggest exhibit
At 60,000 square feet—more than a full acre—Parsons Music had the largest presence of any company at the 2014 Music China fair in Shanghai. As one of China's major manufacturers and distributors, its exhibits featured pianos from Fazioli, Kawai, and Wilhelm Steinberg; world class m.i. brands including Orange amps, Hughes & Kettner, and Ludwig; and the entire family of Conn-Selmer products. Undoubtedly the centerpiece for Parsons, however, was the Chinese-made Yangtze River Piano, which made an impact at the recent International Piano Concerto Competition in Shenzhen. Introduced to the market just four years ago, the Yangtze River Piano was praised at the competition by renowned pianists Yundi Li and Liu Shikun, and chosen by four out of six finalists for their most crucial performances. At Music China the Yangtze River line only added to its credentials, gaining the endorsement of the piano sensation Xue Xiaoqui among other accolades."Through years of effort from our team, we've enhanced our technology and craftsmanship to take our pianos to a very high level," says Parsons Music co-CEO Terence Ng. "No matter how young this piano is, it is strong evidence that we have the ability to produce a performance-grade piano to international standards."Speaking of young, Yangtze River's newest endorser is among the brightest in a new generation of Chinese concert pianists. Now age 25, Xue Xiaoqui was just 17 when he won the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition in the U.S., and just 18 when he became the youngest classical pianist ever to sign with Universal Music Group. In 2010 his first album, The Magic Finger went platinum in China, and his first original album, Silent Music, was released a year later. At an endorsement ceremony during Music China, Ng extolled the artist's "young, positive, and enthusiastic image," combined with his "passion and professional attitude toward music"—adding, "This exactly matches what the Yangtze River Piano represents. This endorsement is a union of two strong parties, representing unlimited development potential, that will show the world Yangtze River is a first-class Chinese piano."As Parsons gave Yangtze River one of its biggest showcases yet, the pianos were played and reviewed by several other prominent artists. Among them were Shi Shu-Cheng, acclaimed as both a pianist and conductor; Dan Zhao-Yi, president of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music; and Li Ming-Qiang, a renowned pianist and music professor for decades. "We received a lot of praise for the quality of these Chinese-made pianos," says Ng. "This is the kind of positive information that spreads to the market and makes more people open to purchasing the piano—which offers them a good quality instrument at an affordable price."Also China's largest music retailer, with nearly 100 locations in Mainland China and Hong Kong, Parsons has become probably the nation's leading player in the music products market. While its focus on pianos reflects China's status as the world's largest piano market, the company has also grown into a source for guitars and combo gear. Drawing from its own guitar operation, the Ronisch Sejung Guitar Factory, Parsons came to Music China with a selection of guitars designed with elements from Chinese art: Qin dynasty coins, Han Dynasty chime bells, Tang Dynasty glazed pottery vases, and Yuan Dynasty Green Flower Porcelain. Visitors to the booth even put in custom orders for guitars with artistic details from their own cultures. "The creative match of Western guitars and Chinese art caught the eye of many music lovers," says Ng. Elsewhere in Parsons' popular music exhibits, the company staged performances from Swedish guitarist Robert Marcello, Korean guitarist James Kim, and Hong Kong drummer Gould Wu—using gear from Hughes & Kettner, Orange, and Ludwig respectively. As Ng says, "We were proud to have some amazing performances and some very excited crowds."www.parsonsmusic.com.hkwww.parsonsmusic.com.cnSubscribe to The Music Trades today!
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Kim Kardashian had a lot to celebrate last night in Las Vegas!
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Jammed finger forces Adrian out of winter nationalsThursday, November 29th, 2012
Olympic champion Nathan Adrian of Bremerton pulled out of the finals of the 50-yard freestyle Thursday at the Winter Nationals in Austin, Texas.
Adrian jammed his right pinkie finger on a lane rope while warming down after the morning preliminaries, according to a report on swimswam.com.
"Sad news but I don't want to hurt it any more!" Adrian wrote on Twitter.
Adrian said the finger is not broken. Adrian told Swimming World's Jeff Commings that he was out of the rest of the meet.
Adrian had posted the fastest time of the day, and a meet record, of 18.82 seconds and was the favorite to win the title and possibly break his American record of 18.66.
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PERFECT QUILTED TOTES pdf sewing pattern
Making these totes is the perfect way to put your scraps to work to create beautiful, structured bags! Combine a simple quilt-as-you-go technique with utility fabric to make bags that can stand on their own without the use of heavy interfacing.
The 25-page, full-color pattern comes with instructions for making two tote styles.
The Tall Tote measures 14½" tall x 10½" wide x 4" deep, and has 29" shoulder bag-style handles.
The Wide Tote measures 11½" tall x 12½" wide x 6" deep and has 16" handbag-style handles.
Details like facing inside the top of the bag and a "stay-put" lining with easy-to-sew zip and slip pockets make the finished bags both polished and useful. Instructions for installing an optional magnetic snap closure are also included.
All of the pieces you will use to complete this project are rectangular, and the instructions are written for cutting using a rotary cutter, acrylic ruler, and self-healing cutting mat.
Please refer to the pattern images for yardage requirements. The basic materials you will need are:
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Scraps of print and/or solid quilting fabric including mid-weight cotton, cotton/linen, and home-décor weight cottons.
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Mid-weight fabrics including yarn-dyed cottons, cotton/linen blends such as Robert Kaufman's Essex, chambray, and denim.
Lightweight Fusible Interfacing
A lightweight fusible interfacing will add structure to the handles and facing. Using interfacing is recommended for sturdier handles and facing, but it's not essential.
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Low-loft needled cotton batting such as Warm and White or Warm and Natural. Iron-friendly fusible fleece may be substituted.
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Ron Steinert discusses how technology trends are reshaping the designs of airport terminals.
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Ron Steinert, a principal at the Gensler consultancy. Ron heads the firm's aviation practice area and is responsible for establishing corporate overview on all airport projects. He has devoted 35 years of his career to the planning and design of airport terminal facilities and he has been instrumental in developing Gensler's ideas and designs that celebrate the passenger experience.
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Why do games cost so much to manufacture? Because everybody wants a slice of that licensing pie.
By Patrick Vuleta on April 3, 2014 at 1:42 pm
Games publishers pay all sorts of people to bring you the games you play. More than just developers and marketers, publishers have to budget in payments to musicians, payments to arms manufacturers, payments to celebrities, and even payments to porn stars (if your game is Saints Row 4).
We talk product placement advertising as if it's some sort of bad thing, but just about everything you'll see in game is owned by someone—and often that someone is not the developer or publisher. And often they demand money. And often they insist on how their property can be used in the game. Today we'll be looking at where your money goes when you buy a game, and how it influences what you see and hear when you start playing.
Licensing fees, not royalties
The first thing worth noting is that in general, these costs are not actually royalties. Unlike movies, where artists get paid performance royalties for when the movie is shown with their song in it, games publishers have managed to weasel out of such an expensive cost. Instead, most artists and other asset owners are instead paid a flat licensing fee.
Whether this is a good thing really depends on perspective. A flat fee is good if you just want a quick buck and exposure. However, if something suddenly becomes a hit, royalties are much better for the artist.
Consider our latest MMO darling: The Elder Scrolls Online. When I first loaded up the game, there was that familiar riff: Da-da-dun, da-da-dun, da-da-dun, da-da-dun, da-da-dun, da-da-dun, da-da-daaaah. Sing with me. Anyway, this was probably composed years ago by Jeremy Soule for what would be a pittance these days. Publishers didn't pay artists much money back then.
Jeremy has probably been paid a fair bit more since then for its use in the more recent Elder Scrolls Games, but this can be directly contrasted with Stan Jones, who in 1948 independently wrote Ghost Riders in the Sky, a song that's been covered by about a million others since. For every cover and performance made of Ghost Riders, Stan got paid. He could have lived off that one song. You won't see the same happening for even the most successful game music composers.
Trademarks and product placement
Next to music licensing fees, the next big cost is trademarks. These can range from everything to guns, to celebrity likeness, to movie rights. The agreements to use these will involve both a cost on the publisher, as well as some agreements as to how the thing is used. But what's more interesting is how these agreements also serve as product placement to govern how the trademarks can be used.
For example, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing is pretty insistent on people paying to include the Barrett 98B rifle in games. The gun's a trademark. Barrett's licensing terms also prohibit certain uses of the guns – for example, you can't put the Barrett in the hands of the bad guys. Even though FPS players like playing with real guns, to get those real guns in the game requires a form of product placement. UPDATE: EA, however, has never paid and openly flaunts this.
The 2010 reboot of GoldenEye also saw this. While GoldenEye 64 starred a pixelated Brosnan, GoldenEye 007 had Pierce's likeness scrubbed from the franchise, Kim Jong un style. There can only be one Bond.
The takeaway point is that product placement is happening all the time, even if it's not there on some big billboard. Many things you see in game have their own little restrictions on how they can be used.
Can you just dodge trademarks?
So what happens when a publisher says "I don't want to pay!" Well, it happens. Games use several tactics to avoid trademarks.
The first is to just make it all up. Most easily done when you can invent all sorts of crap about mass drivers and intergalactic travel and rainbow space lasers due to owning your own franchise, but it also happens with real world things. Despite being bankrolled by Nintendo, GoldenEye 64 took interesting liberties with its guns to avoid trademark issues (and licensing fees—they were already paying enough for Bond, after all). Bond's signature PPK became the PP7, and the FN-P90 became the RC-P90. And it was made of wood. Everyone who's seen Stargate knows it's really polymer.
Nintendo didn't get sued, so this apparently worked, although it's possible the arms companies would have had a case. To avoid trademark infringement, the trademark has to be so diluted that it's no longer distinctive and can't be recognised. But PP7? Come on. That's just replacing one letter! For a while I even thought the real gun was named PP7. This confusion is what trademark law is meant to stop.
The last approach is to argue trademark law does not apply because you signed a contract. This happened recently with EA Sports using the images of thousands of American college sportspeople in its games. All college players sign a contract with their governing body (the NCAA) that prevents them from using their game for money—keeping them as amateurs, essentially. The NCAA and EA took this as free reign to just shove whoever they wanted in their games.
To cut a long story short, some former players sued, and the NCAA recently announced they were leaving the video game business as a result. The case hasn't been fully resolved and involves many complex issues, but it does illustrate just how widespread potential trademark infringement can be in games. So the next time you play, think about all the subtle product placement going on—and who is getting screwed over to make it happen.
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I'm realizing that with a smaller pack (25L-30L), and stuffing my quilt in a trash bag, I have no need for compression across sides or front. This seemed true last season, using a little pack with basically non-functional side compression, and it seems true with the MYOG pack I finished a month or so ago, with laced side compression as-yet uninstalled.Just went out for three days with the new pack (30L), and as low volume a base weight as I'm likely to carry (~6# BW, 40* quilt). Had 2.5 days food to start, but could have fit double that (or a bit more). The pack has provision for laced compression system, so I could add it, but didn't miss it at all. By contrast, with my Exos 58, I pull the compression straps as tight as possible.So at what volume (or change in volume start to finish) do you consider side compression convenient or necessary? Does framed/frameless make a difference?
Compression systems to me make the most sense for backpacks that you want to double as a daypack. 25-30L is not much bigger than most daypacks and at that size a compression system certainly seems pointless. So if I had to throw a number out there at what point it doesn't make sense I would say 30L. I have a GoLite Jam 50L and find the compression system very useful because 50L is too big for most things I do but it gives me the flexibility to have one pack that does it all.
I like compression because it makes my pack look small, even if it does nothing else. It is nice to have a small pack when hitching though. It also seems to add structure to the pack, and that's nice on a frameless pack without a foam pad.The issue I have with side compression is that all the systems I've seen also constrict the side pockets.I prefer side compression over front compression because I frequently use the front pocket.Ideally all exterior pockets would not be compressed or constricted when a compression system is utilized.
I think with side compression, a frameless pack will be more rigid.As you add more weight, the torso length will reduce less (distance from the top of the shoulder strap to waist belt).It will allow you to carry more weight comfortably with a frameless pack.Also, it will put the weight a little closer to your back and things inside your pack will move around less.
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