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Springfield's erstwhile Mayor Michael Albano had spaghetti sauce. Easthampton's Mayor Michael Tautznik has raspberry vodka.
Mayor Mike's Handcrafted Raspberry Vodka, to be specific.
Having sampled it once, when I was way, way off the clock, I have come to research the enterprise from the ground up.
Tautznik still makes his home in his boyhood house, living in the shadow of Mount Tom on a road that was made of dirt when his parents built the homestead in 1947.
His older brother John lives across the street. Some cousins used to live next door. At one time it was all farms hereabouts, and on a high summer day you can still stand in the lush green grass and think you're in rural Vermont.
Tautznik is barefoot despite a summer cold, and ostensibly protected by his dog Scruffy, who comes limping out of the shade with tail a-wag. Scruffy, he explains, was abandoned on an Easthampton street some 10 years ago and became an early member of the Tautznik administration, now in its 14th year.
Tautznik is the only mayor Easthampton has had since a 1996 charter change created the office, though his municipal career harks back to 1977 and his seat on the Conservation Commission.
Today, Tautznik and brother John are doing site work for a new barn to replace the one which their parents built and was recently taken down. Although they don't claim the title "farmers," the Tautznik family has tilled parts of the land for three generations.
"I used to go to Holyoke with my mother and my grandmother," Tautznik says, recalling the days when they would load their garden produce into the back of a Ford pickup truck and haul it over the mountain into Holyoke. They'd sell their vegetables to the folks in the flats of the Paper City, weighing them on a scale they kept in back. Before they had the Ford, the family used a horse and wagon, but that was a little before Tautznik's time.
Tautznik didn't stumble upon the Conservation Commission by accident.
"When I was a kid, I saw a developer lay out plans with roads through this property," he says. "That's when I knew if you want to control land, you have to own it."
Lest that message be lost on others, Tautznik painted "Save The Farmland" on the now demolished barn. "It was my first political act," he says.
How do we get from politics to vodka? The raspberries, of course.
The 30-year-old bushes stand in three neat rows behind the house, where they are being thoroughly investigated by a swarm of bumblebees.
"You can see all my workers are busy," Tautznik says.
Being mayor is a busy job, and these bushes are the last vestiges of Tautznik's agricultural genes. He prunes them, thins them twice a season and fertilizes them with a fish emulsion to produce a late summer and early fall berry that's as red as it wants to be. Add some potato vodka and a little sugar, put it all in some Mason jars, slap on a label designed by wife Deb and you have Mayor Mike's Handcrafted Raspberry Vodka, a ruby-red concoction that looks as good as it tastes.
At least some people think so. Tautznik's vodka has been known to fetch as much as $90 a quart at auction. He donates most of it to charities like Riverside Industries for use in fund-raisers, though a few are reserved for other purposes, such as maple sugaring.
Brother John has a sugar bush across the street, and when the sap starts to run, well...
"Mike comes by to help me," John explains. "No cell phones. You just watch the sap boil."
Although it takes some eight weeks of waiting to create Mayor Mike's Handcrafted Raspberry Vodka, it takes about two hours for a couple of brothers to drink a Mason's jar worth, according to John. That's no speed record, but what's the hurry when you're watching sap boil?


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Oil Rich but Water Poor
July 30, 2014 — By Jon Jeter
California's oil rush couldn't have come at a worse time.
With the worst drought in possibly 500 years—no, really—dehydrating the state, the extraction of oil from rocky wells is worsening the depletion of water, and even triggering earthquakes in the Western United States. Already, a few small towns in Texas have exhausted their water supplies and Californians may soon be confronted with a choice so epic that it seems culled from the Old Testament: water or fuel?
Yet there is nothing Biblical about this dilemma; it is the product of two slow-moving storm fronts, both man-made.
The first is climate change, which scientists overwhelmingly say contributes to the frequent and worsening droughts like the one in California, now entering its third year. Even after some much-needed rainfall earlier this year, parts of California need as much as three additional feet of rain to end the drought.
And, according to B. Lynn Ingram, an earth and planetary sciences professor at the University of California, Berkeley, this season's drought may be the worst in 500 years, causing a shortage of water for drinking and agriculture, and for salmon and other fish that spawn in streams and rivers. Moreover, with little rain to scrub the air, pollution in the Los Angeles area has returned to levels unseen for decades.
The second is the emergence of a relatively new technology, hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, or fracking, which uses millions of gallons of water to break rock buried as deep as 10,000 feet underground. Fracking wells are most prolific in Texas and North Dakota but a second gold rush is beginning to take shape in California, with industrial drills replacing tin pans and fossil fuels standing in for precious metals, and helping the US surge ahead of both Russia and Saudi Arabia this year as the world's leading oil producer.
A recent report by a former Hewlett Foundation grantee, Ceres, found that more than half of the nearly 40,000 oil and gas wells drilled in the U.S. since 2011 are located in areas where water is scarce. In California, the picture is even more forbidding: 96 percent of the state's fracking wells are located in regions with high or extremely high water stress, meaning that more than 80 percent of available surface and groundwater has already been allocated for use by consumers.
Each "fracked" well requires between half a million to a million gallons of water, said Jhon Arbelaez, California organizer for EarthWorksAction, a Hewlett Foundation grantee. The effects are particularly dire in the state's central valley region, America's breadbasket, which produces 50 percent of
all fruits and vegetables in the U.S. "Already, we see farmers leaving land fallow because they don't have the water to water their crops," Arbelaez said.
Even worse, however, is that the water used for fracking cannot always be recycled in the same fashion that water used for other water-guzzlers—golf courses for example—can be reclaimed.
"Most of it is disposed of in underground wells and permanently removed from our water supply," he said. The rest is contaminated in a number of ways. For instance, the well casing used during drilling to keep the water from seeping into clean aquifers fails up to 10 percent of the time.
Fracking in California centers on the Monterrey Shale, a vast formation that stretches from Los Angeles north to the Bay Area. But the Monterrey Shale's atypical geology—its folded and fractured due to tectonic shifts—does not lend itself to traditional fracking techniques, and, according to another Hewlett grantee, the nonprofit research organization, NextGeneration, industry experts believe that extraction here will require hydrofluoric acid to dissolve these disfigured rock formations.
California lawmakers called on Governor Jerry Brown to ban fracking until there is more research on the health and environmental impacts of the practice. (In May of 2014, the California Senate killed a bill that would have enacted a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - in the state. The ban's proponents blame lobbying by the oil industry, which spent nearly $1.5 million in three months fighting the bill.)
And environmental advocates such as EarthworksAction, have endorsed tighter regulations on the use of water for fracking, mandatory rationing in an emergency, and a repeal of legal loopholes which allow mining concerns to skirt restrictions.
Additionally, EarthworksAction is working with the state's water board to require the use of a lining in the evaporation pits used for fracking; unlined pits can contaminate groundwater sources.
"It's clear that some tough choices have to be made soon, both in California, and the nation," said Margarita Parra, an officer in the Hewlett Foundation's Environment Program. "We can reduce our use of oil and we don't need to extract this very environmentally costly source of fossil fuels. The fracking impacts will soon teach us all the difference between what we want and what we can afford."

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Born in Lachine, Montreal, Canada on June 10, 1915 Saul Bellow was the fourth child of Abraham (Abram) and Lescha (Liza) Belo, Jewish immigrants from St. Petersburg, Russia who arrived in Canada in 1913. Lachine, a working class town on the outskirts of Montreal, was home to a huge melting pot of Ukrainians, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Hungarians and Poles. In 1918, the family moved to St. Dominique Street, Montreal, a slum neighborhood of poverty, rats, and colorful, mostly Jewish immigrants. Here, Liza enrolled Saul in Hebrew-class, hoping her brilliant son would become a Rabbi or a Talmudist, and by the age of four he had memorized large passages from the Old Testament. This bookishness, as well as his early acquaintance with death, p…
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Ammo boxes for LiPo storage
Thought I would post this in a new thread, as I posted it as a question in another thread and it got drowned out by other responses. My question is this: Why is an ammo can a popular choice to store LiPo batteries?. Are they supposed to be fireproof or able to contain the fire of an ignited LiPo? They seem to be sturdy and most advertise they are waterproof, but are they strong enough to contain a LiPo fire, especially multiple batteries?
Many post on this and yes many do use them. Why,because they are cheap and readily available. Is it a good idea ,IMO no. LiPolys stored in a sealed container become a bomb if they should happen to go into thermal run away.
Some have vented these and there are many video s of Lipolys being set off in these in web videos.
Thanks for the reply Charles. I was asking because I store my LiPos in my house because my workshop, athough insulated, isn't regulated temperature-wise unless I'm in there. I feel safe enough with the LiPo packs in the house, as they are just sitting there in storage, not being charged or discharged. If a vented ammo can would at least contain an extremely-unlikely-but-possible spontaneous LiPo fire, that's cheap insurance. I will surf YouTube for videos to see if it would fit my needs. Thanks!
For videos of lipo containment devices, go to http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1287041
Scroll down to post #2, Videos of Lipo Containment Tests"
Videos of lipo fire contaiment devices can be found in post#2 under "Videos of Lipo Containment Devices"
Thanks for the links Hoppy. Guess I should have done a Search before posting. I watched those videos of Utah Flyers and that's good information. I think for my purpose, a vented ammo box or two for storage/transport is what the doctor ordered. I will line the boxes with something soft, such as foam or felt, so the batteries don't get banged around or short out on the metal. Some thick wood to divide the boxes into two or three partitions and I think I'm in business.
Thanks again for the links and advice everyone. Like I said before, I don't fear the packs just spontaneously venting/igniting sitting in my house, but cheap insurance is always a good thing. If it did nothing more than contain a runaway LiPo long enough to get it out of my house, then it would be worth every penny.
Some refuse the idea of simple, inexpensive insurance for a known hazard. I guess everyone has their comfort levels.
mw (liposack.com)
Snip from OP.
My original reply.
Yes they (ammo can)will contain part of the fire for atleast a few moments. Perhaps long enough to get them out of the house,if you happen to be home,awake and perhaps close to them.
If the ammo can is sealed then most likely first thing noticed will be the lid being blown off and there goes the flames,handle and such. If vented them here comes the smoke , which will at the very least cause major damage and if you are a sleep likely death.
Any precaution is better than non as long as it does not in itself create more of an issue than a solution.
Undamaged LiPolys not being charged or baked rarely go thermal even if fully charged.
LiPolys at 3.8 volts per cell contain less energy and are thus safer than fully charged ones.
For years I have recomended storing LiPolys at 3.8 volts per cell and at approx. 45F in a frig.in seasled freezer bags. Many commented that was dangerious, would(could) damage the food that would not contain the fire if one started,etc,etc.
mk makes LipoSacks and has seen many LiPoly fires during testing, hoppy has maintained the LiPoly fire events post here on RC Groups for years and has likely seen a Lipo fire or two. Mark uses LipoSack and charges outside on concrete , hoppy uses an enclosed grill outside for charging and storage I believe.
IMO if I had answered the OP with a simple yes ammo cans are great for storage then it would provide a false sense of security more than protection.
The issue of how to safely store LiPolys has came up many times over the years and most every time it just leads to an endless debate which I feel adds to the confusion.
Most either feel it will never happen to them or that their crock pot, pressure cooler, stove oven ,fireplace , metal top work benck,etec. etc. will work fine.
IMO an undamaged LiPoly at 3.85 volts per cell and at 45F is as safe as practical for storage for most.
On the flip side when someone post a questions about using a LiPoly which is a little puffed, dinged, hole , bent,wrinkled etc. the general reply is that it will most likely be fine or they have used ones like that for years and tehy work great.
Why in the @^#* would anyone in their right mine advise someone to put a rubber band around the handle of a live gernade .pull the pin and store it in thier house? Sorry but it makes just as much sense to me.
From Hoppy's link above, i remember this one!
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I would like to see whats inside this super duper lipo charge and container case in anyone have more info on this and what the cost is? http://www.graupner.de/en/products/3...1/product.aspx
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I'll first admit that a refrigerator is the very best way to store and charge LiPo's, but certainly not the one in your kitchen.
A used, non-working one from a junkyard would be ideal because it would/should contain an explosion (if the door is latchable or bungied shut) and any smoke as well.
But short of that, none of the "bags" or any other commercial solution will do anything but isolate the damage from the surrounding area, and I doubt if a bag or anything else that's smallish will contain the smoke.
A heavy steel ammo can with several small (not large) holes drilled into it to prevent a blow-out of the lid is about the best there is compared to anything else except an old refrigerator placed in the middle of a large backyard.
Life itself is "risk", and managing risk isn't an "all or nothing" choice. If it were, none of us would ever leave our homes.
Managing the odds of a LiPo meltdown using a vented ammo can is a fine compromise of risk vs ease of use and protection.
I do agree, though, that I get a godawful sinking feeling in my stomach when I read that someone tells someone else that continuing to user a puffy battery pack is "OK, I've been doing it for years and they work GREAT!".
That's just crazy.
I bought 2 ammo can's (they are cheap enough) and stacked them together and drilled four small holes for bolts and nuts to hold them together. I opened the top box and drilled 10 1 inch holes thru to the bottom box. I drilled 4 small holes in the very corners. I then drilled 2 holes on each end of the top box. I then take a big ziplock bag and fill with sand. The bag of sand sits in the top box. My batteries are in the small lipo-safe bags from HK, I have 4 of them to help separate the batteries in the bottom box.
Should a fire start the heat will melt the plastic bag and allow the sand to dump on the burning battery. Because of the shape of the glad bag the corner holes stay clear to vent the pressure and smoke to the top box and out the holes I drilled into the end's of the top box possibly allowing you to use the handle of the top box to remove to outside.
Have not tested it and hope I never will.
The idea came from this thread and sand looked to put out the fire quicker. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1333205
To some it might seem like a lot to do but it did not take me more then an hour. The piece of mine I receive is welcome with my two small kids and a wife living under the same roof as an RC hobbyist.
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IF SOUTH Africa decides trade in rhino horn has a chance of saving the species from extinction, it could apply to the next full Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) meeting, in 2016, to be allowed to sell the horn, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said this week.
South Africa will be able to use home advantage if it applies to Cites for this exemption, as the 2016 conference will be hosted in the country.
Rhino horn sales have been banned for more than 30 years under Cites, but increasing demand from Asian countries has sparked an increase in poaching. Rhino horn sells for an estimated $60,000/kg.
"Depending on the amount of thinking we will have done by 2016, we could put trade on the agenda then, or we could do it at the one thereafter (in 2019). We can't take short cuts," Ms Molewa said.
Although the minister and her delegation did some groundwork on the issue at the Cites meeting in Bangkok in March, she says "a whole lot of work still needs to be done".
This includes determining which nations would be potential legal buyers, the size of private horn stockpiles in South Africa, the strength of security in South Africa and in buyer nations, and the way trade-control legislation works in buyer nations.
"We are looking for a solution to a big problem and, having listened for a whole year to (people who made submissions at a series of workshops on what to do to save the rhino), the bigger voice says, 'If you continue to work as you work every day and you don't even open up discussion on this issue (trade), you are going to be found wanting in 2026,'" Ms Molewa said, speaking to Business Day at Luthuli House, the African National Congress headquarters in Johannesburg.
Scientists believe the rhino could be wiped out by 2026 if the poaching rate is not reduced or stopped altogether.
South Africa is home to more than 90% of the global rhino population, and scientists have warned that if poaching increases at the same rate as it did between 2009 and 2011, when the yearly tally jumped from 122 to 448, just more than a threefold increase, the species will be extinct by mid-century. It could go into decline by 2016.
"What is proposed in the RIM report (the document that came out of the rhino issue management work process) is not that we sell rhino horn every day. It would be controlled," Ms Molewa said.
The report, which is yet to be made public, has been presented to the Cabinet. Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, various economists and some conservationists have proposed that South Africa use a central selling organisation, as with diamonds, to control horn sales.
However, it will be a tough task to get the 178 parties to Cites to endorse trade in rhino horn.
It took the better part of 10 years for South Africa to negotiate a one-off sale of stockpiled elephant tusk at the turn of the century. Ivory trade was banned, despite protests from Southern Africa, in 1990. A two-thirds majority is needed for any pro-trade proposal to be passed.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa rhino programme co-ordinator Jo Shaw says South Africa's task at Cites, if it were to propose trade, would "definitely" be difficult, and that South Africa would also have to prove that its proposed buyer nations could properly manage such trade.
One of the more positive steps to come out of this year's Cites meeting was an agreement to set deadlines for Vietnam and Mozambique to "clean up their act" in terms of their management of the illegal rhino horn trade.
Both countries are seen as conduits, and Vietnam has been fingered by wildlife trade tracking organisation Traffic as the world's main destination for illegally obtained rhino horn.
Vietnam and Mozambique face sanctions that would prevent them from trading in any of the 35,000 species controlled by Cites if they do not take concrete steps to improve the ways in which they monitor and prosecute the illegal rhino horn trade, said WWF International spokeswoman Alona Rivord. They have to file progress reports by mid-2014.
Cites has shown it is not afraid to impose this punishment — this year's conference slapped these trade sanctions on Guinea for not doing more to curb the illegal trade in great-ape species.
According to the United Nations Great Apes Survival Partnership report, launched at Cites, 22,218 great apes were taken from the wild between 2005 and 2011 to be traded illegally on international markets, primarily for the pet trade.
The WWF is soon to attend a UN Office on Drugs and Crime meeting where discussions on listing wildlife crime as a "serious crime" that carry a minimum four-year sentence will take place, Ms Rivord said.
Ms Molewa said South Africa's side events on rhino economics, among other issues, at this year's Cites meeting went well, and she felt some delegates who came ready to oppose the idea of trade left with the understanding that rhino poaching was out of hand and that South Africa was seeking any solutions that might help save the species.
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It sounds silly, but one of my favorite ways to spend time with my husband is watching TV. I know, I know. Some will argue that sitting on the couch and staring at the screen does not count as 'spending time together' at all. But I'd argue otherwise. Truly, the time we spend next to each other on the couch is so sweet. We hold hands, laugh at the funny bits, chin-tremble at the sad parts. It's a great way to relax and unwind after a busy day.
We used to be really big into Family Movie Night, saving movie after movie in our DVR and staying up until the wee hours of the morning when the credits rolled. But now that we have a little one, we don't have the time (or energy) for that. We've been using our Xbox 360 to watch (and rewatch) our favorite television shows on Hulu Plus, thus getting our Family 'Movie' Night fix in 22 or 44 minutes. Hey – it may not be an entire movie, but sometimes, all you really need is one great episode of an awesome show.
The other advantage to watching shows on Hulu Plus is that we can catch up on the episodes we may have missed the first time around. You know how one person gets really into a TV show, but the other has missed a few pivotal episodes? Hulu Plus completely eradicates this issue, as it allows you to go back in time and rewatch the entire series. So for once, my husband and I are entirely on the same page with our favorite series!
Here's a slideshow of our favorite shows to watch on the Xbox 360 and Hulu Plus. Are you a fan of any of these series?
Lost 1 of 7This series follows a group of plane crash survivors as they try to navigate life on a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific. Where are those noises coming from? Why is there a polar bear on the beach? And what's the deal with those lottery numbers? Although I really think Lost began to 'jump the shark' in the last two seasons, it's worth sticking it out until the end, when you finally figure out what exactly everything means... I think. They did kind of explain it, right?
The Office 2 of 7The Office, based on a British series by the same name, is probably my favorite comedy show on television. I recently began to watch the first few seasons again and - man - it's even better the second time around. The scenarios are ridiculous but the emotions are heartfelt.
Grey's Anatomy 3 of 7This long-running drama follows a team of interns as they wade through life both in and out of the ER. It seems like every season there is a massive, traumatic, life-altering PLANE CRASH! FERRY SINKING! MADMEN SHOOTER! DEATH! but... you know... it's still great drama.
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Glee 4 of 7As mentioned, I'm just getting into this comedy/musical about a group of high schoolers and their ever-optimistic teacher who works hard to transform the Glee club into something worthy of the Nationals competition. I just like the music!
The Mindy Project 5 of 7Another new show! I started watching The Mindy Project because the star, Mindy Kaling, is also on The Office. This comedy follows an OB/GYN as she tries to figure out work and life.
Gossip Girl 6 of 7Confession: While I like Gossip Girl, it's my husband who REALLY loves it. Gossip Girl is his ultimate guilty pleasure. It's more soap opera than drama, but the clothes are fabulous, the scandals ridiculous, and the plot lines legendary.
Up All Night 7 of 7We started watching Up All Night because we were pregnant - it's follows a funny, loving couple as they try to navigate parenthood, personal life, and work. It's the lightest, cheeriest half-hour on television. I think it's one of the most underrated comedies on TV - it's too funny.
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In a society that made no distinction between church and state, ministers were important civic leaders as well, though in theory Puritan congregations were autonomous from each other. In seventeenth century New England, church was a place where local concerns, ranging from outbreaks of drunkenness, quarrels between local families, Indian wars, and of course, on occasion, witchcraft, were discussed. Because Puritans understood everything that happened in the material world as the work of God, ministers played a crucial role in framing community responses to events. They were, in short, opinion-shapers, moral arbiters, civic leaders, and very active members of Puritan communities, especially in New England.
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I had a great Catholic formation as a teenager going to youth group and it was strengthened when I later was a leader for a youth group. There were a few influential people who gave their lives as youth ministers, who answered a lot of my hard questions, who picked me up when I fell, and who supported me through my successes. I've always felt so blessed and thought, "How could I ever say thank you enough for the time they took to pray with me and for me and for the so many others that they helped along the way." I think the Lord has just given me the opportunity to give back to those who gave so much of their hearts to me and my friends in our younger years.
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Only the Lord knows what will come from this program, but every ounce of me believes that this program will help girls feel confident in who God has created them to be and that they will be the future game-changers in a world that desperately needs the youth to rise up and proclaim moral victory.
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Presentation and questions like last year. You can view many of the films Genomic Health has made on their website.
Just one item that drove it home to me is that It has taken Genomic Health and their trials a decade since the genomic was built to achieve 400k tests, but that number will jump five fold to 2 million by 2020.
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Slang/short form of "bitch".
That bch thinks she's fkn amazing.
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Move that switch over just a BCH
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A very small small measurement. Just slighly larger than an RCH.
Man, I missed that hole by a BCH.
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Brighton charter high school. the place that is notorious for teachers having sex with students.
can't wait to go to BCHS!!
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BCH refers to "beyond chicken head."
It came from Amanda and Josh over Fall break refering to Story's own level of sluttiness!
It came from Amanda and Josh over Fall break refering to Story's own level of sluttiness!
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Be glad this column has no scratch-and-sniff card
Reality is getting ridiculous. Really.
Anyone who reads this column knows I am not a big fan of the mundane reality shows that overpopulate cable television.
Don't get me wrong. I love reality shows that have a point and provide some entertainment or inspiration. Like "The Voice," "The Amazing Race" and "Undercover Boss."
But shows that follow the blas� everyday lives of goofballs such as the Kardashians and humdrum families such as those in "19 Kids and Counting" just bore me to tears.
And now TLC's show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" has taken tasteless to a new level by offering a scratch-and-sniff card to go along with an episode. The card includes the less-than-lavish scents of stinky fish and sundry bodily emissions.
Save us! The only thing I want to smell is the battery in my remote burning from changing the channel!
What's next? Sending out samples of Mama June's belly button lint? Come on!
Looks like the folks at the Public Broadcasting System share my opinion because the network has released a series of ads poking fun at the bottom feeder reality shows.
The ads -- released by a New York PBS affiliate -- appear to be trailers of new network reality shows.
Actually, they're parodies of reality programming meant to make PBS viewers so grateful for the quality programs that PBS offers that they will donate money to the network.
The fake reality shows featured in the ads include a family obsessed with tanning called "Meet the Tanners," as well as "Clam Kings" and "Long Island Landscapers."
The ads play off the shows as if they are real, then go in for the sale.
"The fact you thought this was a real TV show says a lot about the state of TV," the voice-over reasons. Then you hear a pitch to get out your checkbook.
The ads do have a point. After five minutes of watching "Teen Mom," I kinda wanna give PBS the deed to my house.
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What materials did you use? 100% Cotton pink & rose fabric, 50 wt lavender cotton thread, Pellon Bamboo/Rayon batting.
What are you most proud of? My stitches may not be small but they are even - both front and back. I was able to add a row of echo stitches to the feathers. I'm happy with my first effort.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? Consider using a sheer fabric to practice the movements. Wish I'd done this before jumping in but I was too enthused to wait. On my 2nd piece I'm using a contrasting thread to baste. Try different thimbles and needles to see what works for you. If using a water soluble marker use a light hand - don't drag - lift the tip off the fabric at the end of lines to avoid making "spots" as you draw.. If you must correct a marking draw a very light line. Don't repeatedly go over the same marking. Dark marks can be harder to remove. A light spray of water works best to remove water soluble markings. Repeat if necessary. Do not press until marks are removed - it will set the markings.
Wow Jean... hand quilting... well done you. I really don't think I could have the patience for this, but it does look so professional. Happy New Year
Thank you Desna and Happy New Year to you and yours as well. Here's a link to a YouTube by another Craftsy instructor that covers the basics if you want to give it a go before taking a class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXN5Ger_jo Hope you enjoy :D
You say: first effort; I say I'm impressed. I'm busy doing hand quilting myself and I find it a bit difficult to get all my stitches even. And my left index finger hurts after an hour of stitching. But I'm going for it. I have a twin-size quilt that is patched by hand to my opinion I have to handquilt it too. But it's a hell of a job. Btw I like your projects!
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment. After trying a number of different ways I ended up adjusting the way I do hand quilting due to arthritis at the base of both thumbs. A nice unexpected side affect was no hurt fingers. I look forward to seeing your quilt :D
Wow That's intimidating, I cannot believe that this is your very first hand quilted piece, as a total newbie I think it looks like you've been doing this for years. Congratulations.
Thank you so much Essem. What a nice thing to say. I think my experience with other types of hand sewing played a big roll. I hope you'll give it a try. I was also intimidated but Andi is a great teacher and very helpful. Hope to see your 1st project soon :D
A very good start! I like your advice comments, too. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Andi :D I've been busy with quilt tops and hope to do more hand quilting this summer while traveling. That said I think I need more practice with designs that require smaller stitching :-)
If you want to try designs needing smaller stitching, try my 18th century design. The smaller the motifs, the better they look with smaller stitches. Don't pressure yourself too much, though! Enjoy the process. You are just starting!
Thanks for the advice Andi - I will :D


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I just did 400 and all I can say is WOW! That was exhausting.
Are you guys doing this along with your regular workout routine? I follow leangains RPT, would this be overkill doing both?
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I just did 400 and all I can say is WOW! That was exhausting.
Are you guys doing this along with your regular workout routine? I follow leangains RPT, would this be overkill doing both?
Sorry the post actually came from James Heathers' blog. You can find the link in the live spill comments on T-Nation. 10000swings dot blogspot dot com /2012/04/day-2-3065.html
It is brutal...I think next time I will go for the 10,000 in 30 days and still do my regular workouts
Just popping in to say I've been watching and congrats on getting at it fellas! Even though it seems insane it is not a bad idea to push the limits every once in a while. Just don't woos out! You can do it!
Here is swing machine RKC Tracy Reifkind talking and doing 1000 rep swings. Just posted today.
[url=http://tracysfoodandthought.blogspot.com/2012/07/1000-swing-reps-w-24kg.html]Tracy Reifkind's Training Food and Thought: 1000 swing reps w/ 24kg[/url]
"If you searching an brutally effective fat loss and conditioning regimen, you have found it: Programming the Swing. I was so impressed with Tracy Reifkind's innovations that I am incorporating some them into the RKC curriculum."Pavel Tsatsouline, Chief RKC Instructor
A little behind schedule. That's two-grand for the day. Today, was a busy day so I've been dropping set of 50/100 when I've had the opportunity.
Completed my two rest days. I'll throw a body-weight jam down tomorrow/later. See how we go with that. Will let ya'll know.
I'm not recovering well right now (I haven't been sleeping well lately), so I'm going to only do my swings on weekdays. I'll try to catch up, but it may be a little longer than 10 days. Plus I had to help do photography for a 9-hour event and didn't get a chance to get ANY swings in today anyway...
@ToddS, I found the blog and it's proving very informative and useful. Thank you.
@EvRevFit, hope your situation resolves itself for the best and you're able to catch up. I don't know if you're following some of the protocols on the 10,000 swings blog, but I'm finding it very useful; having just now, a little late, discovered.
I've managed to crank out 831 swings today and have to stop to get my day started the right way. I have adopted the [URL="http://http://10000swings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/day-9-breathing-ladders.html"]laddered breathing techniques[/URL], explicated on the blog. I'm finding it makes the whole process that much easier. Though, I'm a little unsure as to whether I'm following the protocols correctly. What I have done so far, for 331 swings, starting from 11, is do 11 swings while holding my breath then put the bell down and take 11 breaths, do 12 swings while holding my breath, put the bell down and take 12 breaths... then 13... then 14, etc., up to 20, then working back down to 11. I do this while adopting the method of only breathing through the nose. Does this sound OK? I wouldn't usually do/or advise swings while holding my breath.
I've not been able do incorporate my regular training as yet; have been getting a little pain in my shoulder when raising it above shoulder height. I minor pull, it seems.
Keep swinging!
[QUOTE=pdjesson;893987]@EvRevFit, hope your situation resolves itself for the best and you're able to catch up. I don't know if you're following some of the protocols on the 10,000 swings blog, but I'm finding it very useful; having just now, a little late, discovered.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! As long as I give myself weekends to recover, I think I'll be able to avoid burnout. I'm not stopping my normal heavy lifting, so this solution will work the best for me. It just means I'll be doing this for 14 days, instead of 10. I'm going to try some of the protocols starting tomorrow, but because of my job and schedule, greasing the groove seems to work best time-wise.
Officially Day 3 for me. 700 swings in. After using this weekend to catch up on some much-needed rest, today seems half as difficult as Thursday, my Day 1. My hands are also toughening at an almost alarming rate :).
I'm sure I'll be physically and mentally done by the end of the week, but after the weekend I'm expecting to come back like I did this time, only better!


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How amazing to be in our new school, I have loved walking round and feeling the buzz of something new. I've been thinking a lot about how we came to be in this new school and what we do with it so that it really makes a difference for all of us.
It has been a joy to read so many fantastic digital reports, I have been so pleased with everyones progress. Our children are so reflective and thoughtful.
Don't forget that our Christmas Fair is on next week!.
Just found this great parenting guide from the City Council, well worth a look!.
Spent the morning looking at childrens English books. Lovely to see so many imaginative pieces of writing. I think our children in year 2 are ready for some joining up in handwriting.
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I am so excited about winning the Peterborough Rugby Finals. Well done to Miss Bonner and her team sounds like they played amazingly.
After school, I helped out at football club run by some local students. Our children were so enthusiastic and talked excitedly afterwards about how they couldn't have succeeded without teamwork. One child even referred to last week's Christian Value focus of wholeness. Fantastic!
WOW!! We are Orton Sports winners for the 7th time, winning by 34 points!! Fantastic results, worth all that training and hard work.
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Back when he was a teenager tossing pizzas in his San Antonio hometown, Brian Price never dreamt of what he'd be doing today—or where he'd be doing it. For nearly nine years at the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, where condemned inmates eat their final meal, Price, 49, has lovingly prepared nearly 180 such last suppers—more than anyone else in Texas, which leads the U.S. in executions. "No matter how heinous the crime, I still feel their last meal should be presented with care and dignity," says Price, now in the 12th year of a 15-year sentence for sexual assault. "There's little enough dignity in here as it is."
Price had already been working in the prison kitchen when he volunteered for the position—a job most inmates rejected. "It kinda spooked them," says Price who, when he began, had nightmares about being put to death himself. Since then the twice-divorced father of a 28-year-old daughter has had to use plenty of culinary creativity. Because Price must make do with supplies on hand, an inmate who wants steak, say, gets Salisbury. Those who ask for McDonald's—a cheeseburger with fries is the most often requested meal—receive gussied-up ground beef. "I always put my heart into it," says Price. "And I say a prayer for the man about to die."
During his years on the job, Price has come up with a cookbook's worth of recipes he hopes to publish including his signature dish—Old Sparky's Genuine Convict Chili. He also hopes to be released after a parole hearing this spring, although his mother, Floy Price, 79, jokes, "We're beginning to think they don't want to see him go." Has he thought about his first meal on the outside? "Fried shrimp with tartar sauce," he declares. "As much as I can eat!"
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text: Clarifying a couple missed points in my previous letter, my father, Ben Bebble, worked for the WPA in 1939, and later in life he worked and retired from PennDOT and received the appointment from Gov. Shapp in 1972. (He always laughed and said he got the job from his experience with WPA) but he really was a wounded Navy veteran from the Normany Invasion and received veterans preferences.