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Some one who has a small head for their body size. Also can be characterised by a small jaw and/or large ears. Obviously, some one with a small head, receeding jaw and large ears can be described as "piphead extremis".
While watching the TV we noticed that the presenter was a Piphead. The more we looked the more obvious it became.
by maudibe July 03, 2009
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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El Salvador Day 1
It seems strange to jump back to day one since I have been on the road for a week now, but El Salvador is a whole new world compared to Nicaragua. We arrived yesterday and stayed in the capital city of San Salvador before heading up north to the Apaneca region in Northern El Salvador today. We hit the road early and drove 2 hours north, 7 of us packed like sardines in a truck. The drive was extremely easy for an origin trip, partially because El Salvador is such a small country, so nothing is all that far from each other, and also because El Salvador has great infrastructure, and all of the roads we were on were newly paved.
Once we arrived in Apaneca, we dropped our stuff off at the hotel and headed to Finca El Rosario, one of the Menendez family's 8 farms in this region of El Salvador. El Rosario is 40 hectares, and is planted in neat rows of bourbon and pacamara trees. The farms is plotted out with an intricate maze of wind barrier trees. There is a prediction of rain this week, so they started picking the pacamara trees today instead of later next week. The cherries were enormous and deep purple and red. The pickers here are paid more than the average price to entice them to only pick the ripe cherries, and the results were astonishing. Huge piles of cherries were sorted through by the pickers to remove any green or partial green cherries before there are bagged to be driven to the mill later that afternoon.
After we had a quick lunch, we headed down south to the Menendez's mill, Beneficio Piedra Grande to check out his operation. The Menendez only process their own cherries at the mill and do not buy cherries from other farmers to process for them. The mill is gigantic, and every lot is kept separated throughout the whole process. Instead of fermentation tanks, they use a demucilizer to remove the mucilage and then immediately rinse the coffee and lay it out to dry that same night. They also use an elevator pre-drying system to dry the coffee before it is put into large motorized drum dryers.
After we saw the milling operation, we picked some oranges and drank some cervezas on the front porch of the small house there and waited for cherries to arrive from El Rosario. The truck pulled up around 6:30, filled to the brim with 150 pound burlap sacks of coffee. One by one, two men emptied the sacks of coffee into large concrete tanks, which were then flushed by running water through the wet mill. It was really cool to see the whole process from start to finish, especially since we had seen the cherries picked that morning! (and later that same day….)
After watching the unloading, we headed back inside for a delicious dinner of pupusas, corn tortillas filled with cheese, then topped with refried black beans, cabbage in vinegar, sour cream and tomato salsa. YUM!
That's about all, folks. The photos from today are much more impressive than my words can be. Time to call it a night!

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How will the FTAA effect our daily lives?
What is the FTAA?
At the Summit of the Americas, held in Miami in December of 1994, heads of state from 34 countries agreed to construct the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Since then, business and government representatives from all the countries in the Western Hemisphere except Cuba have been secretly drafting a plan to create the largest trading bloc in the world by 2005. Modeled on NAFTA and the World Trade Organization (WTO), the FTAA would extend from the most northern communities of Canada to the most southern settlements of Chile. If implemented, the FTAA would impact the lives of 800 million people throughout the Americas, yet few have heard of it, let alone have had a role in designing this commercial pact. While industry groups have direct input into the negotiating process, consumer, environmental, labor and other public interests groups are completely shut out of the meetings where the FTAA text is being crafted.
The FTAA will have a huge impact on people's everyday lives - on the food that we eat, the water that we drink, our children's access to education, our healthcare and essential medicines, and our electricity. In the United States, 43 million people lack healthcare coverage, one in five children is growing up in poverty, small family farms and businesses are loosing out to multinational corporations, and two million people are incarcerated, many for nonviolent, poverty related crimes. The FTAA will likely increase economic inequality both within and between countries by concentrating wealth, promoting privatization of human and other essential services, and removing protections for small farmers and businesses.
Without strong environmental and human rights protections for workers, consumers, indigenous communities, people of color and the poor, the FTAA is bound to increase profits for multinational corporations without providing real benefits to society as a whole. That is why millions of people around the world are directly challenging the corporate agenda of free trade, privatization and deregulation while promoting environmentally sustainable, human-centered alternatives. The FTAA is neither necessary, nor inevitable. It can be stopped if enough people organize against it. First, we must get educated about the probable impacts. Here's what's at stake:
The FTAA will undermine public health and safety
Industry representatives are now using the FTAA trade talks as a platform for weakening or outright removing regulatory standards and policies that interfere with corporate profit making. A number of regulations that differ from country to country are being attacked under trade rules as "unnecessary barriers to trade" and "more burdensome than necessary." Industry representatives are heavily involved in replacing country specific standards with new uniform global standards. This process, called "harmonization," is a lot like asking the fox to guard the hen house. More often than not, standards are harmonized downward to the lowest level of safety rather than taking the highest level of precaution that most people would logically prefer.
Harmonization and other regulatory changes resulting from WTO and NAFTA agreements have already occurred in many areas that effect our daily life. These changes have had the effect of weakening standards regulating everything from pesticide residues on produce, to guidelines for truck safety inspections, to informational labeling on products. FTAA will accelerate the race to the bottom in public health and safety standards and open that race to the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
The FTAA, like NAFTA, will undermine the right to safe, healthy and sufficient food
NAFTA, which effectively increased trade in food products when tariffs (taxes on goods and services crossing borders) were reduced, does not require member countries to maintain minimum levels of food safety standards. For example, under NAFTA, meat and poultry imports that do not meet U.S. safety standards are imported and sold throughout the U.S. The increase of fruits and vegetables from Mexico under NAFTA actually coincided with severe cuts to Mexico's domestic food inspection budget. In 1992, Mexico's spending on food safety was $25 million US dollars, but by 1995, it had been slashed to $5 million. Similarly, cash strapped governments in the Americas are unlikely to spend much money on food safety and agricultural inspection. If the FTAA is modeled on NAFTA, these problems will intensify.
Increased produce trade with under-regulated countries in particular exposes consumers to a greater risk of eating contaminated or spoiled food. In 1998, Minnesota State health officials attributed a shigellosis outbreak that sickened 150 people in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to parsley imported from Mexico. Shigellosis is caused by fecal contamination and is contagious. Imported Mexican parsley was also linked to outbreaks in three other states and two Canadian provinces.
Contamination of food is directly related to the health, hygiene and livings standards of agricultural workers. Throughout the years, NAFTA has done nothing to raise the standards of agricultural workers in Mexico, nor farm workers in U.S. or Canada which are largely migrants from Mexico who are often taken advantage of because they do not have legal immigration status. The FTAA will likely ignore, if not undermine the importance of improving worker health and safety, rights for immigrants and general well being as well.
The safety of our food is also being compromised because pesticides and agricultural chemicals banned in the U.S. are often marketed and sold to countries in the global south. Not only is it unethical to expose other countries' ecosystems and agricultural workers to these poisons, but to expand trade without food safety protections means that families end up eating imported food covered in toxic chemical residues.
One key alternative to free trade-based agriculture is Community Supported Agriculture, a system that develops a strong local economy and regional food supply by connecting local farmers with local consumers. This alternative to agribusiness control of our food supply encourages land stewardship, fosters a sense of community, and helps honor the knowledge and experience of growers and producers working with small to medium farms. CSA is a unique model of local agriculture whose roots reach back 30 years to Japan where a group of women concerned about the increase in food imports and the corresponding decrease in the farming population initiated a direct growing and purchasing relationship between their group and local farms. This arrangement, called "teikei" in Japanese, translates to "putting the farmers' face on food." This concept traveled to Europe, was adapted by the U.S. and given the name "Community Supported Agriculture" at the Indian Line Farm in Massachusetts, in 1985. As of January 1999, there are over 1000 CSA farms across the US and Canada.
The United Nations defines food security as the ability of households, localities, regions, and nations to buy or grow food of sufficient quantity, variety and quality as to meet nutritional needs. For the last fifteen years, food security has been declining in Latin America. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund require countries to shift from producing food for local consumption to producing export commodities, such as cut flowers and broccoli, in order to generate the hard currency needed for making interest payments on loans. These shifts in production, combined with the effects of cheap imports, have displaced millions of peasants off their land, forcing them to migrate to find work. The FTAA will expand on the World Bank/IMF policies and further destabilize agrarian societies, leading to increased hunger, unemployment and immigration.
Mexico and Haiti are just two examples of countries whose agricultural backbone of their economies have been devastated by free trade. In Mexico, over 38,000 small corn farmers lost their land when NAFTA simultaneously opened the gates to cheap U.S. corn and took away Mexico's safety net--the system of domestic price supports and subsidies that once ensured a profit for small growers. According to USDA estimates, a quarter of all the corn consumed in Mexico now comes from U.S. farms.
In his book, The Eyes of the Heart, Haitian President Jean-Bernard Aristide described the devastating effects of free trade policies advocated by the World Bank and the IMF. Until recently, Haitian farmers grew most of the rice, the main staple food, needed to feed the country and imported only a few thousand tons of rice. In the late 1980's, after Haiti complied with the IMF mandate to lift tariffs on imported rice, highly subsidized rice grown in the United States flooded into Haiti. During this period, roughly 40% of U.S. rice farmers profits came directly from the U.S. government in the form of direct subsidies. By 1986, Haiti was importing 196,000 tons of rice at the cost of $100 million per year. Haitian rice farmers were wiped out. Once the dependence on foreign rice was complete, import prices began to rise, leaving Haiti's population, particularly the urban poor, completely at the whim of rising grain prices.
Fair Trade promotes social justice and sustainability by ensuring that producers and farmers receive a fair price for their product. Consumers in North America can now purchase fair-trade-certified coffee grown by farming cooperatives in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Through the fair trade system, these farmers have access to essential credit and receive a guaranteed, fair price of $1.26 per pound for their coffee, which triples their previous poverty level incomes. The communities are able to invest in health care, education, environmental stewardship, and economic independence. Fair trade is a humane and environmentally sustainable alternative to free trade and exemplifies the type of people-centered development strategies that could be enacted if multinational corporations were not dominating trade policy-making.
The FTAA will replace essential public services with corporate profit making schemes
The FTAA, structured after NAFTA and the WTO's General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS), will likely promote further deregulation, hasten the intrusion of corporations into public functions like education, and facilitate the transfer of more and more government services from public ownership to private control. Once provided universally, essential services will be available only to those who can afford to pay. Given that negotiations are underway to further expand the reach of GATS, and that regional agreements like the FTAA must go further than the WTO agreements, there is every reason to be pessimistic about the outcome of the FTAA negotiations if liberalization in services are included.
The FTAA will lock in place the structural adjustment policies in Latin America promoted by the IMF and World Bank which have forced indebted developing countries to privatize essential public services such as water, electricity, and education.
In January 2000, the World Bank insisted that Bolivia privatize the water services in Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city, as a condition for receiving a loan to increase the available water supply. The contract went to a private consortium led by Bechtel, a transnational corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Local, cooperative water distribution systems were also banned. Water quickly became unaffordable as prices skyrocketed by as much as 200%. In response, an alliance of factory workers, farmers, students, environmentalists and peasants took to the streets in protest. Eight people were killed when the police fired on thousands of protesters. Finally, the President was forced to rescind the contract.
But the privatization agenda extends its reach to industrialized countries as well. This agenda is clearly set forth by the U.S. Coalition of Service Industries, which is pushing for privatization of services worldwide, declaring that they want "a contestable, competitive market." Their agenda is supported by corporate funded think tanks, which claim privatization yields cost reductions for consumers and taxpayers, increased efficiency, and higher quality of services.
Tell this to California ratepayers who, as a result of electricity deregulation, have seen their electricity rates skyrocket. In San Diego, electric bills increased by almost 300% when the cap on consumer rates was removed. In some cases, elderly people on fixed incomes had to turn off their refrigerators because they couldn't afford to pay their bills. Now rates on the market have increased so much that out-of-state aluminum and fertilizer companies can earn more profit by selling their cheap allocations of hydropower to California utilities at the inflated market rates than they normally earn from producing their products. Clearly, the major gains from privatization are increased corporate profits.
The U.S. trade negotiators are currently pressing for broadly defined energy services to be included in GATS, while the European Union wants the same for water services. The FTAA will be bound by the GATS because GATS is part of the WTO, and will be expected to go even further in deregulating and privatizing these services among others.
The U.S. is the only industrialized country without some form of national health insurance. As a result, over 43 million people in the United States lack health coverage and those that are insured have major problems with the corporate managed system that dominates healthcare. Partly to promote the export of health services by U.S.-based corporations, the U.S. trade negotiators insisted that the WTO agreements cover services, resulting in the GATS. With corporations like CIGNA and Aetna already skimming the cream by providing health services to those who can afford it in Latin American countries, the U.S. negotiators will no doubt press hard for FTAA rules that expand the healthcare market and protect the profits of these and similar corporations.
Pharmaceutical companies are also benefiting from NAFTA and the WTO agreements, which use rules on intellectual property and patents to make it easier for these corporations to control the price and distribution of drugs, preventing people from obtaining affordable essential medicines. Under NAFTA, intellectual property rights give a corporation with a patent in one country the monopoly rights to market the item throughout the region. These rules are enforced with cash fines and criminal penalties, making them even stricter than the WTO rules which require member countries to provide 20 year patents on pharmaceutical products. Through the FTAA, U.S. negotiators are now trying to expand NAFTA's corporate protectionism rules on patents throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Pharmaceutical companies such as Merck and Pfizer have used these rules to quash compulsory licensing mechanisms, which allow patented drugs to be manufactured in another country in exchange for a "renting" fee. This monopolistic control allows pharmaceutical corporations to keep drug prices high and blocks production of generic versions of life-saving drugs, which spells disaster for the poor who cant afford anything else. If modeled on NAFTA, the FTAA intellectual property rules will likely undermine the ability for countries like Brazil, which has a federal policy of providing free, locally-manufactured HIV drugs to its citizens, to respond to health crises such as the AIDS epidemic. The NAFTA rules also allow companies to "bioprospect" and patent indigenous medicines that are considered "traditional knowledge." This is effectively robbing indigenous people of their cultural heritage. In response to problems with bioprospecting, the indigenous communities in Southern Mexico declared Chiapas a "bio-piracy free zone" and are refusing to allow biotech researchers to enter their territory.
Corporations have already made major inroads into the U.S. educational system. High schools are contracting with private businesses for guidance counselors; textbooks are using corporate logos in their exercises; Zap Me! Inc. was offering schools free computer equipment in return for displaying a constant stream of advertisements on the screens; and Coca Cola made a deal with Colorado Springs schools to provide $8.4 million in funding over 10 years in exchange for the schools contracting to sell 70,000 cases of Coke products to students every year. Privatization of primary and secondary education will also continue with school vouchers and charter schools. The same is true at the University level were corporations now fund university chairs, departments, and research. The right to free, public education is also being eroded in countries around the world. In Mexico and Nicaragua, attempts to undermine the constitutional right to free higher education were met by massive student protests in the last few years.
NAFTA's rules on services exclude local government policies, but not government services in general, while GATS covers local government policies and offers no protection for local government services like public education. The FTAA will have to be at least as comprehensive as GATS which does not bode well for protecting public education given that transnational corporations view education not as a public good, but as a multi-billion dollar industry waiting to be exploited for profit.
The corporate agenda of privatization and deregulation both at home and abroad conflicts directly with the fundamental responsibility of governments, as codified in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and many national constitutions, to provide basic services such as healthcare, education, clean water and electricity for all its people. Such essential services should be excluded from trade and investment agreements, which are being crafted to promote the profit making goals of multinational corporations. Further, trade agreements should not recognize patents on indigenous knowledge or interfere with the provision of affordable medicine through unreasonable patenting requirements.


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Veterans side with city in sign dispute
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Many are outraged about the Autos 4 Less veteran signs dispute, but some people are siding with the city of Idaho Falls.
Military Affairs Committee chairman Mike McLendon is a retired Army Ranger. He knows how important community support is.
"The Military Affairs Committee supports any organization that supports military and veterans," said McLendon.
McLendon said there is an exception to this rule when it comes to the dispute between the dealership and the city.
"It's a worthy cause, but they need to follow the law," he said.
City ordinance states that portable signs need a permit and have to be less than 3 feet tall. The city says the dealership has a permit but didn't follow the guidelines. The city has come up with a proposition for the dealership to move the signs closer to the building and away from the road, but owner Jonathon Long isn't accepting that.
"That is not acceptable to me. I'm not going to hide my patriotism and show that my support should be backed away to the wall," he said. "How can our city and government spend the time, energy and money to have military flags taken down, and a half a block down the road, there's people violating the city code and they do nothing about it?"
With all the fuss, protester Chase Demott said he feels the owner's pain.
"The fact that the city doesn't have the spine enough to just tell whoever complained to tough it out, is ridiculous. I went to work this morning, and I just couldn't get it off my mind, so I wrote it down on a piece of cardboard and said, 'See you, I'll be back when I'm back,'" said Demott.
The flags have been taken down, but the dealership is filing a petition to put the signs back up. The city is also looking to revise the jail penalty for violating the ordinance. The misdemeanor that could be charged is not typical and was not a factor in this dispute.


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If you want to avoid having horror stories to tell, said Sam Lamerato, do your homework thoroughly when choosing your fleet management software. It's a must to visit another government agency to see your prospective software in action, said Lamerato, former chairman of the Fleet Services Committee with the American Public Works Association.
Software support is critical. "They have to offer you product support all day, every day," said Lamerato, who is the superintendent of fleet maintenance for the city of Troy, Mich. He uses FASTER, from CCG Systems Inc., Norfolk, Va., which offers the ability to fix and update software online, rather than exchanging disks.
Plus, the software company should visit your site annually to check up on how you're doing, he said. And the company should offer regional and national training conferences on the use of their software. "I go yearly, and come back with all these new ideas from colleagues about how to use my program," said Lamerato.
In Denver, fleet software helps the public works department manage some 3400 pieces of equipment that are monitored in a database at the Fleet Maintenance Division. The city first started using software from Trinodal Systems Inc. several years ago; Trinodal is now managed by Starry Associates, Bowie, Md. Recently, the department upgraded to a new platform of software and hardware, said John Mohler, staff information technology systems administrator.
With the new upgrade to an Oracle database and UNIX operating system, the city chose report-writing software from Crystal Software, based in Australia. The configuration of software made the entire system more end-user friendly in running all kinds of reports, including a project management forecast, vehicle assignment histories, and fuel use histories. And the system generates monthly maintenance and fuel bills and sends them to more than 50 city departments.
Denver's Fleet Maintenance also uses software provided by Multiforce Systems Corp., Princeton, N.J., to track the use of fuel, fluids, and lubricants. The division has been using this fully automated tracking system since the 1980s. When an end-user fuels, he or she enters an employee identification number, a vehicle identification, a mileage or hour reading on the vehicle, and the type of fuel or fluids used. Vehicle mileage and other information are tracked. The fueling system interfaces with the maintenance system, allowing Fleet Maintenance to monitor vehicle performance, schedule preventive maintenance, and develop rental rate analyses.
In Anaheim, Calif., FASTER software enables the Department of Public Works to keep tabs on some 1200 pieces of equipment—and the accompanying repair parts. "We can now track our costs better," said fleet superintendent Karl Hopfer. "Before, we had an older system and it wasn't tracking all parts issued very well."
Now, parts are tracked from the time they come in to the time they're used on a vehicle. "The software makes sure everything is accounted for when it comes in, and all the billables are more accurate," said Hopfer. "So we get reimbursed more accurately. We rent equipment to many different departments, such as police, fire, parks and recreation, and others, and parts and repairs are billed to them."
The software also assists with vehicle replacement analysis. Points are assigned to each vehicle to indicate how close to replacement it is. With Anaheim's system, maintenance costs count for up to 10 points, chronological time counts for 5 points, and the odometer or hour meter counts up to 5 points.
"When a piece reaches 15 points, that triggers replacement," said Hopfer. "That way we don't replace a piece too soon, but we replace them before maintenance costs get too high. You want to replace right at the break-even point."
— Daniel C. Brown is a freelance writer in Des Plaines, III.


text: Holy crap this offseason has only been on for a bit and its already more quiet than last year. No crap about bounty scandals or Jonathan Vilma. Nothing about Andrew vs RG3 in the draft. And THANK THE LORD nothing about Tebow in New York. Just a nice quiet offseason.


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The PenFed Promise Visa Card Offers a Way to Escape Your Big Bank
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I have always gotten along well with my credit cards and the banks that issue them, but I know that my experiences are not typical. It seems that most of the people I know struggle with high interest rates, crazy fees, and a general feeling that their bank is out to get them.
For these credit card users, I have always had a single recommendation — don't just change the bank you use, stop using banks altogether. I am not advocating carrying a pocketful of cash and living off the grid. No, what I am saying is that the friendliest bank in the world is not a bank at all, it is a credit union.
The Pentagon Federal Credit Union, or PenFed, was founded to provide financial services for members of the United States' armed forces and government contractors, as well their families and households.
PenFed offers its Promise card that features low interest rates and absolutely no fees.
How This Card Works
New cardholders enjoy a product with a 4.99% introductory APR for 12 months on balance transfers made between April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. After that, the standard interest rate rises to 7.99%-16.99% (variable). These are very low rates, but the great thing is that there are no fees. I was initially skeptical of that claim, but after an exhaustive search of this card's terms and conditions, I have verified it. The annual fee, foreign transaction fee, balance transfer fee, cash advance fee, late fee, and over the credit limit fees are all zero. There is also no penalty APR.
What's the catch?
For one, cardholders are required to receive their statements electronically. And to apply for this card, you must be a member of the credit union. Membership is open to members of the military and uniformed services, employees of many different defense related organizations, their family members, and even members of the same household of an eligible person. But even if you don't qualify on this basis (which seems to cover at least half the U.S. population), you can still join a qualifying organization for a minimal cost. For example, you can become a member of Voices for America's Troops for a mere $15.
Low interest rates. The PenFed Promise's standard interest rate of 7.99% is one of the lowest rates of any credit card. Like the interest rates of most cards, this is a variable rate that can go up with the Prime Rate. Fortunately, the Prime Rate hasn't changed in years and is not expected to.
No fees. There are simply no fees for this credit card. It almost doesn't seem possible that you could abuse this card by making late payments every month without incurring any penalty, yet it is true. It is likely that at some point PenFed would probably just suspend a deadbeat's account.
PenFed. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union is a very large and trusted institution founded in 1935. Once you are a member, you are eligible to receive all sorts of other financial services as well as personal finance counseling.
No rewards. This is one the best credit cards offered, but there are still no points, miles, or cash back to be had.
Limited promotional financing deals. Other cards offer 0% APR introductory financing on new purchases and balance transfers. While the Promise card currently offers a 4.99% promotional balance transfer APR for 12 months, if you are in desperate need of a 0% APR balance transfer offer, you'll need to look elsewhere.
Membership hurdles. It is not very hard to become a member of PenFed, but it is an extra step you need to take before applying.
It is still a credit card. You can still accumulate debt, incur interest, and are obligated to pay for your purchases. If you don't make your minimum payment, you may not be directly penalized, but your credit score will suffer.
Who This Card Is Best For
This is the ideal card for someone who is sick and tired of double digit interest rates and exorbitant fees. By creating a simple and affordable product, the PenFed Promise has become the credit card for people who hate banks.


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I have recieved lots of bee equipment from a local guy who has kept bees for many years. Up here in Northern Maine, it is just begining our spring. My bees should be arriving tomorow or the next day. Anyway, I just now have had the chance to look over all the wooden ware i have recieved. One thing to keep in mind is that the beekeeper I got this equipment from kills the bees every winter. so....
A lot of the brood boxes has mold on the comb. is this ok?
Also- alot of the honey that was left in the brood boxes has seeped out and flowed down over the comb, making a terrible mess. Can the bees clean this up? It looks so bad, I cannot imgain anything wanting to live in it....makes me want to scrap it all and start from fresh. After looking at the magority of the boxes, I cannot imagin bees having no problem cleaning this up. The honey smells like fermented wine.
Also- One some of the frames is an orange powder. I cannot tell if it is pollen or it is some sort of mold spore. It is an orange/redish powder that looks like sawdust, and it is all over some of the comb.
Many of the frames are just all wet from the fermented honey. Can the bees clean this up with out getting sick? They beekeeper who had had bees forever tells me that the bees will not have a problem cleaning this up, but it does not look like I would want anything living in this. My natural reation is to tear out the infected comb and put in new......
anyone care to comment? thanks in advance.


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Three women who share a commitment to women's rights in their separate work won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which was announced on Friday. They are Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women's rights activist Leymah Gbowee from Liberia, and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman from Yemen.
The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, which selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner each year, is honoring women with the prize for the first time in seven years. The committee is recognizing the women for their non-violent struggle for women's safety and rights. "We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society," the committee said in a statement.
A Prize for Peace
The Nobel Peace Prize is named for the award's creator, Alfred Nobel, an inventor and entrepreneur from Sweden. In his 1895 will, he left most of his wealth to a series of prizes, named the Nobel Prizes. He left guidelines for a peace prize, saying it should honor work that is bringing fraternity between nations, reducing armies and holding and promoting peace. Since 1901, 92 Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded. The prize can be given to one person or organization or divided between two or three works. Other Nobel Prizes are awarded for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature.
Peace Fighters
The three 2011 winners—Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman—will share the $1.5 million award. They will receive gold medallions at a ceremony in December in Oslo, Norway. They share a passion for peace and women's rights, but each woman is doing her own important work.
Sirleaf, 72, won Liberia's presidential election in 2005. Known as a reformer and peacemaker in Liberia, she was the first woman to win a free presidential election in an African country. Sirleaf has helped Liberia recover from a brutal 14-year civil war that ended in 2003. The Nobel committee is recognizing her work in securing peace and stability in her country and her efforts to put Liberian women's issues in the global spotlight. Her education reform has led to mandatory free elementary schooling for all children in Liberia. Sirleaf has been an inspiration to women and young girls in Liberia. She is currently running for re-election. "This [award] gives me a stronger commitment to work for reconciliation," Sirleaf said on Friday. "Liberians should be proud."
Gbowee, 39, works as the director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa in Ghana. The Nobel committee says she is being honored for organizing women "across ethnic and religious dividing lines to bring an end to the long war in Liberia, and to ensure women's participation in elections." Gbowee organized Christian and Muslim women to challenge Liberia's aggressive military fighters, who were known for attacking women during Liberia's civil war.
Karman, 32, is a journalist and human right's activist. She is the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Karman has long been an advocate for human rights and freedom of expression in Yemen, her extremely conservative country. She was a leader in organizing protests against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's oppressive regime in January. The protests were part of democracy uprisings that became known as the Arab Spring. Her big win symbolizes the important role women play in the uprisings. "I am very, very happy about this prize," Karman said. "I give the prize to the youth of revolution in Yemen and the Yemeni people."


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Remembering Swift College in Rogersville
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - If the spark of the civil rights movement in the 1960s was our nation's churches, then the front lines were the nation's educational institutions with integration and equality in education.
But during that same time it brought an end to long-standing African-American schools across the region. Some forgotten memories are still kept alive by a dedicated few.
To generations, an obscure historical marker means nothing, just a marker next to an old church. But the marker reminds those who take time to read it of an African-American college known as Swift College; it was one of few in the nation in 1883.
The memories of the college and subsequent high school and elementary school are kept alive at the Price Center at the Swift Museum in Rogersville, Tennessee. "I've told many people when they come into the museum that when we think of civil rights and all of the people of the deep south, when they were struggling for education some were killed for the cause of education," says Stella Gudger, the museum's executive director.
In the community of Rogersville there had been support for education for African-Americans, support from both black and white. "If you talk to some of the older people of Rogersville, whether they be black or white, there's nothing but good, good comments about what Swift meant to the people of Rogersville," Gudger said.
As the museum's timeline will tell you, with integration in 1963 came the destruction of the building and almost the destruction of the memories of school. "We only have a couple of pieces of furniture that are still here, and what people have given to us as artifacts. That's why it is so important to preserve these things and this building," Gudger says.
And the story of the college and the school, which is shared with fifth graders during the school year. "[We] let the children know about the history and the culture of the struggles that African-Americans had to just get an education and how important education is today," Gudger said.
The museum and its story were recently recognized on the AT&T Tennessee African-American history calendar as one place to visit year-round, not just during Black History Month.
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The ONLY reason we couldn't tee off on RGIII last night (outside from Osi, Tuck, Joseph, and JPP sucking) was because Alfred freaking Morris could not me stopped.
The commentators went on rants about how "amazing" RGIIIs play actions were, but they didn't have to be, the Giants would have respected the run if I was handing off to Morris. Two games against us and he alone has over 300 yards. That's awful and the real reason we didn't win the game. If we were able to force RGIII to pass it's a different ball game.
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ehhh....what do want to Harbaugh to say. I have no issues with it at all.....
ehhh....what do want to Harbaugh to say. I have no issues with it at all.....
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
okeeeyyyyy jimmy
relax a bit harbaugh dont hurt yourself
did anyone else think JH overreacted? KG was complimentary, and if you hear the interview in which this whole thing was started over, KG doesnt come off as trying to complain or have his mssg passed on to the refs. JH with that response shows me the guy isnt as smart and secure as he tries to come off as.
KG basically mentioned and complimented Smith in 5 seconds, JHs reaction makes it seem like KG wrote a tell all novel outing JH as transgender lol, yeah it was sooo "incendiary" JH and KG was def using his status to critique the refs...the whole JH response is comical to me, and it kinda shows me JH may be worried about facing us or he's still upset about the NFC CG or both...
when i first read what JH said, I wasnt sure if it was really JH or if it was just a fan doing an impression of a snotty stuck up hypocrite (JH) well. like i didnt even think JH actually made those remarks bc of how over the top and incendiary JH's comments came across as ironically.
Gilbride might be much smarter than he looks.. He might have said this to get underneath Harbaugh's skin and may
Be throw him off a little bit.
"So this whole thing started Thursday, when New York Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride casually dropped into his weekly interview session the suggestion that San Francisco 49ers star defensive lineman Justin Smith "gets away with murder" by holding interior offensive linemen as a means of clearing room for the 49ers' pass rush.
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh responded Friday with a blistering attack on Gilbride and Gilbride's insinuation, calling it "outrageous, irrational and incendiary," and saying, "It's obvious that the Giants coaching staff's sole purpose is to use their high visibility to both criticize and influence officiating."
Glad we're not getting too emotional about this, huh? I mean, really? "Sole purpose?"
Especially once I learned that Harbaugh's response came in the form of a statement released by the team hours ahead of his regularly scheduled Friday news conference, my first thought was something along the lines of, "Methinks he doth protest too much." And a few minutes later, with the help of a retweet from USA Today's Mike Garafolo, I saw something that backed me up. It is this Sept. 6 piece from Football Outsiders, in which Item No. 3 uses clear film evidence to support FO's own conclusion that Smith is indeed coached to hold the jerseys of opposing guards and tackles:
San Franciscos secret? Holding. They have a pair of top-tier defensive ends in Justin Smith, arguably the best 3-4 lineman in the league right now, and Ray McDonald, one of the games most underrated players. Those guys are taught to grab the left outside of the offensive guards jersey or the right inside of the tackles jersey. The umpire and referee, who are tasked with holding on the interior line, often cant see this -- there is too much congestion in the middle of that action. They are standing in the backfield, and cant see through the offensive linemen to get a look at the defensive ends hands. The grabbing prevents the blockers from getting over quickly enough to pick up the stunting blitzer.
The camera doesn't lie, coach Harbaugh. And it seems as though it might have been wiser for the 49ers' coach to keep his mouth shut rather than inflame a controversy of which the officials scheduled to work Sunday's game at Candlestick might not otherwise have been aware. If it was Gilbride's intention to get the officials to pay closer attention to Smith's extracurricular work on the interior (and I actually think he might just have been offering an honest answer to a question), then Harbaugh's overly emotional response might have helped him accomplish just that."
Jim Harbaugh is a an arrogant goon. His teammates couldn't stand his short fuse when he played in the NFL and doesn't look like much has changed. I doubt he read the whole quote since he looks for a reason to be a ***** and jumps all over it. He was the first to complain about the replacement officials in the preseason.
The funny thing is that a lot of football analyst have come to KGs back and agree with him. I imagine the refs would look a little closer now. Had JH took the high road it would have been forgotten in minutes.
haha classic. what kind of "gate" name can we make...PretentiousBullSpit Gate? Holding Gate?
and speaking of "criticizing the refs from a highly visible position", didnt JH whine and cry non stop about the forward progress non fumble in the NFC CG? oh ok, i forgot, he's just a hypocrite
or even funnier he said the refs wouldnt let him call TO on that 3rd n short they had late where they completed their 1 pass to the WR short of a first down...guy *****es bout refs wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more than TC or KG ever do


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Calling all Ladies and Gents to one of the hottest restaurants in Atlanta, GA, the Buckhead Bottle Bar & Bistro! Located in the heart of Buckhead, this sexy gem will have you coming back for more, as all racy things do!
Buckhead Bottle Bar & Bistro is well known for their succulent cuisine, stylish chic atmosphere, and of course their notoriously heavenly cocktails. BBB has a revolutionary concept that will surely have you wrapped around their finger! With a focus on the amazing food, you wonder who is behind all the magic. Famed chef Jason Ellis, where he faced Chef Gordon Ramsay on the infamous show Hell's Kitchen, has taken all of his experience and training and poured heart into creating this unbelievable menu. Using only the freshest ingredients, it's no wonder why this place is always hopping.
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Last night I went out and bought all the things I need to make tamales. Carlos has gone to work, and the niños to school. The house is quiet and empty, unlike a traditional tamalada.
I mentioned in my last post, Galletada, how I don't have family to make tamales with. Some of you recommended inviting friends, regardless of whether they're Latina or not. I think that idea is bien chévere. The only problem? My friends are spread across the world.
So, here is what I'm going to do – I'm going to "live blog" my tamal making with you! You're all invited to my tamalada. Visit throughout the day as I update. Chat with me here in comments, or over on Twitter!
8:20 am – I boiled the chicken last night so it would be ready. I'm going to go shred that first.
9:35 am – The chicken is nicely shredded. Unlike Suegra, I didn't include bones in my mixture. Chomping into a hueso while trying to eat a tamal, I find very disconcerting.
What do you think of my apron? Do I look like I'm ready to make tamales or sell them at the mercado? ;)
10:36 am – The filling mixture is almost finished. I'm tasting it with Hoja Santa to see if I like it. I heard that Hoja Santa is used for tamales in regions of México and that it gives a distinct flavor. It smells like root beer or licorice. Qué rico! …
While researching the herb, I found out some interesting things. First, the FDA isn't a fan of Hoja Santa because it was found to be carcinogenic in animals. Carlos thinks I'm loca for trying it just based on that, but cigarettes are carcinogenic to HUMANS and yet the FDA doesn't have a problem with them, so I put my faith in the Mexican people on this one. They've been using this herb since the times of the Mayans and Aztecs, and they have less incidence of cancer than those of us in the U.S.
The story behind its name – Hoja Santa, (Holy Leaf), is that the Virgin Mary used to dry the diapers of baby Jesus on the wide leaves of the Hoja Santa plant. (Providing a place for them to dry, as well as leaving a nice scent.) … Qué cute, right?
Okay – going to upload a video for those who are asking!
12:36 pm – Getting tired and I haven't even assembled the things! … I finished the filling quite awhile ago, (video below!), and just now I finished making the masa. This is the first year I used manteca (lard) in the masa. The idea gave me the heebie jeebies but I tried tamales last year which I liked, which had algocito that my tamales didn't have – and I couldn't put my finger on it. Well, it was manteca, of course. I had Carlos call his co-worker, Armando, last night – to ask what his wife put in her tamales. Te juro, I tasted queso in the masa, but they insist that it's just manteca.
So, anyway, I made the masa with manteca and the smell made me a little queasy. The masa is resting and so am I for a few minutes, but I really need to get a move on. The day is half over!
Here is the video of me making the filling earlier:
2:26 pm – All the tamales have been made and are on the stove. Very tired and ate so much of the filling que no tengo ganas de comer tamales. Bleh. Ojalá, Carlos and the boys will like them.
I've posted my recipe in comments before, but I will post my recipe here according to how I made them this year.
Latina-ish Tamales Recipe
What you need:
Dry corn husks
Aluminum foil
MASECA (instant corn masa flour for tortillas)
1 whole chicken – boiled, (remove skin and bones and shred into small pieces)
Chicken broth – (use the broth from the chicken you cooked. Seems to be more flavorful than canned/boxed broth.)
1 can chick peas/garbanzo beans
1 medium onion (minced if you have the patience, otherwise, chopped is okay)
3 tablespoons fresh minced garlic
2 cans of uncut green beans
2 cans of diced potatoes
1 can of chiles in adobo sauce
achiote molido (annatto powder)
achiote entero (whole annatto)
hoja santa
1 cup of lard
1/2 cup cooking oil
cooking oil
1. The filling: In a large pan, heat a few tablespoons of cooking oil. Add 1 tablespoon of achiote entero. Cook briefly until oil turns orange-red. Remove from heat. Remove the achiote with a spoon and discard so that all that is left in the pan is the oil. If you don't have achiote entero, just heat some regular oil.
2. Put the pan back on the medium heat, saute onion and garlic until tender. Remove from heat. Add the drained cans of potatoes, chick peas and green beans as well as the chicken. Combine. Add salt, adobo sauce from the can of "chiles en adobo", and hoja santa to taste.
3. For the masa, I used this recipe. Only changes – I added a tablespoon of achiote molido along with the salt to the dry MASECA. Then, after completing the recipe, I added a 1/2 cup of cooking oil.
4. Fill a big bowl with hot water in your sink. Submerge the corn husks in the water to soften.
5. Rip off 40 squares of aluminum foil, (about 1 foot by 1 foot each.) … This will be used to secure the tamales while cooking if you have trouble folding them securely closed. (Some people tie them closed. Look up methods online, but I'm telling you, foil makes it way easier.)
6. If you don't have a large steamer pot, you will need to loosely crumple foil balls enough to cover the bottom of your largest pot with a tight fitting lid, (or an upside down metal pie plate works.) Once the bottom of the pot is covered in foil balls, fill it with water – BUT the water should not be higher than the foil balls. The foil balls keep the water off the tamales since the tamales are not boiled – they are steamed. If you have a steamer pot and know how to use it, all the better!
7. Now for assembly. Take a corn husk from the water, making sure it isn't too small or ripped, and shake it dry a bit. Put it on a square of foil. Spread a big spoonful of masa (dough), onto the husk in the middle, spreading it out in a sort of rectangle shape, but don't go too close to the edges. (There are tamal tutorials online, so look around for them. Video would be the best way to learn this.)
On top of the masa, place a spoonful of the chicken mixture.
Now fold the corn husk closed, (again, hard to explain, so look online for a tutorial if you don't know how.) … Then I take the extra step of enclosing each one in foil so they don't open up.
Repeat this until you run out of either corn husks, masa, mixture, or energy — This made about 40 tamales when I ran out of masa, but I had enough filling mixture for at least 2 dozen more.
Stack them all in your steamer pot on medium to low heat with the lid closed. They take between one and two hours to cook. Check once in awhile, (though not too often as you'll lose your steam), to make sure there's enough water in there – if not, add a little.
To be sure the tamal is done – best to take one out, unwrap the foil, and let it cool for a little bit to give the masa a chance to become the right texture. Then you can unwrap the corn husk and check to see if the masa is properly cooked, (it shouldn't be too mushy – it should be firm…difficult to explain exactly. I know you've eaten tamales so just judge the doneness based on personal experience of what it should look/feel/taste like when cooked.)
5:46 pm – Tamales were taken out of the pots over an hour ago and have cooled. Carlos loves how they turned out. Now for a nap. Thanks to all of you who chatted with me here in comments and on Twitter! This one is for you…


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I am not sure I fully understand how this works. Care to explain. Thank you.
I am not sure I fully understand how this works. Care to explain. Thank you.
since all of the workers are technically virgin isn't all honey virgin ? Actually the definition as far as I know is honey that is taken from new comb without heat or pressure
Sounds like nonsence to me. Unrefined honey is usually called Raw Honey in all my years I have never heard of anyone calling it Virgin Honey even out of new comb, though you could market honey out of new comb at a premium since there is no chance for contamination from residuals in wax.
No such term in American english in regards to honey or honey products.
Could it mean "Organic" in Sweden?
Someone has found a way to market their honey with a nice term that doesn't really mean anything.
Hawkster & BeeTrucker may have a point that they could be selling honey in new comb.
But, there is not a term "virgin" for that that I have ever heard.
I may have to think about that for my honey.
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In the case of virgin olive oil, it is termed that because no chemicals are used in the process. Refined olive oil has been through some sort of chemical process to neutralize strong tastes (characterized as defects) and neutralize the acid content. So, maybe chemical or treatment free honey?
Greg Barnett
The truest "virgin" honey would be comb honey from foundation-less supers.
That's as close to "virgin" I.E. untouched/untreated/unaltered as I can think of that would be feasible to market.
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oxford has a definition http://oxforddictionaries.com/defini...virgin%2Bhoney
OK. So what is virgin comb? Is that comb that no babies have be laid in? (not a pun).? That would be all the comb in my supers then. This sounds pretty lame as a marketing term.
Definition of virgin comb
honeycomb that has been used only once for honey and never for storing eggs.
Dan Hayden 5 Years. 10 hives. Tx Free. USDA Zone 5b.
Virgin honey comes from ugly bees.
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Arn't they all virgins except the queen?
Interesting idea. I think it would take too much time to explain it to the consumer, the explanation would sound kind of lame, and the customer may ask what's wrong with all my other honey and why isn't it virgin.
Sounds like a couple of inquiries I've had from people who want honey from the "lower half of the comb." I ask if they mean the brood nest, that is the lower half of the hive (which loses them in the conversation) and they say they want honey from the lower portion of the cell. Supposedly, someone is telling, or selling them on the idea that it's better honey with more antioxidants...and that it's possible for us beekeepers to extract and segregate that honey.
Sounds like someone sits around and makes this stuff up.
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No such thing as virgin honey, it has all been regurgitated by the bees when it gets to the hive.
The term is commonly used in some parts of Latin America and Europe, as a way to describe minimum human intervention and no admixtures to the mix. It's just a way to say you are not selling adulterated honey on any form. The term does not have anything to do with proper dictionary translation, or scientific explanation; it is a colloquial form used to explain procedures and origins of products.


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U-line Echelon Series 6 Cu. Ft. 16 Wine Bottle Dual Zone Beverage Center - Stainless Steel
The U-line Echelon Series 6 Cu. Ft. 16 Wine Bottle Beverage Center (U-2175BEVCS-00) offers both a large capacity and stylish look. This unit is one of the few beverage centers on the market that features both a stainless steel cabinet and paneling/doors. Stainless steel colorization and the matching towel bar handle make this a one of a kind beverage center.
The convenient dual zone system allows separate temperatures to maintain a variety of beverages including wine. The large 6 Cu Ft. capacity and maple-trimmed racks in the top portion of the unit allow one to store up to 16 bottles of wine in addition to your other favorite beverages. Approximate temperatures: wine racks - 45° F, glass shelves - 38° F.
Large size:6 cu. ft. capacity allows this beverage center to hold up to (48) 12 oz. bottles or (63) 12 oz. cans, as well as (16) bottles of wine
Easy to Use:This unit features two removable glass shelves and push button digital control for easy selection of temperature ranges
Unique Controls:Touch Control Digital Technology makes setting and seeing refrigerator temperature easy
- Model: 2175BEVS-01, 2175BEVS-001 year parts and labor warranty
- Brand: U-LineU-line Echelon Series 6 Cu. Ft. 16 Wine Bottle Dual Zone Beverage Center
- Approx. temperatures: wine racks: 45° F, shelves: 38° FTwo removable shelves
- Glass door protects beverages and enhances appealMax start amps: 9.8, run amps: 2.4
- Push button digital controlAdditional dimensions: Depth without Door 21"
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- Self closing door mechanismTotal Dimensions: 23 15/16" W x 34 1/8" H x 23-1/4" D
- Height: 34 1/8"
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Make Your Own Gear › Winter pack
Feb 5, 2007 at 2:00 pm #1221656
This pack is basically the full size G-4 without the wings at the bottom and pockets lowered. I needed something for the winter that would allow for extra gear including snow shoes. The snow shoes provided some problems as I still wanted a place for a water bottle on the side. I looked at putting them, on top, both on one side, and even inside. In the end I've decided to going with attaching them to the front with straps. I haven't had the time to pack it with real gear yet but it should work out well. In hind sight I think the top most compression strap on the side is a bit to high. I may just cut them off if I don't end up using them.
I used a few different fabrics that I already had. The body is from black 8.0 oz ripstop Spectra and gray 1.9 oz poly coated ripstop. The pockets are from gray 0.8 oz SpinnTex Pro. I also used it for the first 1/2 of the collar to cut weight. The belt and shoulder straps use 3-D mesh, and I added 1/8 in closed cell foam to the top 12" of the shoulder straps. I did not put pockets in either.Feb 8, 2007 at 3:46 am #1377575
Einstein XBPL Member
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Wow… nicely done. If you would've said you bought it somewhere i also would have believed it. How much does it weigh? What's the volume?
EinsFeb 8, 2007 at 5:43 am #1377583
Thanks for the kind words and posting. I will need to weigh it tonight after the seam seal dries. I just happen to start on it this AM.
The volume I'm getting using an on-line calculator is 2200 for the pack and another 968 for the collar if it were unrolled. Although the collar isn't really a rectangle so I'm sure it's a bit less.
The body of of the pack is 11X8X25 with an 11" collar. It looks hudge to me but in the winter right now I'm carrying a pair of down pants and pullover to extend the ratting of my bag. The weight of all three is still less then a heavy weight winther bag but takes a bit more space in the pack.
JFFFeb 8, 2007 at 6:38 am #1377588
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As was already said: I can't tell you didn't buy it. I only wish I knew how!!!
-ToddFeb 8, 2007 at 6:49 am #1377589
Thomas KnightonMember
@tomcat1066Locale: Southwest GA
Wow! That looks great Joe! I'm looking forward to seeing the weight on that puppy as well! You did a great job on it regardless!
TomFeb 8, 2007 at 7:52 pm #1377700
OK Weighted it when I got home tonight. It's 13.8oz. I thnk consider the the fabric and size seems OK.
I could have used lighter weight stuff but I was worried my ice axe and snow shoes would wear it out.
JFFFeb 9, 2007 at 1:53 am #1377748
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13,8 oz is a great weight for a winer pack. My original G4 that i bought at Gossamer Gear weighs a bit over 16 oz. I think a 50+ liter winterbackack weighing in at 13,8 oz is perfect.
Now take it out.
EinsFeb 9, 2007 at 11:04 am #1377806
I'm heading out tonight for 2 nights in the catskills NY. The temps are looking good at around 30 in the day time.
JFFFeb 9, 2007 at 11:34 am #1377810
Jason ShafferMember
@pa_jayLocale: on the move....
Awesome job, Joe! Yeah, 13 oz is excellent for a winter pack. Those snowshoes look like the MSR Lightning Ascents – I have those and love 'em. Strapping them on the outside, I do think they would wear out a less durable pack. Good choice. Let us know how it works!Feb 9, 2007 at 12:38 pm #1377820
Yes they are the MSR and I agree they are great.
I've tried attaching them a few way. In the picture they are on the side but often I've been attaching them to the front because I don't use that pocket a lot in the winter because the ice axe is already blocking it.
I added two 3/4 loop locks on each side that I string a piece of 3/4 gross grain with 2 light weight D rings to tighten them up. It's the same idea as compression straps but removable. I've also experimented with putting them on top and inside but both don't work well
JFFFeb 9, 2007 at 2:26 pm #1377842
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Just a thought, but with the side pockets being made of sil-nylon won't any water or snow accumulate there and slowly just pool to leach into the pack? What about adding a drain hole?Feb 9, 2007 at 3:13 pm #1377857
I have not found that to be the case in the winter. I find with mesh pockets when you brush up on trees and sit the pack down the fabric clings more to the snow. The same is true of falling snow. I find it clings to the mesh more.
I have put a 2 button holes under the side pockets just incase of a lot of water. I also carry a pack cover it it looks like really heavy snow but I find water is more of an issue in the summer.
On my summer pack however I have used mesh pockets and really like them. I also always use shock coard at the top and that helps keep out water and snow.Feb 23, 2007 at 7:28 am #1379776
I think it might be time to try and modify my current pack, or make my own. Where did you get the plans for this? It looks great.
Are there 2 lashing/compression straps on the side for use with snowshoes?Feb 23, 2007 at 7:57 am #1379780
Which of the two packs are you asking about. The Gray pack which this thred was started for does have lashing straps on the side although I carry my snow shoes on the front most of the time.
The second pack in Red is my first pack I made and did not use compression straps on the sides because I didn't think I'd be using it in the winter.
I'm currently working on a winter day pack that is based off the breeze pack by golite. It will be 6X11X21.
At this point I just make my own patterns but in the past have used a few different sources for ideas. The best of wich are the free ones for the G-4 pack on the gossamer gear site. You can just take his pattern and directions and make it a bit smaller.
If you've got Rays book he also has some directions but they are very basic.
Good luck
JFFFeb 23, 2007 at 10:26 am #1379794
Thanks for the info. I have Ray's book, but I have not gotten that far yet (it may take a while…bathroom reading!).
I think the most daunting part is buying the supplies. Thru-Hiker doesn't have any pictures of the supplies, so I know not what to get. Where do you get your supplies?
I currently have a daypack which I may modify to make it work. I like my current daypack, but it is missing a few things. However, I may look into the Gossamer plans.
Yeah, I REALLY like the winter pack you made. I may make some adjustments for my needs, but still great overall.
About how much did you think it cost you to make?Feb 23, 2007 at 11:24 am #1379801
It's around the last chapter in Rays book so you can just flip to the end. The last few chapters are filler anway. :-)
If you download The Gossmer gear directions he gives you a detailed list of fabrics. To make it even easier quest outfitters will also sell you a kit for just a few dollars over the cost of fabric and it comes with full size patterens and Glen has a yahoo group to answer and questions.
If this is your first time trying sewing I would try making it first out of an old cotton bed sheet. Yes this takes a lot of time but you will thank me in the end.
Other then quest I buy 90% of my stuff at outdoor wilderness fabrics.
You'll find they all carry about the same basic fabrics but one may have a color your looking for or a particular piece of hardware you like. I try to buy everything at one place to save on shipping.
Thur-hiker is a great place to buy some stuff but I mostly buy odd things like mini binders or a particular fabric.Feb 24, 2007 at 12:36 am #1379857
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EnochFeb 24, 2007 at 6:59 am #1379867
Brett .Member
@brett1234Locale: CA
Joe, are you selling these on ebay or something? There seems to be a demand. Im sure you already thought of this, just wondering what the answer is.
Thanks.Feb 24, 2007 at 7:38 pm #1379938
Thanks both for the kind words and truth be told I enjoy sewing often more then my day job but don't have plans to make them for sale at this point.
When you stop and figure out time and fabric I just can see doing it for what someone like Gossamer or mountain laurel designs sell them for.
JFFFeb 25, 2007 at 6:51 pm #1380046
Jason KlassMember
@jasonklassLocale: Parker, CO
Excellent Pack! Your sewing looks amazing and I really like the design. One question: The way you attached your MSR Ascents looks like the teeth would cut right into the side panel. Am I missing something?Feb 25, 2007 at 8:00 pm #1380059
When that picture was taken I was just playing around with placement. I do agree if left like that they may cut into the side but I think it depends on how tight you have them. you could also flip them around and put one of each side.
In the end I put them on the front of the pack as I like to use the side pockets. I added 3/4 loop locks, two per side as tie down points. It works out well.
I'm currently working on a new design to use for day hikes and I'm going to add a small pocket for them it sit it. kind of like Bill did on his pack.
Joe FFeb 27, 2007 at 7:35 am #1380234
i'm looking forward to seeing the new daypack.
i have decreed that i will modify my current daypack by adding a much-needed pocket, and possibly some spots for lashing straps.
i will start by making a few stuff sacks.
speaking of stuff sacks, i plan on modifying an inadequate Camelbak pack by integrating a stuff sack onto it, similar to the REI Flash ULFeb 27, 2007 at 2:27 pm #1380297
Stuff sacks are always a good place to start. Thru hiker has some good directions and kits. You can get a free patern for straps from Gossmer gear, just download the G-4 pattern to use to for make something like the REI Flash
Just last night I found out about a site in the UK that sell and offers shareware patters and fabric.Feb 27, 2007 at 7:20 pm #1380338
I will try to post B&A pix.
(Sorry, I don't mean to hijack your thread).
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#1 Tue 20 Mar 07 8:37pm
Pasta Flour???
i have been looking everywhere for pasta flour, but noone has ever heard of it. i read jamies book and i wanted to try it. does anyone know where to buy it??? i have tried sainburys...
#2 Wed 21 Mar 07 7:11pm
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Re: Pasta Flour???
Are you talking about semolina? If you can't find it, you can make very good pasta with reg flour (or 00 flour if you can get it) and eggs.
I use a couple of eggs to one cup of flour and stir it in mixing well and adding a bit more flour if needed. (You don't want to get it too dry)
Then knead for about 10 minutes, cover with a bowl and let rest for 15 min. and roll it out or use the rollers on a pasta machine.
#3 Thu 22 Mar 07 10:25pm
Re: Pasta Flour???
Yea, sounds really good. I tried with reg flour, but it turned out well very white and not so great tasting. I was reading a book of Jaime's when i discovered it and so it said to use Tippo 00. As i mentioned i tried everywhere but no-one had heard of it. Maybe i should just get hold of Jamie and order it from him.
Thanks anyway, i'll try that asap.
#4 Fri 23 Mar 07 5:09am
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Re: Pasta Flour???
Sainsburys stok two pasta flous, DovesFarm Organjc, and Spandoni tipo 00.
Most good quality fine cake flours will work - I've even done it with brown bread flour! And the colour comes from the egg yolks, not the flour.
#5 Fri 23 Mar 07 2:56pm
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Re: Pasta Flour???
I've tried making pasta from a packet of gluten free flour lying in the cupboard and it turned out fine. I find that regular flour works just fine for me for making pasta dough. As for flavouring and colouring, you could add a bit vegetable puree (of spinach for example) to the dough.
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Hello.......for the pasta flour thing......you are free to use normal flour because it is similar to the pasta flour.....the most important thing for a good pasta dough are eggs......fresh good home-grown eggs......their yolks are much bigger and their color is more like dark yellow so the pasta becomes beautiful too see and it tastes good because the eggs have a fantastic taste.....but try not to put too many eggs because the pasta becomes too hard then..... ....cya
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Re: Pasta Flour???
I buy 00 flour in Tesco or Waitrose - if your local store doesn't have it, then request it. I've requested things a couple of times at Tesco and they usually get them in
#8 Mon 26 Mar 07 12:28am
Re: Pasta Flour???
i like the sound of that tesco, i will try that at the weekend
#9 Wed 15 Apr 09 5:06pm
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Re: Pasta Flour???
i buy all my 00 flour from www.theitaliandeli.co.uk and i also buy my semolina flour from there. The reason i buy from them is that no-one else sells genuine Italian 00 flour and delivers next day. They sell Barilla (italys number one brand) for only 99p which is a steal especially as it is nearly 1 pound to a euro. I can not recommend them enough.
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Re: Pasta Flour???
If you can find it mix to 0 flour some durum (farina di grano duro) flour, start from eggs and according to their size you can add flour, some olive oil (1 or 2 tbsp) a little salt and a squeeze of lemon. Let it rest covered or wrapped in film for 1/2 an hour then stretch it with rollpin or pasta machine patting it always on durum wheat flour so it doesn't stick
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