text: http://sport.ria.ru/interview_sport/20120130/552398223.html Interview with Carolina Kostner: To play Carmen on ice is a challenge for me Last Saturday, Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner became European champion for the fourth time in her career. She hasn't won Olympic Games or world championships, but has long been considered the embodiment of artistry in figure skating. "When she is out on the ice, it's like she talks to you," - these words of one of the Russian coaches very clearly reflect the essence of Carolina's skating. Andrey Simonenko, R-Sport agency correspondent, had a little off-ice chat with four-times European champion. - Carolina, for some reason it seems to me that this victory for you was the most emotional out of all four ... - Perhaps it's true. You know, now, when I go to competitions, I think, maybe next year I won't be here. I've been skating in championships for so long - these European championships for me are tenth in a row. And I think for me it is not only a great achievement, but also a honor and responsibility. You know why, a week ago, one journalist told me: do you know that you are now on the same list as Irina Slutskaya and Katarina Witt? No one else has achieved it. And these athletes have always been idols for me. And I thought, wow, maybe now I'm someone else's idol, too. An idol cannot go out and skate badly. Must meet their idol status. These are my thoughts right now. - I've been wanting to ask you for many months, how did you get an idea to make your short program to Shostakovich music? What is this strange choice? - My choreographer Lori Nichol sent me the music via e-mail and said, just listen, this is something unusual. I listened, and at first I thought, it was awful. These sounds (pictures): "wiiiiii, wiiiii" ... But then I scratched my head and thought, well, I don't know, Lori couldn't send it to me just like that, there must be something to it. I listened to the melody again, and again, and again, and I thought: if Lori and I make a program to this music, it will, at least, be interesting. And I told her: let's try and see how it works out. I generally like to try interesting things. Well, I came to her on the ice, we played this music, and suddenly a bunch of little girls, who were there at that moment, started to dance. We laughed, looking at that - and said to each other: yes! - What kind of music is easier to skate to: when you have a certain role on the ice, like in 'Carmen", or some abstract piece of music, like Shostakovich? - For me the main thing is for the music to not be too well known in skating. For this reason, for example, a couple of years ago I skated to "Riders On The Storm" by The Doors. I like to discover something new, not only for audience but also for myself. I would like someday to make a program to "Carmen". But I don't feel ready for it yet. - But you performed to two very well-known arias from "Tosca" and "Carmen" at the show "Opera on Ice" recently. Which one, by the way, did you like more? - Actually, I liked them both. They are so different. I think I looked more natural in "Tosca," because I'm so not Carmen. I'm not like the heroine of the opera (laughs). I think you understand what I'm talking about. And for me, it isn't easy to play Carmen - even on the ice, for the two minutes that the program lasts. I would call it a challenge. But you probably know, Stephane Lambiel was the choreographer of this program, and when we were working on it, he went all out - started waving his arms, saying you should do so, this position (shown), then this one. I covered my face with my hands and said, okay, well, I'll try ... - Are you going to make any other program with Lambiel? - We didn't plan anything else so far. But I think he's a very good choreographer, he has a great talent for that. In general, Stephane has a very artistic nature, I think he has taste for art. I'm sure he will make a lot of outstanding programs in the future. - Carolina, now in Russia there is a boom in women's singles figure skating, yet in junior. There is a large number of talented young skaters. What do you think about Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva? - I like them very much. Sometimes, by the way, when I look at them, I remember myself at their age. I think: wow, I will soon be twenty-five, and it feels like I was fifteen just yesterday... - When I look at Sotnikova, I also remember you at 15. - It's true, Adelina looks like me when I was younger. And Polina Korobeinikova, too. But you know, I'm not implying anything, they are already very good skaters, but to become great champions, they still have so much to go through... I was there, too, ten years ago, when I just entered the international circuit, I had no idea what it would be like... There were so many things to adjust, to adapt to. Somehow I remember a saying: the road of life is never straight forward. When I was younger, I thought that I could be a superhero, do anything. But then my life has proved many times that I'm not a superhero. And eventually I came to the conclusion that you just have to do what you can. Do not fly in the clouds, but stay on the ground. And to fight, fight all the time. - What do you think about your future rivalry with the young Russian skaters in European and world championships? - I want to compete with them, of course. But I will be honest: this rivalry doesn't have any special meaning to me because they are like me. They are my competitors just like everyone else.


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Will spraying BT on foundation and waxed plastic frames work for Wax Moths?
Will the bees still draw it out just as good?
Will spraying BT on foundation and waxed plastic frames work for Wax Moths?
Will the bees still draw it out just as good?
I've never had a problem with wax moths going after foundation, or even comb that's ONLY had honey in it. Wax moths strongly prefer brood comb - it's the larval casings they want.
I would imagine that they would draw it just fine. As mentioned, there's no need to spray foundation. It's really brood comb that the wax moths go after.
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
I was thinking more along the line of furture protection. I spay the foundation and undrawn plastic, bee build on it and it would be safe from wax moths?
I do realize that the wax moth would have to eat the foundation and not the new wax to be killed by the BT.
I think you would get more efficacy from spray the frames after the comb has been drawn out. What makes BT work is when the freshly hatched larva take a bite of comb and then the bacteria does something to kill them. So if it's sprayed on the foundation the chances of them getting a bite of BT are less than if you spray it after its drawn out. I don't spray my frames unless they are going into storage. If you keep frames on a strong enough hive the bees will protect them. I don't even keep track of which frame has been sprayed, because it's so cheap that if they are going into storage i just spray them again even though it's supposed to last pretty much forever.
Rod Sullivan, MO
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BT won't be effective after comb has been built out. At least that's my experience.
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
I wont waiste my time spraying then
Thanks all
Sorry to sound so ignorant.... what is BT??
It's often sold under the trade name "Certan" or "Xentari".
Here at Beesource, we have a member Sundance who sells it. Read this thread from the "For Sale" section:
I always figured it was the pollen they were going after. Never thought about larval castings. Interesting.
Mark Berninghausen
I spritz Bt onto undrawn plastic frames after I add a thick layer of additional wax to the cell wall bases. I also spritz it onto any idle comb, heck, I sometimes even spritz some onto all the bees in the hive (one comb surface at a time), so the bees can spread it to everywhere they go inside the hive.
Maybe wax moths here in the desert are less picky than other places, but here, they will eat any beeswax they find, even stacks of foundation. I've also tried to keep pretty little pieces of new comb, the ones that look like a small honeycomb lollipop without the stem. They're pure beeswax from fresh Spring wax, never been used for anything - the wax moth larvae munch them into a pile of wax moth poo - and that's even inside my house. I have to keep them sealed inside a ziploc bag or bam, they're poo. Or, if I spritz them with Bt, they last much longer without being bagged.
I have the best success with Bt when I spritz a nice heavy coating onto idle combs, let them dry, then keep the combs safe and dry in stacked supers, outdoors, with covers on to keep them dry, and the Bt from possibly being washed or diluted by contact with any rain. It isn't effective forever, it does need to be reapplied (probably every other year), but it can reduce wax moth damage to just a few short web trails, or less, instead of a solid mass of webbing, cocoons, and wax moth larvae poo.
And, contrary to popular belief, wax moth larvae will eat pure beeswax, maybe they prefer a richer meal containing pollen, old bee brood castings and cocoons, etc., but they will eat just plain, pure, beeswax.
Another thing they do fairly regularly, here in the desert, any untreated brood combs are frequently affected by a few wax moth larvae burrowing through cells containing sealed brood. They don't seem to devour living bee pupae, but these affected areas are most noticeable once the affected young bees open their cappings and attempt to emerge from their cells, whence they discover that the wax moth webbing has trapped them in their cells, and they are never going to successfully emerge (they are entombed, alive). This is my main motivation to use Bt generously, especially on comb as it is being built, because this happens most often on new comb with its very first batch of brood. It can take quite a while for the bees to remove the entombed young bees and repair the damaged comb.
48 years - 50 hives - TF
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You are so right. I am in SE NC where it is humid & hot for many months a year. I built a rack that is made up of 6 rectangular frames that I hang from my shop rafters & hoist on a pulley system. I keep my drawn frames (of which I have way too many not being used ) in this rack. The rack gets plenty of air through the frames and I also keep a light on. Even with this I found comb from honey supers that were completely dry with wax moths starting in them. I am so sick of dealing with ways to store comb that I am going to order a 1lb package of the Xentari BT from here:
It is incredibly cheap if applied at the rate suggested of 1 tsp/gallon for 1/2 acre. This will last me forever and I am going to spray foundation, if I ever get to the point that my hive numbers can build up enough again to need it, and I am going to spray all drawn comb from supers & dead outs from now on.
Prior to finding the Xentari I ordered 2 bottles of a product from Canada and the cost was over $75.00 US. Still a good investment but the Xentari will be an absolute find.
Anyone with contrary opinion please chime in. I am always eager to learn from other beeks. Isn't that the way all beekeepers are?
"Challenger" as in the Mopar muscle car. Not a personality description .
Keeping bees to raise money for chordoma.
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...We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are...
I've had them eat foundation wax as well. The ones that have, seem to starve though. A short web trail,,,,no cocoon.
I had ten new supers/frames/foundation in an enclosed storage building. Went to get a couple of supers yesterday and the wax moth caccoons were thick on everyone of them. I will definately try the BT.

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This is one of those homey dishes that I crave for very often. My grandmother used to cook this a lot when I was younger and this is my mum's signature dish. If you love ginger, this is the perfect dish for you. This dish uses a lot of ginger so the aroma and taste of ginger is very strong. It is very tasty and you can either serve it with a bowl of noodle soup or just plain rice.
This dish is usually cooked with young ginger which is sweeter, juicier and tastes fresher (you can read more about young ginger here), it is widely used in Asian cooking so you can find it in most Asian supermarket. I was craving for this dish and I wasn't near an Asian grocer, so I used normal old ginger instead. Found some galangal in the freezer and used that too. You can just use normal ginger.
Although I crave for this is a lot, I've only cooked this dish once before this and that was about 5 years ago. That's because I was traumatised by the amount of oil released from the duck. I stood in front of the stove and tried to scoop out all the oil during the whole cooking process. As far as I can remember, I managed to skim off about 1 cup of oil! This is the main reason why you don't see any other duck recipes in this blog. I learnt my lesson and broiled the meat before braising. This got rid of most of the oil and made the dish less greasy.
- 1kg Duck chopped into pieces
- 10 Chinese Mushrooms (optional) – washed
- 90g Young Ginger (子姜) or Old Ginger – sliced
- 50g Galangal
- 4 cloves Garlic – crushed
- 1/2 cup Shaoxing Wine
- 2 cubes Fermented red bean curd (南乳,Nam yee)
- 1 tbs Fermented Soya Bean Paste (Taucu)
- 1 tbs Chu Hou Sauce
- 1 tbs Oyster sauce
- 1 tsp Sugar
- Place all the duck pieces on a baking tray and broil for about 10-15 mins in the oven or until skin is browned.
- Saute garlic, ginger and galangal with oil.
- Add in duck and seasonings, stir to coat.
- Add mushrooms, Shaoxing wine and leave to boil for about 5 mins.
- Pour in just enough water to cover all the ingredients. Bring to boil and lower heat to simmer until meat is tender and sauce is thick (at least 1 hr). I would suggest cooking this the day before to let the flavours develop.


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Print revival
The 1960s and 1970s saw a revival of printmaking throughout Australia, including Western Australia. A talented generation of printmakers included Brian McKay, Miriam Stannage, Tom Gibbons, Ray Beattie, Theo Koning and Mary Moore. Their innovative prints have a boldness and energy, and often also a sense of humour.


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I love sunsets! (Bottom two shots were just taken)
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taken today or after today cheaterz
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Originally Posted by francois
taken today of after today cheaterz
You didn't say there were rules; )
At this moment.
from my ride earlier
I'm not sure how this works.
And now..
Notice the Farallons on the right.
shot at Hayward caltrans station
Dangit. I was just getting to the "water" assignment.
Taken today along Hicks Road, east of Pheasant, at the base of Sierra Azul.
I put 4 coats and went up the hill. Should have brought gloves
Yesterday after my surf.
Banned for showing Boobies.
From Folsom Lake on Tuesday the 11th. Was actually a lot darker, the camera app on the phone brightened things up a lot but left the pic rather grainy. The second one was almost a dark sky with a central glow breaking through the clouds, reminding me of the glow on the clouds above Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings films.
"You're messing with my zen thing, man!"
I missed the best one of the year last week because I had an appointment. From a few days ago.
Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking is in your bookstore or on Amazon
Lots of wins here. We're supposed to get crappy, cloudy weather for the next week. That means it's good for sunsets. If there's a ton of clouds, and the coast is clear so the sun can hit the horizon unobstructed, that is the formula for a good sunset. Catch one.
Hoofed my gear up to the tower at STCP.
Cool everyone, thanks. I've been stuck inside for the last 3 days.
Poaching Demo...that's why we can't have nice things...
somewhere up above Pasadena in the Los angles national forest.
Sent by smoke signal.
Whoops double post.
I drove to SLO at about 3:30pm. After Morgan HIll, the skies became active with unbelievable clouds. It just kept going and going. I thought I left my real camera at home so I took all these shots with the ifone!
Xcellent Master
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Originally Posted by NuckingFuts
Hoofed my gear up to the tower at STCP.
How do you get the "star filter" look? Pre or post?
Eeked in a ride last Sunday before the beautiful weekend ended. The day before, I found (after having lost it for a year) my old 7mgpxl P&S Olympus - perfect choice to put in the back jersey pocket because it's water resistant.
Dirt, birds of prey, and this on the way down.
Transition TransAm $400 http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showprod...ct=108794&cat=
Sunset at Blue Canyon.
Saw it in the rear view and had to pull over
Iast weeks night ride w/ Brian & Nicole
MN in October
Shasta Bally Mountain, Redding Ca.Maui HawaiiMt.Shasta Ca.
MTB Rob was taken!
Originally Posted by GoGoGordo
Yesterday after my surf.
Good **** right there.
last tuesday
There is no food served in Santa Cruz, the rangers just bulldozed it all. - jschwart73
A few more, all from the last week or so. I try to be on the hill behind my house around sunset every day. Most days are unexciting. The sun just goes down. We've had maybe a half dozen good ones so far this year.
10 min or so ago in Pacific Grove.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may make you think the person on the barstool next to you is attractive
More from yesterday...
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Last nights set and thismorning's rise
Last light, Folsom Lake, 12-18-12.
Originally Posted by GoGoGordo
More from yesterday...
Wow, nice bridge angle? Where is that? Clear day too.
Originally Posted by GoGoGordo
More from yesterday...
You were about 10 miles south of where I was. I was watching the same clouds, waiting for sunset, but by the time the sun went down, the clouds had drifted south and the sky was clear in San Anselmo.
Never ever, ever, ever... even if we tried... could we duplicate this picture. It looks like a freakin painting. Taken this summer at Annadel when there were fires all over Northern California.
Red sky from fire.
Two suns.
Tandem that just happened to pass as picture was taken.
I'm lifting the bike in the air
Sun Setting Slowwwwly...
this was this summer on a cross bike ride. Not really sunset but mad alpenglow at sunset, from the Meadow Lake Road
Originally Posted by gobike
last tuesday
Awesome shot Go Bike.
Originally Posted by francois
Wow, nice bridge angle? Where is that?
Looks like Fort Point.
Last sunset before the world explodes.
I missed the memo that it was going to be about the sunrise.
and some motion:
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Originally Posted by NuckingFuts
Hoofed my gear up to the tower at STCP.
Right click, set as desktop background...awesome shot!
Anyone know where?
iPhone 5 Panorama Feature
Just keep pedaling, don't stop pedaling.
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"Live it like you stole it"
There is something to be said for the aesthetic value of having beehives around. It adds charm to the hobby and is the reason I too have colorful hives. Nice apiary you have there.
Once you see the bandwagon, it's too late.
Thank you very much. I kinda like em myself. I have a request for the next one to be pink. Like that idea.
"Live it like you stole it"
We have hives that color! Gotta love the "oops" paint!
Dave Faulkner. Zone 5b
Third year beek in awe of these bugs!
Not "oops" paint but definitely leftover.
Once you see the bandwagon, it's too late.
Nice apiary!
Trout, your just showing off your fancy hive cover weights!
So how do you treat the outside to keep the paint from falling off in a season (bears not the hives) even my shoe brush dog lost its color in two years.
Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Titanium pots – snow peak vs msr vs ?
Mar 4, 2013 at 11:24 am #1299988
Phillip AsbyBPL Member
@pgasbyLocale: North Carolina
I've been thinking about a titanium pot in the 700ish range for solo cooking – boiling water for dehydrated or other "one pot/freezer bag" meals. The Snow Peak 700 seems to be the standard – but has a few limitations, one being relative price and the other being it is sold out most places (all the local REI's, campmor had them but are gone now). The MSR and Evernew pots are also relatively pricey and the evernew pots seem more difficult to source…
Anyway – I missed out on the Stoic ti kettles – but the TOAKS stuff is well priced and seems of a similar design. Is there a significant difference to warrant the increased price of the SP, MSR and Evernew pots? Any brand I'm missing?Mar 4, 2013 at 11:32 am #1961270
IanBPL Member
… also has a ti pot in that category. It's kind of a sleeper and I don't hear much chatter about it on this forum. The Esbit ti pot is lighter than SP as an intact system as the lid and handles are lighter (lid appears to be titanium vs SP uses a manhole cover.) I own it and the SP 700 but prefer the SP once I ditched the overweight lid and handles. The SP is some fraction of an oz lighter without the extraneous stuff, it's easier to put the handles back on if I ever wanted to, and it has graduated markings. My SP 700 is something in the neighborhood of 2.8oz stripped down.Mar 4, 2013 at 11:49 am #1961280
michael leviMember
@m-lLocale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles
Evernew is the gold standard in terms of weight.Mar 4, 2013 at 11:54 am #1961282
Gary DunckelBPL Member
@zia-grill-guyLocale: Boulder
My two main pots are the MSR Titan Kettle and the Snow Peak 600. The 600 doesn't come with a lid, but you can get one by contacting Don at Four Dog Stoves. He also can make/sell you a lid made for the SP 900 pot, which precisely fits the MSR kettle at a lower weight than the stock MSR lid. I use the SP 600 for canister use, and the MSR kettle for alcohol/Esbit (because of the wide bottom).Mar 4, 2013 at 12:02 pm #1961286
Sumi WadaBPL Member
@detroittigerfanLocale: Ann Arbor
REI has the Snow Peak 700 available online. They'll ship it free to your local store.
Lighter, larger models from MLD and Ruta Locura (albeit, also more expensive):
http://rutalocura.com/Ti_Pots.htmlMar 4, 2013 at 12:52 pm #1961312
Dena KelleyBPL Member
@eagleriverdeeLocale: Eagle River, Alaska
I use the Backcountry.com 700mL Ti pot that I picked up on S&C with a Ti spoon for $23. It works just fine and is my sole piece of cook gear that I take if I'm using dehydrated meals.Mar 6, 2013 at 1:37 am #1962007
Jim BowieSpectator
@bucs57Locale: Southeast
Just received my SP 700 and was very disappointed in the SS lid. Don't understand that. Seems like high quality pot. I can fit my canister and Gigapower stove inside along with few other small items. Also designed to stack another canister on top. But was looking at Toaks 750 too. Anyone got any comments on the Toaks potts?Mar 6, 2013 at 1:49 am #1962011
Owning/having owned a MSR titan kettle, a SP 600, an evernew 1.3L, a MLD 475ml cup, and a cheap chinese 800ml pot, I can honestly say that I would buy the cheap chinese one again before the others. The MSR and SP600 were great but way too burly, so IMO used unnecessarily thick walls resulting in heavier weights. The evernew was a better one…a nice balance of strength/weight but was pricey. The cheap chinese ones (which are often rebranded as tibetan titanium, toaks, stoic, and I think LiteTrail which is BPL's member Jhaura's company) are the real gems. Super thin and light, and great pricing. You're not going to break these chinese pots unless you're a total klutz.Mar 6, 2013 at 7:48 am #1962056
Jon FongBPL Member
@jonfongLocale: FLAT CAT GEAR
What titanium pot should you buy? It is kind of like asking what kind of car should I buy. It depends on what features you want and how much you want to spend on them. The best value by far was the Stoic/Backcountry 700 ml mugs: at $20 you can't go wrong. I consider the Evernew 700 and 500 mugs to be top of the line. Extremely light weight, great titanium snap on lids and volume indicators. I also like the MSR Titan Kettle as is wide enough that it is easier to clean than the average mug. The Snow Peak 700, while popular – the lid is basically useless. The SP 700 is also pretty heavy for a titanium mug. You can upgrade it to a lighter lid, but I would spend more money on a better mug.
My view is that I will own and use a mug for many years. Amortizing the cost over say five years, the cost becomes minimal so I use Evernew products. Of course, like a car you can also search for pre-owned equipment to reduce cost. Also, if you are only heating water for freezer bag cooking you could stick with hard anodized aluminum. Best regards – JonMar 6, 2013 at 8:32 am #1962072
Phillip AsbyBPL Member
@pgasbyLocale: North Carolina
I was also thinking about the SP mini titanium solo set – not crazy about the mug design but do like that it fits outside the pot giving more interior storage for a stove and canister and I believe has a titanium rather than a stainless lid. I didn't realize the SP 700 didn't have a titanium lid.
The Toaks pots seem like a good value overall, but maybe I'm getting ahead of myself… weight wise I do have a Primus Alutech 1.0L at 6.9oz – heavier yes but not ridiculously. The fit/finish is a bit less than I'd expect from Primus but it's a $25 pot (I got mine for I think $13) that works well for boiling water. If I'm willing to carry the weight I have a 1.0L Primus ETA powerpot that boils water pretty doggone quickly but is a hefty 10.2 oz… more than twice the 1L Toaks… and a lot more than the 750ml Toaks. The whole Mini Solo set is supposed to be 5.2oz according to website data.
Toaks has a 750/450 set that is also $13 less than the Mini solo and I like the mug shape better – but you do lose some inside the pot storage. It does appear that neither however have measurements… ugh.
Choices choices…Mar 7, 2013 at 6:04 pm #1962905
I was just about to buy a SP 700 but I'm intrigued by the evernew products. Does anyone have experience with the evernew 750 ml and 400 ml cup set? Very similar in capacity to the SP Ti-mini solo. I assume the evernew would also hold 110 g of fuel and the SP gigapower stove.Mar 7, 2013 at 6:21 pm #1962915
Mark FowlerBPL Member
@kramrelwofLocale: Namadgi
The ECA278 holds 2 samall (110g canisters) specs from http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk
0.75L pot weighs 78g, lid weighs 22g, total weight of 0.75L pot is 100g / 3.5 oz
0.4L Mug pot weighs 52g
Dimensions: Pot 3.7" x 4.7" Mug 3.7" x 2.3"
Capacity: Pot 25.4 fl oz. / 750 ml Mug 13.5 fl oz. 400mlMar 8, 2013 at 12:57 pm #1963189
Thanks, Mark.
Does anyone have experience with the Evernew nonstick pots? I believe the weight is the same.Mar 8, 2013 at 1:00 pm #1963190
The ever new non stick coatings are better than unlined titanium pots, but don't expect anything too marvelous. It won't be like a non stick frypan or pot that you would use at home. My nonstick evernew would still burn/char and was difficult to clean.Mar 8, 2013 at 2:31 pm #1963214
Thanks, Konrad.
The SP Mini-solo set (pot + cup) is lighter than the evernew set (5.5 oz vs. 6.3). I'm surprised given that evernew seems to be generally lighter.
I called SP and asked about the lid on the 700…they claim that it is titanium.Mar 8, 2013 at 2:37 pm #1963217
Unless they recently revised their design, the sp700 lid should be heavy steel.Mar 8, 2013 at 3:01 pm #1963226
IanBPL Member
"I called SP and asked about the lid on the 700…they claim that it is titanium."
If it is then they really missed the boat. The lid and handles are way too over-engineered and heavy to a point that using titanium is pointless. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the pot but the lid was the first thing to go. The Esbit ti pot lid is ~ half the weight of the SP 700.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd probably buy the Evernew 700 UL Pasta Pot and just grind the handle hardware off with a dremel. I've never owned one but the lid looks like a much better design.
Fortunately I'm ghetto and I'm OK with using foil as my lid.Mar 8, 2013 at 8:13 pm #1963322
Mike WBPL Member
@skopeoLocale: British Columbia
I've used the SP Mini Solo for a few years now and will pass on some comments that may be helpful.
To start with I will comment that I prefer the Mini Solo over my MSR Ti pot even though it is less efficient with fuel (MSR is wider).
The mini solo cup and lid have really grown on me. The cup nests nicely on the bottom of the pot and still fits easily into a water bottle pocket. Easily accessible.
The SP Ti Solo pot doesn't have measurements on the side but the cup does.
At first glance, the pot lid does not fit the cup… It took me a few trips to realize that if you flip the lid upside down it fits the cup perfectly.
The best thing about the cup is that you can leave it on the bottom of the pot while cooking and this prevents your food from burning. I do a lot of cooking in my pot (not just boiling water), and this has worked very well for me. Cooking with the cup on the bottom of the pot uses a bit more fuel but if you have ever had to choke down a badly burned meal, you'll agree that it's worth the little bit of extra fuel.Mar 8, 2013 at 8:48 pm #1963330
Jennifer MitolBPL Member
@jenmitolLocale: In my dreams....
Not sure what you guys are talking about in terms of the snow peak lid…mine is just fine, definitely is Ti, and works well. I really like the pot with the cup, which nests nicely together. The whole setup is quite convenient…and while it is thicker than my evernew 900ml short/wide pot, I actually kind of like that. It took one trip before my evernew pot had dents in the bottom (still don't know where they came from) and the pot deforms very easily.Mar 8, 2013 at 9:36 pm #1963340
I think we are talking about different 700ml snowpeak cups. There's the mini solo that comes with a companion cup (which you have) and then theres the Snowpeak 700ml trek cup, with the heavy overbuilt steel lid, pictured belowMar 9, 2013 at 5:54 am #1963385
Jennifer MitolBPL Member
@jenmitolLocale: In my dreams....
Stand corrected. Carry on.
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Movie Review: Shame
The shattering study of despair and sexual addiction in Shame is anything but a cheap turn-on.
Director: Steve McQueen Rating: NC-17 Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
No matter what you may have heard about the graphic eroticism and nudity in Shame, this shattering study of despair and sexual addiction is anything but a cheap turn-on. Built around a lacerating centerpiece performance by Michael Fassbender, this ferocious, bleak stunner directed by Steve McQueen (with whom Fassbender earlier made Hunger) is about a successful, thirty-ish, big business New Yorker who in private suffers from an all-consuming, crippling, insatiable need for sex.
His office and home computers are clogged with porn. Online sex models know him by his first name. Subway rides, a restaurant, a date, a routine day at the office, a night-time jog are subsumed by the constant, desperate, ultimately unfulfilling search for the next sex partner. Shot in tones of cool gray desolation and favoring long, elegant takes, Shame watches noncommittally as Fassbender's character, a dead-eyed, hollow-cheeked vampiric Casanova, bangs a prostitute against the glass walls of his high-rise apartment. It also dispassionately notes how, during an uneasy date with a lovely, sexy new coworker (Nicole Beharie), he only becomes aroused when he notes her losing interest in him.
In a superb, wordless sequence aboard a commuter train, we see him flirt with and futilely pursue a beautiful woman who shows him her wedding ring. Again, her unavailability only makes him want her more. Well, for a second anyway. What could have become the stuff of black comedy or smutty sex farce instead becomes a stark, sad dissection of one man's steep descent into hell. As the self-destructive, seductive hero, Fassbender, frequently stark naked emotionally and literally, gets used by writer-director McQueen to perfection.
Fassbender's fearless performance is the stuff of which awards, nominations and critical raves are made, so long as prudery doesn't make people go blind. He is well matched by Carey Mulligan as his lost, needy, broken lounge singer sister whose unwelcome intrusion into his obsessive world accelerates their mutual downward spiral. Their scenes together, which hint at a troubled family life, abuse and incest, are hypnotic - as is the movie itself. Steely, sombre and tough to shake, Shame, is about as bold and brilliant a movie as you're likely to see this year.


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GULF SHORES, Ala. – On the second day of competition at the 2014 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium on Friday Oregon Tech's Kassi Conditt missed the shot put finals finishing in 13th with Paul Adams qualifying for 5,000 finals on Saturday.
Conditt came up a little short in her attempt to reach All-American status as the senior from La Pine, Oregon missed the finals by 1 and ½ feet. Conditt's best throw of the day came on her 3rd attempt as she reached 13.43m or 44-00.75. Conditt ends her Owls career as Oregon Tech's All-Time best in the shot put with a school record of 13.99m 45-10.75 ahead of Brianne Kenyon who sits in 2nd place with 42-10.25.
Adams ran in heat one of the 5,000 preliminaries finishing with a time of 15:32.92 good enough for Saturday's 5,000 finals.
On Day 1, Oregon Tech's Joelle Swanson (Grants Pass, Ore.) hit a throw of 44.78 m 146'-11' a distance that clinched her 3rd place while setting a new PR by more than 2 feet, as she became only the 2nd Lady Owl to become a Three Time All – American, joining fellow Javelin thrower Michelle Klaja. Klaja is 2nd all time at OIT with a throw of 151-01 with Sarah Shelb holding the Tech Javelin record with a throw of 155-10 back in 2010.
Swanson finished 7 ½ feet ahead of the 4th place finisher, Christine Austin, of British Columbia , in the event won by Concordia(Neb.) Sophomore Elizabeth King with a toss of 164-08. Emma Buchholz of Concordia (Ore.) rounded out the top 4 with a throw of 45.57m 149-06 edging Swanson by 2 feet -7 inches for 2nd place.
Day 3 events on Saturday will start early for Oregon Tech with Scott Minor and Kirby Garlitz running in the Marathon at 3:00 am Pacific Time. Paul Adams will run in the 5K finals scheduled for 2:55 pm.
Live stats and video for NAIA Outdoor Championships available at www.OITsports.com.


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Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom
Complete Instructions on the Preliminary PracticesThe foundations of Vajrayana practice are laid out with eloquence and precision here by one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our age. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's commentary on the preliminary practices (ngöndro) is informed by his profound realization and wide-ranging scholarship, and illuminated with an array of quotations from the Vinaya, Sutra, and Tantra traditions. In addition to the commentary on the outer and inner preliminary practices, he… Read More
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Not your Irish grandmother's stew, this version was inspired by ingredients commonly used in the south of France: figs, green olives and herbes de Provence. To shorten the cooking time, we use ground lamb instead of lamb stew meat. Serve with toasted focaccia and a tossed salad.
Nutrition Profile:
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Serves 4
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 45 min.
Step 1
Heat a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add lamb and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a sieve set over a bowl to drain; discard the fat.
Step 2
Wipe out the pan; add oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add 1/4 cup garlic and herbes de Provence and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add wine and cook, scraping up any browned bits, until slightly reduced, 1 to 2 minutes.
Step 3
Combine broth and cornstarch in a small bowl. Add to the pan, increase the heat to high and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly. Add tomatoes, figs, olives and pepper; return to a simmer, stirring often. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the reserved lamb and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 2 minutes.
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Combine the remaining 2 teaspoons garlic, parsley and lemon zest in a small bowl. Serve the stew topped with the parsley mixture.
Serves Two Variation: Halve all the ingredients except the cornstarch. Prepare the recipe in a large saucepan instead of a Dutch oven and use 2 teaspoons cornstarch (instead of 2 ablespoons) in Step 3 to thicken the stew.
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One who walks with the wind. Loose plans. Feeling it, going with it. One who mucks up the night because of his or her's lackluster approach to nighttiming.
Similar to wolf tickets.
Similar to wolf tickets.
Jane and her stromgarden ways, I knew she'd fuck us over. Fuckin' Billy is stromgardening all night...fuckin' stromgardener.
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A debutante ball in St. Louis, MO. Debutantes are from the most prestigious families of St. Louis and are presented to society and the archbishop during their first year of college. Most girls are second, third, or fourth generation debutantes and attended private high schools in St. Louis. Throughout high school they take dancing and etiquette lessons in preparation for the ball. Proceeds from the ball benefit Cardinal Glennon.
The annual Fleur de lis ball is held at the Adam's Mark
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Self Styled with Elliot Aronow: Summer Shirts
Born 2 loose: Relaxing Summer Shirts
Picking out the right shirts for casual summer vibes is less of an exact science than other forms of sartorial expression, but that only means you have a more colorful canvas to work with. Of course fit, fit, fit is still critical, but instead of measuring in quarters of inches (the language of suits and dress shirts) you should afford yourself some extra room and focus on what sort of energy you put out. Sharp tailoring is always great, but sometimes you just want to look like a cool dude to drink a beer or share a nice bottle of rosé with.
Now, I am usually the first person to dissuade dudes from "wearing what is comfortable" but you will look like a way bigger jerk sweating in a tight spread-collar shirt than if you rock something that has more breathability and affords you room to groove.
On the basics front, a solid-colored linen shirt will always do the trick. But keep in mind that lighter colors of linen are not very forgiving when it comes to disguising your schvitzing (sweating for all you mayonnaise eaters out there) so go with something like this navy blue gingham dude from J. Crew.
For the more adventurous man, I cosign any of the wild style pullover joints from Burkman Bros. I particularly love this striped number, which radiates a cool abstract Beach Boys sort of energy. The color blocks on the collar are a nice touch and give a generous dollop of the funky funky. Rock this with some inexpensive white Levi's.
Another option is to go with a mutated version of the classic patchwork shirt. A lot of brands are doing these nowadays, still running off the fumes of the "neo-preppy" explosion that hit a few years ago. This version from Polo Rugby has a Dipset-inspired bandana accent that balances pop with subtlety. It's still just a blue shirt so treat it like one and wear it with light jeans and some chill canvas shoes (maybe these Vans?) and you will be good.
Elliot Aronow is a tv personality, editor and music and style hustler living in New York City. He is the host/producer/editor/publisher of OUR SHOW with Elliot Aronow and the Co-Founder of music site RCRD LBL. All of his hair and opinions are his own. Follow Elliot on Twitter@youngelz.
The author with his pal DJ/Producer Diplo at last year's Electric Zoo festival wearing a wild style Burkman Bros. shirt.


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More is better.
I'm not forgetfull.
I've just learned so much that my brain's full.
as of 8am monday may 24 their still listing the mags for $5 each.
you might still have time to squeak in a order for the sale price--
Here is hoping they don't raise the price by the time they fill the order. Every time I ordered from CTD they raised the price and shipped me less than I ordered and charge the higher price.
The last time they told me they would NOT raise the price. They did, and stuck it to me again!!!
I don't buy from CTD anymore.....ever again.
i don't know what CTD's policy is on the sale price still being up the morning after the sale was to end.
it looks like they would honor that price though--most places would honor the price they posted.
I frequently see boxes and boxes of used USGI 30 rounders for $4 or $5 at gun shows in my neck of the woods. I'll pass.
sale is over --the D&H gi mags are now $7.97
the mags came in today
what i got from the CTD grab bag sale was a dozen brand new in the factory wrap DSG mags made by government contractor D&H/labelle.
they have green no tilt GI type followers and silicon stainless steel springs just like c-products. their all gray finish.
this was a great deal on some brand new GI mags.
Stupid CTD wont sell em to me, even if i want em shipped to a state without hi-cap mag bans.


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Probably the brightest person u will ever meet. She is so hot and sexy she sizzles like a steak being cooked on the bbq medium rare. She gallops like a horse and plays soccer like a true ninja, which she is. She has Asian longed horned beetles growing in her zoo! SHE LOVES ASIANS AND U SHOULD TO. She has friends who are anorexic Ethiopians and creditcard vixons wit diarrhea. And her is idol is HOSS. The man of all glory! Woopy crap he's got her wrapped. I know doesn't she just blow your mind! JULIA.D you're the greatest mother fukken friend anyone could be! ASIAN LOVE
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For more than six years the Committee to Protect Journalists has been working with freedom of expression advocates, investors, and giant Internet companies to promote online freedoms. Absent from the discussions under the umbrella of the Global Network Initiative have been the telecommunications companies--vital gateways to the Internet for journalists and bloggers, particularly in much of the global South. Today things have changed.


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4/23/13 PSL deal made with an M76 Kit. May sell the L1A1 kit outright or think of something else to trade for it. Thanks for looking.
I have a very clean L1A1 pebble grain Brit kit wi uncut barrel. No import or builders marks. Been dragging my feat about selling it. I know prices are up somewhat on these now as they are on PSLs. Maybe I can find someone that would be interested in taking the kit and a little cash and/or ammo. I would like to see pictures as thorough as I show.
I am cross posting this in other Market Places.
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Responded Carnut. Will keep your alternate proposal in mind.
It's a beautiful looking kit. Good luck with the trade/sale. If I hadn't already sold my PSL to a buddy, I would've probably been open to a trade of some sort.
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
Those are nice L1A1 Kit's. I built about six of them, back in the early mid 90's.. but you may be better off just selling it and then buying a PSL or a PSL kit to build.. I'd think the FAL kit's value may be a bit lower then the PSL will bring... just my 2¢.. B2B
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#1 Wed 05 Dec 12 8:58pm
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Hi from Switzerland
Hi Jamie and everybody !!!
Hope you're doing fine, despite the snow and cold weather. Here, it's snowing a lot, hope we'll have a snowy Christmas time.
My name's Fabienne, I'm 41 and live in Montreux, near the Lake of Geneva.
Jamie, I love your cooking receipes and tried already some of "30 minutes meals" book : they're just awesome !!! I just changed one or two ingredients because I couldn't find everything at the supermarket, but loved them !!!
Hope I'll be able to come once in London to eat at Fifteen's or take a cooking lesson with you, that's my biggest dream ever.
Merry Christmas in advance and Happy Holidays.
Miss Twain
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#2 Thu 06 Dec 12 8:33pm
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Miss Twain , Welcome to the forums!
#3 Thu 06 Dec 12 8:43pm
Miss Twain
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Re: Hi from Switzerland
Thanks, Ann. I just came back on the forums after a long time... This week-end, it will be snowing a lot, so I'll spend my time to cook some Christmas biscuits. Looking forward for eating them, already !!!
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Re: Hi from Switzerland
Welcome to the Forum, Miss Twain. Some snow would be okay, but not unless I'm finished with work for this year.
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The Newman family is sitting around the family computer. They are the father, Dan, 65 years old, his wife Jean, their son Mark, and daughter-in-law, Beth. Dan recently became entitled to Medicare. He and his family are discussing the Medicare program and some resources on the Medicare website at www.medicare.gov to help Dan understand his Medicare options.
Dan: What is this Part D? And, and can I get Part D to help pay for my prescriptions?
Beth: Yeah, um, Medicare prescription drug coverage is available to everyone with Medicare. Now the prescription drug plan finder lets you find the plan that is right for you. It helps you compare prescription drug plans to find the one that meets your needs and it even offers brand name and generic drugs.
Dan: Great. I know using generic drugs saves me money. How does it work?
Beth: Oh, it's really simple. Medicare prescription drug plans provide insurance coverage for prescription drugs. Like other insurance, if you join you'll pay a monthly premium that varies by plan and a share of the cost of your prescription drugs. I mean, Dad, like everything else, the cost and the coverage are going to vary depending on the plan you choose.
Mark: Show Mom and Dad that amazing online tool to help people with Medicare choose a prescription plan under Part D. What's the name again?
Beth: You mean the Medicare prescription drug plan finder.
Announcer: Use the drug plan finder to compare plans and consider: costs -- the monthly premium, deductible and share of the cost you pay for your prescriptions; list of covered drugs or formulary can vary by plan; convenience -- drug plans work with some but not necessarily all pharmacies in every area. Some plans may have a list of preferred pharmacies and also have a mail order option. Customer service -- the drug plan finder allows you to compare each plan's performance and telephone customer service,complaints, sharing information with pharmacists, and drug pricing.


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Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan. She celebrates the power of a family's decision to believe in their daughters — and tells the story of one brave father who stood up to local threats.
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#61 Tue 22 Oct 13 11:37am
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Hi Eli and welcome.
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name is Dewayne. 35 male from Los Angeles, California .
My purpose is to change the way our society chooses food to eat .. the food industry has fooled many people for many years and now it's time to take back control of our health by the foods we eat. we will educate and inform our children how to choose healthy food..sorry parents but you have failed your children in educating them on proper nutrition and by example.. I won't get into statistics, that will just bring denial, which is already rampant in our society now, refusing to face the fact our nation is obese in epidemic proportions..yes it is a lot of work ahead but we already did the hard work for you, we endured pain, challenges, set backs, loss , in order to preserve life for our future generation..we pay more attention to the Fuel we put in our over sized cars than we do the fuel we put in our bodies.. crazy.. Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent problems from happening..we already know what to do.. I need your support for my company.. a fitness company dedicated to empowering women to be shinning examples to their children in health and fitness...women are the key....
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Hello i am a newbie. I just wanted to say hi to everyone & a massive ty to Jamie for his 30 min meals. Love them.
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Howdy James and Everybody!
My name is Love ( translated from my language) just want to tell James that all Kazakhstan people loves him! We whatch your programs everyday! You so sweet and cool! God bless you! We loves you for smile and your kitchen secrets:-) I love English
food and my bf's name also James ;-p xx
Hope u'd have a good day!
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hi my name is stephanie and i am form surfers paradise queensland australia, and i joined up because i love food i have a passion for cooking and cheffing, and also trying to find a way to introduce good wholesome ans nutritious food to my fussy pastry chef bf who has lost his passion and gets me to cook the same thing over and over its lovely to meet you guys
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Welcome to Jamie's Forum, Dewayne & Happy Clappy & Love & Stephanie!
Stephanie, I just wanted to bring to your attention - that you haven't provided a "username" for your Profile! Just a friendly reminder to you - if you wish to choose one!
I'm a Kiwi! Though my late mother was an Australian & our eldest daughter is living & working in Australia right now!
Take care from; Kris
Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
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hello there
I'm Bryan wiarta and i came from Indonesia, i attend on some culinary school in my country ,very passionate in food and beverages , so addict with classic and modern until molecular gastronomy , please feel free to share anything with me since i'm a newbie here
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Hi and welcome to all the new members
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Welcome ecolodge. I'm afraid your name and your link look a lot like spam. Maybe I'm wrong. I haven't had coffee yet.


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Just made a 3 frame OB have and used it on Sat.
Outside 70-75 degrees, had it in the shade under a canopy.
I don't want to stress the bees so from those who use the OB hives what would be the time frame for keeping the bees in the hive before you would want to return them?
They seemed to do fine while in the OB hive but once again I do not want to keep them in there to long.


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Rockstar Games has begun marketing Grand Theft Auto IV in New York City by fixing wanted posters all around the city. The posters differ from those which appeared in Europe late last year in that they now include an email address to contact the fictional Liberty City Police Department with tips.
The email address, email@example.com currently automatically responds with a message that they are all currently out to lunch along with a piece of LCPD artwork.
The first poster was found on the corner of Lorimer and Grand Streets in Brooklyn and was photographed by Flickr user freshyill.
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Beginning this fall, students at Arkansas' two-year colleges will be able to get a jumpstart completing their college degree by converting some of their prior learning experiences into college credit.
On Wednesday, the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges announced an initiative that uses a standardized process for assessing a student's prior learning. Students who meet standards can receive college credit for learning they previously gained through on-the-job training, corporate training, military service, civic activities, volunteer service and open source courseware.
Prior learning assessment and evaluation services will be provided through the Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. Through the council's online portal (LearningCounts.org), students take CAEL 100: Prior Learning Theory and Practice, a three credit-hour, six-week online course, which is the first step in the prior learning assessment. Through the process, students build a portfolio that demonstrates their prior learning. The portfolio is then evaluated by a subject area expert.
"At a time when more jobs are requiring postsecondary degrees, adults wanting to advance in the workplace are facing the challenges of balancing work, life and going to school," says Mark P. Campbell, vice president of LearningCounts.org. "LearningCounts.org helps adults accelerate their degree completion in an accessible and affordable manner that meets their needs."
As part of the initiative, AT&T announced a grant of $24,750 to the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges to establish and manage a scholarship program to assist students interested in having their prior learning assessed for college credit. The grant will allow colleges to provide scholarships to 66 students. Each recipient will receive $375, which will cover half the cost of the course and portfolio evaluation.
"AT&T and the AT&T Foundation support projects that create opportunities, make connections and address community needs where we and our customers live and work," said Ed Drilling, president, AT&T Arkansas. "For more than 25 years, supporting education has been a major focus for AT&T. An educated workforce is critical to the future of our nation and to the success of our company. It is a privilege to represent AT&T, the AT&T Foundation and my fellow AT&T Arkansas employees as we announce this grant to support education in our state."
Students interested in prior learning assessment should contact their college's financial aid office.
"Governor Beebe has set a goal to double the number of college graduates in Arkansas by 2025," said Dr. Ed Franklin, executive director of AATYC. "We cannot accomplish this goal solely by increasing the number of traditional students enrolling in college straight out of high school. Arkansas has an untapped resource of adult students who are capable of succeeding in college and completing a certificate or degree. These nontraditional students have relevant life and work experience that could translate into college credit, which will help them graduate more quickly. The vast majority of these nontraditional students will attend their local two-year college."
Dr. Dan F. Bakke, president of Pulaski Technical College, the state's largest two-year college, said he expects students will appreciate the added option of prior learning assessment.
"Some of our students bring to college a wealth of skills and knowledge from previous careers," Dr. Bakke said. "If they can earn college credit for knowledge they've already gained or skills they've already mastered, they can spend more time on the areas they need to concentrate on, and they move closer to successful completion of their degree."
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Final illustration: (colorase, gouache and ink wash on Stonehenge paper mounted on museum board for integrity)
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Preliminary thumnails:
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Original thumbnails: (On the theme of "the big bad wolf." Building next to a freeway is like building next to a beast... you sow the seeds of your own destruction. I really liked these but the concept was too abstract.)
Aaaand here it is in print! (Sorry for the poor quality photos.)
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Check out Julian Callos's AMAZING illustration/visual column on page 10 of the same issue. Here is the LINK!
Thank you to Daniel Lim for hooking me up with the LA Weekly team, and to Jason Jones and Darrick Rainey of LA Weekly for their great direction.
12 comments:
- twchrist said...
great job! i'm thrilled that you made it to the cover! your original sketches are beast!
- March 5, 2010 at 12:31 AM
- Thea Schultheiss said...
That is insane! Love it.
Well done on the job... you ROCKED the cover!
- March 5, 2010 at 3:42 AM
- Romina said...
YEAH!cooper this is sweet I loved how you drew the little girl, I wanna grab her and tell her dont worry no more freeway for you.She's so cute!Im trying to remember, but I think this is the first time i seen you paint a child,very very cute.
- March 5, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- dalva said...
wow, go coop! it looks amazing, way to be a big time cover artist!! and i second romina's comment, ive never seen you draw kids, but i like it!
- March 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- mylan said...
yay!!!! beautiful as usual!!! i lov u coop u inspire me :)
- March 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- allie said...
dude, I saw this issue when I was getting coffee this morning and was like, "what the..?!!?" it looks amazing! CONGRATS!!!!
- March 5, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- Danielle Bürli said...
oh man cooper you fucking are so awsome!
- March 5, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Sunny said...
the cover looks BEAUTIFUL!:D
- March 6, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Eytan Zana said...
- March 7, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- alicia papanek said...
coverr! yeah coop!
- March 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- fakeplasticlaura said...
i was recently in l.a. this weekend to attend the group show at la luz (you and i are both in it)
while in l.a. i picked up the recent l.a. weekly to see what was going on while i was in town and thought - what a great cover
i saw and loved your work at the show and decided to look you up here, and am excited to see that it was you who did the cover for l.a. weekly.
great work! i will be following your blog!
- March 9, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- andrea joseph's sketchblog said...
Great blog. Your work is stunning.
I'm putting you on my blogroll so that I can visit often.
- April 3, 2010 at 6:31 AM


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January 20, 1975
Chicago, IL US
Chicago Stadium
Rock and Roll, Sick Again, Over the Hills and Far Away, When the Levee Breaks, In My Time of Dying, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Kashmir, The Wanton Song, No Quarter, Trampled Underfoot, Moby Dick, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog
Click here to view the North American '75 Tour Programme (flipbook)
Review excerpt: For a band that's been around since 1968, Led Zeppelin has done an astounding job of remaining one of the weightiest of the heavies. Their five albums have sold more than a million each; their last tour broke box-office records for a single act.
Judicious touring may have a bit to do with their drawing power. Their last appearance here was in the heat of summer '73; a year and a half later they came back to Chicago for a sold-out show in the Chicago Stadium, with repeats to follow Tuesday and Wednesday.
They are not, however, immortals. Lead singer Robert Plant, for instance, is just as susceptible as the rest of us to such mundane things as flu, which is what he repeatedly complained of last night. "Keep your fingers crossed," he asked the audience before starting out on Stairway to Heaven, a Led Zep staple and one of their most impressive numbers. "We're having some problems. I'm having an inability to come to grips with this climate."
Despite the difficulties and Plant's obvious dissatisfaction with his voice, the show could be termed a success – a blend of Led Zep's strong, pounding sound, with drummer John Bonham knocking out the rhythm, interspersed with slightly softer, sweeter guitar work by Page and John Paul Jones on mellotron.
Led Zeppelin always has been a band into giving people their money's worth, and Monday night was no exception – a two and-a-half hour show with no warm-up act and no intermission. The repertoire drew from the old – such as Stairway to Heaven and No Quarter – and the new, selections from their forthcoming Physical Graffiti album, with an occasional bow to the theatrical with smoke screens, superb lighting effects, a sound system that was nearly a match for the Stadium acoustics, and "Led Zeppelin" spelled out in lights come encore time.
Led Zeppelin has a reputation for drawing a rowdy crowd. Last time they played here, Plant professed amazement at the "violence" – people trying to scrabble their way onstage and such, hardly anything new. Though "riots" had been reported in various places among restless crowds waiting for tickets, their show here Tuesday night was practically a model of decorum. With a wooden barricade separatingcrowd and performers by several feet and a strong security system, things remained calm, no view-blocking morons made it to the stage, and it was easy to see – a shamefully unusual please these days.
All in all, it was a good enough evening for music, if not for Plant's health. If he can get rid of the flu for succeeding shows, none of the apologies he kept making will be necessary. Even with Plant not up to par, Led Zeppelin still manages to make most of their competitors look sick. (ChicagoTribune, Jan. '75)
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Here is the inimitable Master Sheng Yen at his best, illuminating the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today. The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts'ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are poems entitled Inquiry into Matching Halves and Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi. Both emphasize the Chan view that wisdom is not separate from vexation, and both speak of the levels of awareness through which one must pass on the way to realization. Both are also works of Buddhist philosophy that can serve as guides to spiritual practice for anyone.
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A 33-year-old Kapolei man who held a gun to his head during a 10-hour standoff Saturday in Kapolei, forcing police to evacuate dozens of residents, will make an initial court appearance today.
Scheyenn K. Melendez, who listed his address as Kaiau Avenue, was charged yesterday with unauthorized entry into a dwelling and two weapons charges. He was being held on $50,000 bail.
Police said Melendez forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's Kaiau Avenue home in Pae Ko Gardens at about 12:20 a.m. Saturday.
He held a gun to his head and refused to give it up but allowed his 30-year-old ex-girlfriend to leave the house after negotiators arrived and a SWAT team surrounded the home. About 30 residents had to sleep at a recreation center during the standoff.
Melendez surrendered at about 10 a.m.
He has six convictions, including four felonies for robbery, car theft, terroristic threatening and burglary.
Police are looking for a man in his 30s who robbed a 32-year-old man of his car Saturday after they finished smoking marijuana together in the hills above Makiki.
The victim, who only knew the suspect by his first name, drove them to the area and parked on the side of the road at about 1:30 p.m., police said.
After smoking, the suspect flashed what appeared to be a black handgun and took the victim's wallet, cell phone and the vehicle. Police received the complaint about three hours later, away from the scene.


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China has more internet users than the United States even though the penetration of the internet is high in the U.S. but is still low in China. This means that China has a huge growth potential in this area. Most of us are aware that China uses a lot of pirated software but in recent years the government has been trying to crack down on it. So the trend that is occurring now is that instead of people and businesses purchasing genuine copies of Windows, they are switching to Linux. This might be both a cost issue and the fact that Linux is a great alternative to Windows. With its huge population of 1.3 billion people, the Chinese market will definitely increase the presence of Linux in the world. Even the Chinese government has its own version of Linux because they like the fact that they can see the source code of Linux for political and security reasons...
Indonesia and India are other countries that are linking to my Blog as there seems to be interest about Linux in these countries as well. This might stem from Linux being cost effective or having low hardware requirements. Just like China, these countries have a large population. Indonesia has 240 million people and India has 1.1 billion. There is a huge growth potential because the penetration of the internet is still very low as well.
Even though majority of the time I am focusing on the North American and European market there is a huge Linux user base in other regions of the globe as well. China, India and Indonesia all have a viable Linux market and in the future it will surely increase. The growth of Linux is occurring in the "West" but the developing world will also play a huge role in this trend.
Are you from Asia or are you knowledgeable about the region? What can you tell us about the adoption of Linux? Are people using Linux for political reasons, cost effectiveness or low hardware requirement reasons? What is the trend in the school system, government or private sphere? As more people will purchase computers and connect to the internet, do you think they will use open source or proprietary operating system?


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Belgium 1865 – 1916
Beach at Heist
[Plage à Heist] 1891
oil on wood panel
panel 37.5 (h) x 45.7 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Purchase 1987
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Gérard Blot
The Belgian, Lemmen—like van Rysselberghe (see Sailing boats and estuary and The man at the tiller) and other members of Les XX (The Twenty)—was converted to Neo-Impressionism following the exhibition of Seurat's iconic A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte 18861, at the Salon des XX in 1887. Like many of the Belgian Neo-Impressionists, however, Lemmen did not practise the technique for long. By the turn of the century he had begun to focus on the applied arts, experimenting with a broad range of media including designs for books, posters, carpets, wallpapers and even furniture. He did return to painting later in his career, though, with works which are generally intimate family portraits and scenes of home, painted in a naturalistic style.
During his Neo-Impressionist phase, Lemmen painted portraits as well as land and seascapes, such as Beach at Heist. Heist is a popular coastal resort town in the Belgian province of West Flanders, near the country's border with the Netherlands. Many of Lemmen's coastal scenes and landscapes were painted around the area, which was also popular with other Belgian artists (van Rysselberghe summered in the neighbouring town of Knokke in 1887).
While this painting exemplifies Lemmen's Neo-Impressionist work, it also prefigures his move towards an Art Nouveau aesthetic. An abandoned boat rests at the edge of a deserted beach, the sole witness to the brilliance of the sunset over the ocean. A stillness pervades the scene, which is lent a slightly haunting feel by the unnatural shape of the large cloud that dominates the sky, and the lurid colours in which the work is painted. These starkly contrasting colours are applied with the regular, dotted brushstrokes typical of Neo-Impressionism, yet the fanciful shapes they create suggest the whimsical patterns of Art Nouveau: organic, finger-like forms protrude from the cloud in the sky, and the waves form glimmering curls as they wash onto the beach.
Emilie Owens
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
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Come explore the Lakes with us! We'll read a range of titles including mystery, history, fiction, and nonfiction all taking place in the Great Lakes region—from Chicago to Cleveland. This book club will be lead by our smart librarians and will take place the first Thursday of every month. Additional copies of the book are available to be checked out on Level 4 of the Main Library. For a complete list of books, visit www.grpl.org/rtgl. February's selection is We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo.


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10 Musical Open Letters To Mark This Year Of The Open Letter
Letter Writing Day may be on December 7, but the music world has been celebrating for a months now with its newfound fondness for posting open letters on the internet. The fun started in early October when Sinead O'Connor penned an open letter to Miley Cyrus, urging her not to "let the music business make a prostitute of you." Then Miley tweeted a bunch of stuff in retaliation. Then Sinead wrote some more open letters. Then Amanda Palmer got involved because no one was paying attention to her.
Since those magical early days, we've been treated to a veritable orgy of open letter-writing. Sufjan Stevens wrote to Miley! Miley composed one for her ex-fiance Liam Hemsworth! The founder GoldieBlox sent one to The Beastie Boys in the wake of the controversy surrounding the company's use of "Girls" that began with their open letter! Everyone with a Twitter account wrote an open letter to anyone we could think of because we all think we're really funny that way.
But long before musicians were publicly airing their grievances and innermost feelings to the internets, they were expressing them through song.
And so to celebrate Letter Writing Day 2013, the Year of the Open Letter, here's a list of ten of our favourite musical open letters by ranging from Leonard Cohen and Jay Z to Eminem and XTC.
An outtake from this year's "Magna Carta" album, "Open Letter" addresses a number of controversies that were surrounding the mogul at the time, including his decision to sell his stake in the Brooklyn Nets basketball franchise as well as his trip to Cuba with wife Beyonce and the flack that pal President Barack Obama received over it. Although the track is not specifically addressed to Obama, the president did feel the need to respond to it in an interview with ABC News.
This song from 1971's "Songs of Love and Hate" finds the Canadian folk legend in a contemplative mood as he surveys his surroundings on Clinton Street in New York and writes to his friend/wife's lover about the love triangle in which they've been embroiled. According to a 1994 interview with BBC radio, Cohen no longer remembers if the song is based on a real triangle that he was involved in or something he imagined. He does remember the famous blue raincoat, though. As he writes in the liner notes to "The Best of Leonard Cohen", that part was inspired by a Burberry trench he owned in the late fifties.
This unsettling track from 1999's "The Marshall Mathers" LP is comprised of a series of letters written by a character named Stan Mitchell who claims to be Eminem's greatest fans. Stan begins with the type of friendly fare you'd expect to find in fan mail, but quickly veers into psychotic and abusive territory when the object of his obsession doesn't respond. The song was a critical and commercial success across North America and Europe and it even managed to introduce the word "stan" (an overzealous fan) to the modern lexicon.
In 1967, Scottish singer and actress Lulu appeared in "To Sir, With Love," a British film that starred Sidney Poitier as a strict but kind engineer who became a teacher at a troubled inner-city school. She also sang the film's theme song, which her character performs for Poitier's teacher to thank him for all he has done for his students. The song went on to become a hit in its own right on our side of the pond, making it to the number one position on the Billboard 100 in the U.S., but it was never even released as a single in the UK.
A nostalgic Rod Stewart takes a coffee break on a sunny day to write a missive to a long-lost love in this 1972 hit single. The exercise, which includes fond memories of the former couple's ups and downs, praise for his ex's sartorial abilities and regret for his part in their separation, might all be for naught, though, as he's not even sure that she's still at the same address "after all the years."
Not content to stop at one measly musical open letter, singer songwriter Elvis Costello and The Brodsky string quartet collaborated on an entire record's worth of them for 1993's "The Juliet Letters." The concept album is comprised of a number of fictional letters written to Juliet Capulet of "Romeo and Juliet" fame.
British band The Hollies play Nice Guy in this 1967 open letter to the recently dumped Eloise. They begin my pretending to console her but, before you know it, they're gloating, I-told-you-so-ing and hitting on the poor girl.
"Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say, I just can't stay here every yesterday," Cure singer Robert Smith opines in the opening lines of this Dear John letter. And then things get really mopey as the goth rockers reach deep into their angst-y bag of tricks to explore familiar themes like isolation, disconnection and life's inability to live up to dreams. "A Letter To Elise" was the third single from The Cure's 1992 album, "Wish," and must have felt like quite the comedown to people who had discovered the band thanks to "Friday I'm In Love," the album's wildly popular second single.
British new wave band XTC's haunting and pointed open letter to the almighty, which addresses religious hypocrisy and questions the very existence of God, didn't sit well with some people. A number of radio stations in the U.S. refused to play the track at all and one station in Florida that did play it received a firebombing threat for their efforts. Music fans certainly loved it, though. "Dear God," originally released a B-side in 1986, was such a runaway hit that Geffen Records decided to add it to reissues of the band's "Skylarking" album.
This 1996 modern rock hit isn't technically an open letter; it's actually more of an open answering machine message that the narrator leaves for her mom. Alternating between friendly, mundane details of her daily existence and the more brutal reality that lurks underneath them, the message-leaver assures her mother, in sarcastic screams, that "EVERYTHING'S FINE!" And yes, that's Bonham's real-life mother in the music video.


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Kingsport business helps fellow flood victims
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - While cleanup continued in downtown Kingsport, one business affected by flooding spent the day giving back.
The Mustard Seed Café employees put down the rags to help other businesses' employees who were cleaning their stores.
If you traveled to downtown Kingsport Thursday, you could see plenty of cleaning vans, fans, and wet blankets, showing just how much rain fell Wednesday night. "Today we're cleaning up from flood that we incurred yesterday," said Joshua Russell with Mustard Seed Café. "I've been here since early this morning observing what the needs are."
While the Mustard Seed Café employees didn't have to clean up too much inside their store, they were busy walking up and down the streets of Kingsport handing out a warm lunch to other businesses that were affected.
"We were so blessed we didn't have as much damage as everyone else and we were just so blessed so we wanted to bless everyone else," said Nicole Powers, a waitress with Mustard Seed Café.
"It's starting to get hot throughout the day and people have been working a lot so we thought this is one way we could meet that need they have."
Mustard Seed Café handed out around 60 sandwiches Thursday.
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Our stuffed shells are filled with spinach, sautéed onions and part-skim ricotta and topped with prepared marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese. The shells hold and reheat well, which makes them great for entertaining.
Nutrition Profile:
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High Fiber
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Serves 6
Prep Time 75 min
Total Time 120 min.
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Cook shells in a large pot of boiling water, stirring often, until just tender, about 15 minutes or according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water. Set aside.
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Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. If using fresh spinach, add it in batches and toss with tongs until wilted. Drain in a colander, pressing out excess moisture with the back of a spoon. Let cool. If using thawed frozen, add it to the onions and toss to mix well. Set aside.
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Combine ricotta, breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup Parmesan and nutmeg in a bowl; mix well. Add the reserved spinach and season with salt and pepper. Stir in egg white.
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Stuff each of the reserved shells with a generous 2 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture. Spread 1 cup marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Arrange the stuffed shells in a single layer. Top with the remaining 2 cups of the sauce and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Bake until the top is golden and the shells are heated through, about 30 minutes. (If the top browns too quickly, tent loosely with foil.) Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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Did you ever plan on getting hurt?
I don't think anyone gets up in the morning and thinks "Today would be a good day to break my ankle." I don't know anyone who says " As soon as I'm done with breakfast, I'm going to slam the car door on 4 of my fingers or slip on the ice, fall forward and break my nose again." Injuries happen and it's always a surprise.
We here at the Antlers hotel have had our share of mishaps over the years. Some serious and some not so. Regardless of the severity, we heal.
Let's say you are out skiing with your friends and you fall down. My personal observation of everyone that gets "bit by a snow snake" is as follows. First you're surprised that you just fell down. Then you believe it hurts. Then you wonder why it hurts. Then you apologize to your friends for having to wait for you to get up. Then you feel really bad because you think you just ruined every one's day.
Reality ultimately sets in. You are the one that has to have surgery. You are the one that goes through therapy. You are the one that has to use crutches or learns to write with your left hand because of the cast. Then you heal and you realize it really was just a bump in the road. It's another notch in your belt. Something to talk about with your buddies. You're right back where you were and just a little wiser, not cautious, wiser. There is a difference. Regardless of how or where you sustain an injury, you can chose to not ever participate in that activity again. That's being cautious. To continue and participate and know not to make the same mistake again, that's being wiser.
Here's a few things that have befallen some of the Antlers employees.
Gladys and Lora have both had their share of set backs. Lora tripped on the carpet and broke her clavicle last year. Gladys has pushed a vacuum with her right arm for so long, she needed surgery on her elbow. They're healed now and still participate. Lora continues to walk on carpet and when Gladys needs to use a vacuum, she alternates elbows.
We had an employee picnic a few years back and brought a volleyball net with us. Tom is a tall guy and we wanted him on our team until he "did a smash" and landed awkwardly on his ankle. He took himself out of the friendly game and watched his ankle balloon. He found out the next day that the ligaments in his ankle were all torn. Follow doctors orders and he was bowling at the next employee get together.
Can anyone guess who belongs to this leg? It was a great run down Windows in Sun Down Bowl when a large snow snake reared his ugly head. "Just another notch on my belt and a bunch of screws in my leg. Worst part about it? I couldn't fly anywhere because I couldn't get through security." He has seen and experienced worse in the years he has played here and he continues to be a constant participant. Nothing keeps him down. On Sunday, he will ski in the morning, play golf in the afternoon and then text everyone that he's at the bowling alley if anyone wants to join him.
Magda has a good one in recent months.
I have something to say about myself.
Darci is still in the process of fixing herself.
And Randi is the most recent participant on the playground. All that coming soon……..


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So, if deep balls are generally thrown to a spot more than anything else, how do we know Flacco isn't hitting that spot almost every time and his WRs are making him look bad? Not saying that's always happening, just something to think about. Kind of like saying Ben's a better signal caller. Do we know for certain who is calling what plays? Even on an audible, what plays are available to switch to, etc? If all Cam's plays and formations suck, are we just switching from one crappy play call to a different crappy play call? Is he calling things at the line that are not being executed due to a mediocre OL and garbage routes? Just seems to me that when Flacco is put in the single back shotgun set and told to go to work, we move the ball, Rice is effective, the OL looks better, etc.
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More construction in downtown Johnson City
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Monday marked the beginning of another construction project in downtown Johnson City.
Since last fall there have been more than five major construction projects that have taken place in downtown Johnson City, and the work isn't finished yet.
Melvin Browles has been the owner of Mel's Stamps and Coins in downtown Johnson City for the past 40 years. "It was the old Johnson City when I started here. You had Kings and [J.C.] Penney and all of the those good stores here," said Browles.
He tells News 5 he's watched downtown change right before his eyes from his business in on Buffalo Street.
But over the past year, selling old coins hasn't made him much money. "Right now the roads have been blocked a lot. My customers are usually older and they drive around, and if they can't find a place easy they just go on. They have gotten out of the habit of coming," said Browles.
As part of the city's downtown revitalization, the area has undergone a number of renovations, including infrastructure and 'street-scaping'. The next step involves workers putting a special coating called Flowcrete on the crosswalks.
The crosswalk construction is taking place at the intersection of East Main Street from Commerce Street to South Roan Street, and on Buffalo Street from Tipton Street to East Market Street.
All of this is happening as a block of South Roan is under construction, giving downtown customers and commuters a headache.
The Washington County Economic Development Council's Shannon Castillo tells News 5 they are working hard to keep everyone informed and engaged. "We have visited every single business in downtown constantly to let them know about road closures. I send out an email called 'The Comment' every other week letting them know what is going on, what road closures they can expect," said Castillo.
Browles tells News 5 he's spending more on advertising because he's lost half of his business, but he is optimistic that they will return in even higher numbers once the construction is complete. "Hopefully before Christmas people will find their way back. In the long-run it will be a good for downtown," he said.
Next Monday construction will begin on East Market from South Roan to Commerce Street, and on Buffalo from South Roan to East Main.
If all goes as planned, this phase of the construction will be complete by December 1, before underground improvements begin on at the intersection of Water Street and Roan Street.
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Guides Gone Wild
Rachel showing off her multi-sport skills at the top of Ancient Art.
Nikki sporting a birthday present from Marc!
Jacques monkeying around in Thailand.
Anne - Halloween (maybe?)
Yup - definitely Halloween. Working it with Stacey and Nancy.
Bike pile.
Jacques - training Eric.
Marc, Anne and Rachel
Nikki - touring Vietnam.
Nikki and Jacques.
Nancy racing.
Nancy, Eric and Tim hitting the costume box.
Gove worked construction before tour guiding.
Jarod's pig (especially pig like).
Jared - Montezuma's Revenge.
The new trailer is awesome!
Training Will, the intern. Wasting pancakes.
More of that.
Erik shows MN pride.
Guide reunion. Finnie, Jared and Jonny.
Nikki chillin' with the locals - San Juan Islands.
Anne and Nikki show off their presents from some guests. An overlarge cocktail ring and a wet wipe! Thanks!
Guide Gooseberry reunion.
Mookie ready for Halloween.
Marc - risking the Suburban on Potato Salad Hill.
Jeep week.
Marc @ Jeep Week.
Nikki's birthday. Max's baking skills.
Nikki, Max and Will (the intern).


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The Biological Safety Division strives to minimize the health and environmental risks for those who are involved in research using biohazardous materials and the NYU community.
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The Emergency Response Program is designed to protect human safety, preserve property, and facilitate responsive communication to all appropriate parties.
Laboratory Safety
NYU is responsible for the control of health hazards related to chemical and physical agents within the University's laboratories.
Lead Management
The Lead Based Paint Program ensures that human health and environment are protected by outlining procedure for lead based paint management.
Occupational Health and Safety
The Occupational Health and Safety Program protects the safety, health, and welfare of the NYU community.
PCB Management
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are banned in the United States, and articles containing PCBs must be disposed of as hazardous waste.
Petroleum Bulk Storage
The Petroleum Bulk Storage Program ensures that petroleum bulk storage tanks are managed in NYU facilities in accordance with all applicable regulations to prevent releases.
Radiation Safety
The Radiation Safety Department is based in NYU Medical School and serves as an institutional resource for all components of New York University.
Safety In The Arts
Art areas can generate a number of different waste-streams and it all must be identified, handled, stored, and disposed of properly.
Water Quality
The Water Quality Program installs silver recovery units in all NYU areas that have photo or x-ray processing units to prevent the discharge of silver into public sewers.