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In the latest creative collaboration, hip New York based fashion designer Alexander Wang has teamed up with tech giant Samsung to create a limited edition bay.
The bag is inspired by sketches and photos by a group of influencers selected by the designer, Women's Wear Daily reports.
The group of stylists, photographers and friends will use the Samsung Galaxy Note II to produce the images, which will serve as a base for Wang to create a print that will be used on the bag.
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to ArtStart, a New York City charity that aims to nurture the creative talents of at-risk children and youths.
"I am most inspired from my everyday life and the people that surround me, so the idea of a co-creation with the people that I admire and respect the most is very exciting," Wang told WWD.
"This collaboration represents a new way that technology and style can come together. And, through a concerted effort, I am happy to be a part of supporting such a great charity as ArtStart that embraces creativity and art in a way that can change lives."
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Maybe my question is too simple for the regular Forum because no one answered, so I will try it on this beginner Forum:
If I read correctly, I should mix 1 gallon on water (8 lbs) to 8 lbs of sugar. First I am supposed to boil the water to kill any bad stuff in the water (supposed to keep the syrup from spoiling as quickly?), let it cool to 140 degrees and then mix the sugar into it. Sound right? How far ahead of using the syrup so you mix it up? And what kind of container do you keep it in for easy pouring? How long will the syrup last in a sealed container......do I need to refridgerate it?
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By Alex Hickey / American Press
After going 2-0 on its toughest road trip of the conference schedule, McNeese State returns home to see if it can really get something cooking with Stephen F. Austin paying a visit to the Lake Charles Civic Center.
"To have consistency, we just go back to a mind-set of we're 0-0 and go back to work," said Cowgirls coach Brooks Donald Williams. "It's really what we've always done, and that's what we'll continue to do."
The Cowgirls (10-9, 5-3 Southland) knocked off Central Arkansas and Oral Roberts last week, the latter win coming on a last-second tip-in by forward Arianna James.
"What a great confidence booster for her," Donald Williams said. "One of the coaches asked when her last game-winner had been, and it had been since seventh grade or something. She's such a solid kid. She doesn't get the limelight all the time. She knows her role, which is to get more offensive rebounds. And boy, she got the most important one."
Improved play inside by James and Cecilia Okoye was instrumental to both road wins, and Donald Williams said that play will be consistent as the season goes forward.
"Cecilia's gotten better every game. It's been a little up-and-down at times, but she's consistently gotten better every game," Donald Williams said. "Her help opens everything up for Ashlyn and Caitlyn (Baggett). Arianna's probably been more consistent all year. She's just a blue-collar hustle kid who gets it done."
The Ladyjacks (9-10, 4-4) and Cowgirls met on Jan. 5 in Nacogdoches with McNeese winning 74-57. The Cowgirls opened red hot, taking a 41-9 lead at one point.
Donald Williams said she does not expect things to be so easy this time around.
"They're extremely dangerous. They've won three in a row," she said. "We have to move on from what happened at their place. We played great. But I have no doubt they will be ready to respond (tonight) at 5:30."


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text: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/03/23/pauline.risers.sliders/index.html By Tony Pauline, TFY Draft Preview The third full week of March saw some terrific pro-day performances and other major news that is bound to shake up draft boards around the NFL. Winners Darrelle Revis/CB/Pittsburgh: Considered one of the best cornerbacks in April's draft, Revis answered the few questions some had about his speed. He twice clocked in the low 4.4-second range, with a few stopwatches reading 4.38. Revis now grades as a mid-first-round choice. Trent Edwards/QB/Stanford: During his rain-soaked workout, Edwards looked sharp throwing the ball. He completed 47 out of the 50 passes, displaying an NFL-caliber arm and the ability to make all the throws. He will now battle to be the third signal-caller drafted next month. Patrick Willis/LB/Mississippi: Willis took it to another level, shocking scouts by running 4.4 in the 40 after weighing in at 238 pounds. This performance could push him into the draft's top 18 selections. Lamarr Woodley/OLB-DE/Michigan: After almost two months of inactivity Woodley knew his draft stock was slipping mightily. He reversed that trend on March 16 by completing 29 repetitions on the bench and running his 40 times just under 4.8 seconds. His vertical jump of 38.5 inches was better than all but six of the receivers from the combine. He has solidified himself as a top-60 choice. Tim Shaw/OLB/Penn State: Shaw improved on a terrific combine performance by bettering many of his marks at Penn State's pro-day. He ran in the low 4.4-second range, more than 1/10th faster than he had in Indianapolis. His broad jump of 10-feet-6 inches was almost a foot farther than his combine mark. Shaw has moved into the middle rounds of April's draft. Calvin Bannister/CB/Hampton: Taking a backseat to teammate Travarous Bain, whom many project as a middle round choice, Bannister has opened some eyes recently. Running in the low 4.3s at his pro day, the 5-foot-7 cornerback also turned in a vertical jump of 39.5 inches. He favorably compares to Jason David of the Indianapolis Colts. Risers (cont.) Danny Verdun Wheeler/OLB/Georgia: Affirming his reputation as a tremendous athlete, Wheeler put on a show for scouts. He weighed 247 pounds, ran 40 times in the low 4.6-second range, posted a vertical jump of 35.5 inches and turned in a great three-cone run of 6.93 seconds. Verdun Wheeler vaulted himself into the late rounds as a back-up linebacker/special teams player. Darren Stone/S/Maine: A king-sized safety who some project to linebacker, Stone improved all his marks from the combine. After measuring 6-3 and 220 pounds, Stone ran his 40s at 4.5 seconds, touched the vertical jump at 39.5 inches, posted a 11-foot-5 broad jump and completed 15 reps on the bench. Jacob Bender/OT/Nicholls State: The little known tackle completed two separate pro-days in less than a week. Looking very athletic at 6-6 and 317 pounds, Bender ran the 40 in 5.03, turned in a 30-inch vertical jump and pushed up 27 reps on the bench. Jyles Tucker/DE-OLB/Wake Forest: A sleeper of sorts, Tucker ran in the mid 4.7s after weighing in at 258 pounds. He looked good in all the drills after the physical tests. Losers Alan Branch/DT/Michigan: As was the case at the combine Branch looked out of shape at pro-day. Participating in just the defensive line drills, he was winded only a few minutes into the session. At one point Branch was considered a potential top-six pick, but now he will likely slip out of the draft's first dozen selections. Tony Hunt/RB/Penn State: After showing up at the Senior Bowl overweight then not working out at the combine, Hunt needed a huge pro-day performance. He did not meet expectations. Unable to break 4.7 in the 40, his draft stock will take a beating. Many teams now project Hunt as a fullback. Dave Ball/WR/New Hampshire: The record setting I-AA receiver ran poorly and was unable to break 4.7. Most surprisingly, a high jumper on the New Hampshire track team, Ball was only able to reach 33 inches in the vertical jump. Marques Murrell/LB/Appalachian State: A college defensive end that projects to linebacker at the next level, Murrell looked un-athletic in front of scouts. Weighing 245-pounds, his marks included a slow 4.9, a poor vertical jump of barely 30 inches and just 18 reps on the bench. Dan Inman/T/Georgia: Considered a soft, non-aggressive blocker, Inman held true to form at his workout. Measuring 6-7 and 317 pounds, Inman was unable to break 5.80 in the 40 and completed a measly 13 reps on the bench. Notes: The news couldn't get any worse for Louisville's Michael Bush. The big running back was forced to undergo a second surgery on his injured leg after the initial procedure from last September did not produce the desired results. (Bush broke his leg during the first game of the season last year.) Considered a top 45 selection prior to the second surgery, Bush is now in jeopardy of not being selected at all next month. ... The news is not good for Ohio State junior Tedd Ginn Jr. either. The speedy receiver has been slow recovering from the foot injury he suffered during an end zone celebration in the national championship game in January. There is now real concern that the speedy wideout may not be ready to run or workout for scouts before draft day. ... The Buckeye's other underclassmen receiver is watching his draft stock move north. Several teams are considering using a pick early in Round 2 for Anthony Gonzalez as they feel he will be an asset off the field as well as on it. Teams understand Gonzalez is an outstanding football player and a young man of high character, yet they also feel his ethnic background could be key in reaching out to surrounding communities


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It's make or break time for Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia which has put all its eggs in the Microsoft basket to get itself out of its current predicament.
Much hangs on how well the new Lumia phones released recently will sell. The first generation of Lumias such as the 800 were good but Nokia's Android and Apple iOS opposition moves fast leaving the Finns behind in a relentless technology race.
The flagship Lumia 920 is the Nokia phone that will change everything, sporting much improved hardware, new features and Microsoft's finally released Windows Phone 8 operating system. That's the hope at least in Espoo and Redmond, and it is justified to some extent as the Lumia 920 means Nokia finally has a very strong smartphone contender that matches the best of the competition.
Supersized design
Nokia's premium phones tend to be very well built and designed; the Lumia 920 is no exception. The case is the same smooth polycarbonate as the earlier Lumia 800 and N9 and feels solid and good, with no creaks.
There are three hardware buttons - camera shutter release, power and a volume up and down rocker - on right-hand side of the phone.
At the top, a 3.5mm headphone jack and the micro-SIM slot and at the bottom, there's a USB 2.0 connector that doubles up as charger. Otherwise, it's a fully-sealed design so you can't add memory cards to supplement the ample 32GB storage the Lumia 920 comes with or replace the battery.
The brief for Nokia's design team must have said "make it better - and bigger" because the phone is 130mm tall, 71mm wide and 11mm thick, substantially larger than last year's Lumia 800.
Also, the Lumia 920 also weighs a fair bit more than most other phones, tipping the scales at 185 grams. In comparison, an iPhone 5 weighs only 112 grams.
I like large devices and didn't find the Lumia 920 unwieldy. However, its size and heft may not suit everyone and the Lumia 920 is definitely a try before you buy device.
The screen is big too, of course, at 4 1/2 inches and 1,280 by 768 pixel resolution. This works out as approximately 332 pixels per inch, and it's a nice enough screen made with IPS technology and covered in Gorilla Glass 2.
I found it reasonably visible outdoors, although the strong New Zealand sun can wash it out. More importantly, the digitiser on the screen was nice and accurate and got the majority of my finger pokes right. And yes, it works with gloves on. I tried with some knitted cotton gardening ones and was able to drive the phone just fine.
My review set was a Telecom branded one, and I tried the Lumia 920 on Vodafone's network too with good results in both cases with no reception problems and quick 3G data transfers.
You can get the Lumia 920 in some really unusual colours such as bright red, blue and yellow and my favourite, matte grey. If you're overseas that is. New Zealand only gets the black model for now, which is a shame.
Great camera
The headline feature on the Lumia 920 is arguably the 8.7 megapixel camera with Pureview technology. Quite rightly so too: with the bright (f/2) lens from Carl Zeiss and image stabilisation ironing out handheld wobbles, chances are you'll get that picture even when the sun's gone down and it will look good.
There is a flash on the Lumia 920 but its camera can be used even when it's almost dark thanks to the image stabilisation.
The Lumia 920 lets you shoot video in full 1080p high-definition, 30 frames per second, and with image stabilisation too for sharp and clear clips.
Inexplicably, Nokia put three very high-tech microphones in the Lumia 920, yet made it record sound in mono. Sure, it still sounds very good and the microphones tolerate very high sound pressure levels (up to a crazy 140dB) but why not record in stereo?
Another quirk I noticed here is that if you save images automatically to Skydrive (you get 7GB storage for free, down on the 25GB earlier), Windows Phone 8 reduces their resolution to 1,280 by 720 pixels.
I couldn't find a way to make the Lumia 920 save images at full resolution automatically. If you save the manually however, you get the full resolution.
Overall, I can't think of another phone with a better camera bar Nokia's Pureview 808 model that has a much larger sensor and a Xenon flash. The Pureview 808 lacks image stabilisation though which is an excellent feature.
Wireless wonders
Charging devices wirelessly may not sound much, but it's something of a killer feature. Nokia has several optional charging pads for the Lumia 920. The one I tried worked great, charging the phone roughly in the same time as with a USB cable.
Apart from the wireless charging, the Lumia 920 supports Near Field Communications or NFC, which is lets you connect to devices such as speakers and headphones or even other phones by tapping them. You can also send files other NFC-enabled phones.
NFC seems to work as advertised on the Lumia 920 ditto Bluetooth connections to audio and other peripherals.
There's tap and pay functionality too for the Wallet payments system on the Lumia 920 that may end up being useful one day when the technology is more widespread.
Hot number
The last thing any maker launching a new device wants is for it to have mysterious and potentially debilitating hardware problems.
Unfortunately for Nokia, some people are complaining that the Lumia 920 gets very hot in use and can shut down.
My review sample did get a bit warm every now and then, but never hot and I didn't experience any shutdowns or rebooting due to overheating. A crash did occur during the review period, but it happened when I plugged in the USB cable and to make it worse, the Lumia 920 hung when it restarted.
Since the Lumia 920 is a sealed unit, there's no simple whip off the back, remove the battery trick to get you out of these situations so I had to let the phone discharge and shut itself down.
I asked Nokia what their policy was for customers with too-hot Lumia 920s is, and was told people should contact the phone maker if they encounter any problems.
You could also try some of the many tweaks published by Mauricio Freitas at Geekzone to reduce the amount of power that your Lumia 920 uses, which should stop it from heating up and also, extend the battery life.
Speaking of which, with a 2,000mAh battery (one reason the phone's so heavy I imagine) the Lumia 920 lasted a whole day without recharging, and well into the next morning.
Windows Phone 8 with Nokia touches
This is my first time with Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 operating system. I didn't think it was that different to the previous Windows Phone 7.5, bar the resizable live tiles on the home screen and some interface and application tweaks.
The older version ran well on single-core processors; this time around Windows Phone 8 has a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait processor to itself and performs even better. Windows Phone 8 has a fluid interface with no lag or judder as you swipe and slide around with the graphics-heavy screens, and performance is, generally speaking, excellent.
Thanks to the quick hardware, Websites load fast and with few problems on the Lumia 920; Adobe Flash isn't supported on Windows Phone 8 but the new HTML5 web standard is, so you can watch video and listen to audio on sites without having to run the battery-sapping Flash program.
Multimedia functionality is also good with video and music players, Xbox 360 gaming support, Dolby audio and more.
Windows Phone 8 is a very good for email and SMS, with good applications for both that have some of the best predictive text I've encountered. Setting up and using Gmail, Hotmail, personal email and if you want to, Facebook, are all very simple on Windows Phone 8.
Social media integration varies from app to app. Some let you share with just a few taps on the screen, others require you to delete generic text and add your own for your message to make sense.
The speech recognition built into Windows Phone 8 works rather well too - I set phone to use the UK voice and dictionary, and it understood just about everything I told it. I was able to send texts with speaking them for instance and searching the web, starting apps and more. The phone can also read out messages to you, handy when driving for instance.
More curious than useful are the "lenses" or overlays for the Bing search engine and Nokia Maps. The idea is that you start a lens and point a camera in some direction or the other, and the phone will show you where the points of interest are. It works, but often the locations given are kilometres away so some further fine-tuning is required.
I did encounter a number of bugs in Windows 8 however. A harmless but confusing one meant SMS texts received were stamped with the wrong date. Microsoft is aware of this, and looking into it.
The live tiles can be slow to update too. Sometimes the email ones say you one or more new messages but if you click through, the number is different - or you have none at all.
More annoying however is the "pseudo-multitasking" that third-party apps have to do. On more than one occasion, I would start up an app like Maps (Nokia's one is pretty good) and do something else.
Going back to the app, it would either take a long time to become active again or it would never get past the "Resuming..." stage. I understand this is due to developers of third-party apps not yet having added fast resume functionality to their code, but it's irritating nevertheless.
It was also disappointing that Microsoft has decided to dump Zune as the iTunes-like synchronisation software for Windows PC for Windows Phone 8, and replaced it with a bare bones offering that can't talk to your phone over wireless connections.
Even so, Windows Phone 8 is refreshingly different to Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems. Ironically enough, it's probably easier for iPhone and Android users to get the hang of Windows Phone 8 than it is for a Windows XP user to figure the desktop Windows 8 operating system.
The biggest hurdle for anyone migrating is likely to be the availability of apps. Microsoft's app store is getting better stocked by the day and there are some nice, high-quality ones in there already. The US company is also enticing developers with much more favourable revenue splits than what Apple and Google offer, in the hope of luring them on board.
That said, Apple and Android have been massive headstart on Microsoft here and there will be things missing, at least for a while. One weak spot is companion apps for electronic devices - vendors have yet to get used to the idea that there's a third app market to develop for.
Nokia now has a premium device that can hold its own with the best out there. The Lumia 920 is quick, has a great display and a class-leading camera; Windows Phone 8 is maturing and becoming a solid choice too.
There are some concerns with the new contender that Nokia and Microsoft needs to address quickly though, like the complaints about overheating and annoying software bugs.
Other than that, if Apple and Android smartphones feel five-minutes-ago and you have a grand burning a hole in your bank account, check out the very capable Nokia Lumia 920. You might just like the big, bold thing.
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Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied
NEW YORK — Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves.
Goose Gossage, Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and others are in no rush to open the door to Cooperstown for anyone linked to steroids.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa: Keep 'em all out of our club.
"If they let these guys in ever — at any point — it's a big black eye for the Hall and for baseball," Gossage said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "It's like telling our kids you can cheat, you can do whatever you want, and it's not going to matter."
For only the second time in 42 years, baseball writers failed to elect anyone to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, sending a firm signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard.
All the awards and accomplishments collected over storied careers by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa — all eligible for the first time — could not offset suspicions those exploits were artificially boosted by performance-enhancing drugs.
"I'm kind of glad that nobody got in this year," Kaline said. "I feel honored to be in the Hall of Fame. And I would've felt a little uneasy sitting up there on the stage, listening to some of these new guys talk about how great they were."
Gossage went even further.
"I think the steroids guys that are under suspicion got too many votes," he said. "I don't know why they're making this such a question and why there's so much debate. To me, they cheated. Are we going to reward these guys?"
Not this year, at least.
Bonds received just 36.2 percent of the vote and Clemens 37.6 in totals announced by the Hall and the Baseball Writers' Association of America, both well short of the 75 percent needed for election — yet still too close for Gossage's taste. Sosa, eighth on the career home run list, got 12.5 percent.
"Wow! Baseball writers make a statement," Eckersley wrote on Twitter. "Feels right."
The results keep the sport's career home run leader (Bonds) and most decorated pitcher (Clemens) out of Cooperstown — for now. Bonds, Clemens and Sosa have up to 14 more years on the writers' ballot to gain baseball's highest honor.
Bonds, baseball's only seven-time MVP, hit 762 home runs — including a record 73 in 2001. He has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs and was convicted of one count of obstruction of justice for giving an evasive answer in 2003 to a grand jury investigating PEDs.
Clemens, the game's lone seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is third in career strikeouts (4,672) and ninth in wins (354). He was acquitted of perjury charges stemming from congressional testimony during which he denied using PEDs.
"If you don't think Roger Clemens cheated, you're burying your head in the sand," Gossage said.
Sosa, who finished with 609 home runs, was among those who tested positive in MLB's 2003 anonymous survey, The New York Times reported in 2009. He told a congressional committee in 2005 that he never took illegal performance-enhancing drugs. He also was caught using a corked bat during his career.
"What really gets me is seeing how some of these players associated with drugs have jumped over many of the greats in our game," Kaline said. "Numbers mean a lot in baseball, maybe more so than in any other sport. And going back to Babe Ruth, and players like Harmon Killebrew and Frank Robinson and Willie Mays, seeing people jump over them with 600, 700 home runs, I don't like to see that.
"I don't know how great some of these players up for election would've been without drugs. But to me, it's cheating," he added. "Numbers are important, but so is integrity and character. Some of these guys might get in someday. But for a year or two, I'm glad they didn't."
Gossage, noting that cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles following allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs, believes baseball should go just as far. He thinks the record book should be overhauled, taking away the accomplishments of players like Bonds, Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire — who has admitted using steroids and human growth hormone during his playing days.


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#11 Sat 06 Dec 08 11:13pm
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Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Maree wrote:
JennyR, now I know which of my two suggested books you bought -the generally reliable Carol Field.An oldie but usually a goodie.
usually a goodie? anything in it you'd strongly advise against trying?
Everything so far has been wonderful but I'm seriously nervous of the wetness of the puglia dough I made earlier and have stuck in the fridge to retard in bulk for the first rise in the hope that will make it a tad easier to handle in the morning!
I've just recieved shipment of a 25kg sack of 00 perfect for bread so I am very happy
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#12 Sun 07 Dec 08 2:16am
Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Hi Jenny,
I bought this book in 1986. It was published in 1985.at that stage I'd been baking bread for 11-12 years. Depends if you want to class my first efforts as "bread" or as "door stops"
It sits, with a select group of books that have made it from the over-flowing bookshelves, cookbook piles on the floor to my tiny and completely un-workable kitchen. So, it must have merit. Otherwise, I wouldn't have suggested it to you along with the Ed Woods' book.
I wrote an A****n review some time ago.Overall, the book scored an amazing 4.5/5 rating. The reviews were "gushing" to say the least.
I gave it less. The reasons?:
It is a product of its time. A good, very good product but it needs to be brought in line with current health and food preferences.A revised edition is long over-due.As one reviewer wrote, "[There are] frequently used gobs of cheese, peppers, onions, oils, eggs, herbs, condiments and commercial packaged yeasts."
Little space is given to "long fermentation processes...""... packaged yeast is their [her] prevailing leavening agent". "...condiments [are used] to compensate for the bread's lack of integrity".
"The Italian Baker reflects many of our former preferences with newly added concessions for the busy homemaker who will enjoy Field's food processor directions to further speed up the bread-making process, and at the same time diminish the quality of the end product. Today, when I read a recipe such as one in The Italian Baker that calls for nutmeg and two packages of frozen spinach, sugar, olive oil and packaged yeast, I cringe.
Alternatively, as with a rye bread recipe in The Italian Baker that calls for 7 ounces of pancetta cubes, a quarter-cup olive oil, commercial yeast and is out of the oven within 3 hours. It is difficult to ponder which is more objectionable today. the pancetta hunks and olive oil in a direct method rye bread, or substituting bacon chunks for unavailable pancetta. To make consistently good bread, one must accurately scale all ingredients and maintain ideal dough temperature at every step of the process".
A lot of the criticism for the book came from its combined Imperial volume measurements for all liquids, and then to offer both Imperial volume measurements AND metric weight for (some) dry ingredients.
"Other dry ingredients retain Imperial volume measurements. The result is an inconsistency between weight/volume and metric/Imperial measurements that may cause needless confusion for cooks who depend on weight measurements for accuracy".
In all honesty, I can't agree with all of the reviewers' diatribe. If a food processor (or bread machine for kneading only) can help me get great bread on the table, I'm all for it.
We all, who bake, know that the "scoop and scrape" way of measuring is widely open to environmental and operator error. Weighing ingredients is by far more accurate.
Those who have cooked with me, and there are *very few* who I allow into the kitchen with me, know that I cook "rustique". In other words, I can't be bothered making a very fine dice when a fine-ish dice will do. Life's too short to "turn" a carrot etc, in my opinion.
But when baking, which is 85% of my business' work, one has to be precise. In saying that, flour:water ratios vary according to age of flour, ambient temperature, humidity etc etc.
Jenny et al, sorry for the ramble.
Jenny, have Pane Pugliese (pp. 122-124 from Field's book) in front of me. Haven't made it, I confess. But looking at flour:water ratios and the Biga (starter) it is very much like the delightful nightmare that is Ciabatta- runny, oozy, almost molten bread dough trying to escape.
Sorry, but putting it in the fridge overnight might give you "space" but you're going to have to let it come to room temp+ (depends what the room temp/humidity is- you're in Yorkshire from memory. Geoff doesn't paint a warm environment, so pick your "possie"/position), and you haven't done the first rise, yet.
Suggestion: know that Pugliese is meant to be "big wheels". But since the dough, like ciabatta, is a nightmare to control (well, it is in Sydney's humidity), and the first instinct is to add more flour -try not to add too much-can I suggest that you do the shaping, second rise and part of the baking (until no longer oozy) in either a springform pan/ round oven proof pan, round casserole dish etc?
The recipe makes 2 large round/3 smaller rounds.
If you have a pizza stone suggest you heat it up for 30 mins when pre-heating the oven.
When the loaves are past the oozy stage (semi-set) release them onto the pizza stone(s) to finish.
No pizza stone? Loaves, according to the recipe are meant to take 50-60mins to bake. After 25-30mins (or past the set, not ooze stage) release them onto the oven rack(s). You may need to rotate them if your oven is anything like mine for equal baking.
Hope this *very* long winded response has helped a bit.
Happy baking.
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#13 Sun 07 Dec 08 3:14am
Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Geoff, this is getting weird.
We both posted within four minutes of the other and we both said the same thing.
I was typing a response on the BB (one screen only), had no idea you'd posted what you'd posted at the (almost) same time.
This isn't the first time this has happened.
You still have "connections" What's going on?
#14 Sun 07 Dec 08 8:08am
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Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Maree wrote:
Jenny, have Pane Pugliese (pp. 122-124 from Field's book) in front of me. Haven't made it, I confess. But looking at flour:water ratios and the Biga (starter) it is very much like the delightful nightmare that is Ciabatta- runny, oozy, almost molten bread dough trying to escape.
Sorry, but putting it in the fridge overnight might give you "space" but you're going to have to let it come to room temp+ (depends what the room temp/humidity is- you're in Yorkshire from memory. Geoff doesn't paint a warm environment, so pick your "possie"/position), and you haven't done the first rise, yet.
I've only dabbled around the rustic breads in first chapter so far. I do find the fact she only uses cups for liquids a tad frustrating but getting easier now the more I use it do do the conversions in my head! If the dry weight had been cups I'd have sent the book back I think, I just can't cope with them at all! The fridge worked perfectly, the dough is so wet and lively that it had tripled in size by the time I got up this morning! I've shaped it and popped in it my sourdough baskets and popped back in fridge to attend to later, the kitchen gets very warm on sunday, don't worry
Pizza stones? I had 2 but 'accidentaly' cracked one this week, such a shame, I now have a ' bread stone' winging it's way over from Germany
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#15 Sun 07 Dec 08 8:49am
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Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Maree - you know what they say about "Great Minds"
You are right, though, there does seem to be a connection as we've often posted almost simultaneously about the same subject saying the same thing - and as we are half the world apart no-one could say we are colluding!
Someday, we'll get together for the Maree & Geoff Cook in
#16 Sun 07 Dec 08 11:44am
Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Jenny, hope the bread turns out well.
Let us know how it goes, please
Geoff, "The Maree and Geoff Cook In" sounds like fun. UK or Oz?
Be aware, though, am used to cooking alone in a tiny kitchen so can get kind of "territorial"
#17 Sun 07 Dec 08 11:58am
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Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
Tiny kitchens are difficult - even just two cooks are too many.
My kitchen is better - but a bit chill for you at this time of year.
So - what say you we find somewhere mutually convenient - with a big well equipped kitchen - somewhere warm, but not too hot?
Could make the "Maree & Geoff Cook-In" an annual event - should we invite anyone else, though - don't want too many cooks to spoil the broth
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Re: Tipo 00 equivalent?
you guys should definitely be the chefs du jour - but coudn't we at least video tape the event? It could become a new JO spinoff show! We'll have to think about titles... i think the chemistry between the two of you would make a great show - especially if there were fights!
hmm ... "Beauty and the Beast"
"The Reverend and the Philosopher on the Road" - this would be filmed on location as the two of you drive across Europe in a vintage camper-van fitted out with a great portable kitchen.
"Let's Get Cookin' with Geoff and Maree!" - morning TV. (actually i'm liking this idea the best )
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"Pastor and the Master" maybe
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#1 Sun 11 Mar 07 4:52pm
Caster sugar substitute
Gah! Run out of caster sugar and need it for a cake I'm baking for tonight. The supermarket shuts in eight minutes so I'll never make it. We do, however, have some icing sugar. Can I substitute? I need a cupful of caster sugar, so would I still need a cupful of icing sugar?
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Anna, I do not think that I would use icing sugar,I would just use granulated sugar instead. Sometimes if you use granulated sugar you get a slight spottyness on the top of the cake but it tends to taste ok .
#3 Sun 11 Mar 07 7:59pm
Re: Caster sugar substitute
Don't have any granulated either! Have literally just mixed it, ended up using a combination of one-third of a cup caster sugar (found some lurking at the back of the larder) and light brown sugar... Hope it won't be a disaster! Thanks Mummza.
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should be fine with light brown... was it ok?
better substitute than icing id say, good choice...
#5 Sun 11 Mar 07 10:22pm
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Yup, delicious! Apricot upside-down cake, excellent choice for pudding...
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OK, know this is way too late for your kitchen dilemma, but what about next time giving the granulated sugar (if you have it), a "pulse or so" in the food processor?
Careful, or you'll end up with icing sugar!
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oh my god, i was just about to post the same thing!! i was running out last time... its true, if you are only ever stuck with granulated, just pulse it a little...
although on this occassion i know you didnt have any granulated sugar Anna, just a good tip i guess?
Apricot upside down cake - YUM!!
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Hello Astrozombee. I was wondering how many hives you bring to Wisconsin? I live here in Wisconsin and have been wondering if the cranberries are worth it to move them for pollination? Some people have told me they don't do real well in them. Just wondering thanks
I'll have nearly 5000 out there by July 4th.
My bees don't normally gain much weight, but they are definitely growing while they are out there.
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Original post made by Rational, Downtown North, on Mar 15, 2013
Can we start a neighborhood watch? Perhaps a we can get enough willing participants to take a 1 hour walk at least once a week in a designated say 2x4 block area. I would like to see if there are enough downtown residents so a shared Google Spreadsheet/ Map could be started to divide the work. We can share a Google Group as well.
(only using this screen name because I use it in other posts and I am not sure if this will start to come up on search results if I used my real name)
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 16, 2013 at 8:50 pm
You shouldn't "have to" tell your wife these things because she should already know and be doing these things for years... We should all be watching out for ourselves and others all the time.
But forming some sort of group to help with volunteer paroling sounds like a good idea to me!
a resident of Palo Verde
on Mar 17, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Too many on parole, not enough on patrol.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Mar 17, 2013 at 7:25 pm
Whenever prople talk about neighborhood watch patrols, the names George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin instantly come to mind. There are undoubtedly many good and competent programs of that type, but the Florida case casts a long shadow. Will Palo Alto's neighborhood watch patrols stop young people with dark skin wearing hoodies, just because they're young people with dark skin wearing hoodies?
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 22, 2013 at 10:44 pm
Ok, either this board is not popular or no one wants to do this ...
RfA, let's give our neighbors a few more weeks ... but yeah my wife forgets so I have to remind her all the time.
WilliamR, I am not suggesting carrying weapons :-)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Neighborhood watch groups seem like a good idea, but too many wannabe cops use it as a license to bully.
Just ask George Zimmermans wife:
"Zimmerman: I think anyone would doubt that innocence because I don't know the person that I've been married to.
Lauer: That's a dramatic change. I mean, you didn't seem to doubt his innocence during the entire trial. You stood right there by his side. You went into hiding with him. You faced death threats with him. You lied under oath for him. And now you're saying you have doubts?
Zimmerman: I have doubts."
"He just kind of treated me like I was disposable. After standing by him, he kind of left and kind of went on a victory tour without me. I thought that I was living a life with him and that we were going to kind of rebuild after all this, and he had other plans for me."
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a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 27, 2013 at 9:27 am
Zimmerman's wife is not a reliable witness. She lied about family finances, and is on probation for that. That's why she did not press charges during the domestic abuse.
That's why George went back to jail pre-trial.
What a couple.
"Zimmerman: I have doubts."
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 18, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Zimmerman's wife isn't the only one ol' George is bullying.
First he stalks and kills an unarmed kid. Then domestic abuse with his wife, who refuses to file a report because she's on probation for the time george and her broke the law (and had his freedom revoked by the judge.)
Now, known troublemaker George is beating his new girl.
"WESH-Channel 2 reported that Zimmerman was accused of domestic violence by a girlfriend.
The Sheriff's Office, in a short news release, reported that the agency had arrested Zimmerman after being called to a disturbance on Topfield Court in western Seminole County near Apopka about 1 p.m.
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Zimmerman's new girlfriend, 27-year-old Samantha Scheibe, lives in the 1300 block of Topfield Court, according to an unrelated Lake Mary police report....
Since then, Zimmerman has had a string of run-ins with law enforcement. In September he was handcuffed by Lake Mary police but released after his estranged wife, Shellie, and her father accused him of threatening them with a gun while they were moving her belongings out a house the couple shared until Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce.
Zimmerman had arrived at that scene with Scheibe, who was described a few days later as his girlfriend by Shellie Zimmerman's attorney, Kelly Sims.
Last week, Lake Mary police officially closed that case, saying they had no solid evidence that Zimmerman had broken the law."
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a resident of East Palo Alto
on Nov 18, 2013 at 2:43 pm
Hmmm is a registered user.
Folks - neighborhood watch groups can be a good crime deterrent, Zimmerman not withstanding. Ours did a lot of good in our area back in the day.
You can start simple - create a neighborhood email group if you don't already have one & contact the police to help you start a watch group. You don't have to go out on patrol - most crimes are property crimes, not violent ones, and not worth defending. Ask for stats on crimes in your particular area, start brainstorming a bit and go from there. It's not about confronting suspicious people or putting yourselves in harm's way. It's about being alert, communicating w/each other & knowing what's going on.
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 18, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Rational, that's a great idea. In my area we have a sort of informal one, with neighbors alerting each other if there are suspicious people or cars in the neighborhood.
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That, according to two Globe employees, was one big question raised at the Monday "town meeting" at the paper's Morrissey Boulevard headquarters.
When a possible sale of the Globe by the NYT Co. came up, one employee says, Arthur Sulzberger replied: "As you can imagine, we can't get into that whole thing.... We can't go down that road. That's why CEOs go to jail.... We do face a raft of challenging issues. That's the hand we were dealt." The focus, Sulzberger added, should be on "fixing the Globe and making the Globe the paper it should be...to get the Globe moving on a trajectory that offers growth and stability." Talking about a possible sale is "muddying the waters," he concluded.
Janet Robinson's answer was shorter. "Our focus has to be strengthening our business," she reportedly said. "We must do so in a way that's right for the Globe."
By way of comparison, contrast these non-denials to Robinson's November 2006 response to the Jack Welch/Jack Connors/Joe O'Donnell group.


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A term used to define a bi-sexual man engaged in a threesome with a female and male partners. When finished having sex with one partner will immediately flip to the other and have sex with them also. A bi-sexual man that is as happy with a dick in him as having his dick in a pussy. Also a gay man that after being on his knees performing oral sex for his partner will go into position for anal sex. Also a gay man after achieving orgasm by having anal sex with his partner will switch positions and let his partner have that ass.
I had a friend that couldn't decide whether he wanted to be gay or straight. So I said to him, "Man you get some fine women, but then you flip around and go back to men. I guess I'm going to call you flipboy
by joe1967 December 02, 2007
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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Michigan's Upper Peninsula > Mount Arvon > Climber's Log
Mount Arvon Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008
|First time in the Upper Peninsula. The bugs were bad and made for a quick stay, but we saw a wolf in the woods on our drive back down which made everything worth it. Neat area! HP#36
|Posted Jul 7, 2008 8:07 am
Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2007
|Posted Feb 7, 2008 12:43 pm
|a cold november day...
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2007
|no snow until less than a mile away, then at least 6" everywhere. almost got the car stuck. good times...
|Posted Nov 15, 2007 9:03 pm
|Cold and Rain/Snow
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2001
|A great diversion before a trip up to Copper Harbor to take the ferry to Isle Royale. I love the U.P. eh!
|Posted Nov 9, 2007 8:37 pm
|Climbed (or drove)
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007
|Exploring some L'Anse backroads, looking for a place to piss, ended up seein' a sign for Mount Arvon and thought I'd give it a try. The logging roads were easy enough to follow but if you didn't pay attention you could definitely end up a little lost out there. Nice day, had the top to myself, no leaves left on the trees and definitely no view, but peaceful and quiet on a crisp autumn evening.
|Posted Oct 14, 2007 11:50 am
|1998 State HP trip
Date Climbed: May 20, 1998
|Conditions were good. Tourism office in L'Anse was helpful with map and info. Easy. Pretty area.
|Posted Sep 25, 2007 10:18 am
|No hike required
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
|On Aug 8, 2007, I drove the many dirt roads to the high point with my Honda Civic. It looked like the road was extended to within 50 feet of the high point. Very new roads. Quite bumpy the last mile and steep. The gravel they used for the new road was very sharp, mostly iron. It could very easily cut your cars tires. My car changed color from silver to tan during the 30+ mile round trip off road. Very easy to find. Warning, watch out for the large trucks.
|Posted Aug 13, 2007 4:10 pm
|The edge
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2002
|Third loop of US HP...
A million of mosquitos...
|Posted Mar 14, 2007 3:11 pm
|Interesting Spot
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2005
|The logging road maze doesn't seem to be quite as bad as it once was, but you can certainly still get lost if proper attention is not paid. The summit has a nice register box left by the BSA and there were hundreds of entries when we visited!
|Posted Feb 27, 2007 6:39 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2006
|Followed the outline of the directions from a couple of different sources. It's not hard to get to. Just that both sets of directions seemed a little off to me. If you follow the frame and use common sense, it's no problem. It is TOUGH on your car though towards the end! But I had a rental car so the joke was on them! Summit area was in crappy condition. Some beat up rusted benches, and an old rusted BBQ pit. Must have forgotten my hot dogs and hamburgers.
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 5:50 pm
|Drove to the Top - 1998
|Before the Summit Trail was completed there was a rugged 2-track the last mile to the summit. We beat the hell out of our Subaru climbing it (lost a hubcap:). Not the most brilliant thing I've ever done. Glad they built the trail.
|Posted Jul 30, 2006 2:37 pm
|Tie-Dye Mike
|Too much snow
Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2006
|Wasn't able to make it past the first gravel pit, 32" fell 2 days before, and there were no tracks what so ever. Steve Koski at Indian Country Sports, was the best advise and help you could ask for. He has Mt. Arvon Keychains (for a souvenir) for $2. nice litte gift. Ate at the Hilltop Restaurant, Which has the LARGEST CINNAMON BUNS you have ever seen! I highly recommend.
|Posted Apr 8, 2006 10:30 pm
|My home state Highpoint
|As a student at Michigan Tech in Houghton, I decided it be good to visit Arvon. My 1st highpoint.
|Posted Mar 15, 2006 3:38 am
|Standard route slightly raining
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2005
|Slightly raining but still a nice easy hike. Driving to it was the hardest part.
|Posted Feb 17, 2006 2:04 am
|Route Climbed: Ravine River Road Date Climbed: December 31, 2005
|We parked our vehicle near the gravel pit just beyond Roland lake. The L' Anse area received 6 inches of snow the night before. The tree branches were covered with snow and it made the route a winter wonderland. We cross country skiied about 5.6 miles down Ravine River Road till it got steep and then hiked the last half mile and carried our skis. We only met 4 other people who were on snowmobiles. The summit is only 1979 feet, but it was a tough 12.2 mile roundtrip climb in the snow. The benches and picnic table at the summit were covered with snow. We had lunch, signed the register in the yellow mailbox, and then had a blast skiing back. Downhill was much easier. A great day with my wife Mary and son Ryan. HP #6.
|Posted Jan 1, 2006 6:50 am
|Date Climbed: February 16th, 1998
|Big mistake with all the snow on the ground. Luckily for me I ran into a helpful Michiganer who helped point me to the summit. It was a lot of work, but worth it. (I am not positive on the exact date)
|Posted Dec 29, 2005 9:33 pm
|Seth Maciejowski
|Route Climbed: Didn't find the right route Date Climbed: August 2002
|Wish we had summitpost.org back then, maybe we could have found this state high point. We drove around for 3 hours on bad roads up there and hiked around with some instructions that some people in town gave us, but no dice. I guess we'll have to go back.
|Posted Oct 18, 2005 4:08 pm
|Steve Gruhn
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 5, 2005
|Easy stroll. Saw frogs and a deer.
|Posted Aug 10, 2005 8:05 pm
|Date Climbed: July 23, 2005
|My 10th state highpoint. We had the place all to ourselves with nice weather to boot.
|Posted Jul 25, 2005 12:29 am
|Date Climbed: March 2000
|I made the mistake of doing this one with lots of snow still on the ground and me driving a Plymouth Reliant. Obviously, I didn't get all the way to the trailhead parking lot, so I hoofed it in my moonboots uphill through pretty deep snow. The summit is very peaceful as it is surrounded by trees (no view). The UP is an interesting place. The woods are tremendous, and Lake Superior is always awesome. There is a sense of sad isolation in this part of the country, though. I wonder about its economy.
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Have we become a nation of cowards?
'Suspicious' package turns out to be donation for Seminole County church
Deputies say someone left the cardboard box with at least $3,000 on church doorstep near Lake Mary.
May 08, 2010|By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel
Here's how suspicious we've become in the post- 9/11 world.
A cardboard box left at a church near Lake Mary caused the closure of Markham Woods Road while a bomb squad X-rayed it and then blew it up.
The note on the 40-pound bundle said, simply, "For Pastor Nick." In the old days, someone would have taken it inside and opened it.
But a church member who found the package on the doorstep about 11 a.m. today thought the corrugated box secured with duct tape might be dangerous.
He drove it from Master's Touch International Church, 555 Markham Woods Road, to a nearby fire station to have it checked out.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office bomb squad couldn't figure out what was inside even after the box was X-rayed.
So, deputies blew it up.
"It didn't look normal," sheriff's spokeswoman Kim Cannaday said. "That's all we knew."
The result: More than $2,500 in paper money was turned into confetti. Four hundred ninety-eight rolled silver dollars remained intact, Cannaday said. The church won't be out any money, though, because the U.S. Treasury will replaced damaged paper money, she said.
The bills were estimated to be worth $2,500 to $2,700. The silver dollars may be worth more than $1 apiece, depending on their year minted and condition.
The ordeal was over about 1 p.m., and the road was reopened.
Although no one was hurt or ever in danger, the Sheriff's Office advises anyone who finds a suspicious package to call law enforcement.
"Don't attempt to move it," Cannaday said.
'Suspicious' package turns out to be donation for Seminole County church - Orlando Sentinel
the church wants their money back...? must be for the new building fund...
it was the church's money after all wasn't it ?
That is why I have my girlfriend open packages I get. Yah never know.
Their is a war going on down here in Florida over gambling.
Florida is a gold mine waiting to happen for gambling. $$$$
The Seminole Indians control all the gambling down here. The mafia controls the offshore gambling ships.
Can I say mafia on the computer. Yo I am only kidding mob guys
The senior retirement community of Fla, which is the whole damn state, is begging for legalized gambling.
A few miles from my house the mob has opened a gambling casino.
How I "think" they are getting around the rules is by keeping H.Q. offshore.
So when you gamble in the small casino you are really gambling in the Bahamas or something? Legal offshore gambling so far, they are up and running.
Now for those who have studied their history. We never signed a peace treaty with the Seminole Indians.
That wasnt a donation too the church. That was a payoff from the mob too keep the Seminoles form going to war.
If they start a war. I am for sure going too the roof to watch this show.
This post is for entertainment purposes only. The author takes no responsibility for it's contents or that the mafia even exists.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781


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If you have a dog who sheds frequently you know just how hard it can be to clean up all the pet hair in your house so nobody's allergies flare up. It seems like an impossible task that has to be done every day in order to ensure that there is no pet hair or dander lying around to cause problems. The good news is there are a number of different types of vacuum cleaners on the market that make it easier for you to keep your home pet hair-free. Here are a few of those vacuums and how they can help you get rid of that pesky pet hair.
Dyson Animal Complete Upright Vacuum Cleaner
This amazing upright vacuum cleaner is equipped with a unique cyclone technology that will let more airflow get through the cleaner and provides extra suction power. It has the ability to get into places that are hard to reach and get rid of all the long pet hair and dander to keep allergies out of your home. You will pay a little bit more for Dyson vacuum cleaners but it is only because they get the job done fast and will last you for a number of years without having to purchase a brand new vacuum.
Bissell Pet Hair Eraser
This vacuum may be small but it is extremely tough. It has enough power that can be used inside of your home but can also be used in your car or other small areas. It has a multi-filtration system and gets down deep into the carpet so it can get out all of the dander that gets stuck down at the bottom. This is a good choice for people who are looking for a low-cost pet vacuum that is able to do the job fast and effectively. This vacuum only costs a little under $25.00.
The best thing you can do to keep your pet from shedding so much is to make sure he is brushed on a regular basis. This will cut down the shedding tremendously so you will not have to vacuum multiple times a day. If your dog has long hair he is most likely going to shed it in the summer time so he will need to be brushed more frequently.
Taking care of your dog is extremely important. Keeping him brushed and well-groomed will help to keep the hair off of your carpet which gives you more time to do other things besides vacuuming. Take the time to research vacuum cleaners until you find the right one for you. No more pet hair, no more allergies, and no more vacuuming a million times a day. It's time to find the right vacuum!


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Before I describe the conditions and head off at the pass those who would say 'so, mites then?'
Anyway, I was out checking the hives today, evaluating who I should breed from this next year according to winter flying ability. It was 45 degrees and the three hives from Zia were flying pretty good as well as some of the others. I noticed the signs of a deadout from one hive, bees coming and going unsure of where the entrance is, bees trying to get out cracks where there aren't entrances, and no guarding to speak of.
I checked into the hive and found a divided cluster, two clusters about the size of a tennis ball, at least two feet apart, both surrounded by honey. There were more beetles in the hive than I have ever seen at one time with six. There were also about two dozen mites on the floor of the hive. There were about a dozen frames of uncapped honey and pollen and some evidence of water leaking through the lid toward the west side of the hive, not near the clusters. This was a pretty mediocre hive that was a swarm that showed up in my shop one day a year and a half ago. More details and pictures on my blog.
I usually have one or two deadouts before Christmas, so I'm not at all surprised.
What do you think?


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Sleeping on a ship in the centre.
Size20 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Nieuwe Keizersgracht, 1018 VG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The cosy sleeping area hosts a large double bed. Meals can be prepared in kitchenette which includes a stove, microwave and hot drink facilities. A tiled bathroom with a shower and internet access are also included.
The boat is just 10 minutes from the central station by metro. Reach the Artis Zoo in 10 minutes on foot to appreciate its nature, or to Rembrandtplein Square in 5 minutes for a wide selection of clubs, coffee shops and restaurants. The Rijksmuseum and Vondelpark are 20 minutes away by tram.
Stroll through central Amsterdam to view a historic area with beautiful canal houses, intimate squares and nostalgic houseboats.
For bookings including friday or saturday there is a minimum of three nights.
For booking including Christmas and / or New Year's Eve is a minimum of 5 nights is required.
House rulesNo pets.
No smoking.
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Reviews of this property
I absolutely loved our stay on peters boat! Much more fun & interesting than staying in a normal hotel! Very clean & comfortable.
Peter is a lovely man, and very welcoming. If we return to Amsterdam we'll be sure to book again!
Thanks Peter!
It was a very nice weekend in Amsterdam and Peter is a nice host.
We will come back and enjoy a next visit on Peters boat.
a cosy boat in a green and stunning oasic-like part of Amsterdam. Very friendly and helpfull owners...thanks for the welcome (-present)...one of our best trips ever. Thank you!
Very charming place to stay, we had a great time :). Peter is a very welcoming and thoughful host. We really recommand the place :)!
Beautiful stay in this house boat
Peter was very helpful and friendly, including tips for dinner and small welcome gifts
always again
Peter's boat is located in city center so it's a great start to your long Amsterdam walks.
The room itself is cozy and beautiful with a great shower and kitchen if you want to make something.
The top deck is ideal for your morning or evening coffee/tea/chocolate that is kindly provided by the hosts and you can make in the kitchen.
It truly was an amazing experience and I would recommend it to everyone!
Thanks so nice and cozy accommodation! Well maintained and a great location close to everything, a unique experience.
On behalf of a real Amsterdam; it's a perfect Amsterdam experience!
Hartstikke leuk en een knusse accomodatie! Goed onderhouden en een top locatie dichtbij alles, een unieke ervaring.
Namens een echte Amsterdammer; het is een perfecte Amsterdamse beleving!
We felt at the Houseboat Peter instantly at home. It was much appreciated in this way and to live so centrally.
Peter is a friendly host. We like to go another time back to him. Highly recommended! Thank You Very Much!
Wir fühlten uns auf dem Wohnboot von Peter sofort wie Zuhause. Es hat uns sehr gefallen auf diese Weise und so zentral zu wohnen.
Peter ist ein freundlicher Gastgeber. Wir gehen gern ein anderes Mal zu ihm zurück. Sehr empfehlenswert! Herzlichen Dank!
peter thank you for your warm welcome we have been enchants
merci peter pour votre accueil chaleureux nous avons ete enchante
We really enjoyed the stay at Peter's houseboat! His boat is lovely, clean, charming and in a very calm and good position to visit Amsterdam and escape the crowds! The bed is very comfortable and the little bathroom great! Peter is a great host and a very welcoming person who even offered us wine for our welcome drink. We would definitely come back and recommend this place!
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County supervisors consider $130K for asbestos testing at Duroville
Money to be used for environmental safety testing of mobile homes
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Riverside County supervisors are expected today to approve $130,000 to fund environmental safety testing of structures at a desert mobile home park condemned by the federal government.
The Economic Development Agency is seeking the money to pay for asbestos and lead-based paint inspections on 140 travel coaches at the Desert Mobile Home Park -- better known as "Duroville" -- on the Torres-Martinez Cahuilla Indian Reservation in Thermal.
The county is in the process of demolishing Duroville rotted single- and double-wide trailers -- some of them decades old. The Department of Environmental Health has already been conducting tests on vacant structures, but additional funds are needed to complete testing on those lean-tos still occupied, officials said.
In December, the Board of Supervisors approved a $341,000 contract with San Pedro-based National Demolition Contractors to dispose of all structures at the 40-acre park, established by Harvey Duro and his family in the late 1990s. It is one of several non-permitted parks where migrants and their families reside in the eastern county region.
According to the county, 41 families have left Duroville in recent months, relocating with county assistance to the Mountain View Estates, a sprawling trailer park with modern conveniences developed with public and private financing and located at Avenue 70 and Harrison Street in Oasis.
There are 181 spaces available at Mountain View. Duroville residents are being given the option of purchasing new mobile homes at the site via the county's Mobile Home Tenant Loan Program.
In 2009, Duroville was declared by a U.S. District Court judge to be a public health and safety hazard because of its dilapidated condition, including a faulty electrical system and contaminated drinking water. He placed the facility in federal receivership, appointed new managers, and barred any new tenants on the grounds.
The process of relocating hundreds of existing residents to alternate living quarters has been under way since that time. According to Housing Authority documents, the clean-up and containment of lead-based paint and asbestos at Duroville could cost upwards of $400,000.


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text: Is anyone using mineral oil for mite control? I've been putting a small bead on the top bars for a couple years. Recently I saw a beekeeping site offering an insecticide fogger (one that never had insecticide in it) to atomize the mineral oil and blow it into the hives. Anyone with experience with this?


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Looks like you have conquered those Y seams really well!! Beautiful quilt!!!
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Looks like you have conquered those Y seams really well!! Beautiful quilt!!!
Love the blocks. But not ready to do that one yet!
I like the looks of this one. Its a keeper pattern. What is the name of it? Great job.
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I love this. Are they 60 degree diamonds? I've been doing an EPP of 60 degree diamond stars, and want to do something other than stars for the next one This is great!
Beautiful work.
This is a striking quilt, love the colors.
Very pretty! Love the tumbling block!
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
You did a beautiful job. DARN, you have to go shopping for more fabric..........what a bummer! LOL
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The Investor's Oasis: Cyanide Pools in the Desert
In this globalization design, life is what least matters. - Oscar Váldez, Municipal Human Rights Commissioner of Catacamas, member of the Environmental Movement of Olancho (MAO)
Central America is currently undergoing what many consider to be an aggressive phase of neocolonialist expansion. Militarization in the region and in Latin America as a whole accompanies this movement to appropriate and secure the ownership and exploitation of the land's resources: water, minerals and life itself.
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the US, in the final stages of negotiation, will 'harmonize' the region in the same way that NAFTA 'liberalized' Mexico. The people are already living the destructive consequences of the structural adjustment policies advocated by the IMF, to which severely indebted countries such as Honduras have little bargaining power.
Hand in hand with these initiatives and accompanying militarization is the Plan Puebla Panama, an isthmus-wide project that strives to 'develop' the region. The included top-down economic mega-projects, infrastructure construction and interconnection represent the type of 'development' that serves to benefit foreign investment and the local elite, at the expense of the people, who have been organizing and mobilizing against these plans, struggling for an alternative community-based development.
Mining projects often offer a clear example of the type of 'development' promoted by the International Financial Institutions behind these regional plans and agreements. The World Bank, which itself also invests directly in mining companies and is involved in insuring investments, has been supporting the 'modernization' of mining legislation in a number of countries from the Global South, including a few Latin American countries.
Fool's Gold -- Mining in Honduras
In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the Honduran Congress passed a new General Mining Law in 1999, reportedly written by the National Mining Association, composed of company representatives. The new law grants immeasurable benefits to multinational mining companies at the expense of local communities. In return for a minimal number of jobs with severe health risks and a 1% tax to the municipal mayor's office, local inhabitants may receive evictions from their homes and land, open pools of cyanide in their neighbourhood, and a whole slew of detrimental effects on the environment and human health.
Approximately 30% of Honduran territory has been granted in mining concessions, in large part to subsidiaries of multinational mining corporations, principally hailing from Canada and the United States. DEFOMIN, the government body responsible for promoting mining in the country, granting concessions AND monitoring environmental impacts, is rather reluctant to respect the law obliging the institution to make the mining registry available to the public. Although there are currently few operational mines in the country, the case examples are growing, as is the local and national resistance.
Out West -- Cyanide Spills and 'Protected' Areas
In January 2003, the contradictory nature of DEFOMIN and the resulting poor compliance with environmental regulation took its toll out west, with a massive cyanide spill at the San Andrés mine, department of Copán, contaminating the Lara River, which feeds into the river providing drinking water for the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. Even though local inhabitants reported witnessing company employees hauling away evidence, they managed to amass some 18,000 dead fish, a testament to the environmental destruction caused to the now lifeless river and to the ecosystems it nourishes.
There were a number of abuses under the previous ownership of the San Andrés mine by Canadian mining company Greenstone: the forced relocation of an entire community, and the usual clear cutting, soil erosion, air, water, soil and noise pollution. The methods used to extract gold (and silver) greatly improve the profit/investment ratio: open pits and massive open-air pools filled with the cyanide solution used to extract the minerals from the rock. Greenstone left the country bankrupt and the 'national' company Minerales de Occidente was bought out by the Atlántida Group, which also owns the Honduran bank of the same name that was begun by the US Standard Fruit Company back in the heyday of the US-controlled banana industry.
Another controversy in occidental Honduras surrounds a 400-hectare mining concession in the department of Ocotepeque, granted in early 2003 to the Compañia Minera MAVERICK, subsidiary of the Vancouver-based Canadian mining company Silver Crest Mines, Inc. Local inhabitants opposed to the project argued that the concession was partially located inside the buffer zone of the El Guisayote biological reserve. The reserve was declared a protected area in 1987 by the 87-87 Decree, known as the cloudforest law for creating protected areas of all cloudforests located at an altitude higher than 1800m above sea level. Mining is one of the explicitly prohibited activities inside both the protected areas and their respective buffer zones, which together contain the headwaters of most of the rivers in the country.
Opposition has been gaining ground and national coverage. Despite DEFOMIN's GPS instruments and detailed maps (in which all protected areas are highlighted as out-of-bounds), doubts were raised about the exact boundaries of both the reserve and the concession, until even a government environmental agency released a report confirming that at least 30 hectares of Maverick's concession are found within the reserve. Inhabitants of La Labor continue to struggle for the rights of their communities and for the protection the El Guisayote reserve from exploitation. The Special Attorney's Office of the Environment has been investigating the Director of DEFOMIN, Sandra Marlene Pinto, over the institution's granting of the illegal concession.
"All this talk about cyanide is a big myth"
Although different cases are being uncovered and discussed, no recent mining project has received more attention within Honduras than the San Martin mine in the department of Francisco Morazan. The project is owned by Entre Mares, a 'Honduran' company wholly owned by Glamis Gold, a joint US-Canadian company with headquarters in Reno, Nevada. The company has concessions and operational mines in Guatemala, Mexico and the US, where the company is using NAFTA's famous chapter 11 to sue the country for legislation reform in California that, by adopting some prevention and mediation measures to protect the environment and sacred sites within indigenous territory, hinders the company's plans to install open pit mines in the Imperial Valley.
In Honduras, the communities surrounding the San Martin mine have not benefited from any such protection. Entre Mares Manager Eduardo Villacorta would argue they don't need any protection, since "all this talk about cyanide is a big myth." Community members, however, have been suffering from numerous grave illnesses: unidentified skin illnesses, hair loss, acute respiratory illnesses, as well as a number of mental health problems. The evidence gathered by medical brigades led by Doctor Juan Almendares and other independent medical and scientific professionals has been accepted by almost all except for those directly benefiting from mining.
Mario Chinchilla, Special Attorney of the Environment, explains that the health problems occasioned by the mine are only one of a number of violations committed by the company. These abuses include contamination, air pollution, the illegal logging of thousands of trees and altering the course of several rivers. Other abuses, unfortunately, are legal; the General Mining Law stipulates that mining concession owners have unlimited access to any water source, both inside and outside of the concession, resulting in the loss of much of the local population's water supply.
For a number of the abuses, the Special Attorney's Office formally charged Entre Mares with water usurpation, aggravated damages, forestry crimes and disobeying a public authority. They demanded the arrest of Entre Mares representative Simon Pridway, a Canadian citizen, a demand that was accepted by the court. The arrest warrant, however, was never carried out because 'investigations were continuing.' The 'justice' system in Honduras tends not to work against the powerful; the investor's oasis is being protected.
Really, what is happening in [the Valley of] Siria is terrible. It hurts the soul and makes one want to break down in tears upon witnessing the indifference of the government to the abuses, illnesses and disaster being caused by the mining company. We have to speak out; the country is being destroyed . . . - Doctor Juan Almendares (Revistazo, October 2003)
For more information about mining in Honduras and how to support community-based organizations working for a truly sustainable development for their communities, contact Rights Action. Web-based information resources include: - www.moles.org [1] -- Project Underground, an organization raising awareness about the adverse effects of mining, oil and gas ventures; case studies, urgent actions, info, links - www.miningwatch.ca [2] -- Mining Watch Canada, an NGO that monitors mining ventures both in Canada and abroad - www.revistazo.com [3] -- an independent Spanish monthly e-journal, focusing on the San Martin mine in the Oct. 2003 issue
This report was written by Sandra Cuffe, who works with Rights Action in Honduras.


text: I got some Goodyear duratracs (315/70 r17)about 6 months ago and have been extremely happy with them so far. Hopwever, I recently was looking at my front tires and they are extremely worn on the outer edges. The center and inner portion of the tread looks almost new as do the entire back tires. I am guessing that my alignment is off and also guessing that this is not an inflation issue. Can anyone chime in about the best way to go about getting this taken care of? Could this be something other than an alignment issue? I am confident it's not my lift (6" Fabtech w/ 4.0 dirt logic shocks). How much is a typical alignment for a rig like mine ('07 Silverado, quad cab, 4x4)?