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Oct 27, 2012 at 7:38 pm #1295576
All the guest and members that have left/ been forced out, where are you headed?
Knowing that BPL is unlike other forums, both in a positive and negative way.
What else is out there? In over 10 years I have not felt the need to stray into other forums. Blogs don't have that conversational quality to them.Oct 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm #1924764
Joe ClementBPL Member
@skinewmexicoLocale: Southwest
I see a lot of them on Whiteblaze and the Backpacker mag forum, but neither of those forums is as…………..personable (for lack of a better word) or informative as BPL. As a general rule, people on BPL are pretty decent.Oct 27, 2012 at 8:33 pm #1924767
Randy MartinBPL Member
@randalmartinLocale: Colorado
Why don't you start something Ken. You have always been one of the most vocal and negative about BPL. This is your chance to create something you would enjoy.Oct 27, 2012 at 8:58 pm #1924772
Well Randy, BPL is already here.
Edited out my own thread drift.
So any other forums for you Randy?Oct 27, 2012 at 9:28 pm #1924775
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
MLIFE costs $100. I think 2-3 times before spending that much money (yeah, I'm of Scottish descent), but let's put it all into the proper perspective. Ryan abandoned his Ph.D. focused career to start BPL about 10 years ago. We've all heard your frustrations and verbal outrage. You obviously spend lots of time out on the trail and on BPL.com. There are several other great websites/blogs that I enjoy. Maybe it's time to put up or…
I'll check into your new blog to see how well things are going with your next $100 investment.
TomOct 27, 2012 at 9:49 pm #1924780
"There are several other great websites/blogs that I enjoy."
-Great! These are? My original question.
@joe Whiteblaze, can't do it. Backpacker, only looked at it once for about 30 seconds. It's special here.
Edited out thread drift.Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 pm #1924782
Clayton MauritzenSpectator
@glacierramblerLocale: NW Montana
Sometimes things don't live up to what you hope. Not that knowing that makes it easy.
Sure wish I could make it all the way out to one of your GGGs, though. Looks like a good time.Oct 27, 2012 at 10:10 pm #1924783
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
"thread drift" ???
How does that compare to all of your negative comments over the past ~6 months…and BPL's contributions over the past 12 years? Sorry that was a rhetorical question.
I am just suggesting (hoping) that you will put your time to better use. I see plenty of value there because it does seem that you are a smart, passionate, and organized person. No sarcasm there. I really, really wish that I could have made the GGG event. It seemed like there were lots of cool people there, but I was not able to sway my wife. Face-to-face discussions are MUCH better because I suspect that you were really ticked off my my previous post, although I didn't say anything rude. Curse of the internet. I saw some photos from the event, but would love to hear some of the late night fireside discussions about BPL and other interesting topics.
Ken, I see that you edited your previous post. I appreciate that, but think that a comment of why you deleted those comments and what was said originally would be informative…or you could leave it as you typed it (because I suspect that you hate it when posts are deleted without explanation ). Maybe the best thing would be to leave your original comments and then state why you deleted them? I had some silly spelling errors (i.e., gin & tonic) in this post, so I corrected them.Oct 27, 2012 at 10:52 pm #1924793
@ Tom I edited my post because we all know the story here about me and my critique of BPL. In this thread I was wondering aloud where people who post here also post will be posting.
And it's Saturday night and I am not looking for a fight. Just entertainment, thanks.
The GGG's are a blast. Keep working on the Mrs.Oct 28, 2012 at 10:14 am #1924871
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
edited out is a theme Tom, one that I have had thrown my way on more than one occasion. If you don't agree or have an opinion about a certain members post you will get a diatribe that lasts an evening and then disappears the next day.Oct 28, 2012 at 5:35 pm #1924973
Randy MartinBPL Member
@randalmartinLocale: Colorado
In direct response to your original question Ken, I will remain here at BPL. There is frankly nothing like it out there. Nothing nearly as collectively deep with knowledge and interaction that the Forum provides. There are plenty of Blogs out there but of course those are one way for the most part and only address what the blogger wants to address. I use the Blogs mostly for in depth informative reviews of gear and for in depth trip reports of areas I want to visit myself.
I have been over to Whiteblaze some but it's generally too focused on the Appalachian trail for my interest. Whiteblaze is mostly just useful to me for gear related insight that people provide.
I noticed that the price of a BPL annual membership dropped when I renewed recently to $20. In my own opinion, that is money very well spent, the equivalent of a book purchase. Having said that the knowledge I have gained simply from browsing the forum history at BPL is enormous. I am extraordinarily grateful for everything it has taught me.Oct 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm #1925152
Harald HopeMember
@hhopeLocale: East Bay
Ken, reading John Muir, that's a good one to do. Also far more educational than posting a lot in these forums, there's only so much you can really say about gear in the end, you have a tent, a backpack, a sleeping bag, you cook or you don't, you walk around, maybe you even hear and see something you hadn't before, if you managed to slow down enough to do that. Muir is also far more unabashedly reverent of nature, and not once you do see him brag about how many miles he did in a day while passing through as much nature as possible in the least time. I find him refreshing, despite his faults and blindness to certain things, I hadn't actually read a full book of his, just excerpts, so if you're looking for a better way to spend your time, that's one. Edward Abbey is fun too, though not quite as deep, though he too also brings up good points now and then. Wendell Berry shows that there is life out there in the American wastelands still as well, a delightful writer/thinker/liver. All these guys really help put bpl into a more reasonable perspective, since they tend to focus on what really matters, though, as someone who doesn't mind doing some gear geeking as a hobby when there's nothing better to do, I like bpl for making me massively over-think every part of my kit and practice, something I never did before.
I see the discussions about your tone or whatever, but I guess I don't spend enough time reading these forums to actually know what they are talking about, or to care (really, there are much much bigger things to care about nowadays), I don't see it, you seem in general one of the more coherent and reasonable people here, at least that's my non insider perspective, as someone who finds lot of other things to read and do online than one single gear forum dealing with a niche of a niche of outdoor gear use,
I see you organizing trips, planning events, putting out, for free, your time/energy. As someone who has done a LOT of volunteer work over the past years, I have always noted the huge difference between those who actually do the work and put out their energy and those who don't. I'd be a lot more impressed with your critics if I saw their names attached constantly to event organizing and other free volunteer stuff, of any sort. I'm not a huge fan of the idea of trying to monetize a community resource, 99.5%, at least, of what I use bpl for is the forums and the member generated ongoing knowledge base, the reviews I find mostly useless, though links to other reviewers out there can be really good.
I do think however that by narrowing the focus / bias so much to ul stuff, bpl really limits what it can achieve, but that's just how it turns out, hard to control where web stuff goes. But ul has this problem, that once you sort of figure it out, you have so little gear that there's really not that much to talk about, I mean, we know that thin raingear will wet out, and some of us even know, having used it, that thicker stuff doesn't, but beyond that, there's only so many words you can write.
What's interesting about Muir was that he really found city life vile, and spent as much time as he could out there, and only took time to write it up when he got older, a lot older. Ie, when he basically couldn't do it anymore. Food for thought. I still haven't had an UL trip that was better than a heavy pack trip, except for the hike itself, but even that I don't really think was that much better, just a bit easier. I need to work on slowing down a bit more I think, then I should start hearing/seeing what makes it all worthwhile in the end again. There's so much cool stuff to learn out there, gear is a tiny piece, but shouldn't be more than that.
bpl will end up where it ends up, but forum chitchat should never take the place of real life of any sort, so bpl is always going to have some pretty built in restrictions based on its biases and focus. Here's to recovering health and well being enough to hear the voice of nature when it decides to speak, and here's also to knowing when to stop doing things that lead away from that goal.Oct 29, 2012 at 2:35 pm #1925169
Richard CullipSpectator
@richardcullipLocale: San Diego County
No idea where we will end up but I'm hoping we will still be around for atleast the next 12 months. When my yearly membership came up for renewal about a month ago, I had decided to let it lapse. I wasn't anticipating using the Gear Swap Forum anytime soon and I wasn't getting much out of the articles. My main enjoyment was the forum and I could, up until very recently, continue to participate in the forum as a non-paying member. Unfortunately that option was taken away as the forum came under a relentless SPAM attack. I was hoping for a solution to that that would have allowed me to continue participating in the free forum but, alas, no such solution has been found yet. Therefore, I've just renewed my membership. I'm sad to see that some of the familiar names of active, but non-member, participants are now gone somewhere else. I'll miss their participation but life goes on. I certainly hope the BPL forum lasts atleast for the next 12 months.Nov 4, 2012 at 9:32 am #1926309
Great post Harold. Reading is quite enjoyable, yes. I'm reading "Up and Down California in 1860-64" Very interesting. Incredible amount of change in a hundred years.
Books don't talk back though. I like the forums for a conversational substitute for when you can't be with your backpacking peeps.
Renee does not want to talk gear, backpacking.
I hope that the situation here can be resolved before I die of old age. 46 in Jan.
Anyone want to give odds?
Backpacker.com Those forums are slow.
Edit: Edited out inflammatory remark that was never there.Nov 4, 2012 at 4:20 pm #1926373
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
We've had some BPL posters come onto "The Lightweight Backpacker," http://www.backpacking.net. It has been around longer than BPL but (at least in the 7 years I've been on it) doesn't have as big a crowd. IMHO, this can be an advantage. Of course as a moderator on TLB I watch newcomers, as a few turn out to be spammers who like to make half a dozen innocuous posts and then insert their spam links. I of course recognize most BPL "refugees" and alert the other mods that these folks are good guys!
I remain active on both forums, but my first love is with TLB since that's where I learned to lighten up!Nov 10, 2012 at 10:03 am #1927500
Tim ZenSpectator
@asdzxc57Locale: MI
My 2 cents —
This will be an interesting experiment in paid social media. I decided to be a paying member for the articles, but have seen the quality decrease significantly. I miss the podcasts. I miss non-member postings, they added to the diversity.Nov 10, 2012 at 3:33 pm #1927543
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"I miss non-member postings, they added to the diversity."
Stick around, Tim. I predict they will slowly reappear as the word gets out that the orignal non-paying members are still free to post without paying. Most of them love the Forums as much as we paying members, and from most of what I hear, there really isn't any other place that comes even close to what BPL has to offer, for all its warts and pimples. That is what people like Ken can't seem to get their heads around, the basic reality that nothing will ever be perfect, and that it is often best to love something for what it is rather that what you want it to be. Or go out and create something as you want it to be from scratch. Maybe someday, when he grows up…. He's only 46, you know. ;0)Nov 10, 2012 at 5:35 pm #1927564
Bruce TolleyBPL Member
@btolleyLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
The difference between $5 and $24.99 per year, According to RJ's post the extra $20 gets you
-Member discounts on goods and services offered by Backpacking Light
-Subscription to the Members-only email newsletter
-Access to Members-only forum for the discussion of issues unique to Backpacking Light membership
Except for the courses in Montana, there is nothing to get a discount on.
The email news letter just alerts me upon the rare event of articles being published
A Members only Forum? Where is that?
Am I missing something?
At renewal time, $5 seems like the way to go.Nov 10, 2012 at 7:00 pm #1927574
Andrew WeldonBPL Member
"A Members only Forum? Where is that?"
Down at the bottom of the forum list. There's essentially nothing there worthwhile.
Honestly, once the spam and related membership issues are sorted, the only real fix for the community is to shrink the number of subforums. ~20 sub forums is the death of a community this small, and an extremely common mistake in forum management.
Edit: Sorry, it's closer to 40 subforums here.Nov 10, 2012 at 9:40 pm #1927587
Miguel ArboledaBPL Member
@butukiLocale: Kanto Plain, Japan
Mary, it is good to see another person mention TLB. I haven't been on those forums in a very long time, but that is where, long before BPL, I first learned to start going lighter (aside from reading Jardine and the blogs by Michael Conner, Onestep, Adventure Alan, Ultralight Joe, and early Nimblewill Nomad, Will Reitveld, and Ryan Jordan). I've always wondered why TLB never made it the way BPL did. Perhaps because it is harder to navigate and not as flashy. Not did it subscribe to the cult of UL the way BPL did. It is through TLB that I first learned about and asked lots of questions about the then still new Hilleberg Akto. Have to go back and look around again.
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
Its probably 20 to 1. In this context......that's far fetched to me.
Not only would a team have to pay him a huge amount of money, but they would lose a 1 round pick and probably another to us to sign him.
That's why we are holding all (or most) of the cards.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
lets just throw this situation out there; cruz signs elsewhere, but we gain a 1rst and a 3rd draft pick, and have more room in the cap to get a top notch RT or G/C...then how does everyone feel? from a completely economical stand point, seeing as we got a SB already, and got the production we did for around 1 mil both years (lmao how JR pulled that off is beyond me, talk about lucking out on an UDFA rookie). You sell him high, ie the 1rst and 3rd round pcks, then use one of those spots to address his loss. then u have an additional quality pick and the money u would have spent on him, can now be used on a FA...
its not an easy decision. im with the majority here in wanting him back. but the other scenario isnt exactly terrible.
for instance, suppose the giants FO works out ss12, deem him 100% healthy, get him on a 2 yr deal at 2 mil, how does that hypothetical change our feelings on cruz?

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Blakeslee and her hiking companion, Amy Linkert, did not return home as scheduled after visiting the monument.
After days of searching and much anticipation, Public Information Officer for the National Parks Service Traci Weaver said the rescue is looking meek.
"It's broken terrain, lots of holes, lots of caves and lots of crevasses," said Weaver.
With 750,000 acres of land to cover, park officials say that there are many places that could be shielding searchers from finding Blackeslee. Until Friday, officials thought they were looking for Amy Linkert. Linkert's body was found Wednesday and misidentified as Blackeslee.
"This is not like searching a football field, its very rugged terrain," said Weaver.
The women were apparently going hiking and had parked their trailer at a campground in Arco. Their dogs, cell phones and other personal items were found inside their pickup. He believes the women were making a day-trip hike and there was no indication of foul play.
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SAT tutoring
Original post made by PalyDad, Downtown North, on Aug 18, 2013
He happens to have an index that is slightly below typical cutoff scores for the past few years. But he gets one more chance on the SAT, in about 6 weeks. He scored around 1050 (math+verbal) I think, so he has some room for improvement. Even a boost of 100 points could make the difference between acceptance and rejection.
I noticed that Ivy Tutor has a 6-week SAT class about to start. Has anyone had any experience with this company, or with SAT tutoring in general? I'm thinking that he probably can't learn a lot of math or English in 6 weeks, but perhaps he could learn test-taking techniques if he had the right sort of coaching.
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a resident of College Terrace
on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm
[Post removed.]
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:42 pm
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I am interested in parents' experiences here, with this company or any other. I did notice that Ivy Tutor has no yelp reviews, other than filtered ones (including several 5-star reviews from the same 2-3 days using the same words). And I don't see any other comments about them either. How can a company that has been around for years have no reviews? Someone must be going to them. Who?
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:45 pm
I personally posted a negative Yelp review and there were several others at the time. This enterprise SPAMED the entire PAUSD electronic database unethically and their web-site was closed for a while. There is no owner to speak with, they'll tell you it is a tutoring corporation, but all it is is an open space outside a pottery store with a few cubicles, so there is no quiet privacy. The tutor my child had was so very bad and useless that I demanded a refund. The lady I spoke with on the phone told me that she does not care about all the negative Yelp reviews but she still agreed to give me a refund for one of the sessions.
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:50 pm
Please do Ivy Tutor search in "SEARCH PALO ALTO ONLINE" and you will find other posting about IVY TUTOR in Palo Alto.
a resident of Community Center
on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:14 pm
There is something fishy going on with Ivy Tutor, the spam, and so forth. Try Princeton Review, or get a first hand opinion on tutors from other parents you may know. Also, ask the Paly college guidance department because there is free prep online available.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Aug 19, 2013 at 7:05 am
There are many other reputable test prep companies in Palo Alto.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Aug 19, 2013 at 12:56 pm
The key to studying is to practice a lot because the test allows for 1 minute per problem. Some students begin studying in middle school, some in high school, some in Junior year after the PSATs, and others, a few months in advance. Don't think that just because your child gets good grades and reads a lot, they will do well on the test; this isn't an IQ test, and studying can help the outcome. English teachers should be teaching our students vocabulary, but these days, appallingly, not all do. There is a lot of vocabulary - no more synonym/antonyms, but in the reading comprehension area, if you don't know what one word means, you can't answer the question. I know of a student who began pasting a word on the wall everyday since middle school and took all the highest lanes, of course. He went to Harvard but was also accepted into MIT. The kids shooting for Ivy Leagues are definitely studying for years. Some aren't happy with 700s and take classes to improve. And of course, there will be some arrogant parent who posts that their child hardly studied and got a 2100 the first time.
College Board has questions
Naviance has questions
YES - College Board SAT
Yes - Princeton Review SAT
No - Barron's SAT
Yes - AJ Tutoring (depending upon the tutor, or take the group class)
Yes - Mr. Test Prep
NO - Revolution
No - Think Tank
No - Ivy Tutor (based upon them emailing me unethically)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 19, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Many families use Elite Prep.
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 20, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Marie is a registered user.
My kids used Princeton Review. Both of them were National Merit Scholars (although that was based on the PSAT not the SAT). I was very impressed by their services but they are expensive. In our case, the main benefit was probably confidence building and structured practice for the test. Actually, the techniques taught, especially how to time yourself so as to maximize a score when there isn't enough time to do everything on the test, were valuable for finals in high school and college too. If a particular service is much cheaper, then it probably isn't as good. If money is an issue, check out courses at Foothill, PA Evening School and summer school. Check with your high school college guidance counselor.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 20, 2013 at 1:27 pm
I have a son who's a junior at Paly, and the topic of SAT prep is coming up right now. Am I the only one who feels that the whole SAT prep business is bad for society? It's no different than assault rifles: once we as a society start condoning the right to pay for and bear arms, it's a slippery slope down to a place where
a) everyone has them; and
b) they provide no safety value *and* put lower income citizens at a disadvantage to the extent they can't afford similar firepower
Same with SAT prep - if everyone does this, how is this not an elitist power-grab that hurts society?
NOTE: I'm probably gonna buy P/SAT prep help (or at least a book) for my son, but feel like a $*@&$ for doing it.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Aug 20, 2013 at 1:55 pm
@Chris: Agree with you, but life isn't fair. At least there is no formal caste system here.
The College Board is such a racket. I paid $18 online for the questions he missed to be sent to me. I called and they first told me it was sent in April. When I asked them to resend, they told me the March test doesn't send the missed questions but the January and October ones do. They claimed they would refund my money and couldn't answer why it was an option when I was paying online. What if I hadn't called? They'd have my $18; they probably still do have it; I should check to see if indeed they did refund me.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 21, 2013 at 10:24 pm
Parents pay for test prep courses because it works and it matters, not because it's fair or isn't a waste of time.
a resident of Stanford
on Aug 22, 2013 at 8:09 am
Perhaps if we support and leverage research that shows of these tests their predictive value for academic or career success, or lack thereof, we could influence university admissions programs. If they have no predictive value modulo demographics, maybe publicly funded universities could be forced to stop using them.
We would also need another way to at least continue pretending that university admission processes account for the vast differences among high schools, and the appropriate interpretations of their students' records.
The difficulty of this problem is probably why universities depend on these test results without knowing what they mean in the current context of pay-for-prep.
A good, thorough approach to learn what matters about applicants in order to determine fit would be much more work for admissions committees, but would likely repay itself fairly quickly with reputation and alumni donations.
Real work on processes to do this might help free us from this scam. Maybe a topic for an Ed grad student thesis?
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Aug 22, 2013 at 2:20 pm
@ Chris and some others:
Yes, you have it nailed right on the head.
I would encourage a teen to use a self-study SAT book in a structured fashion (with a goal of completion by a certain time). It is wise to study for these tests, but I have been disgusted and saddened by the hyper-emphasis of some Palo Alto parents, among some others, on bragging rights on these test scores.
The test prep industry is disgusting, costly, plays to parental fears of not obtaining Ivy offers, highly variable in terms of staffing/advice and skewed towards Tiger Moms.
Let your teen express him/herself individually in other ways and grow so that s/he has something to write about in college app essays. You can't get around the importance of doing "well" (Palo Alto standards are very high) on PSAT, SAT, APs, however you can keep it in perspective and encourage other areas that are part of most college apps.
A high test score CAN be obtained through costly tutoring/prepping, however one's character, experiences, growth, individual initiative, paid job experiences, art works and whatnot are from individuals and are *sometimes* recognized by major universities.
It is in the interest of society that we encourage excellence in our youth, and rather than a dog eat dog competitive test prep environment skewed by parental wealth and test prep practice, whereby a student can raise his/her scores by a significant amount if closely managed over a period of years --I suggest you look ALSO to personal accountability, initiative, creativity, accomplishments, which are really not the aim of the College Board or test prep industry
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 6, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Perhaps related, cheating among Harvard freshman is on the rise:
Web Link
No wonder, when spending money only some have to score higher on standardized tests is part of what gets many into schools like Harvard in the first place. Parents of Paly & Gunn students are leaders in that respect. Many thinking students will rightly say to themselves "My parents are telling me that getting into the best school is key to my future career success, so now that I'm accepted an in, why not continue giving myself an unfair advantage?"
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 6, 2013 at 3:59 pm
Crescent Park Dad is a registered user.
Don't like cheating? I highly recommend one our nation's military academies.
Two words: Honor Code
Are they perfect? No.
Free Educatuon from one of our nation's top schools? Yes. Guaranteed employment upon graduation. Service to your country.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Sep 7, 2013 at 1:14 am
Sadly, some people pay for the services of a professional test taker (GED, ACT, SAT). I first heard about it 20 years ago while working in Asia. Apparently parents will pay for such a service and do not feel it is wrong. So sad, but true. It undermines the efforts of all the honest hard working students out there.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 7, 2013 at 7:32 pm
I don't think tutoring for SAT is unethical.
It's unfortunately an industry for which we are forced to buy the product because if we don't, those who buy it tend to have better results (if nothing else because they are spending the money to improve) or they feel the are more confident after getting the attention of a tutor. If you can afford it, why not.
For the 100 points you are looking for though, the cost of SAT tutoring may be more than you need though, and investing time and structured attention to a few practice tests could be just as useful or looking for free tips online. Taking the tests over and over will help your son find where he is making mistakes, and he's bound to improve 100 points.
AJ Tutoring I have heard is one of the better tutors, ask them what they suggest.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Apr 22, 2015 at 12:33 am
Has anyone used Sequoia Academy?
In addition to all the classes they have listed only, they say they offer college counseling and help with writing admission essays.
Their website says "Alumni of the Sequoia Academy have gone on to receive higher education at some of the nation's most prestigious institutions, including MIT, Princeton, Harvard, UPenn, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and many other schools of equal academic caliber."
I can't find anyone who has used them or knows about them, but parents are so competitive that it is hard to get any information.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Apr 24, 2015 at 8:35 pm
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'No criminal act,' no charges; shelter won't comment on probe
REDMOND, Ore. - A severely injured pit bull that a shelter veterinarian believed had been dragged behind a car instead jumped out a passenger-side window, Deschutes County sheriff's deputies said after investigating the emotional, high-profile case for several days, concluding it was a "tragic accident and not a criminal act."
Here is the complete text of the sheriff's office news release, issued late Thursday:
"An in-depth investigation was conducted by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Detective Division regarding the male pit bull that was found injured on Smith Rock Way on Monday morning, July 22nd, 2013.
"Based on that investigation, it was determined that this was tragic accident and not a criminal act. During the investigation, it was determined that the dog jumped out the passenger-side window of the vehicle as it was traveling down Smith Rock Way, without the knowledge of the driver.
"At the time this accident occurred, Chance's actual owner was not in physical custody of the dog. All contacted parties were very cooperative in the investigation and everyone involved wishes nothing but the best for Chance.
"The Deschutes County DA's Office has been consulted during the investigation; no criminal citations have been issued. All reports will be submitted to the DA's Office for a final review.
"Chance is doing well in the care of BrightSide Shelter in Redmond. Over $5,000 in donations have been received towards his current and future care, with donations coming from as far away as Australia and the United Kingdom.
"An earlier media report of the dog being tied to the bumper of a vehicle at a store in Terrebonne was erroneous, and was never any part of the overall investigation.
"No additional information regarding this case will be released."
BrightSide Animal Center officials said in a news release update Friday that Chance survived the night and was able to stand, eat and drink. Catheters also have been removed.
Executive Director Chris Bauersfeld said his "condition has improved somewhat, but he is not out of the woods," with weeks and months of recovery ahead - if he survives.
Another long procedure under anesthesia was planned Friday.
The shelter expressed gratitude for contributions from across Central Oregon and as far away as England, Australia and Russia.
But as for the sheriff's office's investigation, BrightSide said in that it would have no comment, as their focus is on caring for Chance medically.
Chance, as the Redmond shelter named him, underwent a procedure Wednesday to remove dead skin, officials said.
Because he requires round-the-clock care, Bauersfeld has been taking him home with her overnight.
"Chance made it through another procedure to remove dead skin, a bandage change of all of his bandages on all four legs, his torso, and shoulder area," Bauersfeld said Thursday. "He survived the procedure and the night. He had a good appetite and drank water on his own."
Chance still faces more surgery and a long recovery period if he survives. BrightSide said it is grateful for the many donations received in recent days to offset the high cost of his care.
Donations can be made online at http://brightsideanimals.org/donations/contributions/ or checks can be mailed to BrightSide Animal Center, 1355 NE Hemlock Ave., Redmond OR 97756, or call 541-923-0882.
BrightSide Animal Center on Tuesday took in and treated the neutered male black-and-white pit bull, discovered Monday by Deschutes County sheriff's deputies on Smith Rock Way in Terrebonne.
The dog was taken to a local veterinary clinic to house until it could be transferred to BrightSide on Tuesday when the shelter opened.
BrightSide's veterinarian, Dr. Cheryl Byrd, is an experienced emergency veterinarian and has seen prior cases such as this one, but said this is the worst one she had ever seen.
The dog's extensive injuries are life-threatening and it is not known at this time if the dog will recover, the center said.
Byrd performed the first surgery Tuesday to try to help the dog, but he is facing multiple surgeries, as well as a long post-operative recovery period -- if he is able to survive the next few days.
"About two-thirds of the dog's body was burned, scraped and horrifically injured from being dragged." the shelter reported Wednesday.
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#21 Tue 08 Jan 08 11:59pm
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Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Dr Friol wrote:
Of course there is an emotional argument regarding the conditions in which these birds are kept, but they're chickens for heaven's sake; they still work with their heads chopped off!
I'm not sure what kind of doctor you are or why you felt the need to use the title 'Dr' in your screen name. You might not even be one for all I know!?
If you are a medical doctor then your lack of empathy doesn't suprise me, you couldn't do the job you do if you didn't have that ability to detach your emotions from a distressing situation.
I am the total opposite, I have my own chickens and know all their personalities and foibles. Love watching their antics. They are intelligent animals and make superb pets.
They don't deserve to suffer the miserable existence that they do in intensive broiler facilities.
The empathic amongst us can recognise that.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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#22 Wed 09 Jan 08 11:34am
Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
I did not decide to become a vegan for fun or simply because of my unselfish compassion for animals. I have done extensive research on the issue. Before I turned vegan I completed a health and nutrition diploma course which is where I learnt everything I have said. I have read various books which can back up my arguments and I also complete ongoing nutritional training in my part time job which reveals more and more evidence that a vegan diet is the healthiest diet on the planet. My boyfriend has also completed a degree in sports nutrition at Surrey University and his knowledge is consistent with mine. I am completing a law degree on top of that where I am learning how much rubbish the government feed the public about the meat industry, especially children, and about the transportation of live animals and that 'regulations' mean nothing.
Maybe some of you need to read some modern books supported by scientific fact and not literature that was written in the 1950's or by various bodies that will feed you such rubbish because it is in their interests to do so. The government once produced a report stating that being overweight increases longeivity...and you believe them when they also tell you meat is an essential part of your diet? How abour reading Dr Neal Barnards's findings on www.nealbarnard.org, or Dr Michael Greger's on www.drgreger.org or visiting www.vegforlife.org or www.drmcdougall.com or www.veganhealth.org or visiting the Physicians Commitee for Responsible Medicine at www.pcrm.org. Or how about reading Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment or Meat Market: Animals, Ethics and Money or An Unnatural Order: Why we are destroying the PLanet and Each Other or Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust or Fast Food Nation...or as you seem to prefer the nutrition side of things how about Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life or Eat Right, Live Longer, or the Food Revolution or The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention...
If you only open your eyes to one let it be The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight-loss and Long Term Health by Dr T C Campbell...which surprise surprise supports eating a vegan diet.
Also using some common sense can bring some light on the situation. People eating a chinese diet have the lowest cases of all types of heart diseases and cancers. Breast cancer is so uncommon in China a lot of people who have lived there all their lives don't even understand exactly what it is or what happens to someone who has it. In the UK and the USA 1 in 3 people get cancer - proven direct links with meat and dairy. The chinese diet is plant based with high amounts of soya protein.
Soya protein is one of the very few sources in the world which contains all the amino acids needed. Flaxseeds or linseeds also have twice the amount of omegas than fish oil does...I could go on but what I'm trying to say is that human beings do not need meat and dairy in their diet and treating animals like they are treated with intensive farming methods is completely unneccessary and demonstrates what a disgusting being humans have turned into.
I understand your argument about poorer families only being able to afford intensively farmed animals but once again this is not neccessary! A vegan diet is much cheaper! My grocery shopping is at least £20 cheaper than my other 5 housemates' who buy meat and dairy.
The comment that 'they're only chickens' simply shows what an uncaring person you are and I can only feel sorry for those around you...
"Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they're only animals". Theodor Adorno
#23 Wed 09 Jan 08 1:00pm
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Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Nicolesa - Everyone is entitled to live the lifestyle they want and to what they can afford. What is wrong is to try and insist that others have to do the same.
Vegetarians and Vegans tend to knock 'normal' people to promote their cause, just the same as organic chicken growers market their birds by saying that intensive chickens are cruel and not as welfare friendly.
Jamie and Hugh FW are doing it with their CH4 programs this week. They say "We want everyone to eat free range". Ok they can express their opinion by extolling the virtues of free range, but if they can only manage to succed by trying to destroy another sector of the industry, then I think they are loosing the argument.
Despite continual scares that everything you are going to eat will kill you, people are living longer. How much longer will you live by being a Vegan?
#24 Wed 09 Jan 08 1:49pm
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- From West Midlands United Kingdom
- Member since Wed 05 Dec 07
Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
I would just like to say that in my mind I am glad this program was done to show people what life is like for 'food' animals in any catagory you want free range or battery. I choose to buy organic free range or free range, that is my choice, but some can afford the prices and some can not, so I think in my own opion that to change one food item, to what we believe is right, in all means such as the welfare, wellbeing, conditions ( that we have in our minds is suitable ) which we choose for lots of reasons is to have an end product that is good in taste and makes us happier as the consumer which I think is a good thing and to use that product as an important meal ie Sunday Lunch, special meals or even as a treat is a start.
#25 Wed 09 Jan 08 2:36pm
Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Can I just make it perfectly clear that I am not trying to change everybody or say that I am superior to everyone that eats meat and dairy. I am merely trying to educate people. It is incredibly frustrating when people try to argue this issue with me when they quite clearly have not done any research on the matter and are only using arguments that they have been led to believe since childhood. I don't agree with any form of religion but I cannot pretend to know everything about every religion and therefore will not use tenuous statements to argue my views to a christian, muslim, budhist etc. These types of TV programmes proves my point perfectly; (as in last night's Hugh's Chicken Run) people will argue that eating meat is right till their blue in the face, take them to a slaughterhouse and they come out in tears and vow never to touch the stuff again.
#26 Wed 09 Jan 08 3:43pm
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Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Perhaps a vegetarian/vegan will find this hard to comprehend but I am a meat eater and a massive animal lover. I have pets who I would risk my own life for, I can't watch animal rescue programmes because they make me cry and my ultimate dream is to save the panda bears. I used to be a vegetarian for many years but unfortunately (drunken) temptation got the better of me. I would love to go veggie again because it breaks my heart to watch programmes like Hugh's Chicken Run but unfortunately, like many people, I think it would be too hard to give up.
There is no way that all the vegetarians and vegans in the world will ever be able to get everyone to go meat free. Some people like it too much, some find it too hard to give up and some simply just don't care about the welfare of animals enough to stop eating them. I think people are missing the point with programmes like Hugh's and that's why animals continue to get treated in the disgusting way they do. He's not trying to turn the world vegetarian he is simply trying to make people aware of the way chickens are treated so something can be done about it. So while the veggies and the meat eaters of the world continue to fight amongst themselves over who is right and who is wrong, these poor chickens continue to be subjected to this treatment. Something that everyone in this discussion has in common is the fact that we all think the way chickens are treated is disgusting and it needs to stop. So why don't we all stop fighting each other because let's face it one more or one less person eating meat isn't going to make a difference. Why don't we all target the supermarkets and farmers who are contributing to this treatment and force them to stop because that really will make a difference.
#27 Wed 09 Jan 08 7:37pm
- Forum super champ Occupation avoiding housework
- From The land of song.
- Member since Tue 04 Oct 05
Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
chixgbsdg, not all vegetarians will push their opinions upon others , what you might not realise is that I am a vegetarian , I have been for many years .
I am a vegetarian as I do not like the taste or texture of meat.
My husband is not a vegetarian and I have always allowed my family to make their own choices regards wether or not they eat meat.
They all realy enjoy eating meat and so I have always cooked it for them .
No problems !
I am infact a good cook of meat dispite the fact I never taste what I cook.
I have learned to season the meat from the smell of it alone ,although I do request a 'gravey taster' but in truth thats more to allert the family that the meal is amost ready and also they all think that its a favoured position to be in !!
I hope that I never push vegetarian ways upon anyone as everyone should be able to make up their own minds upon the subject.
Having a vegetarian in the family (me!) means that we eat loads of vegetables alongside the rest of my family eating meat. During Lent , some of my daughters always give up eating meat (and chocolate!) so we have vegetarian meals for the whole family.
#28 Wed 09 Jan 08 7:51pm
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Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Mummza - Good for you, I'm impressed that you still cook meat for your family.
Don't you just fancy a bacon sandwich though!?!
#29 Wed 09 Jan 08 8:34pm
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Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
No, I never fancy a bacon sandwich , although I do not dislike the smell of it cooking as much as some other things
#30 Wed 09 Jan 08 9:54pm
Re: Jamie's Fowl Dinners
Mummza of course you wouldn't inflict your vegetarian ways on others because you're not a vegetarian because you care, you're a vegetarian because you simply don't like meat. Meat eaters always inflict their views on vegetarians and vegans and we are entitled to state our opinions too. Vegetarians, and vegans especially, really are treated like weirdos in this country. People often ask me if I would feed my children meat (I don't want children anyway) and I always say no and they always tell me that's unfair inflicting my views like that. Well I think it's unfair I was forced to eat meat as a child. People can bring up their children how they like. And nobody would criticise an atheist for not buying their Christian friend the crusifix necklace they wanted, nobody would tell a man who is against plastic surgery that he is wrong for not paying for his wife's boob job...anyway I'm sure you can see where I'm going so please don't ever say that to a veggie when you ask the question.
Anyways I'm off to watch the final Hugh's Chicken Run and I hope you all are too!


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#11 Mon 18 Apr 05 3:11pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
I've never noticed condensed milk here...
There are berlingots of nestlé's I don't know what actually. I need to investigate this.
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#12 Mon 18 Apr 05 3:12pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
Will try and find one honast, I could plagerise and nick the one kayleigh gave me
#13 Mon 18 Apr 05 3:18pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
when my aunt came back from Hawaii with a whole bag of macadamias...sooooo good!
Might I add that we sandwiched ice cream between them?
Macadamia Nut-Chocolate Chunk Cookies:
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces best quality dark chocolate,chopped
3/4 cup roughly chopped macadamia nuts*
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet and set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg, almond extract, and vanilla and mix well.
Onto a sheet of waxed paper or into a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix well. Fold in the chocolate and nuts.
With a 1/4-cup scoop, portion out the dough onto the baking sheet, leaving 2-inches between each piece. Bake until the edges are golden brown but the centers are still slightly soft, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. With a spatula, transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
*NOTE: If the nuts are salted, rinse under cold running water and pat dry before using
Yield: 1 dozen large cookies
#14 Mon 18 Apr 05 5:30pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
There is a gingerbread cookie recipe of mine in the Recipes section Jennijo.
Likely on page 12 or so by now.... go to the Recipe section and then search for gingerbread...
Found it:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/forums/viewt … ingerbread
http://www.jamieoliver.com/forums/viewt … mp;start=0
#15 Mon 18 Apr 05 10:30pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cup + 2 tbl. unsifted, bleached, all pu, rpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup light or dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg + 1 yolk
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Place a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 325 F. Temperature is critical so use an oven thermometer to verify the correct oven temperature and adjust as necessary. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and set aside to cool until it's lukewarm. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. Do not sift. Place both sugars in a medium mixing bowl. Pour melted butter into sugar and mix until completely blended. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix until blended. Add flour mixture and mix until blended. Add chocolate chips. Mix just until chips are evenly distributed.
Line 11 x 17 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Don't use waxed paper. It's too flammable.
Baking Instructions:
Using a scant 1/4 cup of cookie dough, roll a ball in the palms of your hands. Grab the ball with the fingertips of both hands and pull the dough into two pieces resembling half moons. Rotate the halves so the two jagged/flat sides point toward the ceiling and push the two halves together. You'll now have a cookie with a jagged top surface (they look like little tree stumps). (I didn't do this for all of them and they were fine) Place the cookies(about 6 per sheet) onto the cookie sheets. Put cookies in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Start checking for doneness after about 13 minutes and every two minutes thereafter. They are done when they are turning light golden brown and the edges are starting to get dry and firm while thecenters are still soft. Cool cookies completely on their cookie sheets.
The twin secrets to these "mall style" cookies are the melted butter and the extra egg yolk.
Serving Suggestions Serve warm or allow to cool completely. Store completely cooled cookies in airtight containers, separating layers of cookies with waxed paper. The dough will keep refrigerated for 2 days and frozen for about 30 days. Be sure to wrap it closely with plastic wrap and place it in an airtight container. Thaw frozen dough overnight in the refrigerator. Baked cookies will keep in the freezer for a few weeks. Wrap individually in plastic wrap. Thaw 15 minutes at room temperature for a quick cookie fix.
1) The dark brown sugar makes darker colored cookies. The light
brown or golden brown sugar makes lighter colored cookies. I preferthe dark ones because of the little extra flavor the molasses adds.
2) For a nice variation, use light brown sugar instead of dark, substitute white chocolate chips, and add 2 or 3 tsp. grated orange peel (from one large orange), to the batter. These are called White Chip, Orange Dream Cookies.
This took Ages to type I hope you appreciate it. I think it was e-mailed to me from friends abroad.
#16 Mon 18 Apr 05 10:35pm
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- Member since Tue 22 Mar 05
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
cheers andy, i think i will be doing those this weekend!!
#17 Tue 19 Apr 05 5:22pm
- Member Occupation mum to 5 beautiful children
- From Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Member since Sat 19 Mar 05
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
for link.
Have the printer going as we speak.
Thank you Luna for letting us all nick your recipe. Will get the ingrediants when I next go shopping SOON.
#18 Tue 19 Apr 05 5:26pm
La Luna
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
No problem louee - sharing recipes is part of what this site is about.
jennijo - pleased to hear the cookies were enjoyed.
#19 Thu 21 Apr 05 2:59pm
- Member Occupation Preschool teacher, mom
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- Member since Wed 30 Jun 04
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
My favorite cookie, especially great when the snow is falling in big puffy flakes and it's a do-nothing Saturday afternoon in those bleak mid-winter months...
If anyone is familiar with the Dancing Deer Baking Company's ginger-clove cookies, these are very close to them.
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cloves
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
2 large eggs
Preheat oven to 325°F. and lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon.
In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter, shortening, and 3 cups sugar until light and fluffy and beat in molasses. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture and combine well.
In a small shallow bowl put remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Form dough into 2-inch balls and roll in sugar. On baking sheets arrange balls about 4 inches apart and flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
Bake cookies in batches in middle of the oven 15 minutes, or until puffed and golden. (Cookies should be soft.) Transfer cookies with a metal spatula to racks to cool.
Makes about 25 cookies.
#20 Thu 21 Apr 05 4:10pm
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Thanks for the receipe Jay_joanne, have printed it out.
Haven't a clue when I am going to make all these cookies, Can't do too many I don't want my boys getting porky


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Now that I'm leaving Shanghai in a few days it's time to spill the beans on places we recommend to eat. First cab off the rank is Xi Bei (West North) – some of the freshest cuisine from the north-west area of China you'll ever have.
Delicious, fresh, and cheap are the three things you only need to know about Xi Bei. With a menu as thick as a bible there's enough dishes to keep even the less adventurous eaters happy at this place. Filled with locals who line up in busy times to get into this place (this should be a good indicator for any restaurant) it's not often visited by white folks – or ginger folks for that matter.
One of the unique things about this restaurant is that the kitchen and preparation area is out in the open. Customers are encouraged to see how the food is being made. In the case of the photo below, dumplings made with oat.
On our visit we tasted the oat-flavoured dumplings, lamb off the bone, tofu covered in toffee (tastes better than it sounds – pictured), and a mix of vegetable dishes. Instead of raving more about the food I took some food porn pictures and video which may better give an idea of why you need to eat there.
Now I can't find the address in English anywhere but I did get their card to print out if you don't read Chinese.
Here's the Website also (no English but you may use Google Translate though: http://xibei.com.cn/
A quick video of the food being prepared:
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The annual "Giving Hope to Kids Miracle Auction" coordinated by Dance Marathon of Hope College has been scheduled for Monday, Nov. 24, in correlation with the student organization's effort to raise support for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
The auction will take place on the second floor of the Midtown Center, located at Pine Avenue and 16th Street, and will begin at 7 p.m. It will feature a variety of items contributed by local businesses and organizations, and artists and other individuals. Notable items will include a poker table, a road bike and a ski package.
The Hope College Dance Marathon, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, is a philanthropic event that benefits the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids. Dedicated to providing comprehensive care to children, the hospital serves as a referral center for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents throughout the state. More than 150 physicians in 40 pediatric specialties care for more than 7,000 inpatients and more than 125,000 outpatients every year at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
In order to help support the vast number of ailing children that visit the hospital each year, all proceeds from the auction will go directly towards the funding of special programs that are designed to make the young patients' visits to the hospital more bearable while also helping the families of the children to deal with their illnesses.
Since beginning in 2000, Dance Marathon has raised more than $717,000 for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, including $120,878.62 last year.


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San Diego
With their entertaining, high-scoring offense of the previous century, the BYU Cougars helped build the Holiday Bowl into a premier postseason game.
In their return to Qualcomm Stadium for the spinoff Poinsettia Bowl, the Cougars were happy to let their defense do most of the work especially the scoring part.
Seriously, who needs offense?
BYU's defense deserved to be rewarded for its season-long effort, so linebacker Kyle Van Noy personally produced two touchdowns in Thursday's 23-6 defeat of San Diego State.
"A great night to be a Cougar," declared BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall, and that certainly was true from a defensive perspective.
"Our defense was phenomenal," said BYU receiver Cody Hoffman, who was named the game's Most Valuable Offensive Player, partly because organizers needed to give someone their nice trophy.
By the end of the night, it was getting ridiculous. BYU's defense forced four turnovers in the fourth quarter, with Jordan Johnson's fumble recovery leading to the Cougars' only offensive touchdown via a one-play, 14-yard drive.
The story of 2012 for BYU (8-5) remains how the offense failed to adequately support the best defense in school history. But that's sure not how the year ended thanks mostly to Van Noy and the defense being unwilling to let anything like that happen one more time.
"The bowl game played out exactly as the season has played out," said Mendenhall, in a statement that was partly true.
Van Noy's strip of SDSU quarterback Adam Dingwell and recovery in the end zone gave the Cougars a 10-6 lead early in the fourth quarter, and that was sufficient. Just to make sure, Van Noy returned an interception 17 yards for another score.
BYU's defense wobbled in the first half, allowing 193 total yards, but made the Aztecs settle for two field goals. "We just have a simple saying that touchdowns aren't good," Mendenhall said.
In the second half, the Cougars were absolutely dominant. Former Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig's Aztec offense registered only 70 yards after halftime, while never remotely threatening to score.
BYU linebacker Brandon Ogletree made a game-high 10 tackles and Van Noy accounted for 3.5 of the Cougars' eight tackles for loss. SDSU's Adam Muema earned every bit of his 103 rushing yards.
It helped the defense's cause that BYU punter Riley Stephenson continually pinned SDSU deep in its territory. Incredibly, the Aztecs started consecutive drives from their 1-, 2- and 3-yard lines the last time, following an interception. Van Noy then blitzed, creating the kind of game-changing play that the Cougar defense was going to have to deliver somehow, some way.
The Aztecs forever will argue that Dingwell's arm was moving forward, but the call stood after a review.
"Replay never lies, usually," Van Noy said.
And the Cougar defense was brilliant all season, usually.
Mendenhall was so giddy during the postgame news conference that he made fun of Van Noy's supposedly bad hands, kidding him about finally holding onto an interception.
BYU quarterback James Lark played reasonably well in his second and last career start, passing for 244 yards with two interceptions. But the offense earned only nine points, and even that production required some assistance from the defense. This was not a great sendoff for Lance Reynolds, a 31-year offensive assistant coach who's retiring, and certainly not for senior quarterback Riley Nelson, who threw an interception to spoil his only series.
The season's ending was highly satisfying for BYU's defense, though. As for the offense, well, nobody could say it was responsible for another loss.
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I have heard that if you are commercially pollinating, your return on honey is less than if you didn't pollinate.. I was wondering what are the reasons for this?
I have heard that if you are commercially pollinating, your return on honey is less than if you didn't pollinate.. I was wondering what are the reasons for this?
competition, moving stresses and so on. Moving bees always sets them back a bit and there is alot of foraging competion when you may have 40-60 hives all within a field of one another.
Gulf Shores, AL
Plus you have to give the farmer half of the honey the bees make!
ahh.. yeah, I guess it would there be some competition for the flowers. How does the setup normally work in the placement of the hives? Can you place all your beeshives in the center of the field to be pollinated or are they normally broken down into groups of X amount around the area in quadrants and such?
No butter, just the bill?
Hey Tom. I hope you don't mean that. I just give them the bill too. I may give them a 5lb jar.
On placement. It is usually determined by the grower.
Gulf Shores, AL
Half the honey not,maybe 40lbs.
pollination,just give them the bill.
No I didn't mean that seriously; it just kills me when someone asks how much I "make" pollinating, and then says "and you get to keep the honey too?"
Hey Tom, how much do you make pollinating? Just curious because I'm starting to get into pollination. What do most commercial guys charge for pollination? I know it's dependant on the crop, but I have no idea as to what I should be charging.
Oh, and I won't ask if you get to keep the honey too
Hi Gary
This spring I charged $140 for almond pollination with 8 frame AVERAGE. That means you can have a few weak ones. For $150+ I don't think the growers want to see any weak ones. After almonds lots of bees are looking for a home, and some later blooming crops need pollination. $20 is common for this, some more and some less, depending on how many. In the summer people do some as low as $15, but typically get to move some to a second placement for another $15. Some crops like seed alfalfa are killing fields for the bees and must pay more, 30-50$. I really can't remember the last time I did any summer pollination myself. The bees get sprayed, vandalized, starved and run over by trucks and tractors.
Ok Tom, I thought you were just joking.
IndianaHoney. Here in Indiana I charge $50per hive for most crops with a 4 hive minimum. If they take a load I will go down in price.
Gulf Shores, AL
WOW Tom! I don't see how you can afford to pay for fuel to move those hives. I started pollinating some pumpkins this year, and charged 50 per hive, my first pollination contract. Summer crops are my target contracts because I don't have enough hives to truck over for Almonds.
I've heard that some people are charging 90 for blueberrys in Main, 50-75 per hive here in Indiana, and I've heard of people charging as low as 10 per hive else where. My goal is to eventually pollinate across Indiana, Ohio, and then start moving hives across the states for other pollination.
If this turns out to be a good winter, I plan to expand my operation to almost a hundred hives next year. It would be nice if I could get all those out for pollination so I can afford more equipment for 2010.
How do you afford the fuel?
Well those bees aren't getting moved very far, and the ranches take them by the hundreds and thousands. Generally within flight of nectar sources. Lots of competition for the job even at that rate! On the other hand, how can you afford to take four for $50 ea $200 total? That 200 will get used op pretty fast?
I get what I feel is worth it or I don't go. So far, here in NY, I've gotten apple pollination up to $50.00 per colony. If I try to go to $60.00 next spring I expect to see some resistence.
Mark Berninghausen
You got it!!!
I have almost fourty hives, so hundreds or thousands is just not an option for me. Next year I plan to have a 10 hive minimum, and have at least 50 hives available for pollination.
Tom, I just took a look at your profile. I understand that in your stomping grounds there is lots of compitition? As for me, we have only three commercial beeks in Indiana that I am aware of. I suspect there is plenty of room for another.


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Aberdeen Humanitarian Fair promotes communities coming together
ABERDEEN, Idaho - The city of Aberdeen hosted its 4th Annual Humanitarian Fair Tuesday evening, helping five community agencies by gathering needed donations.
Coordinator Cheryl Koompin said the fair gets bigger every year, both in the number of people who attend and the number of donations received. Donations Tuesday included quilts, non-perishable food and money, going to a variety of places.
Those places include the Aberdeen branch of the Idaho Foodbank, which they say helps about 300 Aberdeen residents, as well as the Dialysis Centers in Pocatello and Blackfoot, the Blackfoot State Hospital, the Bingham Crisis Center and a fundraiser to put in a playground at Posse Park.
Koompin said the fair started with area churches donating their time and cooking soups while competing for a prize.
"This year we decided we wanted to expand the involvement of the actual involvement," Koompin said. "Not just participation, we wanted actual involvement."
So the area churches cooked soups and so did several local business. Eight soups in total were made, with Simplot Soil Builders taking the top prize, voted on by the fair-goers. Any funds from raffle tickets were also split between the Aberdeen Boots and Saddle Club and the other organizations.
"They care about each other," said Dulce Phillips, Bingham Crisis Center Spanish Coordinator. "The main thing I see in them is how they love each other and how they want to reach out to others, especially those that are in need."
Koompin said she sees that too, which is why she gets a little choked up thinking about all these people wanting to help their community.
"We try to take care of the people here, and we try to see to the needs of our community, so that will help us be a closer community," Koompin said. "We just want it to be a better community."
She said she hopes in the future other area cities will attend the fair, growing the outreach and the donations for the area groups in need.
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When you are sitting at your desk and you fart, followed by breifly pushing away from your desk, leaning down and smelling it to see the level of intensity and odor. Also to judge whether or not you should probably leave your desk.
Gary, I just dropped a bomb at my desk, but I did a quick Fart Recon and it's OK, I don't think anybody will notice.
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Pulaski Tech will host The Clothesline Project beginning today to raise awareness of domestic violence against women and children.
Dozens of tee-shirts will be on display from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today in the Campus Center on the college's main campus. The Clothesline will be Little Rock-South on Tuesday and at Little Rock-West on Wednesday. Tee-shirts and craft supplies will be available for faculty, staff and students to design a shirt in honor of someone they know who has been affected by domestic violence.
Also on the Main Campus, information booths will be set up in the Campus Center foyer where various agencies and shelters will provide information and resources related to domestic violence issues. A series of 30-minute Lunch n' Learns will be presented in the Food Court at the following times by the following agencies:
11 a.m. What is Domestic Violence? - Family Service Agency
The purpose of the Clothesline Project is to bear witness to the survivors and victims of domestic violence, to help with the healing process, to educate and raise awareness of domestic violence, and to provide a network or support and information. It's sponsored by the Division of Fine Arts and Humanities.
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Gwen Stefani and another acupuncture appointment. She goes every day.
Jonah Hill gets an award for biggest eater in the movies. Channing Tatum got one for feeding Jonah.
January Jones before she headed to Mexico.
Jessica Simpson and Cacee Cobb hanging out.
Kaley Cuoco and her husband load up on supplies for the weekend.
Laura Prepon ate some sushi this weekend and looked great doing it.
Amy Adams was at Disneyland this weekend.
Nicole Kidman out for a jog or looking like it anyway.
Nikki Reed sells some Twilight DVDs at a flea market.


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Here are a few tips on how you can sex up your earth day; you know we're always good for that.
The celebration of Earth Day dwindles in direct correlation to how many years you've been out of school. But we do have a few tips on how you can sex up your earth day; you know we're always good for that.
Shower Together
Conserving water is a great tip to practice, even if you're only doing it to keep down the water bill. What you may not know is that a standard 2 inch shower heard spurts out approximately 1.5-2.5 gallons of water in a minute. If you can, head down to your local hardware store and pick up a low-flow shower head which can reduce your water usage by half. Break in your new purchase by jumping into the shower with a woman or two.
Turn off your T.V.
There is nothing attractive about a couch potato, let alone one who leaves his television on all day. According to research by the Natural Resources Defense Council, one high-definition DVR and one high-definition cable box use an average of 446 kilowatt hours a year, which is approximately 10% more than an energy-efficient refrigerator. (Intrigued? Read more about it here.)Today is a great excuse to unplug your television and challenge your girlfriend to a game of strip poker, or skip the foreplay and head straight back to bed.
Park your Toys
Every time you drive, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons are released into the atmosphere. According to Colorado Pollution Prevention, 100 carpooling people can prevent 1,320 pounds of carbon monoxide and 2,376,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere in a single year. Keep your toys in the garage for today, and bike, bus or walk wherever you need to go.
Skip the Clothes, Stay Naked
Forgo today's laundry in the name of saving our environment. A day's worth of laundry can use up to 40 gallons of water, depending on what make and model of washing machine you have. You may as well strip down to nothing and hang around the house with your significant other.
Eat Local
Foods we purchase from a grocery store, organic or not, usually travel thousands of miles to get to supermarket shelves. Not only is heading to the farmer's market and buying local a great way to keep the little businesses open, it's also a great way to minimize your carbon footprint. Surprise your girlfriend with a home cooked local meal for Earth Day, we're positive you'll thank us for it later.
Turn off the lights
This one is easy. Turn out your lights and opt for the glow of candlelight. It's a great way to significantly save energy and money as well. Lighting consumes up to 34 percent of electricity in the United States, so do your part and flick your switch off at least once a day.
Stay in Bed
If you can't face 24 hours without your television, car and fast food, why not stay in bed? If you think of it, it's probably the best thing you could do for the environment, and it makes a great excuse to keep your girlfriend cuddled up with you for the day.


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Discussion in 'November 2006' started by max, Nov 10, 2006.
Games on FSN.
RIP able to play?
Jason Maxiell has earned the time and he should now be given that time.
At least the travel time from LA to Oakland is short. For kicks, I think we should start Flip, Delf, AJ, Max and TAZR.
For that to happen, Joe D has to sell our starting 6 before the game starts. I guess that unit may have a total of 60 min of playing time (Flip Murray 40 min, Delf 10 min, AJ 0 min, JMax 5 min and TAZR 5 min). Last season, Flip Senior has the love for Mo, this season i guess everyone in this forum knows who he has love for.......
How soon before Delfino demands a trade?
Delfino: I demand a trade! Joe Dumars: Yeah, whatever. Delfino: I will go to Barcelona, Los Angeles, Washington, Madrid! Joe Dumars: You will go to White Castle and buy your teammates a case of slyders, and that is the last I want to hear of this. Delfino: I am calling my agent! Joe Dumars: Yeah, ask him if he wants fries...
Not for a while, as long the team can keep members of the Argentinian press at a safe distance.
LMAO... maybe he can get one of those monopoly pieces that says "just pass go and collect PT" WEll the Delfino vs Mo matchup was a dud.... and the zone shut down Kobe.... what would Borat say bout this? JRich is listed as questionable for tonights game... a W tonight and the Pistons are back on track... hope they got the legs for a fast paced transition game.
Watch out for Pietrus! Chat will be open, I probably won't be around for this one (not on TV). Have a great night everyone!
Disgraceful performance tonight. Pistons were down 20 after only 8 minutes, and it only got worse from then on.
I'm not as crazy as you all might think. This team's effort was laughable.
Can I state a very painful stat? Realize that I only point this out due to the sheer improbability of it. Darko scored more than any Piston player tonight... against KG for crying out loud. Nazr- 0 points? Dupree looking like he was playing for his career (no passing, forcing up shots in GTime, etc.) The final score was a little misleading though, because if they would have just shot 40% from 3's, then it would have only been a 20 point loss. I'm obviously disgruntled.
Man, thats not the half of it. We lack a highly mobile big who can cover the inside. Darko moves fast as most guards. And far worse, Darko and Orlando just played Indiana. Darko turns out to be one of the very few guys in the league who can put a clamp on Jermaine O'Neil scoring. And tonight, he bothered the heck out of Garnett. Sure Darko scored some tonight, but its his defense we sorely need.
At least we still have that old Piston Jekyl and Hyde persona. Against the Lakers the Pistons looked like they could be good enough for championship #4. Last night they looked like a team struggling for a playoff spot. Never know which team is going to show up. Would have been nice to go into the homestand 4-3 ready to pad some wins. Now the Pistons will need the homestand to get back on track.
Another game that was over in the first 6 minutes--that is 4 out of 7. This has nothing to do with Darko or Ben for that matter--not when you play and lose like that over and over. Something is going on beneath the surface. What--I don't know... We can't even get the initial pass in to start an offensive set as I pointed out a few days back. Only Tay brought any game with him. The team is disorganized, effort or no effort. Players are continually asked to do things that they are not good at rather than play to their strengths. The defense is non-existant. Our first team scores about 8 points in the first 10 minutes... One has to wonder how long this situation can last...
Quick observations:Nice to see what happens when Flip has complete control of the team and personell that don't stifle his infamous playbookWe suck.If Darko is emerging as an elite defender, he is no longer a good fit for Detroit.If Flip runs into an offense that is superior to ours...which happens quite frequently...we are mud. We have a collection of balanced offensive and defensive players that are being forced to be an offensive jaugernaut. Only problem is...we're not.Flip's coaching and ability to make in game adjustments gets worse as the season progressesOur team does not look prepared.We've lost our identity. We no longer know how to win.When Ben left, the desire to be better defensively than the opposition left with him.I wonder what's the magic number of losses before we can expect a Flip firingFlip said he'd play the young fellas...what he forgot to mention is that it would be because we will be at the losing end of blowouts.Rasheed has left the building. Doesn't look like he wants to be a Piston much longer based on his effort.Pistons need a motivation coach. Time to bring back the Mr. T avatar....Low???
Should we need to open a "LET'S FIRE FLIP' thread yet? Yes, we can bring the subject of "what if Ben is still around' again but bottom line is Ben would have still be a PISTON if Flip is not. FLIP IS A LOSER until proven and I don't think he can prove it here at Detroit.
This one I really don't get. The Pistons continually frustrated the Lakers the night before by switching up the defensive schemes and playing a lot of zone. Against a team tearing it up I don't recall seeing a single defensive adjustment in the game. Not a single zoned possession that I remember. Not a single press. Not a single halfcourt trap. Nada. I guess the good news is that last year in this situation the starters would have played ten minutes in the fourth.
Motown Pride: A lot of good points (unfortunately).
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