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I have 4 hives in nor cal (sonoma county) and when i last checked them on sept. 20 12 they had at least one med super with at least 7 frames of honey on each, some had 2 or 3 supers.
I checked them on 10-10-12 and every frame was empty. No dead bees, no brood and not much stores. There seems to be plenty of active bees but the hives are not producing anything.
They are not going to make it through the winter in this shape.
I have not taken any honey out this year.
Not much rain this year in norcal.
Stupid bees!
Any one else in norcal have this going on?
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The certificate of need coveted by supporters of the Visitation Birth & Family Wellness Center will not be granted.
Administrative Hearing Officer Kris M. Carlton has concluded a presumption of need was not proven during hours of testimony stretched out across a four-day hearing in Frankfort earlier this year in front of the Cabinet for Health & Family Services.
In her 34-page decision, Carlton said attorneys representing Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown and Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield effectively refuted notions made by the birth center and its founder, certified nurse midwife Mary Carol Akers, that it was a necessary alternative.
In particular, Carlton said Akers presented no "credible" evidence it could attract or convert the number of Jefferson County home births it projected in its initial years, according to opponents.
Carlton also argued Akers produced no substantiating data justifying the number of home birth conversions she anticipates from each county.
"Absent the numbers provided by Akers, no need has been shown, and thus, does not exist," she stated in the decision.
The center was proposed for construction on Ring Road and was designed to provide a home-like, comfortable setting for expectant mothers with more expansive birthing options than what is typically offered in a hospital, according to Akers. If approved, it would have been the only freestanding birth center in Kentucky.
It was unclear Tuesday if the ruling will be appealed.
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Soon after, at 14 years of age, he purchased his first turntables and mixer. Calling himself DJ Statik (the "Selektah" surname came later), he started to work clubs and private parties up and down the New England coast. In 2000, after living in New Hampshire, he moved back down to Massachusetts to enroll in the audio production program at Boston's New England Institute of the Arts. That same year, Selektah started putting out mixtapes, namely his Spell My Name Right series.
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Hey everyone. We are having cells that are not hatching well this spring. We even put cells in that where fixing to hatch. You could see her crawling around in the cell and still the take wasn't good. Anyone else having these problems
Hey everyone. We are having cells that are not hatching well this spring. We even put cells in that where fixing to hatch. You could see her crawling around in the cell and still the take wasn't good. Anyone else having these problems
Hi ga.beeman,
Have the nights been cool?
I had a few 15-day-old cells not make it due to chiling, last week.
Adam Finkelstein
Are the cells still in tact or did the bees tear them down?
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson
Ga. beeman. I am getting calls from all over the place for queen replacement. it seems there is a big issue this year. I made 26 Nucs in Florida adding a queen cell, a couple of weeks ago and they were checked just yesterday. Only 50 percent hatched. the remainder died. We took them from the producer, to the grove, and made the split within a couple of hours.
Cold weather will, most definitely, delay their hatching. Look very closely at those on the outside fringes. The cells should have the jelly consumed and be very firm by 10 days after grafting. If you are seeing a queen moving, then they will most likely be fine, just delayed a bit.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Several of the ones that we put a cell in that we could see her crawling around In appear to be queen less now
I have had about 50% success this year with queen cells developing into a laying queen. I have heard from others in Florida with the same results. The wind and cold in March really had an impact. I made 40 splits 3-15, during the Orange bloom using my own queen cells and had to re- cell 30 splits and add a frame of brood to each of them on 4-10. I am crossing my fingers for a better take this time. I also have some virgins that you can find in the hive and look beautiful, but are not laying after 15 days from introducing the cell.
Just checked a nuc that had a cell installed on 3-29 and I saw the virgin 4-12 with no eggs or brood. Today I opened the lid of that nuc and saw a pile of bees in the center on top of the top bars of 3 frames. I moved the bees a little with a stick and saw the virgin being piled up on by hundreds of bees. They did not seem to be hurting her just piling up on her. I closed the lid and did not disturb them. Any ideas from anyone?
J, Last summer I had a queen hatch in my observation hive that was slow to leave the hive and mate. Three times I watched the bees "dog pile" on her for at least 8 -10 minutes each time before she could wiggle out and run away. Several days after she should have left on a flight, she did. Upon her return to the hive, the bees treated her totally different - more like a queen with the attentents around her in a circle.
It was great to watch, but scared the hell out of me the first couple of times I saw it! I believe the bees were trying to force her to leave the hive to mate. They had been treating her just like any other worker bee , up to the "dog Pile" time.
She mated well and raised a great hive.
I will check her in a few days. I sure hope she makes it.She was grafted from a survivor hive that is 15 years old on a ranch property that I own. Her genetics should be real strong. It was a fairly large job to cut down the survivor hive to get larva the correct age to graft. We had 60 cells built from over 100 grafts in a super strong starter colony. I want the genetics in my hives.
Well I checked her today along with another Nuc with a cell from the same graft. I found both Queens. They are both healthy looking and moving around normally. I have had a one gallon feeder on them for two weeks. The workers are storing sugar syrup in the comb. No brood, eggs, nothing. This cell was 10 days old on 3-29. So she is almost one month in the hive after emerging on 3-30. I guess I will give them another week. The hive is calm and appears queen right from their actions. Plenty of pollen, honey and sugar water .
Finally success. Both queens are laying. One has half a frame of brood in just the last few days. I guess you can't rush nature.
I think the weather is messing with them across the country. Suppliers can't keep them in stock this year.
All beekeepers can agree on one thing, and that one thing is, that all beekeepers can't agree on one thing.
Very similar experiences here in north Alabama. Way more cells not making it this spring than usual. It's killing my nuc sales. Had promised customers May 1st. Most will get them May 20th and later.
Man glad to see Im not the only one with that problem. Made early splits and 3 out of six were sucesful I also went back in and seen some after they hatched. I've gatta kill some birds. Lol


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A bold, but most likely accurate claim. This would not be the first time stubborn developers killed their own game and cost their company either a lot of money or its existence.
Champions Online Will Fail Without a Full Respec Option
Cryptic "Design Director" and Executive Producer Bill Roper killed Flagship and Hellgate: London through his own stubbornness (respecs, LAN play, joke subscriber system). Is he behind the reticence to add a much needed, much desired full respec in Champions Online?


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This happens almost every year in every election but
w/o the final result this voter got.
Some early voters in Ohio had two names show up on the ballot - both were Obama. Luckily, after three
tries the machine got it right but it took 3 tries
hitting Romney before his name came up.
Same thing happened in Neveda when Pissy Reid narrowly won. His name came up twice.
Voters complained but couldnt do any thing about.
JFK stole the election in 1960 getting dead people to vote. Glendenning narrowly defeated Sauerby here for Guv doing the same thing.
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It was dry overnight at least, so packing up the tent wasn't a problem. It really sucks if you have to pack up when it's raining; everything goes into the car wet and comes out wet the next time. We made an early start and were in the car just after 8am. We had an ambitious day planned checking out Acadia National Park and driving through to Portland. Our first stop was in Bar Harbor, which is the largest town on the island and home to an eclectic array of souvenir shops, whale watching boats, restaurants and B&Bs. We arrived at 9am and it was pretty to walk down to the waterfront past the multi-coloured lobster trap floats and boats moored in the harbour. We had a coffee at Grumpy's before heading back to the car to drive the loop.
Not all of the island is part of the Acadia National Park and there are a number of places like Bar Harbor which are outside
Going back on the loop, we travelled back around and up to Jordon Pond where the car parks were totally full and we had to keep going. Our final stop was Cadillac Mountain which is the big drawcard of the park. Rising up steeply in the middle of the loop, the road switch backed a few times before coming out at the summit. At 470m, the view surrounding Mount Desert Island was all encompassing and it was simply amazing to gaze out at the panorama before us. There were many smaller islands dotting the shoreline. Apparently the peak is also the first point that the sun touches the US mainland for half of the year as well.
We stopped to have lunch before driving down the mountain and starting our 260km (3 hour) drive back to the highway and down to Portland which is the largest city in Maine. On the way we drove over the Penobscot Narrows Bridge which is a unique and modern looking cable strung bridge with an observation deck at one of the towers. We stopped for a photo, but had to keep driving onwards to Augusta which is the capital of Maine. You would think that being a capital city that some of the finer points of the state would be represented in the town where the legislature sits? However this was not the case as the town was as small as Helena, Montana but the roads were in such a poor state and the only satisfaction we had was stopping in for wifi at the Dunkin Donuts store on the outskirts
Once we were on our way, we drove past the State Capitol building which was very nice looking and the only section of the town where the road had been recently resurfaced. South of the city was a stretch where we counted around 50 American Flags attached to street lights along the way (clearly a patriotic stretch of road!) Having failed to secure Couch Surfing in Portland, we stopped in to camp at the Desert of Maine around 20 miles before the city limits. The camping ground was a dump and almost $30, but we were just glad to have a place to set up the tent for the night.
With the sun setting around 8pm, it gets dark and it's hard to stay up much past 9:30pm, so I was up at 6:30am to get ready. The girls were a little lazier and we didn't get all ready until 9am when we were ready to explore the Desert of Maine. Before anyone gets excited about it, the desert isn't a traditional desert although it does comprise of sand. Basically over 200 years ago there was a family that bought the acreage to raise crops and graze cattle and overused the land turning the fragile topsoil into desert. I find it hard to believe that just overuse was to blame and there are some theories that it previously was an ancient lake bed. Anyway the area just kept getting sandier and sandier and the current owners are still capitalising on the environmental failure offering sand dune tours, coloured sand bottles and other really tacky tourist crap
After brushing off our feet, we jumped back into the car for the short 20 mile drive into Portland, Maine. To be honest, I didn't know that much about the city other than it being the largest in the state and being on the coast I expected a few wharves. There wasn't much at all going on downtown unless you were going on a boat tour or visiting an art gallery so we hit the Maine Mall instead. We put the car in for a service, had lunch and watched The Campaign with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. We hadn't been to the movies since Whistler so it was good to do something normal and not worry about car crap for a while.
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by Darth Tater, Jul 25, 2010.
For short, will we call it CAPF.com or PFCA.com?
Excellent post.
Are you okay sir?
We'd lose all respect around detroit and the greater Michigan area !
You can sing PFCA to the tune of YMCA. :-) Not sure how the hand signals work.
Eagles draft #4. Right before the Leos. I'm hoping one of those offensive guards. (Joeckel or the kid from Central Michigan are there. Maybe a mobile quarterback like E.J. Manuel. I don't want them to reach for Geno in the first round. I also hope they don't take the guy with the heart issue or that cornerback. I wouldn't mind if Kelly took the kid who played for him on Oregon to help out the defense. Who do you guys want the Lions to get? An offensive guard wouldn't hurt them either but I'm fairly certain the top two will be gone. There is another kid who is really good too but maybe a slight reach.
If you replace the word guard with the word tackle, your post would make more sense.
You knew what I meant, Methuselah. My Eagles meet your guys at home late in the season. Seems like they've played each other a lot these last few years. Probably because we are both cellar dwellers, although this year our entire divisions clash. The NFL Scheduling is nicely done, IMO. Each year any given team plays everyone in their own division twice. That's 6 games. You play one entire division in your conference once every three years. That's 4 more for a total of 10. You play one entire division in the opposite conference once every 4 years for a total of 14. Then parity kicks in for your final two games as each team in your division plays one more team from your own conference other than a division you already played and one from a team in the opposite conference. You play a team that finished in the same place in their division as you play in yours. That's 16 games. Yes, I figured this out by myself without peeking at the solution. So the Eagles and Lions automatically play each other at least once every 3 years since same conference different divisions. They would meet once every 3 years automatically, Plus also play each other every other year they both ended up in the same place. So this year we meet because this year our divisions meet, but we possibly would have met anyhow because we were the cellar dwellers in our respective divisions. That is scheduling 101. Now the way they decide venue is... ;-)
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*Inserts ear plugs* Ohhhhh....kaaaaaay, then why dont YOU guys find something to talk about.....apparently, MY attempts are lacking....
I've been waiting for the coach to finish developing his team and message. I really don't know what to think of the Eagles right now. I was just surprised that you would post scheduling tips in the Eagles thread. Most of my posts this year have been about what others think........
I've no idea what you're getting at. But anyhow, those weren't "tips". I merely pointed out how I believe the NFLmakes their schedule. I often wondered. I'm looking at maybe 7-9 this year. Hopefully they are heading in the right direction.
I don't know what I want the Eagles to do. Jordan, Joekel, Fishet? I don't care if they move down but it may be a reach going for Smith at quarterback. I'm hoping they take Manuel in the 2nd or move down and take him later in the 1st. If they don't trade down I'm hearing a lot about that Nose Tackle Loutitootiebalootie or something, LOL. I'm good with that if they are certain his heart is healthy. Otherwise Jordan who played last year at Oregon for Chip Kelly if he is there is fine. Or going OT is of course be a strong option. I will be disappointed if they take Milliner the CB. Or one of those DE's.
I don't know what the Eagles are up to. They know Vick is done. And the way Reid mailed it in... what was he thinking ? And the way they ruined that secondary...
I think Chip Kelly will be a stabilizing influence in the war room and overall. I feel like the Eagles have a chance to do good things now. Yeah, Cromartie and Asomougha were total jokes. It goes beyond words how terrible they were. They were supposed to be studs. i think they fooled a lot of other people too. They would have been better off keeping Asante and Quinton Mikel (safety) short term. I think they will address some of those needs in rounds 3-7.
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Drafting Lane Johnson was certainly a smart move. He'll provide protection for Vick and help to bring order to the offense. The Lions pick was more of a risk-reward type of choice. It'll be interesting to see which has the better year. Interesting how the first Big Ten player wasn't chosen until the 30th pick. That hasn't happened in almost 60 years. No RBs in the first round either........Eagles should go after LaVeon Bell. Also the Central player was the first non QB taken with the first overall pick.........in 40 years. The last was Ed "Too Tall" Jones........out of Middle Tennessee State. Remember him.....
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Discussion in 'GM Electrical Tech' started by chevy68, Oct 14, 2011.
How do i install a 2nd battery isolated from the main battery and charge both with one alternator
You pretty much answered your own question. You would need a battery isolator. Hellroaring's isolators are pretty popular in the offroad world, though they can be a bit pricy. The featureset on them, particularly the manual override/"self jumpstart" is awesome.
The positives from each battery would go to lugs on the isolator, and so would the alternator. When 12v key-on voltage is put into a terminal on the isolator, it bridges the batteries together so they can charge. When that voltage it pulled off, it separates the alternator, and each battery.
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Yahoo is moving forward with CEO Marissa Mayer's strategy of acquiring high value startups with talented teams, announcing that it's snapped up the content discovery and sharing website Snip.it for a price thought to be in the "mid-teens" of millions of dollars.
The deal seems to have gone through fairly quickly. AllThingsD first revealed Yahoo's interest in Snip.it yesterday morning, and the acquisition was confirmed later in the same day by Reuters. Following the announcement, Snip.it announced that it will be shutting down its current services in a post on its home page, stating that it will instead focus on bringing "social news" to Yahoo, without giving any more details. As of today, Snip.it users have exactly 30 days to download their data from the site.
That Snip.it is closing down will undoubtedly sadden the site's users, and the decision suggests that Yahoo bought out the firm primarily to get its hands on the company's talent rather than its product. For one thing, many of Yahoo's products (Yahoo Answers, for example) are in desperate need of a makeover, something that Snip.it's talent for designing pretty user interfaces would come in handy for.
However, according to a post on SFGate.com, Mayer's primary motivation for the acquisition was likely to be so she could get her hands on Snip.it's talented CEO Ramy Adeeb (pictured left).
Adeeb founded Snip.it during the Egyptian Revolution in 2011 when he realized that services like Twitter and Facebook were inadequate for sharing items related to the uprising, as most of his contacts were uninterested in the news. However, Adeeb brings with him a lot more than just keen eye for a decent social media product. He also has a wealth of powerful connections from his time working at the investment firm Khosla Ventures, and from his time at Tellme, an enterprise startup that was later purchased by Microsoft for $800 million. By hiring the services of Adeeb, Mayer will be able to get the inside track on any promising startups backed by Khosla or Tellme's alumni, giving Yahoo a huge advantage as it pursues a strategy of "small, high-value acquisitions that can be integrated with the company's existing products and core strengths", as suggested by SiliconANGLE's John Furrier last year.
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NFC Playoffs: Packers-49ers: 5 things to watch
The teams: The Green Bay Packers (12-5) vs. the San Francisco 49ers (11-4-1) in an NFC Divisional Playoff game.
The time: 7 p.m. CST Saturday.
The place: Candlestick Park, San Francisco.
The TV coverage: FOX – WITI (Ch. 6 in Milwaukee), WMSN (Ch. 47in Madison) and WLUK (Ch. 11 in Green Bay).
The announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in booth and Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews on the sideline.
The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 80-41 (including 6-3 in the postseason) in his seventh season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. The 49ers' Jim Harbaugh is 25-8-1 in his second year as the 49ers' coach and as an NFL head coach.
The series: The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series 30-26-1 and also own a 4-1 advantage in postseason play. The 49ers are 16-11-1 all-time in San Francisco against the Packers, but Green Bay has won 13 of the past 15 meetings, including playoffs. The 49ers scored a 30-22 victory at Lambeau Field on Sept. 9. This marks the teams' first playoff meeting since a 25-15 Packers victory at Lambeau Field in the 2001 NFC Wild Card round, and the teams' first playoff meeting since Terrell Owens reeled in the game-winning touchdown in a 30-27 Wild Card victory in the 1998 NFC playoffs.
The rankings: The Packers' offense finished the 2012 regular season ranked No. 13 overall, including No. 20 in rushing and No. 9 in passing. Their 11th-ranked defense finished No. 17 against the run and No. 11 against the pass. The 49ers' 11th-ranked offense finished No. 4 in rushing and No. 23 in passing. Their third-ranked defense was No. 4 against the run and No. 4 against the pass.
The playoff road: The Packers beat NFC North rival Minnesota 24-10 last Saturday at Lambeau Field in an NFC Wild Card game. The 49ers, as the No. 2 seed, had a bye.
The stakes: The winners advance to the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 20 to face the winner of Sunday's game between the No. 5-seeded Seattle Seahawks and top-seeded Atlanta Falcons. If the Falcons win on Sunday, the Packers-49ers winner would travel to Atlanta. If the Seahawks win, the Packers-49ers winner would host the NFC title game as the highest remaining seed.
The line: The 49ers are favored by 3 points.
The injury report:
Out – DE Jerel Worthy (knee), WR Jarrett Boykin (ankle).
Probable – WR Randall Cobb (illness), WR Jordy Nelson (ankle), RB James Starks (knee), TE Jermichael Finley (hamstring), OLB Clay Matthews (knee), OLB Dezman Moses (hamstring).
Probable – CB Tarell Brown (shoulder), S Dashon Goldson (shoulder), LB Clark Haggans (shoulder), RB Bruce Miller (shoulder), LB Aldon Smith (shoulder), DT Justin Smith (elbow/triceps), DT Will Tukuafu (neck), LB Navorro Bowman (shoulder), TE Garrett Celek (foot), LB Tavares Gooden (ribs), G Mike Iupati (shoulder), CB Carlos Rogers (knee), LB Patrick Willis (shoulder).
Protection racket: Given the praise he had for Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio must have a lot of confidence in his guys. If he didn't, there'd be no reason to even bother playing the game, given Fangio's scouting report on the reigning NFL MVP.
"He's awful tough to defend," Fangio began before lavishing on the praise. "After watching him a lot in the offseason once we knew that (Green Bay) was our first game and now going back to that, he reminds me of [former Miami Dolphins QB] Dan Marino in the pocket with his quick, accurate release. And he reminds me of [former 49ers QB] Steve Young out of the pocket. And that's a hell of a tough combination to defend. And we've got to do a good job in our rush lanes of not letting him get out too much. We've got to do a good job of plastering in coverage that if he does run around we don't lose our guys. And try to limit the big plays that he can make on the move. I don't have a great answer for you. We've just got to try and not let it happen."
The best way to prevent that: Pressure. And not just pressure, but pressure with only four rushers. While Young's observation earlier in the week that the key to beating Rodgers was generating pressure with four was hardly revolutionary, it was absolutely true. Just ask Rodgers.
"Without a doubt. If you can cover with seven and pressure with four that's the most difficult situation, and it's not just for me. That's for any quarterback that plays," Rodgers said during his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com on Thursday. "There's just not a lot of holes out on the defense. When you're able to drop seven guys off and play with vision to the football – which, most teams that are able to do that are going to have at least three or four guys with vision to the football – the holes in the secondary become a lot smaller.
"Now, when you can move the pocket, extend those plays, the holes begin to open up a little bit. But if you have time to go through your progressions against a four-man rush, you can make some plays. 'There's going to be someone open,' we always say, and it might just be a check down, but those check downs are body blow, and those body blows add up after a while. But if you are getting pressure with four and I don't have any time to get to my check down then it's going to be a long day."
Even with Rodgers' ability to move within and outside of the pocket, the Packers' offensive line will have to play well. While Justin Smith and Aldon Smith get most of the accolades (deservedly so) and will be huge challenges for left guard T.J. Lang and left tackle Marshall Newhouse, undrafted rookie free-agent right tackle Don Barclay and right guard Josh Sitton will have their own challenge with the less-publicized pair of Ray McDonald and Ahmad Brooks, who Rodgers said "are both very talented players. More people talk about the 'Smith' side, but they're equaled out by a very talented group on the other side as well."
It'll be up to the line to neutralize that. The line as currently configured – Newhouse, Lang, center Evan Dietrich-Smith, Sitton and Barclay left-to-right – will be playing its fourth game together following veteran Jeff Saturday's benching before the Dec. 23 game against Tennessee. When the teams met in Week 1, Bryan Bulaga was at right tackle and Saturday was at center.
"I think when you have a couple of injuries starting with Bryan and then moving forward, then having Evan in there, I think they've had a lot of reps together, 200 plus reps (now)," offensive line coach James Campen said. "That helps, and I think they're progressing in the right direction. As far as being cohesive and calls and those things, they're fine. So I expect them to play their best game this week."
I spy: For as much as is being made of 49ers second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick making his first NFL postseason start – the kid took over for Alex Smith and started the final seven games – the Packers certainly aren't talking about Kaepernick like they view him as inexperienced or unprepared.
"He's been doing an excellent job for his team ever since he stepped in," Packers cornerback Tramon Williams said. "From what I've seen, on film, he's been throwing the ball well. Obviously everyone knows about his running ability. That's the main thing that you watch, but he's been getting it done with his arm. Obviously, they have a balanced attack and that's what makes them tough to play. Some of the throws that he makes, some of the reads that he makes, he's kind of 'before his time,' you could say, right now. He's doing an excellent job for his team."
Because Kaepernick isn't simply a running quarterback who can occasionally complete a pass – he's 136 of 218 (62.4 percent) for 1,814 yards with 10 TDs and three INTs (98.3 rating) this season while running 63 times for 415 yards and five TDs – the Packers defense must decide how to defend him, and that likely will entail employing a spy, at least part of the time.
Whether that spy will be inside linebacker Brad Jones, outside linebacker Clay Matthews or safety Charles Woodson – all of whom have done it before – remains to be seen.
"If you're having a problem with your rush lanes in terms of a guy identifying seams – because if you're rushing four, there's going to be a seam or two in there – they can tie you up," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "So, (a spy) gives you a second-level guy to where maybe if that quarterback pulls the ball down, it's not a 20-yard gain (but) maybe it's a 6- to 8-yard gain. There's different ways. We've got different ways of doing it. If we're playing an athletic quarterback, you always have some element of it. How much you use it kind of depends on how much you need it."
Asked what the downside is of spying, Capers replied, "Sometimes, you can get caught in between to where you're neither fish nor foul. You're sitting there waiting for that quarterback so you aren't rushing, and then you've got him more tied into the quarterback so you don't get as much coverage out of him. What you're doing is it's kind of an in-between deal to where if you rush five, you're designating five guys to go get the quarterback right now or if you rush four and you drop seven, you've got those seven guys in coverage. So now, if you go to a four-man rush, you've got six guys in coverage and that guy's kind of in between, that's why you've got to pick your spots."
Tightening up on TEs: Once upon a time, 49ers tight end Vernon Davis was best known for then-Niners coach Mike Singletary's diatribe about his attitude. ("I want winners!") Then, in 2009, he emerged as one of the NFL's elite tight ends, posting career highs in receptions (78), receiving yards (965) and touchdown catches (13). He also had a terrific two-game run in last year's postseason (10 receptions, 292 yards, four TDs.)
But after the way Davis finished the regular season – only six receptions for 61 yards in the final six games – the Packers can only hope he remains that unproductive against them on Saturday night. Davis' lack of productivity has coincided with Kaepernick's ascension to the starting QB position, but 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Davis' attitude has been excellent – even after Davis confessed that the season has been "stressful" for him.
"Vernon is on the field as much, other than the offensive lineman and quarterbacks, as much or more than every other player. So, he's got something to do every play. He's done a good job with that," Roman said. "Day-to-day, his attitude has been great and he's a mentally strong guy that doesn't whither. Not getting a lot of balls, but stays focused. It's coming, at some point.
"While many people point to one statistic – 'Well, how many catches does this guy have?' – the reality of it is, every play, he is critical to the success of the 49ers. From our standpoint, he's had a really good year."
The Packers certainly respect him, having seen him have big games before: Six catches for 108 yards and a TD in 2009; four catches for 126 yards and a TD in 2010; three catches for 43 yards and another TD in the Sept. 9 regular-season opener. Thus, they won't be taking him lightly, especially since tight ends have been an Achilles' heel for Capers' defense over the years.
"You have to always be aware of Vernon Davis because he's a tight end body type with the speed of a wide receiver. If you aren't careful, they lull you to sleep playing the run and all of a sudden he can get out of there vertically up the field," Capers said. "He creates matchup problems. (He's) had a couple good days out here on Lambeau against us vertically. I've come out of those games saying, 'Geez, if we just didn't give him a play up the field …' I still think that's one of the keys because of the way they play. You play the run and you've got a tight end that's got the speed of a receiver, so you've got to be careful that he doesn't get the matchup that they want."
Capers said the 49ers prefer multiple tight-end sets, and that's in part because they have another excellent tight end in Delanie Walker, who caught 13 of his 21 passes on the season in the last six games, gaining 246 of his 344 yards and scoring two of his three touchdowns while Davis' numbers dipped.
"I've had a lot of respect for Walker for quite a few years now because he brings such versatility to their offense. You're going to see the guy line up as a wide receiver, you're going to see him line up at tight end, you're going to see him line up in the backfield. He's their movement guy; he does a lot of movement things," Capers said. "They run a lot of multiple-tight end schemes – they'll have two, they'll have three out there. They'll have three and bring in another lineman. They use a lot of different personnel groups, and that's kind of their game. They're going to do a lot of the same things out of a lot of different personnel groups, give you a lot of looks formation-wise, shifting, motion. I think they play to their personnel and their tight ends are one of their strengths."
How Capers opts to defend the tight ends remains to be seen, but look for Charles Woodson to have at least some role. Capers could also use some of his cornerbacks, even if they aren't as big physically as the guy they'll be covering.
"Those tight ends definitely are a big part of our offense. They run like receivers and are big like tight ends," Tramon Williams said. "They're definitely going to present a challenge. They can spread the field, get down the seams, things like that. You also got their receivers that can do the same. It's definitely going to be a challenge but we'll be prepared."
Kicking themselves?: The Packers and 49ers took decidedly different approaches with their struggling kickers. Green Bay stood by Mason Crosby through thick and thin – and an alarming number of missed field goal attempts – while San Francisco decided to spend its playoff bye week conducting a kicking competition between scuffling David Akers and free-agent signee Billy Cundiff.
In the end, both the Packers and 49ers wound up in the same place: With their guys keeping their jobs, at least for Saturday night's game.
"I feel like he gives us the best chance," Harbaugh said in picking Akers. "Suffice it to say we feel confident in David giving us the best chance to win. (He) responded like a football player does. Competed and not really more to say about it."
Well, there's a little more to say about it. Harbaugh said Cundiff will remain on the roster, despite Akers getting the nod. It was Cundiff who missed a 32-yard field goal in the AFC Championship Game last January for Harbaugh's brother John and the Baltimore Ravens, a kick that would have tied the game in the waning seconds of what was instead a loss to the New England Patriots.
The Packers never felt the need to put Crosby on the hot seat, and he has now made his last five field-goal attempts. He's now 22 for 34 on the year, while Akers is 29 of 42.
"He went through a progression of his work and then putting it together on the field. His performance in the games has been solid. I feel good about where he is," Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said of Crosby. "I think you look at what he's done the last couple games and how he finished the season. He had some tough times that he dealt with and I think it shows what kind of character he is. He kept working and kept plying his trade. I look forward to seeing him kick.
"You could see when he missed a kick, he'd get disappointed, but I think that's natural. I didn't see anything unnatural. He just grinded through it."
That approach was consistent with Crosby's personality. Now, he wants to reward his team's faith in and patience with him.
"That's just kind of how I go about my business, how I do things," Crosby said. "I feel accountable to my teammates, to the organization, to myself, to my family. There's a lot of things that I really put into it. So for me, it's easy to stay motivated and stay focused. I try not to get too high or too low with stuff and just work hard, work through things and make sure I detail my work so when the time comes you're going to make that kick."
And if Saturday night comes down to a last-second kick to win it?
"If that opportunity comes, I'm ready," Crosby replied. "I'm ready for that first one, that last one and my mindset through the playoffs – and toward the end of the playoffs here – is to just finish everything."
Talking turnovers: There may be no more blatantly obvious stat that decides winning and losing more than turnover differential. But when it comes to these two teams, it's even more profound.
As pointed out in a terrific breakdown at Grantland.com by Bill Barnwell, in five of the Packers' 16 regular-season games, they failed to get a takeaway. They lost four of those five games, with the only victory coming over New Orleans on Sept. 30. One of those four turnover-less games was their Sept. 9 loss to the 49ers, who had the game's only takeaway, a Navorro Bowman interception on Rodgers.
Conversely, when the Packers forced at least one turnover, they went 10-1. In those 11 games, they had multiple takeaways in seven, and their only loss was a one-takeaway game at Indianapolis on Oct. 7. Last week in the NFC Wild Card round, the Packers forced three Minnesota turnover and coasted to a 24-3 victory. According to Barnwell, the Packers are just 1-13 when they fail to force at least one takeaway in a game under McCarthy, including 1-10 with Rodgers at quarterback.
The Packers – and Woodson specifically, given his success against young QBs in recent years – are obviously hoping that Kaepernick, making his first postseason start, will turn it over. If he does, their chances of winning increase exponentially.
"I think their scheme helps him," Capers said. "When you've got a solid running game the way he has – and they play-action pass a lot and they run the read-option series, they do a lot of different things – I think they do a nice job of coaching him to where he hasn't made the critical mistakes that you see a lot of those young guys make."
On the flip side, the 49ers are plus-37 in turnover differential under Harbaugh (No. 2 in the NFL over that period, behind New England's plus-42 and ahead of Green Bay's plus-31) and they were 8-0-1 this season when they won the turnover battle.
"In any game, that's a key statistic," Harbaugh said. "Who scores the most points is the biggest indicator of who wins and loses the game. But, turnovers are essential, are a big statistic in who wins and predicts who's going to win the game. So, taking care of the football, (is important). I think neither one of us, you or I, would be going out on a limb by saying ball security and turnovers will play a big part in the game."
And that's where Rodgers comes in. He's on a 177-attempt streak without an interception, and while he did fumble five times this season (losing four), his turnover-averse nature will be vital.
"I think I have played pretty consistently as far as my style of play and my performance. I'm going to go through my progressions and I'm going to throw it too the open guys, I'm not going to force a ton of throws," Rodgers said. "I'm going to be aggressive when I need to, but a situation like it was on Saturday (against Minnesota), it was more about taking care of the football than forcing a blind throw.
"We talk about in the quarterback room all the time the no-no's of playing quarterback. It's no blind throws; if you can't see a guy, don't throw it. Don't throw it late down the middle. Some of those (against the Vikings) would have been late in the drop back, late on the time clock, late down the middle. And, no premeditated decisions. So if you're not doing any of those three things, you're probably playing a pretty good game.
"Sometimes you have to fight against the urge to when you're thinking, 'This guy is got to be open here,' but just continue to stay true to your progression and trust your eyes, knowing that, that guy is going to be in the right spot. But the no blind throws and no late down the middle is something I think is really helped me to not be a guy who's turning the ball over a lot."
What a tough call. Both teams have their imperfections but are legit Super Bowl contenders with playmakers on both sides of the ball. Defensively, the 49ers need Justin Smith to tilt the field despite his triceps injury. Offensively, the Packers have to allow the reigning NFL MVP to make the breathtaking plays he can make when given time. The bet here is that this game comes down to whether the Packers' offensive linemen can protect Rodgers. If they can, Rodgers will be Rodgers and the Packers will win. If they can't, the 49ers will be back in the NFC Championship Game for the second year in a row. The guess here is that it's the latter. 49ers 27, Packers 24. (Season record: 10-7)
– Jason Wilde


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Water and wetness at the town of the Turtles
Trip Start Jan 23, 2007
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Left San Jose at the reasonable hour of 9.30am (thankfully we didn't follow the guide book's advice of a 6.30am start!) and upon arriving in Cariari, caught another local bus to a river-landing, bam-smack in the middle of nowhere. In the last half hour of our bus trip, the scenery either side of the bus was solely banana plantations - a taste of what is to come further down the coast apparently.
Our water taxi downstream was really nice, although with the river running high and fast, it was heart-in-mouth at times as we dodged logs and snags, and wound our way through tight bends in the river. After about an hour we emerged from the secondary river onto the river that lead the rest of the way to Tortuguero
Tortuguero's billing as a 'mini Amazon' was becoming more apparent as the river broadened to about 100 metres with tall and dense jungle spilling over the banks. Or was it the river spilling its banks into the jungle? It was hard to argue definitively either way, as the partially submerged trees and root systems looked like they were always like that.
The increasing number of signs for hidden jungle lodges betrayed our eminent arrival at Tortuguero village, and we rounded a bend, and there it was - a number of ramshackle dwellings partially built over the water. In fact, the little town looked very much like the human-home equivalent of the jungle/river co-existence - we weren't sure whether the river or the town was creeping over the banks, or where the banks even where!
We were escorted to some nice rooms on the other side of town by a Dutch lady at the boat landing - we were kind of sweet talked into staying there, and by the time we got there it was pouring down with rain, so we just stayed put!
That afternoon we snoozed and ate, and got an early night in anticipation of a 6am jungle tour
So at 6am we found ourselves at our tour operators office, looking forlornly at the threatening sky, and humming and ha-ing over whether to canoe around looking at the wildlife, or take a motor-boat (with a silent four-stroke motor). In the end, the motor won out - thoughts of spilling out of the flimsy canoe into the swollen crocodile filled waters just weren't that appealing!
The tour itself was, in a word, incredible. Purring along the banks, we saw toucans, monkeys and other birds all over the show, with our guide knowledgably explaining something interesting about each animal. This included a little speil about what looked like a shag from home as it dried its wings on a fallen tree - in fact it was a close relative, the most interesting difference being it doesn't catch the fish with its bill - it spears them with it!
At one point we saw a couple of Spider monkeys indulging in the such stereotypical monkey-like behaviour, it seemed like they had been trained and put there just for us - a mother and baby swinging underneath a long bough for about 10 metres like a child would on the monkey bars in a playground.
A bit later on, the rain started coming down in torrents. As we pulled under the shelter of a tree, there was a baby sloth hidden in the foliage only about 2 metres away from us. Upon seeing us peering at it, it sleepily made it's way up it to higher branches. Which made us think - how do tell whether a sloth is a morning or an afternoon sloth when they act half-dead all the time? You can trust your Costa Rican correspondents to ask the tough questions folks.....thank goodness for our brand of investigative journalism ah!
Well anyhoo, to finish our tour we went searching (while at least our bare-footed guide did)for some tiny, red, poisonous frogs. After a fair bit of squinting and a change of location, he found a few - so tiny in fact that the camera had trouble focusing on them without blurring - they were about the size of a fingernail.
That concluded our tour - even though we tootled around for about an hour less than we were supposed to, we were happy for hot showers and a bit of desayuno.
Later on in the afternoon, with a bit of intrepidness still flowing in the veins, we went for a brief walk in the nearby national park. Brief because the mosquitos were systematically attacking in huge squadrons - paying no heed to insect repellant or furious swatting. So intense was their prolonged attacks, it spoiled the walk - it seemed some of them would distract us (and sacrifice themselves) by flying around our faces, while their cousins feasted our our pasty-white leg flesh. For the better part of half an hour, we looked like a has-been actor in a Disney movie who is acting like a swarm of bees is attacking them - legs and arms flailing while we waded through the mud in our gumboots
The one positive we got from this walk was seeing a big troop of spider monkeys crashing about playfully in the trees immediately above us, although the mosquitoes saw to it we didn't linger too long!
Finally, we rounded out our day of natural beauty with a night-time visit to watch sea turtles laying their eggs. Thankfully, the park service and guides are organised enough to have spotters walking up and down the beach (preventing people stealing the eggs too) watching the turtles come ashore and reporting on their nesting sites, so after a brief wait, we headed out to a spot about 2 kms away. By the time we arrived both of us were pretty uncomfortable - Sam only wearing a thermal top as protection for the inevitable rain as his jacket was still sopping wet from the morning (he got soaked) and Francie inadvertently standing on an ants nest in the dark. Unsurprisingly they took expection to this; poor Francie spending the next couple of minutes in agony until she squashed the last of them.
Seeing the giant turtle laying her huge clutch of eggs (about 125 ping pong ball sized eggs usually) and then swiftly cover them up was one of the most amazing things either of us have ever seen
At first we felt that we might be disturbing the process, but as we were only allowed to use red torch light on the beach (they can't see this apparently) and they can't really distinguish between human sound and any other on land, our movements wouldn't have been any distraction, and our furtive whispering drowned out by the crash of the surf anyway.
The poor old girl must have been exhausted after that effort - her amazingly deft efforts to cover the eggs become slower and slower as she flicked her flippers back and forth, and although we didn't get to see her return to the sea, we could imagine the immense relief her familiar surroundings would be to her. It was somewhat sad to think she was probably the only one of her siblings to survive to this age to reproduce, and that the vast majority of the brood she had just laid wouldn't make it to participate in this part of the circle of life. Sob!
After seeing the deep hole she had dug in the sand, and knowing a slight depression would be left even after she covered up her eggs, it was amazing to know the same process had gone on directly in front of our hotel on a recent night, as we had seen the tell-tale signs for a nest earlier that day without recognising what they were
The next morning we woke up pretty late, but in plenty of time to make our boat to Puerto Limon. The water had risen around our tour guides office by at least a foot, and another night of rain would probably see it flooded, although no-one in the village seemed to be particularly worried about the impending wetness.
A quick breakfast of banana bread, we were zooming off on the broad river south toward Limon, the incessant roar of the motor and splash of the wake becoming almost hypnotic by the end of the 3 hours!
Most of the way, the broad rivers were lined with dense jungle, but after we passed about the two hour mark, this gave way to isolated fincas set on narrow canals the banana companies had dug to facilitate the transport of their huge crops for export.
Near the end we saw a number of crocodiles sunning themselves on floating logs or on the banks. For the most part they dove into the water when the driver turned the boat around for us to get a closer a look, with the exception of one big fella who didn't even flinch when we nudged the boat in about 3 metres away from where he was sunning himself on the bank
Arriving at Puerto Limon (or at least the nearby satellite port of Moin) was really strange. Suddenly we came out at a sizable village, 2 minutes later we were motoring past huge oil storage tanks. We pulled up at a little dock within spitting distance of the main wharf with 5 container ships pulled up alongside (Sam's geeky freight brain amazed to note that the big fruit companies Del Monte and Chiquiti actually had entire ships to load bananas on - that is a gigantic number of bananas - some of you back home must be half gorilla!!).
And so our return to the modern world, and civilisation as most of us know it, was a little rude, but it was nice to know there is still a wild frontier of sorts, even if it may not be there for long.
Love, and bunches of bananas.


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Binghamton University celebrates Earth Day 2006
Students, faculty and staff at Binghamton University will celebrate Earth Day 2006 with a zero waste, high-octane, low-energy-use festival from noon-5 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in front of the Bartle Library Tower Fountain. Activities, which include food, fun, music and environmental education, are free and open to the public.
A Honda Green car will be on display as well as "green" products purchased from local stores, recycled retail items such as plastic t-shirts, license plate purses, water bottles and travel mugs.
Events are sponsored by the Office of Recycling and Resource Management, the Student Environmental Action Coalition, the Office of the Vice President of Administration, the Food Co-Op and Sodexho Campus Services. For more information contact Juliet Berling at 607-777-3411 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Black and Gold regain their groove against not-so-mighty DucksThursday, February 26th, 2009
The Bruins found their rugged, rough-and-tumble, tough-to-play-against team personality amid a fight-filled grudge match with Sean Avery and the Dallas Stars at the Garden way back on Nov. 1.
There were musclebound sentences and breathy paragraphs devoted to the return of the Big, Bad Bruins, and tributes were penned to a squad that had finally once again captured the imagination of a dormant hockey franchise's loyal followers.
Like any real fiery pique of puck passion, however, the emotion and tenacity proved difficult to maintain at its highest levels throughout the ebb and flow of a long season. The Black and Gold might have lost their way momentarily in the middle of the grinding 82-game seasonal gauntlet, but the Big, Bad B's clearly regained their groove by both shedding the gloves and lighting the lamp in a 6-0 thrashing of the Anaheim Ducks at the Garden Thursday night.
The sweet combination of brawling and Bruins is the holy hockey alliance that baptized this particular team before a frenzied Boston hockey crowd back on that night in November. It should also be the galvanizing force that allows the Bruins to finish out the schedule's final 20 games with the thunderous force of a big "Looch" body check.
The skilled and shifty forwards were flying up the frozen sheet with a quick, fastbreak-style outlet and transition game reminiscent of the first four months of the season. The forwards, in turn, enjoyed engaged and aggressive play from the defenseman hopping up into the play with the kind of symbiotic support that marked the first few months of the season.
Matt Hunwick showed the telltale controlled, timely aggression when he kicked it into turbo and beat Mike Brown to a loose puck in the offensive zone and rifled a high wrist shot past Jean-Sebastien Giguere to give Boston their first score. The goal kicked off a two point night for Hunwick in his first game back after a quick one-game refresher with the Providence Bruins ' a move made necessary when the young defenseman had suited up only three times since late January.
It was just another of example of things going right again for the Spoked B after enduring a period where they simply didn't work hard enough for the bounces. After a sluggish few weeks, the Bruins renewed their commitment to jumping in front of the net and working the oft-dangerous corners for loose pucks, and again the fists were flying when teams began taking too many physical liberties on the ice.
"We're not there yet (completely) where we want to be, but we're certainly moving in the right direction," said B's coach Claude Julien. "We've scored 12 goals in the last couple of games, and I think, overall, our game has started to come back. But we need to be hard on ourselves in order to have our game where we want it to be ' and not get satisfied.
"We talked about putting some emotion in our game when we were sliding a little bit," he added. "We weren't finishing our checks, we didn't play with the same kind of emotion and we obviously weren't scoring much. I think putting some emotion in the game, and putting some jam and grit into it allowed us to score some goals as well. Both are great for our team right now."
It might have come at a short term price as both Milan Lucic and Marc Savard ' two of the three players that dropped the gloves in the donnybrook-filled victory ' didn't return after the second-period fisticuffs with what Julien described as "upper body injuries." But it was a jolting reminder to the Ducks players, the 17,565 in attendance and to, yes, even the assembled media contingent that the current Bruins team ' with or without the benefit of a deadline deal ' is going to be a handful to play against as long as they're properly motivated and playing with furious passion and gusto.
"We have to go back to the game we played before. If you're up in a game after one or two periods then you've got to go out there and show a killer instinct. Don't sit back," said Bruins center David Krejci, who notched an assist and a +3 on the night and had himself a great hockey game. "That's our team. That's how we play and who we are. We're a tough team to play against."
Savard hadn't dropped the gloves or thrown a punch in anger since that fateful game when Avery crunched Lucic from behind, and it's no coincidence that the playmaking center again hopped into the fray in another character building win for B's. Shawn Thornton started things off with Anaheim tough guy George Parros early in the second period, and Lucic followed with a fists of rage act against Ducks forward Mike Brown after getting jumped by half the Anaheim team.
Savard and Scott Niedermayer followed with a rare scuffle for each of them ' a go-round that was actually called roughing on both players ' and Thornton was left to wonder what would have happened had the B's truly indulged their nasty side and released the "monster from the cage."
"We've got a tough team here obviously," Thornton said. "You look around the room and we're not going to get pushed around here by anybody. We didn't get the monster, [Zdeno Chara] wasn't even involved. We didn't let him out of the cage. Guys stand up for each other. We have a close locker room and we'll go to bat for each other. So, that's not ever going to change."
Injury Ward: Both Lucic and Savard tangled with Ducks players in second-period fights, and then didn't return to the ice again following their respective scraps. Julien termed both "upper body injuries" that will be evaluated on Friday.
Player of the Game: Michael Ryder was greatly missed when he was out of the lineup with multiple facial fractures, and has totaled 3 goals and 2 assists in two games since returning to the Bruins lineup. Ryder's ability to finish around the net and his physical style are two things that the B's badly need from him on a nightly basis. Last night he delivered. Tim Thomas earns a nod as well for stopping 35 shots en route to the shutout, including a handful of stunning stops in the first 35 minutes of the game.
Goat Horns: Look across the board at all of Anaheim's best players, including Giguere. With the Ducks on the outside of the playoff picture, they all played horribly in an important game. For a team with so much talent and Stanley Cup experience, they looked completely lost Thursday night.
Turning Point: Steve Montador and Parros each took penalties in the closing minutes of the second period, and both Ryder and Chuck Kobasew cashed in on power play goals that pushed the game out of reach. The Ducks seemed to lose their composure a bit following the Looch's Incredible Hulk act in the second period ' a predictable reaction after getting jumped by a pair of Ducks skaters in front of Anaheim's net.


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Only available from Hammacher Schlemmer, this is the cap that uses evaporation to keep your head up to 20º F cooler than outside air temperature. Its the only cap that cools the crown and provides cooling in the brim. Made by a supplier of cooling apparel to professional cycling teams, Olympic athletes, and the military, the hat is charged by submerging in cold water for at least two minutes, then wringing out the excess. The cap's patented fabric inner liner retains the cool water where it vaporizes over five hours, the evaporation process naturally drawing heat away from your head, keeping you cool. 100% cotton with 53% polymer/47% cellulose liner. One size fits most; adjustable hook-and-loop back. Hand wash, air dry. Imported. Khaki. 4 1/2" H x 7" W x 10" D. (4 oz.)
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(32 of 32 customers found this review helpful)
It isn't all that hot
By Working in the Yard
from Orlando, FL
There have been many "cooling" wear products hit the market this year. Cooling towels, cooling hats, etc... I have tried several as instructed and felt marginal benefits. However, I believe the effectiveness of the products will vary depending on where you live. I live in the central Florida area, and May through October the temps and the humidity go through the roof. All of these products depend on evaporation to maximize the cooling effects. However, in extremely humid environments like Florida in the summer the humidity is often 80-90%. With so much humidity, evaporation is minimal. Therefore the cooling effect is greatly diminished. I have been using the hat to help keep me cool when working in the yard. If you keep the hat soaked with cold water and repeat every hour it does help keep you cool. The sunblock, protection and durability are all top notch. I'm sure the product would work much better in the cooler and less humid months when the evaporation effect will be much easier to achieve. The product does work and I am sure will work much better in dryer climates. In very humid environments it only helps take the edge off, but every little bit helps.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Barb the Nurse
from St. Paul, MN
This product was a great addition to my Husband's hat collection. Perfect for the very hot days when outdoor work is required. Best defense for heat stroke on the hottest days and I would recommend this product for that reason. Only negative is that it is a little bulky.
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By Jan and Del just 2 Joe Blows
from Jacksonville, Florida
husband works outside year round.Florida is hot and humid.electrolites don't always work in this type weather. He has passed out and gotten sick enough had to be taken to hospital. This hat is a life saver.I'm ordering 3 more.Have used the towels you can order and does same thing but the hat doesn't Fall off. Hat is not just cool but cold and last about 2 1/2 hours.This is the real deal!!!!
(9 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
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By Petunia
from Middlesex, NJ
The hat is a good idea but it is like wearing a brick on your head. It is very heavy
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
functions as advertised
By Fred
from Crozet,VA.
Used this hat as a cooling device under a hooded Tyvek spray paint suit. cooled me enough to endure an extra hour or two of work.
keeps head cooler
By smow50
from The Villages, Florida
Bought this cap to play pickleball in the hot day sun- really cools off your head for a game- after a game needs to be resoaked to refresh the cooling crystals. Should be great to play golf- just bring along a bottle of water to refresh when needed. Wish it came in a dark color like a black or navy. Can be worn by male or female.
It actually works
By Cat
from Toledo, OH
I bought this cap for my husband for his birthday. We went to St Thomas for a week and he wore this hat every day we were there. He never felt hot -the cooling mechanism truly works. I would be feeling discomfort from the heat and he would say he was cool as a cucumber! I wish it didn't cost [$] including shipping, but he sure likes it and should get plenty of use out of it!
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It works !!!!
By Roy
from San Francisco, CA
Playing golf in Las Vegas in 115 degree
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Great Invention!
By JMR
from Denver, CO
Bought this for my husband who works in an unconditioned place and it has helped keep him cooler on those days that are so hot. He really likes it.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
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By Joe Mosty
from Carrollton, Texas
I use this hat while working in the garden center of a local home improvement warehouse... I am outside on my feet 8 hours a day in the Texas summer.Good old sweat works pretty good to keep one cool. However, I'm giving this hat a workout. So far it seems to work pretty good. It's a sturdy built hat. Not a cheap-o disposable thing like they pass out where I work. Plain Jane, the real thang.. but with the embedded polymer stuff! As long as it's wet, it doing it's summer job. Period. Keep it dry.. I'm SURE it will be a great winter hat too!!On the odd side: if I go into the building for any length of time, where there is AC going, my head gets to cold! Really. But I appreciate it when I go back outside where it's a 100 degrees.
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GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY - East Carolina has accepted an invitation to play in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Dec. 23, according to an ECU news release.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. against the Ohio University Bobcats.
"While it is an honor to compete in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, the opportunity to take our team and Pirate Nation to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area will make this trip even more exciting," ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeill said. "We're looking forward to the challenge of accomplishing a 10-win season, something that has only been done once in the history of our program, and allowing a special group of seniors a chance to play for a bowl championship."
Bowl tickets are on sale now via Bowl Ticket Central, East Carolina's online post-season ticketing platform, or by placing orders over the phone or in person at the ECU Athletics Ticket Office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Ticket prices of $55 and $35 have been established for lower (100 and 200) and upper (300) level seating areas, respectively, while a $20 ticket is available for purchase by ECU students. In addition, the Miller Lite Party Deck ($200) location is also available.
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In Search of Direct Trade Coffee from Colombia - Day 3
We spent Day 3 in Colombia not visiting farms, but we headed back to Bogota to visit the FNC headquarters and cup the microlots from the farmers we visited over the course of the past two days. Before that, however, we got a quick rest in and a trip to an artisan market. Back at FNC headquarters we toured the offices and the Juan Valdez shop then headed to their quality analysis lab to cup coffee. The lab was very impressive, with a large full time cupping and analysis staff in conjunction with Almacafe.
The cupping went very well. The coffees were randomized and numbered so that no farmer could be preferred, and all of the coffees were of a very high quality, cupping above an 84 as promised.
The rest of my day was spent getting to Lima, to meet Paul set off for our next adventure. As side note, when I came around the corner Paul looked at me and just laughed. To be fair, I only looked so ridiculous because I had a cast covered in mud, 2 backpacks, and about 8 hours of sleep over the past 3 days. I scored some awesome traveler points when I ran into an old friend at the airport, who offered to take us back the next morning. Always an adventure….
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