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Nov 13, 2009 at 2:53 pm #1241669
So this is my attempt to fill the hole in my backpack quiver b/w super ultralight (I made a 3.3 oz 1800 cu in pack 2 years ago) and my packrafting and longer/heavier travel pack (my ULA circuit). I made it using almost all pieces of leftover fabric from other projects and I tried to use the fabrics that made the most sense in regards to their optimal usage. I used a strechy and durable urethane coated 4 oz nylon for the shove it (orange fabric), I used a dyneema fabric for the bottom back panel,hip belt and shoulder straps (black fabric with white ripstop), though the hipbelt is with the slippery and normally outward facing side sewn inside, and the sticky normally inward facing side out. This will hopefully limit the amount of upward hipbelt migration the user experiences. I used a 4 oz oxford for the sides and back of the pack (all black), and I used a 1.35 oz silnylon for the extension sleeve. All seams are triple stitched that bear load and all other seams are double stiched. I left a wing of fabric on some of the seams, which I would use to enclose the raw edges on the double stitch. The pack will be getting its first field test this week, 24 hour trip style, as I am doing a quick jaunt out to do the first third of the wasatch 100 course (snow and all). Any and all feedback would be appreciated. There are a few things that I can see I would already change at the moment. First, I will make hipbelt pockets which extend the hipbelt padding around my hips another 3 inches on each side during loads in excess of 15 lbs. I also would sew the webbing at the top of the shove it to the outside of the pocket to limit the amount that the shove it pocket's edge flips over when I pull all of the compression straps tight. Final packweight is 12.4 ounces with a rough estimate of volume around 3000 cubic inches including shove it and extension sleeve.
The design synthesis comes from a number of sources including shoulder straps from my ULA circuit, and shove it design from my own head, though a similar design was used by Ron Bell with one of the iterations of his prophet pack (I think). The bungee compression was taken from Z packs, and thus far, the synthesis of all of these ideas seems to be working out really well. My first field test will tell me more.Nov 13, 2009 at 3:09 pm #1545146
Jim ColtenBPL Member
@jcoltenLocale: MN
Sounds quite interesting (granted, I find almost all MYOG projects interesting) … care to post photos?
edit: HA! you read my mind … photos appeared while I was posting thisNov 14, 2009 at 2:33 am #1545221
Max HoaglandMember
That looks sweet man!Nov 17, 2009 at 8:36 pm #1546018
So I took the pack out for its first field test this past weekend… I got more than I bargained for. The predicted low temps were 27 and the weather report was calling for 2-4 inches of snow at 8000 ft.
I prepared for a low of 18 and 6 inches of snow as far as the equipment I brought.
I measured a temp of 5 degrees on Saturday night/Sunday morning and estimated there was 9 inches of snow on the ground…
As far as the pack was concerned though, things went as well as I could have hoped for a maiden voyage. I consistently forgot that I was wearing a pack throughout the trip. My base weight was 9.6 lbs. and my total carry weight when leaving the car was just a hair under 15 pounds. When the pack was packed well, 90% of the weight was transferred to the hips and I think having the sticky side of the hip belt fabric facing out made a notable difference in regards to the pack staying lower on my hips, though it certainly didn't solve the issue of hipbelt rise.
The only downfall to the design was the lycra binding on the shove it pocket. As temps decreased, its elasticity decreased with them. When I left camp in the morning when it was 6 degrees out, the lycra was doing next to nothing.
After the lycra returns to a warmer temperature, it seems to regain all of its elasticity.
I am planning on doing a longer trip coming up soon, where I'll put a good deal more weight into the pack and see how she carries.
I'm wondering if anyone else has used a pack with or made a pack including a shove it pocket designed like this. I've found that the things I thought would be drawbacks haven't bore fruit (aka water bottles migrating to the back of the pack, things not being secure in the shove it). I am still wondering if anyone has found a shock cord configuration on the side of the pack holding the shove it up which works well. The way I have it is manageble, but I'd like something which allows for some adjustment of the compression. Any thoughts?
Nov 17, 2009 at 8:41 pm #1546019
David LutzMember
@davidlutzLocale: Bay Area
Your pack looks great, I can't even imagine doing that. As a sidebar, can you tell your sleep system and shelter for this trip?Nov 18, 2009 at 10:44 pm #1546321
WEll, including using my pack as a pillow/H2O bottle insulator while I slept, I brought a marmot helium down sleeping bag, a patagonia puff pullover, my home made booties and wore fleece tights, wool socks, a bpl wool hoody and my patagonia R1 hoody. My shelter was an 8 oz rectangular silnylon tarp. Sleeping pad was a Prolite 4 short and a gossamer gear 1/8" thinlight pad, w/ a sheet of polycro as a ground sheet. This system worked surprisingly well down to the 5 degrees I mentioned above. My new pack was easily able to carry this load, and I found that I had plenty of room left over to pack an additional 700-1000 cubic inches worth of gear for the really cold and snowy trips I look forward to going on this winter! (think shovel, 4 season tent, Big puffy coat, etc.) I'll have to fix the shove it lycra binding issue first though!Nov 19, 2009 at 7:00 am #1546366
Nate, nice looking pack. The orange shove it and the black gridstop make a sharp looking combo. Your shove it woes might be solved by integrating a draw cord into the seam of the top of your shove it. I'm imagining a wishbone type design, where you have the barrel lock situated in the center below the web buckle and the draw cord is attached at the outside ends of the seam, so when the slack occurs a couple of tugs on the cord and slide the barrel lock down. Another idea that comes to mind is integrating an elastic into the seam like the side pockets on the ULA packs. I really like the ones on my Ohm. They allow a nice bulge on the bottom of the pocket, but seal the opening nice and tight when I have my Aquafina 1L bottle in there w/ a bag of food. The irregular shape of the shove it might prove difficult w/ either of my hair brained schemes. Good luck.
I notice you have a pair of Brooks Cascadia's. Any thoughts on their trail performance. I like the roomy toe box on the regular street models of Brooks, but haven't tried on the Cascadia's yet.Nov 19, 2009 at 9:33 pm #1546628
Thanks all for the kind comments.
Lucas, I like your idea about some shock cord threaded through a "barrel" sewn onto the edge of the shove it. The lycra works great during above freezing temperatures, so I'm wondering if the new setup I've tried (See picture below) will help. I looked more closely at the Z packs website and pilfered the setup he uses.
NOt to get too far off the posted topic, but I've had 6 or 7 pairs of cascadias now and they are far and away my favorite trail shoe. I've used them for everything from 50 mile trail runs, to several hundred mile backpacking trips. They breathe well, have a low to medium volume toe box (fits my feet perfectly) I can run distance in them right out of the box, but they are also supportive and padded enough that long distances in them don't abuse my feet. Plus, Brooks uses a sole material called bio mogo which is biodegradable in a healthy compost pile. The price went up $15 last year, but as an all arounder, they are far and away my favorite shoe.Nov 20, 2009 at 9:03 am #1546714
Nate, another thought comes to mind. Looking at the New Prophet on MLD and contemplating a MYOG imitation lately, I'm thinking you could perhaps use 1 or 2 pieces of narrow grosgrain running horizontal across the side panel and attaching to the shove it and the vertical seam connecting sides and back panel. This would allow some compression of the contents of the shove it and the entire pack as well. With the straps on the side you would be free to shove an ice axe handle in there or some tent/trekking poles. If weight of the grosgrain is a negative, you could use shock cord like the Ohm's have on the side in a similar configuration. Both of these would minimize cutting on your shove it's existing seam.
Did you use any specific plans for templates on the hipbelt wings? What thickness/type of foam for the hipbelt/shoulder straps? I think the G4 plans are good for the hipbelt and general design, but I'm thinking about a more basic tube design for the body of my pack. I think dyneema side pockets and a mesh back pocket are my plan too. Any tips on plans?Nov 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm #1547588
So I think I've finally gotten my shove it to the place I'm happy with. Lucas, I like your idea about a grosgrain strap connecting to the vertical side seam and the shove it, but I think that I found a solution that will be a little lighter and simpler and will meet the same ends. When I'm only going out for a few days in the summer, I'll continue to use my light summer pack. This pack is for the bigger trips and late fall to early spring trips where more volume is necessary. I decided that I'd reconnect the tabs to the shove it and run the shock cord through all 3 tabs on the shove it. This allows the cinching of the shock cord to also pull the shove it up and towards the outsides, hopefully solving the "freezing" lycra issue and also providing more security to keep things from falling out of the pack.
In regards to a hipbelt pattern, I just made one up by measuring. The wings on this pack are 7" long and 5.5" tall at their highest point tapering down to 2" towards the webbing. I am making a similar pack for my girlfriend right now and I'm making the padded wings 9" long each instead, b/c mine are a little shorter than I'd prefer. I'll also not taper them as much to provide a broad padded surface for their entire length.
I'm personally not a big fan of the G4 design b/c it's too wide down low (things get stuck) and way too big for the volume of gear that I bring. I also find that it has no way to compress gear, so you need a very specific volume of gear to make it work. I think your choice to use a tube design instead is a decision I'd make if I were you as well!Nov 24, 2009 at 5:49 am #1547695
Looks good w/ the tabs on the shove it. Much more simplified than running a new seam along the length of the pocket. Pack design Motto: KISS. I agree on the G4, no need to work the funny seams on that bulge. The pack I'm making is actually for my wife. She can't find anything to replace her REI pack that weighs nearly 4 lbs. I took the measurements off of her REI pack and I have the hipbelt wings at 4.5 tapering to 3, with a length of 7". Tentatively, I'm going with 7" X 12" X 24" on the body, with a semicircular bottom and 9 or 10" extension collar. I'm planning to put in load lifters too, so I will have to make the back panel in 2 pieces to accommodate the seam for the shoulder straps and the seam for the load lifter attachments. I'm going to wing it on the load lifters and probably will totally over-engineer it. Where did you get black dyneema?Nov 24, 2009 at 9:10 am #1547739
My dyneema source is black diamond's very back closet. They had some materials that they were no longer going to use and I have some friends who work there, so they were nice enough to offer me that fabric… I teach a lightweight backpacking class in the spring at my high school as an enrichment and its popularity keeps growing every year, so some companies have been nice enough to donate some fabric for us to work with. Both the black dyneema on the pack and the orange shove it fabric came from that closet.Nov 24, 2009 at 12:31 pm #1547796
Ken T.BPL Member
Rit liquid dye will work wonders on changing colors. My ULA is black now, and looks like it always has been.Nov 24, 2009 at 3:47 pm #1547843
Chris CollinsMember
from what I've read, its nearly impossible to dye dyneema or spectra (same thing). the color just won't stick. McHale makes full dyneema packs and even their dyed packs are just slightly tinted.
but c'mon, it looks cool with the white grid pattern. why dye it.Nov 24, 2009 at 4:04 pm #1547846
Tim MarshallBPL Member
@marshlaw303Locale: Minnesota
he dyed the dyneema ripstop fabric, which was green with white lines, now it is black with white lines. You are right the dyneema wont hold the dye. We call this fabric dyneema, but it is really nylon with dyneema fibers acting as the ripstop.
-TimNov 24, 2009 at 4:24 pm #1547847
Chris CollinsMember
No really, I meant dyneema fabric.
McHale offers either nylon (green or black) with dyneema ripstop grid, or full 100% dyneema fabric. And yeah, it costs a bundle. The full dyneema is normally totally snow white, but for a fee they will dye it a slightly greyish color.
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1. Cigarette Machines. These automated dispensing machines require you to swipe your photo ID to verify your age. They are in the most random of places in back streets or like this one on a main street. I don't know who takes care of them, perhaps the people contact the company or vice versa.
2. Kiosk. This tiny newspaper stand is in the middle of downtown Edingen although I can't see there being much foot traffic to support it.
3. Dog Poo Bin. A dog would have a hard time using this if directly translated!
4. River Barge. I haven't seen a barge like this before, but a few seem to cruise up the river transporting coal or something. This one was a house barge complete with car and house plants!
5. Sister City. Edingen-Neckarhausen has a sister city in France called Plouguerneau (Ploo-jen-ow) which lies just across the English Channel from Plymouth. Apparently they do exchanges every other year, although I don't think that anyone from Adelaide would go to Christchurch on a cultural exchange
6. Landschaftsschutzgebiet. This sign translates to Environmental Conservation Area although when I saw it I thought it meant: Beware of Eagles!
7. Trabant. This East German car is an icon of the Cold War era although this is the first time I've come across a 'Trabi". Think VW Beetle and that is how many were produced and for 30 years!
8. Hotel. Edingen is so small that it only has one hotel although I was surprised to find a wooden Statue of Liberty welcome light at the entrance!
9. Deutsche Post. This symbol is on most letterboxes here just like the Australia Post symbol is in Adelaide although this symbol is just about on every private mailbox as well. I didn't realise that the courier company DHL is also part of this brand.
10. No Parking. This symbol is everywhere in the small streets that occupy this town. Parking is pretty competitive because you only have your house frontage and there aren't many garages. The sign also says beware of dog.
11. Death Notice. In a few of the streets I've noticed a death notices box where you can find details of the wake/service.
12. Lego. This is in old town Heidelberg as part of the Christmas Display. The Christmas market starts next week and runs for a month where you can buy crafts, hot dogs and gluhwein.
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President Bush unveils new high school reform plan; 2005 schedule for Education News Parents Can Use released; Advanced Placement Test Fee application period reopened; notices of proposed priority, requirements, and definitions published for Arts in Education programs; Authorizer Issue Brief published by National Association of Charter School Authorizers; CAPE has examples of what private schools are doing to help tsunami victims.
Innovations in the News
An Achievable Dream Academy students recreate events in history and are profiled on CBS' The Early Show, plus information on closing the achievement gap, magnet schools, reading and writing, and supplemental educational services.
Hot Springs Is a Hot Spot for Choice and Change
Many residents of Hot Springs, Arkansas take pride in the fact that it was the childhood home of former President Bill Clinton. Today, the people of Hot Springs can also take pride in the success of their magnet schools program, which has begun to raise student achievement.
Launched in 2000, the Hot Springs magnet schools program was part of a multi-district desegregation plan ordered by a federal district court. Regional superintendents from 7 of the 12 districts affected by the order agreed to the plan, and it was endorsed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Today, Hot Springs is an all-magnet district serving its own students, as well as students from the 12 other districts.
According to the Hot Springs School District, the purpose of the magnet program is to "offer educational choice...[with] unique opportunities for in-depth experiences and study in specific areas of interest." All the schools in the district are magnets, which include four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. While the focus in all schools is on mathematics and literacy, each elementary school also has a theme. At the middle and high school levels, each school is divided into theme-related academies.
At Hot Springs Middle School, for example, the academies are: Math/Science Technology Academy, Visual and Performing Arts Academy, and International Baccalaureate, which has specific sub-themes, such as community service, the environment, or health and social education. The middle school science curriculum has units in physical, earth, and life science and integrates technology as a tool for decision-making, enhanced productivity, communication, research, and problem solving.
Throughout the school district, the themes are used to build core content learning aligned with state academic standards. Each middle school academy has five core content teachers who stay with the same students for their entire middle school experience, thus creating small, supportive learning communities for students and teachers.
The magnet themes are aligned vertically from the elementary level through the high school level, where the themes are used to create "career" academies. The career academy themes are business/technology, communications/humanities/law, creative and performing arts, health sciences/human services, and mathematics/engineering/sciences.
The district reports that it has made significant progress in reducing and preventing racial/ethnic group isolation. The district also reports that students are making achievement gains. For example, scores on the Arkansas Benchmark Exam in mathematics and reading for 8th grade have improved. The 2003 math scores for 8th grade students who met or exceeded standards showed an increase of 10 percentage points over 2002 scores. In reading, performance jumped considerably between 2002 and 2003, going from 10 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards to 52 percent scoring at that level (9 percentage points above the state average).
The program has a number of distinctive elements. Each campus has a math and/or literacy focus teacher who works with teachers and students to raise achievement in those areas. Students' progress is continuously assessed, and regular reports on students' strengths and deficiencies are given to parents. Additional time and resources are allocated for students who are not meeting state standards. In addition to the stress on academics, low-cost day care is available.
To support the overall magnet program, each school employs a magnet coordinator, who is responsible for maintaining the magnet theme and supporting the core curriculum. The coordinators work together to align the programs and experiences from one campus to the next, as students progress from elementary through high school. Coordinators also assist with the application process and student recruitment. Ninety-five percent of applicants are placed in their first choice school, and, to date, no one has been placed in his or her third choice.
The school district's overall success with the program has enabled it to become a leader in the county, as a host to students who are eligible to transfer from their schools in need of improvement under No Child Left Behind.
In 2000-01, Hot Springs received a three-year, $6 million Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant. The Hot Springs magnet program is profiled in OII's book Innovations in Education: Creating Successful Magnet Schools Programs.
- Hot Springs Magnet Program
- Creating Successful Magnet Schools Programs
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100th Issue of the Education Innovator: March 7 will mark the 100th issue of The Education Innovator. To celebrate this milestone, we are asking Innovator readers to nominate an innovative practice or program to be featured in that issue. Please send nominations using the feature outline to email@example.com by February 7. (Jan. 17)
From the White House
President George W. Bush unveiled his new high school reform plan which builds upon No Child Left Behind, at a briefing at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, VA. He emphasized accountability, the right for parents to have options if schools do not measure up, and rigorous coursework such as that offered by Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate. (Jan. 12)
From the U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education has released the 2005 schedule for the Education News Parents Can Use television program, which has Arts Education as the theme for the March 15th show. All programs are archived for viewing if you are not able to tune into the live production. (Jan. 13)
From OII
Advanced Placement Test Fee Application Period Reopened: A notice reopening the AP Test Fee application period was published in the Federal Register on January 13. Any state that missed the earlier application deadline for this non-competitive program may apply for the test fee funds at this time. Those states that have already applied do not need to reapply. The e-application must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. EST on January 24. Questions should be addressed to Madeline Baggett. (Jan. 13)
The notices of proposed priority, requirements, and definitions have been published for the Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination and the Professional Development for Arts Educators programs. (Jan. 13)
Charter Schools
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers publishes Authorizer Issue Briefs. The latest, "Square Pegs: Charter School Authorizers in Non-Charter Agencies," PDF (74KB) explores the challenges authorizers face when they are located in institutions whose missions are larger than charter school authorizing. (Jan. 2005)
Tsunami Relief
The Council for American Public Education (CAPE) has stories on its website of what private schools are doing to help the victims of the tsunami disaster. (Jan. 12)
Innovations in the News
American History
Students at the OII-funded An Achievable Dream Academy of Newport News Public Schools recreate events in history as a way to increase achievement in history while instilling character education. Schools work with area museums and the National Council for History Education to help teachers in elementary schools make history more relevant. The program was featured on CBS' The Early Show. [More-Daily Press] (Jan. 3) and [CBS] (Jan. 13)
A group of 19 teachers from throughout Ohio went to the home of President Warren G. Harding as part of the History in the Heartland seminar of the OII- funded Teaching American History project. The seminar focused on the 1920 election and how historic sites can be incorporated into teaching history. [More-Marion Star] (Dec. 14)
Magnet Schools
Now is the time for parents to start thinking about next year if they want their child to attend a magnet school in Duval County (FL) (see Creating Successful Magnet Schools Programs). In Fall 2005 there will be 7 new "Inspirations" schools, so named because they are the next generation of magnets, focusing on such topics as visual and performing arts, math, Spanish immersion, and military science. These new schools are funded by an OII Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant. [More-First Coast News] (Jan. 10)
Magnet school applications are now available to Montgomery County (AL) parents if they want their child to attend a magnet school. The magnet programs offer expanded educational choices, according to the school district. The number of students who apply has been increasing annually: in 2003 there were 3,943 applicants, and in 2004 there were 4,115. [More-Montgomery Advertiser] (Jan. 10)
Parents and students attended the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools Magnet Fair at a local shopping mall to find out what these schools are offering. Atkins School, for example, has three academies—biotechnology, computer technology, and pre-engineering—in a program designed with the help of community and business leaders. [More-Journal Now]
Wichita (KS) parents can attend the annual Choices Fair and magnet school open houses to help them decide where they would like their child to go to school. The most popular schools have waiting lists. [More-Wichita Eagle] (Jan. 9)
Closing the Achievement Gap
The popular Homework Club at Madison Elementary School in Des Moines (IA) received a $10,000 district grant to help close the achievement gap for English-as-a-Second-Language students in kindergarten through the fifth grade. Students' skills will be measured to determine whether the program will receive funding in the future. [More-Des Moines Register] (Jan. 6)
Four Fayette County (KY) organizations have been awarded nearly $2 million in grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to improve the education and development of preschool-aged children from minority and low-income families. These grants are part of the Miami-based foundation's investment to ensure that all children get a quality education. [More-Ascribe] (Dec. 29)
Reading and Writing
Lawyer Nina Zolt and her husband, venture capitalist Miles Gilburne, have raised more than $15 million in private donations to develop In2Books with the goal of boosting literacy in DC public schools. The program includes books, a framework for building students' reading and writing skills, professional development for teachers, and support services. [More-Education Week] (Jan. 5)
The OII-funded National Writing Project has selected the Alaska State Writing Consortium at the University of Alaska to be one of five pilot sites to use computers to improve the teaching of writing by looking at how teachers can communicate with each other about teaching methods and how they can use computers in the classroom. [More-Juneau Empire] (Dec. 16)
Jim Schaefer, a teacher-consultant for the OII-funded Eastern Michigan Writing Project, has started "Riprap," a website and public access television show dedicated to academic literature, serious reading, and the love of language and writing. [More-MLive.com] (Dec. 28)
Supplemental Educational Services
Education writer Alexander Russo explains the advantages of having private vendors provide supplemental educational services in Chicago: students get more individual attention, and parents have a choice of tutors. (See also U.S. Education Department policy letter to Illinois State Board of Education. [More-Chicago Journal] (Jan. 12)
Desert Sands Unified School District (see Creating Strong District School Choice Programs) and other schools in Southern California are providing supplemental educational services for students at schools in need of improvement. Most of the services are tutorial and are offered at school, at students' homes, or via the Internet. [More-Desert Sun] (Jan. 11)
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Congratulations. It really is going to be lovely.
I kept mine in plastic becasue of wet basement. Now all waterproofed and in the works too.
Had it rewired with all new wiring too and got in some cabinets. Still work in progress. Like you said takes a lot of time.
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Cass EDC board member wants to see continued business growth
Economic development is a big factor in our communities and I got involved as a board member of the Cass County Economic Development Corp. (EDC) because I want it to continue to grow in the future.
We are setting up the work for another decade — footprints will be left for the future — and I want this to continue to be here in the future.
There have been two good projects completed this past year that are key in the community — Eveland's Inc. and Reed's Sporting Goods expansions. The EDC was here to facilitate the tax-increment financing deals that will keep those good companies here and help them grow jobs right here at home.
The small cities grant project that just wrapped up in Hackensack and Walker was another key accomplishment that made our communities look better and our downtown businesses stronger.
Our most influential tool as an economic development organization are the relationships we have with key cities. The desires of all — especially the cities — is to believe in our future and wish to make it better. The EDC has developed excellent working relationships with these cities so we can work together to do just that.
My wife, Nancy, is a third-grade teacher in the Pine River-Backus School District. We have been married for 28 years now. She married a "Type A" and you will have to ask her what that is like. In the summer, I like to spend my time either "on the water" or golfing. I golf once per week.
I am active in the community through many different organizations. Two years ago, I was elected to the EDC board for a three-year term. Being on the board takes some time, but for the most part the meetings are scheduled way in advance so it is not hard to plan around. Some seasons do take more time than others. If I am asked, I believe I would serve again on the board.
For the future I want to see businesses continue to retain and grow jobs right here in Cass County. The businesses we work with at the EDC should have access to all of the tools to help them do that and grow stronger right here.
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Navy buys biofuel for $16 a gallon
posted at 7:00 pm on December 11, 2011 by J.E. Dyer
This is going to help the Defense Department weather looming budget cuts, for sure. Teaming up with the Department of Agriculture (which has a cheery Rotary Club ring to it), the Navy has purchased 450,000 gallons of biofuel for about $16 a gallon, or about 4 times the price of its standard marine fuel, JP-5, which has been going for under $4 a gallon.
You won't be surprised to learn that a member of Obama's presidential transition team, T. J. Glauthier, is a "strategic advisor" at Solazyme, the California company that is selling a portion of the biofuel to the Navy. Glauthier worked – shock, shock – on the energy-sector portion of the 2009 stimulus bill.
The Navy sale isn't Solazyme's first trip to the public trough, of course. The company got a $21.8 million grant from the 2009 stimulus package.
Solazyme's partner in the biofuel sale is Dynamic Fuels, a Louisiana company owned jointly by Tyson Foods and Tulsa-based Syntroleum. Tyson and Syntroleum are distinguished by having profitable lines of business that do not rely on government grants to unprofitable "green" projects. This does not make their biofuel product price-competitive with fossil fuels, however. (They were induced to develop biofuel manufacturing processes by a combination of subsidies and tax breaks.)
The Dynamic Fuels plant was opened for business in Geismar, LA in 2010, becoming by far the largest biofuels plant in North America – and reportedly, in combination with a plant in Finland, a producer of 94% of the world's biofuels. This is great boosterism stuff, but the biofuels produced by Dynamic Fuels are still considerably more expensive than the fossil-fuel alternative. Dynamic Fuels has begun supplying aviation biofuel to KLM, the Dutch flag carrier, but of course, the use of more-expensive biofuels by commercial carriers has to be subsidized by governments.
If governments stopped subsidizing biofuels, their artificial "profitability" would disappear overnight. Price-wise, they can't compete with fossil fuels. The day may come when they can, but subsidizing them while they don't is not a method with any record of success for encouraging price efficiency. What it does instead is create languishing public dependencies and tremendous opportunities for cronyism, as demonstrated in the Solyndra scandal.
As the Institute for Energy Research article (top link) indicates, the US has enormous reserves of both conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas resources. Opening them up for exploitation would, among other things, ensure that the US armed forces could buy cheaper fuel – cheaper than today's prices – produced in the USA. At a time when federal debt is spiraling and the Defense Department is facing budget cuts that are guaranteed to gut the fighting forces and render them ineffective, it seems to border on insane to eschew a ready, significantly cheaper alternative and require the armed services to quadruple what they pay for fuel as a proof of concept – apparently with the idea that the forces should buy more of the 4-times-as-expensive fuel. This is, after all, our national security we're talking about.
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Vince Knoll has loved his bus driving career
Vince Knoll, of Ideal Township, is a longtime Pequot Lakes School District bus driver who recently discovered he has only a few months to live. He wished to tell the community his story as a bus driver, so he contacted the Echo Journal.
"I want the people of Pequot Lakes and all of the district to know: Why do we drive a school bus?" Knoll said from his bed at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Knoll, 77, has been driving for Pequot Lakes off and on since 1992. He's also driven for the Pine River-Backus School District and Reichert Bus Service in Brainerd. Driving bus is what he calls the ideal retirement job.
"I'm the first to get to see kids in the morning and greet them. I greet them each individually," Knoll said. "These kids get to be just like your own. When they hurt, you hurt with them."
On Oct. 16, Knoll drove high school music students to the Twin Cities for a musical. Just one month later, Knoll has difficulty sitting up in bed. What he initially thought was back problems he later discovered was cancer in his brain, spleen, spine, bone and back.
One day he could walk, the next day he couldn't. Doctors believe he's had cancer for two years without knowing it, Knoll said.
After driving music students to the Cities, Knoll and another driver returned to Pequot Lakes around 2 a.m. The other driver, Clarence "Sammy" Kurowski, cleaned Knoll's bus because he knew Knoll wasn't feeling well.
"That's the kind of drivers we have, and that's how they care about kids (too)," Knoll said.
Kurowski said by phone that Knoll was a disciplined driver and expected good behavior of the students he drove. When their behavior wasn't good, he let them know.
"I didn't let them do whatever they want," Knoll said. Knoll's daughter, Kelli Schmeling, said people respect Knoll for that aspect of his work.
While Knoll was a stern bus driver, Kurowski also said he'd bend over backward for others.
Two years ago the Pequot Lakes School Board cut pay to its bus drivers. Knoll made a point of saying he felt what the board did was wrong.
"The board, I don't think they really realize the responsibility a bus driver has," he said. "They need to give drivers more money because they're going to be looking for other jobs."
Knoll could not say enough good things about the drivers in the district.
"These people are so dedicated," he said. "You've got to be dedicated to be a school bus driver because you've got precious lives on board."
Knoll said he loves the district and the kids, and the teachers are all his friends.
"I'll never forget them," he said.
Knoll had a steady stream of visitors at the hospital including other bus drivers, some who have visited daily, and coaches of the teams he drove to games and meets.
Knoll worked for 3M Co. in the Twin Cities for many years before retiring to Ideal Township and living there permanently in 1990. He has four children.
On Nov. 14, Knoll was moved from his hospital room in Brainerd to be with his children in the Twin Cities area. He'll be with them, in hospice care, for the rest of his life. He's totally at peace with his situation.
"They gave me three months to live but I don't care if I die today. I just want people to know how I care about bus driving," he said.
Knoll's faith in God is strong.
"When He feels ready, I'm ready to go."


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What ever happened to Fishers BeeQuick?
What ever happened to Fishers BeeQuick?
Mann Lake sells 8 oz bottles for aroud $13, or by the gallon.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Prvb 16:24
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There it is, thanks Bev
All the best, Mr. Steppler. I got it from mann lake, and was never sorry. I absolutely love the stuff. All thumbs up from me.
Im going to look into it again. I was not allowed to use it a bunch of years back because of some kind of issues with honey contamination.,?
I want to use it for pushing bees out of brood boxes during my split and queen excluder rounds. If it isnt as hot as the BeeGo or HoneyRobber is, it should be easier on the bees, Im thinking.
I think that it is alot easier on the bees than the harder acid chemicals. It can sometimes take a bit longer to get the bees to leave the brood, but they will eventually. Too long and they will abscond.
on a nice sunny 25 degree C day, how long would it take to push the bees down off brood through one box?
how does the stuff work on a 32 degree C day? Does it flash the bees like BeeGo does?
When I remove bees from honey supers, I use BeeQuick as much as I can. BeeQuick only works well at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit and above, the warmer the better. Temps below that, I use a blower.
You will definitely want a sunny day. If you are using fume boards, the radiant heat on those tops helps volatilize the stuff. Also, for the past couple of seasons I haven't been able to get it in gallons. Only ever seems available in the small container.
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Yeah, we normally just buy a handful of the small bottles.
I'm not sure if it will push bees off brood or not. I use it but, on cooler/cloudy days it takes longer and is not as effective.
BeeGo does, but I find it real harsh especially working during warmer days and pushing bees into singles. They tend to run out of the entrance and beard badly.
Use the bee-go on towels that cover the hive. Start with 3" of the top, along the end bar on one side open. After the bees have moved down some completely cover the top. When you get down to the last super or 2 and the bees seem to run out of the entrance uncover the end bar side again. When it is cool and the bees are slow to leave puff smoke under tye towel. I tried bee quick a few years back when the temp was above 70°F and I found it worthless.
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With Nash sidelined, Lakers turn to dry free agent market for point guard help
By Rob Mahoney
The Lakers have grown so fed up with their own in-game lethargy that they are reportedly now looking for outside help. According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, the Lakers are weighing the pros and cons of several different prospective additions, all of which are significantly less attractive options than long-rumored Laker trade target Jose Calderon. But without the necessary trade pieces to entice the Raptors into a deal for Calderon, L.A. will likely be left combing the free agent ranks.
Let's take a walk down the point guard aisle to see what's left in stock:
Delonte West
Last seen: Parting on strange terms with the Mavericks in the preseason, despite having a guaranteed, minimum-salary contract.
Stein's reports indicate that West is at the top of the Lakers' list in terms of basketball talent, but given his exit from Dallas, it's understandable that Mitch Kupchak and Co. want to fully consider what additional baggage West might bring with him. For the most part, the Mavericks publicly dealt with West about as well as any team could; the lines of communication were clearly open, support was demonstrative from both the locker room and the front office and West had ample opportunity to play and audition for his next contract. But something strange happened behind closed doors back in October, and West was sent on his way without much delay. West has been a free agent since, despite the fact that he's a significantly better player than most end-of-the-bench point guards around the league.
In terms of on-court fit, West could be a really nice choice for the Lakers. He can handle and make plays, but is best suited for a more balanced role in which he isn't put in complete control of the offense. That's more or less what would be expected of any of L.A.'s point guard options in sharing the floor with Kobe Bryant, and West could alleviate some of the ball-handling pressure on Kobe without creating any points of redundancy in the backcourt. And though West is completely competent when creating with the ball in his hands, his best offensive work comes as a cutter and spot-up shooter; rare are the moments when West is standing around on offense, as most of his possessions are spent finding bits of open space to exploit as his teammates draw the attention of the defense. He's versatile enough to play off of Dwight Howard (and eventually, Pau Gasol) and Bryant alike, and has a lot of interesting wrinkles to his offensive game that Mike D'Antoni could find use for.
He won't fix all of L.A.'s point guard problems, but West's most compelling value may come on the defensive end -- where he's a significantly better on-ball defender than Chris Duhon or Darius Morris. West is hardly perfect, but he's a particularly useful player in these relative terms; Duhon and Morris are so limited that West's skill set has to seem vast by comparison. He's only an average three-point shooter (35.5 percent from long range last season), can struggle at times to beat his man off the dribble and has a tendency to settle for step-back jumpers. But West is a catch so long as the extracurriculars don't get in the way -- an outcome that might prove difficult to avoid with all of the scrutiny placed on the Lakers these days.
Last seen: Working as an insurance policy for the Bulls last season.
James isn't a bad player, and he comes packaged with all of the intangible accessories one would expect of a league-hardened veteran. But he makes for a strange choice for the Lakers due to the fact that his game so closely resembles what they already have in-house. James was never the most effective individual defender, and at 36 years old his lateral movement can only have declined. He's a solid three-point shooter, but hardly better than either Morris or Duhon. He's a score-first guard by nature, though he lacks the speed off the dribble to create efficient shots for a good team. He isn't likely to kill a team with a boneheaded play, but at this stage in his career he also isn't particularly likely to create anything of value off the dribble, either.
Jonny Flynn
Last seen: Hooping it up in Australia for the Melbourne Tigers.
It's hard not to root for Jonny Flynn. In terms of the way he approaches the game, he is everything that NBA franchises want of their players: committed, hard-working, sensible and charismatic. He was an interview darling in the lead-up to the 2009 NBA draft in part because his personality so mirrors his game. He was deemed likely to succeed by general managers on the basis of a standout college career and saying all the right things, and Minnesota's David Kahn thought so highly of him that he made Flynn the 6th overall pick despite his selection of fellow point guard Ricky Rubio with the 5th pick.
Needless to say, things haven't quite worked out in Flynn's favor since his arrival on the NBA scene -- in part because of his size and fundamentally collegiate game. Flynn is a ball-dominant guard without the vision or finishing ability necessary to create consistently. He's quick, but gets by his man and finds he has nowhere productive to go. Flynn's playmaking abilities are too limited to drive-and-kick consistently, and he isn't creative enough to finish at the rim in spite of his limitations. I wish it were more complicated than that, but Flynn only seems to create pull-up two-pointers with any regularity, and even those attempts are made more difficult by his specific shot selection and inability to adapt to longer, more athletic defenders.
Eddie House
Last seen: Making the occasional three-pointer for the 2010-11 Heat, and has likely spent his days since trash talking any poor soul who would listen.
Eddie House always seems like he's working hard, if only because of the inherent bounce to his game. Every step is a spring. Every jumper is prefaced with a hop. But all of that energy translates to a singular function -- one that, again, is already inherent to the current crop of Laker point guards. House will never hesitate before hoisting up a three-pointer, but that is the only thing he can really do at an NBA level. He bursts around a screener, makes a clean catch and fires away at an above-average clip. He's completely ineffective off the dribble, to the point where teammates often have to come retrieve the ball from him if he gets in a jam. Defensively, he can be a bit of a disaster. But he catches and shoots and on some teams that's good enough.
This is not one of those teams. L.A. needs something more on both ends of the court, and that's a difficult package of skills to find in the current free agent market.
Last seen: Suiting up for the Wizards before being unceremoniously cut from the team mid-season.
As we emerge from a basketball era in which shot creation was valued above all else, Jannero Pargo stands as a bit of a dinosaur (and a pretty meager dinosaur at that -- maybe the pigeon-sized Nemicolopterus?). Evolution has left him behind, and general managers have grown too wise to lean on a guard whose primary value is to generate his own inefficient offense. What Pargo offers is reserve scoring for a team with no other options; he creates for himself, and for his career has averaged a solid 15 points per 36 minutes. But the problems come in how Pargo arrives at that number, and the mass of shot attempts sacrificed in order to get there. Even Pargo's better-shooting seasons are still marked by how much he derails offensive flow, to the point where his high-usage style and defensive limitations largely negate the points generated by his jumpers. What he does is fairly impressive, but within the context of a team trying to create the best offense possible, it just isn't all that useful. Case in point: The 3-15 Wizards, who were already desperate for shot creation without John Wall, couldn't find a use for Pargo, who struggled through the first seven games of the season. When his self-made offense fails him, Pargo can't offer much at all -- even to the worst team in the NBA, much less one with the aspirations of the Lakers.


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AUBURN, Ala.
"Lady Vols Rock!" So said the sign displayed by senior Lindsay Hyatt's parents as she and her University of Tennessee teammates arrived at the course for the 2003 NCAA South Regional Cross Country Championships. So said the scoreboard afterward, as well, as Head Coach J.J. Clark's 24th-ranked squad rolled to its second-straight region title at Indian Pines Golf Club on Saturday morning.
The Big Orange packed three runners among the top 10 and placed all five scorers within the first 26 finishers to accumulate 71 points and easily defend its 2002 title over No. 28 Florida State, which once again posted a second-place outcome with 93. Georgia, which finished second to UT at the recent SEC Championships, took third with 109, while host Auburn was fourth at 127 and Vanderbilt tallied 132 points to grab fifth out of a women's field of 25 teams as the squad from Rocky Top padded its display case with a new trophy to go along with last year's NCAA South title, an NCAA District III win in 1983 and an AIAW Region 2 victory in 1977.
The repeat regional triumph, the first accomplished in the 30-year history of the Tennessee program, automatically qualifies Clark's club for the NCAA Championships meet on Nov. 24 in Waterloo, Iowa. The appearance will be UT's 10th in a national meet, including seven since becoming an NCAA member in 1981, and will mark the fourth time the Lady Vols have made nationals in back-to-back seasons.
"I knew we had a good team, and that if everyone ran the way they were capable of running, we'd be the significantly better team," said Clark, the first Lady Vol cross country skipper to produce multiple region titles and also qualify teams for national meets in his first two seasons at the helm. "We did that today, but I still think there is more in the tank. I'm looking for a couple of others to move into scoring positions at the NCAA meet."
Leading the Big Orange pack for the third-straight race and the fourth time in 2003 was junior Brooke Novak, who posted her second-consecutive top-five regional performance. The Kaukauna, Wis., native, who was fourth a year ago, claimed fifth this time around in a season-best 20:54.80 on the 6,000-meter course and earned All-South status for the second time in as many seasons.
Right on Novak's heels with career-best races and providing Tennessee with its first top-10 trio at regionals since 1983 were sophomore Megan Cauble (Knoxville, Tenn./West) and Hyatt (Auburn, Calif.), who crossed the line in 20:59.21 and 21:02.73, respectively. With those fine displays, Cauble managed to bag her second All-South certificate in as many seasons, while Hyatt, a transfer from Stanford, picked up her first regional citation and her initial individual cross country award during a collegiate career that has been geared more toward middle distance running on the oval.
Making the moment that much more special for Hyatt was the fact that her parents were on hand to see it. Ron and Jan Hyatt took a red-eye flight out of Sacramento, Calif., on Friday at 11 p.m., flew all night and landed in Atlanta around 5:30 a.m. Saturday. After making the 100-mile drive down to Auburn, the Hyatts were already at the course, cheerfully waving signs as the team bus pulled into the parking lot at Indian Pines around 8:20 a.m.
"You look at those first three times - we've never had three that close together, up so high," Clark said. "There were only eight seconds separating Brooke, Megan and Lindsay. That's a great start to have quality people up that high."
Joining Novak, Cauble and Hyatt on the All-South squad was junior Elizabeth McCalley (Knoxville, Tenn./Karns), who cranked out a reading of 21:44.16 to wind up 24th and score in the No. 4 slot for Tennessee for the fourth time in five races this year. Finishing just over a second behind her in 21:45.21 was redshirt freshman Katie Flaute (Dayton, Ohio), who claimed 26th and just missed making it a quintet of orange-clad All-South selectees for the Orange and White.
Rounding out the finishers for Team Rocky Top were sophomore Carly Matthews (Winston-Salem, N.C.) in 35th at 22:02.56 and sophomore Mindy Sullivan (Lubbock, Texas) in a career-topping 22:06.82 to place 38th out of a group of 176 runners. Though not counting toward the victorious score, their efforts contributed to the best NCAA regional or district team day ever for Tennessee, as the program had never placed all seven of its competitors within the top 38. That masterpiece supplanted UT's inaugural NCAA District III squad in 1981, which placed all of its runners within the top 40 en route to a fourth-place finish that season in a race that featured only 49 athletes.
"In addition to Brooke, Megan and Lindsay running well, Little Bit (Elizabeth McCalley) ran another consistent race," said Clark, who won his second regional title at UT to go along with a pair at his former school, Florida (1997 and 1998). "Katie Flaute had the race of her life today, and that really helped us. We put it all together and had a good meet and a good score. We're pleased to win the SEC, take the regional again and go to NCAAs back to back. It indicates we are moving in the right direction."
Tennessee, now 92-8 on the campaign and 151-42-1 in two seasons under the leadership of Clark, will turn its attention to the NCAA Championships meet, which will be hosted by the University of Northern Iowa and contested a week from Monday on the Irv Warren Golf Course in nearby Waterloo. At 12:15 p.m. CT., the Lady Vols will attempt to improve on last season's tie for 28th and post the first top-20 finish since Missy Kane's squad grabbed 12th in 1990.
"Our goal is to be in the top 20, the closer to top 15, the better," Clark said. "That is very realistic if we compete the way we did today."
Lady Vol Finishers: 5. Brooke Novak, 20:54.80; 7. Megan Cauble, 20:59.21; 9. Lindsay Hyatt, 21:02.73; 24. Elizabeth McCalley, 21:44.16; 26. Katie Flaute, 21:45.21; 35. Carly Matthews, 22:02.56; 38. Mindy Sullivan, 22:06.82.
Team Finishes: 1. Tennessee 71; 2. Florida State 93; 3. Georgia 109; 4. Auburn 127; 5. Vanderbilt 132; 6. Mississippi State 186; 7. Florida 206; 8. South Florida 228; 9. Belmont 274; 10. Georgia Tech 302; 11. Samford 303, UAB 303; 13. Georgia State 368; 14. Alabama 370; 15. Central Florida 388; 16. Miami 396; 17. Southern Miss 416; 18. Florida Atlantic 429; 19. Mississippi 547; 20. Florida International 553; 21. Birmingham Southern 640; 22. Memphis 641; 23. Georgia Southern 646; 24. Lipscomb 647; 25. UT-Martin 691.


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I use a John James Betweens #11. These are one of my favourite brands.Originally Posted by PamB8s
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I use a John James Betweens #11. These are one of my favourite brands.Originally Posted by PamB8s
Thanks for posting these, Andrea. Is your other hand under the hoop, pushing up?
Yes, right! I use the forefinger of my left hand to push the quilt up a little.Originally Posted by Hinterland
Your quilting is amazing.....Is it relaxing to you? It is good that you can sit beside the window for
natural lighting.
I love to sit at near the terrace door the whole day and work on my quilts! The light is perfect and I can see all the birds in the garden, the roses in the summer and the snow in winter! :) It's very relaxing...Originally Posted by needles3thread
Thank you for the tutorial :D:D:D
your hand quilting is beautiful. thank you for sharing the great photos.
WOW Andrea Thanks for sharing how you do your wonderful work.
Your work is beautiful. Such a nice place to sit and quilt. I have a floor frame lie that also. I do use it some but also like to use a hoop in my lap.


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cross site tracing exploitation
please what is the way to exploit cross site tracing vulnerability. could it be dangereous? thanks
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which we are sending will get executed on the web-server ? or just it is echoed back from the web-server with out being executed?
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Mannion slightly evasive on cause of injury
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Sean Mannion was at practice Thursday for the first time since having successful surgery on his left knee, spending most of the day right next to head coach Mike Riley.
Thursday was also the first time Mannion spoke with the media about the extent of his injury.
"Well they (doctors) said that it might have been something I did a long time ago, and I just never noticed," said Mannion. "I just aggravated it a little bit. It's just a meniscus injury and that's all I want to say about it."
Mannion admitted that it was a torn meniscus and that it happened on a hand off.
As Cody Vaz gets set to make his first collegiate start, the Beavers may have to rely on their defense. They all remember what happened last season, when Riley Nelson and the Cougars came to Corvallis and handed Oregon State a 38-28 loss.
"He's definitely a competitor," said Jordan Poyer about Nelson. "He wants to win the game. I can see the fire in his eyes when he plays. I respect his game because I'm a competitor too."
"I mean when you play guys like that you have to be amped up and bring it every single play," said Anthony Watkins.
This Beaver team is clearly in full support of its new starting quarterback. In fact, Thursday in the student newspaper, there was a huge ad that said, "We believe in you Cody Vaz."


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1. "The shortest horror story: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door."
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2. "At bottom, you see, we are not Homo sapiens as all. Our core is madness. The prime directive is murder. What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle. And that is what the Pulse exposed five days ago." – from Cell by Stephen King


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text: OK, here is what I have going on. I have some sort of rattle/clunking coming from the driver side rear tire/brake drum. It is fairly persistent when going over any little bumps or if I am making a left hand turn. Also, when I have the truck parked, I can stand by the rear tire and wiggle the truck back and forth by pushing on the side of the truck and I can hear the tire/brake drum clunking, almost like there is too much play in the brake drum?? When I hear that sound it sounds very similar too the sound I hear when I am driving. Any ideas of what is causing the rattling/clunking? I am the original owner and the truck has 50,000 miles on it. Thanks Jim