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New Procurement Opportunity
OVAE intends to award a fixed price contract to an institution of higher education, a public or private nonprofit organization or agency, or a consortium of such institutions, organizations or agencies to establish a new national research center for career and technical education. Section 114(d) (4)(5) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) authorizes the secretary of education to establish a center to carry out scientifically based research and evaluation, and to conduct dissemination and training activities consistent with the purpose of the act. The first research center for vocational education, now known as Career and Technical Education (CTE) was authorized and reauthorized by the Perkins acts of 1984, 1990, 1998, and 2006 and administered by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education. This center serves as the hub of the nation's research, development, and dissemination in CTE. The work of the new center will build upon that of the previous Department-funded CTE research and dissemination centers, focusing on projects that answer critical questions about the effectiveness of CTE policies and program strategies. OVAE is conducting market research to identify potential offerors, clarify requirements, and remove barriers to maximize competition. Interested parties are invited to participate in a webinar on Dec. 1, 2011, at 1 p.m. ET, when OVAE will share its vision and goals for the procurement. A draft Performance-Work Statement, Invitation to Submit Capability, and instructions for viewing the webinar are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website, www.fbo.gov. To view the materials, click on the word "Opportunities" on the top navigation bar and then search for solicitation ED-VAE-12-R-0003. Please RSVP for the webinar to firstname.lastname@example.com.
New Mexico Appoints New Director for Adult Basic Education
Frances Bannowsky is the new director for the adult basic education (ABE) division at the New Mexico Higher Education Department. During the past decade and a half, Bannowsky has designed, implemented, supervised, and assessed developmental and ABE education programs in New Mexico. She previously led similar work in Washington state. She also has worked in postsecondary education, primarily at tribal colleges. Bannowsky holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Puget Sound (Washington), and a juris doctor from the Seattle University School of Law.
National Governors Association Announces Policy Academy to Improve States' Postsecondary Education Systems
The National Governors Association (NGA), with funding from the Lumina Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has recently announced the six states—Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada and Utah—selected to participate in a policy academy on strengthening postsecondary accountability systems. Participating states will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and from faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations, academia and the federal government.
The current economic climate has placed both a high demand on more skilled workers and an increased focus on performance and outcomes. States are also facing both short- and long-term limits on spending for education, leaving governors to confront critical policy decisions. Across states, low-income students, working adults, and students of color continue to face the greatest hurdles in first getting into and then completing college. States, therefore, must have a strategy for getting more career-ready graduates using their resources.
By helping states improve their postsecondary education systems, the policy academy promises to expand the current knowledge base around college completion. The academy will do this by focusing states on efficiency and effectiveness metrics, and on incorporating those metrics into their decision-making processes. The strategies and policies developed by the selected states are intended to serve as ideas and best practices for all states. The lessons learned from this project will be added to the evidence-base emerging from other initiatives such as OVAE's Policy to Performance and the Joyce Foundation's Shifting Gears. Please visit the NGA Center for Best Practices, Education Division, for updates from the policy academy project.


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A Unique 3 Bedroom Apartment-Athens
尺寸135 平方米
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- 适合家庭/儿童
- 厨房
- 空调
- 洗衣机/干衣机
- 电视机
- 室内火炉
- 有停车场
- 残障设施
Accommodation summary
|Rodou, 15122 Marousi, 希腊
Your host George is a genuine , openhearted Athenian who will treat you with the traditional Greek hospitality and can arrange for you tailor made day trips in and around Athens. Number of services on request available, including personal trainer and spa treatments.
Finally there is a private car parking inside the building at no extra cost. Airport or any other transport is available upon demand at an additional but very reasonable cost.
The apartment lies very close to the train station of HSAP. Only 200 m away from the apartment you can take the train and reach Athens center in less than 20 mins or the port of Piraeus in about 25 mins.
Marousi is a suburban city NE of Athens, Greece. The Athens Olympic Sports Complex, the largest sports complex in Greece, is also located there. Its main street is Kifisias Avenue, and also contains four ISAP train stations and two of the Suburban Railway.
Marousi, a quiet northern suburb of Athens, was strictly a family housing area until the 1980s. During the 1990s and due to the development of excellent transportation substructure, (namely the Attiki Odos, Athens Metro, Urban Rail), the availability of land, and a public authority friendly to businesses it has been transformed into what is now known as the Financial District of Athens. At the turn of the new century the area now houses increasing areas of modern low-rise office buildings serving the Greek corporate elite, as well as many a number of facilities and infrastructural developments. The city remains a highly regarded domestic suburb in all areas, apart from the commercial Kifissias avenue. It offers a colourful range of activity to residents and visitors and a very comprehensive and modern variety of facilities, cafes, restaurants, multiplexes,sporting venues, shopping areas,
Marousi is road serviced by OASA (blue colour) buses and also runs its own small bus shuttle network (red colour). As for rail, Marousi is served by ISAP (green colour, line 1) with 4 train stations, KAT, Marousi, Neratziotissa, Eirinis, and byProastiakos (yellow color, suburban light railway) with 2 train stations, Neratziotissa and Kifissias.
住宿规定The guests in general must respect the property. Smoking is allowed. Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement.
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Beautiful appartment, clean, confortable... In a very good location in Athens, i highly recommand!!! George was very accomodating and friendly. Thank you very much :-)
Excellent apartment and location. Everything was as it was seen on website! Thank you
We have been welcomed by a friend of George at the airport. He drove us to the appartment when it was already in the evening. The moment we came we were surprised by the service of all the things that were present in the appartment. The tools in the kitchen were very complete. Sugar, coffee,tea and the supplies were present and ready for using. A little garden at the backsite was complete and looked very charming. The only thing was that cats made it also to a place of there own, so you could smell as soon as you opened the door.
We enyoied it very much.
Thank you for the great hospitality.
After a week in this flat, 5 adults (parents and three grown up "kids"), we just have positive words to say about the flat and the host. We are pretty active travellers and we found the the flat well situated to be a good starting point for excursions in Athens and the neighbourhood. The flat is well equipped, very clean and the hosts responds quickly on any questions. If you need a large flat with more than two bedrooms, you don't need to hesitate about this alternative. But remember Athens is a big city, there's a lot of cars and a lot of noise, this flat is not quiet, but probably one of the better places to stay at.
We stayed 4 people in George's apartment for a long weekend in Athens. I only have good things to say about the flat and George as a host. The flat is very modern and luxurious. There is everything you need from kitchen supplies to bedsheets and towels. Bedroom and living room was very comfortable to stay in. We enjoyed the view to Acropolis from the balcony. The location was perfect - right in the center and walk distance to the main sightseeings and interesting spots. Only a few minutes cab drive to clubs and evening restaurants.
George was a great host who welcomed us with a bottle of wine and tips to Athens. We had a easy and smooth communication over email and he was always polite, friendly and ready to help if needed. We will definitely stay in this flat next time we visit Athens.
everything was perfect.
I had a wonderful stay this summer (2014). The location was perfect! It was close to the beaches a supermarket and even the city center and clubs arent that far! Its a quite nice neighbourhoud with lots of bakeries in the area with delicious sweets, It is also close to the tram and metro lines are easily accesible which makes travelling easy. The house itself was very clean and cozy everything you need it is included! George is a very helpfull and nice caretaker! Whatever question or problem you have you can contact him and he we be assisting you at his best immediatly! I am recommending this amazing beachflat to everyone who wants to have a relaxing good time and close to the good places in Athens! You will feel right at home !
Very nice appartment. Well situated. great view. Everything was also very well organised. Great trip we had.
The apartment looks exactly like the photos show. In general it was very tidy, clean and modernly refurbished, although some devices were out of order (oven, half cooker...). We also missed a microwave.
The blinds kept the apartment completely dark at night and only a small and discontinuous sound from the fridge could annoy people with sleep problems. But it was not a problem at all for my fiancée and me.
The only inconvenience we found was the location. The apartment is a bit far from the city centre (45 minutes by walking) and the closest metro station is 10 minutes by walking.
All in all, I would recommend this apartment. However, if I would gone back to Athens I'd try to stay in an apartment better located.
The apartment was very comfortable. It was very accessible and in a great location. I would stay here again with ought a doubt. The only negative comment I could make on the apartment is that the hot water tank was not sufficient for one to wash before running out of hot water. All went well until the morning we had to leave. We were not told that the front building door is bolted at night and therefore when we left to get our taxi at 7am we were locked in. Thankfully the taxi driver helped us by ringing everyones door bell until someone came to help. Otherwise we would have lost our plane. The emergency door leading to the basement was also bolted. Shudder to think what would happen if there was an emergency evacuation scenario.So before vacating the apartment for good please remember to check that the front building door is not bolted shut.
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Victims identified in I-77 pileup
Police say heavy fog a factor
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. - Two men and one woman were killed Sunday afternoon (March 31, 2013) in a series of multi-vehicle crashes that occurred within a one mile stretch in Carroll County on Interstate 77.
At 1:17 p.m., Virginia State Police were called to the scene of the first crash at the 6 mile marker in the southbound lanes of I-77. The first crash sparked a chain reaction of 17 total traffic crashes that involved 95 vehicles. A total of three individuals were killed in the crashes and approximately 25 other individuals were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment of injuries ranging from serious to minor.
William M. Sosebee, 33, of Allen, Ky., was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes of I-77. Sosebee died at the scene. Kathern Worley, 71, of Iron Station, N.C., was a passenger in a different vehicle that collided with the same tractor-trailer. Worley also died at the scene.
Andrew Katbi, 24, of Delphos, Ohio, was driving a passenger vehicle that rear-ended a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes of I-77. Katbi also died at the scene.
The cause of the initial crash remains under investigation at this time. No charges have been placed. Heavy fog in the Fancy Gap Mountain area was a factor in the series of crashes, as vehicles were traveling too fast for conditions.
Southbound lanes of I-77 were re-opened to through traffic by 11:25 p.m. Sunday.


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Monday, March 5
Shanghai, China
We arrived in Shanghai last night. The pier is not glamourous, but we have a great view of the city from the ship. Here's the view from our balcony:
Unusual for a port, we have to sleep with our blackout curtains closed. There is light outside our stateroom all night long. We don't hear the construction noise, even during the day, because we're just a little far away, but we can see it going all day long.
Excursion 1: Ancient Water Town of Zhujiajiao-Shanghai's Venice
6 � hours, $75 each
This was a fabulous tour-fascinating subject and an informative, pleasant, and understandable guide. This was such a big adventure that I'm putting the story into chapters.
It is cold as blazes (to mix a metaphor) in Shanghai. This morning when we left the ship it was in the 30's (Fahrenheit) and it stayed below 50 all day, with a steady wind.
The cruise info said the temperatures for this segment (Singapore through Hong Kong) would average lows in the 60's and highs in the 70's. This segment has included the heat-stroke cities of KK and Manila, so the average is still correct, but Shanghai must be pulling the average down to 70.
This is, we found out later, unseasonable weather; our guide said it should have been around 70. However, if you look at the map, Shanghai is way north. If I'd checked weather.com before we left home, I might have packed for this eventuality and we would have been able to feel our hands and feet during the tour.
First, let's discuss the bathrooms. The most interesting so far! The first bathroom stop was as we left the bus, going into the town. You had to pay (the guide did that) and there were 3 stalls in the ladies' room. One stall had a toilet but no seat, just the bowl. The other 2 stalls had holes in the floor-ceramic bowls flush with the floor so you had to squat to use them. They did flush. There was no tissue. I didn't get a photo because I forgot to take the camera. The other ladies waited for the regular stall, but I used the floor because I wanted the authentic Shanghai experience. I did get a picture of a similar bathroom on day 2, so here it is.
I was the only woman on either of our tours who used this kind of toilet. I think the other women haven't been practicing squatting for the past few years like I have; also, maybe they did not have years of practice as little girls peeing between the open front and rear car doors by the side of the road on car trips back and forth between Baltimore and Lynchburg.
Here's the bathroom in the restaurant where we had lunch-it's clean, "western" but still no tissue.
The bus ride to and from Shanghai took about an hour each way. We had previously decided that long bus rides to reach tours is always a bad idea, but the tour concierge on the ship convinced us that this tour was worth a long bus ride. It was described as 1 � hours each way, but this was the end of China's Spring Festival so traffic was very light, especially in Shanghai.
Here we are, obviously cold, and wearing jackets that were gifts from Regent at the beginning of this segment.
Our tour guide (here she is)
I believe she was lying when she told us that Shanghai imports fruits and vegetables from Taiwan to help the Taiwanese people, who need the trade. Her voice changed when she told us that. And as far as I could tell, that was the only lie she told. She had a terrible habit of saying: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, would you please look out the (right or left) hand side and ....' By this time, whatever she wanted to point was long gone from sight.
On this view from the bus window
The expressway into and out of Shanghai is called a viaduct or, sometimes, the elevated road. This interchange looks like the High Five in Dallas.
During rush hour only vehicles with license plates issued by the City of Shanghai are supposed to drive on this road. The penalty, if caught, is $200 US. You have to buy a Shanghai license plate at auction-only a limited number are offered each year. The usual cost is $5000, a one-time fee much like a New York taxi medallion. The license plate can be inherited from generation to generation. There is a minimal or no cost for a license plate from the surrounding towns and cities. In Shanghai you must pay an annual license fee of $500 US.
As we re-enter Shanghai, the white building you see is the concert hall.
When the expressway was built several years ago, the concert hall was moved 66 meters because it was in the path of the expressway. It took 6 months to move; a series of cranes working simultaneously lifted it 3 meters above the ground and inched it along. This took six months. The reason they moved it is because it's acoustics are exceptional, and creating great acoustics is apparently like making a Stradivarius-it's a matter of art more than science, and no one really knows what the acoustics will be until the building is complete, at which point you can't do much to change it.
During the bus ride on the way to the tour, I felt, for the first time since we began the cruise, a feeling of excitement about the day. That feeling is staying with me, so something has finally clicked or released.
Lunch was the highlight of this tour, so we're going to discuss that next, even though it was the last event of this tour. The restaurant, Majia Garden, is the most beautiful garden restaurant in Zhujiajiao. All 61 of us (two tour-bus loads) who were on the tour ate together, 10 to a table (the Chinese good-luck number). In the center of each table was a lazy Susan. At each place setting were a bread plate, a small soup bowl, a Chinese soup spoon, chopsticks, gold-colored fork, a tea cup, and a beer glass. There were cocktail napkins stacked on the lazy Susan. As the lazy Susan turned, we each took a small portion of whatever was in front of us. Our plates were soon filled remnants of tasted but unfinished food, so the waitresses changed them for clean plates periodically.
A pot of green tea was on the table all during lunch. At first we used the heat from our filled cups to thaw our hands. The waitresses poured Chinese beer throughout lunch. I had a taste and it was good and like a light beer.
Once they started bringing food, it never stopped. The first 9 dishes were small amounts, so these were appetizers, obviously. We didn't figure that out until we were already full. Later dishes were much larger, with 10 full portions on each platter.
Here's what we got:
1. Salted ham (pretty good)
2. Lunchmeat style ham in a gelatinous base (I liked it)
3. Orange-colored tiny sandwich wraps (everyone liked them, no clue what was inside)
4. Fresh cucumber pickles (I really liked them)
5. Raw shitake mushroom and lettuce salad (allergic, didn't eat it)
6. Raw green salad, looked like Tabouli but wasn't (I didn't like)
7. Breaded chicken strips (allergic)
8. Steamed sliced chicken thigh (allergic)
9. Some kind of dipping sauce, no idea what for
10. Pigs legs & feet (good, in traditional leaf wrapping)
11. Pork ribs (fatty)
12. Crabs (very good)
13. Shrimp (with pineapple, our favorite)
14. Whole fried fish (good, presented with head and tail, like restaurant on Beltline)
15. Jellyfish (good, served marinated at room temp, with celery)
16. Pig tendons (nasty, gummy things, thought to be a health food by the Chinese)
17. Cooked oysters (good, with a topping)
18. Frogs (good, cooked in a sauce, just chopped in half, you could see all the little bones)
19. spring rolls (might have been chicken, I didn't try)
20. Mushroom soup
21. Cooked bamboo shoots in a sauce (good)
22. Sweet dumpling soup (I didn't like it although I really tried to)
23. Fresh peeled pears (excellent)
Replacement batteries (more on this later) were giving out, so I only have one picture of our table. Look how fancy the chairs are.
Frogs in the market look like our lunch dish except ours were cooked.
Here you can see how they prepare the pigs' feet, stuffing a leaf and tying it before cooking in a sweet sauce. There were dozens of shops offering this.
We were served the ones on the left of this picture-the right tub looks like a ham hock, prepared the same way.
Before bathrooms and lunch, we started the tour by walking from the parking area to the shopping section of town. Here's what the town looks like just before you enter the "old section".
We walked through the open-front shops and we all wanted to stop and shop, but our guide kept moving us along. There were cookie shops, prepared food shops, jewelry, junky souvenirs, traditional musical instruments, hand-embroidered pictures, and faux-Pashmina shawls (starting price $20 US). Our TV guide told us to start bargaining at 25% of the asking price and end up in the middle. Since our guide didn't let us stop, I don't know how that would have worked out.
By this time our camera batteries had died. There was a short blaming session as I asked (again) if we couldn't have a spare rechargeable battery, at which point John again pointed out that we can use non-rechargeable batteries in an emergency, at which point I said we didn't bring any...shortly after this, we passed an open-air battery store, and we paid $5 for 2 batteries that lasted almost til we got back to the ship. We could have bargained to get the batteries for probably $2 US, but our guide was waiting for no man, so I was keeping the guide in sight as John was getting batteries, so bargaining was the least of our problems at that point!
We saw a bit of everyday life in this land that time forgot.
Daqingyouju, a post office in the Qing Dynasty, was another highlight of the fabulous tour. This is the actual building, not a reconstruction. You can see the original post box, which is still in use, although the post office itself is not functional.
We arrived at the post office via a gondola ride through the town.
We toured a small classical garden within the town.
Lions precede entrances throughout China. The female lion is always on the left facing the entry, and the male is always on the right. The male has a ball under his foot and the female a baby. The saying in China is that the man can only play; the woman takes care of the children. It was funny when the guide said it.
Last, we visited a small rice museum. It, like everything on this tour, was well worth the visit.
Notes on Life in Shanghai.
Until 10 years ago, each family was limited to having one child. Today the Population Control allows up to two children.
In the country the farming communities are all collectives. Each farmer is also given a small plot of land to use for themselves; they can sell excess produce from their personal plot in the market. At the end of the season, the collective sells the produce (rice, vegetables, fruits) and distributes the proceeds to the members of the community.
No one in China can own land. You are given the right to build a house (if in the country) or apartment, and you own the building but not the land.
When you buy a new apartment in Shanghai, you buy ownership for only 70 years. Private ownership of new apartments has only been possible in the past 15 years, so there is now some discussion planned for next year to change that, since owners are starting to feel anxious about that limitation. Modern apartments in Shanghai cost $300,000 US for a modest 2 or 3 bedroom unit and cannot be afforded by the regular working class; they are for wealthy people. The regular working class (like our guide) could buy an apartment outside of town in 2002 for $50,000 US, but it has appreciated to $150,000 US today. These people are not poor; Shanghai has a relatively high standard of living.
All of the buildings higher than three stories have been built in the past 10-15 years. Construction runs 24/7 on new buildings. The character of the city is obviously very different in recent years, creating a huge difference in lifestyle between young and old generations. The older generations still live in the low-rise apartments without plumbing in the individual apartments, and with charcoal heat and cooking.
There were clothes hanging from bamboo or metal poles everywhere we went: Shanghai, Zhujiajiao, collectives in the countryside. Many families have washing machines, but no one has a dryer. So clothes are always hanging from the windows. Many times the clothes are threaded onto the bamboo poles, e.g. the pole runs through the sleeves of a garment, so no clothespins are needed. Other times there are wooden clothespins, and in a few instances there were fat poles and huge plastic clothespins that fit specially on those fat poles.
The air is polluted in Shanghai. My contacts burned the whole time, even inside our stateroom. The air was always hazy, as you can see from our pictures. It was just like in Los Angeles-the locals proclaimed it a beautiful, clear day and said how lucky we were, and it was just as hazy as it could possibly be!
Monday, March 5, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Chinese Acrobatic Show (ERA)
Free for all guests
This show was a gift from Regent for all guests. We were split into two groups, one on Monday evening and the second on Tuesday evening. There were 275 of us the first night and 240 on the second.
Big buses took us to the performance hall, an arena that normally seats 2500. We had a tour guide even on this ride, which was only about 20 minutes. This guide had a sing-song inflection which was very entertaining-his voice would rise and fall regardless of the content-but his English was more than adequate.
Regent's block of seats was in the first balcony, center-great seats. We happened to get 3rd row, making our seats some of the best.
Because the performance ran during dinner hour, the Compass Rose restaurant opened an hour early, at 5pm. Although we felt like we were having the Early Bird Special, we ate a full dinner.
The performance ran from 7:30pm until 9:15pm, with one 10 minute intermission. The intermission was exactly 10 minutes, too-they projected a clock running backwards onto the curtain. John left for a smoke, and came back to the section next to ours. When he didn't see all of us in our row waving at him, we called his name across the theater (in a "pass-it-along" mode, since we couldn't shout that loud), at which point he couldn't have missed us if he'd tried! The lights went out before he made it to his seat, so everyone on the row held his hand and moved him along, kind of like his own personal Angel Wash.
The performance was similar to a Cirque du Soleil. It was worth staying up late for, so you know how good it was. There was a live mini-orchestra and a live female vocalist. The music was similar to Cirque du Soleil for us because we couldn't understand any of the words, except for one song which was in English.
There was everything you'd expect: a strongman; those rubber-jointed acrobats who contorted into different beautiful shapes; trapeze artists on ropes and swings; trapeze artists on those huge silk scarves that hang from ceiling to floor; gymnasts who were bounced off seesaws into people-pyramids; giant trampolinists and trampolinists who bounced on a long bamboo pole; and the finale, 10 motorcyclists, all going around in a small metal spherical cage.
On our ride home we saw the Bund lit up, and it was breathtaking. The Bund is Shanghai's waterfront boulevard, like Chicago's. In the 1920s the Bund was the city's foreign street and the architecture is from that wealthy period. Since the revolution in 1949, the foreigners have been displaced by government offices, but the building fronts are being preserved and the government has highlighted the area as a major tourist attraction.
Although he did both excursions today, John is still sick.


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Hubba hubba!!
Different grip... Yugo M76 AK. Hardest thing in the world to track down.
My non shooting ass...
Dang that sure is sweet with the wood. I wouldn't have thought so, but it is. Good job Chip.
I like the video!!! I can hit clay pigeons most of the time with my S12 and PK-A. Did you sight the optic in before you tried that?
I didnt use the optic on the skeet shoot. All I had with me was 00 Buck so I don't think that was working in my favor :-) . Still had fun and bruised my shoulders up pretty good.


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among Catholic and Jewish voters. He won 70 percent of the Jewish vote, down
from 78 percent in 2008, and he won Catholic voters 50 percent to 47 percent.
Romney carried Protestant voters by a 13-point margin, 56 percent to 43 percent.
That's down very slightly from the
54 percent of Catholics who voted for Obama in 2008. I haven't seen any
polls parsing the numbers on how Mass-attending Catholics specifically voted
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Looking for source information on Queen production. You advice will be helpful.
Looking for source information on Queen production. You advice will be helpful.
Howdy, Friday 10 March 2000 11:30pm EST
I hope you have not become discouraged via not getting an immediate response. Queen rearing while IMO (in my opinion) an essential part of sustainable beekeeping is not practiced by the majority of beekeepers.
There are a number of books on the subject. I would search for bee books in the computerized card catalog at your school or public library and request any you find on queen rearing. This will enable you to see which one or two make the most sense to you and then you will likely want to purchase a copy of them as continuing reference books.
Basically it is not a great mystery to rear queens. It can be done in many ways - some are more effecient than others. The most effecient large scale methods revolve around learning to graft the quite very small "under 24 hour old" worker larvae floating in a pool of royal jelly in the bottom of the cell into a queen cup on a cell bar and introduce the grafted cells then into a starter or starter-finisher. 10 days later the cells will be ready to put into the nucs or colonies you wish to make queenright or requeen. To make grafting simpler to learn I advise using a "Chinese Grafting Tool" available from suppliers such as Mann Lake (and likely others) and using JZ's BZ's cell cups (we have used both styles - currently favoring the wide based cups with the little prongs that fit in a tight groove of a grooved #1 bottom bar shortened up to serve as a cell bar).
Still if you only want to raise 5-10 queens a year you don't need to learn to graft and you can still rear good queens - and you can do it without buying an expensive queen rearing kit of any make or model. You use the "Miller" method - meaning you take and make up a frame with a sawteeth shaped starter strip of plain beeswax foundation (no wires, no plastic) and put that in the middle of the broodnest of the breeder queen you have selected (your best queen) - then you wait a couple days and check on what they are doing. With a good flow they should be drawing out the foundation and as soon as they do the queen should be laying it up with eggs - even before they actually complete it. If ya don't see that picture on your first check then look in again in a couple days ad libitum until you do see that picture. Okay now you have eggs in your soon to be psuedo cell frame. Now find that dandy breeder queen of yours and put her on a frame of brood and bees along with a frame with stores and bees in a nuc box (or just any hive body) and set that nuc behind, beside, on top of, in some proximity to the now queenless cell builder you just made (wasn't that easy) since this was your best queen you automatically picked a STRONG populous colony with LOTS and LOTS of nurse bees to be your cell builder - which was way way smart of you.
Now take your Miller frame and get out a cutting instrument - could be your pocketknife or a serrated steak knife or whatever. Cut the pretty new comb them thar bees have just drawn so nicely back to eggs that are laying down (as oppossed to sticking nearly straight up) in the cells OR if you feel confident cut it back to expose a row of cells of larvae that are under 24 hours old - these will be small as per about egg length to one and a half times egg length and shaped like a little white "c" in the bottom of the cell - go with the lieing down eggs if ya ain't so sure. Put the Miller frame right back in the middle of the broodnest of the dequeened unit now your cell builder. Put in a couple frames of foundation if ya like ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES of the hive because otherwise they will fill up that space with comb you will end up destroying assuming this colony is REAL strong and a flow is on. This is your "start cell building" day.
In four or five or six days check your take. Cells will be near getting sealed or sealed depending on when ya check and if you judged egg age or larvae age correctly.
Count out nine days from you "start cell building day" - that is the day you dequeen colonies you wish to requeen OR make up nucs to put the cells in. Since you checked you know how many you will have (plan for 75% of what you counted).
Day ten after "start cell building" day. Carefully pull your Miller frame out and carefully cut your queen cells. They can easily be crushed so ya may wanna cut some extra wax above them as a handle of sorts. (this is one place where the sturdiness of plastic cups you grafted into is surely nice) Now go plant those precious cells of yours in the nucs or hives you prepared the day before being sure not to crush them in the process. On this your cell planting day with this type of cell production you need to plant the cells on a brood comb and push your extra wax handle in to the comb. Then be certain not to crush the cell when you put the nuc back together.
Now wait two weeks after cell planting. Go and see how many are queenright. Celebrate your first successful step toward sustainable beekeeping.
There are other non-grafting methods this is but one.
Wish ya all the best,
Jack Griffes
Honeybee Improvement Program: Breeding Coordinator
Country Jack's Honeybee Farm
Onsted, MI 49265 USA
Laidlaw and Page have a book out called "Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding" which you'll find your answers.
Jack was nice enough post a down-to-earth, step-by-step approach (Miller method) but the book will give you everything from methods to mating to care to selection and should not be overlooked if you're serious about raising good queens.
Matthew Westall
// Earthling Bees
>8(())))- "Take me to your feeder"
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text: What are we coming to in this country when someone who's not breaking any laws is arrested in front of his own kid by a "law enforcement officer" who clearly doesn't care what the law is. This is very disturbing that this could happen, not in an urban area like New York City, but out in an area that we used to this was safe from this type of treatment. I've seen the video and the hiker is slightly arrogant and fairly glib, but he is quicker on his feet than the officer. However, to give him the charges that were filed against him I think were improper. The officer does have the right to question people, in fact I like that in an officer. I think that he should have seen that a father and a son who were walking in the country on (I assume) a Boy Scout 10k hike had taken along a rifle for protection against wild animals. Now, I'm NOT active duty military, and I would have slung it over my shoulder to make it easier to carry and to give me more freedom with my hands. However, his training has probably been such to keep it in front of him. It's a different style of carry, and it's probably a 6/half-a-dozen argument for that. http://youtu.be/A8r4MK3R4PI


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Johnny Weir to comment on IN.
See IN for story on Jeremy dishing on Patrick and Jason Brown not unveiling 3A after all due to slight injury. (Anyone can access this article.)
Go, gentlemen!
Johnny Weir to comment on IN.
See IN for story on Jeremy dishing on Patrick and Jason Brown not unveiling 3A after all due to slight injury. (Anyone can access this article.)
Go, gentlemen!
Here is the Start Order!
rt No. Name Score
1 Richard Dornbush, All Year FSC
2 Adam Rippon, SC of NY
3 Scott Dyer, All Year FSC
4 Alexander Johnson, Broadmoor SC
5 Alexander Aiken, Atlanta FSC
6 William Brewster, Detroit SC
7 Ross Miner, SC Of Boston
8 Jonathan Cassar, All Year FSC
9 Wesley Campbell, Colonial FSC
10 Daniel Raad, FL Everblades FSC
11 Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC
12 Grant Hochstein, St. Clair Shores FSC
13 Brandon Mroz, Broadmoor SC
14 Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of AZ
15 Keegan Messing, AK Assoc of Figure Skaters
16 Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC
17 Jeremy Abbott, Detroit SC
18 Armin Mahbanoozadeh, WA FSC
19 Joshua Farris, Broadmoor SC
20 Stephen Carriere
I'm doing some more Live play-by-play for the men's event her http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com/...nships_27.html
I'll be doing live coverage and analysis at http://icemusings.blogspot.com/2012/...t-program.html. Should be a great event!
Yes, can't wait to see those spread eagles of his again!
Go, Ricky, go, Adam!
Good Luck Everyone (got here just in time by the nick of my teeth again, lol).
And Johnny's talking, he sounds very respectful and professional, will be nice to hear his commentary. He already has me smiling.
Oh no.....bad bad bad start; Dornbush basically missed all his jumps. I'm so sad for him. I really hope he can skate a good long to feel better. He's a great skater.
Oh my stars. At times like this I hate this sport.
He is so much better than that, and so is that program.
Aargh...I feel sooo badly for Ricky. What a mess. I was worried that his starting position would hurt him given his rough season and his finish last year. Such a shame. Hope he bounces back from this next year.
That was a disaster. Poor Richard.
OMG, this is sad, Richard Dornbush had trouble on every single element, and unless everybody else crashes as well he won't be going to Worlds imho. Still, there's the FS, and he can redeem himself there.
ps: I'm absolutely HATING the on-air competition between Johnny & Tonya, both talking way too much, and vying to get the last word in. STFU!
here's hoping Ricky can't just forget that one...
that Adam has NO idea that just happened
...and i'm really wishing i had the money for IN...while Johnny's always a great soundbite, I really want to genuinely hear what he has to say about his to-be competitors...i really want to know what's going through his head.
BraVO, Adam! Fantastic skate! Johnny said, "He's ready to win." No quad, but we got an exquisite Rippon lutz. He finished right on the music with a steely competition face. 82.94!
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LeopardLetang wrote:PittPensFan wrote:Well, by a stroke of luck one of the computers here works, so I'll be able to re-vote. I think iEUX's outburst would be counterintuitive to a wolf and we lynched bhaw for practically the same reason (mouth-running). I'll change my vote to mumbo, though.
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was there really a stroke of luck here?
this vote was important as it was a vote to get the heat off iEUX. jose said mumbo, i went with it, then came iEUX and PPF
No. That was a bold-faced lie. This post by the vig was my favorite:
MWB wrote:Really... pittpensfan and canaan are sitting in front of their computers laughing at us right now.
He probably had no idea how right he was. And he may have been thinking about capping me. But you guys talked him into Senka.


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Discussion in 'Announcements & Feedback' started by finalday7, Feb 5, 2008.
Hey Steve What's up the the member gallery?
Good question. I have asked the support team who makes the photo gallery software to help me out and so far we're at level-1 support. They've looked at the database at a top-level way, but no headway has been made yet. We'll try it again this week to see if we can get it wrapped up.
cool good to know.
Thanks for your work!
The newest version of this forum software is coming out soon and it will have built-in photo albums for each user, which is what we're trying to get to in the end. I think we'll focus on other points of development and phase out the photo gallery plug-in (which never worked properly ever) and make the best use of it when it's ready ... hopefully soon!
Great, can't wait.
The newest version is past Beta release mode and is in Release Candidate mode, so we may have an update pretty soon. This month or next month.
After that, each person will have the ability to have multiple albums inside their profile, sort-of like the way that MySpace works. If people want to see your photos, they'll come over to your profile and see your pics, instead of going to a common area with photos. This should be much nicer.
Everyone will have their own blog as well, a great place to talk about what you're doing to your own ride, or to catch up on what's new in your lift.
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Enforcement works, non-enforcement kills
A drastic cut in the UK's already under par workplace safety enforcement activity will lead to more death and injuries, the TUC has warned. The union body believes that the government's instruction to enforcement agencies to slash workplace inspections, cutting unannounced inspections by a third, 'will simply mean more deaths, injuries and illness. The biggest increases will be seen in those sectors where the HSE is withdrawing from pro-active inspections.' These include supposedly 'low risk' workplaces - a designation TUC describes as 'a myth' because they often have high risks of violence, occupational disease and other serious problems - and notoriously hazardous sectors including agriculture and quarrying. In a second information bulletin published ahead of a 28 April 'Day of action to defend health and safety', TUC notes the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has stated 'the expected 'lower level of enforcement' would mean a consequent decrease in health and safety standards throughout Great Britain, with ensuing costs to society.' TUC warns the UK's enforcement coverage is already below par. 'The International Labour Organisation says that it is a matter of concern if the number of inspectors in an industrialised country is less than 1 per 10,000 workers. In Britain it is one for every 15,615.' The briefing explains research has demonstrated that proper regulation and enforcement deliver safety improvements. 'Good employers have always supported both regulation and enforcement because it means that their competitors cannot take short-cuts with people's safety and undercut them,' TUC concludes. 'It is only unscrupulous or incompetent employers who fear consistent and fair regulation of health and safety.'
The need for enforcement, TUC Day of Action to defend health and safety bulletin No.2. We didn't vote to die at work campaign.
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- - Mystery rash between paw pads? Vets have conflicting opinions. (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/health-issues/448194-mystery-rash-between-paw-pads-vets-have-conflicting-opinions.html)
Mystery rash between paw pads? Vets have conflicting opinions.
Hi folks! Long story ahead :/
Our GSD puppy is now 11 months old and is a wonderful, wonderful guy, EXCEPT that he has this recurring problem going on with his front feet. He limps fairly severely and there is always a bright red rash on the underside of his FRONT paws (never back).
We've taken him to two vets- the first (our regular vet, when this first happened to him at about 5 or 6 months old) checked for bacterial and yeast infections. She verified that it wasn't a yeast infection, and she gave him antibiotics. He gradually got better after about two weeks of limping.
Then it happened AGAIN this past December- vet gave us Douxo chlorhexidine 3% pads, which was all fine and good, but then in Jan/Feb, I believe, he had another bout of it, and using the pads seemed to make it worse/more irritated. My vet called in a prescription for antibiotics and recommended Epsom salt soaks.
Then it happened again at the end of March, when we were in the process of moving, so we took him to a highly recommended vet a few minutes down the road from our new house. She was 100% convinced that he had Panosteitis because he showed joint pain- she wanted to do xrays... but I wasn't convinced, because he had been limping around for a week and a half, and I could see how that would lead to stiffness in his joints. I asked to clear up his feet before we pursued another lead. She gave him Genesis spray and recommended Preva wipes, then added Rimadyl for his comfort. Any joint pain seemed to decrease as the rash went away, and he stopped limping entirely.
That was about a month and a half ago. Last night he started limping a bit, then this morning it is a little more pronounced and I can tell that we're going down that road again.
So, we will likely go back to the vet, but I wanted to get some opinions before we do. These are the facts:
-The rash is only on his front feet
-It is bright red and patchy looking, on the underside of his paws, in that soft, hair-covered area in the very center
-We tried switching his foods to different proteins, including all salmon diet
-Tried chlorhexidine 3% pads, which didn't seem to impact the rash later into the cycle, but seemed to make him more ouchy at the beginning of the cycle
-Tried antibiotics, didn't seem to necessarily speed up the healing period vs no antibiotics
-It isn't a yeast infection
-The combo of Genesis triamcinolone acetonide spray + Preva medicated wipes has been the most successful in getting the rash to go away, having Rimadyl was awesome because it took away some of his discomfort
-One vet thinks he has Pano or some other kind of bone disorder, but his unwillingness for his joints to be flexed and extended goes away as the rash goes away (though to be fair, he still isn't crazy about having it done). She wants to do xrays, which will cost about $400. His limping is NOT accompanied by elevated temperature. We kept daily records of this to be sure.
-The first vet, our normal vet, saw no signs of Pano and had no issues with his range of extension or flexion the first few times this happened (her immediate thought was Pano because of the limping).
-He does not lick at these places on his feet- he did the first time that it happened, but he has not so much as offered to lick his feet the past several times that it has happened. Both vets don't seem to believe me, but I'm with him almost 24/7!
-We've moved, so the rash probably isn't caused by an environmental issue as far as what the grass is being treated with or something like that.
-We only use an off-brand swiffer pad to clean our floors, and my husband said this morning that he thought that it might be irritating him.
So as of this morning, we're staring him back on twice daily use of the Genesis spray and Preva wipes, in an attempt to head off a full flare-up, but he's already limping so it may be too late.
If he gets to a full-blown attack, he'll go back to the vet next week, and with all the limping and touchiness, we're about to give in to the xrays, but we're hesitant to do this given that he only limps when this rash is present and he doesn't have an increased temp. We've spent so many hundreds (approaching over a thousand) of dollars on what seems to be a simple rash, and I'm starting to be very frustrated by it.
SO, has anybody had a similar experience? Does it sound like there could be an underlying Pano or other bone issue, or does it really sound like all this is because of the rash?
Any input is appreciated!
My dog went through something similar- only his front paws, not his back, same sort of thing. Turns out it was an allergy (he's allergic to grass fungus, among other things... any sort of fertilizer, lawn care product, road salt, etc makes his feet get like that). He did the same thing- first time around he nearly chewed his pads off, but the recurring bouts of it he rarely touched them. I would recommend bringing him to a dermatologist- we struggled for so long with our guy's skin issues, and a dermatologist was MUCH more efficient (and cost-effective, in the long run) at ID'ing rashes and dealing with them. I hope you guys get to the bottom of it and that he feels better :hugs:
What treatment do you do for your guy?
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We just had this. The vet gave me some Mupirocin antibiotic cream to apply once a day, and
Neopredef powder to apply twice a day. It cleared up in 10 days.
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Bill Gates tours INL
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Bill Gates was at the Idaho National Laboratory on Wednesday. Gates, whose involvement in Microsoft have made him billions, is also chair of a nuclear reactor startup, TerraPower LLC. He toured the Materials and Fuels Complex with his staff.
On its website, Bellevue, Wash.-based TerraPower says its goal is to "provide the world with a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy."
The INL is supporting certain aspects of design for a TerraPower traveling wave reactor.
TerraPower said this kind of reactor reduces the need for uranium, which results in cost savings and reduced waste. In a document describing the traveling wave reactor, TerraPower said this is possible because it uses depleted uranium rather than enriched uranium as its primary fuel. (Mobile readers, see http://bit.ly/Hk9jFn.) In contrast, existing nuclear reactors can only burn less than 5 percent of their uranium fuel, TerraPower said.
"We enjoyed showing off our experienced researchers and one-of-a-kind capabilities for Mr. Gates," said Laboratory Director John Grossenbacher in an INL news release Thursday. "His interest in nuclear energy and INL's contributions helps the industry's future and reinforces the value of DOE's national laboratory complex."
Gates called his visit to INL enlightening.
"It was amazing to see reactor fuel analysis and how it can be conducted safely in a hot cell environment," he told INL employees, according to the news release.
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A naturopath believes her profession is being slandered with the term witchcraft.
It has come about after the Whanganui District Health Board scrapped a natural therapy clinic, because a senior practitioner believed witchcraft was being practised.
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President of the Association of Medical Herbalists Leanne Halliwell said medical professionals and natural healers should be able to work together.
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I am going to take the security+ exam here soon and am wondering what is the next logical step in certs for security related knowledge? I want to take the sscp, gsec, ceh, and possibly scnp. The question is what order? I don't have much of a desire to take the cissp as its more for management from what i hear and I want the technical hands on stuff.
So in your opinions what is next out of those certs?
Is the gsec harder then sscp?
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I have done 2 postgraduate degrees (2 years more of study) to qualify to teach Japanese to children in Australia. I have done the Graduate Diploma in Language Other Than English (LOTE) Teaching, which combines linguistics and language teaching/learning methodologies with practical teaching experience, and the Graduate Diploma of Education in Primary Teaching, which is a 1-year qualification that, when combined with a Bachelor's, certifies people to teach up to grade 8 in Australian schools. The LOTE Teaching degree qualifies me to teach Japanese at all levels, but a much stronger link with Japan is necessary (in my opinion) to teach at higher levels, like technical courses and community classes, so I am going back to Japan to experience more language and culture before I feel I will be at a professional level to teach Japanese to all age groups. Basically, non-native speakers who choose Japanese teaching as a career must realise that this requires a commitment to both teaching and Japan that is both personal and professional! :)
Japanese teaching at Ivanhoe Grammar School: The pictures were taken during my practical teaching experience at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia and the Japanese Language Assistant, whom you can see in some of the photos, is named Takashi Ohi. He is studying to teach high school students in Japan. Takashi taught us the Soran Bushi (the dance), which you can see us practicing in one of the photos. Ivanhoe hosts Japanese Language Assistants often and the Japanese teacher at the primary school, Sue Payne, works alongside them to help them become better teachers and benefit from their native language knowledge. They do not have an immersion program, but the children, from kindergarten, learn to recognise simple kanji and by grade 6 are able to write most hiragana and do computer projects on Hiroshima and other important cultural topics. Sue, the Japanese teacher, also observes lots of Japanese holidays and festivals. She has over 20 years of experience teaching Japanese to children and visits Japan often.


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Nov 25, 2012 at 12:15 am #1296402
I just bought these on a whim – they fit SOOOOOOO well i just couldnt resist (have quite severe flat foot so good fit is a big issue for me)
But im still very interested to hear if anyone has recent experience with the new model (KeenDry membrane) – my application being normal light multiday 3 season (my last hike total carried weight was circa 23lb inc water and food)
MikeNov 25, 2012 at 5:27 am #1930867
Randy MartinBPL Member
@randalmartinLocale: Colorado
I had a pair of those and loved them. Kept my feet dry and comfortable. I abused them pretty good for a season and a half of hiking above treeline on talus. The tread wears pretty quickly but I was fine with that considering their comfort. I had some separation between the sole and upper but it was minor and I was able to easily repair with superglue and maintain the waterproofness.
The KeenDry isn't new though. That's what was on my pair from 3 years ago.Nov 25, 2012 at 5:37 am #1930870
I've got nine hard months now on a pair of Gypsum Mids, which are pretty similar. I'm also a flatfoot, bought them for comfort, got home and read reviews that questioned durability and the wisdom of WPB linings, returned them, then bought and returned two other high end brands and finally bought them again. Comfort trumped all, I figured. Why have long-lasting discomfort? But I have had no durability issues yet, after months of varied terrain and elevation, with good traction in all conditions. (They've seen no pavement, of course.) And I have been most pleased with the WPB lining.
I've read the anti-WPB arguments, that it's better to let your feet get wet and have quick-dry footwear, but in my environment I beg to differ. I suppose it's a different matter if the only water you meet is a crossing, but when you spend all day going from bog to mud to mist-beaded vegetation, that would mean permanently wet feet, regardless of weather. The only drying would be overnight, and they'd be wet again immediately in the morning. Letting the feet stay wet means having to deal with maceration and blister prevention instead. I'd rather not, thanks, especially in colder conditions. The WPB in the Keens has been a most pleasant surprise. Received wisdom says, 'waterproof and breathable? pick one' but I swear these boots have both. Only rain from above has wet them out, and that was avoidable/my fault. They did, in fact, dry overnight. And I experienced sweaty feet only in heat-wave conditions. Once the wind picked up, they dried on my feet. Without the wind, a 10 minute boots-off break did the trick. The mesh goes right to the toes, and it works. So I have nothing but good to say about them. Never a blister. When you can do two weeks plus of twelve hour days and never once think about your feet, you've got the right boots. Durability schmurability, if they die next year I'll buy them again.Nov 25, 2012 at 8:05 am #1930898
thanks for your input!!
good to know that at least some people are happy.
what has been you experience with traction in wet/mud and wet/rock? I can imagine its not as good as super sticky gummybear tenacity innov8 – but how does it compare with normal hiking boots (vibram masai/apptrail/startrrek)
MikeNov 25, 2012 at 10:46 am #1930929
I have slipped in them once that I recall, but that was on wave-smoothed, algae-covered wet rock at a 65 degree angle, so I'm not sure what would have saved me there. Crampons? Otherwise, quite good traction. It took me a while to trust them; as you say, the Keen rubber is not as soft as some. But I have walked moss, mud, clay, gravel, pebble, scree, and bedrock, dry and wet, transitioning from one to the other, sometimes at quite steep pitches, with no trouble. There have been times I expected to slip, but didn't. The lug is very good, grips well without getting clogged, and finds an edge on anything but the smoothest, slimiest rock. It seems the tradeoff in footwear is durability vs traction, more of one will give you less of the other, and I for one would much sooner leave a smear of rubber on the rock, rather than a strip of my hide. The Keens seem to fall on the traction side of the equation, and I'm happy with that.Nov 25, 2012 at 11:51 am #1930941
Kevin GarrisonBPL Member
@kgarrisonLocale: SF Bay Area
I've own 2 pairs of Keen Targhee 2s. The first pair were replaced by Keen after 6 months when one of the cloth shoe-string eyelets failed. I've used the second pair for more than 2 years on all types of terrain. I recently retired them and move to a new pair of Solomon Comet mids.
Overall, the Keen's are extremely comfortable boots. As for KeenDry, I did not find it to be breathable at all. If fact, I found that the lack of breathability caused my feet to get really hot and to sweat excessively. Keen does offer a non-KeenDry version which I would highly recommend over the KeenDry version.
Hope this helps.Nov 25, 2012 at 3:20 pm #1930981
Yeah, I should have qualified my remarks. I do live in a cool and windy climate, right by the North Atlantic. Kind of a permanent early November with six weeks of July (when putting your feet in water is actually desirable, and these boots are not). Also I don't have particularly sweaty feet. YMMV, as they say.Nov 25, 2012 at 3:31 pm #1930987
German TouristSpectator
@germantouristLocale: in my tent
The Keen Targhee/Voyager is my default hiking shoe and as I have been continuously living outdoors for 5 years now I have gone through about 12 or more pairs of Keens. They last about 1,500 km or even a bit more depending on the terrain before the profile wears out and the cushioning goes flat completely. They last much longer than the Merrells I used before.Nov 25, 2012 at 5:07 pm #1931019
Ben RBPL Member
@snowfiend131Locale: Western PA
I agree that these boots are comfy. However, I have found them dangerous for rock hopping at stream crossings, due to serious lack of traction on wet rocks. I have found Vasque, Merrell, and Salomon shoe soles to have much better traction.Nov 26, 2012 at 1:49 am #1931121
thanks for all the input. I guess YMMV is always true but from reading this it seems quite a few people have got good comfy use out of them…so I hope i will as well.
MikeDec 11, 2012 at 9:16 am #1934734
well…cant say i was not warned..
my new (2 weeks) Keen Targhee mids have started to seriously delaminate on the sides – where the rubber rand is glued to the leather.
The store will of course replace it…but its not making me happy
MDec 11, 2012 at 9:23 am #1934737
I just bought a pair of the Keens for winter, but have not used them yet. I hope your delamination issues are a fluke!
It's interesting to read how one person's experience with KeenDry is the polar opposite of another's!Dec 11, 2012 at 10:11 am #1934747
Chris CBPL Member
@cvcassLocale: State of Jefferson
I have a pair that I bought 2 years ago, the soles are very slippery on wet rock compared to some other shoes I own. They do keep my feet dry in light snow and I have had no durability issues either.
I wear them every day to work or when its raining so they have seen lots of round town wear and tear and the soles are a little thin in some spots but they have held up better than I expected.Dec 11, 2012 at 6:45 pm #1934873
Ryan DornMember
I absolutely loved my Targhee 2's. The comfort is unparalleled although I will concede that the traction is sketchy, but as long as you're cautious on wet surfaces, you'll be fine.
Unfortunately, my last pair was in need of replacement and I picked up a pair of Merrell Moab Ventilators that I got a good deal on and I hate them. I've put the Targhee 2s on my wish list for Xmas. Hopefully someone comes through.Dec 11, 2012 at 6:57 pm #1934881
Sam FarringtonBPL Member
@scfhomeLocale: Chocorua NH, USA
Have posted about these several times, but having owned three pair, will do so again.
The first two pair each lasted about a year of day hiking and spring and summer trekking (would love to be out there all summer, but cannot afford it and there are commitments – so a trek for me is usually the better part of a month) After getting thoroughly sopped a few times, the outsoles started to come apart (they are made of different pieces bonded together), and the uppers started to separate around the bottom edges from the soles, allowing rain to enter.
The third pair had the worst adhesion of all, even when brand new, as the tops of the sole could be easily peeled away from the leather. So even before using them, PU glue was worked between the sole and the leather around the boot with a shaved popsicle stick, with the excess cleaned up with Isopropyl alcohol. Doing this when new worked great, and has prevented the separation experienced with the first two pair; but the third pair has yet to see a trek of several weeks, with the usual days of rain and slogging that will bring. The PU glue treatment is also not going to help the sole pieces hold together any better.
Wrote to Keen a few years ago about all of this, and got no reponse, even though pains were taken to be 'fair and balanced'. They did come out with the Gypsum, which is also billed as a 'mid', but is about an inch higher. If you like the feeling of freedom that a true 'mid' allows over a hiking boot, the Gypsum will probably be a disappointment. Too bad, because it appears to be much better made than the Targhees, and would be just as light, perhaps moreso if it were the same height. In it, the foot is closer to the ground, giving me a feeling of more control.
Won't say much about the fit, because that is different for every individual. The purchase of three pair despite the shortcomings was due to the comfort on the trail. Many boots fit OK in the store, or on a flat surface, but most fall down and begin to hurt when negotiating the rocks and roots of the White Mountains (By then you can't take the boots back). At least I could get through long treks comfortably in this boot, unlike most others.
Have noticed that each pair had a little more volume than the prior and required more shimming for the smaller foot; and that, along with the durability issues, has driven me this fall to try a slew of other mids to see if something better could be found. Unfortunately, I use a prescription orthotic that needs a flat surface underneath it to work; so narrow-heeled mids with some arch built in, like many Salomons and LaSportivas, do not work – the orthotic rocks over the arch. Otherwise, the search would probably be over already.
There is also the weight issue. The Danner Radical 452 is an excellent boot for me, and far more rugged then the Keens but a pair are a pound heavier than Keens. That pound really makes a difference, especially on a longer trek, or even a longer day if I happen to screw up the navigation.
The Targhee's sole is IMO about average for grip. But that can mean longer wear, except for the separation of the sole parts. Reach for the MicroSpikes on icy surfaces though. I do everything conceivable to avoid wet mossy rock, so that has so far not been a problem. But there is a lot of poking about and carefull treking pole planting with the Targhees, especially on rocky descents.
Despite all the above drawbacks, I will probably use the Targhees most of next year because of the comfort, and then throw them out like the last two pair. They get so ratty that a hunter I ran into in Colorado got a good laugh looking at the second pair. I have a pair of discontinued Garmonts on order, as well as a new pair of 452's for day hiking in the Whites, and if an equally comfortable yet more durable alternative is found will certainly post it with an update on my 'Duckfoot' thread from a while back.
Good Hiking to all, whatever is on your feet.Dec 12, 2012 at 7:28 am #1934975
well – got the new pair today….when in the store we played with the old one – it really was ridiculous – you could easily rip off the sole..the glue was that dry/old.
I too hope its a fluke/lemon
RE gluing it before use…problem is that if i do that i cannot replace if it breaks up too soon again.
what glue are you using (brand?)
they ARE comfortable thou….
MikeDec 12, 2012 at 9:07 am #1934995
James LoyBPL Member
@jimbluzLocale: Pacific NW
I am on my fourth pair of these shoes now. The last pair for some reason, ran large, and I had to give them away. The problems I've had with the previous pair are that the seams commonly come apart prematurely, the fabric lace loops often wear out, and be extremely careful when descending a trail that is either slick from mud or snow as they have poor grip on these surfaces.Dec 12, 2012 at 12:16 pm #1935032
James, there's gotta be something you really like about them to be on your fourth pair, yet you've only listed negatives.Dec 12, 2012 at 4:32 pm #1935095
Sam FarringtonBPL Member
@scfhomeLocale: Chocorua NH, USA
Used Elmer's Glue-All Max urethane. It is not quite as good as the Pro-Bond they used to make, but worked well. Put it on sparingly, and brush out excess glue at the top of the welt, because the glue expands a lot when drying.
Good point about not being able to return after gluing. If you have a pair that seems to be well-bonded all around the welt, you could wait and see how they do, and then glue if you want to keep them. Suggest cleaning thoroughly with a tooth brush and Isopropyl alcohol before gluing. But have to say that the glue worked much better when applied at the git-go, before the boots had been treated with sprays or goop, than on an earlier pair where I waited until separation developed at the welt.
Besides holding the sole and upper together better, the glue also keeps water out.
Note: I also use a small diamond wheel to carefully sand down the retainers on the lace hooks so the EMS waxed laces will fit easily. They work and wear much better than the laces that come with the boots which give me lace burns. The Gypsum has a much classier metal retaining lace hook that releases easily. If only they would make Targhees with the same quality as the Gypsum. It may be a matter of which Chinese factory makes the product. Hope someone influential at Keen is listening.Dec 18, 2012 at 7:24 am #1936282
this is getting to be too much
yesterday i noticed the Targhee2 we bought my wife is also delaminating seriously…and my totally new replaced one also seems iffy.
brought them back and got refund…but this is not making me happy with keen…
MDec 18, 2012 at 8:45 am #1936297
Crazy. I'm glad I got mine from REI. We'll see how they hold up (haven't gotten to use them yet)Dec 18, 2012 at 10:02 am #1936320
Ryan DornMember
Just got my new set with the Dick's 50% off. Can't beat $68 shipped.
It's amazing how much comfier these are than my Merrell Moab Ventilator.
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