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Fox and Fiddle - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.
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Grim's Tales: I survived attempted poisonings in my childhood; you may have, too
It's garden season, finally, and my entire family is starting to put things in the ground. I'm trying to grow adzuki beans, lemon grass and a few other exotic specialties in addition to my traditional carrots, onions, peppers and what not.
My father has a garden full of goodies already, my oldest brother started corn indoors, my other brother is picking up perennial shrubs for his new home and my mom is growing lycopersicon esculentum, or wolf peaches. You've never heard of them? Well, let's start by saying they contain a poisonous, bitter alkaloid called solanine, and my mother used to try to make my siblings and me eat them.
She used to hide them in our food — under lettuce leaves, in sandwiches, really anywhere she thought we wouldn't notice. Luckily, we knew better.
My mother's attempts to sneak poisonous fruits into our systems didn't last forever. Amazingly, she stopped when told that we didn't care for them. To this day nobody believes me when I try to tell them of my mother's attempts. I don't get why it's so unbelievable to them.
There are people who actually eat wolf peaches on purpose. I guess they get a thrill out of cheating death when they don't ingest enough to die.
The symptoms of poisoning from this family of plants includes acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, weakness, excess salivation, rapid breathing, trembling, progressive paralysis, prostration and death. Doctors in recent years have attributed worsening arthritis pain to the wolf peach. They say it can trigger nicotine cravings in former smokers, because solanine is in the same family of chemicals.
Smaller animals like dogs and cats are even more susceptible to solanine poisoning, so it takes far less for them to be affected. Manufacturers make pesticides from its leaves, for crying out loud.
Other fruits belonging to this family have hallucinogenic properties, including the sense of flying. No wonder people get a thrill from eating wolf peaches. It's like skydiving without having to leave your home.
The wolf peach used to be a very popular ornamental plant. I guess that explains how people were exposed to it. However, back then, all it was used for was looks and witchcraft. The fruit of this plant is so notorious that there has been a horror film about it.
All this, and people still eat it! I'll guarantee you know someone who likes to sneak this into his or her meals, thinking you won't notice. It's getting pretty popular, actually. All you have to do is watch the news; they'll mention scientific research on it from time to time.
Despite all these facts, lovers of the wolf peach constantly tell me I had nothing to fear in the days when my mother used to feed them to us. They say I prove it's harmless every time I eat a pizza or salsa. I then tell them I don't know how it works, but when they are processed into condiments they not only taste better but also lose their toxins.
I still fear for my life at the hands of the dreaded wolf peach, a fruit you might know as the tomato. Everything I have told you is true, and if decide not to heed my warning, I wish you good luck.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Anyone try this, synthetic insulation combinations?
Sep 23, 2013 at 12:01 pm #1307962
Not sure why this popped into my head, but once it did, started to think about it more seriously.
I like Climashield Apex material because of it's relative low cost, ease of use, it's warmth to weight ratio, and it's decent recovery and durability for a synthetic. I'm always thinking of ways to improve things cheaply though (the Scottish-Celtic blood?).
Apparently companies that make products geared toward the construction industry somewhat commonly make polypropylene based microfibers to put in concrete to improve it in different ways. Since they make this stuff in bulk and large quantities of it, it's relatively low cost.
Polypropylene microfibers are VERY warm. Remember the Thinsulate stuff, that was about 65% polypropylene (listed as olefin) and thin/small diameter, though i don't think they were originally technically microfibers, but that did happen later. The stuff is quite warm, but has some issues in comparison to down and other synthetics.
Since PP has lower thermal conductivity than polyester, 100% is going to warmer, depending on the relative fiber diameters.
One of the issues of using all, 100% loose PP microfibers though, is the issue of loft. This stuff becomes very densely packed without structure. Another issue is durability.
Perhaps a simple solution to increase the warmth of Apex at not much weight or cost, is to buy some of this made for construction PP microfibers and spread some on the top and bottom of a layer of Apex? Some would get into the Apex material, but some would stay on the surface of it too i would think.
Anybody ever try something like this?Sep 23, 2013 at 12:27 pm #2027353
minor point – the volume of polyester or polypropylene is a small percentage, it's mostly air. (You can weigh a piece of insulation, look up density to find what the total volume of polyester/polypropylene is, calculate total volume of the insulation piece).
since the volume of p/p is small, the total conductivity is determined by the air, conductivity of the p/p is insignificant. If there is a difference between polyester and polypropylene, it doesn't make any difference
you could use steel wool or whatever and it would be the same even though steel is a good conductor
one thing bad about down/synthetic hybrid is, the down has a long lifetime – loft doesn't degrade with time. synthetic has a much shorter lifetime – you lose loft over time. a shame if the synthetic part of your garment has worn out but not the down.Sep 23, 2013 at 12:55 pm #2027365
I realize it's primarily the trapped air that is providing the insulation, but i don't fully agree that the material involved doesn't matter at all.
Take a look at that Outerbounds fleece chart i linked on another thread. They supposedly measured the CLO value of similar thickness fleeces, one made out of PP and the other the typical polyester fleece, and the PP was found to be 15% warmer but 20% lighter.
Why the difference, because PP the material itself is less thermally conductive (also with a lower specific gravity so lighter). The fleeces if using similar sized fibers and similar density are trapping the same amount of air though.
If you took loose fill insulation made out of cotton and made out of PP, made of the same fiber diameters and length and with the same volume of fill, you're telling me that they will be equally warm/insulating in effect?Sep 23, 2013 at 1:03 pm #2027373
Also i'm not talking about combining down and synthetic on this thread. But since you mentioned it, of course the synthetic is going to lose it's loft before the down. However, good synthetic like Apex still lasts long enough to be practical. The point of combining them, is to get some of the best of both worlds. The lightness and greater thermal insulation of down, combined with synthetics greater warmth when wet for those "oh crap" situations wherein the down looses loft due to direct wetness or sustained high humidity on longer trips. In a combo, at least you have the backup of the Apex and some cutting of the cost of using some synthetic, but for a percentage of the trip you also have the benefits of the down of greater compactness, lighter, etc.
Synthetic-natural blends are somewhat popular and common in the garment and textile world and for good reasons. I don't see why they don't have a place in the insulation world either.Sep 23, 2013 at 1:21 pm #2027381
David ThomasBPL Member
@davidinkenaiLocale: North Woods. Far North.
In the low densities of a puffy, Jerry's right, conductivity of the particular polymer is such a minor factor that it can be ignored. In a denser garment like fleece or pile, it would be more of a factor. Conductivity in the insulation fibers themselves takes place lengthwise along the fiber's axis and that's a very long, skinny pipe; a very restricted and convoluted path for the heat to take.
And yet, the material matters. Not for its thermal conductivity, but for other properties – diameter, stiffness, loft-retention, behavior when wet, even surface roughness would effect its ability to trap insulating air around each fiber. One of the balances being sought is that fibers are larger enough diameter to be stiff enough to resist compression, yet smaller fibers block air movement for greater insulation value.
And therein, you are on to something: A combination of some fibers that resist compression with other, very small-diameter fibers that provide great insulation could make for a lower-weight garment/bag. Most commercial insulations are of a single diameter fiber and of a single composition for inexpensive production. Mixing two fibers to get the two traits could do better.
Other ideas: sealed air pockets (like those air bubbles used for packing material) would allow the insulation to be very small-diameter and light. Effective, but at risk of punctures. And subject to volume changes while at altitude or during air transport.
I have no idea how to manufacture this but something with a dendritic structure (tree like) in which large-diameter fibers have medium fibers coming off of them, which in turn in have small fibers bonded to them and then very small fibers are how feathers and down are structured. It is easy to grow dendritic crystals and obviously possible to code their formation in DNA, but I'm not sure how it would be produced with modern polymers.Sep 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm #2027398
Good points David, although i have to ask if that is completely true, then why don't companies making insulation fill ever use nylon since it's lighter than polyester, more durable, and just as easy to manipulate the structure? Could it be because there is a significant difference between polyester and nylon thermal conductivity wise? I don't know–could also be because of difference in hydrophobic levels i suppose (but then again, nylon is still basically hydrophobic)?
In any case, i would prefer to use polypropylene fibers anyways since it's the lightest polymer, and the most hydrophobic.
Interesting alternatives and thinking there, but way beyond my current abilities to implement.Sep 23, 2013 at 2:21 pm #2027407
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> If you took loose fill insulation made out of cotton and made out of PP, made of the
> same fiber diameters and length and with the same volume of fill, you're telling me
> that they will be equally warm/insulating in effect?
Since the insulation comes almost entirely from the boundary layer of air trapped around each fibre, yes to 99% or better.
CheersSep 23, 2013 at 2:22 pm #2027408
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> why don't companies making insulation fill ever use nylon since it's lighter than polyester,
CheersSep 23, 2013 at 3:21 pm #2027429
maybe polyester is stiffer so it lofts better?Sep 23, 2013 at 4:03 pm #2027442
here's the calculation:
polypropylene is 0.885 g/cm3 (from wikipedia). they don't give the density of polyester but it's similar. I think
my 2.5 oz Apex sample is 2.42 oz/yd2 and 0.7 inch loft, so it's 125 oz/yd3
there's 91 cm to a yard and 28.5 g in an ounce, so that's 0.0046 g/cm3
so 0.0046 / 0.885 = 0.005 is the fraction of the apex that's plastic. 0.995 is air.
the thermal conductivity of nylon is 0.25 W/mK. wikipedia doesn't give it for polypropylene or polyester but they're similar. The thermal conductivity of air is 0.0257 w/mK – about one tenth.
ignoring convection and radiation and evaporation, and making a worst case assumption about how the fiber was distributed inside the insulation, the themal conductivity would be 0.995 * 0.0257 + 0.005 * 0.25 = 0.027 W/mK = 4% worse than just air
so, bottom line, the polyester fiber inside the insulation does conduct heat better than air, but because there's so little of it, it only makes the thermal conductivity 4% worse than if it was just air
so, it makes little difference whether the fiber is polyester, nylon, polypropylene, or other plastic, based on the difference of thermal conductivitySep 23, 2013 at 5:49 pm #2027489
"polypropylene is 0.885 g/cm3 (from wikipedia). they don't give the density of polyester but it's similar. I think"
Polyester is about 1.34 to 1.4 depending on what source you consult. I would say that Polypropylene is a significantly lighter material, about 40%.Sep 23, 2013 at 8:49 pm #2027554
if you use 1.4 g/cm3, then the plastic is 0.0033 of the volume
the conductivity of the insulation including the plastic is 3% worse than just air using those assumptions
so, it makes little difference whether the fiber is polyester, nylon, polypropylene, or other plastic, based on the difference of thermal conductivitySep 23, 2013 at 9:26 pm #2027564
I understand what you are saying Jerry, i'm just saying that PP is more practical in being lighter weight (and more hydrophobic) if not significantly different thermally–you guys more or less convinced me on that point (though i would be interested in hearing what Richard Nisley would say as well).
The proposed project is a quilt, with one layer of 2.5 oz Apex, and some PP microfiber on the top and bottom. I probably won't use much of the loose stuff though, just looking to boost the Apex some.
Thanks for the feedbackSep 23, 2013 at 10:25 pm #2027588
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A history lesson: Back in the late 1970's, REI offered a synthetic/down bag. The synthetic fill was in the bottom half where it compressed less and the down was only in the top where it got to full loft and offered its weight and compressibility advantages. I had one. In many ways, I preferred to either 100% down or 100% synthetic.
Then thermarests came out and compressing the insulation below you wasn't such a worry.
I realize you talking about mixing insulations in the same baffles, but it's interesting how ideas repeat themselves.
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The Republican representing the 44th District would like to see state and federal agencies come up with a plan to retire or decommission one of them.
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Steamboat Springs City officials are divided about how to revise building requirements for large commercial developments, including "big-box" retail stores.
The Steamboat Springs City Council is in the middle of a lively, multi-week discussion about the potential merits and dangers of revisions to the city's Planned Unit Development regulations. The regulations apply to development projects that seek variances to city building codes, and currently, to any commercial development of more than 12,000 square feet.
City planning staff say PUD regulations are intended to "encourage innovative site planning and : achieve a more desirable environment," but that innovation comes with a price. The PUD process involves tighter regulations and higher standards for developers, which can lead to higher building costs and, some council members say, disincentives to build in Steamboat Springs.
"The reason we have PUDs is to supply flexibility and encourage innovation. But if you're going to charge people for this, you're going to discourage creative buildings," council member Loui Antonucci said at a meeting Tuesday night. "There could be financial impacts where we hurt the people we're trying to help."
Other council members, such as City Council President Ken Brenner, say PUD regulations are vital to ensuring developers construct aesthetically pleasing, environmentally efficient buildings while also providing ample public benefits such as affordable housing contributions, land preservations, or local infrastructure improvements.
"You're coming at this like PUD is a bad thing to do," Brenner told Antonucci.
"Well, you're penalizing businesses," Antonucci retorted. "Ask anybody downtown - local businesses are having a hard time. And we're putting more of a financial burden on them."
The revised regulations would apply only to new construction in Steamboat. Brian Berndt, assistant director of city planning, presented proposed revisions to the City Council.
"This gives us a negotiation tool to work with developers and require some public benefit," Berndt said.
The Steamboat Springs Plan-ning Commission approved the revisions with a 6-0 vote Nov. 9.
The council approved a first reading of the revisions Tuesday with a 6-1 vote. Antonucci was the lone dissenter, and council member Paul Strong clarified that his 'yes' vote was primarily to move the process forward to a second and potentially final reading, scheduled for Dec. 19.
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Antonucci said his vote against the PUD revisions was based on a regulation applying the PUD process to any commercial building of more than 12,000 square feet, regardless of how many different tenants the building contains.
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Antonucci said only single-tenant buildings should be subject to PUD regulations, which he said are primarily intended to mitigate the impact of large, big box retail stores, rather than local businesses that could be housed in a new or proposed development in downtown Steamboat.
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Antonucci agreed, saying 12,000 square feet "is not a big box by any stretch of the imagination."
"Do we penalize people for being successful?" he asked.
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Berndt said the Sports Authority building in Wildhorse Marketplace, for example, has a footprint of about 10,000 square feet but a total floor space of about 20,000 square feet.
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Development consultant Peter Patten of Patten Assoc-iates, the clients of which are building Steamboat projects including One Steamboat Place and Wildhorse Meadows, disagreed with a multi-tenant policy and said 20,000 square feet is a more appropriate size for PUD requirements.
"With the way the ordinance is now, you would have a lot of unintended consequences," Patten said. "You guys want to encourage me to be creative. Don't tie my hands, and don't make my clients look at this (regulation) and say, 'We want no part of this.'"
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Secretary of State John Kerry will tell U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday it would be a mistake for Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran now amid talks with Tehran over its nuclear program, the State Department said.
Kerry wants a "temporary pause" on new sanctions to allow diplomats from six world powers, including the United States, to negotiate with Iran and to test whether it may be possible to resolve a 10-year standoff over the Iranian nuclear program, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.
Negotiations over the weekend between Iran and the major powers failed to reach an agreement on curbing the program, which Washington and its allies believe may be designed to develop nuclear weapons - something Tehran denies.
Psaki said Kerry will counsel a go-slow approach on Wednesday when he briefs the Senate Banking Committee, a key congressional panel in drafting Iran sanctions legislation.
"The secretary will be clear that putting new sanctions in place would be a mistake while we are still determining if there is a diplomatic path forward," Psaki said at her daily briefing.
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Negotiations between Iran and the six major powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - broke off without an agreement and officials are scheduled to return to Geneva for a second round of talks on Nov. 20.
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"The French signed off on it, we signed off on it, and everybody agreed it was a fair proposal. There was unity, but Iran couldn't take it at that particular moment, they weren't able to accept that particular thing," Kerry told reporters.
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