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Current information about this program can be found under the Education Research program.
Florida State University
Principal Investigator: Dr. Douglas Harris
Assessment Project: Assessing Teacher Effectiveness: How Can We Predict Who Will be a High Quality Teacher?
Research shows that teacher quality is associated with student outcomes. Most states certify teachers based on a combination of college coursework, degree attainment, and performance on pedagogical and/or content-based examinations. Despite their importance, however, relatively little is currently known about the ability of these assessment schemes to identify the most effective teachers-those who will contribute the most to student learning. This project is designed to address the question of what assessments and strategies can be used to select teachers who are effective in raising student achievement.
The first part of the study examines associations between teacher characteristics and student outcomes using data on students in grades 3 through 10 and their teachers. These data are drawn from a Florida statewide database that includes longitudinal information on nearly the entire population of teachers and students in the state. Statistical modeling procedures will be applied to the data in order to derive "value-added" scores for more than 5,000 teachers; these scores represent estimates of the contributions that individual teachers make to student achievement. To address questions regarding what teacher characteristics best predict effectiveness, associations between these effectiveness scores and a set of teacher characteristics will then be examined. Teacher characteristics to be included in these analyses include measures of general verbal and quantitative skills, college course-taking, and certification test scores. The size of the database will allow for detailed breakdowns for sub-groups of students, teachers, and school.
The second part of the project involves the use of a mixed methods approach to compare principals' opinions of the factors that predict teacher effectiveness with the measures found to be the best predictors of value added in the first set of analyses. In addition, the degree to which principals can predict and identify which of the teachers in their own schools produce the largest value added to student outcomes is being examined. For this part of the project, value-added scores are calculated for each teacher, as in the first part of the project, and are compared with coded data from principal interviews.
The primary goal of this research is to shed light on both the merits of general strategies used to select high quality teachers (professional judgments versus standardized measures) and on the specific assessment criteria that are most highly associated with student outcomes. The unique database also allows for methodological advancements in the calculation of value added, which is becoming an increasingly important tool for research on teachers.
Purdue University
Principal Investigator: Dr. Douglas Powell
Development Project: Professional Development in Early Reading
Children from economically disadvantaged families often have lower levels of knowledge and skills at kindergarten entry than do children from non-poor families—skills that have been found to predict achievement during the school years. Well-planned pre-kindergarten programs have been shown to be effective in narrowing these kindergarten-entry gaps in knowledge and skills. In particular, high quality preschool interventions focused on early reading have been found to improve skills that are predictive of subsequent reading ability. Currently, however, there are few research-based models of professional development to improve the quality of early reading instruction in general; less work has been conducted to develop and test professional development models for teachers in rural areas in which easy access to coaches or master teachers may be limited.
The purpose of the current study is to examine the relative effects of two variants of a semester-long professional development intervention incorporating coaching, workshops, and case examples to improve teacher practices and child literacy outcomes. Participants include 80 Head Start teachers and six children from each teacher's classroom (for a total of 480 student participants). Teachers are randomly assigned to receive either on-site or web-based remote coaching. Teachers in the on-site condition receive classroom visits from an expert coach twice each month, with immediate feedback designed to improve early reading instructional practices. Teachers in the remote coaching condition use digital video to record themselves twice a month while engaged in specific activities designed to support early reading and writing development. Videos are mailed to the coaching program; coaches then provide feedback to teachers via the program's website. Feedback includes commentary with links to cases demonstrating best practices. Case-based hypermedia that feature videos of best practices with links to explanatory text and additional instructional resources are provided for teachers in the remote coaching conditions; these cases are also available to teachers in the on-site coaching condition through a website, but are not emphasized. Teachers in both conditions participate in workshops designed to introduce and review key information about best practices for supporting early reading and writing development.
Observational assessments of teacher practices and classroom characteristics, and direct assessments of children's literacy skills will be conducted prior to and following the coaching intervention. Classroom-level observational data will be collected in the semester prior to the coaching semester as well as at the beginning and end of the semester during which coaching occurs, permitting analysis of both the effects of coaching on teachers' practice and the differential effects of the two coaching interventions. Child data, collected before and after the intervention using standardized measures of language and early reading competence, will be used to determine whether there are differential effects of on-site versus remote coaching on children's language and literacy outcomes. The overall goal of this project is to develop efficient professional development methods that enable teachers to effectively implement best practices in early reading instruction that enhance the language and literacy skills of children from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds as they enter kindergarten.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Buddin
Assessment Project: Teacher Licensure Tests and Student Achievement
One approach to improving the quality of instruction in U.S. elementary and secondary schools has been to screen out potential candidates for teaching positions based on teacher licensure tests, and teacher testing in general. To date, however, little is known about associations between teacher test performance and student outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of licensure tests as assessments of teacher skills and knowledge, with a focus on whether scores on these tests are associated with teacher effectiveness, as reflected in student achievement test performance.
Test data are being obtained from three cohorts of graduates of California State University (CSU) teacher training programs. These data are being linked to achievement test data from third through twelfth grade students in approximately six Southern California school districts. In total, data from nearly 6,000 teachers and their students is being obtained.
Several research questions are addressed in this study. First, background information on current state teacher standards, and on how and why the tests in current use were selected, are being obtained from the State Department of Education website and from interviews with state officials. Second, technical characteristics of the three teacher tests used in California are being examined using existing technical reports and test score data; criteria put forth by the National Research Council serve as a framework for this review. To examine whether multiple forms of evidence converge in identifying the same individuals as high or low in areas of teaching expertise, available validity evidence is being obtained, as well as information on correlations among scores on the three tests and between test scores and grade point averages in teacher education programs. To assess whether test scores differ systematically for different subgroups of teacher candidates, initial and eventual passing rates are being examined by race/ethnic group, and by program type (i.e., traditional teaching programs versus alternative certification programs).
Finally, to determine if scores on licensure tests are a valid measure of teacher effectiveness, value-added modeling is being used to examine whether these scores and other teacher characteristics are associated with gains in student performance on achievement tests, independent of background characteristics of students assigned to particular teachers. Three years of student data are being collected for the first two cohorts of teachers included in this study, and two years are being collected for the final cohort. Analyses will be conducted separately for multiple- and single-subject credential holders; doing so will also allow a comparison of student achievement gains for teachers with single-subject credentials who demonstrate subject knowledge by passing required single-subject proficiency tests, versus teachers who are allowed to waive testing and to demonstrate proficiency through completion of approved undergraduate coursework. The study will also address the question of whether middle school teachers with more subject-matter expertise produce greater pupil learning gains than those with multiple-subject credentials (more typical of elementary-level teachers).
Findings from this study will have important implications for policymakers attempting to measure and ensure the quality of beginning teachers.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Principal Investigator: Dr. Virginia Buysse
Development Project: Improving Teacher Quality to Address the Language and Literacy Skills of Latino Children in Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Latino children lag behind their peers when they enter kindergarten and the gap in academic achievement appears to widen with age. The pre-kindergarten period is a critical time for Latino children, many of whom face the difficult task of developing language skills in a new language while experiencing the beginning-to-read process. Very little is known, however, about the effects of pre-kindergarten schooling on Latino children who are English language learners, and teachers are largely unprepared to work with this population. The purpose of this study is to develop and test an intervention designed to improve the quality of teaching practices related to literacy and language learning among Latino children enrolled in North Carolina's More at Four Pre-Kindergarten program for at-risk children.
More at Four currently serves over 10,000 low-income children, of which approximately 20% are Latino children. A total of 60 More at Four teachers and classrooms in which Latino children are enrolled will be recruited and randomly assigned to either a treatment or comparison group; a minimum of 240 Latino four-year-olds and their families will be recruited to participate in this study (120 from treatment and 120 from comparison classrooms).
The professional development intervention consists of three components: (1) acquisition of content knowledge through training institutes, (2) ongoing support from a bilingual consultant to help teachers implement new instructional strategies, and (3) opportunities for reflection and shared inquiry with other teachers through regular community of practice meetings. The content for the professional development activities will be based on Learningames (The Abecedarian Curriculum) and LiteracyGames, a special version of Learningames recently updated and expanded to promote language and literacy skills in early childhood classrooms. Both curricula will be adapted for use with Latino children who are English language learners.
A battery of measures will be administered in early fall and late spring to examine changes in teaching practices, the quality of the literacy environment, and children's developmental growth in language proficiency and literacy. Measures of treatment fidelity will assess implementation of the intervention on three levels: training facilitation, consultation content and process, and classroom teaching practices. The study also will identify a variety of child, family, and program factors that may moderate children's language and literacy outcomes. The overall goal is to provide teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate early English language learning and literacy skills among Latino preschoolers who are English language learners.
University of Chicago
Principal Investigator: Dr. Anthony Bryk
Efficacy Project: Can Literacy Professional Development be Improved with Web-based Collaborative Learning Tools: A Randomized Field Trial
A large body of research has revealed that teacher training is a critical factor in making a difference in students' literacy learning. A widely used approach to improve teacher quality is professional development delivered through coaching. Districts are also investing heavily in web-based technologies to support teacher learning. Both of these strategies, while promising, lack rigorous evidence about their efficacy.
The goal of the current study is to examine the efficacy of an existent professional development program, the Literacy Collaborative (LC), and whether the efficacy of LC is enhanced through the addition of a web-based collaborative learning environment, the Literacy Coaching toolkit (LCtk). The study examines the efficacy of LC and the supplemental LCtk services on the work of school-based literacy coaches, the professional development of teachers whom these coaches support, and on kindergarten through third grade students' literacy learning. In addition to examining overall efficacy, possible mechanisms that might contribute to variability in LC and LCtk effects among schools and among classrooms within schools, and for different types of students categorized by race/ethnicity and family income, are being explored.
The field trial is being conducted in 18 public elementary schools with significant proportions of African-American, Latino and low-income students. The effects of adding LCtk to the standard LC program is being assessed with a randomized design in which the 18 schools are matched on the basis of selected student and school characteristics, and one of each pair of schools is randomly assigned to receive the standard LC program, while the second school receives the LC program combined with LCtk. Embedded in this study is also a second, quasi-experimental design for assessing the overall effects of LC programs on both changes in teacher practice and student learning. This aspect of the research employs a "value-added" design where the three-year trends in student learning gains and teacher practice in each classroom after the introduction of LC are compared to data from the same classroom during a non-treatment baseline period for this study (year 1)
In summary, the goals of the project are to examine the efficacy of providing trained on-site literacy coaches in improving literacy instruction and student outcomes in kindergarten through third grades. The project will also advance the development of a new set of web-based tools to support teacher learning. If these tools prove successful, this research may affect the nature of the services that commercial firms provide to schools. In addition, through the process of designing these tools, the extant knowledge base about the professional work of coaching and its improvement will be deepened.


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Why you should throw out your CV
Several major organisation including the BBC, HSBC and KPMG have already pledged to recruit on a name-blind basis
Several major organisation including the BBC, HSBC and KPMG have already pledged to recruit on a name-blind basis
Promising future for game in Britain despite premature exit for Hope Powell's Team GB
The Metropolitan police is reviewing 63 sex-crime investigations dating back more than two years after a detective on its specialist rape-inquiry team was arrested over allegations of falsifying crime records.
Tennessee Williams as dance? I do declare! But Scottish Ballet triumphs with a perfectly told tale
Harry Redknapp will try to put his personal problems aside and deliver a pre-match team talk to his Tottenham side before tonight's game at Watford, rush-hour traffic permitting.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt
Jonny Wilkinson, struggling for some weeks with shoulder problems and held back from the last round of Heineken Cup matches, has made a full recovery and may feature for Toulon in tonight's Top 14 match against Bayonne deep in the Basque country.
Steve Davis' dreams of winning a seventh world title looked set to be shattered as Neil Robertson cruises towards a second consecutive Crucible semi-final.
If you own a high-definition television and you're looking for the ultimate viewing experience, then you may already be considering buying a Blu-ray player. Sales are soaring and prices are falling, but can the format stand up to the success of DVD? And are those extra features really worth the hype?
Mel Gibson's tentative return to the Hollywood fold hit choppy waters yesterday when it emerged that Robert De Niro had walked-off the set of his comeback film, Edge of Darkness.
David Gill has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Brian Barwick as the FA chief executive.
The outspoken politician tipped to become Japan's new leader when Yasuo Fukuda steps down as Prime Minister has infuriated his opponents by likening them to the Nazi Party.
James Innes, managing director of The CV Centre, gives his advice on writing an application that will get you noticed.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of Guam to help develop solutions that will lead to better management of marine and coastal resources. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The grant will fund a Sea Grant project leader at the University of Guam who will work with the people of Guam and the wider Western Pacific region to strengthen their ability to address critical issues that affect the marine and coastal environment.
"This award is the significant beginning step in a process that will enable the University of Guam to eventually seek Sea Grant College status", said University of Guam President Dr. Harold Allen. "The award will fund the Sea Grant project proposal which seeks to identify research-based solutions to major issues that affect the coastal marine environment and Guam's delicate ecosystem. We are pleased to have been awarded this grant and will work vigorously with local and regional partners to accomplish our goals."
"These federal funds are welcomed support for the University of Guam," said Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam's delegate to the U.S. Congress. "This grant award will enable additional resources to be devoted at UOG towards Sea Grant status planning. I congratulate the administration and the faculty of the Marine Laboratory at UOG for their efforts. I strongly support this initiative and look forward to continuing to work with UOG, NOAA and other stakeholders in the Western Pacific region to advance the pursuit for Sea Grant designation, which I believe will bring much needed and deserved federal backing to our local efforts to effectively manage and conserve our marine and ocean resources through sound science."
"The National Sea Grant College Program is one of the best mechanisms we have to get resources to local community problems and build regional capacity. The people of Guam and the citizens of the wider pacific region will greatly benefit from the new Sea Grant presence at the University of Guam," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. "NOAA and the Bush Administration are working to improve the understanding of our environment and to strengthen regional initiatives like those conducted at the University of Guam.
Each year, NOAA awards approximately $900 million in grants to members of the academic, scientific and business communities to assist the agency in fulfilling its mission to study the Earth's natural systems in order to predict environmental change, manage ocean resources, protect life and property, and provide decision makers with reliable scientific information. NOAA goals and programs reflect a commitment to these basic responsibilities of science and service to the nation for the past 34 years.
Among these administered programs is the National Sea Grant College Program, which was established by Congress in 1966. Patterned after the Land Grant College program, the Sea Grant College program is meant to improve marine resource conservation, management, and utilization. There are currently 30 Sea Grant College programs that represent a network of researchers, educators and extension agents at over 300 academic institutions.
NOAA administers a formal review process for Sea Grant College designation and the applying institution must demonstrate a record of superior performance in research and marine resource programs in order to qualify. Institutional capacity building for Sea Grant College designation often involves the support of NOAA grant assistance.
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Looks good and wasn't too pricey and great pick up, but a little too loud in my opinion.
Reviewed By Peter B (AUBURN, WA) Reviewed for a 1998 Pontiac Firebird —3/31/2015 9:15 PM
Sounds like a stock LS1. Great exhaust system! For it to be installed the right way you need to add an extra hanger or the right side hangs too low. Awesome system! Added a significant amount of Horsepower! Throaty sound! Worth the money!


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This week I was able to lock down Dr. Ferguson again and this time I asked him some really tough questions about two of his friends, Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier. Dr. Ferguson has trained and consulted for Rashad and he went to the Olympic Games in 2004 with Daniel Cormier and fought in Strikeforce with him and on the same card in 2011. Read More »
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Seafood Restaurant
The Pelican Pier restaurant specializes in a lightly battered fish & chips, fresh cut fries, and homemade chowder, sauces and desserts. The standard fish & chips is pollock but haddock, cod, halibut and salmon are also very popular. Grilled fish and pasta dishes add variety to the menu. For those dining with a non-seafood lover Pelican Pier also offers a choice of chicken dishes.
Our menu
Location, Hours and Contact
We are a great "Hole in the Wall" restaurant that has been operating for the past 21 years. We offer very good food and a fun decor that has been enhanced by our regular customers. We always bring in the best quality seafood for your dining pleasure
We have great new menu items:
Crispy Coated Green Beans
Onion Rings
and Coleslaw is back
Drop in and check us out.
Seafood & Fish Market
Inside the restaurant is a fish and seafood market where you can buy or order both fresh and frozen fish, seafood and related condiments at great prices. Pelican Pier stocks both fresh and frozen seafood from all over the world that is available for sale at its Calgary Seafood and Fish Market. We also sell our menu favourites, such as chowders, crab cakes and seasonal specials.
Find out what fish & seafood is available and place an order
Surf and Turf Lobster Tails
Packages of two for $10.99*
Ounce per ounce this is our best price for lobster tails
Ahi Tuna fillets sushi grade always available
We are selling fresh snapper, fresh cod,
fresh sushi grade salmon, fresh mussels and fresh oysters.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
*while quantities last
Become a VIP Customer
Pelican Pier is pleased to offer you the chance to win a $100 gift certificate, every month!
Completed the following form to have your on included on our VIP customer list. As a VIP customer, you will be kept up-to-date on fish & seafood market special promotions, events and time-limited menu items in the restaurant.
In this way we hope to show how much we appreciate you ordering and dining at Pelican Pier.
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Have a question, suggestion or comment regarding your recent visit to the restaurant or about something you found at the fish market? Fill out the form below or give us
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A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, Volume 2
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Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my last post regarding food addiction. I read each and every comment carefully and I really appreciated the wise advice and support from each of you. I mentioned to one reader that the feeling of community is the reason I blog; it's like having a virtual self-help group!
The overall advice that I received and made the most difference in my thinking about food addiction and emotional eating was that I should learn from the experience and not beat myself up about it. The negativity and guilt is not helpful; thinking about how I will behave differently in the future is more constructive.
One of the most interesting pieces of information on this topic came from my friend Rebecca who is also a nutrition graduate student. She had heard about a researcher at UCSF who developed a program called Emotional Brain Training. If you want to see a YouTube video on it, click here. From what I can gather, the bottom line of this approach in dealing with compulsive eating is that one should recognize his or her emotional state before giving into a drive to overeat. By dealing with the emotion or the cause, then that addresses the unhealthy behavior. The researcher also points out that if you only treat the unhealthy behavior and not the cause, then there is the chance that one may simply move onto another unhealthy behavior (over-restricting food intake is a common one).
This approach makes so much sense to me and, in thinking about the last situation where I overate, I realized that it probably came out of my nervousness in being at a party. I'm by nature an introvert so being around more than a few other people and especially people I don't know well always makes me uncomfortable. Lesson learned!
Remember I mentioned I was going to San Francisco last week for a meeting? It was a great trip, even though it rained and my flight home was delayed by 5 hours (grrrrr). I even went on an early morning run with a group from my hotel. We ran from Union Square to the Embarcadero and the Bay was so pretty in the early morning light:
Then the rain started:
I spent a lot of time at the Ferry Building:
One of my meals was a salad from Hodo Soy Beanery, it had brown rice noodles with tofu and vegetables and a very spicy dressing. I had their soy chocolate pudding for dessert:
On my way out to the airport, I grabbed this for a snack:
It was not the most delicious thing I've ever had, but it was certainly a healthy option. Speaking of healthy, can you believe it's been a year since I started eating Dr. Fuhrman-style? To say that following Dr. Fuhrman's plan has changed my health and my life would not be overstating the benefits of this way of eating. If you are interested in how his plan can affect your health, then now is the time. Starting Monday, November 21st, Dr. Fuhrman is again doing his 6-Week Holiday Challenge. I'm IN and one of my goals is to finally reach his prescribed weight for ideal health (I'm about 10 pounds away). I find maintaining my weight to be fairly easy, but losing it is no fun, but I know I'll feel motivated by others doing the challenge.
Do you have weight to lose and what's holding you back from reaching your goals? I say let's put these last few months of 2011 to work and start out 2012 ahead of the game!


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Zooey Deschanel walked on the red carpet at the "Our Idiot Brother" Premiere held at the ArcLight Cinemas, Los Angeles last night.
She wore a two-tone ruffled crepe dress with a dramatic detachable collar by Moschino from the Fall 2011 collection.
Her sleeveless monochromatic outfit was complemented with a pair of black suede YSL pumps and a black clutch.
A wavy side swept bun and dark eye make-up to make her blue eyes pop finished her look.
This is an unexpected wardrobe choice from Zooey but she's rocking this bold dress with a lot of attitude and confidence. And the best part of the outfit was her lack of black tights.
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Jonathan MarshallBPL Member
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I plan to use a Heineken can-pot for boiling water. Do those of you who've gone this route like to prepare meals in the pot (simple, light), or are there advantages to preparing them in plastic bags? If the latter, do I need a cozy to keep the food hot while it hydrates?Jan 3, 2006 at 6:00 pm #1347859
1) You will be carrying meals in plastic bags anyway. Cook-in-bag puts the bags to work.
2) use freezer weight zlocs. The ones without sliders seem to work better and Ziploc now has a double zippered bag for extra security.
3) Why wash, scrub, scrape a pot when you don't have to?
4) Why run the very real risk of gastro-intestinal excitement from a pot that is not thoroughly cleaned?
5) Yes, it is better to use a cozy and a long spoon (for stirring thoroughly). Cozy ideas: duct insulation – looks like aluminum foil over bubble wrap; car windshield sun blockers made with foam and foil. Just tape up an envelope with duck tape. Quak!
6) Look in the 'Food and Hydration" forum for cook-in-bag ideas. There are also websites for recipes.Jan 3, 2006 at 7:52 pm #1347868
Ryan FaulknerBPL Member
I just dont like cleaning, and if you dont rinse your pot well, you can get the runs.
for a long ultralight spoon for eating out of plastic bags, go to dairy queen and order a large ice cream, you get a good treat and a long spoon for only .1oz.Jan 4, 2006 at 12:27 pm #1347899
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David BonnMember
@david_bonnLocale: North Cascades
The big advantage of preparing meals in a bag is that you don't have to wash the cookpot. I'd say ninety percent of my trail meals are of the add-boiling-water-stir-sit-eat type. The problem is those other ten percent.
At high altitudes instant foods aren't instant. Cooking times can be easily doubled or tripled. Usually at high altitudes the air temperature can be lower too, and that doesn't help. So the cook in plastic bag approach becomes a lot more problematic in those situations.
Some dishes let you do both. I'll make pesto sauce in a gallon ziploc (you can find reasonable pesto sauce mixes for hiking in any grocery store) and cook the pasta in the pot. I drain the pasta water (sometimes I save it and make soup with it), add the pasta to the gallon ziploc with the pasta sauce, through in parmesan cheese, and feed. Cheap, light, enormous food value. Cleaning the pot in this case rarely involves more than boiling another pot of water for tea after dinner.
For anything that gets thick or greasy as you cook it (most Lipton Instant Dinners) I'd heartily recommend a small nonstick pot.Jan 8, 2006 at 12:24 pm #1348123
David LewisBPL Member
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David… for making meals in a bag in cold climates, try making a bag cozy out of Reflectix and aluminum tape… as Vick suggested. Add water… zip shut… and wrap it up in the cozy. Works great.Jan 8, 2006 at 1:24 pm #1348130
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One disadvantage of the cook-in-bag method is that it would seem that you would generate more trash to pack out. That is, you could fit a lot of breakfasts of oatmeal in one quart size ziploc bag, dry. I would think at least four servings would fit. But if you cook and eat in the bag each morning, then you need four bags for four breakfasts instead of one. I would think it might get annoying to have to lug out all those dirty bags. Does it?Jan 8, 2006 at 1:30 pm #1348131
Ryan FaulknerBPL Member
I havent done this, but mabey you could bring, two bags, one with your food in it, and one empty for cooking and eating, just rinse the cooking bag out and re-use it the next day, I dont know if the bags are re-usable, the hot water may make it weaker, has anyone tried this
it may work if you bring an O.P. sak food bag for cooking, and a plastic bag for dry food storageJan 8, 2006 at 3:05 pm #1348135
Yes, if you carry food in bulk it saves weight and trash to cook in the pot.
On the other hand, I prefer to do all the measuring and meal composition in town at my leisure instead of on the trail when I'm beat to my socks at the end of the day or in a hurry to get going in the morning.
Additionally, a water boiler can be a lot lighter than a legitimate pot, but few super ultralight boilers are easy to clean. I use one boiler that weighs 0.3 oz (1 cup) and a 'luxury' pot that weighs 1.0 on the money and holds 2 cups. About the lightest you can go with a real pot is 3.5, so that is several z-loc bags worth.
On the other hand, if you are on a long trail and have to be adaptable, a real pot and some bulk food has a lot of advantages because of supply issues. (You can't always find bulk food or freezer-weight z-locs.) So on a long trail I'll carry the extra 2.5 or 3.2 ounces. But for trips under about a week, the lighter boilers win out.Jan 13, 2006 at 7:27 am #1348477
I agree with everything that has been said before and just have a couple of additional comments that might be helpful.
Storage zip bags work just as well as freezer weight, are half the weight, and are found almost everywhere. I have used zip bag cooking exclusively for at least four years and have never had a problem with one.
For a cozy, you might want to consider a fleece hat. The one I use is 1.3 oz, holds the bag upright and steady. If you want to set your meal down to scratch, it's no problem. The caveat is that it must be a kitchen item ONLY just like any other cozy. It can never be worn unless of course you don't mind furry quadrapeds munching on your head at night.
If you do use a cozie hat, you can also seal your food immediately after adding boiling water(squeeze the air out)and knead the meal to mix. In higher altitudes and colder weather, every degree saved helps. You can also go to a shorter handled spoon that will store in your pot/cook kit easier.Jan 13, 2006 at 8:17 am #1348478
jack flanaganMember
Shannon, I've avoided cooking in bags for basically that reason. For my trip to the confessional – forgive me, I speak without having ever tried it. So let me pose my "objections" as questions.
First, after a few days, doesn't the weight of moisture accumulating in gunky used bags begin to add up? This may be me rationalizing my distaste for damp trash. The SnowPeak Ti bowl fits the bill for a washable/driable/ reuseble 1.5 ounce pot/bowl.
Second, are odors more of an issue? I've always imagined used bag/bowls to be excellent bear bait.
What I am missing here?
Finally, there is an aesthetic thing. At some point, the quest for shredding the ounce starts to undermines the quest for an aesthetically satisfying experience, which was (my) point of humping the pack in the first place.Jan 13, 2006 at 9:06 am #1348481
If you missed anything (doubtful) it is that most folks accumulate the same amount of trash by cooking in bag as they do anyway with pre-packaged meals.
Since all the z-loc trash goes into z-locs, presumably after being licked clean by famished hikers, there is no more odor or wet waste weight buildup than you would have otherwise.
However, as I mentioned, on long trails flexibility is important, and super ultralight pots do not always fill the bill. And food bought at the crossroads grocery may not work with z-locs. Which themselves may not be available at the crossroads grocery. The story is told of the starving thruhiker who found such a grocery already denuded by previous hikers of all edibles save for a large, ominous-looking rudabaga. He bought it. Can't cook one o'them puppies in a Heineken can. Or can you?Jan 13, 2006 at 10:23 am #1348486
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Crack me up! Wasn't rutabega included in witches' soliquay in MacBeth? "Fillet of a rutabega, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog…" and so onJan 17, 2006 at 8:37 am #1348770
I do end up with some food left in my zip bags which I have to carry out. On a six day resupply schedule it sometimes builds to a pound before I can dump it. However, I have never been bothered by it becoming noticably smelly even in August. Of course, that may be because I have and just don't notice it!
For me, the trade off of having to carry the extra trash weight is well worth it – especially on short trips. I can spend more time doing what I came to do (see what's over the next ridge, lean against a tree and just enjoy being), spend almost no time "in the kitchen," and still eat heavy.
About 52% of backpacking trips are less than 100 miles according to a recent survey I read. For those hikes, resupply probably isn't an issue. On longer trips, instead of trying to shop for food along the way, an option many use is to mail themselves a resupply box. It is almost too easy to just transfer the new prepackaged meals, film, fuel, etc. to your pack, and head for the AYCE buffet!
Civilized life presents enough complications. My mantra on the trail is, "Easy is good."Jan 17, 2006 at 9:40 am #1348777
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@pjLocale: LazyBoy in my Den - miss the forest
>>"Easy is good."
Bill, great mantra. another regular (viz., GR) calls it "simplicity". i've stolen his term also.
for me, ease and simplicity, on most occasions, is worth an extra 1-2lbs of pack wt. it increases a hike's enjoyment/joy-factor. guess i'm gettin' soft in my old age.Jan 17, 2006 at 9:59 am #1348782
I remember many days of carrying a cast iron skillet, in an ill-fitting pack, and squatiing over smokey fires to cook. Instead of soft, I prefer to think of it as hard earned wisdom.
That just reminded me of taking steaks for lunch on one infamous day hike when I was about 13. My best friend, two Beagles and I reached the top of a ridge about noon and decided to eat.
While I was lighting the fire I saw one of the dogs dragging a steak out of my pack. I finally caught her after a fifty yard sprint through the underbrush and reclaimed ownership. I brushed most of the twigs and leaves off, cooked it in my cast iron skillet and devoured every bite of it along with fried potatoes and onions.
Yep, HARD earned wisdom!Jan 17, 2006 at 10:08 am #1348785
paul johnsonMember
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Bill, good story. thanks for sharing.Jan 17, 2006 at 1:51 pm #1348809
If rudabaga wasn't in the witches' chant, it should have been. Bleeesch!Jan 17, 2006 at 1:55 pm #1348810
>I plan to use a Heineken can-pot for boiling water. Do those of you who've gone this route like to prepare meals in the pot (simple, light), or are there advantages to preparing them in plastic bags?< Heineken cans are hard to clean. Remember salmonella? Bags are safe if you don't re-use them. Yes, a cozy makes a huge difference. A foil/foam (windshield sun screen) or foil/bubble (air duct insullation) cozy weighs about 1 ounce. It is easy to make a simple envelope with a pleated bottom so it sits up. If you are not in bear country, a watch cap will work.Jan 27, 2006 at 2:45 am #1349409
Pierre DumayMember
I boil water in a Heineken can and prepare my noodles in a one liter half cutted Platypus.
It's very confortable and more durable for the same weight than 3 ziplocs.
My Noodles are pre-packed.
Then i use a homemade cutted sunscreen to make my can a insulated can.
The advantages to prepare a meal in bag are you can have a smaller can and win weight.
With that i have a good meal-bowl and a coffee mug for 1.1 oz.
(sorry for my english i'm just a poor french ULB, but it's too cool to talk with you)
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Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in eastern Jerusalem.
The U.S. secretary of state also said at a news conference Wednesday in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Israeli construction in eastern Jerusalem was "unhelpful" to peace efforts. Clinton and Abbas met prior to the news conference.
Clinton said Israel's plans to demolish Palestinian homes are a violation of international obligations. Israel says the homes are being destroyed because they were constructed illegally.
"Clearly this kind of activity is unhelpful and not in keeping with the obligations entered into under the 'road map,' " Clinton said. "It is an issue that we intend to raise with the government of Israel and the government at the municipal level in Jerusalem."
Clinton said President Obama would be actively involved in the peace process.
Abbas said the Palestinians respected the Israeli voters' choices and would work with the new government that is being formed. Abbas said he expected the new government to honor the two-state principle, as well as put an end to settlement expansion and open border crossings, according to reports.
Clinton had met earlier with P.A. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and praised his plan for rebuilding the Gaza Strip, two days after she pledged $900 million in U.S. economic and humanitarian aid at a donors' conference in Egypt.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Wednesday that Clinton's remarks throughout her Mideast trip have been "totally biased in favor of the Zionist occupation and do not reflect any change in American foreign policy," The Associated Press reported.
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I can never do sketch maps. I always get very low marks. My text book doesn't help
Any tips?
Get shortcuts to success - geography its brilliant! I used to struggle but if you read it from start to finish it goes through aerial sketch and all the map stuff. It's not too late either I only got the book this time last year as well.
Things to remember when doing sketch maps
- Always have a title (if you do not have a title, there's some easy marks gone)
- Always include any coastline (if there is one, always sketch it, never leave it even if it does not tell you to put it on the sketch map)
- Label all your sketch map features (easy marks gone if not)
- Colour your features nicely (you don't have to, but it's nice to)
Did you forget any of these things?
Also put in a key, scale and a north facing arrow.
I never have any of that stuff on mine Rachel1. I always get full marks on sketch maps and I never have them?


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There's good news and bad news with two gang-related arrests in the past two days. What do they tell us about the latest efforts to crack down on gangs and prevent kids from joining them? Also, there are 38 elections today in Los Angeles County, but the turnouts are expected to be dismal as usual.
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Thank you Peg. I am enjoying doing these. I have all of the rest cut out (other than the ones you saw) and I just need to sew them onto the fabric. That won't take long and I will post more pictures then. Thank you again so much!!
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Thanks, Peg...looks like a beautiful block...will be fun to make.
Thanks Peg. Just about finished last month's block. Must say I am getting good at leaves!!!!!!!!
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Thanks, Peg for all your hard work. I picked up my block today and will be working on it the week of Thanksgiving when I am off. Thanks again.
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Diamonds, signed jewels soar at Christie's sales
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters Life!) - Diamonds and signed vintage jewels netted strong prices at Christie's semi-annual sales in Geneva, signaling that the international market has returned to full strength, the auction house said on Thursday.
The star lot on Wednesday night, which followed modern art sales in New York last week, was a flawless white diamond weighing 40.21 carats sold for 5.69 million Swiss francs ($5.14 million) to an anonymous buyer, it said. The rectangular-cut stone was estimated at $4.5 million-$5.5 million.
"The vigor seen in the US and Asia was equaled here in Europe, with strong prices achieved for fine jeweler, watches and wine. demand for stellar examples rivaled that seen at the height of the market, which very much seems to have returned 'en force'," Francois Curiel, President of Christie's Switzerland, said in a statement.
Christie's jeweler sales totaled $33.9 million, above the high end of its pre-auction estimate, with some 89 percent of the 220 lots on offer finding new owners, it said.
Rival Sotheby's (ADD RIC) netted 60 million Swiss francs ($54.10 million), almost double the low end of its pre-sale estimate, at its jeweler sales in the Swiss city on Tuesday.
Jean-Marc Lunel, head of Christie's jeweler department in Geneva, European capital for jewel auctions, said of its own results: "Once again diamonds dominated the total, although signed period jewels proved the most popular pieces in the sale.
"Two private collections of fine vintage jeweler virtually sold out for $9.9 million, while every lot in the special 'Cartier section' found a buyer, achieving a total of $4.2 million," he said.
Among the Cartier pieces was a 1928 "Tutti Frutti" bracelet from the Art Deco period, set with rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and emerald and onyx beads, which soared to 1.023 million Swiss francs, more than five times its pre-sale estimate. Hancocks & Co, London-based traders, bought it, according to the statement. Continued...


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Pope Francis conferred sainthood upon the two pontiffs earlier today during a special ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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At least 5,000 people attended the funeral Saturday of the Rev. Dr. Zachary Tims, Jr., founding pastor of New Destiny Christian Center near Orlando, Fla.
"The church was packed," said Herb McMillan who attended the funeral, according to Orlando TV station News13 .
"The entire lower sanctuary was filled. A couple thousand easily," he said.
Tims was found unresponsive Aug. 12 in a New York City hotel room. An autopsy conducted on the pastor was inconclusive; the death remains under investigation.
According to the church Web site, in 1996, Tims "was sent out by his pastor in Baltimore, Md., to begin a work in Orlando. This move was one of great faith as Dr. Tims and his family left behind a lucrative job, a luxurious home, and a high-ranking position in the ministry that they attended." The church started with a handful to grow into a 8,000-member church in central Florida and reached millions via television and radio shows.
Since his death, congregants, friends and fellow clergy have expressed their sentiments through videos and social media, sharing their thoughts about a man many described as compassionate and charismatic. Many mourners expressed their condolences on the church's Facebook page .
On Friday, thousands attended a wake and public viewing at Tims's church. The Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of Baltimore's Empowerment Temple AME Church, tweeted Friday that there was a "4 mile back up" to get to the wake, indicating that "a lot of love" people had for the 42-year-old minister and father of four children.
Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of 30,000-member The Potter's House in Dallas, preached the eulogy at the funeral at First Baptist Church of Orlando.
In his eulogy, Jakes "compared the preacher to the biblical Jacob, a man with many problems and defects who was renamed Israel," wrote Jeff Kunerth of the Orlando Sentinel.
"The names represented two different sides of the same person, Jakes said, just as 'Dr. Tims' was different from 'Zach.'"
"I don't know what happened in that room in New York, but I can only hope that as Zach was dying, Dr. Tims stood up," Jakes said.
"Dr Zach Tims had a heroic homegoing. We don't understand the CAUSE of death but we celebrate the EFFECTS of Grace!," Bryant tweeted Saturday afternoon.
"You have lost a spiritual leader, New Destiny, but we all gained an angel," said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, the Orlando Sentinel reported.