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Advertising loves science. Claims such as "clinically tested" and "scientifically proven" appear in so many commercials that we are hardly conscious of them. Do we believe them? Probably. It is reasonable to suppose advertisers would not dare make such claims if they could not back them up.
Sadly, in New Zealand, our trust is misplaced. Our law, as the Herald on Sunday's Consumer Watchdog has found, does not require advertisers to back up their claims. When doubts arise, the onus is on those who challenge the claims to prove them wrong.
Proving a negative is well nigh impossible, as any scientist would attest. The Commerce Commission receives regular complaints about dubious factual claims in advertisements but rarely brings a case because of the difficulty and expense of disproving the advertiser's assertion.
The commission and Consumer NZ have pressed for the law to be changed in a bill now before Parliament, but so far to no avail. When the Consumer Reform Bill was reported back from a select committee recently, it contained nothing to shift the burden of proof to advertisers.
MPs on the committee had been persuaded that to put the burden on advertisers would be a breach of the Bill of Rights Act and discourage new products.
The Bill of Rights objection was bizarre. It applied a criminal right - to be considered innocent until proven guilty - to an issue of civil law. Sometimes advertisers may need to be criminally liable for unproven claims, when fraud is involved or the claim causes serious physical harm, but normally the damage done by dishonest advertising will be confined to consumers' minds and pockets.
At that level it is quite reasonable that advertisers should have to prove any factual or scientific claims they make for a product, and if they cannot provide an authority or a test to back them up, they should be ordered to compensate those who have believed them and bought the product on trust.
In the United States, as we report today, the Federal Trade Commission has brought charges of deceptive advertising against a home exercise device, the Ab Circle Pro, that the manufacturers claimed could reduce weight by 4.5kg in two weeks if used for three minutes a day. The companies marketing it have agreed to pay up to US$25 million in refunds to customers.
The device - a fibreglass disc with handlebars and knee-rests - has also been the subject of "infomercials" on New Zealand television. Our independent Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against it but the Commerce Commission has no plans to emulate the action taken by its US counterpart. The commission has had two complaints about the Ab Circle but decided neither offended our Fair Trading Act.
Body-building and beauty products seem particularly guilty of misinformation, perhaps because they rank low on the priorities of regulators who possibly think those who believe in these things deserve to be deceived.
The commission's sole action against a cosmetic, in 2005, brought an admission by L'Oreal that a wrinkle treatment should not have claimed "clinically proven results" based only on feedback from consumers.
Information is essential to the functioning of markets and their ability to allocate investment properly. Advertising transmits that information. Without it, new products cannot be put on the market, as the industry told Parliament's select committee.
But innovation that depends on exaggerated advertising does not deserve to succeed. If promoters faced a burden of proof they would be more careful and everyone would be better off.


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Whilst my visit to the island of Gotland (part of Sweden) may not actually have been quite as epic as the black plague of medieval times, the city of Visby is arguably the most intact medieval town in Europe. Once the major trade city in the Baltic Sea, much of many of the original 11th century buildings still stand. Nearly the entire city wall is still intact, along with all the three city gate entrances and guard towers.
As the port is too small to accommodate a large cruise ship of todays standards, our ship anchored off shore and tendered passengers ashore using the life boats. Initially we booked a walking tour, but at $35each, decided to save some money and go it alone. It was a good choice. We came ashore around 9, and started with a short walk around the city parameter. The walls were most impressive and there was plenty of useful tourist information around.
After a couple kilometres around the city, we entered the north gate to explore its interior. We walked the winding cobbled streets, browsing some shops, and exploring the countless ruined churches and buildings of Visby. The most significant monuments being the Cathedral of Marie Lucia and ruined St Nicholas church.
I managed to still really enjoy the day, despite feeling terrible. The sun was welcome and I loved the medieval buildings. Tourists aside, this was definitely the quietest town we had visited. It felt like a ghost town at times, no locals to be seen.
We found some Stepsils at a general store, and along with the cough syrup, cold and flu tablets and some rest this afternoon, I feel I'm slowly on the road to recovery. We were back on the boat around 1pm for a 3pm departure. Ive been in bed, whilst Natalie hit the gym and enjoyed some sunbaking. Tomorrow we are off on a guided tour of Latvia! Looking forward to it.

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Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of Feb. 23-March 1:
State police in Indiana are looking for the man who held up a White Township convenience store on Friday night.
The robbery occurred shortly before 10 p.m., when a man walked into the EZ Mart along Ben Franklin Road South, brandished a silver handgun and demanded money, police said. He then left with an undetermined amount of cash and three packs of cigarettes.
According to the police, the robber, who is believed to be in his 20s, is white, between 6-feet and 6-feet-2 and weighs between 215 and 230 pounds. He was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and white tennis shoes. Anyone with any information has been asked to call police at (724) 357-1960.
State police in Indiana are looking for the man who exposed himself to two women inside a White Township grocery store on Friday afternoon. According to police, the man followed the women into the aisles at the Giant Eagle along Ben Franklin Road and exposed himself around 3 p.m. The man then left the store.
Police said the man is his mid-30s, is about 5-feet-9 and weighs around 200 pounds. Police also said he has long black hair with a mullet cut and a mustache. He was wearing blue jeans, a black sweatshirt with a blue skull printed on the front and a loose pair of work boots.
The administration in the Indiana Area School District has extended the school year to make up days of classes lost to snow, ice and bitter cold this season. The district will hold classes on four days originally listed for snow makeup — March 17, April 17, April 22 and May 23 — then keep the schools open on Friday, June 6, one day after the scheduled last day for students.
District Superintendent Dale Kirsch told the school board Monday that the district may ask the state Department of Education to allow the district to excuse seniors from the additional day and to hold graduation as scheduled on June 5.
A Conemaugh Township man was left homeless after a fire destroyed his Nowrytown Road residence Tuesday night. According to Saltsburg Fire Chief John Dice, the fire gutted the home of James Prenni, of 19 Nowrytown Road. It was reported at 7:28 p.m. by a passer-by who saw smoke and flames coming from the two-story house, which sits at Nowrytown and Elders Ridge roads.
Prenni was not home at the time. In addition to Saltsburg, firefighters from Tunnelton, Iselin, Coal Run, Bell Township and Slickville responded.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been named as the host location for a prestigious, statewide awards ceremony recognizing artistic achievement. That ceremony, the 2014 Governor's Awards for the Arts, will be held Sept. 28 in Fisher Auditorium. The awards, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, are the state's highest recognition given to those who have excelled in the arts.
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The Indiana Fire Association is proposing to move from its longtime home in the Indiana Borough building to a new station to be constructed along Philadelphia Street.
President Bill Simmons said the fire association has placed an offer on a site at Fifth and Philadelphia streets and will look to build a new station there. But the association has not yet closed on the property, something that is to take place within the next 90 days, Simmons said, and it is too soon to talk about the specifics of the proposed project, he said.
The harsh winter has been unforgiving on the highways and byways across Indiana County, leaving cracks and craters in roads that can do serious damage to vehicles.
Officials want to know about these trouble spots, and drivers in the area can report potholes by calling (724) 465-6512, or by emailing the location of the hole todfairman@indianaboro. com. Potholes on state roads can be reported to PennDOT by calling (800) FIX ROAD.
An SCI Pine Grove inmate was charged with aggravated assault and other offenses for allegedly punching and kicking a corrections officer. Larrie Derrick Jefferson, 37, is facing two counts of aggravated assault and single counts each of assault by prisoner, simple assault and harassment.
According to state police in Indiana, Jefferson punched and kicked corrections officer Clifford Allison, 48, following a verbal exchange between the two at the White Township prison on Feb. 14.
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Jane Campion is the president of the jury of the Festival de Cannes this year. She is also the only woman that has won the Palme d'Or in the history of the festival, and the second ever that has been nominated to an Oscar for Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow is the other one). Her presence at this year's edition of Cannes raises some important questions about the figure of women as film directors, and the shocking scarcity of them in the movie industry. Campion was interviewed recently by The Guardian and shared an illustrating anecdote:
She recalls with some horror an event she attended for Cannes' 50th anniversary, when she found herself on a stage with all the other Palme d'Or winners – the only woman there. "It was a shocking moment. It was embarrassing for everyone. I think everyone felt that it was really not right." She still would be the only woman, but the festival is emphatically not the problem. "My sense is that Cannes is very interested in new voices in cinema, never mind where it comes from or the sex of it. It's to do with who funds films in the first place."
The Jury of Cannes 2014: (from left to right) Leila Hatami, Carole Bouquet, Do-Yeon Jeon, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola last week
Born in New Zealand and now living in Sydney, Jane Campion is one of the most influential filmmakers of the century thanks to her unique vision. She studied Anthropology and Art, which make the perfect combination for a movie director. She can express universal feelings and emotions through the story, without even needing words. Just through visuals. Well, that's the key of a good movie director. I got to know Jane Campion through The Piano, the movie that made her win the Palme d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1994. I love the film for many reasons: its subtlety, the story, the great performances of all the actors (did you know that Holly Hunter played the piano herself for the movie?), the soundtrack by Michael Nyman, the photography, the costume design… I like revisiting this film every now and then to analyse it further and get a closer look at what Campion wanted to tell us. From the stage play that the girls do, to the notes that Ada writes. No detail is superfluous. The Piano can be seen through multiple lenses. As a version of Brontë's Wuthering Heights, as a Gothic Romantic novel, as a view on human spirituality, or as an interpretation of romantic colonalism. Above all, a homage to feminity. The film also raises debates on the effects of the subjectivity of the narrator, which is very well explained by Gwen. Ada is mute 'by choice', and we get to see her voice in the first scene of the movie, but she never speaks again until the end:
But is Ada the real narrator as her voice suggests it? Are we going to see the world the way she sees it, or perceives it? Choosing a mute as the lead character is intentional; Ada' senses are sharpened and ours are too. Is the viewer inside her mind or is he omniscient? The Piano's overture creates a new form of narrative – it exposes viewers to a simple storytelling, only for Jane Campion to open them to the subtle exercise of identifying the true narrator.
Jane Campion was portrayed in the documentary Story of film as one of the key figures of the 90's along with Baz Luhrmann, also Australian. Story of film is a fantastic documentary by Mark Cousin that explains the evolution of cinema from its birth to Avatar. The documentary is divided into several episodes, each of them dedicated to a certain decade and its most relevant filmmakers and movies. The documentary shows each director's references, the changes that introduced every key movie, and the world events that shaped the stories. I highly recommend it for all movie lovers out there. You can watch it here. This interview by Tabb and Dieckmann also reveals some interesting details about Campion's vision:
"I'm finding myself less and less interested in what you can do with shots and things. There's probably only about twenty different possibilities in the end. I'm more after what sorts of sensations and feelings and subtleties you can get through your story and can bring out through performances—although at the same time, I'm always wondering about style, trying things out. I do a lot of drawings for my films. 'The Piano Lesson' [the movie's original title] is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. And there is definitely room to play, visually—in fact, there's a big call for it." About being a painter: "Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean."
Some of Jane Campion's favourite films:
1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
2. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani)
3. The Firemen's Ball (Miloš Forman)
4. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel)
5. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu)
7. La strada (Federico Fellini)
8. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman)
9. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Hiroshi Inagaki)
(list published in Criterion)
Jane Campion's latest work is Top of the Lake, a TV mini-series with Holly Hunter and Elisabeth Moss about the disappearance of a young girl in mysterious circumstances.
All thanks to The Piano: Holly Hunter (Best Actress), Anna Paquin (Best Supporting Actress) and Jane Campion (Best Original Screenplay) at the Oscars in 1994.
"Film-making is not about whether you're a man or a woman; it's about sensitivity and hard work and really loving what you do. But women are going to tell different stories – there would be many more stories in the world if women were making more films". Jane Campion


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You can close the schools, but you can't get it cold enough to stop Francois. Our fantastic French foodie farmer is now a phenomenal fisherman as well—or at least a fishery manager. We've been trying to get our semi-indoor, semi-outdoor aquaponics system set up for a couple of years now, and as these photos prove, we're really getting close. We've gotten the 4500 gallon fishtank in our hoop house sealed tight so it won't leak (lesson learned: choose your material carefully and also don't drop a tool in it from eight feet up). Last week, we filled it with water. Soon, we'll be introducing pacu, a large omnivorous fish related to the piranha that will eat food waste from the restaurant and produce, eh, let's call it fertilizer for our plants. The plants in turn will clean the fish tank, creating a virtuous cycle that ends in delicious, healthy, super local food. The goal is to reach 800 fish at once, around 2 pounds each. Frankly, considering where we're located, you'd think it would be impossible to get fish from anywhere closer than Lake Superior—but the farm is only 2 miles from the restaurant and most fish are caught further out than that. Score one for local!Tweet


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- Football agent Tony McGill is suing Bolton Wanderers and sports agency SEM for £390,000.
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There's a boggy area Downeast in Passamaquoddy territory — near the Canadian border — known to locals as "elomocokek." In English, the name is translated plainly as "swamp." In the Passamaquoddy language, the meaning is something more like, "the soft formless place extending away from me." It's an illustrative example of the differences and tensions between English and indigenous languages, the subject of Maine filmmaker Ben Levine's new documentary, Language of America: An Indian Story, which will screen on October 14 at SPACE Gallery.
"One problem with translation is that the native meaning is often changed by the outsider to fit their worldview and needs," says the narrator of Language of America. What gets lost? Nothing less than the speaker's relationship to his or her environment, the community's connection with nature, and the equilibrium struck by natives between humans and the natural world around them — losses that represent even more egregious wrongs.
Levine spent six years — years he describes as some of "the most challenging and exciting times of my life" — interviewing Passamaquoddy, Narragansett, and Wampanoag Indians about how language (and its loss) colors their cultural past, present, and future. The result is a 78-minute documentary that's as much a loving portrait of a people as a linguistics lesson. In fact, Levine could have swapped some of the history-of-oppression stuff (worth knowing, but many viewers will have seen it before) with even more in-depth linguistic analysis that shows how deeply culture is connected to language — how if we don't understand how to communicate with them, we don't understand a people.
For Levine's subjects, the gradual decline of native language speakers symbolizes the ways in which tribes have been subjugated, forced to assimilate, and robbed of their land, their ability to be self-sustaining, and their heritage. Or, as Levine puts it, the "systematic effort to destroy the Passamaquoddy culture as an indigenous, aboriginal way of being."
But there are attempts to revive the language, and these endeavors clearly stand in for more general attempts to re-assert native culture in the modern world. Attempts like that of Allen Sockabasin and his wife, who want Passamaquoddy to be their son's first language (Sockabasin will also appear and perform music at the SPACE screening). Or the work of Jessie Littledoe Baird, a linguist from Mashpee, Massachusetts, who is interviewed for the film and just received a MacArthur "genius" grant for her work reclaiming and restoring the Wampanoag language of southeastern New England.
"Nothing that you know about English is going to apply to Wampanoag," she says. But bridging that gap provides a "diversity of philosophy and love that we cannot function without."
Language of America: An Indian Story + Q&A and discussion + musical performance | October 14 @ 7 pm | at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | $7 | 207.828.5600 | space538.org
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'Batkid' documentary trying to raise funds
The story of Batkid, or Miles Scott, swept the country back in November when the little guy got to save Gotham City, or San Francisco, as part of the Make-a-Wish organization.
As a new trailer explains, the organization expected 250 people to help make the wish come true for the five-year-old who battled leukemia. Instead, 25-thousand people lined the streets of "Gotham" and Miles even got a shout out from President Obama. Filmmaker Dana Nachman wanted to make a documentary about the story of Batkid and needs our help to do it.
In about two weeks of fundraising on INDIGOGO the campaign has raised $52-thousand, about half the goal. The fundraising ends on August 19th.
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'Pre-Theologates' Offer a Promising Solution to Vocations' Crisis
A financially prudent and spiritually sound idea catches on at some Catholic universities
BY Brian O'Neel
May 17-23, 1998 Issue | Posted 5/5/99 at 2:00 PM
Last year, for the first time since the 1960s, the total number of seminarians in the United States increased slightly. Considered alone, 147 more seminarians doesn't sound like much to get excited about, but further evidence suggests a slow reversal of the long-standing vocations crisis in this country.
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University reports that for the third straight year, the number of college seminarians also increased. And the decline of high school seminarians, while still dropping, has slowed compared to the precipitous drops of the 1980s.
By all indications these positive trends will continue. No matter how small, these changes should receive a warm welcome in the United States where more than 2,000 parishes have no full-time pastor.
As bishops look for ways to further boost the number of vocations, they find typical means don't provide much hope. For instance, men have traditionally fulfilled their formation prerequisites for entrance to a major seminary in one of three ways: (1) they can receive their bach-elor's degree and then enter a minor seminary, sometimes called a "pre-theologate"; (2) they can enter a stand-alone college seminary and graduate with their bachelor's degree and their pre-theologate requirements fulfilled (but since 1969, the number of these college seminaries has dropped from 120 to 15); or (3) they can enroll in other programs that allow seminarians to study for the priesthood by taking classes at independent colleges and universities. Twenty-six seminaries around the country currently have educational agreements with schools such as the University of Notre Dame and the University of Dallas.
College Seminary Decline
Just as the number of college seminaries has dropped, however, the number of men in such programs has either dropped or, in some cases, held constant (e.g., Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas once had 45 to 50 men in its collegiate program; today it has 35).
Father James King CSC, vocations director for the Congregation of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame, says 30% of the men ordained for his order come from their collegiate program. This, however, draws just 10 to 20 men in any given year.
Given these facts, it seems obvious that the Church can't look for a solution to the vocation crisis from its traditional sources for future priests. A solution, though, might come from a fourth way.
Schools such as Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., and Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, now offer unique opportunities for men to reflect on their vocation says Brian Froehle, executive director of CARA. Because of the shortage of priests, he believes the role these institutions play in forming men for the priesthood could prove crucial.
Like Notre Dame and Dallas, these two schools offer priestly formation in a regular college environment. The difference is they have no connection with a particular diocese or order.
According to Froehle, this gives students the ability "to spend some time discerning the priesthood, yet if they later decide against it, their decision is not as etched in stone as it might be in a more traditional situation. The same costs — financial and otherwise — aren't involved."
What's more, because a solid support structure is in place, the young man has both rewards and incentives.
"He has the identity of a seminarian and he receives formation, but at the same time, he's living with his fellow students — he's not set apart," says Froehle. "While many will enter such programs because they're sponsored by their bishop, some are merely exploring the possibility of the priesthood. An option like this offers more latitude and less pressure."
This aptly describes the situation at Franciscan University. Nearly two decades ago, its president, Father Michael Scanlan TOR, was asked to start a seminary on campus. Recognizing that a seminary wasn't possible, he agreed that the school should do more to foster vocations. As a result, the university founded its pre-theologate program in 1981.
By 1994, some 20 undergraduates were taking part in the program. At that time, Father David Testa, a priest from the Diocese of Albany, took over as program director. In the four years since, the school's pre-theologate ranks have swelled to 65 men. Next year, Father Testa expects 80 men to participate. The program will graduate 12 men this year, who will then continue their studies for the priesthood at major seminaries.
"If things keep going the way they are," the priest speculates, "at 12 men a year over the next 20 years, that's a lot of priests, assuming they all stay in."
Academic and Spiritual Demands
Like their peers in more traditional situations, pre-theologians at Franciscan University must complete a number of requirements. Academically, they must take 24 hours of philosophy and 12 hours of theology. Spiritually, each attends daily Mass, prays the rosary, attends twice-daily communal prayer, and goes to confession regularly.
They must choose a spiritual director and meet with Father Testa every two weeks to discern their progress. As the priest points out, "this is the minimum required by the bishops for ordination."
At graduation, the future seminarian receives a certificate as "a guarantee by Franciscan University that this man is prepared to enter the major seminary," says Father Testa.
Due to the rapid growth in size and reputation of the program, five dioceses will send their young men to Franciscan University next year for formation, including the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Savannah, Ga.
"People come for this program," says Father Testa, "because of the orthodoxy and the spirituality present at the university. We take an evangelical outlook here, emphasizing the spread of the Gospel, especially by the way we live. It's a great environment to discern a vocation in because, for instance, everyone here goes to daily Mass."
Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Cap., says he sends men to Franciscan University's pre-theologate program because he believes the campus "provides a strong environment and outstanding educational opportunity," even though it is not a seminary.
"Franciscan University offers them [pre-theologate students] an opportunity to be challenged by the spirituality of the laity, which is so evident throughout the campus," he adds. "I prefer college students to live in an environment that promotes contact with a large number of their peers. I believe this helps them grow as persons and will provide a strong support for these men in their future ministry."
Christendom College also has a priestly formation program that admits juniors and seniors (unlike Steubenville's program, which is open to all years). Approximately 30 men participate each year.
Theology department chairman Father Robert Skeris describes the program as having a Thomistic nature in its core curriculum and stresses that because the men must know ecclesiastical Latin, the result is a well-prepared seminarian and a better priest. He proudly relates that 20 of the school's alumni have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders since Christendom's founding in 1977. Father Skeris points out that some ordinaries, such as Bishop Robert Carlson of Sioux Falls, S.D., send young men to Christendom for their pre-theological training. And he mentions that the school recently graduated 11 men who will study next year at major seminaries throughout the country.
"My own experience," he says, "inclines me to believe vocations are there even in dioceses where the figures indicate otherwise. What we do is blow the ashes off the fire and then the flames that are subdued there rise. The vocations are out there, I'm convinced of that."
Joseph Williams, a 23-year-old member of Franciscan University's pre-theologate program agrees.
"God is not outdone in generosity," he says. "If you give him the sacrifice to discern his call to you, you will hear his voice and respond appropriately. The pre-theologate program is a perfect example of giving something to the Lord. I'm doing as much as I can to place myself in an environment where I can truly hear God's voice. After all, God can't steer a parked car."
Brian O'Neel writes from Steubenville, Ohio.
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Mar 17, 2014 - By Eric Blom, Staff WriterFremont County will have a contest for the county coroner job being vacated by the announced retirement of Ed McAuslan.
Lander funeral director Dominick Weigel plans to enter the GOP primary.
He also serves as a deputy coroner and believes he would bring a compassionate touch to the office.
"When you have somebody that dies in your family, especially if it's unknown or you're concerned about the circumstances, I have, in the past, been able to help families through that dark time and...help them take care of their loved ones," he said.
Weigel announced his candidacy last week, and he spoke Saturday at the Fremont County Republican Convention in Lander.
Chief deputy coroner Mark Stratmoen of Riverton in February announced he also would run for Coroner as a Republican. The primary is in August, and neither man has officially filed as the filing period is in May.
Weigel, 41, has been a funeral director and embalmer at Hudson's Funeral Home for six years. He has worked in the funeral services industry since he graduated in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in mortuary science from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
He would draw on his background as a funeral director if he was elected, Weigel said.
"I've had the opportunity to help individuals who've lost loved one," he said. "A part of that is knowing how to be sympathetic and help them to see I can help them to get their loved one to where they need to be."
Working as a deputy coroner for the past six years also gives him experience in the elected office's duties. As a deputy, he has investigated deaths, transported bodies and worked with law enforcement.
Deputy coroners work on an on-call basis, and Weigel estimated he assisted in about 40 to 50 cases. He took a week-long course at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas and receives additional training regularly to maintain his certification.
The coroner's duties differ from deputies' in some ways, Weigel said. The deputies respond to deaths, investigate them and determine what they think happened. The elected official makes final decisions, including the manner and cause of death and if an autopsy or toxicology report is necessary, Weigel said.
He also plans to draw on a master's in workforce education and development he received from SIUC in 2001.
"It taught me how to teach adults--how to help adults to learn--and some of the things I would be responsible for would be training for deputy coroners."
The numbers of deputy coroners in Fremont County are dwindling, Weigel said. He would like to address that issue but is still working on how to recruit more people for the job.
He is also concerned with the Coroner's Office's communication.
"It just seems when something has occurred...it's not being explained well," he said.
He pointed to a dispute last year between the Coroner's Office and Fremont County Commissioners over vehicle decals and concerns raised about the Coroner's budget as examples. He did not think the issues themselves were concerning but thought the Coroner's Office could have explained them better.
Weigel supports a recent proposal from Coroner Ed McAuslan to add a forensic pathologist to his staff to perform autopsies.
"I think that would be a great idea, because having somebody that's here would be a whole lot easier on families to know their loved one is being taken care of locally," he said.
Having the expert in the county would also help in legal cases around deaths, he said, because the pathologist would be readily available to provide their findings.
Weigel, who has lived with his wife and their children in Lander for six years, is a member of Lander's Rotary Club, and he is involved with Boy Scouts.
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TV veteran Timothy West is set to grace the cobbles on Coronation Street.
The 78-year-old star of stage and screen will play carpet salesman Eric, the new boyfriend of Gloria Price, who is portrayed by Sue Johnston.
A spokeswoman for the show confirmed he will make his debut next year.
West, who is married to Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales, joins other illustrious actors who have previously appeared on the ITV soap including Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ben Kingsley.
The Daily Star reported Gloria, who has been absent from Weatherfield in recent weeks, will return in early 2013 with Eric on her arm.
West became a household name in the 1970s when he played the lead role in ITV series Edward The Seventh.
The Yorkshire-born actor had recently complained about not getting much TV work:"I don't get very much work on television now simply because I haven't done very much work on television lately. The casting directors want you to have been on screen in the last month looking exactly as you do now, otherwise it confuses them".
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Fired For Being "Too Cute"
Remember when you were a kid, and you'd look at a picture that had some weird things going on (like a bus with square wheels), and you'd be asked to 'See how many things are wrong with this picture'?
See how many things are wrong with THIS STORY: A Playboy plamate who likes girls but is married to a guy fired the average-looking girl pictured below for being "too cute" and told her to STAY THE F--- AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND!
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IronTech Solutions is an IT managed services provider & consulting company for small and medium size businesses (basically an entire virtual IT department for a company). We need a very fresh bold powerful logo that exudes confidence. When a client sees our logo, they need to know that IronTech is the only choice. That we're a partner for them, not just a run of the mill consulting company.
Colors are your choice but should be somewhat eyecatching (so our business cards don't end up in the trash without a second glance). A very clean professional look.
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FERGUSON, the United States, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Although some 50 protestors remained on West Florissant Avenue amid heavy rain Wednesday night, the situation was eerily calm there as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in St. Louis city.
During the night, police on the Avenue, scene of nightly demonstrations that often turn violent, did not wear riot gear and have riot shields or riot dogs. Two armored personnel carriers there did not have their lights on or have police manning the turrets.
St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, has seen nearly two weeks of riots triggered by the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9 by a white police officer.
Holder flew to Missouri Monday morning and met with Missouri Highway State Patrol Captain Ron Johnson. The two men agreed on the importance of "cooperation and patience" as the authorities make investigations.
On Wednesday, Holder met with Michael Brown' s family privately for 20 minutes, who reportedly asked about the investigative process. Holder promised a "fair and independent" federal inquiry.
Spoke of his own experience, Holder said "I understand that mistrust. I am the attorney general of the United States, but I am also a black man. I can remember being stopped on the New Jersey turnpike on two occasions and accused of speeding."
"I remember how humiliating that was and how angry I was and the impact it had on me," Holder told a pool of reporters.
Also on Wednesday, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch convened a grand jury to hear preliminary evidence in the case.
CoE head warns against 'excessive' police force in Ferguson, USA
STRASBOURG, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Council of Europe (CoE) secretary general Thorbjorn Jagland expressed concern Wednesday over the use of "excessive" police force in Ferguson, the troubled suburb of St. Louis, Missouri in the United States.
Ferguson has witnessed 10 nights of sometimes violent clashes between police and demonstrators since the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Full Story
U.S. blacks, whites sharply disagree on Ferguson shooting: poll
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. whites and African Americans sharply disagree over a police shooting of a black teen that has rocked a town in the U.S. state of Missouri and sparked riots and ongoing protests, showed a poll released Monday.
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Christie urges Springsteen to play Atlantic City's new Revel casino
"Meet me tonight in Atlantic City," Bruce Springsteen urges in one of his most famous songs. It might also be what Governor Christie says in wooing The Boss for a date at Atlantic City's new $2.4 billion Revel casino, set to open next week.
Christie, a devout Springsteen fan who said he will attend his 127th concert by the Jersey Shore rocker next week, offered Tuesday to play booking agent and try to get Springsteen for a Labor Day weekend engagement.
While the two agree on very little politically, Christie said, following a Revel tour, that "I think Bruce would love the fact that state taxpayer funds have been invested to create jobs for working men and women."
Christie was referring to state aid in shoring up the casino site, as well as a $261 million tax break that helped developers find investors after financing collapsed in 2009. He spoke after shaking hands with dozens of construction workers applying finishing touches as well as with casino employees who are about to start work.
"Those folks downstairs are middle-class, working people who had jobs helping to build this place. And you saw the folks lined up outside who are now going to have jobs inside the casino. Those are middle-class New Jerseyans who are looking for an opportunity to support their families and put a roof over their heads."
Christie, in pointing out that Springsteen had missed the chance to perform at Revel's grand opening quipped to Revel chief executive Kevin DeSanctis that he wouldn't even charge a booking fee if Springsteen takes the bait on the Labor Day idea.
Springsteen's new CD, "Wrecking Ball," has a far gloomier outlook on the economic climate than Christie's typical ebullience.
Christie countered by saying that the CD was recorded "some time ago," adding wryly that Springsteen "has yet to have been caught up in the 'New Jersey comeback'" — a favorite catch_-Springsteen's spokesperson did not return calls seeking comment.
His new album "Wrecking Ball," which went No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard charts when it was released March 5, is widely viewed as a fiery broadside against recession-era inequality, and the bankers and politicians who enabled it.
Springsteen will be at the Izod Center in East Rutherford next Tuesday and Wednesday, Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 6 and 9, and Prudential Center in Newark on May 2, as part of a 20-stop U.S. tour. All local shows are sold out.


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Health Story: I've Been Given My Life Back
What is a total knee replacement?
A total knee replacement is the surgical removal of the entire knee joint and replacement with an artificial joint called a prosthesis. Your knee joint is formed where your thigh bone (femur) and your shin bone (tibia) meet. It is the largest joint in your body and also contains ligaments, tendons, cartilage, the kneecap (patella), and lubricating fluid. Total knee replacement can help restore pain-free range of motion and full function in a diseased knee joint.
A total knee replacement is a common but major surgery with serious risks and potential complications. You may have less invasive treatment options. Consider getting a second opinion about all of your treatment choices before having a total knee replacement.
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- Arthroplasty. Yale School of Medicine Patient Care. http://www.yalemedicalgroup.org/stw/Page.asp?PageID=STW028955
- Joint Replacement Surgery. Arthroscopy Association of North America. http://www.aana.org/EducationLibrary/Articles/JointReplacementSurgery/tabid/128/Default.aspx
- Joint Replacement Surgery: Information for Multicultural Communities. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Joint_Replacement/default.asp#7
- Joint Surgery. American College of Rheumatology. http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/jointsurgery.pdf
- Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00405
- Pile, JC. Evaluating postoperative fever: A focused approach. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2006;73 (Suppl 1):S62. http://ccjm.org/content/73/Suppl_1/S62.full.pdf
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- Surgical Approaches for Total Knee Replacement. RTH Orthopedics New England. http://www.keggiorthosurgery.com/Surgical_Approaches_For_Total_Knee.php
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In May 2010, the first Writing About Testing conference brought some of the top minds in the field together to discuss the current state of public discourse on software testing and areas where testing is evolving within the realm of software development. In this column, Chris McMahon, who designed and launched the conference, continues his mission to advance the discussion by sharing ten of the most interesting frontiers for software testing.
October marked the one-year anniversary of the call for participation for the first Writing About Testing (WAT) conference. Ultimately, fourteen of the best software testers in the world (along with a representative from StickyMinds.com) met in Durango, Colorado, for two days to discuss the state of public discourse in software testing.
I proposed the WAT conference because what we know as "software testing" risks not keeping up with the overall state of the art of software development. The fundamental positions on subjects like certification, heuristics, exploratory testing, open source, automation, etc. were all formed long ago, and the popular discussion on the subject of software testing risks becoming an echo chamber where the same concepts go around and around forever. But, I know that there is some wonderful and creative software testing going on in the world.
At the conference, we had presentations and discussions on REST architectures (where the concept of a "user interface" becomes very fluid), data visualization, system administration, programming, creating test frameworks as mashups of existing applications, abstractions based on agile methods, the role of aesthetics and artistic performance in software development, and a wealth of other topics. My goal for the WAT conference was simply to stretch out and make room to work with some of these new concepts. For the second WAT conference, I want to expand the software testing discourse into newer areas. To that end, I propose ten frontiers for software testing:
System Administration
There is a surge of interest in recent times in a concept called DevOps, which proposes an alliance among software developers and system administrators in order to create the best possible production environment experiences. Testers need to be a part of that conversation. Testing system upgrades, testing deployments, and using virtual machines and cloud resources in order to know in advance what will happen on production systems is interesting work that gets very little exposure.
Data Visualization
Not only our applications but also the whole world around us generates incomprehensible amounts of data, and the only way to make sense of it all is to render that data in a visual or tactile fashion. Making maps of territories, explicitly showing hidden connections among sets of otherwise obscure data, and tracking information about development projects in coherent ways are all relevant to testing software.
Good test automation today happens at every level. A single framework may exercise the user interface, call REST or SOAP APIs, and reach into a database—all in the course of a single test suite. Myriad tools for such testing exist. Finding and choosing these tools—and knowing how to get such tools to talk to each other for a particular purpose—are becoming critical skills for testers.
User Experience
Great strides have happened in user experience work in the past few years, and there are exciting advances on the horizon. From touch screens to efficient navigation paths in applications to feature design, the community of software creators is rethinking approaches to engage users with software. Testers have largely ignored the conversation happening among user experience experts, but testing expertise can inform that conversation.
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Sep 19, 2009 at 10:37 pm #1239468
I've spent years refining the weight in my pack and when it comes to gear I think I have a good grasp of what I need to take and how to pack a light pack. My base pack weight is now about 2.5 or 3 kg (around 6 or 7 or pounds) and I'm more or less happy with the gear I have.
However, try as I might I just can't figure out how to bring my food weight down. As a Type 1 diabetic using insulin I have to be extremely careful going out to the mountains; twice I almost died due to running out of food. So I can't risk trying out experiments. I've scoured the web looking for information on putting trip menus together and see people like Andrew Skurka and Ryan Jordan or Glen van Peski walking for five days or more with just something like a Jam2 and all their photos always show a neatly trimmed pack without using the extension collar, and yet when I attempt just a 3-day trip, I always end up with a pack filled to the limit of the extension collar. And quite heavy. I'm still very crude when it comes to putting a food list together, and though I try as much as possible to stay as nutritious and light as possible I do end up bringing things that I really shouldn't be eating so much of. At least I think so. I'm not a novice at nutrition, but also don't really understand it very well.
Last month I walked the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail in Canada and, being very unfamiliar with the food and what is available in supermarkets there, I ended up buying almost exclusively those commercial packaged meals found at MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op). It came to more than a hundred dollars! While generally filling and healthy, most of it tasted bland and boring (they really need a lesson in making instant Japanese Ramen noodles) and I think that if I take the time to learn more about Sarah's Freezer Bag cooking methods, dehydrating food, and One-Pot meals I can improve my food choices… but then again there's the weight and bulk.
How do people do it? How do you get that much food into such small packs? It's like magic to me and I still haven't figured out the secret.Sep 20, 2009 at 12:20 am #1528986
Dicentra OPWMember
@dicentraLocale: PNW
Freezer Bag Cooking and One Pan Wonders (the FBC style meals). Feel free to contact either of us directly. :)
Repackage everything. I write out a complete trip menu for each trip so I bring the right amount of food (with a few extras – usually snacks)
What sorts of things ARE you bringing?Sep 20, 2009 at 4:35 am #1528996
John S.BPL Member
Their food choices pack small especially when repackaged as needed. None of them, even if they took freeze-dried meals, would likely use the original packaging (a guess), which is bulky.
I don't know if there are BPL articles on food packaging, but there is a need for that demonstration.
Most importantly, we don't want a BPL forum without Miguel (noting your two times of running out of food). Get some help repackaging and maybe some different food choices, but don't skimp on food when you have type 1 diabetes mellitus.Sep 20, 2009 at 7:49 am #1529019
I've been repackaging food for a very long time now (even do it at supermarkets now… Japan has special bins in the supermarkets for throwing away packaging), and I cut every superfluous edge and tab from any packaging that remains. I also have Sarah Kirkconnell's "Freezer Bag Cooking" book and have long followed a lot of the methods she uses. I put all dry food into medium sized ziploc bags to make it as easy as possible to just boil up the water before the meal and simply pour it into the bags, from which I then eat. So it's not the packaging.
I don't have a dehydrator and while Japan has a lot of commercial dried foods I either don't know enough about making traditional Japanese meals to make it pain free to set up a menu or I just can't continue eating the traditional fare for long in the hills (there's only so much ramen I can stomach, even though I love it). If I try to follow a lot of the meals here on BPL or from other American sources, though, a great many of the ingredients are simply not available, or I'm unfamiliar with them. I just have to compensate and try to fill in the gaps.
Since I am a diabetic I always make extra sure now that my food source is okay. Because I don't get out to the mountains as often as I want to and should, often I have a hard time gauging my dietary needs, since once I am out there the energy needs change so much. So I always bring extra, just in case. While going light is important to me, it's just too dangerous to skimp on food.
I'm going hiking for three days in the Tanigawa Range north of Tokyo. It's very steep and treeless terrain, with a good chance of heavy rains and very cold temperatures, so I will be consuming quite a lot of calories. Normally at home I don't eat a lot… keeping most of my daily calories to around 1900 kcal. (I am 48, 180 cm, 75 kg… that's 48, 5'10", and I don't know the weight…). But that's just not enough for the hills. I tend to walk somewhat long days, from about 5:00 am till about 5:00 pm., eating dinner around 6:00.
Here is a quick summary of my meal plan for the next three days:
• 1st Day:
– Breakfast: at home, (will wake at 4:00 to catch the train)
– Snack: apple-pear
– Lunch: store bought ready made meal in train station, usually rice with chicken and stir fried vegetables
– Snack: apple-pear (will have started on the trail by then)
– Dinner: beans marsala (wet, in a package), freeze-dried rice (pour water into the pouch and afterwards the marsala and eat directly out of the pouch), mushroom potage, tea
• 2nd Day
– Breakfast: ramen noodles; dried, brown rice o-mochi (a hard rice dough that gives energy and brings up the glycemic index of the ramen… Takahashi Naoko, the Olympic Marathon champion, swears by it); dried vegetables (corn, soy beans, peas); dehydrated egg drop soup; powder coffee
– Snack: chocolate bar
– Snack: cheese sticks with crackers
– Lunch: (cooked) curry (wet, in a package); parboiled rice in a pouch (pour curry into pouch, eat from pouch), tea
– Snack: Powerbar, coconut
– Snack: ramen chips (like potato chips)
– Dinner: Parboiled rice; raisins; cashew nuts; dried cheese risotto mix; asparagus soup mix; tea
3rd Day:
– Breakfast: granola cereal mix, dried powder milk, kinako and bean powder mix (kinako is made from soy beans and has a lot of protein and good calories), dried mango flakes; powder coffee
– Snack: salami bits
– Snack: chocolate bar
– Lunch: (cooked) chicken thai yellow curry (wet, in a package); parboiled rice in pouch; dried tom yam kun soup; tea
– Snack: leftover cashew nuts from night before
From here I am back down the mountain and on a train heading home.
Any thoughts? Thanks!Sep 20, 2009 at 8:14 am #1529021
Brian LewisMember
@brianleLocale: Pacific NW
The two thoughts that jump into my head on this topic are
(1) Look for calorically dense foods — i.e., high number of calories relative to the weight. You can search this site I would think as well as other places for existing threads about this (thru-hikers obsess a bit on getting high calorie foods).
(2) Some foods are inherently more packable. Some discussions on threads about "how to cram the max amount of food into a bear can" apply, and you can web search for that too (I'd say "Google" it, but I live in the Puget Sound area, and by law we have to say "Web Search" or "Bing" :-)).
Lots of powders are one key that people use, but that in turn impacts your cooking gear and process. I.e., if you're willing to have the gear and take the time to *bake* some of your food, you can carry more food that's absolutely dry and in most compressible/fits-into-the-cracks powder form.
I'm not that extreme myself, I inclined towards freezer bag cooking with a significant shift towards KISS.Sep 20, 2009 at 8:17 am #1529022
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I didn't realize you were in Japan. (or diabetic)
You might look into taking Bento boxes, or something similar. They are MADE to travel. They are made to be compact yet filling. Some travel better than others. It just depends on what you put in it… You should have access to all kinds of yummy stuff. I can find more info for you if you are interested.
Looking at your menu, it looks good, but it is obviously not enough if you are running out of food. 1900 calories a day isn't enough for backpacking.
You don't need a dehydrator to eat well. My book illustrates that. One suggestion I would have is to add a dessert to your menu.
It looks like your weight may be coming from the "wet in packaging" meals. Look closely at the markets when you shop and see if there are other options…?
This is my friend's (and Sarbar's too) site on hiking with diabetes: http://www.rainforesttreks.com/diabetes.asp
I'm very interested in hearing more about what kinds of foods (especially those suitable for backpacking/hiking) you can find there. :)Sep 20, 2009 at 8:18 am #1529023
Sarah KirkconnellBPL Member
@sarbarLocale: In the shadow of Mt. Rainier
I'd say this: if your food works for you, don't sweat it! Lower your weight everywhere else and enjoy eating well :-)
Having said that if you take what you love and figure out to make things smaller that is how you lower pack weight. So lets say you like whole wheat pasta or brown rice – you want to carry instant versions (which you can do at home – cook and dehydrate, even in your oven) or maybe you can dry up a favorite curry, etc.
You have a major health issue where food has to be healthy and well balanced – you should see how big GoBlueHikers food bag is – he is Type 1 as well.
http://www.rainforesttreks.com/diabetes.aspSep 20, 2009 at 2:18 pm #1529111
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Hi Miguel
You seem to have a lot of wet meals. Hugely heavy. The only 'wet' stuff we carry is jam and honey. A thought.
CheersSep 20, 2009 at 2:54 pm #1529123
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
My favourite add on bits are olive oil (extra virgin) garlic and Parmesan cheese (or parmesan cheese if I feel cheap)
You can add oil to a lot of your food.
As suggested, try drying some food in the oven. I do have a dehydrator but use the oven as well . I make my own stock that way .
( onions/carrots/celery/ my chicken stock /herbs and spices /salt and pepper) with some ramen that is soup for lunch.
I usualy take Parma ham for protein, if not too hot it lasts 3 days or so repackaged in aluminium foil.
( I avoid salami because they often have MSG)
Hopefully your powder milk is full cream.
"chicken thai yellow curry (wet, in a package)" try drying that at home. As well as drying my meat (lean pork,beef,chicken and lamb) I dry full meals like curries and stews. I then vacuum seal them. I find the vacuum seal pouches very strong and of course minimise the space used.
( you can use them for "boil in the bag " style)
Mostly I will have meat in those pouches and add ramen/cous cous/rice and dry veggies to it. Top up with some herbs and spices and or my stock. The only "wet" stuff for me is tuna in foil.
FrancoSep 20, 2009 at 4:06 pm #1529141
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>>Hopefully your powder milk is full cream.<<
Just due to caloric density?…or taste?…or is there some other reason?Sep 20, 2009 at 4:11 pm #1529142
Only problem is that very few people in Japan have real ovens. They don't come as standard in homes. For someone like me who loves to bake bread, this is truly hardship (think of all the different foods you bake or roast or broil… I still after all these years find it astounding that the Japanese never incorporated baking into their culture before the last 100 years). And I don't have a dehydrator (yet), so all your suggestions for drying things out sound scrumptious, but not very practical at the moment. (yes, I know I could use solar drying, but I live in a small apartment with no place on the concrete jungle streets around to lay food out in the sun).
The comments about a lot of wet food are right on the mark. I know I have to reduce that. But unless I want to subject myself to processed foods and carbohydrates with very high glycemic indexes (foods that burn fast and cause you to bonk quickly), it's hard to find dried foods here that allow me to eat without worry of getting high calories, but quickly losing their effectiveness due to the insulin I take. Bentos are great, but they are wet food meals packaged in plastic containers and not suitable at all to backpacking (great for traveling on trains and buses, though).
Admittedly I've been somewhat lazy in learning more about available food; just to find good sources is a lot of work and traveling around the city, plus being much slower in reading information of what is available and what the labels say makes for pretty frustrating research. I don't know any Japanese hikers who do dehydrating, almost everyone I've met in the mountains relies either on wet food or the pre-packaged dried foods found in camping stores. Also buying things in bulk here is next to impossible, so things can get very expensive (a 100 gm (3.5 oz.) bag of cashews, for instance, costs about $3.80). I find that I end up with the wet foods I use above simply out of necessity and because I want to get on with planning the rest of my trips, rather than spending all my time looking for the right food.
Still, often I see the food lists here on BPL and other American sites and am amazed by the amount of sugary carbohydrates and simple, processed starches that people eat. It's light, but surely it can't be healthy over the long run? I see great fluctuations in my diabetic blood sugars depending on how much simple carbohydrates I eat compared to a complex carbohydrate diet. Most Japanese would balk at the sugary diets of so many of you Westerners. When I went to Vancouver last month I was shocked by how sweet everything was, all the time! There really needs to be more slow-burning food that will last over the course of the day, rather than just fill the needs of a short while. Somehow that must bring down the amount of food you bring, too, no?Sep 20, 2009 at 4:50 pm #1529152
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
In my case for both calories and taste. Finally got to try out the Nido version over there, not bad at all.
Here in Melbourne a couple of the brands of skinny (or whatever) powder milk I had to buy ( last moment purchase) have been "less than satisfactory" . I use powdered milk in soups as well as a very milky coffee and my hot chocolate at night (when cool/cold)
I have enough problems avoiding MSG (hence my home drying..) , hard for me to work out how you manage…
If I remember correctly one or more of our ladies have something about drying using a microwave oven.
I don't have one of those (possibly the only house in Melbourne not to have one. It causes panic attacks with some of my guests)
BTW, I have no idea of what works/doesn't with diabetes…Sep 20, 2009 at 4:58 pm #1529155
Laurie Ann MarchMember
@laurie_annLocale: Ontario, Canada
Miguel… I too am diabetic and I spent much of this summer fine-tuning what I would need carb-wise and insulin-wise when out in the wilds. I dry 95% of all my foods and choose many foods that have high enough calories but I also look at the glycemic index. I find by balancing the foods (mixing a higher gi food with a lower one) I have less issues with lows. If you want, you may send me a private message and I can send you some of the menus that have worked well for me.Sep 22, 2009 at 11:52 am #1529703
Brad GrovesMember
@4quietwoodsLocale: Michigan
My hiking partner is also Type 1 diabetic. Our most recent trip had us hiking an average of 12 miles a day; we are also canoe trippers and will sometimes cover lots of miles. Either way, the trips are relatively demanding. (Last paddle trip was 120 river miles in two days.)
My friend's breakfast these days is a big bagel with peanut butter. For many years it was nearly a liter of cooked oatmeal fortified with dried milk and dried fruit, but it was hard to choke down that much oatmeal. He also has about 2 ounces of summer sausage/hard salami. Lunch is 2 Clif bars, 2 individually-wrapped cheese sticks (keeps better), and GORP. (Sorry that all my measurements are US…) A full 1-quart baggie lasts him about six days. He has a baggie of dried fruit "just in case," but rarely dips into it; one of the Clif bars sometimes gets eaten further down the trail. Dinner is a pre-packaged pasta or rice dinner, about 500kcal (we use Knorr, formerly Lipton, "sides" packets) fortified with instant dried potato flakes. He has two small granola bars and one or two individually wrapped fig newtons for snacks each day. He carries two 1-Liter water bottles, one for water and one for "juice." The juice is dried/powdered Gatorade mixed to double-strength, and he sips on it periodically through the day as he feels the need. I'm not saying a nutritionist would like the menu! But it's worked well for him for years.
EDIT: Incidentally, GORP is pretty ideal but often ignored as too simple or old-school. The stuff actually gives you a really good balance of fats, proteins and quick sugar. Also, as others have sorta mentioned, fatty foods are your trail friends… lotsa calories for less weight.Oct 6, 2009 at 10:39 pm #1533778
Darin ButlerMember
@darinbuLocale: Rocky Mountains
I can't speak to the diabetes issue, but I would like to make the case for counting calories in the same way most of us count ounces of pack weight.
I've noticed that most packaged dry foods are roughly 100 calories (technically kilocalories) per ounce. (You can determine this from the label on nearly all packaged foods, at least in the US.) This is approximately true for a wide variety of foods like oatmeal, chips, Clif bars, freeze-dried backpacking meals, etc. I use that as a baseline, and have the philosophy that any food under 100 calories/oz is a luxury, which certainly applies to any fresh foods like apples. For a short trip, most people can forego these luxuries with no ill effects, but for longer trips it's good to have the occasional dose of fresh food.
There are, however, some foods suitable for backpacking with quite a bit more than 100 cal/oz. I believe Top Ramen noodles are about 125 (if you don't count the fuel it takes to cook them!), almonds are about 135, Chips Ahoy cookies about 125, GORP (depending on exact type) about 140, and beef jerky something like 130. So these foods offer a lot of calories per weight, and most of them (except maybe the Top Ramen) offer a lot of calories per volume as well, which speaks to your question.
For each backpack trip, I now make a detailed list of all the foods I take, their weights, and their numbers of calories. When I get home I count up how many calories I had extra. Over time this has helped me to figure out how many calories/day I need, and has allowed me to lower the total amount of food I carry with confidence, while still having an emergency reserve whose size depends on the details of the hike itself (how far from help, elevation gain, distance, alone or with others, etc.) It also makes shopping for each trip quicker and easier. It's been worth the effort.Oct 7, 2009 at 11:58 am #1533906
Lynn TramperMember
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You may not have an oven, but I'll bet you can buy a food dehydrator and just dry down your wet meals and repackage them in vacuum sealed bags (or freezer bags).
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difficult to imagine, I hope it's not smoke ...
please make a well focused picture of these wavy weaves and post here...
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