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Whole House Water Treatment Systems
Does anyone have facts or opinion regarding whole house water filter/treatment systems? We have a properly functioning water softener in the garage and an R/O unit for drinking water under the kitchen sink. I'm just not knowledgable enough to know if installing a whole house filtration system is worth it. Appears the upfront cost could be close to $1,000 and the filtration medium would have to be replaced in 3-5 years for another $700 (at today's prices). Then there is the ionization or some other electrical water treatment systems that sound hokey, but if they are for real, are they better than a filter system. Also, would you recommend keeping the existing water softener if you install a filter system? We live in the Phoenix area in a 10 year old house. Just replaced all of the corroded bathroom sink drains, and the water leaves spots on the dishes left to dry in the sink.
The first thing that I would do is have the water tested. The test results will tell you what issues, if any, that you have to address. In other words, the results would tell you what type of treatment (again, if any) that you need for your water.
Chances are that there is some issue to be resolved. What colour spots does the water leave? The colour is indicative of what is in your water (eg. iron, etc).
Hope this helps.
If you already have the other two systems in place, I can't see spending the extra money for a whole house system!
Always begin with knowing the condition of water. Your Water Softening service should know this. You can ask your water supply company for a report. You can have your water tested by a local laboratory specializing in water quality for public use.
Some Water Purveyors (Water Supply Companys) offer consumer awareness information on water conditioning considering the various dietary concerns. You will find in the Phoenix area a very high mineral to water ratio. By determining the actual condition of the water you can match/select products, equipment or services.
I'm not sure I fully understand your question, but it may sound like your being taken advantage from some type of sales person. To let you know if you already have a "water softener and reverse osmosis" then you already have a whole house water filtration system. Another thing is a water softener is a ionization unit(from the sounds you may have not known). The way ionization works is , the water flows through your water softeners resin media (especially designed for calcium, magnesium) which makes these particals stick to the resin. When your softener recharges(regenerates) the salt/potassium reacts causing ion exchange replacing the calcium,magnesium particals in the resin(ionic exchange) and then is flushed out with a suitible drain.
When you say this
Which in fact you already own a resin media system. Which makes me think some "slick salesman" is trying to sell you something you possibly might not need.
I will tell you from experience of over 25 years, a water softener will not completly remove all the "spots" from your dishes in most cases. But heavially reduces them. In most of all cases that people are complaining about the spots, the water softener is not working 100%.
I hope I have helped answer some of your questions, and am eager to hear back as to what filtration system you had in mind or were looking at.
yes definetly have your water tested I found all the nessesary information on Apswater they also sell self test products and the cheapest prices on equipment.
they have tons of great information
Here in Arizona, sediment, minerals and odor in the water are a nuisance factor in homes. Many people already have water softeners and R/O systems in place. To help reduce scaling, lime deposits, dirt and odor I've installed a whole house pre-filter for several of my customers on the cold water line coming into the house or garage and BEFORE the water heater and BEFORE the water softener. The filter housing is about $70 and the cartridges run between $25 and $40 depending upon brand and where you source them. LOWES sells one type that is easy to install. Figure to change the cartridge every 6 months or so, depending upon the water in your area. These filters eliminate sediment, minerals and reduce the odor in the incoming water. That alone will extend the life of your water softener's hardware, the various plumbing lines, valves, faucets, toilet fill valves, spouts in the house and your R/O filters, etc.
Here's a link to the housing and it looks like the price has dropped by about $10 too. The filter is additional:
I too have been researching this, and am just as confused as the original poster. I have the same set up, salt-based water softener in the garage (old rainsoft, non-operational at this time) and a rainsoft R/O system under the sink (just replaced all the filters). I believe the original poster is inquiring as to systems like the Pelican filter/softener combo ($2000) with 0 maintenance, and 0 salt use. The last poster mentioned the pre-filter from Lowes. How effective is this filter? for $70 it seems cheap. As you know, water sucks here in the SW, and with the drought, I'm considering using a system that doesn't flush and waste water. Would love to hear more thoughts on this.
whole house" water system
Hello All,
A "whole house" water system normally consists of two basic components:
(1) a water conditioner(softener) designed to provide soft water to the "utility water(both hot and cold) outlets throughout the interior of the home; and
(2) some type of under-sink or countertop water filtration or purification system designed to provide a few gallons of high quality drinking water at the kitchen sink and/or refrigerator.
The water conditioner(or softener) converts the incoming water "hardness", consisting primarily of calcium and magnesium to sodium(or potassium) salts; reducing scaling and spotting of dishes, showers and water faucets but also placing a significant amount of sodium or potassium chloride salts into the entire home water system.,I saw a website http://www.jnblabs.com and got detail from it you can take also more detail from this site.
My experience over past 12 years:
Background: 5-person household in Lakeville, MN, use 200-250 gal/day, no microbiological issues (periodically test for same), hardness = 31 grain/gal, iron = 6 PPM (very nasty iron, stains).
DIY Solution: I use a 4-stage setup: Stage #1) Omni U24 filter housing (4 GPM, 3/4" inlet & outlet), paper or string filter (20 micron); #2) Sears Intellisoft Softener (hardness setpoint = 35); #3) Sears Solid State Automatic Iron Filter (3x/wk flushes); #4) Omni U24 with GE FAWTC active charcoal media. Initial cost ~$1,500 (self installed).
Monthly maintenance: change media every month. Inspect & replace as needed water softener's backwash filter. Replace every month the automatic iron filter's backwash filter (I have 3 backwash filters that I bathe in Iron Out to remove iron particulates. Filter is used in both Sears appliances.) I had a Searts maintenance ocntract to learn what the technician focuses on in the annual maintenance examination. The backwash filter is one focus, the other is the Iron Remover's Nozzle & Venturi (PN 7114533) that is very vulnerable to clogging from rust. Monthly maintenance ~$12 (filter media).
Results: water taste and quality are "city good." 80% of the time water pressure is "city similar." However, turning on the dish/clothes washer, or starting a second shower, or flushing a toilet results in a noticeable water pressure drop in the shower leading to irritation. Importantly, no iron stains in any tanks or bowls. We routinely wipe shower walls dry after each use as iron-in-suspension can stain over time.
Improvements: will replace 3/4", 4 GPM Omni U24 filter housings with Culligan or Pentek 1" or 1.5" inlet/outlet filter housings having 4-5x Omni's flow rate with less pressure drop; media cost about the same, maybe a little more. I considered large whole-house filter units 12 years ago but tight installation space led me to take the easy way out.
I welcome hearing ideas for improvement and others' experience....
Spots can also be caused by sodium deposits from the softener but this is easy to determine.
I would retest your treated water--both hot and cold-- to see if it is functioning properly.
Whole-house sediement filters will not remove dissolved solids like calcium which cause spots and scale build up.
Andy Christensen, CWS-II
Water filtration is the latest scam and is a milti billion dollar business.
What filtration will do. It will filter out particulates such as iron from the piles and spores such as giardia.
What it won't do. It won't filter out dissolved chemicals such as calcium, sulphur, and sodium.
The first thing you need to do is decide what you are trying to filter. To do that you have to know what is in your water.
If you are on a municipal system then they monitor the water for you for things like lead and microbes like ecoli, c-diff and others. All the dangerous stuff. Filtering for those is a waste of money.
If you want to filter for dissolved chemicals then you will have to spend a lot of money and use a lot of energy to keep the process going.
On top of that do you really want to filter your toilet, bath and shower water?
For the most part your water is fine. The spots in the dishes are cause by calcium more than likely which is common in your area.
If you are on a well then monthly testing is important or at least every 6 months. I have a well at our vacation home and filter that for particulates. The water is heavy in sulfur and I don't want to spend several thousand to make my own drinking water. We just bring a large drum or drinking water from our unfiltered home on the municipal system.
Filtration, like anything, is only a scam when it is misapplied, requires too much maintenance/cost for the results, or negatively affects water conditions or service.
Properly undestanding water conditions and desired results make filtration a very effective method and can results in excellent water.
Some are just satisfied with less than fine results and they will consider any type of water treatment a rip off.
Andy Christensen, CWS-II
This means that city water does not need to be filtered since municipal water systems get weekly and sometimes daily tests for everything known to science. A filter in the city would filter out almost nothing.
I had a small filter on for 4 years and it finally started to slow the flow. I finally figured it wasn't worth the cost and pulled it out.
Water in municipal systems are regulated by so many different agencies with huge liability for failure to do routine maintenance and testing that it is unlikely that the water would be bad. I don't remember the last time anyone got sick from a municipal water system. Usually that is something that is nationwide news from the hysterical media intent on getting readers and viewers.
Since water is so regulated a whole house water filter is a waste of time and money. There is no sense in filtering toilet water, shower water or bath water.
If someone were to put a filter on a few of the faucets for drinking that could be turned on/off so as not to filter water for dishes that would be reasonable, especially for those that think the water is bad (for psychological piece of mind).
People on well systems would be wise to have a carbon filter with a particulate filter and test the water on a regular basis.
You are making some large mistakes in your comments. Many people reading them are from various areas of the country and will have much different experience.
Many city water systems fail EPA and state quality regulations every year. Many things the water companies are supposed to test for only require testing every few to 5+ years. Not too many years ago, many tens of people on city water systems were killed in the upper midwest and more recently in Canada. I could go on. mostly about what can and can not be filtered out of water but, the comments of using carbon filters on private residential well water is really bad advice because bacteria love to live and multiply in carbon.
BTW, your "sulfur", you could buy a system online that would kill the odor, oxidize any iron or manganese and kill all types of bacteria that might be in the water for less than $800 delivered. Then a backwashed filter for $600 delivered and you'd probably have better water than most cities.
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Professor Owens serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management in the area of management, where he also directs the Executive Development Institute. Specializing in innovation and new product development, he is known as a dynamic speaker and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. He provides consulting services for a wide range of clients around the world, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on NPR's Marketplace.
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March 14, 1953
Oakland, California
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Timothy Neal Christopher Ireland is a former professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, appearing in 11 games in 1981 and 1982. He has also managed 12 seasons at various levels of the minor leagues.
Ireland was originally selected in the 25th round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft by the Montreal Expos. He was released by Montreal in April 1975, and over the next four seasons was under contract to five different organizations, ending up with the Royals in May 1977. He spent four more seasons with the Royals organization before making it to the majors in 1981, when he played four games at first base without coming to bat. He did score one run that season as a pinch runner. In 1982 he played in 7 additional games, including a pair of starts in right field, going 1-for-7 at the plate. In December, he was released. He then played two seasons for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan, and for the Fort Myers Sun Sox in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989.
After his playing career, he managed the Salinas Spurs in the California League in 1989. He then managed from 1992 until 1997 in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, winning league titles with the Stockton Ports in the California League in 1992 and with the El Paso Diablos in the Texas League in 1994.
He spent the next three seasons as a scout for the Colorado Rockies, mostly in the Pacific Rim, signing Chin-hui Tsao among other players. In 2001, he returned to minor league managing with the independent Sonoma County Crushers. The following season, he was hired by the Texas Rangers, and managed in their system until 2004, when he won another league title with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League.
In 2005, the Rangers made Ireland their minor league baserunning coordinator. In 2006, he started the season as manager of the Oklahoma RedHawks, but was replaced after 33 games by Mike Boulanger.
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"The White Mountain stewardship crews had been working all summer long near our home, which was probably what saved Alpine."
- Ron Eichelberger
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Ask a conservationist about the benefits of forest stewardship and you'll get an earful on native species integrity and increased biodiversity. Ask Ron Eichelberger of Alpine, Arizona, though, and the answer is a little more personal. "It saved this town. Not just our house, this whole town."
Like much of eastern Arizona, Alpine found itself in the path of the Wallow Fire the summer of 2011. Originating in the Bear Wallow Wilderness Area in late May, the Wallow Fire raged for nearly six weeks across 538,000 acres, making it the largest wildfire in Arizona history.
If not for one particular forest stewardship program, it might have been much, much worse. The White Mountain Stewardship Project was launched in 2005 by the U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, local contractors and businesses, local and state governments, local communities and conservation organizations, to promote forest health and protect communities from destructive wildfire throughout the vast ponderosa pine forests of Arizona's White Mountains.
The White Mountain project is serving as a model for the much larger Four Forest Restoration Initiative, which will thin and restore more than 30,000 acres per year for the next decade.
The White Mountain program consisted of tree thinning that largely mimics historical forest conditions to reduce wildfire fuel. The program treated more than 75,000 acres, including forests around Alpine and neighboring communities like Greer and Eagar. Those towns were largely spared from the Wallow Fire, which, according to Ron, spread so quickly residents were given just two hours to evacuate. "I had time to load up my four mules, throw some papers together and that was it."
When he and his wife, Sharon, returned 18 days later, they were stunned to find not just their house, but the entire town intact. "We were darn lucky," Ron says. "The White Mountain stewardship crews had been working all summer long near our home, which was probably what saved Alpine."
Controlled burning is an important process that the Forest Service is planning as a follow-up action to mechanical treatments. The two-pronged strategy will allow for naturally ignited, low-intensity fires that improve forest health while reducing the likelihood and intensity of wildfires, which threaten local communities and rural economies.
As a former state and regional volunteer chairman for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and founding member of the Arizona Elk Society, Ron understands the importance of fire to both the forest and the wildlife it supports.
"This land needs to be treated with fire," he says. "The range just south of here has had a real aggressive fire program over the last 10 years. I've seen the results of that and the way the deer have come back. The positive effects of prescribed fire are obvious."
The homes and businesses of Alpine and neighboring communities stand testament to that fact.
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Pizza pasta has all the traditional flavors of pizza but without the white flour, oil and salt that usually comes along with it. This dish prepares quickly and doesn't require a lot of ingredients. Any type of whole-grain pasta may be used (I like fusilli).
whole grain pasta, any shape, enough for 2 hearty servings
water for sautéing
10 mushrooms, sliced (I like cremini or white button)
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2-3 garlic cloves, minced (1 tablespoon or so)
1 28-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes, diced (about 2 cups)
1 cup basil leaves (about 20 leaves), rough chopped
1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
2 tablespoons walnuts or pinenuts
3 tablespoons water (or drained off juice from can of tomatoes)
1. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions; drain, rinse and set aside. You can use any shape or kind of pasta here. I like brown rice pasta and quinoa pasta.
2. In a blender, blend the nutritional yeast, nuts and water until smooth (a high-speed blender works best here to break up the nuts, but any blender will work). Set aside.
3. Sauté the mushrooms and onion in a skillet or pot in a couple tablespoons of water, adding just a little water as you go to prevent sticking (as the vegetables cook, their water will be released as well). Sauté for 5-7 minutes on med-high heat with a wooden spoon. Halfway through add the garlic (garlic can burn easily, so it doesn't need to cook as long). Add the diced tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes; add the basil in the last 1 to 2 minutes. Pour the pasta in and toss everything together. Serve hot garnished with a little chopped basil or parsley and/or some ground nuts and nutritional yeast (shown below).
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes: 2 hearty entree servings
Optional vegetables: You may also add in other things that are reminiscent of pizza, like artichoke hearts, olives, bell peppers, zucchini, and fresh thyme and oregano. A handful of chopped, fresh greens would also be good (kale, chard, spinach, collards). I'm partial to sweet yellow onions in this recipe, but any kind may be used, even shallots and red onions. If you are a big garlic lover, you may want to add in another clove or two.
Tomatoes: Fresh tomatoes may be used as well, and would be especially good when they are in season. I use whole peeled tomatoes here, but you can also use 2 cans of diced or crushed tomatoes.
Nutritional yeast: If you've never tried nutritional yeast, it can be found in bulk at Whole Foods or other healthy groceries. It gives a cheesy flavor without the dairy. And a little goes a long way, so I just use 1 teaspoon above. But if you want a cheesier flavor, feel free to add more.
Sauce: This dish is only lightly sauced; if you want more sauce, add in a can of tomato sauce with the tomatoes, or double the sauce ingredients here (water, nuts, nutritional yeast).
Low-cal: Feel free to omit the nuts if you are trying to cut calories. The dish will still be very flavorful, just without the slight creamy texture.
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Southern California Universities Unite to Produce Cleantech Businesses
05 Oct, 2011, 17:24 ET from USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Southern California announced today that a partnership led by Caltech, UCLA and USC have been selected to receive a $360,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a national business plan competition for young cleantech entrepreneurs. The winning proposal is one of six awarded regionally as part of a three-year, $2 million program, funded by the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to develop competitions that inspire students to come up with innovative business plans involving clean-energy technology.
Called First Look West (FLoW), the partnership will also include Chapman University, the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, energy company OnGreen, Inc, and student leaders from campus groups, such as eClubs, Net Impact, Engineers for a Sustainable World and NOBE, the National Organization of Business and Engineering. FLoW builds on First Look LA, a program organized by Caltech, USC, and UCLA that showcases research and innovation to investors and has been successfully nurturing academic entrepreneurship in Southern California for five years. As in First Look LA, the host of the competition will rotate annually among each partner, and this feature, among others, provides the maximum reach among faculty, researchers and students. To help students learn about the entrepreneurial process FLoW will engage the student groups in all aspects of the business plan competition, from creating, managing and participating in the competition to potentially screening and assessing future opportunities. FLoW will oversee the competition's Western Region comprising seven states and two Pacific territories: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Idaho, American Samoa and Guam.
The regional contests will be completed by May 1, 2012. Regional winners, selected by a panel of judges, will each receive $100,000 from the DOE and a chance to compete for a National Grand Prize in the final competition held at the DOE in Washington, D.C. in early summer 2012.
The competition is part of Startup America, the Obama Administration's campaign to inspire and promote entrepreneurship. The purpose of this national initiative is to provide student participants with the skills needed to start new businesses, and transform promising energy technologies into innovative energy products that will create jobs, boost American competitiveness, and strengthen the economy.
"Universities are a vital element for developing robust industry clusters that attract and support entrepreneurs, accelerate the commercialization of research, and create high-paying and sustainable jobs," said Krisztina "Z" Holly, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC and the Executive Director of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation. "We are eager to see the partnership between Los Angeles' three top-tier research universities evolve into a great model for collaboration that will drive cleantech innovation across the entire western region."
USC will tap into the plethora of research coming out of the Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Energy Institute, which is driving cleantech projects and collaborations across campus and LA County.
"Creating new industries in clean-energy technology is a necessity for Los Angeles and an opportunity that cannot be missed," said Dean Yannis C. Yortsos of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. "In today's global economy, which is based more than ever before on the creation of intellectual property, the Los Angeles area needs the entrepreneurship ethos and the intellectual capital and dynamism offered by our three partner institutions. The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is very excited about engaging young engineers and entrepreneurs in this field and looks forward to the development of a flourishing innovation ecosystem in the area."
"By promoting innovation at our nation's universities and cultivating America's next generation scientific and technical leaders, we will ensure our nation's competiveness in the clean energy economy of tomorrow," said the DOE's Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Dr. Henry Kelly. "The awards announced today support the Administration's continued effort to ensure that America has the workforce we need to secure our energy future, create jobs here at home, and win the future."
Working with its partners, Caltech will devise and administer the program, which is sponsored by the Resnick Institute for Science, Energy, and Sustainability.
"The Resnick Institute is excited to work with its university partners to foster clean-energy innovation among young scientists in the western United States," says Harry Atwater, director of the Resnick Institute, and the Howard Hughes Professor and professor of applied physics and materials science.
The founding team of Caltech, USC and UCLA have made a commitment to ensure there will be financial support for sustaining the competition beyond the project's three years, so that students will continue to receive this entrepreneurial training in the future.
About the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
About the Viterbi School of Engineering: Engineering Studies began at the University of Southern California in 1905. Nearly a century later, the Viterbi School of Engineering received a naming gift in 2004 from alumnus Andrew J. Viterbi, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm now key to cell phone technology and numerous data applications. Consistently ranked among the top graduate programs in the world, the school enrolls more than 2,100 undergraduate students and 4,200 graduate students, taught by 168 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and with 50 endowed chairs and professorships. For more information, please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu
About the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation (http://stevens.usc.edu) is a university-wide resource in the Office of the Provost at the University of Southern California that helps identify, nurture, protect, and transfer to the market the most exciting innovations from USC. It also provides a central connection for industry seeking cutting-edge innovations in which to invest. As part of this role, the USC Stevens Institute manages the university's intellectual property portfolio stemming from its $560M annual research program. Furthermore, the USC Stevens Institute develops the innovator as well as innovations, through educational programs, community-building events, and showcase opportunities.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
MEME: It's Tuesday, Where are You?
Bookword update: taking suggestions in the comments at Sueys.
Detectives Around the World: check out the schedule of posts for the week, and don't forget to vote for your favorite detective. I was sure it would be Holmes vs Poirot, but the newer fellas beat the old guys, if Phillip Marlowe can be considered a new fella.
Are the readathon readers recovered yet? I didn't officially join, but I did a bunch of reading on the weekend anyway. By not joining, I saved myself the posting time, but it always looks like everyone is having so much fun. Maybe another time...
In reading:
I am in Ethiopia, in the Missing Hospital, with Dr Stone. (Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese)
Where is reading taking you today? Leave a comment, write a post, spread the word.
8 comments:
- Amat Libris said...
That sounds exotic! My post is here.
- April 13, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Bookfool said...
I'm in Yorkshire, England during the 15th century in The Founding. Great book, but she's a chunkster. I should probably dedicate myself to marching through at least 200 pages, today.
- April 13, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Mo said...
Oh, I luv mysteries, so I just might have to vote in that poll...
In my reading adventures, I'm out at sea...you can see my post, here.
Happy Reading, everybody.
- April 13, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Jennifer G. said...
I've heard so many great things about Cutting for Stone! I should get it off my list and into my hands soon!
My post is at The Introverted Reader.
- April 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Tanelet said...
I've just left Regency England (False Colours by Georgette Heyer) and am about to enter Chicago, with side visits to the Never-Never and who-knows-where-else (the latest Harry Dresden novel, Changes, by Jim Butcher).
- April 13, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Enbrethiliel said...
This is an interesting meme! =)
I'm in Denver and Leadville, Colorado of 1880, thanks to Leigh Greenwood's Violet, but I don't have a post on that yet.
- April 13, 2010 at 4:18 PM
- John Mutford said...
Like a couple others above, I too am in England this week, 1970s. Reading a Joe Strummer (Clash) biography.
- April 14, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Bybee said...
I'm in India during the first Opium War.
Sea of Poppies -Amitav Ghosh
- April 14, 2010 at 1:23 AM


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Grace was a spoiled rich girl that lacked for nothing. Seth was a lowly shiphand with not a penny to his name. But somehow, the sparks that set off between the two when they met, made up for the social class differences and brought them together for a fiery summer fling. But Grace betrayed Seth and her rude behaviour cost him more than she would have ever guessed. Now eight years later, Seth Mason is out for revenge. And what better way to get that revenge than to take over Grace's company and make her bow to his every whim. Both financially and physically. A whirlwind romance insues once again and Grace finds out that the feelings she shared with Seth eight years ago, have never left.
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In the second place, the driver was drunk, and the horse was groggy, and the fiacre was in the last stage of dilapidation.
There was the tram line, if m'sieur did not care to take a fiacre.
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Steven Gerrard is a doubt for Liverpool's clash against Arsenal after the midfielder was injured after half an hour of England's friendly against Netherlands.
The Reds captain came off in the first half of the 3-2 friendly defeat to the Dutch.
Gerrard had played 120 minutes in the Carling Cup triumph over Cardiff on Sunday and was back at Wembley a little over 72 hours later.
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Sure to fetch a pretty penny for the Elizabeth Taylor estate: More than 60 love letters being put up for auction in New Hampshire.
RR Auction bought the letters two years ago from William Pawley, who was engaged to Taylor for less than a year in 1949.
Officials had estimated they were worth about $25,000 before Taylor's death last week and expect them now to fetch two or three times that at the online auction in May, reports AP.
In the letters, Taylor professed what she described as her perfect, complete and mature love for Pawley, insisting in one that she'll "never love anyone else — period." The starlet also described studio life, including the filming of A Place in the Sun.
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Four and a half years ago I married in to the music industry. I'm proud to say that my husband, Nick, is a mastering engineer at Terra Nova Digital Audio in Austin and he sits on the board of governors for the Texas chapter of the Recording Academy.
Occasionally I get to tag along as a VIP to events like the Grammys and SXSW and other concerts and events. Most of the time I act like a good wife and try not to embarrass Nick in front of his colleagues. For most events I take a small point and shoot just in case, but I don't lug around a big camera because, well, a 10 lb. camera is not exactly a lady-like accessory.
This week, however, is SXSW in Austin and one thing that happens every year around this time is Ray Benson's birthday party. Ray Benson is best known for his time with the band Asleep at the Wheel, and he wrote iconic songs like Route 66 and Miles and Miles of Texas. Last year we were honored to be invited to the party, which featured Benson and guest artist after guest artist. After taking photos with my cell phone, I decided this year to throw out the high heels and wear some sensible shoes, and this time I brought my camera.
Still trying not to be too much of an embarrassment, I only brought one lens and I didn't climb all over the stage (turns out security doesn't let you do that unless you're credentialed), but stayed in the front with the rest of the fans and took snap shots.
Before we get to the photos, I just want to say Happy Birthday to Mr. Ray Benson and thanks for letting us join your party!
Here are some of my shots:
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I have friends who thrive on concert photography and can't get enough of it. It's not really my thing. I enjoy it every once in a while since the lighting is pretty much done for me and whoever is performing has to get animated at some point – almost a guaranteed shot. My problem is a lot of concert photography all is very much the same, which makes editing difficult. "Do I like the one with the guitar player's head tilted left or right better?" And then the lighting colors tend to be super saturated, which makes post processing difficult. But on the up side, when it's music you like (like Ray Benson), it's a great day at work!


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I've always been a paper crafter, for as long as I can remember.
Oh, I have lots of proof too. My mom saved gads of artsy little things I brought home for her, from Kindergarten on through my elementary years.
And almost every single one of my elementary report cards has something written on it by my teachers, mentioning creativity as a strength (though… these comments are sometimes accompanied by remarks that I mustn't rush through my work to do artwork…or that I was distractable…or that my desk was not orderly. Amazingly, they had me nailed all the way back then, and not much has changed).
I love so many different forms of creating, but paper crafts are what I've always loved most in the arts-and-crafts world. And instead of growing out of this love of crafting, I grew into it.
In part, I have my mom to
blame thank for this.
My mom is a special lady. She rather enjoys creating too (she can pencil draw, sew, knit and crochet, she cooks like crazy, gardens, and she's also a bit of a writer)!
All through our school years, I can remember that my mom always took time to work with me and my siblings on our projects…which included, of course, helping us with our
Valentine's Day Boxes.
Mom would sit with me and any number of my 5 siblings around our large dining room table, and together, with little more than glue, scissors and construction paper, we'd transform our boxes into something wonderful.
Mom showed us how to fold our paper to cut out perfect hearts, how to leave one side uncut to create a heart "door" that could open and close, and how to accordion-fold paper to create little springs behind the doors to allow something else to pop out when it was opened.
And ya know? She didn't seem to be bothered by doing all this with us…in fact, I'd say she seemed to rather enjoy it.
As an adult who has little ones of my own now, I continue to look back with appreciation for a mom who took time out from her "more important" things to do, to sit with me as a little girl, and craft. I don't remember our conversations or anything specific, but obviously mom knew it was important to us, so selflessly, she helped.
And while I probably could have done it myself, I am grateful that Mom did it with me.
And while I probably could have done it myself, I am grateful that Mom did it with me.
So, while I fully realize that Valentine's Day is little more than an overly-commercialized Hallmark holiday, I can't help but be full of love and gratitude as we approach another February 14th.
When I sat with my own kids to help them make their first Valentine's Day boxes this week, I was inspired by my mom's love and how she took time out of her busy life to help me and my siblings create all those silly little boxes to hold our love notes…
And I think: Yup. That was LOVE.
So thanks, Mama. You were (and still are) the best, and I love you dearly.
Here are our Homemade Boxes:
Joshua (naturally) decided to make a truck box.
Though he is not quite 4 years old yet, I do believe he was probably the most excited kid to ever have made a Valentine's Day box.
Honestly, I didn't think he'd stick around to finish it up, but he was amazingly persistent!
Though he is not quite 4 years old yet, I do believe he was probably the most excited kid to ever have made a Valentine's Day box.
Honestly, I didn't think he'd stick around to finish it up, but he was amazingly persistent!
To start, we glued an empty 48-count crayon box onto another larger box.
Then I cut out paper to fit each part of the truck (he picked blue of course), and my preschooler did ALL the gluing himself.
His favorite part was adding the wheels.
He loves painting so much that I decided to let him paint them black instead of covering them with black paper. He did this ever so carefully, and got mad when I tried to butt in to help. 🙂
I was impressed how he continually made suggestions along the way (Can we add wipers, mom? How 'bout we put a siren on top and make it a police truck, Mom?).
I think it turned out great, don't you?
It was really cute to see how PROUD he was of all his hard work. He now has his police truck displayed on his dresser, filled with all his Valentine's Day cards from his little friends (our party was yesterday).
Next, here is Eden's box.
We saw a cute picture online of a birdhouse Valentine's Box, and after scouring the garage, we found the perfectly-shaped box for the job (it was originally a Christmas-y cookie box).
Once we got started, Eden was able to work more independently on her birdhouse box. She covered it with paper herself (it happened to be the exact height of a piece of construction paper, which made things very easy). Then she decorated it with hearts, hearts, and more hearts.
I had to come alongside her to cut the hole in the box with my exacto knife, figure out how to create a cone-shaped roof, and put the little birdie perch in place for her with hot glue.
Isn't the roof just adorable with all those upside down hearts?
We also thought it was very fairy-ish.
We also thought it was very fairy-ish.
Here's a peek at the inside.
The perch is just a wooden dowel rod from our art supplies, which we wrapped in red ribbon.
Once our party was over, and all the children had gone home, both kids really enjoyed opening up their boxes again and looking through all of the special cards, candies, pencils, and bookmarks given.
I am sure there are many crafty boxes being made right now by schoolchildren everywhere, and if your kiddos happen to come to you wanting you to sit awhile with them to create one, I hope you can see it as a special way to take time out from the other "more important" things and make a few lasting memories with your sweeties.
Happy Valentine's Day from all of us!


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Is is normal for departments to send a lone officer to a domestic call? Especially a rookie officer not even off her probationary period?
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Is is normal for departments to send a lone officer to a domestic call? Especially a rookie officer not even off her probationary period?
What is an unsupervised rookie doing on a domestic call? My understanding is they are some of the most dangerous calls.
Prayers said for her and her family.
Yes domestics are some of the most dangerous calls an officer responds to and yes more than one officer is usually sent. The probationary period is usually one year however she may have completed her field training phase and was assigned to a zone. We do not know if a backup was assigned to the call and the deceased officer arrived first and went directly to the scene. Very sad situation.
they should never send a female alone to a domestic let alone a rookie.... the guy already whacks women around and has no respect for them.... I dont think the badge makes a difference and probably escalated it
Horrible situation, where was her back-up?
From http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...5e696746.html:
And he was out of prison why?!?!Quote:
Nettles had prior convictions for rape of a child, domestic violence assault, burglary and failure to register as a sex offender, police documents said.
Tragedy.......God bless her choice of career and desire to help people. Prayers to her family. And as paaiyan ponders...Why was he out of prison?????
Point taken, Matt. Agreed.
Why was an officer sent _alone_ to a domestic violence scene at all...When it is very well known that these type incidents are fraught with emotion and irrational acting people, who do leave and return (!).
It matters not to me that she was a rookie, or that the shooter was a felon on parole or even that the officer placed her body so as to protect the child.
What is key to me here is that the officer was there alone.
How is a single officer supposed to watch their front, back and side all at the same time while also taking a report ND trying to ascertain facts & figures toward building a case for arrest of the person who fled prior?!
There should have been a second if not a third officer on site to assist and support, for officer security alone never mind that of the assault victim too.
To my view the police there let down both one of their own (a rookie!) AND they also let down a citizen who had called requesting functional aid & support.
Also this child was let down too...Now an orphan and _motherless_ as well as having to live the remainder of her years on this earth remembering this day when when she witnessed her mother murdered, a police proven to be useless if not defenseless (!) and a murderous mad man commit suicide.
Everybody loses here, and this was very much preventable.
Clearly this agencys 'protocol' as in _specific_ to a domestic violence call was wrong, and now requires revision/upgrading.
I mean come on, there was an 11 yr. old child on site.
That alone is reason enough to call in a second officer if just to calm and mentally care for that person alone.
- Janq
"There has been some speculation as to whether or not Smith, who graduated from the police academy over the summer and completed her field training on Dec. 13, should have been alone while responding to the domestic disturbance report. Arlington's Sgt. Dace Clifton said the department typically sends one officer out for Priority 3, report-related calls, such as the one Smith was responding to and that protocol was followed." - To Protect And Serve : |
Yes Paul, a dirt bag...Circumstantial or otherwise.
Dude was reported to have been 24 at the time of the incident there.
Old enough to know, better.
- Janq


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By Asghar Ali Engineer,
Until yesterday a woman was considered man's property after marriage and sexual gratification with her was considered his absolute right. She could not deny her husband this right whether she wanted or not. In early eighties of the last century Sisters in Islam, a women's organization in Malaysia sent me a query whether there is anything like concept of 'marital rape' in Islam.
I went through all available traditional Islamic literature and found nothing of the kind and reluctantly replied that such a concept does not exist. I also studied literature on women's movement in various countries and found that no such concept exists in western laws too. But then I came across a judgment of a British court which came out with this concept and pronounced husband of a woman guilty for forcing himself on an unwilling wife.
This set me thinking and urged me to study Qur'an from this perspective. As we all know most of the Qur'anic verses revealed over a period of 23 years were in response to some or the other problem which arose in the Prophet's (PBUH) life. It seems no such problem arose as women in those days also considered it as their duty to surrender quietly to their husbands' sexual demands. If not husband who else could make such demand? For the same reason hadith literature was also silent on this question.
But mere silence does not mean approval. Qur'an is also silent about punishment for drinking. Does it mean drinking could be allowed? Not at all. The punishment for drinking was prescribed through analogical reasoning. Also, the Prophet (PBUH) was strongly in favour of ijtihad based on Qur'anic values and values of sunnah(Prophetic traditions). It is also important to note that it would amount to injuring basic spirit of Qur'an to assign fixed meanings to its verses.
If Qur'an is a book of eternal guidance specially in new situations arising from time to time, one must have freedom to rethink meaning of its verses in these novel situations. Also, what is more important to note is that Qur'an was not meant for guidance of one or two generations of Arabs but was meant to guide entire humanity of all times to come. It is true the Qur'an addresses some specific problems of immediate relevance to the Arabs of the time.
But Qur'an is much more than that. It gives certain eternal moral and ethical values and a transcendent vision going much beyond the time it was revealed in. Only persons of great future vision could capture this spirit of Qur'an. Again it was for this reason that its verses, ever dynamic and pregnant with meaning were interpreted in different ways. Also, if we confine Qur'an to Arab culture, customs and traditions, Qur'an will loose much of its relevance for the coming ages.
What Qur'an prescribed by way of women's rights was revolutionary enough. It gave to women what no woman could have imagined at the time. Yet because of severe constraints of time and extremely low consciousness of women themselves its revolutionary character was greatly diluted. Now times are changing fast and women's consciousness is not what it was when the Ulama of the time were formulating Shari'ah laws. The whole approach to the divine text has to change in keeping with the transcendent vision of our own times.
This requires not only the study of Qur'an in great depth but more than that its real vision. In the past ulama, in keeping with spirit of their own times considered women, above anything else, a reproductive agent and also, means for gratification of men's sexual desires and sadly even interpreted verses on polygamy and possession of slave girls in this light and even contemporary ulama talk of polygamy as necessary as women go through menstrual cycles and pregnancy and hence need more women than one to gratify their sexual desire. Nothing could be more absurd than this.
Even a cursory study of Qur'an makes it clear that a woman is as much a spiritual entity with dignity of her own and in no case lesser in dignity than that of man. Qur'an repeatedly advises men to treat women in all matters including marriage, divorce and even weaning of children, with utmost sensitivity, compassion and mercy. The Prophet gave her greatest respect both as a mother and wife.
It was for this reason that when women asked the Prophet (PBUH) about their status the verse 33:35 was revealed and gave women most exalted spiritual status. How can then be they treated as mere object of sexual desire as most of our ulama reduce them to? Sexual desire is not the end but means of perpetuating human species and women has more exalted status in this respect as they fulfill the reproductive function and but for them, human species would be extinct. Men thus cannot treat women as an object of sexual desire but most noble means of perpetuating human race.
Thus any attempt to force women to merely fulfill men's lust would be un-Qur'anic in spirit and against her dignity and would amount to marital rape. What is rape after all? To force oneself on her injuring her human dignity be it within or outside marital frame-work. Love and tenderness are most fundamental for going near women. It is these feelings according to Qur'an which creates strong marital bond. If there is no love and tenderness such a marriage is nothing more than legal fiction for rape.
Asghar Ali Engineer is author of Rights of Women in Islam. Sterling Publishers, 1992.


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I assume their distinct flavour is due to having their own yeast? It doesn't mention anything on the bottle and despite living down the road for four years i'd wrongly assumed Bath Ales was actually in Bath and not Bristol.
I'd be very interested in brewing a clone of any of their ales. No-where seems to do one. They've been around for 15 years I'd have thought GW would have worked one out by now
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Bearcats Fall to Hokies on Walk-Off Homerun
March 2, 2014
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team twice held a three-run lead, but could not complete the win, falling 9-6 to Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va. The Hokies' Brendon Hayden blasted a three-run homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game in walk-off fashion and send the Bearcats home winless on the weekend.
UC held a 3-0 lead in the third inning before VT tied the game in the fourth. The Bearcats regained a 6-3 lead in the eighth inning before again allowing the Hokies to comeback and tie the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth. Cincinnati had the bases loaded in the top of the ninth but could not capitalize, setting up the Hokies nine-inning rally to win the game.
Senior Matt Williams (Mason, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian) and sophomore Devin Wenzel (Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood Area) each tallied three hits for the Bearcats. Sophomore Ian Happ (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) had three RBIs, including a two-run homerun in the third inning, the first of the year for Cincinnati.
Additionally, redshirt sophomore Will Drake (Fairfield, Ohio/Michigan) collected one hit in the eighth inning to keep his hitting streak alive at nine game. He has hit safely in every game this season.
On the mound, redshirt sophomore Connor Walsh takes the loss, falling to 1-1 on the season while the Bearcats fall to 2-7 for the year. Virginia Tech improves to 6-3 with the win.
Cincinnati recorded 12 hits in the loss and turned two double plays defensively.
Williams wasted no time getting Cincinnati into the game, leading off with a single, stealing second and taking advantage of two wild pitches to score the game's first run and put the Bearcats ahead 1-0.
UC added to the lead in the third inning when Happ sent a 2-run shot over the left field fence for his first homerun of the season. Williams hit his second single of the day to get aboard before Happ and give UC a 3-0 lead.
The Hokies climbed back into the game with one run in the third inning and two more in the fourth to tie the game at 3-3. A bases-loaded fielder's choice brought home the first run while a groundout and a single did the damage in the fourth inning.
Freshman starting pitcher Andrew Zellner (Farmersville, Ohio/Valley View) left the game after 3.2 innings pitched. The righty had five walks and also surrendered four hits for three runs, one of them earned.
Cincinnati again took a three-run lead after a scoring one in the seventh and two in the eighth. Freshman Jake Richmond (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) stepped to the plate in the seventh inning with runners on the corners to knock his first-career hit back up the middle and score sophomore Colin Hawk (Beech Grove, Ind./Roncalli).
One inning later, the Bearcats tacked on two more. Williams rocketed his second triple in as many days to score Drake and Happ hit a groundout to the pitcher that scored Williams.
The Cincinnati lead was 6-3 when Virginia Tech again mounted a comeback, scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Relief pitcher Bryan Chenoweth (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) gave up three hits and a groundout for the first Hokies run and was chased from the game after 3.2 innings pitched. Walsh entered from the bullpen and struggled out of the gate, issuing three-straight walks to score two more runs before finally getting out of the inning with a double play.
The Bearcats tried for one last comeback, loading the bases with one out, but could not bring any runs across. That set up the three-run blast from Virginia Tech to end the game.
Cincinnati returns home to open play at Marge Schott Stadium on Tuesday, March 4 against the University of Kentucky. The first pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m., and the game is Mardi Gras themed for Fat Tuesday.


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Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
Here is site giving real time sea conditions:
Northern California NOAA/CDIP Buoy Data
It can get rough any time of year, but starting about now you can have really high seas. IIRC, a couple of days ago they showed 20 ft seas off of Point Conception.
Paul T
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
There are many posts done on this in the past. A Sail Net or Google search may help provide more info, although the replies here pretty well cover it.
Paul T
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
I've found the chart in the following link very helpful, the three routes all avoid shipping lanes, where they cross a lane they do so at 90 degrees.
Pacific Coast Route Planning Map, South
George is correct, I did this route in August once and have never been so cold, I had as many layers under the foulies as could fit.
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
64Triton, you are on the right path. From a navigation standpoint, most of the tankers and container ships will be well to the seaward of you as they have to stay outside of the marine sanctuary area of the central coast. You will encounter a fair number of tugs, tugs with tows, various commercial fishing boats besides the private yachts all heading down for the Ha Ha. Brush up on recognizing lights. Your trident sits pretty low in the water. If you are going to be in the yard, for a few dollars more you might want to invest in a masthead tricolor. Even my 34 footer sits pretty low and the hull or pulpit mounted running lights don't project very well. In the fall it still will be bone chilling cold at night. Wear fleece and thermals under your foulies. Another good investment is one of those stainless steel Nissan thermos'. We fill ours with boiling water at dinner time so the night watches can drink hot coffee, tea or chocolate. Miso soup mix works really well too. Know what your consumption per hour is for your atomic. Plan on it not being so good during your trip and besure to bring along some "Mama's gas". There are no fueling stops between Morrow and Monterrey. Also plan on your boat speed being lower - your boat will spend as much time motoring up and down waves as it does moving horizontally. Plan on a very poor VMG (I use 68% of hull speed for my planning purposes and am never dissapointed - sometimes pleasantly surprised, but never disapointed). Beisdes the waves you will be bucking, there is a slight current moving south that you will be fighting.
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
Thanks for all of the info so far, I really appreciate everyones input. I am having the boat hauled out next week so I will have them check out the cutlass bearing and the stuffing box. And the engine will be serviced and in tip top shape. The engine is an Atomic 4 and was completely rebuilt last fall. I have extra fuel filters, spark plugs, points and a water pump. Weather window and boat preparation/safety are definitely some of my concerns. I talked to some people in San Francisco and they said that october is one of the best months to sail north from San Diego. Also, I am going to check out Brian Fegans book about cruising the California coast.
Keep the comments coming please.
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
Two words: Weather Window. The other two words: Boat Preparation. How new is the boat to you? How confident are you in your boat speed as in passage making? The good news is September-October are probably your best chances of getting a good weather window. This is what I would do: Do a heck of a lot of boat prep. Have a good mechanic do a thorough engine servicing, including oil change. Have your diver clean the bottom and verify the cutless bearing is in tip top shape. Buy jerry jugs and figure out a way to lash them to the boat (and be able to transfer fuel while at sea). Carry extra fuel filters and have a means of changing them at sea. Then break the trip into two (or possibly three parts). Part 1 – SD to Santa Barbara. You can easily do this yourself and not have to pay anyone. Part 2 – Wait for a sufficient weather window and leave SB at midnight to hit Conception-Arguello around dawn. Motor all the way to Monterey. Refuel on the move. Wear your warmest foul weather gear and earplugs. Don't plan on sailing as you are in delivery mode. Part 3 – You can either stop in Monterey or continue north. You really don't need a paid crew for this leg either. Just don't hit the South Bank or the Gulf of the Farallones midafternoon and ebb tide. This is a delivery trip, you will have time enough for fun sails once you get into the Bay. Love to help you but my windows are three day weekends and your boat doesn't have the speed potential.
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
The trip is possible during this time of year, but it is rough. I did it once. I actually moved well during a weak storm that gave me a push upward. But I don't reccomend it. The next day I went out again, got beat up and returned to Dana Point.
Tip one - Turn on the motor
Tip two - if the winds and wave are big, your boat will not make way north. In my hunter I once was only make 0.5 knts per hour for more than 8 hours at half way between Morro Bay and Monterey. It was really depressing to know I could be walking faster than I was motoring.
Tip 3 - take a friend. If you can't find crew for the whole trip, take one for the leg from Morro Bay to Monterey and from Santa Barbar to Morro Bay. If you anchor at the Cojo anchorage just south of Point concpetion, you might be able to do it solo (about 12 hours). And plan to motor around point concpetion at night when the winds are down.
Tip 4 - Have excellent foul weather grear and warm underpants.
Tip 5 - Head north from San Diego, go two nautical miles past Point Loma. Turn 180 Degree and start heading to Mexico. Find SeaHag and have a drink with her.
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
It's funny how many people say not to go north, or go to Hawaii first, etc., when that's generally just not feasible. This is not a trip to be taken lightly but you would think there would be more information out there on how best to do it and what to consider to be increase the safety factor. The first thing is to find experienced crew, preferably two, and pick your weather window. If you have to do it on X date, it might turn into a very rough trip; at worst, it could turn out very badly. On my trip, we got pushed along with a light southerly wind (even flew the spinnaker a short time) and the seas around Pt Conception (which we hit at 0700 after leaving Santa Barbara around 0230) were glassy smooth. So, it can be great; it can also be horrendous. Two nights before, the wind was ripping through Pt Conception at gale force. There are some good suggestions about weather links and other info on this previous post (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/genera...alifornia.html). Latitude 38 has a crew list. You might find someone there. Ask around. You will want to have someone who knows what they're doing when crossing the shipping lanes, how to keep watch at night, and where to seek shelter. Be flexible and willing to wait it out for the next weather window. Make sure your boat is sound and has necessary equipment. Having radar and AIS increase the safety margin. Good luck and fair winds!
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
We have sailed that coast a bit in our Nor'Sea 27. Zeehag is correct, South is MUCH MORE FUN! North is an uphill climb. Is the boat outfitted for open ocean? If not, it may cost less to truck than to do a proper outfitting.
But, if you must go north, don't worry about wave height. BUT, watch the wave period! The longer the better. Jill and I like 10 seconds or better. 20+ foot waves are nothing if the period is 15 seconds or better (as long as you don't have to take them on the beam)!
Re: Tips or Suggestions, Sailing from San Diego to San Francisco
sail south instead. seriously. sorry. it is an uphill bash and uncomfortable. . have fun. smooth sailing.
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