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We are headed to Spain end of April for a week. We are 4 adults and 4 kids (4yrs - 9yrs) and thus are planning to rent a car. Flying into Barcelona and flying out of Madrid. I read some posts and realize this is going to be very tight and lot of driving. We were thinking of keeping our drive time/ day to not more than 4 hrs or so and thought of the following route
Day 20 Arrive Barcelona 10am - day here to do ??? stay night @ Barcelona
Day 22 Drive to Valencia, to do ???and stay here
Day 23 Drive to Granada to do ???
Day 24 Visit Alambhra and gardens , overnight Granada
Day 25 Drive to Seville, to do ??? and stay night
Day 26 Spend day @ Toledo/Seville and drive to Madrid evening
Day 27 Fly out Madrid
I need help with the following :
1) what are the must see places/ points of interest along this route that we could do given that we have such a tight schedule? Any help on this is highly appreciated...
2) How is this drive? Road conditions? traffic? 2 of us tend to get car sick.....
3) Any suggestions for places to stay and dine in these towns?
4) How is it driving in the towns itself...do you get parking?
Would appreciate your thoughts and recommendations ...we are already late in our bookings.
Thank you
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Do you plan on seeing any of Spain as you drive by? And how do think a 4 and 9 year old will react to all that time in a car?
With seven days, one is dedicated to jet lag and Day 26 is insane, I would narrow it down to what you truly want to see and reduce the time in the car.
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I have to admit that I can not imagine this being a pleasant experience, nor can I imagine it being one that would introduce any of you to the joys of traveling in Spain. In any of the cities, a car is likely to be an incumbrance. With only 7 days, you are trying to visit 3 distinct regions, each of which easily merits 10 days, if not more. With all the time on the road, packing/unpacking, checking into/out of hotels, ... you have almost no time to actually see anything. I'm sorry to be so negative, but I'd rather share my reservations than let you think that this itinerary is worth pursuing.
I strongly encourage you to get at least one (if not 2 or 3) good guidebooks from either your favorite bookstore or your local library. With only 7 days, visit Barcelona and surrounding areas OR Madrid and its surrounds OR Andalucia. I wouldn't even recommend trying to visit any two of these areas -- JUST ONE!!!
Good luck!
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2 questions (well, 3 actually)
1) Where do you hope to find a car that will hold 8 people, their luggage, and at least 1 car seat and likely more?
2) Even IF you found such a vehicle - how would the poor folks stuck in the back of this behemoth feel about hours seeing Spain throughout the heads of those in front of them?
3) You have 8 people and only one two-nighter. The rest of the time you are packing/checking out/driving/checking in/unpacking every single day - how are you at herding cats?
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I know we are all raining on your parade, but it is because of lots of travel experience, and it is meant to help get you think about seeing more by traveling less. There is a absolutely not enough time for your itinerary.
Assuming your tickets are purchased, and the dates you gave are accurate (you did not include day 21 - hope it is for Barcelona), this is what is possible:
Day 20, arrive Barcelona 10:00 am, check into hotel.
Days 21 & 22, Barcelona
First afternoon, have lunch and if you are not too jet-laged, get one of the biggies out of the way be touring Sagrada Familia. Walk Las Ramblas, but do not eat on Las Ramblers unless you get a great rec. most is bad! If you skipped it on day 1, then tour Sagrada Familia and other Guidi buildings. Be sure to go inside Casa Mila. Visit Palau de la Musica. Take the cable up to Montjuic. If you are too jet laged for real touring the first afternoon, go to Parc Guell - fabulous.
Day 23, fast train to Madrid, check into hotel
Day 24, day trip to Toledo - a quick 25 minute train ride from Madrid.
Day 25 & 26, Madrid (Prado, palace, park, museums, tapas, Plaza Mayor or another day trip to Segovia).
Day 27, fly home
You could also, on day 23, go straight on to Toledo for the night - very mystical at night, and to Madrid on the evening of day 24.
The drive between Barcelona and Madrid is long and not really interesting. I did it once - never again.
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Ouch! ouch!
I get the point completely and that is why I like Fodors and Fodorites!! Very honest opinions and guidance!
I have had a sleepless night myself thinking about this and also tried to contact the airlines to see if we could potentially make any changes and have got one more day but thats about it. Should have done this thread before booking our flights.
But now that we are in this situation we are trying to make the best out of it. Our group is tilted more towards Andalucía (Granada, Seville, Cordoba, Toledo). We are ok for now if we skip Madrid and Barcelona activities and were thinking of them as only ports for arrival and departure.
We were thinking of booking a minivan for the trip so the kids could be together. We were thinking of taking big breaks during the drives and see around and eat locally. As much as possible we would also not like to check in check out daily. So my question is ...Is there a faster way to reach Granada from Barcelona? What would be the train ride like? That way we could skip the halt in Valencia and spend more time in Andalucía. With that one extra day we could now potentially do 2 nights Granada and 2 in Seville and 1 day for Toledo on the way to Madrid. Flight out of Madrid in at noon so we could reach Madrid late in the night the previous day after spending day in Toledo.
As I said, we are in this situation now and would like to see how we can make this trip as pleasant as possible with our constraints so any help and guidance will be very helpful.
Yes I have ordered my guidebooks...
Thank you all of you for your honest thoughts..I really appreciate it!
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Check the schedules for Iberia and Vueling which is a reliable and cheap airline but does have weight restrictions on luggage.
I checked RENFE, which is a PITA, but a train from Barcelona to Granada would take a long time.
Also from the south check the AVE, high speed trains to Madrid which will also help.
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Just time for a quick response since I'm headed out the door . . .
But just re the mini van --- a mini van won't be large enough for your brood. If you have more than just the one very young or small child you'll need more than one car seat. But even w/ no car seats, a nine passenger van won't hold 8 people plus all their luggage.
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Sorry to say, still a very, very bad plan!
Honestly, if flights can not be changed, there is so much to see and do in Barcelona, it would be fun for all of you. It makes sense, especially on such a short trip, to cut out as much travel time as possible and maximize experience and sightseeing.
Second, if you land at 10:00, then fly on to Granada, it will pretty much eat up your whole first day, and you will all be exhausted and totally jet-laged the next day. What a miserable way to spend your first two days!
Forget the minivan, not workable for this trip.
Now, is there any way you can change the flight to land in Malaga? That is much closer to Granada, about two hours by bus for 10 euro. People do it as a day trip even from there, but that would not be good with kids the size of yours.
The best thing I can think of would be to
Days 1 - 2, visit Barcelona
Day 3, fly to Seville
Days 4 - 6, Seville (On one of those days do a day trip to Cordoba to see the great mosque; some prefer it to,the Alhambra)
Day 7, train to Madrid, check into hotel, afternoon trip to Toledo
Day 8, fly home
If you have another day, add it to Barcelona or,
Day 7, train to Madrid, spend afternoon in Retiro Park with kids, rent boats.
Day 8, train to Toledo
Day 9, fly home.
So you know where I am coming from, I have been to Spain three times, twice with DH, ten days each, once with kids for six days.
The Alhambra is one of my favorite sights.
OTOH, Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell are also two of my favorites, and being in Barcelona and not seeing them seems a real shame. When will you get back there to see them? Take advantage of already being there on this trip and see them. Barcelona was also the kids' favorite place.
So, with the short time on your trip, with four kids and four grownups, landing in Barcelona, and departing from Madrid, I would not include Granada.
I would also not do the min-van thing. I did something similar with the kids. It was a huge mistake, not enjoyable and wasted hours of time that could have been used for sightseeing or a cultural experience.
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A note in driving in southern Spain: the cities and towns are ancient and the streets winding, narrow and confusing.
We had to get taxi drivers in Seville and Granada to lead us to our hotels--this was in the days before GPS and Google maps, but an indication of how confusing the streets are.
We had the smallest possible car, but the tires scraped the curbs in one of the streets in Seville.
So--don't hire a car.
You really don't have time to do much. If it were my trip, I'd first book my visit to Alhambra, as that is the main (some--not I-- would say only) reason to visit Granada and requires a reservation. Depending on whether your visit is early or late in the day, plan to spend one nite (before if early, after if late) or two nites max. Then take the bus or a train to Seville. Either will take you around three hours. Seville has much more to do, IMHO, so I'd spend the rest of my time (less a nite) there. Then take the high speed train back to Madrid. Toledo is not really in Andalusia--it's right outside Madrid and you can reach it by train in about half an hour. You MIGHT be able to squeeze in a day trip to Toledo from Madrid if you leave Seville early in the day --Toledo was one of our favorite places in Spain and the only one in that area we would like to return to. Last nite in Madrid so you'll be on-time for your flight.
Not ideal, as you don't have enough time anywhere except Granada.
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I have to agree - you are flying into Barcelona and home from Madrid. You have 4 adults and 4 children in your traveling party. Stick with visiting Barcelona and Madrid and visit Toledo as a daytrip (by train) from Madrid. Train between Barcelona and Madrid. You only have 7 nights. Save Andalucia for another trip and budget around 10 days.
The only way I would even think of visiting Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba would be:
Day 1: land in Barcelona and find a connecting flight to Granada; arrive in Granada jetlagged and mid/late afternoon; spend 2 nights in Granada
Day 2: Granada
Day 3: train from Granada to Sevilla; spend 4 nights in Sevilla
Days4-6: Sevilla exploring w/a daytrip to Cordoba (by train)
Day 7: train back to Madrid for final night
Day 8: fly home
*no time for Toledo (which is not in Andalucia)
As Sassafras mentions this will likely be very exhausting for Granada as you'll be jetlagged and not have a chance to recover. This wouldn't be very relaxing with 4 adults and 4 kids in tow.
I wouldn't even think of renting a minivan for all of these people and trying to park/maneuver in the big cities. It would basically be useless once you arrive.
Madrid and Barcelona are wonderful cities. 7 days is barely enough to enjoy them.
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As noted, the largest 9 passenger van (people mover) will not accommodate 4 adults and 4 children, including luggage. The children will all need their own seats and those 12 or younger require a child or booster seat.
Depending on where you are flying in from, the first day can be pretty much of a loss, especially when dealing with children. With only 1 week (6 days?), I would forget about driving, or attempting to drive, all over Spain and try to enjoy Barcelona and the surrounding area.
Unless you have all of your accommodations booked, there may be a problem as Holy Week, Semana Santa, in 2014 is from 13 to 20 April throughout Spain.
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Unfortunately i have no money atm to pay for any commisions. However, i might be able to work something out if you contact me. Message me on ng, on my youtube, or my soundcloud.
EDIT: Scratch the pony shit, we'll make up something else (thought i don't know what).
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Take a journey into the night with Slivers in the Dark. Odd things happen when darkness falls so be prepared to hear some of the frightening happenings when the sun goes down. Slivers in the Dark has four short horror stories that will tug at your worst fears and show you what you have to fear. Make sure you listen to these at night, preferably alone, so you can experience the terror our characters did as you listen along from story to story.
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The intro suggests reading at night, alone, in the dark. I thought I had the perfect setting: my porch, under the moonlight, just before the storm. While it was a good setting, it wasn't the perfect one. My suggestion: camping.
Having just spend a few nights in the middle of nowhere with my family, I kept thinking about them while listening. The perfect campfire, my love, my three teenage kids (one with his girlfriend), owls hooting, coyotes howling across the lake, and every single person begging for scary stories. That would have been the perfect time to break out the speakers and listen to the creepy low tones of Mr. Bennett's voice.
The stories combined with the perfect narrator for these kinds of stories are not quite scary enough while you're sitting close enough to the comforts of home. But listen to them while you're in the middle of nowhere without your own walls to keep out the creepers (maybe driving down a long highway at night where all you can see is what your headlights illuminate) and you might get just the right amount of tingle dripping down your spine.
Now, I can't wait to go camping again with my family and see what they think about these stories.
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Dallas Mavericks vs. Chicago Bulls - 1/23/15 NBA Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Chicago Bulls (28-16) at Dallas Mavericks (30-13)
NBA Basketball: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 8:00 pm (American Airlines Center)
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The Dallas Mavericks host the Chicago Bulls in an ESPN spotlight game on Friday night.
The Chicago Bulls were in action last night, winning in dominant fashion 104-81 over the Spurs. The win was much needed for Chicago after dropping six of eight games prior. The Bulls now sit at 28-16 looking to build on their impressive 15-6 mark away from home. Keeping up the defensive intensity could be challenging for the Bulls in a back-to-back setting against the high-powered Mavericks offense. Chicago is allowing 99.3 points per game to rank 15th in the league, a departure from previous seasons when defense was the team's calling card. Derrick Rose will look to lead the charge on offense after scoring 22 last night including some signature drives to the rim. Chicago will hope that Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol can supplement Rose's efforts in this contest.
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The Dallas Mavericks enter this game rested and sitting at 30-13 on the year with a 14-6 mark at home. The Mavericks enter this contest on a three game win streak, having obliterated the Timberwolves in their latest outing on Wednesday. The Mavericks are scoring 108.1 points per game to rank second in the league, but the defense hasn't been as impressive conceding 101.7 points to rank 23rd. The Mavericks have only gotten stronger though with the addition of Rajon Rondo at point guard, and with Dirk Nowitzki, Monta Ellis and Chandler Parsons all gelling together, this is simply a dangerous team to defend and keep up with. The Mavericks bench also got plenty of work last game which gives the team options for multiple looks in this game.
The Bulls flexed their defensive muscles against the Spurs last night but I don't see them replicating that success in this spot. Look for the Mavericks to pull away in the second half of this one.


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A 17-year-old boy stands with a straight face. His sharp stare is one that's been honed by the experience of both victory and defeat.
On the mound he cocks his arm back, ready to fire. With a snap forward, he throws a pitch — in the blink of an eye, the ball rips past his target.
It's just one of many strikeouts and another tally in his stat book.
The 11th anniversary of the 400 Mile Sale is just a month away, and organizers are encouraging participating sellers to continue putting away items to sell that weekend. Mark your calendars because June 5-8 Kentucky's Scenic Byway Historic Highway 68 will come alive with merchants selling anything from estate furniture and antiques to clothing and kitchen gadgets.
Atmos Energy has received approval to increase its rates from the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
The current monthly charge for Atmos customers is $12.50 plus a $2.61 surcharge toward the replacement of aging gas lines, and a gas delivery charge of $1.10 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Under the approved rate change, the monthly customer service charge will increase to $16 per month. The surcharge will reset to nothing, and the delivery charge will increase to $1.32 per 1,000 cubic feet.
It's that time of year again. The ballparks are packed with baseball and softball players of all ages, along with their proud parents and families.
The Marion County Heartland Safe Community Coalition is hosting a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. May 6 at the Marion County Extension Office.
Marion County High School seniors and their parents are invited to attend the meeting, which will focus on alcohol and drug use prevention among the youth of the community.
The Marion County Cattlemen's Association will be cooking that evening.
For more information, contact coalition chairman Jerry Evans at 270-692-5579.
A group of volunteers in Loretto has been awarded a national grant by Modern Woodmen of America as a top Join Hands Day volunteer project, one that will bridge the generation gap and improve the community.
The project will take place from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Join Hands Day Saturday, May 3, a national day of service sponsored by Modern Woodmen and other fraternal benefit societies.
The Lebanon Police are investigating why a man was found dead Friday afternoon in a truck on Hwy. 49.
Lindsey Summers, 51, died as a result of a gunshot wound but the police have not yet determined the cause.
"We're treating it as a death investigation until it's ruled to be foul play or a suicide," said Major Greg Young, the Lebanon assistant police chief.
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As the controversies surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton continue to grow, a majority of voters consistently tell pollsters she cannot be trusted.
While younger adults might only associate narratives like her email scandal and the Benghazi attack with the former secretary of state, former Clinton adviser Dick Morris recently detailed what he described as her decades-long tendency of creating a bad situation and making it worse.
The author and political analyst appeared on USA Radio's Trending Today USA this week and told host Rusty Humphries he believes Clinton's problems stem from the fact that she "has lived in a complete bubble from 1978 on."
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At this point in her public life, however, he said more Americans are starting to hold her accountable for her actions.
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On the other hand, Morris noted Clinton cannot change her past. In fact, he said she has only continued to make matters worse by not addressing controversies openly and honestly.
She is "incapable of telling the truth and ties herself in knots," he asserted, prompting Humphries to press his guest for an aspect of the Clinton saga that has not yet been fully explored.
"What's missing," he responded, "is, why does Hillary Clinton act the way she does? Why does she get herself caught in these tangles?"
Answering his own questions, Morris concluded Clinton's problems stem from "a combination of a sense of entitlement, a sense she is the last good person on Earth and that she is therefore entitled to cut corners, and a sense of perfectionism."
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The cover-ups began early in her public life, he said, and compounded over the intervening decades to reach the level of controversy in which her presidential ambitions are currently mired.
"Go all the way back there, 40 years later, and you'll see it's coming back to haunt her now," he added. "That's how Hillary works. She gets herself in more and more trouble."
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Prepping is made up of many different aspects of life, and Bushcraft is one of them. You don't need to be a Navy Seal to understand tactics and defense. You don't need to be the CEO of a fortune 500 company to invest in gold and silver, and you don't need to 30 days in the wild to understand Bushcraft.
As preppers all we need to do is take the advice from people who have done these things, and incorporate them into our prepping plans as we see fit. Today in the show I talked to Shawn who does take Bushcraft seriously, and he talked about the aspects of wilderness survival that are important to preppers.
As some of you know, Shawn runs the website FolkwayLodge and donated 2 of his American flag wall art in the last contest.
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In this show we tried to cover as many topics as possible, and it's pretty hard to do. This show is general information about Bushcraft for preppers. We plan on digging deeper into these topics and how Bushcraft applies to the 5 areas of preparedness in the future.
Here are some notes that Shawn put together for the show this week. If you do have any questions or comments, just leave them at the end of this article.
What is Bushcraft?
Definition of Bushcraft by Horace Kephart
– The Art of Getting along well in the wilderness by utilizing natures storehouse. –
"A good woodsman must be able to- enter the wilderness, with no outfit other than what's carried by horse, canoe, or his back, and find his way without man made marks to guide him; they must know the habits and properties of trees and plants, the ways of catching and dressing fish and game, and cooking them over a fire. They must know how to build adequate shelter against wind and rain, and keep himself warm through the bitter nights of winter."
Water Safety
- Water borne bacteria in North America, Ghardia & Cryptosporidium.
- CDC recommends filtering water first, then boiling for decontamination.
- Iodine, & Chlorine dioxide tablets/drops: These are useful, but not for long term. The recommendation is no more than 3 weeks. May be resisted by Cryptosporidium and are unsafe for pregnant women.
- Most chemical measurements are based on 32 oz., Mark a dimple large metal bottles.
- UV steri-pens not worth using long term, batteries are not reliable.
- Charcoal & Ceramic Filters by themselves are useful in time sensitive situations (bugging out), but no filter is 100%. Filters like the Sawyer and life straw are far better than a field expedient water filter.
- Boiling should always be used as primary method when possible, kills 100% of pathogens.
- Distilling water systems remove Lead, Arsenic, other metal substances, but are high energy, or slow/minimal effectiveness when using The Sun.
- Contact Time: CDC recommends boiling water for 1 min. to kill pathogens. 3 min. Above 2000m (6,562ft)
- Use metal containers, for water boiling and other uses (char material, medicine, cooking food). Plastic is not recommended.
- When no metal is container available, water can be boiled using a wood container, and hot stones.
Medicine & Edibles (Pine)
- North America holds 46 Species in 5 genera, very widespread and common throughout the States. Pine trees are one of most versatile and useful trees/plants.
- Best Pine to use is soft pine or white pine.
- An easy trick to identify White Pine is the needles. These pine trees have 4 or 5 needles together in one bundle, all others have 1, 2 or 3.
- Ponderosa, Lodgepole and Monterey pine are known to be harmful to livestock. Yew tree can be deadly to humans.
- Different parts of the pine can be used as an Antiseptic, Expectorant (Respiratory), Antifungal, Drawing properties (splinters), Vitamin C, Vitamin A.
- Pine needles can be used for making Tea, weaving baskets and fire tinder.
- Pine nuts edible on all pine species. Pine nuts are easier to find if the pine cone has not opened yet.
- Inner bark of the pine can be used for baskets, band-aid and even fried & eaten like pine potato chips.
- The sap from the pine can be as a glue (sap+charcoal), directly on cuts/burns/blisters, as a salve (sap+beeswax+oils), Bug Repellent (sap+castor oil+tea tree oil), and even a temporary tooth filling.
- The boughs can be used as roof shingles for shelter or bedding.
- Fatwood is an outdoorsmans best friend. It can be used as tinder or kindling, and makes starting a fire much easier. Here is an article that explains fatwood and shows some examples.
- The wood itself can be used for shelter, fire, tool handles, log splitting wedges.
5 Must Have Tools
In the show I asked Shawn what tools he considers a must have. He also mentioned how you should conserve your tools as much as possible. Try to use other resources whenever you can. You can also keep your tools oiled with cooking oil, and try to keep your tools sharp. A sharp knife is much safer than a dull knife.
Axe/ Hatchet: primary tool for Processing firewood, planks, shelter, wood carving, field dressing wild game and other common cutting tasks. You will want it to have an 18″-20 handle minimum, 26-28″ for large axe. Use Wedges whenever possible to extend the lifespan of your axe.
Belt Knife: primary use is skinning, cutting meat, prepping food. Secondary use is cutting sticks & Fine carving, processing smaller size wood. The blade should be about 5 or 6″ long, high carbon steel, full tang, no exaggerated point needed, sharp 90 angle usually on spine for fire and wood shavings, 1/8″ or 3/16 thick.
Jack Knife/ Carving Knife: This could be a Folding knife, or multitool with good blade that you always have in your pocket. Frontiersman used folding knife as primary whittling knife, but a separate knife specific to woodcarving is great to have. Mora makes excellent knives for carving. Can be stainless, but still prefer carbon because they hold their edge better.
Saw: These are safer and easier than axe and are an essential tool, especially in winter. I prefer metal bowsaw for camp with interchangeable blades. A wood bucksaw can be made. Some people also prefer the folding saws for on the trail like the silky or Bahco. Here is a comparison of 3 folding saw and how well they work.
Sewing Awl/ Scratch Awl/ Crooked Awl: High traded items in frontier times. Useful for drilling and poking holes in bark, canvas, leather, clothing. Needles and thread are hard to remake in the wild, so always have some with you. Speedy stitcher, extra needles and thread, sail needles, and a steel crooked awl.
The Basics of Shelter
- Shelters should be set up in places with adequate drainage to avoid flooding, near water, have wind protection, have fire material nearby. Shelters can be made from dead branches and even entire trees around you.
- A shelter is anything that keeps you warm and dry. A coat can be considered shelter because it protects you from the elements.
- The materials available to you fro building a shelter depends on the season and where you live.
- Shelter isn't just the materials you find in the wild. You can use hammocks, tents, tarps and bivys along with wood shelters
- Sleep and comfort is the most neglected aspect of shelter building. Getting a good nights sleep is essential for endurance and energy. You could use your bug out bag as a pillow, and find some materials to make bedding.
- There are many different types of shelters. A "lean to" shelter is good for warm nights, and an "A frame or debris hut" shelter is good for cold or stormy nights.
- Tarp Shelters usually require hand made stakes, toggles, and rope to construct. If you carry a tarp with you, you need to know how to set up a tarp shelter. Also think about which water proofing methods are possible.
- Just a side note, frontiersman would have frowned on modern tents. they liked the open air, and fire beside them.
The Basics of Fire
There are many ways to get a fire started including a sun glass, flint & steel, a ferro rod, a mag bar and even a Bic Lighter.
Try to use your most precious resource last. This meas that if you have a Bic lighter, try to get your fire started with a ferro rod, and save that fuel for later when it might be crucial.
Sun Glass: This can be eye glasses, compass, camera lens, frenzel lense or a magnifying glass. This can be a tough way to start a fire and requires direct sunlight.
Flint & Steel: This could be a specific kit you have, a knife or any high carbon steel used with Quartz or Flint. works well with dry birds nest & char cloth or fatwood shavings. (see below)
Ferro Rod: Using a ferro rod takes practice. It should take 2 or 3 strikes as a goal to get a spark to catch. use the ferro rod with a separate striker or sharp 90 degree edge on back (spine) of knife or other piece of carbon steel. use dry birds nest, char cloth, fatwood or charcoal from punk wood to make this method easier.
Lighter: A full size Bic cant be beat, it's easy to use, easy to store and when all else fails you'll be glad you have it. You'll want to know other methods of starting a fire, but always have a Bic (not a cheap lighter) with you just in case.
Materials for Easy(r) Fire Starting
Fatwood: This is from the resin collecting part of tree. It is a darker orange color, very flammable and smells like turpentine or pine sol. Collect whenever possible to use in the future. Use shavings as tinder, and sticks as kindling. Found in lower branch crooks, root balls, and dead stumps. watch for stumps as wasp nests.
Punk Wood: Dead & rotten part of tree. Works best when feels spongy and will compress between fingers, but it doesn't crumble apart. Can be used just like char cloth to make char coal, even works well as is.
Char Cloth: To make char cloth you need some100% cotton material. The way it works is you put the char cloth in a tin and starve it of oxygen. Then you cook it until smoke stops coming from the tin. I did this video to explain more about how char cloth works.


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Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo's headliner fight in Las Vegas at UFC 194 just reeled in $10.1 million and a lot of that money came from Conor McGregor and his uniquely annoying but also bad-ass way of being.
He's an intriguing name to put in lights, and with many fights on the horizon with him defending his title now... the sky is truly the limit for him. In fact, he had this to say about money and success in the world of MMA.
"I'm only warming up. So I said to (UFC Chairman) Lorenzo (Fertitta) and I said to (UFC President) Dana (White), I'm bringing these big numbers."
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UFC money isn't boxing money quite yet
A May megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao broke all business records with a $72 million gate and 4.6 million pay-per-view buys. McGregor hopes to be the catalyst that spurs the UFC to that level.
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The 15th Annual Chicago Polar Plunge into Lake Michigan, the largest fundraising events for the Special Olympics Chicago, will be held Sunday at North Avenue Beach. The plunge involves brave souls going into the lake despite the freezing temperatures.
The plunge raised more than $1 million in 2014 for Special Olympics Chicago, which provides year-round activities and events to nearly 5,000 athletes with special needs. This year the event has received even more attention because Chicago area native and VIP guest Vince Vaughn will be taking part in...
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At least 21 die in Iraq blast, shootings as German hostages set to be executed
A suicide bomber in Iraq killed 10 people and wounded scores of others on Monday. The attack occurred in the eastern portion of Baghdad when the bomber blew himself up amidst a crowd Iraqis.
The crowd consisted of mainly poor Iraqis who were waiting on line at the time outside a bank to receive compensation for food rations the Iraqi government had failed to provide last year.
The explosion, according to Reuters, scattered the injured and bloodied bodies into the street outside the bank in the city's capital.
At least 11 more died in attacks elsewhere, including five members of a Shiite religious party who were shot dead in Baqouba and three policemen who died in separate incidents in Baghdad and Iskandariyah.
Also Monday, Iraq's former electricity minister, Ayham al-Samarie, escaped injury when a roadside bomb went off near his three-vehicle convoy in Baghdad, but two bodyguards were wounded, said police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razzaq. According to the AP, the bomb targeted the convoy of al-Samarie as it passed through Baghdad's western Mansour district.
In another development, Al-Arabiya TV aired footage of two German hostages surrounded by their kidnappers Monday who threatened to execute them unless the German government doesn't meet their demand to cut relations with Iraq.
The station said the kidnappers, identified as Tawhid and Sunnah Brigade, warned the German government that it was the "last chance" to comply with their demands.
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Victoria Rathgeb, Beyonce Knowles is pregnant with her first child, new reports Us Weekly. And apparently it was not as meticulously planned as the rest of his career.
Go ahead and make your joke Destiny's Child and move on.
"B was shocked. She loves children, but she was not ready to be a mother right away," said a source from the singer, who married rapper Jay-Z in 2008. "She really wanted her album and toured the world again. "
However, another insider says the singer, who is in her first trimester, realizes that "it is a gift from God and she is so happy."
You think she's happy? This child has just won the genetic lottery.
Friends of the couple are already expressing their best wishes for parents to be. So it must be true.
"Jay was all about the family since I met him, and he always will be," record executive Kevin Liles, who was the rapper known for years, tells us. "I wish them the best." And while not a direct admission of a positive pregnancy test, sister Solange Knowles told the magazine "Her heart is the most beautiful. It will be a great mom. "
FILM legend CANCER: Legendary Screen Siren Kim Novak, better known for her work in Alfred Hitchcck's 1958 thriller "Vertigo", we expect a full recovery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, says its director.
"It was caught early by a routine annual mammogram, and (she) is being processed. All her doctors say she is in fantastic physical shape and should recover very well," said Sue Cameron Hollywood Reporter.
Novak, 77, No. 1 box office star in the 1950s, gave the spotlight of Hollywood for a quiet life on a ranch of 240 acres in Oregon with the veterinarian Bob Malloy that she married in 1976.
PLAYMATE shootings BURDEN: In 1968, Playb*y Playmate of the Year has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot her boyfriend in their apartment near Hollywood Saturday night.
The District Attorney's office says 66-year-old Victoria Rathgeb – known as Angela Dorian when she was Playmate of the Year – pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Tuesday. She remained in jail Wednesday to $ 1.5 million bail and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
Police allege she shot her boyfriend during a domestic dispute on Saturday.
Spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Norma Eisenman said the man, whose identity was not released, remains in critical condition.
Rathgeb was also a television actress and film who played a heroin addict in 1968 for "Rosemary's Baby."
EC would not have happened if you stayed in the Bay: Former Golden State Warrior and current star of the Los Angeles Clippers Baron Davis is being sued for allegedly firing a "clod of earth 'to cope with the paparazzi outside the Kate Hudson's house.
The photographer claims he and a pack of photographers have been "legally standing on public property" outside the Hudson home LA back in 2008 when the actress arrived with Davis.
According to the lawsuit, claims photographer Davis, "apparently upset by media attention, picked up a clod and threw it," removal of the slurry in the face and eyes. The photographer claims to have suffered severe damage to his eyeball and Baron wants to fork over $ 25,000 to do things.
WAHLBERG OFFERED 'Raven': The producers behind Steven Norrington restart of the vengeful Gothic "The Crow" are apparently giving the lead to Mark Wahlberg.
Brandon Lee, who died making the first film, originally played the haunted hero in 1994. Producer Edward R. Pressman has promised "a very different visual idea for the new film," which provides Norrington direct from the script that Nick Cave has been busy polishing.
Other planned changes include beefing the role of the Crow's guide / bird sidekick, who has been largely relegated to a key air totem or in the original film. Rumors continue to swirl that the part was offered to Sesame Street's Big Bird.
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Well played sir.
April Fools.
Well played sir.
You bastard!
That was just wrong.
I am no fan of the Yankees by any means but even I am excited about watching the 3 young guys in their first full MLB season.
lol. That's a good one.
Not cool
I can not believe I fell for that.
yea I fell for it as well!! damnit!
I opened this thread very skeptically. Not because it is April Fools day, that didn't even cross my mind. The reason I was so skeptical is because this was breaking news about Phillip Hughes and the thread wasn't started by Sean Ryan.
I swear I think Nasa Sattelite's beam anything with the words "Phillip" and "Hughes" directly into Sean Ryan's JI.com account and posts it for him. Sean logs on and reads the news in his own post for the first time just like all the rest of us.
u got me you f***ker
My heart skipped a beat when I saw that this morning. Well played.
In other news:
Hallmark's stock soars as one Sean Ryan purchases $1.2 billion worth of 'Get Well Soon' stationary and balloons.
Yikes it's so easy to slip today considering how quickly real news does get posted here.


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The hallway of an abandoned school in Athens, now home to 300 Syrian refugees.
It's a miracle that there are no kids in this picture, because they are running around all over the place, ultimately affectionate and loving towards us the moment we got there. I spent so much of my day with kids attached to me whilst trying to interview some of the residents here for our upcoming documentary.
We sat inside one couples tent, sweating, as we tried to find a secluded space in which they could share their story with us.


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Complaint Review: Z. Raffaele
Z. Raffaele G. Manager Gucci-Armani A.C.R.G.A. Boss Armani leather jackets on sale at Home Depot parking lot Dante Milano Italy
My initial gut feeling was 'scam', and I tried to politley decline. He persited and said that he just wanted to give me the coat so he would have one less to take back on his flight to Italy which was leaving that evening. I then agreed to take a look at it if in fact he was just going to give it away. He pulled into a parking spot nearby and opened up the side door. There were over half a dozen garment bags on the seat. He then handed me an empty bag to hold my free coat. He then pulled a leather coat from one of the garment bags and proceeded to show me the fine stitching, liner, and asked me to feel the smooth leather, and to show that it was leather, he took a cigarette lighter and put a flame to it.
I admit I was impressed, and it looked as if it were a fair quality coat. He said it retailed at about $1400. So I am thinking OK, a free Armani leather coat. He puts it into the bag that I am holding. He then says he really does not want to take the coats back with him and wanted to give me a couple more, which he showed to me and put into my bag.
There I am with 3 coats in a bag he is going to give me, he then shows me a suede jacket that he claims retails for $1500, and he would sale to me for $750. At this point I start feeling 'scam' again and try to hand him back the bag-o-jackets. He tells me he and his partner had spent their money at a casino up north and could not pay for the rental car and they were very desparate and extremely embarassed for getting in such predicament and whatever I could do to help them out they would be very gratefull and that the four jackets where worth close to $5,000 dollars. I told them I could only give them $200 dollars for all the jackets.
He said he would take that and he would follow me to the ATM (which was in the shopping area) I handed him the bag-o-jackets, but he said he trusted me with them. So I get back in my truck with the jackets and we drive a short distance to the ATM, he walks with me to the ATM, but does keep his distance when I am at it. I hand him the $200 and he then says if I could do just $100 more they can pay for the rental car. I was hesitant, but had all the coats locked in my truck, so I pulled another $100 out and gave to him, thinking that if these are indeed 'Armani' I got them for $75 each.
Well, I researched the 'A Collezioni' jackets to find that they are Armani fakes. I dont know how much they are actually worth. They did not get what they had hoped to get from me.
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Jamaica has been attempting to develop its pension industry for a number of years. Much success has been made so far, principally with the passing of a series of legislative acts in the mid-2000s. It is anticipated the reform of the Jamaican pension system will continue to progress and develop, with efforts focused on the reform of public pensions and the implementation of certain provisions.
Despite such progress however, there remain significant strides to be taken in the near future, specifically when it comes to funded schemes for public employees. World Finance spoke to Vernon James, the Managing Director and CEO of NCB Insurance Company, about these changes and how his firm is adapting to them.
NCB Insurance offers a wide range of products and services that are geared to meeting the insurance, long-term investment, and pension needs of the island's population. In speaking about how his firm is dealing with the changing nature of Jamaica's pension industry, James also pointed out the number of challenges within the market that lay ahead, and how reforms have impacted his own operations of his own firm. Alongside a structural change to how NCB operates, James noted his firm in particular is also increasing investment in technology to smoothen the running of its business in light of recent legislative changes to the pensions sector.
How is the pension market in Jamaica evolving today?
The need for the reform of the Jamaican pensions system has been argued for since as far back as the 1970s. However, the evolution escalated during the last two decades, following the financial meltdown of the 1990s. It may be argued the major reform came in 2005 with the issuance of the Pensions (Superannuation Funds And Retirement Schemes) Act from 2004, and the passage of supporting regulations in 2006.
Phase I of the pension reform process – as the first stage has come to be known – focused primarily on general operational issues, including registration and approval of superannuation funds, retirement schemes, trustees and responsible officers, licensing of administrators and investment managers, and governance. Phase I has, in my view, achieved some major objectives. These include increased access for self-employed persons and persons in non-pensionable posts via approved retirement schemes, improved governance and formal supervision of pension arrangements, and increased transparency.
Technology is leveraged to keep the trustees and pension fund members informed on all aspects of their respective funds
Several critical goals are, however, yet to be accomplished. These include the adequacy of pensions at retirement, dependency of the aged on the state and families, and the transition of public sector arrangements from pay as you go or partial funding to full funding. The hope is some of these issues will be addressed in the long-awaited Phase II of the reform process. It is anticipated this stage will focus on adequacy matters such as portability, vesting, funding and solvency as well as addressing other critical issues such as trustees' ability to adequately diversify the investment portfolios of pension funds, while remaining cognisant of attendant risks.
In regard to Phase II reforms, the Financial Services Commission – the regulatory authority for the pensions industry – has already prepared recommendations and solicited feedback from various industry players. Drafting Instructions have already been submitted to the Chief Parliamentary Council (CPC), the body responsible for the creation of the laws of the land.
Some major anticipated changes include allowing multiple retirement arrangements, the ability to transfer benefits between Jamaica and 'recognised jurisdictions', the ability of members to unlock contributions for specific reasons: conditions under which surplus in an ongoing plan may be distributed; triggers for partial wind-up of a plan; vesting; civil penalties and indemnification for trustees, and several amendments to investment regulations.
What factors have instigated this ongoing transformation?
Prior to the passage of the Pension Act and Regulations, no legislation existed to effectively provide for regulation of existing pension arrangements. Minimal provisions in the Income Tax Act failed to address pivotal issues such as requirements for: trust deeds; management of pension funds; benefit payments; complaints; solvency and compliance, and instead focusing primarily on the tax exempt status of pension schemes.
Following the financial sector meltdown of the 1990s, the government took a decision to institute extensive pension system reform. To this end, in 1994 the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP) established a Pension Reform Committee with representation from across the pensions industry, which proposed to Parliament in January 1999 a set of reforms in the Green Paper entitled Reform of the Pension System in Jamaica.
Following public consultation, the MoFP submitted a revised outline of the proposals to the Cabinet in June 2000. This enhanced proposal formed the basis on which appropriate pension legislation would be developed. The key features of the reform of the pension system included the enhancement of the basic Social Security System, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and the encouragement of effectively regulated Occupational Pension Schemes and Approved Retirement Schemes, for private and public sector workers, to supplement the basic NIS benefits.
The major objectives included are: to ensure proper pension arrangements for employees; reduce dependency of the aged on the state and families; heighten social awareness about the need for retirement preparation; increase access to pension arrangements; ensure effective governance and supervision of pension arrangements to ensure accountability; transparency and solvency of plans; to introduce minimum benefit standards for – among other things – portability and vesting, and convert some of the partially and/or non-funded public sector pay-as-you-go schemes to fully funded, contributory schemes.
What challenges does the market still face?
The enhancement of the NIS and the creation of funded schemes for public employees remains one of the main challenges ahead. To address this we will require amendments to existing legislation. Public sector pension reform is, however, progressing and commenced with the Green Paper, Options for Reform of the Public Sector Pension System, which allowed for private and public sector feedback.
Recommendations from these consultations culminated in the preparation of a final policy document, the White Paper The Reform of the Public Sector Pension System, which was tabled in Parliament in December 2013. The White Paper outlines the plans for public sector pension reform which was implemented in April 2016. Another problem going forward is that Phase II, as outlined above, is yet to commence.
This continues to delay several of the mission-critical objectives to support a well-functioning, efficient national retirement system. It is understood, however, that Drafting Instructions have already been submitted to the CPC. Further change to pension legislation is, therefore, imminent.
How has NCBIC changed alongside the market's evolution?
To ensure we are in a position to support increased governance and regulatory requirements for pension funds, NCBIC has changed its organisational structure to focus on specific functional areas and activities related to our pension business. We have also improved our technological capabilities to allow for efficient and timely regulatory reporting for pension funds under our purview.
Our enhanced monitoring and tracking procedures have ensured improved and ongoing compliance with the Pensions Act and supporting regulations. Systems are also in place to monitor and track investment limits.
Technology is leveraged to keep the trustees and pension fund members informed on all aspects of their respective funds, including access to member balances and administration and investment management reports. Customer satisfaction is a key component of our business strategy and, as such, regular meetings are held with trustees where they are provided with critical information regarding the investments, administration, regulatory and accounting matters. In addition, these meetings are used as an avenue for the trustees to openly discuss their concerns and to make recommendations as they relate to our service delivery.
What core role does technology play in these changes?
Given the new requirements of the Pensions Act, governance and, by extension, regulatory reporting has become increasingly important. As a result, pension fund managers and administrators have had to improve their reporting capabilities in line with these requirements. In this context, NCB Insurance Company has utilised technology to assist with the reporting requirements surrounding regulatory compliance pertaining to investment management and administration of the pension funds under its management.
We have other plans to further incorporate technology into our business. We plan to leverage technology to provide critical fund information, via online access, to members and trustees alongside improvements to the portfolio management process. We also plan to provide technology-focused training for our key employees in order to ensure proficiency, as well as improve trustee education by continuing to host our pension seminar and expand our ongoing trustee training programmes.


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SINGAPORE, July 5 (IFR) - Asian credit markets held up amid growing geopolitical risks following Tuesday's missile test by North Korea.
"Market sentiment is a bit weak, no small thanks to geopolitical tensions and market expectations of higher rates," said one syndicate banker.
The UN Security Council is due to meet at 1900 GMT today to discuss the North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for global action.
The soft market tone sidelined a few issuers, leaving only Hindustan Petroleum and SPDB Hong Kong to test the primary market with US dollar deals today.
The new issuers will however be encouraged by the strong gains in newly priced bonds from Qinghai Provincial Investment Group, which sold US$300m of 6.4% bonds that priced at par yesterday.
The bonds rallied a point this morning, and gained further to slightly over 101.00 in the afternoon.
Other new issues were steady. Bank of China's floating-rate notes due 2019 and 2022, priced at par, were seen at 100.00/100.06 and 99.9/100.05.
Rural Electrification's 2027s were under water at 99.5/99.7.
Asian credit spreads were fla t to a touch wider with the iTraxx Asia IG indicated at 87bp/89bp.
Despite the missile test from its neighbour, South Korea's five-year CDS widened just 1.8bp although South Korean corporate credits saw larger widening in a 2bp-5bp range. Kexim's 5-year CDS pushed out by 5.6bp to 58bp/66bp.
Reporting by Kit Yin Boey; Editing by Vincent Baby