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- 2013 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2013 Fellow, American Crystallographic Association
- 2006 Honorary Doctorate, University of Ghent, Belgium
- 2004 Honorary Member, Indian Biophysical Society
- 2004 Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, Louisiana State University
- 2003 C.V. Raman Visiting Professorship, University of Madras, India
- 2002 Bridget Ogilvie Lecturer, University of Dundee, Scotland
- 2001 Director, Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa (SGPP) – NIGMS
- 1992 Elected Member Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
- 1991 Keilin Medal, Biochemical Society, United Kingdom
- 1989 President, International Symposium, "Prospects in Protein Engineering," Groningen, The Netherlands
- 1988 Director, "Crystallography of Molecular Biology Course", International School of Crystallography, Erice, Italy
- 1984 Elected Member European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 1978 Center of Excellence Award, Dutch Foundation for Chemical Research
- 1978 Gold Medal, Royal Dutch Chemical Society
- 1976 Z.W.O. Fellowship Award for a year research at UCSD
Research in Dr. Hol's group is multi-disciplinary and directed towards the structure determination of exciting protein molecules as a starting point for understanding the way they function and resolving the intricacies of their often miraculous architecture. Designing new inhibitors that can be further developed into drugs, in particular for the treatment of infectious tropical diseases.
The studies in the last ten years have focused on unraveling the crystal structures of key proteins from major tropical pathogens in parallel with structure-based development of inhibitors of these proteins. Examples are:
- We have made good progress in deciphering the mode of action of cholera toxin and developing high affinity receptor binding antagonists. The structure of the fully activated form of the toxin, in complex with the human G-protein ARF6, has also been obtained recently. Ongoing studies are aimed at understanding additional interactions of the toxin with human proteins.
- Structures of five proteins from the sophisticated Type II Secretion System of Vibrio cholerae, which translocates cholera toxin across the outer membrane, have been unraveled in recent years. These are actually only initial steps in understanding the mode of action of this fascinating, two-membrane-spanning, molecular machinery.
- The intriguing RNA-editing editosome of the sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei is able to incorporate dozens of nucleotides into immature mRNAs, resulting in mature messages which are sometimes twice the size of the starting mRNA. The three-dimensional structures of two editosome key enzymes have recently been solved at high resolution revealing fully their nucleotide binding modes. Structure determinations of multiple editosome sub-complexes and complexes with RNA are currently being undertaken.
- Another most unusual feature of Trypanosoma brucei and related tropical pathogens is the presence of "glycosomes", unique organelles that are critical for energy generation in the bloodstream form of the sleeping sickness parasites. We are studying the "peroxins", proteins responsible for the biogenisis of these essential organelles.
- The major human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are able to enter human liver cells as well as erythrocytes. The proteins involved in the "invasion machinery" are only just being discovered. We have solved the three-dimensional structure of a key interaction between two proteins of this cell invasion machinery. These are obviously important drug targets for new anti-malarials. Studies on other critical components of this dynamic macromolecular machinery are under way.
- Two key DNA regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been caught in the act of binding DNA, which is exploited for the design of small-molecule deregulators of these regulators. One of these regulators shows totally unexpected large variations in tertiary and quaternary structure during its course of action.
Several contributions have also been made to the development of methods in protein crystallography. Most recently these have been made largely within the framework of the Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa (SGPP) Consortium that has expressed thousands of genes from trypanosomatid and Plasmodium species, purified hundreds of proteins from these pathogens, and solved dozens of crystal structures. Progress can be seen on the SGPP website. This project is being continued as the Medical Structural Genomics of Pathogenic Protozoa (MSGPP) Program Project.
Mode of activation of Cholera Toxin by the human G-protein ARF6
Schematic of the Type II Secretion System of Cholera Toxin (with structures solved indicated)
Two structures of key enzymes from the RNA editing Editosome
The activated Iron-dependent regulator (IDER) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in complex with DNA


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A life of courage, joy and independence.
Welcome to the Real Japan Monsters channel. My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of Japan with me. I'm available on Facebook and Google+ if you have questions or just want to chat and say hi. I can also be found at the JVLOG forum with other Japan-related content creators. All links are listed below. I look forward to meeting you on-line. Have a great day!
The Path of Wildness is easy to find
The course of a stream
Leaves blown in the wind
A beast's track through the brush
And the direction of our first inclination
The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood and senior are themselves natural and in accord with the needs of the species and most individuals. Many find their satisfaction in living this course and to these individuals I have little or nothing to say. Others though long for something more; something innate, genetic and seemingly calling. Adventure and change can give a degree of satisfaction and relief yet even these may seem too tame. To those who feel drawn to something beyond the entertainment and stimulation of senses I offer a walk along The Path of Wildness. Don't bother penciling the event in your schedule, preparing a pack with goodies and supplies or even inviting a friend along, for this experience is along the course of your first inclination and you must surely always go alone.
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Lots of them out there, apparently. Including the dreaded "Blue screen of Death" finally making an appearance in the Mac world.
I got lucky. Only one, and that easily enough resolved with five minutes research at the Apple Support page.
But it was a scary one. My administrator password got lost, and the fix involved booting into unix mode and typing things like:
dscl . -delete /Users/[username] AuthenticationAuthorityand ever since I learned about rm -r (deletes all files on the machine) I have been leery of mucking with the command-line interface.
But now TimeMachine is steadily plugging away backing up my irreplacables and I am enjoying my flip-view finder and all is good in the world.


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danno necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 85 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Logo design for new sports physiotherapy business.
Matrix Physiotherapy provides services to athletes and the general public. It is located in a fast growing and young suburb of Queanbeyan/Jerrabomberra just outside Canberra and has strong links with local personal trainers, orthopaedic surgeons, sports physicians and doctors.
The business provides physiotherapy to the local rugby union club
and already has a strong following. The area is competitive , with three other physio practices. I need to stand out.
Matrix Physiotherapy and Sports Clinic
Logo design for signage, business cards and t shirts etc,and eventually webpage.
Business is located just outside Canberra, in young fast growing suburb. The business is 15 months old and needs a name change as i will be practicing out of two clinics. My current colours are navy blue, light blue and grey.
I am the physio for the local rugby union club which won the competition and has strong ties to the ACT Brumbies Super14 franchise.
The town has three other physio clinics and i want to stand out.
I am 34with a young family, an ex rugby player and continue to be involved in fitness. I also wish to target those not so sporty and tap into the towns loyalty to local businesses. I live in the suburb and enjoy seeing my patients down the street.
Colours, blues, greys and white/black.
I was thinking the X in Matrix could be made to look like a person?
Would most likely prefer matrix to be the word on top with physiotherapy and sports clinic underneath.
Font to be active,sporty,bold,energized and clear
Needs to look very professional, no cartoons or overly detailed anatomical pictures.
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audience: Birdwatching enthusiasts, students
All About Birds is a website from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that includes information about watching birds, learning their nesting behaviors, attracting birds, indentifying them, recording observations, and getting involved in bird conservation. The site includes guides, images, maps, sounds, videos, and much more. There is also a link to the Macaulay Library, an archive of animal sounds and videos.
Database Provider: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Express Link (bookmark): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=aabi


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Hey there,
So I recently watched an interview where you called yourself "Half Muslim..." It's really been eating at me, and I was hoping you'd elaborate more on just what you meant by that? How are you a "Half Muslim who is also an Atheist," ? I'm not trying to offend or anything, but it seems like people perpetuate this idea that Muslim = race, when it doesn't, or at least shouldn't.
your youthful face tells it all even if Ken has not set
his face on you,keep it up,let the world know the
truth through you and me
Hi, Jamila.
To help with evangelizing atheism, there is a site that has a hundred common topics that is written for a teenage audience:
I am curious to read any comments you may have on how to improve the content or usefulness as an Internet resource.
Feel free to post the link on FB.
You were wonderful on Up With Chris Hayes this morning...it was a good show. Because of you I checked out this website. It sure would be nice to get the FaceBook page up and running...I guess it's pretty new. I'm hooked up with a couple of FB atheist pages, but they tend to be kind of bitter.
I caught your interview on Skepticality podcast. I love your voice and especially the story of your childhood as a skeptical kid growing up in a religious social milieu. Keep up the good work! It is very encouraging that more people of all colors and former conditions of delusion are coming to a more rational view of reality. Breaking the bonds of the mental slavery that is religious delusion is the next big step forward for humanity's social evolution.
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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
An iconic Balanchine work that was part of NYCB's inaugural performance in 1948, this highly-stylized, narrative ballet depicts Orpheus' journey to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld.
Orpheus occupies a singular place in the history of New York City Ballet. The score was commissioned from Stravinsky by Ballet Society and the composer worked in close collaboration with Balanchine on the ballet – a contemporary treatment of the story of Orpheus, the musician-poet of Greek myth, and his struggle to rescue his wife Eurydice from Hades. It was a performance of this work that led Morton Baum, chairman of the executive committee of the City Center of Music and Drama, to invite Ballet Society to become its permanent ballet company, under the new name, New York City Ballet. Orpheus was presented with Concerto Barocco and Symphony in C at the New York City Ballet's first performance on October 11, 1948.


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Fayette area residents have watched their new school arise since ground was broken two years ago, but board of education president Paula Schaffner has a different perspective.
"It's the culmination of six years of hard work," she told a large crowd Sunday at the school's dedication ceremony.
"The small community of Fayette pulled together to create a new school," she said. "It's the most technologically advanced school in the area."
Today marks the beginning of this beautiful building, Schaffner said.
Board vice-president David Brinegar backed up those words, calling the day "a historic moment that will effect the community for many years to come."
Superintendent of Schools Russell Griggs praised the financial and technical assistance from the Ohio School Facilities Commission—the state agency in charge of using funds from the tobacco lawsuit settled to construct new schools in Ohio.
The OSFC paid $13.6 million of the $18.2 million cost. The building wouldn't exist without the agency's assistance, he noted.
"It's been a positive experience and because of their involvement, we have a fine new school," Griggs said.
Several members of the audience were introduced, including an OSFC delegate and representatives from the Buehrer Group architectural firm. Three former school board members were also also recognized: Terry Kovar, Fred Stockburger and Kelly Bentley.
Guest speaker State Rep. Bruce Goodwin said he could have reduced his speech to one word: "Wow!" He enjoyed touring the building and watching the pride that showed in the faces of those involved in the project.
"The building is here because of the commitment made by district residents," he said. "Without the community's support, students wouldn't be able to move forward."
Goodwin reminded the audience that it's never all about bricks and mortar. The learning that goes on in the classroom is of utmost importance, he said, but the new facilities will play a role in experience.
Every time students arrive for school, they will be uplifted when they enter the building, Goodwin said
Goodwin hinted that some excellent news will soon be released concerning the district's academic standing through the state department of education.


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Get Creatively Unleashed at Kelvin Grove.
Kelvin Grove is no ordinary university village. Communiversity as it is known, is home to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Creative Industries department and integrates live performance spaces, business, enterprise and research capabilities with the student culture and the energy and vibe they bring to the area. This campus is credited for launching the careers of many famous faces in fashion, dance, music, visual arts, journalism, film and television and animation, nurturing and inspiring each creative mind that comes through the door.
This modern and contemporary urban environment was custom made for Brisbane's creative community with a string of cafes, restaurants and bars, colourful weekend Farmer's Markets and the purpose built theatre-in-the-round, La Boite. Kelvin Grove Urban village is considered the 'creative heart' of Brisbane.
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Last month, National Aquarium staff visited the Chesapeake Compost Works (CCW) facility located right here in Baltimore. The trip had two main objectives: to learn how composting plants work and to get a better sense of where we were sending tons (yes, TONS) of organic waste from our Baltimore venue every week.
As a conservation organization, we're always looking for ways to minimize the amount of waste we're putting into the environment.
Three years ago, the Aquarium implemented a composting program in the Harbor Market Kitchen area. The program was later expanded to include visitor areas, waste from the rain forest exhibit and all staff and administrative office areas!
We've been working with the CCW facility for just a few months (they opened in November). Located in Curtis Bay, CCW has 55,000 square feet of space to process local waste. They are currently accepting 60-80 tons of waste a week and converting it all into nutrient-rich soil for local farmers and the community!
In the short time we've been composting, the Aquarium has saved close to 40 tons of organic waste from landfills!
Interested in composting your waste? Here's how to do it!
- Learn what kind or organic waste CAN be composted! A full list is available here.
- Start collecting waste materials!
- Work with a local organization, like CCW, to have your waste collected. Baltimore and Washington, DC (and most developed areas) have "compost cabs" that will even come to you for collection!
- Visit a local compost facility! Not only will you learn more about the process, but you can also purchase nutrient-rich soil for gardening or urban farming projects!


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Hello group,
Can you help with a situation we have? Thanks in advance.
User logs onto a windows domain (server NT 4.0)
User workstation Windows 2000
User logs onto workstation and uses standard email (outlook) and word etc. Settings and desktops are set to the way the user likes them to be. All OK.
Now...Here comes the problem
User logs off workstation
Administrator logs onto workstation
Administrator logs off of workstation
User logs onto workstation the next morning
Desktop appears as the default (new) user
IE wizard has to be used to access internet
.pst and email configuration missing in action
Cannot locate the .pst file on the server or the local system
We are suspicious that the user may be deleting profile (this is the fourth time this event has happened)
Any ideas? Tools to determine if profile and file deletion has taken place?
Thanks again.


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Geocaching has become a popular family activity
Just about every weekend, the Stevens family heads into the woods in search of treasure.
Well, maybe not what you would call "treasure" — plastic trinkets, keychains, collectors' coins and the like. But it's the thrill of a game called geocaching, using a GPS unit or smartphone app to locate hidden canisters containing the items that are stashed in trees, under leaves and beside logs.
Sometimes, the canisters are as small as a pill bottle wrapped in camouflage duct tape and containing a scroll to sign your name and the date. Other times, they're as big as a shoe box or bucket.
Mom Wendy Stevens, dad James and daughters Aurora, 7, and Nayely, 6, enjoy the activity so much that they often take a longer route home from school in order to find a geocache along the way.
"It's not about what's in the box," says James, who teaches aquatic science and physics at Marshall High School. "It's about finding the box."
Since May 2000, when action by the government suddenly opened GPS accuracy to civilians, and then the next day, when a computer consultant hid the first-ever geocache in the woods near Beavercreek, Ore., the high-tech scavenger hunt has taken off in popularity.
Across the United States and the world, hobbyists began hiding geocaches in state parks, in neighborhoods — even in front of places like Home Depot and Target — and then logging the GPS coordinates on geocaching.com for others to find. The website recently published the location of its 2,030,461st geocache, and the number is constantly growing.
In San Antonio, there are geocaches hidden all over the city, including one at Woodlawn Lake accessible only by canoe or kayak.
More Information
Geocaching at Texas State Parks
What is geocaching?
• Geocaching (pronounced "Geo-cashing") is a free real-world outdoor treasure hunt.
• Using a GPS device or smartphone, players navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates, such as N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800 (the coordinates of the first-ever geocache), to locate hidden containers. Experiences then can be shared online.
• Rules include: If you take something from the geocache, leave something of equal or greater value.
• Geocaches can range in size from a 35 mm film canister to a 20-liter bucket.
• A "Trackable" is a geocaching game piece. Found in geocaches, the coinlike objects are etched with a unique code that can be used to log the trackable's movements on geocaching.com as it travels the world.
Source: geocaching.com
Seizing the opportunity to get the attention of today's electronically-connected kids and entice them to visit state parks, park rangers are pitching geocaching as the perfect bridge activity between technology and nature.
There are more than 800 geocaches inside Texas state parks.
"All the sudden, the outdoors becomes a treasure hunt instead of just a nature hike," says Robert Owen, coordinator of the Texas Outdoor Family Program, which provides ranger-led camping trips and activities — including geocaching — in Texas state parks.
Rangers see these camping trips as an ideal chance to introduce the game to families.
"It blends the technology we use every day with nature," says Owen. On any hike, he says, there's always plenty to see. But with geocaching, "you know that at your destination you're going to have a game as well. It makes reaching your destination a little more exciting."
He believes the game is a natural for kids who love video games.
"It's usually the parents I have to explain the GPS unit to," he says. "Kids — they're on their way after one explanation."
Geocaching has become increasingly accessible with smartphones; there are free apps for Android and iPhone and a $10 "official app" from geocaching.com that is much more comprehensive and shows all caches close to your immediate location.
Like any sport, there are rules for the game. For example, to place a new geocache in a Texas state park, a permit must be downloaded and brought to the park superintendent.
To keep the game going, you must put a just-found geocache back exactly where you found it.
And if you remove a trinket from a geocache, you must replace it with an object of equal or greater value.
From his geocaching adventures, 6-year-old Eden Hassard has amassed a collection of distinctive patches that now adorn the vest he wears on outings.
His grandparents, Mary and Roger Hassard, started geocaching three years ago in an effort to find a fun activity to do with the boy, who spends every other weekend with them.
Eden, who is a kindergartner at Somerset Elementary, now has 740 finds.
"You oughta see his eyes when he opens it," his grandpa says.
On a recent Saturday, the Stevens family headed to Olmos Basin Park. Their first GPS coordinates led them to a spot behind a soccer field covered in poison ivy. They wisely decided to skip that one.
But during what turned into a 2½-hour hike in the park, they found three other geocaches, two in the dense woods beside U.S. 281 with cars whizzing by.
Geocaching, says James Stevens, teaches patience, persistence and the skill of observation. It also encourages his girls — a second-grader and a kindergartner at Vineyard Ranch Elementary School — to cooperate on the shared mission.
"When we're doing more active stuff, they don't have as much time to fight," he says with a grin.
Reaching into the hole in a tree and pulling out one geocache, 7-year-old Aurora breaks into a huge smile and bows her head wildly in celebration.
It was the family's 523rd cache, and the girls show no sign of slowing down.
With geocaching, says 6-year-old Nayely, "I can go out with my family and have fun."


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You know you're doing alright with healthy eating when you open the fridge and your leftovers consist of cooked quinoa, chickpeas, and extra batter from these sweet potato-carrot-apple cakes. I'm lucky enough to naturally enjoy eating (and taking the time to cook) all these foods over the processed, fried and fast foods inundating our supermarkets and restaurants. But where I don't have such an easy time is my unrelenting sweet tooth…. will it ever go away?!
Healthy eating is also much easier when you already have prepared foods on hand – like leftover quinoa, chickpeas, and veggies that are ready to be tossed into a salad the minute you decide you are starving for lunch. Sounds a bit like me today! Sometimes my leftover concoctions turn out to be not as appetizing as I'd hoped, but this was one that magically combined so nicely that I had to write up the recipe to share with you – and so that I can make it again!
Sometimes I find it hard to eat salads as often in the winter. Cold and crunchy just doesn't do it for me when it's 14 degrees out! This salad was nice because I put a warm pan-fried veggie cake on top of spinach and arugula (rather than lettuce which does not stand up well under something hot) along with reheated quinoa and chickpeas and some fresh veggies. A warm, hearty and filling wintertime salad – perfect. Continue reading


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/ Thursday, March 24, 2011 / 7 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Breads and Bakes , Dessert
Rocky Road Bars/Squares
Rocky Road Bars/Squares
½ Cup (100 g) Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
1-Cup (200 g) Milk Chocolate Chips
¾ Cup (about 200 g) Nutella
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
A Pinch of Sea Salt
1-Cup (30 g) Rice Krispies
½ Cup (25 g) Mini Marshmallows
½ Cup (35 g) Roasted Hazelnuts, halved
½ Cup (25 g) Mini Marshmallows
2 Tbsp Roasted Hazelnuts, halved
Baking Dish/Pan (9 ½ x 6 inches) lightly oiled or line with aluminum foil
Combine bittersweet, milk chocolate chips, and Nutella in a microwave safe bowl. Melt the chocolate mixtures in the microwave on high for about 2 ½ to 3 minutes. Remove from the microwave oven and stir in the vanilla. Add the sea salt, rice krispies, marshmallows, and hazelnuts. Spread the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Then scattered marshmallows and hazelnuts over the chocolate base. Cool completely and refrigerate for about 45 minutes, or until set. Cut into squares or bars.
Makes: 12-16 Bars/Squares
Labels: Appetizers and Snacks, Breads and Bakes, Dessert
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7 comments:
Whoa, what a great idea! My friends would love these. I hope that we have a get together soon so I could make these. I'd probably sneak a little peanut butter in there though ;]ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM
These bars are out of this world! Thanks for the recipe.ReplyDelete
@Roxan: Peanut butter sounds really good with the chocolate mixture. Thanks.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous~Sue: Thanks.
Wow, these sound decadent! Look at all those marshmallows - Yummy!ReplyDelete
Looks so gorgeous and anyone with a sweet-tooth would grab this in a minute.ReplyDelete
Rocky Road is my favorite ice cream, so these bring out the little kid in me. They look fantastic!ReplyDelete
@Jenn: Thanks for the comment.ReplyDelete
@Jo: Yes, it's definitely for anyone with sweet-tooth.
@A Thought For Food: Same here, I love Häagen-Dazs Rocky Road ice cream.
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Traveler Update on Coronavirus
30-Day Public Comment Period about Proposed Toll Increases Now Open
Exhibits are Available Online and at Upcoming Public Hearings
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has opened a public comment period about proposed toll rate increases along the Dulles Toll Road. The tolls support operation of the Toll Road, construction of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and Dulles Toll Road improvements.
Under the toll rate proposal, the combined main plaza and ramp tolls, presently $2.25 for 2-axle vehicles, would increase according to this schedule:
- $2.75 in 2013
- $3.50 in 2014
- $4.50 in 2015
Informational exhibits, including an "On-Line Open House," are now available at www.mwaa.com/tollroad. Public comments may be submitted online or through the mail between now and September 16 (click here for mailing address), or in person at one of three upcoming public hearings along the Dulles corridor. The hearings will be conducted in an open house format at these locations, dates and times:
Thursday, September 6, 2012 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Stone Bridge High School - Cafeteria
43100 Hay Road, Ashburn, VA 20147
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
South Lakes High School – Cafeteria
11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA 20191
Thursday, September 13, 2012 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Spring Hill Elementary School
8201 Lewinsville Road, McLean, VA 22102
The hearings will include informational exhibits about the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, the cost and financing of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and potential improvements that may be made to the Dulles Toll Road, and the cost of operating the Toll Road. Representatives from the Airports Authority will be present to discuss these items.
The Airports Authority is responsible for the construction of Metrorail through the Dulles Corridor. As part of this program, the Commonwealth of Virginia transferred the operation of the Dulles Toll Road to the Airports Authority in 2008 under a 50-year permit to operate and improve the Toll Road and to use the revenues from the tolls to help finance the rail construction and other improvements to the Toll Road and the Dulles Corridor.
For more information about the Dulles Rail Project and the Dulles Toll Road, please visit www.mwaa.com.


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We had an enjoyable evening at French Kitchen, the new restaurant inside the Lord Baltimore Hotel. It was enjoyable despite, or maybe because of how surreal it was to dine in such a large imposing space with only a few other tables filled.
Right now, the reason to go is for the small menu of classic French bistro fare, which a young kitchen is preparing with verve and authority. The chef here is Jordan Miller, who has clever notions about how to freshen up traditional French cuisine.
There are good, meaty lamb chops to be get, and a very satisfying boeuf bourguignon. They convinced me that Miller's kitchen knows how to slow-cook a short-rib so that it falls apart on your plate and to leave just enough fat on a lamb chop to keep it flavorful.
And a gorgeously designed entree of snowy white monkfish, served with navy beans, pureed fennel and crushed espelette peppers, is the first great dish of 2014. The monkfish had the consistency of lobster but with a deeper, almost woody taste, which went so nicely with the licorice flavor of the fennel.
Like other chefs, Miller likes to present his dishes as sculptures, complete with vivid purees, curling peels and intense powders. But none of it comes across as haphazard or arbitrary. Instead, it feels like Miller is figuring out each dish, ingredient by ingredient.
Nor does it seem like Miller is fighting against French cuisine. He keeps the flavors essential, robust and hearty. You're inclined to root for Miller, whose good cooking at The Chesapeake was ultimately undermined by circumstances beyond his control.
I like the simple format of French Kitchen's menu, which included four hors d'oeuvres, four salads and nine entrees on our visit. That seems like just the right amount both for a new kitchen, and for the diner, too, who can feel confident ordering what's on the menu.
We liked the steak tartare appetizer, a generous and glistening portion of raw beef, served with shallots, capers and a perfect poached egg on crostini. And we loved the salad of beets, a symphony of roasted, pickled, pureed, raw and even candied red, yellow and rose-colored beets, served with fresh chevre and pecans.
The thick and velvety version of French onion soup effectively brought out the natural sweetness of the onions. Garnished with a cheese-topped crouton, this was a more proper version than the one nine out of 10 people would prefer, served in a crock with a glob of cheese on top. When we visited, the menu's charcuterie plate wasn't being served; instead, Miller had whipped up a goose-liver pate, served in a small crock and topped with a port-wine aspic.
Good crusty bread came with the pate, and one of the most reassuring things about French Kitchen was the quality of the bread. It's just plain nice to get a basket of bread, filled with made-on premises focaccia and lavash-style crackers, brought to the table, along with a ramekin of in-house marinated olives.
The kitchen really hits its stride with entrees, particularly the monkfish. I'd easily recommend it as well as the boeuf bourguignon or the lamb. The only misfire was the duck entree, a good-looking plate of duck slices, lentils and olives. But the duck itself was fatty and underdone.
French Kitchen is a work in progress. The restaurant occupies the very grand, very large mezzanine space, where the hotel's original 1928 dining room, the Cavalier Room, flourished for a decade or two. Recently renovated, the space has been re-named the Versailles Room, which is a case of truth in advertising.
This is big room, and it's lavished with chandeliers, candelabra and floor-to-ceiling mirrors. You should know that dining here, when only a few other tables are occupied, is definitely a little surreal.
And while the food never felt diminished by the space, the wine list, about 15 bottles in all, did feel too small. It helped to have a cheerful waitress, who seemed genuinely proud to be serving Miller's food.
If you're willing to wait a few weeks, all of the decor will be in place. There will be four additional banquets, new prints on the lampshades and other finishing touches. And if you wait until March, you'll be able to meet your friends before dinner in the LB Tavern, a lobby-level English pub-style bar now under construction on the lobby level.
You'll want to dine here with very good friends who share your sense of humor and a sense of discovery. That said, I think you're in for a good time.
French Kitchen
Rating: 2.5
Where: 20 W. Baltimore St., downtown
Contact: 410-539-8400, lordbaltimorehotel.com
Open: Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday
Prices: Appetizers: $6-$12; entrees: $18-$28
Food: Traditional French bistro food like boeuf bourguignon and onion soup
Service: Kind and enthusiastic
Parking/accessibility: Valet parking is available
Children: There is not a children's menu but the kitchen will accommodate children.
Nearby reviews: Dish Baltimore - Inner Harbor/Downtown
Noise level/televisions: Normal conversation is fine in the main dining rooms. There are no televisions to be seen.
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[Star key: Superlative: 5 ; Excellent: 4; Very Good: 3; Good: 2; Promising: 1]


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I'm actually sitting across from Dave as I type this, so my first visit to a Slate Breakfast Table is actually taking the form of lunch at a downtown Tampa sandwich-and-salad shop run by a social-service ministry.
I can boast, in the type of construction used by the likes of Bob Schieffer, that I've covered every major-party national nominating convention since 1997—plus the 2000 "shadow convention" in which Arianna Huffington laid hands upon John McCain. (We were all so young then.)
That summer Republicans accused Al Gore of running a "reinvention convention." We remember the nominee's adoption of the Shrummian people-vs.-the-powerful shtick, but the more interesting reinvention may have been the one that Gore didn't have the confidence to stick with. If you recall, Gore asked Spike Jonze to do his version of a Man From Hope film; we were informed at the time that Being John Malkovich was Gore's favorite new movie. The movie Jonze made depicted the nerdy deadpan Gore many of us never met until David Remnick's 2004 profile.
That's because, after commissioning the film, convention planners basically buried it, running it at something like 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, so far ahead of the usual stage festivities that no one but C-SPAN viewers and Staples Center ushers saw it live. (I remember catching a bit of it in my Beverly Hills hotel room very late that night as C-SPAN reran the whole night's coverage.)
I don't know if the full story of the Gore-Jonze interaction was ever told, but it always seemed to offer the decoder ring for those who wondered why Gore's campaign was unable to take this smart, well-humored, and interesting guy and introduce him on those terms to the American people. After all, Gore was the guy who decided that—instead of a Harry Thomason or Mark McKinnon—he wanted Spike Jonze to tell his story. In my imagined version of that campaign, I can see Gore's advisers watching the Jonze film and quashing it because its subject just came off as so dorky.
We'll see what the Romney reinvention looks like, but I suspect I may come away from this week with the same feeling I had as I left Los Angeles 12 years ago. Do Romney's advisers truly know or like their candidate enough as a person to let him be himself in front of the whole country?
Mitt Romney's campaign should be careful not to make the same mistakes Al Gore's campaign made in 2000.
Will the Romney campaign let Mitt Romney be himself in Tampa?
I'm actually sitting across from Dave as I type this, so my first visit to a Slate Breakfast Table is actually taking the form of lunch at a downtown Tampa sandwich-and-salad shop run by a social-service ministry.


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Off the Air With Jeremy: Animal Appreciation Day
Isn't it hard to think how people can hurt animals? I saw this video today and I wanted to share it.
I love dogs! A while back I introduced you to my little buddy Baxter. I also asked you to send pictures of some of your pets to me so I could share them on my blog. Take a look below of some of the adorable pets that were sent in!
I love animals, and I hope this blog makes you smile today. See ya on the radio tonight!
A listener named Becca Brown sent in the first set of pictures. She wrote, "Gryffin is the German shepherd. The kitty is Pepper. The Doberman is Zeus. The border collie is Beyonce McGuffin."
Nancy Warburton sent in this next one, writing, "This is my baby Pepper. She will be 9 this June and always greets us at the door with a toy. It's not for us. She's just so excited that she has to carry a toy! She's a boxer/pit mix and so very sweet. Don't know what I'd do without her!!"
Jeremy Robinson is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show that airs on 41 stations across the United States on weeknights. Radio has been his life since the age of nine, when he "hosted" a show out of his bedroom. After almost 16 years on the air, country music isn't just his job — it's also his passion.


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It's a recent Saturday night, and producer Jim Jonsin is installed at the console of his midtown Miami studio, as he is for about 15 hours on an average day. It's been a banner year for the Coral Springs native, born James Scheffer, and he's wearing a multimillion-dollar smile. "Winning a Grammy?" he asks, smiling. "It fucking sucks!" It's clear it's a joke. The Grammy in question was for his songwriting on Lil Wayne's "Lollipop," named Best Rap Song in 2009, but it's just one of the many airwave-dominating tracks in which Jonsin has had a hand.
"That's really yesterday's news," he says of the accolades for that track. "I did Soulja Boy's 'Kiss Me Through the Phone,' T.I.'s 'Whatever You Like.' I did three songs on Beyoncé's new album, I did a song on Flo Rida's new album, a few for Slim Thug. There are quite a few songs coming out that I've done."
Those aren't his only hits, though — he has also produced chart-toppers like Danity Kane's "Show Stopper" and Pretty Ricky's "Grind With Me" as well as a number of tracks for Pitbull, Trina, Baby Bash, and pretty much everyone else who's come through town. The latest feather in his cap, in fact, is the Beyoncé vehicle "Sweet Dreams," the latest single off her album I Am... Sasha Fierce.
Meanwhile, the studio itself is humming with activity. Its glass walls are festooned with computer screens, drum machines, large speakers, keyboards, and, of course, Jonsin's gigantic console covered with seemingly thousands of buttons and knobs. There is an air-traffic-control-booth vibe to the place, as rappers, interns, managers, sound engineers, execs, and family members scurry in and out, hoping they will be added to the list of collaborators on his number-one hits.
Jonsin, however, remains unfazed, cutting an imposing figure with a skull shaved clean, a long goatee, and arms covered in tattoos. The 38-year-old even sports shoes with skulls on them, and the overall effect is not unlike one of his heroes: "Maybe I can be the next Rick Rubin," he says.
Still, though, there's that inescapable "Lollipop." Jonsin touches a black Gibson Les Paul sitting on a guitar stand and recalls its birth. "I was in Circle House Studios doing stuff for Diddy, trying to come up with something for Danity Kane. I start playing with this little idea." He begins playing the Weezy song's brain-sticking melody on a keyboard.
"Diddy didn't really like it. So I dipped and went to my other studio on South Beach," he says. The late Louisville, Kentucky-based songwriter Static Major was there, and Jonsin played him the track. And then came the song's most memorable lyrical hooks. "He started writing that 'Call me so I can make it juicy for you' part and the chorus, 'She licked me like a lollipop,' " Jonsin recalls. "We finished the song and agreed that we should give it to Lil Wayne."
He pauses. "It's funny. I was taking my old lady to a bar mitzvah and she knew that that song was going to be a hit before Wayne was even on it," he says. " 'Lollipop' is a great song, but I want to make songs that my grandchildren will know about."
To that end, Jonsin envisions himself as a sort of Berry Gordy of the digital age, heading his own label, Rebel Rock. In a way, his business plan for that is retro, based on artist development instead of a quick buck. "This year, we're gonna work on building you as an artist. Next year, we're gonna work on building your fan base. That is what my label is about."
But Jonsin is hardly a Luddite, an iPhone addict who is developing a new website and related application called Beatbakery.com, designed to discover songwriters. "Right now, it's a networking site. We have an eight-track recorder that is going to be on the website, which can also be on your iPhone," he says, pointing to his phone's screen. "So if you are a songwriter and I'm in the studio with Lil Wayne, you can send me the tracks. You sing into the iPhone, then you hit 'share' and it goes up on our website. That's what beatbakery.com is about. It's the real deal. We are going to have some real success stories."
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What's surprising, then, is Jonsin's proclamation, a few minutes later, that he dislikes the current state of hip-hop. And although he creates the backing tracks for some of the genre's biggest stars, he refuses to elaborate on this seeming contradiction. "I just don't like it," he repeats. Perhaps that explains his recent return to pop — Jonsin's also currently working on a comeback for, of all artists, the Backstreet Boys.
And despite his clients' high media profiles, Jonsin himself remains private, bordering on camera-shy, preferring not to be videotaped or even, he says, to talk much to the press. When he does, though, it's because he's remembered his mom's advice.
"My mother told me that I have a responsibility. There are people out there that are trying to do what I do. So if I can find a way to give a good message and explain to people how I made it, that's cool," Jonsin says. "But I like to walk around alone and shit. I don't want to have security guards and all that. I carry my own tool. If I get in any problems, I'm gonna shoot a motherfucker. I have a .45 and a shotgun. I do produce rap music, you know."
Regardless of all that, though, things are cool in the studio. Tonight, he's on to a new track for Alabama rappers Yela Wolf and Rich Boy. Jonsin presses a button on an Akai MPC-2500 production station, and a deafening beat fills the room. Someone screams "Sick!" Rich Boy scrawls lyrics on a piece of paper while nodding his head to the beat. "Alabama's gonna go crazy over this shit!" Yela Wolf declares. Jonsin just smiles and hits another button.


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NAD DAC 1 Wireless USB Digital-to-Analogue Converter
Input: USB
Output: (1) pair RCA, (1) Digital Coax
Dimensions: Receiver-5.3 x 1.38 x 2.75 inches, Transmitter-2.8 x 0.6 x 1.4 inches
Weight: .8 pounds
Availability: through Authorized Dealers
Price: $300
Website: www.nadelectronics.com
Your Wi-Fi
Let's get the not so good technical news out of the way up front–the DAC 1 Wireless USB Digital-to-Analogue Converter transmits and receives at 16 bit/ 44kHz max. We're talking CD quality sound (actually potentially better since we're also talking about computer-based audio). The good news is the DAC 1 creates its own point-to-point 2.4 GHz wireless network meaning you don't need to have an existing wireless network to plug and play.
The DAC 1 uses a Burr-Brown TI PCM1781 DAC for your digital to analog conversion or you can opt to bypass the internal DAC and use your own via that Coax output. Other than that, the DAC 1 is a fairly simple and straight forward pair of devices–a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter plugs into your computer's USB port and if you've already connected the receiver to your hi-fi via RCA or Coax and plugged it in, you'll hear a slight click from the receiver letting you know they've synched up. The transmitter and receiver also have an LED each that turns from red (not connected) to blue (connected). NAD specifies the range of the DAC 1 as 40 Meters (line of sight) but we'll see how well we do in a house measured in feet. The DAC 1 offers 3 RF channels selectable via a 3-position switch on each device and NAD specifies a time delay of <18ms.
Wireless 16/44 Fun
I can vouch for two things regarding the NAD DAC 1 Wireless USB Digital-to-Analogue Converter; first off its a true no-brainer to use, literally plug it in and play through it. Secondly, with 16/44 material it sounds fine if a bit on the dark side. Cymbals don't cause as much splash and shimmer as they should, bass response is a bit fat and the overall presentation is a bit flat–tone colors are somewhat grayed and the space within which the musicians do their thing is condensed. All that said, clearly NAD is targeting the wireless-hungry Plug and Player more than the Audiophile which makes perfect sense to me. And for a wireless device plus DAC for $300 I would have been pleasantly surprised by better sonic performance. Besides, the DAC 1 is fun to listen to if we're not listening in for sonic minutiae.
There a number of options out there to get your music from your computer to your hi-fi without wires. You can create your own wireless network/music server with a wireless router and Network Attached Storage (prices vary depending on specifics but start at around $250 for both). On the plug and play side, the W-1 from AudioEngine also uses its own network, is very much a plug and play affair and costs $99. It's important to note that the W-1 does not include a DAC like the NAD DAC 1 so it just sends along what your computer feeds it. I happen to own one which I bought years ago so I did quick comparison and in brief the W-1 does not sound as good as the NAD DAC 1. I doubt that comes as news to anyone since computers are not, without help, quality music-making devices. Another wireless option worth mentioning for the audiophile-at-heart is the new AudioEngine D2 ($599) which is a 24/96 capable wireless DAC.
So we go from $99 to $300 to $599 - good, better, best? I have not heard the AudioEngine D2 so I cannot offer a comparison. And I certainly would be remiss to leave out the popular Logitech Squeezebox Touch that offers wireless and wired connectivity plus a DAC and a heck of a lot more for $299. Some people might not want that heck of a lot more as it could represent unwanted complications. I just think its important to know at least some of your options when considering a wireless solution. But if you couple the NAD DAC 1's wireless plug and play convenience with its better-than-naked-computer sound, I can see the appeal and logic behind its release.
I also connected the transmitter to my MacBook Pro and went roaming around our home to see how far I could travel before losing my NAD DAC 1 connection. Everywhere on the same floor was within bounds with no dropout and about 2/3 of our downstairs remained in range. Once I travelled to the far side of our downstairs the signal began to cut out. Based on my not-so-precise calculations, that means in our home about 60 feet delineated the DAC 1's effective range. Your mileage will certainly vary and is dependent on any number of things like walls, floors, and ceilings.
My feeling is 24/96 wireless will become more commonplace in the not so distant future which makes buying into the NAD DAC 1 a tough call. I'd say if you're happy with your existing mostly 16/44 music library and love to stream Internet radio or from services like MOG or Spotify and are just dying to send your music from a computer that exists in one place to your hi-fi that sits in some other place (that's less than about 60 feet away more or less) and you just hate wires and networks, the NAD DAC 1 may be just what you're looking for.


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Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports that there's no expectation of significant progress on a long-term contract for Titans tight end Jared Cook before the March 4 deadline to use the franchise tag.
The Titans were already expected to use the tag on Cook and that report lends pretty strong credence to the notion that Cook will be fitted for a tag sometime very soon. The question may be what kind of tag he'll be wearing.
Wyatt reports, via sources familiar with the situation, that Cook sees himself as more of a wide receiver than a tight end. That would be an important distinction since wide receivers make almost $5 million more under the franchise tag than tight ends. The CBA states that the tender will "apply to the position in which the player participated in the most plays," a definition complicated in this case by the fact that Cook lined up in the slot and out wide more than half the time.
"I don't anticipate it. (Jared's) been a tight end for us," General Manager Ruston Webster said when asked about the possibility of a fight over classification.
Cook's camp couldn't be reached for comment on an issue that we saw last offseason as well. Jermichael Finley and the Packers were headed to a possible showdown over his position before Finley landed a multiyear deal that landed between the two franchise numbers. That's a path forward for the Titans and Cook, although it doesn't sound like there's too much optimism about avoiding some kind of tag at the moment.


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What does it take to get actor Ken Jeong to go nude? Not much! The 43-year-old star, who plays hilarious mob boss Chow in the Hangover series, told Us Weekly at the Hangover Part III junket on May 12 that he didn't need to be persuaded to take off his clothes: It was all his idea!
"You know it was my idea in the first [movie], right? It was screaming for that," Jeong said of the memorable scene in which he jumps out of a car trunk butt-naked. "It was a character choice, not a personal choice. I'm a happily married father of twin girls. I don't even like to take my shirt off at the beach. I'm not that guy."
Though it was his choice, he did have to first get the approval of his wife, Tran. "Oh, yeah, I'm no dummy — I cleared it with my wife before I even told Todd [Phillips, the director]," said Jeong, who goes full-frontal in all three Hangovers. "And my wife said, teasing me, 'I guarantee this will be the feel-good movie of the summer because every guy will go home feeling good about themselves.' This is my wife talking — this is my boo."
As for whether his role in the Hangover series is offensive to Asians, the Community star, who used to be a doctor before quitting to pursue acting, was adamant that he's not playing a stereotype, he's playing with it. "I don't look at my d–k the stereotype. I look at it as a penis that produced a couple of kids," he said. "I laugh at that because here's a little secret — every Asian actor has to read a role…or has played a role that has required an accent…. That's just the way it is and that's fine, but, for me, it's my job to make fun of that stereotype and the stupid roles that are supplied to us…. Chow, to me, was my response to that."
"You're never going to pay me enough money to read a line and a regular Asian accent. You got to add your thing," Jeong continued.
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Extended Range Electric Guitars
Expanding your musical horizons is one of the great things about owning your own extended range guitar. The full sound of a 12-string and the enhanced low end of a 7-string or 8-string guitar offers a dramatically different sound from a standard 6-string, while also making your performance one to remember. An extended range guitar will definitely add something unique to any song in your repertoire. Craftsmen have been experimenting with adding strings to guitars since the 1500s. Once electric guitars became popular in the 1950s, instrument enthusiasts set out straight away, adding more strings and creating totally unique models of extended range electric guitars. There are a few different types of extended range guitars. If you're looking to stick with your standard style of playing, a solid 12-string is where you'll want to begin. 12-strings are played exactly like six strings but you experience a much more choral effect when you strum away. The treble strings are tuned in unison, while the bass strings are tuned an octave apart. Options like the Dean Boca 12-string ring out when you play it, offering a tone reminiscent of The Byrds or The Beatles psychedelic era. Over the years, seven and eight string guitars have really become synonymous with the loud and impressive world of metal and progressive music. Most extended range guitars in this category add to the bass end instead of the treble, allowing the musician to create a dramatic low end on their own as well as enhance any bass line coming from the bassist. Options like the Schecter Research Blackjack or the Dean ML Modifier 8-String give you the ability to play with a deeper tone, fuller sound and extra 'ring'. When you strum an extended range guitar, you will fill a room its impressive range. These specialty instruments can really bring a unique feel to your practice. With a little extra knowledge, you can truly make these extended range guitars sound incredible. Whether you want to fill your songs with the jangly sounds of a 12-string, or the pulse pounding bombast of a seven or eight string, extended range guitars are a perfect way to make your music stand out.


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PRESS RELEASE: World Trade Center Occupancy FOIA PANYNJ * 1972-2001 – Let's Roll Forums.
World Trade Center Occupancy FOIA * 1972-2001
by; Dave Cole, Larry McWilliams & Phil Jayhan
*** With no budget for advertising, we are asking all of you to spread this link with as many people as possible! Please put this story up on your websites and blogs! Please make this go viral ASAP! We are already 9 years behind the 8 ball here.
The following link is to a spreadsheet that the Lets Roll Forums obtained through a FOIA request made by Dave Cole. What we requested from the Port Authority of New York New Jersey was in essence a surprise occupancy audit of the World Trade Center. What we requested;
1. A complete listing of all occupants of the world trade center, from the time they were finished to the time they went private, in 2001.
2. Listing of occupants by floor and by space
3. Listing of occupants leases, with the start and end dates of those leases.
What we received back was shocking and in no way anticipated. Please open this spreadsheet now in another browser tab, so you can have this open and go back and forth as your reading this story. (right click, open link in new tab)
LETS ROLL PRESS RELEASE: World Trade Center Occupancy FOIA * 1972-2001
You might be surprised to discover that floor 7 of the North World Trade Center went completely unoccupied throughout the entire life of the building and was only rented out for the first time on 11/23/1998.
Floor 7 was the floor directly above the lobby of each tower, in essence, it is floor #1, from street level. Floor 7 was prime real estate, as the rent was more expensive in the towers as you went higher. The prestige value. Thus floor 7 was far cheaper then floor 89.
For 26 years, floor 7 of the North Tower was totally vacant. From 1972 until 1998. This also means that during the 1993 bombing that this floor was completely unoccupied. Larry will touch on this in a follow up post as he spent dozens and dozens of hours scouring these sheets with regards to the 1993 bombing vs. occupancy, and it is a top notch story all in it's own.
This long streak of unoccupancy for floor 7 would come to a halt on November 23, 1998, when LANDMARK EDUCATION CORPORATION moved into suite #118. We were told through various sources that the world trade center had occupancy issues through the years, and suppose this highlights that issue. In summary floor #7 was unoccupied for 26 years, and not a single time in those 26 years did one of the elevators crack open on that floor, except for maintenance. Imagine the very first floor above the lobby as you walk into those magnificent buildings having cold bare unfinished floors for 26 years. No lights, no activity whatsoever. A dead floor.
Sometimes when things are just so bad, a billionaire needs to step in to save the day. Word must have finally reached David Rockefeller in 1993 that his precious Twins were repulsive real estate that apparently no one wanted, so he had his Bank, BANK OF AMERICA CORP. move into floors 9 & 10 of the North Tower in October and December of 1993, some 21 years after the WTC completion ceremonies. (lines 4 & 5 on the spreadsheet)
Floor 9, Suite 901 – 10/8/1993
Floor 10, Suite 1001 – 12/5/1993
**The World Trade Center bombing happened on February 26, 1993 for your information.
So lets recap here for a moment. The North Tower (think antenna, as it is the tower with the antenna) The North Tower, floor 7, went totally unoccupied until November of 1998, 26 years of vacancy.
While floors 9-10 went totally unoccupied until late 1993, some 21 years of total vacancy, this bad spell of hard WTC luck would finally be broken by a merciful billionaire who we are told moved some of his Bank of America offices into the world trade center.
This also means that for 28 years the elevators never once stopped at floor 7 of the world trade center, and the same goes for floors 9 and 10 until late 1993. These would have been closed floors and the elevators couldn't have even stopped, being electronically locked out. If I don't have your attention by now, it only gets better, just give it a little more time.
Floor 11 of the North Tower went totally unoccupied until 1993, when David Rockefeller would step in again to save the day and pave the way by moving yet more Bank of America offices into the north tower. (line 11 of the WTC FOIA occupancy sheet) Please see lines 6 through 15 to see the other corporations we are told that followed David Rockefeller's charge. 8 other companies total we are told.
We are also starting to see another pattern here, something which Larry researched and made known and will also be following up this post with. So far, during the 1993 bombing, floors 7-9-10 & 11 are unoccupied.
ALL ABOARD! Next stop – Floor 12
The elevators never stopped at floor 12 of the north tower until David Rockefeller stepped in yet again to save the day on 9/13/1993, again, after the 1993 bombing. Bank of America would be the only alleged occupant of floor 12 during the entire life of the structure. Floor 12 went totally unoccupied for 21 years. (Reference line 16 of Occupancy FOIA)
So now, at the time of the 1993 bombing, floors 7-9-10-11 & 12 were totally unoccupied. Are you wondering how long this pattern will continue?
Nobody likes being on floor 13, the unlucky floor. And it wasn't any different at world trade north tower 1. David Rockefeller would step in to save the day yet again by moving more of his corporate offices into wtc 1, floor 13, on 4/8/1994.
And also into floor 14 on 10/7/1994. Both floors 13 and 14 went totally unoccupied and vacant until 4/8/1994, the elevators never stopping there until then, we are to presume. Also after the 1993 bombing. So far we have floors 7-9-10-11-12-13 & 14 totally unoccupied at the time of the 1993 wtc bombing. And for the better part of the life of the towers as well.
Now that I whet your appetite, and set Larry up for his following story, lets press the elevator and go back down to the lobby and stroll on over to the South Tower and take a ride up to the top this time, stopping at floors 104, where we were told AON Corp and Sandler Oneill & Partners had offices. Please scroll down to line 906 and 907 on the Occupancy FOIA.
Whats missing from this FOIA occupancy sheet? If your looking at lines 906 and 907, you should be seeing the name Sandler Oneill & Partners. Yet they are not listed. We requested in this FOIA all occupants of the world trade center, from the time they went up to the time they became private, 6 weeks prior to 9/11. Sandler Oneill & Partners are strangely absent from the list of occupants that had leases. They never had a lease. Go ahead and scour those sheets, feel free, you will not find them. The problem this raises immediately is how did 66 of their 171 employee's perish in a buiding that they never held a lease at during the entire life of the building?
Larry discovered this. And this is the most singular significant discovery in this FOIA. A Corporation alleged to have lost 66 of its 171 employee's that never had a lease with the NYPANJ.
The average payout from the victims compensation fund (VCF) was roughly 2 million dollars. This means at minimum Sandler Oneill and Partners "employee's" received roughly 132 million dollars from the government VCF.
And probably a whole lot more because the average payout of the VCF was 2 million. This means some were much higher, and some much lower. The higher paid executives received more compensation the way the fund was set up. The more they made, the more their family, in theory would receive.
The strangeness certainly doesn't end there for floor 104, WTC 1. We find on the Occupancy FOIA a corporation which isn't listed in most, if any of the other official lists made public through the years, at wiki and such.
SHEARSON/LEHMAN BROS – Ring a bell anyone?
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) (pronounced /ˈliːmən/) was a global financial services firm which, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008,
- The filing marked the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.[3] The following day, Barclays announced its agreement to purchase
- Shearson Lehman Brothers
See also: Lehman Brothers
In 1984, American Express acquired the investment banking and trading firm, Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, and added it to the Shearson family, creating Shearson Lehman/American Express.
- Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, which itself was the merger of Lehman Brothers and Kuhn Loeb in 1977 was led by Pete Peterson, a former United States Secretary of Commerce and future founder of the Blackstone Group.
Many people are not aware that there was other emergency relief funds set up by the government after 911 besides the victims compensation fund. (VCF) The victim compensation fund was 7 billion dollars. There was also another much larger fund called the Business Compensation Fund. (BCF)
There is probably good reason that you weren't aware of this fund. And that's because of its sheer size. 38.4 billion dollars was set aside for WTC corporations by government and insurance companies. This makes the total combined worth of both government funds to be roughly 46 billion dollars. The largest recipients of these funds were of course, investment Bankers. It was a pre-cursor to the leave no bank behind act Bush and Obama would later set up. And went to many of the same corporations.
The mystery here with Shearson/Lehman of course is why they are not listed on most, or possibly any of the public lists that were peddled to us after 9/11 yet listed on this Occupancy FOIA?
See note below. Sandler Oneill is listed at wiki. To see the link it is below picture.
NOTE: Sandler Oneill and Partners are listed here at Wiki, though they are absent from the above picture.
South Tower – (No antenna) WTC 2
According the Occupancy FOIA, AON Corp occupied 8 floors total in WTC 2, South Tower. 98-105 (please reference lines 895 to 909 of the occupancy FOIA) AON shared only floors 101 – 105 with Shearson/Lehman, with Shearson/Lehman alleged to have also occupied floor 106 by itself.
Now for another jaw dropping eye opener; Lets dissect this Occupancy FOIA a different way now. Lets look at some of the high upper floors and see when the first time this prime NY office space was leased;
WTC 1 – North Tower – FIRST TIME OCCUPANTS & DATES:
|Floor 86: FOIA line #514 – WORLD TELEPORT ASSOCIATION – 7/1/1998
|Floor 87: FOIA line #521 – LT LAWRENCE & CO.,INC. – 1/15/1998
|Floor 88: FOIA line #526 – P.A.(WORLD TRADE CENTER) – 8/1/1999
|Floor 89: FOIA line #535 – CIIC GROUP (U.S.A.) LTD. – 2/17/1994
|Floor 90: FOIA line #551 – CHUGOKU BANK, LTD. – 9/1/1991
|Floor 91: FOIA line #561 – NEW JAPAN SECURITIES RESEARCH – 6/1/1990
|Floor 92: FOIA line #567 – CARR FUTURES, INC. – 2/1/1998
|Floor 93: FOIA line #568 – FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, INC. – 6/1/1998
|Floor 94: FOIA line #570 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 9/1/1998
|Floor 95: FOIA line #571 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 9/1/1998
|Floor 96: FOIA line #572 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 9/1/1998
|Floor 97: FOIA line #573 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 11/1/1998
|Floor 98: FOIA line #574 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 11/1/1998
|Floor 99: FOIA line #575 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 11/1/1998
|Floor 100: FOIA line #576 – J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN, INC. – 11/1/1998
|Floor 101: FOIA line #577 – CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES – 9/1/1997
|Floor 102: FOIA line #578 – LOWER MANHA CULTURAL COUNC – 9/1/1997
|Floor 103: FOIA line #579 – CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES – 9/1/1997
|Floor 104: FOIA line #580 – CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES – 9/1/1997
|Floor 105: FOIA line #581 – CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES – 4/1/1979
|Floor 106: FOIA line #597 – WINDOWS ON THE WORLD – 12/15/1994
|Floor 107: FOIA line #598 – WINDOWS ON THE WORLD – 10/1/1999
|Lets Roll Forums Table Created by; Phil Jayhan – http://letsrollforums.com
This same cross section from the South Tower will be added to the story tomorrow.
Occupancy Issues:
What this shows us is something far different then we were told and sold. We have been told through various sources that their were occupancy issues with the twins and that they also had their highest occupancy at the time of the attacks, which we are told was at 95% occupancy.
We were never informed that the most prime real estate in New York City, in both Towers, never leased until a year or two before 9/11, in most cases. Why? Because it would have been extremely suspicious to people, especially since all of the controversy the PTB knew would be after 9/11.
Had they told us this, we would have started investigating the companies at the WTC and questioning their alleged employee losses a lot sooner then 9 years out.
How is it possible, especially considering what happened with the world trade center, to see that all of the upper floors were leased only a few years prior to 9/11? That's an incredible expanse of time, 26 years in most case, some 28 years, where for instance floor 88 had bare floors and no tenants until 1999. The elevators in the north tower never stopped at floor 88 until mid 1999. Might I ask at this time how it is possible that any lights were ever on on floor 88 before 1999? The entire tops of these towers should have been darkened at night between the years 1972 and 1997-98.
There were no tenants. No tenants means no lights and dark floors, both during the day and at night, as lights in the WTC were visible in both daytime and night.
This has all the appearances that the companies were moved into the towers at the very end for the very purpose of 9/11. Either in reality or on paper. These towers were nearly unoccupied for their entire life, and then miraculously found a 95% occupancy heart beat on in 2001, just prior to 9/11.
This is one of those paradigm changers. What you know of the world trade center is a legend that was created and manufactured for your consumption. Any of the documentaries that were created prior to 9/11, about the world trade center, were created by the "builders" of the WTC, and made to create and sell a manufactured legend. The legend was that there were 50,000 people who worked in these towers by and large, for the better part of their life, as they were designed and built for. AS you have just seen, this isn't even remotely close to being true.
Between Dave Cole, (kawika) Larry McWilliams and myself, we have spent hundreds of hours studying this occupancy FOIA request over the last 6 months or so, and we haven't even scratched the surface yet. We would like to request that all of you as a group take lots of time studying this so that collectively we miss nothing. This FOIA is a goldmine. It's the gift that keeps on giving, a mine that never runs dry. We believe that we have given you an accurate overview of the material so that you will know and be able to scour the spreadsheet as we did and know how to spot things. We need all of your help.
To say that there were occupancy issues is a gross understatement. The official story seems more then just a little bit hollow.
Phil Jayhan, Dave Cole & Larry McWilliams
Note: This story is the result of the FOIA we obtained and many months of research and thoughtful dissection of the material with many phone calls and off the charts collaboration.


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Credit Markets: Unregulated and Pathologically Addicted to Lying
In keeping with this week's theme, The Rot Within (week II), we've examined the rot within our legal system, Homeowners, Defective Houses and Big Builders: Justice Is Not Blind, and the intellectual hypocrisy/rot within our ruling ideology which claims to support free markets but hurries to feed at the public trough at the first signs of potential loss: Privatizing Profits, Socializing Risk: Hypocrisy and Housing.
Today we look at the rot within our financial regulatory agencies. In the past, I have referred to "lightly regulated hedge funds," and frequent contributor Harun I. has observed that hedge funds are regulated, and that the problem lies elsewhere: what isn't regulated are the exotic financial instruments and derivatives which have been sold to unwary investors the world over.
How big will the meltdown be when this mountain of leveraged rot collapses? Harun (and other readers as well) recommended this article by Jon Markman:
Are we headed for an epic bear market? The credit bubble is just starting to unwind, a credit-derivative insider says. And while U.S. borrowers are being blamed for the mess, they were really just pawns in a global game.
Harun notes that other financial markets have clear paper trails--but there are no similiar regulations in the markets for credit-market derivatives. Here are his comments:
"Not much new here but at least the MSM is catching on. At least this is from an insider. The greatest crime of the century has been perpetrated and no one is going to jail. The people who orchestrated this, the government, and the rating agencies all knew the danger of inverted pyramiding of leveraged bets; one small adverse move wipes you out. (emphasis added: CHS) It is not that the hedge funds were unregulated--it is that these new innovations don't fall under SEC or CFTC purview.
As alluded to in the article, no audit trail is required which is the one of the fundamental underpinnings of regulated markets. For example, in the futures market, beyond the contract specifications, an order generated by a client is time-stamped by every person in the chain of execution within on minute of receipt. At the end of the day, the clearinghouse marks it to the market.
Furthermore, exchanges require FCM's to either deposit margins for all net long, net short positions, whichever is greater, or both. A guarantee fund made up from member firms insures there are adequate funds to guarantee performance of all contracts. In the world of structured finance none of this exists and as a result we have what we have."
As many of you have read, the fundamental lie at the heart of the credit market is "mark-to-model," a fancy way of saying the security is not priced by what someone will actually pay for the security in the real world, i.e. mark-to-market.
As a result, securities which are worth 10 cents on the dollar in the real marketplace are kept on the books as worth a dollar--a fiction which is allowed because regulators have dozed at the wheel, happily enabling a global fraud of inimaginable proportions.
As Harun observes, the regulators and insiders all knew the pyramiding of risk and leveraging of cash into 20-to-1 or even 100-to-1 "bets" (buying $100 of pyramided derivatives with only $1 cash on the line) was risky--yet the game was allowed to run because the fees and profits being generated by investment banking houses and other players were truly gargantuan. And of course some of these outsized gains made their way to politicos, who were pleased to rely on "market forces" to guide this ponzi scheme of leverage and deceptively priced securities.
Simply put: there was no reason these markets couldn't have been regulated by the same agencies which regulate stock market derivatives (options) and futures contracts. If every CDO and MBS (mortgage-backed security) had been required to be marked to market at the end of every trading day, then the Big Lie (these are worth X when in fact they're only worth Y) could not have been perpetuated.
And if reasonable margin requirements (cash supporting the bet) had been enforced as they are for stock and futures bets/instruments, then the truly insane growth of these credit derivatives would have been limited by the players' cash. Recall that regulations require any stock purchased on margin to be backed by 50% cash. Simply using the same margin requirements for credit derivatives and securities would have imposed some common sense on a market which remains pathologically addicted to lying to survive.
Thank you, John and Cindy B., ($25) for your generous third donation via check to this humble site. I am greatly honored by your continuing encouragement and readership. All contributors are listed below in acknowledgement of my gratitude.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Credit Markets: Unregulated and Pathologically Addicted to Lying
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear Lists › Ryan Jordan's SUL Winter Challenge
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- Oct 19, 2005 at 10:29 am #1216958Carol CrookerBPL Member
@cmcrookerLocale: Desert Southwest, USA
Hi all,
So, our illustrious publisher and certified nut, Ryan Jordan, and I were chatting about the SUL challenge. He came up with this idea with no help from me…
You all choose his SUL gear list for WINTER backpacking – we're talking sub 5# and real Montana winter – and he'll take exactly that gear out…in Montana…in the winter. He'll report back, IF he survives. We want him to survive, so really put some thought into this!Oct 19, 2005 at 10:38 am #1343174
can we make him just a little uncomfortable?
furthermore,I propose that Dr. Jordan use a list solely derived from the equipment that is available (or will be) on his website. We call this being potentially hoisted by his own petard. ;-)Oct 19, 2005 at 10:54 am #1343179
I'm game for anything. Here's the gig.
Deep snow.
Low temps near zero.
High temps subfreezing.
Above treeline.
Winter storm conditions.
No equipment restrictions. Y'all pick my gear & clothing FSO. I choose my food, but you tell me how many oz/day.
"Go!"Oct 19, 2005 at 12:02 pm #1343182
How many days out ?Oct 19, 2005 at 12:07 pm #1343184
>> How many days out?
Let's plan for 3. Short enough to represent the typical weekend getaway but more than an overnight so you have to think a little harder about keeping your gear dry etc.Oct 19, 2005 at 12:36 pm #1343191
good idea. would speak well for BPL/BMW gear. however, doesn't he need something for his feet other than Poss'mDown socks?
Dr. J,
you're simply amazing. hope someone is going with you – just in case. your "fans"/disciples may decide to skimp in the warmth dept. when they select your gear.
i'll suggest 24oz to 32oz of food – your choice b/t those two values, plus anything you need to obtain your own wild food – if you so desire.
also, you should be able to descend below tree line for fuel if you need to build a fire for survival or to ward off frostbite.
i'll leave the remainder of your gear to those out West who understand the conditions you'll find yourself in.Oct 19, 2005 at 12:53 pm #1343195
>> hope someone is going with you – just in case. your "fans"/disciples may decide to skimp in the warmth dept. when they select your gear.
So be it. This will be solo. Not for the purpose of aggrandizing the 'event' but to maintain the reality and authenticity of the situation.
BTW I will be taking photo gear and a tiny journal/pen to document, so I guess those items are nonnegotiable.
>> i'll suggest 24oz to 32oz of food – your choice b/t those two values, plus anything you need to obtain your own wild food – if you so desire.
Wild food. You're funny. Snowshoe hares?
>> also, you should be able to descend below tree line for fuel if you need to build a fire for survival or to ward off frostbite.
I'm a competent cookfire builder. If y'all decide for me to ditch the stove, I would do that, you know, for the purposes of … research :)Oct 19, 2005 at 12:55 pm #1343196
My 1st rough,off the top of my head attempt at a winter SUL list came out to almost 8 lbs. This will be a challenge, indeed.
I'm not counting weight of transportation– I assume skis or snowshoes, which would be worn except for (hopefully) short stretches. This does imply a pack robust enough to strap them on. A snow shovel would be included–I have a 5.75 oz. one in mind.
Above timberline—an Ice Axe I usually would have because I would want to do some ascents ( but I'm in the Pacific NW). No climbing or icy cols?
Weight ,weight, weight.
Alcohol Stove–is there one capable of melting sufficient snow in these conditions? I have no personal experience,here. I would be carrying a canister stove but that, too, will push the weight too high. I hate fussing with fires for cooking in Winter. And above timberline, use of wood is not really kosher.Oct 19, 2005 at 1:01 pm #1343198
>>"You're funny"
thought you would be astute enough to get it – slim pickens.Oct 19, 2005 at 2:11 pm #1343209John S.BPL Member
Last updated to change Nalgene cantene size, cookpot, and sleep headwear.
Total- 79.2 oz (4.95 pounds)
Pack – Shelter – Sleeping
03.7 G6 Whisper
00.0 Snowcave
05.4 Snowclaw
15.2 Arc alpinist X
04.0 Vapor nano bivy
02.0 Nano sleeping bag VB liner
00.5 Spinnsack for sleep gear
03.0 GG nightlight torso length cut down
05.0 GG thinlight 3/8″ cut down
Other Clothing
10.5 WM flight jacket
04.0 Vapor mitts
01.8 Possum down socks
03.0 Nunatak down balaclava (The Brain Furnace)
Cooking – Water
02.7 Coleman exponent F1 ultralight
04.6 Evernew titanium pot, 1.3L
00.4 Mini spork
01.0 Bic lighter/storm matches in aloksak
04.0 Nalgene wide-mouth cantenes, 32 oz. (2)
00.2 Plastic grocery bag food storage
Miscellaneous Items
01.0 Map
03.7 Princeton tec eos
01.0 First aid
00.5 Sunscreen
02.0 Toiletries in aloksak
Food 32 oz/dayOct 19, 2005 at 2:44 pm #1343214
I don't think Ryan will be warm enough, John.
Give him a balaclava , wind pro top and bottom with good dwr or w/b, another layer in addition to the Cocoon Pullover or something warmer in a jacket.
You can't always count on being able to dig a snow cave due to time or conditions, but one should be capable of digging out one, when possible—the
Snowclaw is what i was thinking of, too.
Unless he can dig a snowcave, I don't think that the
Arc X w/ insulated clothing will be warm enough if he is forced to do the bivy/tarp combo.
17 oz./day of food in winter is probably not going to provide our guinea pig with enough calories— he'll be peeling bark from trees,looking for bugs by the third day.
I don't think that the G6 will provide enough volume for this particular winter load.
I think that Ryan had mentioned that the Nano-bivy would come out at around 4 oz.Oct 19, 2005 at 2:47 pm #1343216John S.BPL Member
He's wearing all that. This is a base weight that will only contain clothing not worn but it still may not be enough..lol. I eat the same amount in winter as I do in summer with no ill effects, and Ryan is in better shape than me. On Ryan's last trip he had 17 oz/day.Oct 19, 2005 at 3:41 pm #1343224
17oz/day? do you think that's enough – esp in winter? it's gonna' be a might cold, right? it's not like the good Doc is packing on the blubber in preparation for winter. where will the req'd calories come from?
really? the same amt in winter as summer? not my experience. do other Forum participants have the same experience as John? or, is John's experience atypical?
i still vote for 24oz to 32oz per day (Dr. J's choice – hope he picks 32oz/day).
so, Dr. J, how many oz/day do you feel that you need for winter? [remember, no food caching ahead time]Oct 19, 2005 at 3:54 pm #1343227
Noticed some changes.
Vapor mitts would be an excellant addition and should be counted as carried weight ( not always worn).
Sunglasses or goggles –some of the better designed sportsglasses will offer almost the coverage of goggles,weigh less and fog up less. I've used them in such conditions. If he's rondennee skiing then I'd opt for the goggles.
An extra pair of sox (non-sleeping) is needed.
He will need a warmer bag—some of his worn clothing will be wet and he will need more of a margin to help dry them out w/o giving him hypothermia.
I still question the food amount– late spring thru early fall, I eat something like 14-17 oz./day but in sub freezing conditions pushing down towards zero, my intake quickly goes up to at least 25-26 oz. and am happier w/ more.
That Whisper will not be happy schlepping skis or snowshoes ( which I assume will be used). And there is the volume question. A semi-custom G5 from Gossamer Gear might be a better choice in winter. It would have a 3+ oz. weight penalty while offering another 1000 cu. in. of space—wet items of clothing also take up more space.
The sleep pads and tarp/bivy are dialed in. As well as most of the miss. items.Oct 19, 2005 at 5:14 pm #1343238Bill FornshellBPL Member
@bfornshellLocale: Southern Texas
I can get 2700 calories in 17oz. I was able to get 10 days worth of powder Ensure so I can try my first hike in over a year. I will do half the Smokies south to Fontana Dam and then on South on the AT to Dicks Creek Gap. I am hoping for some snow. The powder Ensure is 1750 calories dry at about 11oz or so per can. I estamate the empty can at 3oz (a full can is 14oz). It is mixed 1/2 cup per 8oz of water. This stuff is a "Complete, Balanced Nutrition(R) to help stay healthy, active and energetic" and tasty, yea, sure.
I have been on liquid diet for about 8 months and expect to be on it till about March 2006. I do eat a little other food, soft stuff like ice cream, ice cream and ice cream. The pre-mixed liquid stuff I have every day (2100) min calories per day at 500 calories per 8.45 FL-OZ per can is OK but a can weights 11.5oz. I do add a lot of different things to the stuff to make it taste better. The cans are just to heavy to carry 3 or 4 days worth at a time. Then I also would have a bunch of empty can to carry out. I thought about making small alcohol stoves out of the cans and leaving them along the trail like trail majic.Oct 19, 2005 at 5:33 pm #1343239
Now,we wanna torture Ryan? If it's not enough that we'll be sending him into the cold, underequipped,
he can't even have a tasty, solid meal. Even the condemned of ages past got bread and water. Now there's a thought—-muwa ha ha ha!
I like the magic alcohol stove idea, though.Oct 19, 2005 at 5:48 pm #1343240
(1) Armalite AR-7 survival rifle
40 oz.
25 rounds of .22 long ammo @2.56 g.ea=2.25 oz.
base weight = 42.25 oz.
idea is to kill an Elk and crawl into the warm, steaming ( and somewhat odiferous) carcass for warmth. Got your protein handy, too. Blood for liquid nourishment. Excellant wind pro and if you get out alive you can walk out with the makings of a fine elkskin coat (referees— does this count against the base weight?Oct 19, 2005 at 6:12 pm #1343241
Looking better—it will only work if he can dig out snowcaves or pits or possibly if nights are still. I think that an overfilled Arc Alpinist would do it, at an added weight of 4 oz. ( get him 3″+ of loft). Ryan still needs at least another pair of sox. Really.
Or you'll be answeringto his family.
If you diregard this sage advice, if you get rid of the goggles and 1 oz. of map weight , Ryan can at least graduate to the larger G5 w/ no weight penalty.Oct 19, 2005 at 6:56 pm #1343247
Some framework as you continue on:
I can cave or trench to get out of the wind. A cave with a snowclaw takes me 45 minutes to dig, a trench about 25. I can do fine at zero degrees outside in a 20 degree clothing/sleep system in a cave. But if in a trench, I'll need a tarp for the top and a sleep/clothing system rated for the ambient temp.
Also, you choose the mode of travel: skis, snowshoes, shoes, whatever. Depends on how far you want me to travel. With skis I can hike uphill nonstop for two days and be down to the car in 20 minutes :)Oct 19, 2005 at 7:37 pm #1343253larry savageMember
@pyeyoLocale: pacific northwest
Just remember to take those items on jesus's 1# gear list and don't freeze them, the thawing process can really be painful.Oct 19, 2005 at 9:09 pm #1343257Michael MartinBPL Member
@mikemartinLocale: North Idaho
My two cents…
1) As I read this, all the insulation on John's list is Down. Anybody else worried about moisture accumulation in the snow cave?
2) Clothing worn hasn't been discussed yet, but I'd recommend a hooded shell to use in conjunction with the PossumDown beanie for sleeping. In keeping with the SUL theme, I'd suggest a Marmot Ion windshirt. (Quantum, 3oz.)
3) John, it looks like you're updating your list to incorporate other posters' feedback — a nice way to keep things concise. However, please consider striking out items (perhaps by enclosing them in square brackets or something), rather than deleting them. It might make following the thread easier. [thanks]
4) Should we include the empty fuel canister in our base weight?Oct 19, 2005 at 9:21 pm #1343259Michael MartinBPL Member
@mikemartinLocale: North Idaho
Kevin Davidson writes:
>> Sunglasses or goggles –some of the better designed sportsglasses will offer almost the coverage of goggles,weigh less and fog up less. I've used them in such conditions.
I agree. How about Panoptyx. They are a hybrid goggle/sunglasses that I think weigh less than 2oz. Plus, we could probably justify moving them from the "carried" to the "worn" column and eliminate them from our base weight.Oct 19, 2005 at 9:31 pm #1343262
I second Michael M.'s suggestion about making changes on the gear list clear, John.
Your list has been handy to bounce ideas off of in the course of continuing to refine things.
Eyewear counts as worn, not carried.
I would suggest that Ryan carry some form of minimalist snowshoes —like Crescent Moon Gold
12's (@ under 3 lbs.)or Northern Lights Quicksilver 25's (2.5 lbs). We don't want him to get off too easy by letting him ski back home in less time than the typical commute, but we don't want Ryan sinking out of sight,either. These shoes should allow efficient travel in all but the softest,deepest snow and encourage him to diversify his route by hitting those rocky ridges. He should demonstrate that it is possible to carry his snowshoes as a part of his UL kit ( even if that requires modifying a SUL pack to do so). Finally, the snowshoes can double as snow anchors for his tarp.
Because he mostly would be wearing the snowshoes, it should not count towards base weight.Oct 20, 2005 at 12:51 am #1343273
we should alert the media about this. perhaps the fellow from "Wild America" (i forget his name – marty stouffer??? or something like that). i'd like to see a Documentary on Dr. J's SUL Winter Trek of "Death". (no…not that i want or expect that, i.e. "death", it's just for the media "hype" – you know, like the old time escape artists. the possibility of "death" seems to make it more captivating for some).
oh…BTW…Vegas already has a "line". i'm sure the odds will change as the GearList shapes up and is finalized.Oct 20, 2005 at 1:54 am #1343278Courtney WaalMember
I'm not that familiar with carrying snowshoes, but would it be possible to take a pack out of light fabric (such as the G5 or G6) and rig a snowshoe harness of webbing or tougher fabric over the main pack body and anchored to the shoulder straps rather than having the pack fabric be heavier? It would also be kind of neat to see a backpack with the pack body lined with synthetic insulation as both a way to insulate gear like water bottles and so that you could use it as an overbag for your legs at night, since you'll probably be using the back of the pack as a pad anyway.
Mister Ryan, you aren't allowed to freeze at least until the nano tarps are shipped! I'm going to suggest a family recipe to help you put on some padding before your adventure:
Preheat oven to 425. Mix two eggs and 1 cup milk in a shallow bowl. Fill another bowl with dry (flaky) flour dough or breadcrumbs. Coat chicken pieces in the milk and egg first and then the bread and allow to dry for an hour on a rack. Generously apply butter to the bottom of a casserole pan and place a layer of chicken followed by pats of butter. Continue layering until casserole is full, coating the chicken in pats of butter. If you haven't used two sticks of butter yet, go back and fix it. Cook for 60-90 minutes or until internal temperature is 165 F. Serve with butter and mashed potatoes (made with butter).
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