Sunday 31 July 2011

City Centre Camping

You may be used to camping in the wilderness, exposed to the harsh, unrelenting bite of Mother Nature, but have you ever thought about setting up camp in the middle of London? London nights are perhaps not as harsh as Alaskan nights, but it could be the most unique camping experience of your life. Pitching [...]

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Big Agnes Pine Island 4 Camping Tent

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Gerber Crucial F.A.S.T. Multitool Review ? Episode 220

The Gerber Crucial F.A.S.T. multitool is touted as the “first and only pocket tool with assisted blade opening technology.” While we haven’t independently verified this, we can attest to the effectiveness of the knife and associated tools. Durable, easy to use, and very affordable…the Crucial F.A.S.T. is a multitool you’ll want to add to your [...]

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Open Question: can anyone experianced in backpacking review my gear list?

ok so i am going off trail. Im beating tthe brushfor a few days. I got
4 maps (2 of which i need, other two are copies)
blouse
trousers
boots
gloves (nomex flight gloves)
extra 2 pair socks
rucksack
boonie
toiletries (ssanitizer toothbrush, toothpaste, tp, sunscreen)
extra undershirt
boonie cover
binos
food
camelbak
cchlorine
radio
2 protractors
pens and pencils
notebook
maglite
poncho
silva ranger compass
knife
sunglasses
bug spray
buzzsaw (chemlight with a string attached)
550 chord
E&E kit
small radio
i forgot flint
uh i dont need a pad... pads are for girls on their period. plus its hot outsie so no sleeping bag. headlamp i got a maglight with red lense for reading maps at night. i can go without light. use socks as filters and the chlorine is used for purifying.
ill be going off what i can find and condensed MREs. got around 3000 food calories per day. dont need a stove.. i got fire... oh and the area ill be going into has rivers and is swampy and jungle
btw, i have experiance in beating the brush. not long backpacking trips tho.
uh... a compass is accurate... dude i do a lot of landnav. its called an intersection. that give you your location.
uh... a compass is accurate... dude i do a lot of landnav. its called an intersection. that give you your location.
few things 1. all i need a red lense for is reading maps at night. and i will be going from point a to b so i need protactors. and gloves is to keep the poison ivy off yoru hands. again I am taking out what i really dont need.
and ive read into the wild. I am going out into thr brush for probably a week... not months. adn if the weather turns to shit, we head for the high ground sit it out or keep going.
condensed mres means you open it up before, take out all the good stuff and take that.
btw, i have done a lot of evolutions and combat evolutions at night so i do know what i am talking about when i say night navigation WITHOUT light. (It is not that hard and I am not planning to do all nighters)
the terrain is hills with occasional swamp, rivers, and lakes. red lense because it doesnt kill night vision when reading maps.
i just dont really see a point of a white light. i mean most of the time, my hooch will be set up before nightfall and i got a fire going. if i choose to hump most of the night, all i need is a red lense to read maps. and ill get different food. just ive been raised on MREs. the taste really doesnt matter. yum cold MREs...
i know military uses gps... i really know... but i would rather use a compass... its 10x easier to use. two reasons why i dont wanna use one. one i cant afford one. two, even if i had one, i wouldnt need it. i got emergency azmuths. we got a road going parallel to our route about 4 miles away. if shit hits the fan, i go there.

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Easton CTR-65 ion Adjustable Trekking Poles Review ? Episode 217

Easton’s CTR-65 ion Adjustable Trekking Poles are an innovative introduction to the trekking pole community. Weighing in at about 1 lb, they are super light and with the Rock-Lock system these all-carbon poles are also very easy to adjust on the fly.� Check out the review, and stop by EastonMountainProducts.com for more info.

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Advice For Camping Out In A Thunderstorm

You are enjoying a restful camping trip underneath the open sky and abruptly an enormous thunderstorm appears on the horizon and it’s heading your way. What do you do? This scenario is common for men and women who regularly camp outside, and the best method to steer clear of becoming trapped in a thunderstorm is [...]

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Pan Fish On Ice: A Primer

Once Michigan?s lakes and rivers ice over it is everybody?s game. Fishing that is.

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Saturday 30 July 2011

Northern Exposure by Byron Goggin

If you're ready for an adventure that takes you off the beaten trail, head for one that's gone to the dogs. Learning to mush sled dogs across the Upper Peninsula in 20-degree weather may not be everybody's ideal travel excursion.

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Wireless sensor to monitor structural integrity of bridges

Kalantari hopes his sensors can prevent disasters like the I-35W bridge collapse in 2007 (...

According to a 2009 estimate by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers, more than one in four U.S. bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While newer “smart” bridges have embedded wired networks of sensors to monitor their structural integrity, the high cost of installing such systems on existing bridges is simply unaffordable for strained city, state and federal budgets. Now University of Maryland electrical engineering researcher Mehdi Kalantari has developed a tiny wireless sensor that monitors and transmits minute-by-minute data on a bridge’s structural integrity that he estimates is one-hundredth the cost of a wired network approach. .. Continue Reading Wireless sensor to monitor structural integrity of bridges

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Voyage over ? Ushuaia, Argentina

Antarctica - Frozen continent here I come via Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires & Patagonia

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Green Pea Soup

I held off writing about this until I was fairly confident it was a sure thing. And now that I'm sitting here amongst towers of boxes, I think it is safe to say...we're moving. Just up the street though! Nothing too dramatic. But yeah, it's a move. And let me tell you, I don't love moving. I've been happy to avoid doing it for seven? eight? years. But the prospect of a proper guest room, a bit more space to work, and extra, extra tall ceilings - all just a hop and skip from where we currently live (and love) - was too much to pass up. So, in addition to wrapping Champagne flutes one by one - and boxing up tights, toothbrushes, and tart pans - cleaning out the freezer was on my hit list. And that's where today's pea soup comes into play.

Pea Soup Recipe

I wish I could tell you I made today's pea soup with fresh spring peas. I didn't. It was made with peas found in the back left-hand corner of my freezer. And, even so, it was good. I'm sure it would be exponentially good with fresh market peas. Here's how it works. You make an Indian-inspired garlic ginger paste, then use it as the base of the soup along with some onion. There's also some green chiles in there to contribute some kick, along with a couple other spices. The ingredient list is based on one from this book, but I went off-road beyond that, and turned it into a one-pot soup.

Pea Soup Recipe

There are many things coming with me in the move. And many things that aren't :). I thought I'd share some pics of a few things I've come across that have made the cut. Up top, I love this antique cookie press that I purchased a while back at Heritage in Napa. And below that are some snapshots of my family, and my grandma's copy of The Joy of Cooking.

Pea Soup Recipe

And Heather, this is a note for you - those little spoons up above were Metne's. It's hard to see, but they all have M, for Metlar, on them. I think they must have been part of her wedding silver? I wonder if mom is hiding the rest of the M's somewhere? And then below those are some H's and a small menagerie of cookie cutters.

I'm looking forward to doing some shooting in the new apartment soon - the light there is stunning - although it will be the first time I'll be shooting from a place where I suspect the morning light will trump late afternoon. Fingers crossed.

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Eight of the Best Whitewater Rafting Rivers in the World

Many people like to combine camping trips with other outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting. This is an excellent way for outdoor enthusiasts to get the most out of their adventure. There are dozens of great places around the world for whitewater rafting and these are some of the best. 1. Futaleufu River, Chile (photo [...]

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Macaroni Salad

If you invite my dad to a picnic, barbecue, housewarming, or block party this time of year, odds are good he'll show up with a macaroni salad. He'll wheel it around in a cooler and when the time is right, he'll flip the top and pull a cornflower blue bowl from the ice. The bowl is what I notice first, ceramic with a flower detail on the inside rim, it's part of a set of three my grandma left when she died a few years back. This one is medium-sized, and makes its appearance with plastic wrap across the top, secured with a rubber band. I love those bowls, and I'm extra careful when I wash them.

Macaroni Salad Recipe

I've had my dad's macaroni salad twice in the last ten days, and instead of sharing his version, which is the classic take on it - I was inspired to take a stab at my own version. I ended up making a sauce from lots of sauteed green onions (scallions). Pureed with a bit of pasta water they're creamy without the cream or mayo. Beyond that, I added diced apple, lots of black pepper, arugula, and lemon juice as well. And I stopped there. But I suspect any number of other additions would be good - Marcona almonds, dried apricots in place of the apple, and if you can't be convinced macaroni salad is worth eating without mayo in the mix, a dollop would do the job. An alternative to the mayo would be a bit of salted plain yogurt, or creme fraiche. It works great on day-old macaroni salad, when you need to moisten things up a bit.

The last thing I'll add here is this. You really need to taste and adjust as you toss this salad. I've shared general amounts, but keep adding pepper, or lemon juice, or salt until the flavors really pop off the pasta. It'll happen. Under-season and you end up with a flat-tasting salad. :/

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Woman cruise ship captain in the spotlight

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woman cruise ship captainBack in December of last year, Inger Klein Olsen took the helm of Cunard Line's Queen Victoria and joined a small group of women in a male-dominated occupation. Now, P&O Cruises has made history with their first woman cruise ship captain sailing to Australia at the helm of Pacific Pearl. Captain Sarah Breton joins four other female senior officers on P&O Cruises Pacific Pearl along the biggest group of female senior officers on any cruise ship in the region.

"We are thrilled to finally have a female Captain in charge of one of our great Australian ships and believe that Captain Breton is a fantastic role model for girls who dream of a career on the high seas" said Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia, which operates P&O Cruises.

Captain Breton, 45, has served on board many ships including the former Royal Princess, Sky Princess, Canberra, Pacific Princess, Grand Princess and Star Princess as third officer, second officer, navigator, first officer and safety officer reports northernstar.com. After being promoted to staff captain in 2001 on the original Pacific Princess she went on to serve onboard Coral, Tahitian and now the new Pacific Princess.

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Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in crash in Boise Friday; driver of car cited

One person was taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center after a motorcycle collided with a car in the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Orchard Street Friday afternoon, according to Ada County Dispatch.

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Friday 29 July 2011

Samsung: Aus Galaxy Z wird Galaxy R ? Shenzhen, China

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Monster Wanted to See the Conditions of the Lake? Here You Clarify the Doubts

Monster Wanted to See the Conditions of the Lake? Here You Clarify the Doubts

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before & after: birdcage chandelier

Jesyka’s second project for the day is a very unusual way to use a birdcage, but once you see it, I think you’ll agree that more birdcages should be put to use in this way. I would never think to turn a birdcage into a ceiling light, but as Jesyka’s example proves, there are many...

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Open Question: Camping out all night at dps?

Me and my friends are camping out at dps because I'm sure we all know how crazy it gets to get you drivers test, but anyway were staying there all night to be first, taking tent coolers and lawn chairs, any ideas for anything else to bring?

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The Shady Side of "As Seen on TV Land"

Back in the 1950s, when the pioneers of the medium promised "Better Living Through Television," they probably didn't foresee the Snuggie or the Big Top Cupcake pan. But thanks to the infomercial - a miracle of modern marketing - we can visit an alternate, utopian universe called "As Seen On TV Land" at any time of the day or night.

In "As Seen On TV Land," dogs never bark and cats never claw expensive furniture. Food never spoils, but comes out perfectly prepared with little cook time and no clean up required. Rips are repaired in seconds, $10 gadgets can effectively replace high-priced electronics, and d�colletage never shows at the office. These products are marketed as must-have, problem-solving gadgets. But what happens when fake review websites and swindling online product sales make your ASOT purchase a big hassle?

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Super Shopper: Savings on camping supplies at North Face

Harry Potter battled the forces of evil and now is set to conquer the web - ... - 9:00 pm World beat comes to Riverfront This year, World Beat Festival turns its focus to one of the quickest-growing cultural groups in... - 7:59 pm Cowboy boots to tamarind at new Woodburn festival Even if you don't need a new pair of sting-ray-hide cowboy boots, you ...

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Thursday 28 July 2011

Open Question: what are some good things to do while camping out in the back garden?

our back garden is not very big, it's just big enough to fit a 2-roomed huge tent on the grass.
im thinking of having about 3 of my friends around, all girls, aged 12,13&14.
what are some cool things we could do in there?
it's going to be very hot, so it may get over heated.
if we use face masques they may turn to concrete and stay in there forever...:L
yeah we'll be taking pictures!xxx

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State of Michigan Hosts Golf Channel's Big BreakBig Break X: Michigan Airs Tonight on the Golf Channel

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Devil?s Lake Limited Edition Centennial Print now available!

Press Release: A limited edition of the Devil?s Lake State Park Centennial print painted by Baraboo artist Todd Persche is now available for purchased. Only one hundred copies of this stunning watercolor painting have been printed. The painting is divided into several panels. As you take a look at it, you are first drawn to [...]

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Last-Minute Summer Vacations

Nebraska State Parks, for instance, still have some availability for RV's, cabins and tents.

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Open Question: What to take camping for three days?

We are going camping for three days ( my husband, my three year old and I) with two other families. We don't go camping a lot so I was wondering what should we take? What about food wise? We will all bring food and share.

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Langdon Athletics

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The National Park Foundation, the official charity of America?s national
parks, is happy to announce the 2011 ?Egg-cellent Egg-venture? ? a virtual Easter
Egg hunt through our national parks.

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Wednesday 27 July 2011

Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy!! ? Sydney, Australia

Dan & Kerry's Worldwide Adventure!

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The National Park Foundation, the official charity of America?s national
parks, is happy to announce the 2011 ?Egg-cellent Egg-venture? ? a virtual Easter
Egg hunt through our national parks.

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Cut your electricity bill with an energy monitor

Summer's heat can lead to some unexpected surprises -- especially when opening up your utility bill. However, with an energy monitor you can keep track of just how much juice that old air conditioner drinks up, and see the effect that setting its thermostat just a few degrees warmer might have. If the air conditioner is a must -- and for some it might be, given the heat wave that's stricken parts of the country -- you can use an energy monitor to identify and turn off those little electrical juice sippers (printers, wall power supplies, etc.) that are often on without you even realizing it, at least taking a little sting out of your electrical bill. Our brand new report on energy monitors covers the details and names some of the best options.

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Open Question: Private camping spots near Cedar point?

My friends and I are planning a trip to Cedar point and we wanted to camp out there the night before. We have a tent and everything but we would prefer a spot with not too many strangers in the immediate area. We dont mind driving a bit to get to the park but are just looking for a nice location. Some of the sites near the park are nice but in pictures we see other campers just a few hundred feet away and stuff. Thanks for any help!

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Solar Showers Can Make Camping a More Refreshing Experience

Extended camping trips are among the most adventurous activities you can participate in, but they do sometimes have a downside to them. One of them is that you may not find an opportunity to wash yourself, depending on where you go of course. However, there is a pretty good solution to this with something called [...]

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10 Camping Sleeping Bags to Cuddle You Dearly!

Camping sleeping bags and outdoor vacations go hand in hand. Most campers, hikers, mountaineers prefer to use a sleeping bag as it provides warmth and also a sense of security when you are all zipped inside it. Sleeping bags are easy to maintain as most of them are machine washable plus they are made of [...]

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Ruff Wear Climate Changer Coat

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Warning! Stroller sites ahead; prepare to be irritated.

You would think that a manufacturer's website would be the ideal destination for a consumer to find out everything they need to know about a stroller they may be interested in purchasing. Think again. While there are some manufacturers who answer the role of the Internet as an informational highway, others are clueless.

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