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Alan backpacking in a clown shirt on a sweltering day in the Appalachians. Backpacking Light manufactured three hybrid testing tops that were half wool and half synthetic. Hybrid shirts were sent to staffers Alan Dixon, Will Rietveld, and Don Wilson. Each of us used a wool-synthetic top for several months of intensive field testing over the winter and spring. Early on in the testing process, Will dubbed these "clown shirts."
Fifty years ago nearly every outdoor kit included a wool shirt. Ten years ago, wool had been banished in favor of lighter and more comfortable synthetic base layers. But wool is back. With finer yarns, wool base layers are now marketed as comfortable next to skin. At the same time advances have been made in synthetic fabrics that further improve performance and address some of their shortfalls. This healthy competition has saturated the industry with new technologies and performance claims regarding wool and synthetic base layers.
In this article we will take an independent look at the properties of these fabrics. We ran a series of field and laboratory tests to evaluate field comfort, drying times, fabric weights and moisture wicking performance. In the process, we revealed some unexpected performance properties and learned a few things about how these fabrics compare in a diverse range of field conditions.
The Purpose of a Base Layer
Base layers have two fundamental objectives – temperature control and moisture control. The two are closely interrelated, but for purposes of this article we will equate temperature control with insulation. All base layers perform this task reasonably well, and relatively little separates the wool and synthetic fabrics.
By its very definition a base layer is not designed to be your primary protection against wind, rain or intense cold. When conditions go bad, you should pull your outer layers out of your pack. But under many conditions it may be that your base layer is your only top garment for the vast majority of your hiking day – providing sun protection, some warmth, moisture management, and a bit of modesty. This is both a weight saving (potentially fewer garments) and a time saving (less clothing adjustments/changes). Since you could potentially wear this garment 24 /7 its comfort is a significant contributor to your overall comfort and well being on a trip.
Moisture control is where a base layer can really make a difference in maintaining comfort in the field. A base layer should help keep you warm when it is cool, and cool when it is warm. As your next to skin layer, it is primarily responsible for keeping built up moisture away from your skin. Base layers use a variety of techniques and fabric properties to help you stay dry and comfortable. They will wick water away from your skin. They will disperse moisture across a wider area to facilitate drying. They will store water and keep you cool with evaporative cooling. When soaked, a base layer should dry quickly.
The series of tests we describe here were designed to help us compare the relative performance of a sample of commonly used wool and synthetic base layers. But before we jump into the test results, let's review the structure and properties of wool and synthetic fabrics.
Wool Base Layer Fabrics
Photo 2. Wool and synthetic fibers: standard wool (top), merino wool (center) and synthetic polyester fiber (bottom). Photo courtesy of Ibex.
Wool base layers have made a significant splash over the past few years primarily as a result of the improved comfort level of wool as a next to skin fabric. New softer wool fabrics have been developed and a growing number of manufacturers are now producing wool base layers. The critical change has been the use of Merino wool in modern outerwear. Merino wool has a softer feel than traditional wool, with fiber diameters of less than 20 microns (see Photo 2). Traditional wools are typically at least 32 microns, and frequently up to 80 or more microns. This explains why old wool fabrics felt like Brillo Pads against your skin. The thinner fibers of Merino wool are more flexible, hence softer and more comfortable against your skin. A few manufacturers are now producing merino wool fabric with fibers less than 18 microns in diameter, and efforts continue to produce affordable base layers with ever more comfortable fabrics.
To understand the properties of Merino wool fabrics you must first understand the structure and properties of wool fibers. Unlike synthetics, which have a uniform composition inside and out (i.e. it's a hunk of plastic that may be shaped), individual wool fibers have an exterior scaly sheath, enclosing bundles of interior fibers (see photo 3). The surface of each fiber is hydrophobic (repels moisture), helping to repel water off the surface of the fabric.
Because of the complex internal structure of wool fibers, and the fact that the interior portion of the fiber is hydrophilic (attracts moisture), water can be absorbed INTO the fibers of a wool fabric, whereas in synthetic fabrics water is only held in the spaces between individual fibers since the fibers themselves do not absorb water. Merino wool fibers can absorb approximately 30 percent of their weight in water. Synthetic fibers themselves will not absorb any water. This means that wool fabrics will hold more moisture than synthetics and will take longer to dry. But in a wool fabric the water is stored away from the surface, and consequently a wool garment may not feel so clammy next to your skin when wet.
Photo 3. The internal structure of a single wool fiber is a complex matrix consisting of numerous bundles of sub-fibers. Water can be absorbed into this internal matrix and then released again. Image courtesy of Ibex.
This ability to store moisture within the structure of the fabric gives wool some of its most useful properties. As your body warms up, the moisture stored within the fabric will begin to evaporate, cooling the air between your skin and the fabric. This same cooling effect will also hold for synthetic fabrics, but the additional moisture held within the wool fibers will prolong the cooling effect. So long as the wool is not completely saturated, its surface will stay dryer than a slightly wet synthetic layer, and it will not feel cold and clammy against your skin.
An interesting part of the wool story is that as wool absorbs water, the internal structure of the wool changes, and the fabric actually releases heat in a process known as the "heat of sorption". Although the total energy involved in this process is small in comparison to other processes such as evaporation, this heat of sorption may help to raise your skin temperature and make you feel warmer. Depending on the conditions this may or may not be beneficial. In cold weather where you may have built up a little sweat from skiing or snowshoeing, this reaction could help keep your skin warmer. Note: There is still debate about the significance of this phenomenon. The discernible effect, if any, is mostly the comfort of the fabric against the skin. The actual heat generated is too small to have a significant warming effect for your body.
Of course, wool clothing is also well known for resisting the build-up of body odor that is prevalent in many synthetic base layers. Wool is naturally resistive to the bacterial growth that can make some synthetic clothes bring tears to your eyes after a few days or weeks in the backcountry. Synthetics claim to be closing the gap with new treatments to reduce stench. While synthetics have improved their resistance to odor build-up, the consensus among the Backpacking Light staff is that wool is still ahead by a significant margin. A wool trail shirt may be your only civilized option for sitting in a restaurant after the trip, assuming you don't have a chance for a shower and change of clothes before you dig into that hot meal.
For many people another positive for wool is that it's a natural, renewable resource. Merino sheep are sheared once per year, and wool fibers will naturally break down over time. Wool easily absorbs natural dyes and can be processed with limited use of harmful or toxic chemicals. Some manufacturers are now processing wool with minimal chemical processes.
Synthetic Base Layer Fabrics
Many of the original synthetic base layers were polypropylene, but polypropylene has a very low melting point and requires a bit of care while washing. The melting point of polyester (260 to 270 degrees C) is much higher than polypropylene (165 degrees C) and therefore requires much less care laundering, especially in a hot drier. Note: wool too has improved. The newest merino wools require much less care than their predecessors and can be put in the drier without shrinking. Polypro also had a reputation for body odor build up. Modern polypro has improved upon both care and odor problems but its reputation persists. For example, many polypro laundering instructions still call for a cold wash and drip dry. Many synthetic base layers, including most of the high-end ones, use polyester fabrics for their ease of care and improved odor control. Other problems with polypropylene include poor abrasion resistance and poor "memory" (shape retention). The advantage to polypro is that it is a lighter fiber than polyester so you could potentially make a 40% lighter garment. (Note: The density of polypropylene (0.91g/cc) is much lower than that of polyester (1.38 g/cc). Polypropylene floats in water while polyester sinks.) Another advantage of polypro is that it absorbs almost no moisture. Finally polypro is typically a less expensive fabric. Thus polypro is still used as a base layer fabric, but primarily in lower cost garments.
Woven – as opposed to a knit fabric as is typically used in base layers – nylon fabric is often used in warmer conditions for sun blocking, but few base layer (i.e. wicking) garments are made of nylon. Since most high-end base layers use polyester we will focus on polyester base layers in this article.
The key advantages of synthetics over wool are that they are lighter, dry faster and are considerably less expensive. As we will show in the tests below, the lightest synthetic base layers are still significantly lighter than the finest wool. Because the individual fibers do not absorb water, synthetics will remain much lighter than wool when both are saturated. And the synthetics will dry more quickly too. Last but not least, synthetics are much less expensive – typically 30 to 50 percent less than wool products with similar function.
Photo 4. Two examples of polyester synthetic fibers with added surface complexity. Textured surfaces improve moisture movement and drying times; and consequently reduce odor buildup. GoLite's C-Thru fabric (left) and MontBell's Wickron fabric (right). Images courtesy of GoLite and MontBell.
Synthetic fibers have made numerous advances over the years, many of them mimicking the best properties of wool, but still maintaining the benefits of synthetics. Paramount among these are advances that help synthetics to move moisture more quickly across the surface of individual fibers, helping to disperse moisture, improve drying time, and keep moisture away from your skin. This is typically done by adding texture to the surface of the synthetic fibers, or changing the cross-sectional shape of the fibers, or applying a chemical finish. This texture or finish increases surface complexity, making it more hydrophilic. The objective of these shape modifications is to speed movement of water along individual fibers, away from your skin and dispersing the moisture closer to the outer surface where it will evaporate more quickly. Examples of these fibers are Patagonia's Capilene (treated, roughened surface), Marmot Qwick (hydrophilic chemical treatment) and GoLite C-Thru (modified fiber shape).
Many synthetic garment manufacturers have taken steps to reduce the build up of body odor in their clothing. This odor problem is especially prevalent among synthetic base layers which are next to your skin and kept warm and moist as you wear them – perfect conditions to grow a festering pool of stinky bacteria. An ultralight backpacker might wear the same base layer for a week, significantly increasing bacterial breeding opportunities and stench. Wool is inherently anti-bacterial. Its protein based structure (keratin) provides natural protection against odor producing bacteria.
Synthetic garment manufacturers use numerous techniques to reduce bacteria buildup in synthetic base layers. Most of these involve applying anti-bacterial coatings to some or all of the fibers. Many treatments use silver ions which are applied or woven into the fabric. One approach is to impregnate silver ions directly into the yarn. Another approach embeds the silver ions on the surface of the fabric, making more effective use of silver's anti-microbial properties. An example of a silver embedded fabric is VisaEndurance, by Milliken. VisaEndurance is used by many manufacturers, including Mountain Hardwear in their Extend Featherweight base layers.
Comparative Field Testing of Wool and Synthetic Base Layers
One way to compare the performance of wool and synthetic base layers is to create hybrid garments. Backpacking Light spliced and sewed three hybrid tops that were half wool and half synthetic. We chose Smartwool Microweight for the wool side and Patagonia Lightweight Capilene for the synthetic side. The insulating properties and field use of these fabrics are comparable, which made them a good pair for comparison of wool versus synthetic field performance.
Each tester used a hybrid wool-synthetic top for several months of intensive field testing over the winter and spring. Our goal was to get the top out into a variety of conditions, with a focus on conditions that challenged the performance of the fabrics. That meant using the tops in vigorous aerobic activity and a variety of temperature and weather conditions. We tested the tops in temperatures ranging from well below freezing in the Colorado mountains to 90 degrees in the Sonoran desert spring and 95 degree late spring days in the Northeast. Weather conditions ranged from wet/cold winter days in Colorado, humid spring conditions in the eastern US, and dry spring heat in the Sonoran desert. We all received occasional dubious looks while wearing these shirts, or were teased mercilessly by friends and family. Early on in the testing process, Will dubbed these "clown shirts" – and henceforth we referred to them by that moniker. They were definitely a conversation starter when we met people in the backcountry.
Field Test Conditions
Don on a winter training run, Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Don made a habit of wearing his top on all of his trail runs and conditioning hikes during winter and spring. That usually meant a vigorous climb or run of 6 to 12 miles with elevation gains of 2000 to 4000 feet. Most of the time Don overheated while climbing, and the top was important to keeping him dry and cool. A few times conditions were cold enough to keep him cool or cold, but that was the exception in his testing. Don is a longtime user of synthetic tops, only recently spending more time in wool base layers.
Will in his clown shirt on a conditioning hike in southern Colorado.
Over a four-month period Will put his pride aside in the name of science, and wore the infamous shirt out in public (gasp!) on a total of 31 day trips while snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and day hiking. Will wore it either as a base layer or an outer layer, depending on the temperatures, which ranged from 30 to 65 °F. On several occasions he pushed hard to build up a good sweat on his favorite conditioning hike – a 1.5 mile 1500 foot 45 minute charge up a local mountain without stopping. (Will says, "Don't snicker, that's good for me!")
Alan on the spectacular Angel's Landing trail, Zion National Park, Utah.
Alan tested his shirt in the cool spring conditions of Washington, DC, with temperatures in the 30's to 50's °F, and also had it out in the western US for a late spring trip to southern Utah. Finally, Alan tested his top on a muggy 95 °F backpacking trip in the Appalachians. Note that Alan's top is a short sleeve model, while Will and Don used a complementary pair of long sleeved tops. All three tops were made from the same fabric combination.
Cool Weather Performance
All three of us tested the tops in cool conditions, from below freezing up to about 50 degrees. Alan had intense bicycle and trail running workouts in 30 to 50 degree temperatures with relative humidity around 80 percent. Under these conditions, Alan noted that the Capilene side spread moisture out over a larger area and dried more quickly than the wool side. This held true for all of our testing, in all conditions. But despite absorbing more water than the Capilene side, Alan found that the wool side was warmer and more comfortable on the skin in cool temperatures. The wool side felt especially warm when cooling off after an intense workout while the Capilene side felt decidedly chilly. But the Capilene dried much faster. An hour after one of Alan's workouts, the Capilene side was dry while the wool side was still damp. It took the wool side approximately another hour to dry.
Don's cool weather testing was done under drier conditions. On long uphill trail runs in cool weather, the Capilene side stayed drier, but when wet, Don also found the wool side more comfortable. The Capilene side allowed more wind to pass through to the skin, helping Don stay cool even when the climbs got serious. In cool, comfortable, windy conditions, Don found the performance difference negligible, as both sides were dry and comfortable. The more humid conditions of Alan's testing may help to highlight the differences between the fabrics.
Will's experience in cool conditions was interesting. His comment on the field performance difference between the fabrics was, "nada!" In the cool conditions of Colorado, he found no significant difference between the two fabrics, despite putting them through a long series of field tests. In Will's words, "When worn as an outer layer, I built up a good sweat climbing hard, stood in the wind at the top, got chilled on both sides, put a shell on over it, and dried out quickly without further chilling. When worn as a base layer, both fabrics effectively dispersed moisture and dried out fairly quickly. I tried hard to distinguish a difference, but I can't honestly say I could detect a difference."
Synthetic (Capilene) Dries Faster
All three testers found that the Capilene fabric was faster to dry. Don soaked his top in a creek and wore it for a downhill hike on a 58 degree morning. Almost immediately the wool side felt warmer. After 5 minutes of hiking, the Capilene side began to be noticeably drier than the wool side. The Capilene side was dry after 20 minutes of hiking, while the wool side reached a similar level of dryness at 35 minutes. Will ran a similar test and found the drying time of the Microweight wool side about 50 percent longer than Capilene [more on Will's tests below.]. Alan's field experience for drying times was similar (except he exercised for a long time at an intense level and used his own sweat to soak the shirt.).
Warm Weather Performance
Don wore his top on numerous warm weather trail runs and conditioning hikes. Under all of these conditions, Don detected little difference in the performance of the two fabrics. He was surprised at the comfort level on the wool side in these conditions. Both fabrics were reasonably comfortable for Don, even when exercising in hot weather. (Note: Don is a desert dweller and others may find these fabrics uncomfortably warm under hot weather conditions.)
Alan tested his top on a 30 mile backpacking trip in the Appalachians with muggy weather, 95 degree days and many, many thousands of feet of climbing. While Alan preferred the synthetic side for comfort, it was not by a large margin. The wool side's lack of stench in the hot weather was a real plus.
Both Don and Alan noted that the synthetic side was a bit cooler due to its lighter and more air permeable fabric. This was especially true under breezy conditions, where the synthetic side was noticeably more ventilated and cool. While Don found both fabrics reasonably comfortable in hot weather stress tests, he would not opt to use a base layer under these conditions. His preference for warm weather hiking is a loose fitting, well ventilated top such as the RailRiders Adventure Top (a woven nylon fabric with mesh side inserts). Don also notes that wool has made good strides in comfort against the skin, but still is "definitely not cotton." Alan had no issues with wool's next to skin comfort, even in extremely hot weather.
There is consensus that untreated synthetic garments build up a significant stink, but what about wool? Our testing provided a good opportunity to test both fabrics under identical conditions. Don did not wash his clown shirt all winter and spring. After every sweaty workout he threw it in the drawer with his other base layers. Four months later, Don can conclusively state that the Capilene side does indeed stink. The wool side is nearly stink free with some of the minimal odor possibly from loitering near the Capilene for so long. Alan also did not wash his garment for at least two months with similar results. The wool side was nearly stench free while the Capiline side was not fit to be worn withing 50 feet of civilized company (the neighbor's Rottweiler thought it was great!). So while synthetics may have improved, wool is still superior to untreated synthetic in fighting off odor buildup. [Will was more hygienic and washed his clown shirt.]
Laboratory Tests of Select Wool and Synthetic Fabrics
To get a more controlled look at the drying rate and fabric weights of wool and synthetic fabrics we ran a soak and dry test on five leading fabrics. These tests were a simple look at drying rates under low humidity conditions and are most useful as a comparative indicator. Field drying times will vary widely based in humidity, temperature, wind, aerobic activity, and other clothing worn. Two synthetic fabrics were tested, GoLite DriMove and Patagonia Lightweight Capilene. The three wool fabrics were Ibex 17.5 micron, Icebreaker Superfine, and Smartwool Microweight.
|Fabric type
|Swatch Weight (g)
|Fabric Weight g/m2
|Patagonia Lightweight Capilene
|100% polyester
|GoLite DriMove
|100% polyester
|Ibex 17.5 micron
|Merino wool
|Icebreaker Superfine
|Merino wool
|Smartwool Microweight
|Merino wool
|Note: Fabric samples were 30 cm by 30 cm. Due to relatively small swatch sizes and rounding error, weight per meter squared has approximately 10 percent (plus or minus) error.
The test procedure was a simple soak of the fabric swatches in room temperature tap water for 20 minutes. Samples were removed simultaneously and allowed to drip for 1 minute. Each was then weighed every 5 minutes. The test was run outside in the shade with temperatures of approximately 65 degrees F. Relative humidity was approximately 40 percent. Fabric swatches were laid flat on concrete while drying.
Figure 1. Drying time summary. We verified that synthetics dry faster. The two synthetic fabrics were dry after 65 minutes (Patagonia Lightweight Capilene) or 75 minutes (GoLite DriMove). The wool fabrics took 90 to 100 minutes to reach their dry weight.
Figure 2. Weight of fabric after soaking. When soaked, synthetic fabrics are lighter than their wool counterparts, even for a very absorbent synthetic like DriMove.
Figure 3. Percentage of water absorption in comparison to dry weight (X times dry weight) for selected synthetic and wool fabrics. This figure shows that there is not as much difference in percentage of water absorption between synthetics and wool as we initially believed. Taking out the anomaly of the very absorbent DriMove, the values ranged between 3 and 4x for all fabrics. GoLite DriMove, while the lightest fabric, absorbed the greatest percentage of its dry weight in water (10 g to 48 g is 4.8x) but was still the second fastest drying fabric. This underscores the ability of synthetics to dry quickly even with large amounts of water.
Figure 4. Detailed drying rates (base data) for selected synthetic and wool fabrics.
An Alternate Test – Drying Rate When Worn (Will Rietveld goes a step further)
All of us observed that in the field the synthetic side dried faster. But exactly how much faster? Swatches of fabric can tell us only so much. Obviously, the drying rate of a whole garment on a warm body would be a better indicator of field performance.
Will went a step further to get a more precise measurement of the drying rate of the clown shirts while on the body. He devised a simple but ingenious test to measure the drying rate of both sides of the wet shirt while on his body. Will measured the temperature of a wet clown shirt (on his body) with an infrared thermometer. He did this for both the synthetic and wool side at 5 minute intervals.
Test procedure: Clown shirt soaked for 4 hours, then run through the spin cycle in a washing machine to remove excess water. Will then put it on the shirt and measured the temperature of the wool and polyester sides with an infrared thermometer at 5 minute intervals. Ambient conditions 70 F and 15-20 percent relative humidity. Results: Synthetic (Caplilene) dries at 30 min. Wool (Smartwool Microweight) dries at 45 min.
Note that the shirt quickly warmed up from Will's body heat after he put it on. It then stayed around a constant 80 degrees (because of evaporative cooling) for about 20 minutes. Finally, the fabric warmed up to a steady state of 88 °F indicating the fabric had dried (no moisture left for evaporative cooling).
It is always nice when lab tests and field tests agree. Don's soak the shirt in the field and then wear it, with a subjective assessment of dryness was 20 minutes to dry for the synthetic side and 35 minutes to dry for the wool side. This is within reasonable agreement with Will's on body tests. Don's faster drying times are likely due to his exercising in the field (more heat generation and warmer skin temperature versus Will's at rest skin temperature and heat generation) and that fact that Don was moving and therefore creating some wind aided drying. Don has long legs, is in excellent shape and hikes a good clip. Don's subjective measurement in dryness versus Will's temperature based measurement of "dryness" may also account for slight differences in perceived drying time. That is, the shirt may feel dry even though it has residual moisture.
Will also used the same infrared thermometer test method to see how much faster a shirt dried when worn versus on a hanger. Surprisingly, wearing the garment only decreased drying time by 15% for both fabrics (at least at an ambient temperature of 70 °F and low humidity of 15-20%). As temperatures drop and relative humidity increases, we would assume that the difference in drying time would increase between a shirt on a hanger and on a warm body.
Test procedure: Clown shirt soaked for 4 hours, then run through the spin cycle in a washing machine to remove excess water. Shirt then put on a clothes hanger and the temperature of the wool and polyester sides measured with an infrared thermometer at 5 minute intervals. Ambient conditions 70 *F and 15-20 percent relative humidity. Results: Synthetic (Caplilene) dries at 35 min. Wool (Smartwool Microweight) dries at 55 min.
In Will's whole garment tests and the lab fabric swatch tests, Smartwool took 57% and 53% longer to dry respectively. That is, the percentage difference in drying rate between Capilene and Smartwool was the same even thought they used very different test methods – Will's a full garment, a washing machine spin cycle which removed more excess water and dried on a hanger (both sides exposed) versus the lab tests with fabric swatches that were not wrung at all but only allowed to drip for 1 minute and laid on concrete (single side exposed).
General Note: Differences between wool and synthetics for both water absorption and drying times were not as earth shattering as we initially thought.
Choices we make for base layers should be based on conditions we hike in, and properties of fabrics. But even under similar conditions personal preference plays a big role. Each of us has different comfort levels for each fabric. Some people can't wear even the softest wool fabrics without breaking out in a rash, while others cannot tolerate the stench of wearing a synthetic garment for a week, and still others hate the clammy feeling of synthetics. Whatever your personal preferences, we hope the information provided here will help you make more informed choices about your base layer.
Tester's Personal Conclusions
The following are our personal conclusions from this series of tests and field testing.
- Wool is significantly better at resisting buildup of body odors than most synthetics – even the improved ones
- Wool feels warmer and less clammy on the skin when damp
- Wool takes approximately 50 percent longer to dry than synthetics (range 40 to 60 percent). This was consistent across the board under a large range of conditions – in lab tests of fabric swatches, whole shirts on hangers, shirts on warm bodies, and actual in-field performance of shirts wet with sweat and shirts intentionally saturated with water.
- In our soak test, the difference in water absorption (x increase over dry weight) between wool and synthetics was less than we initially believed. Approximately 3x dry weight for synthetics versus 4x dry weight for wool.
- Synthetic fabrics wick moisture out faster over a larger surface area. This may in part contribute to their faster drying times but also to a chilling effect in cool and especially windy conditions.
- Synthetic fabrics are lighter than wool for comparable warmth.
- Many synthetic garments are significantly less expensive than wool.
Wool and synthetic base layers preferences of Backpacking Light Staff
- A wool top serves as a combination shirt and base layer for most trips. Wool's lack of stench and next to skin comfort (less clammy and feels warmer when wet) are major reasons for his selection. That wool is a minimally processed natural fiber also appeals to him.
- In torrentially wet environments like the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest or New Zealand's South Island, the lightest synthetic base layer like Capilene would be the preferred choice. Low water absorption and quick drying times are the major reasons.
- In serious cold weather mountaineering a synthetic top like a Patagonia R1 hoodie. Warmth, flexibility for varying conditions, minimal water absorption and faster drying are reasons. Even in a cramped mountaineering tent, stench and next to skin feel are distant considerations.
- On shorter trips in very warm conditions, a thin synthetic base layer may be selected. In desert conditions a thin nylon top like a RailRiders Adventure Top could be the most desirable.
- In cool or cold, dry weather wool is the preferred choice.
- About 80 °F synthetic or wool base layers (knit fabrics). Like Alan he is more apt to wear a thin woven nylon shirt (conventional fabric) like a RailRiders Adventure Top.
- Will did not have a significant preference between wool and synthetic base layers. This may underscore the fact that under many conditions there are only minor performance differences between wool and synthetic base layers. It may also be that Will is an easy going guy with few idiosyncrasies about his trail clothing. Or it may be that Will actually washed his clown shirt a few times during testing. (Will eventually sided with the Smartwool. Not for its performance but for its better fit – longer sleeves and torso length.)


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Talk:Main Page
what about the validation of legal/illegal licenses of commercial software?
I'm sometimes requested by the Courts to process with investigations in order to detect is a company is using software (e.g. AutoCad, MS Office, Adobe) with licenses or not. The evidence of such stuff is easy or not. The display of the "About" is sometimes enough but for some software the evidence is not so easy.
May I propose we open a new section to address such topics?
What do you think? --Chuv 04:16, 19 July 2007 (PDT)
- Sounds like a good idea. How about How to determine if software is legally licensed? It should probably go in the Category:Howtos. Jessek 16:11, 19 July 2007 (PDT)
Link to Pages for Expanding
Could we add a link to the Main Page for all of the other pages that need expanding (i.e. Category:Articles that need to be expanded)? I think we're more likely to get help if we advertise where we need it! Jessek 05:52, 19 March 2007 (PDT)
Global Directory of Analysts
I am setting up a global directory of computer forensics analysts, and am looking for feedback to the idea. Although the directory is in the UK, I want it to be global. Any thoughts, please put them on Computer Forensics [1] in the forums section. Thanks and regards, Simon
- Given the lack of response I'm not sure this is a viable idea. Jessek 21:13, 26 February 2007 (PST)
- Doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Simsong 18:50, 15 March 2007 (PDT)
- Response is small because the very idea and both sites are not well known within North America. Computer forensics here has been mostly a secondary role rather than a principal focus. To raise awareness of both efforts, this wiki and computer-forensics.co.uk, you need to get their existence promoted in major publications and the primary professional organizations.
Hachoir framework
Hi, I'm the author of Hachoir, a generic framework for binary file manipulation. I don't know if I can add it in your wiki. I prefer to have your review first :-)
Hachoir supports many file formats (more than 60 formats) and have many features:
* Fault tolerant parser (truncated/buggy file or buggy parser) * Smart syntax: you don't have to care about endian or charset, and you can mix byte and bit fields * Few functions to modify files * File recognition using header/footer in a disk image (in any file) with few false positive (each file is checked using the parser) * Written in Python: OS independant and easy to script/extend * curses, wxWidgets and Gtk interfaces * Many programs based on hachoir-core and hachoir-parser: * hachoir-strip: remove metadata and other "useless" informations * hachoir-grep: find substring in a binary file (using hachoir parsers: so search is Unicode aware) * hachoir-subfile: find all subfiles in a file * etc.
List of OS changed at boot or poweroff time.
Some times i found useful to know which files are changed on boot time of OS or on poweroff. For example to know what happened with OS ( Windows or Linux or ... ) what files to exclude or include by investigation. So i started collect this information with qemu and mactime. I think this wiki is the best place to post it, what do you think haw should i name it and the category? Also i will thankful if some one can correct my English.

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Mata and Torres miss out for Spain
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa and Bayern Munich playmaker Thiago Alcantara have been included in the Spain squad for Wednesday's friendly against Italy, but Manchester United's recent £37 million signing Juan Mata and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres both failed to make the cut.
• World Cup Daily: Friday, Feb. 28
Veterans of Spain's 2010 World Cup success including Alvaro Arbeloa, Fernando Llorente, Carles Puyol and La Roja's all-time record goalscorer David Villa are among the other big names left out for the match at the Estadio Vicente Calderon in Madrid, which represents Spain's final friendly before Vicente Del Bosque names his 23-man squad for the World Cup in Brazil.
The 63-year-old boss told the news conference at which the squad was announced that enough time remained for those omitted to play well enough to make him change his mind.
"There are more than two important players who are left out," Del Bosque said. "But this list is just for Italy. There is time in front of us, three months of competition, and many things could happen that ratify this list or make us bring others."
Arbeloa's absence was a surprise, with Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta and Atletico Madrid's Juanfran Torres getting the call at full-back instead. Del Bosque said he wanted to get a closer look at the versatile Azpilicueta in particular.
"Of course there are some who are not coming who have done a lot to deserve it," he continued. "But we believe that Azpilicueta is playing well at Chelsea and we are going to watch him up close. His versatility is useful for us."
Atletico's Brazil-born striker was called up by Spain in November -- only for injury to stop him making his debut for his adopted country -- and he has been given another opportunity to prove he merits a call-up for the summer.
"I have not spoken to him [recently] but the federation have called him to make sure he was still thinking the same," Del Bosque said. "This list is not final for Brazil. It is a unique case because he had never come with us before, and for him being born in Brazil. But he is a player who comes because of what he has done for his club. We have decided he can help us."
Bayern Munich duo Thiago Alcantara and Javi Martinez had also been rewarded for their excellent performances this season, Del Bosque said, while maintaining that the latter could provide valuable cover in both midfield and defence.
"We cannot consider Thiago a new arrival, he is playing very well for Bayern Munich," he said. "They are one of best teams in Europe and he is a starter there. Javi Martinez can play in two positions. We can use him as a central midfielder or a centre-half."
Manchester City trio Alvaro Negredo, Jesus Navas and David Silva and Arsenal's Santi Cazorla have retained their squad places, but recent Manchester United signing Mata has apparently paid the price for indifferent club form this season.
Emerging Real Madrid duo Jese Rodriguez and Dani Carvajal were not named, but Atletico midfielder Koke is in again and looks certain to travel to Brazil. World Cup 2010 winner Puyol is not included despite Gerard Pique being unavailable due to a minor thigh injury.
Del Bosque asserted the meeting with the Azzurri -- a repeat of the Euro 2012 final -- would again provide a stiff test for this side.
"They are one of the world's big national teams," he said. "They have Juventus as a base, and are playing very strong games, like the first game of Euro 2012, the two from the Confederations Cup, one of them agonising with extra-time when they were just as strong as we were. And the final [of Euro 2012], which was for sure our best game of recent years."
The La Roja squad are due to gather at the national football headquarters at Las Rozas in suburban Madrid on Monday, where a number of adverts will be filmed with the Spanish FA's commercial partners.
An opening training session is set for Tuesday evening at Atletico's Calderon ground, where fans will be granted free admission to watch Del Bosque put his side through their paces ahead of the clash with the Italians.
Ahead of the World Cup it has also been confirmed that Spain's squad for the tournament will meet up on Monday, May 26 -- two days after this season's Champions League final --- and will play a friendly against Bolivia at Sevilla's Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan on Friday, May 30.
The holders' first game at the finals is against beaten 2010 finalists Holland in Salvador de Bahia on Friday, June 13, followed by Chile on June 18 in Rio de Janeiro and a final group game against Australia on June 23 in Curitiba.
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Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas [Real Madrid], Pepe Reina [Napoli], Victor Valdes [Barcelona]
Defenders: Juanfran Torres [Atletico Madrid], Javi Martinez [Bayern Munich], Sergio Ramos [Real Madrid], Jordi Alba [Barcelona], Cesar Azpilicueta [Chelsea], Raul Albiol [Napoli].
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso [Real Madrid], Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta & Cesc Fabregas [Barcelona], Koke [Atletico Madrid], Thiago Alcantara [Bayern], Jesus Navas & David Silva [Man City], Santi Cazorla [Arsenal].
Attackers: Diego Costa [Atletico], Alvaro Negredo [Man City], Pedro Rodriguez [Barca].
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mike Huckabee, the winner of last week's Republican Iowa caucuses, said Tuesday he's satisfied with his third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary. He pledged to forge ahead in hopes of doing better in coming contests.
"Tonight we're going to come out of here with continued momentum," Huckabee told supporters.
The former governor of Arkansas used his come-from-behind Iowa victory to catapult him out of the back of the Republican pack in New Hampshire.
He was never a threat to Tuesday's victor, John McCain, or to Mitt Romney, who finished second.
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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But he had hoped for a third-place finish to keep him breathing political oxygen as he heads into friendlier states.
"In Michigan, in South Carolina, in Florida ... what you helped us continue will be carried right on through, and it won't be long we're going to be able to secure the nomination and on to the White House and on to leading America," he said.
Other polls say he's leading
Polls in Michigan and South Carolina show him leading or in a tie for first place. Until now, his main rival had been Romney, but as he moves on he will have to compete more directly with McCain as well, who is also counting on Michigan and South Carolina to propel his campaign.
New Hampshire, unlike Iowa, is not a state with a large evangelical population. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, stressed an economic populism rather than his anti-abortion, Christian heritage in the state. His ads in the state stressed his economic record as governor, an attempt to neutralize independent ads against him that have characterized him as a tax raiser.
His supporters on the stump ranged from home-schooling parents to supporters of his plan to eliminate the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax. Compared to his leading rivals, he has been operating on a shoestring budget.
"We thought that if we could finish in the top, we kept saying four or five, we'd feel pretty good about that, knowing just how tough it's been to try to break through. But tonight, you've given us so much more than we could have imagined just a few days or weeks ago," Huckabee said.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — As India's financial capital shut down for the weekend funeral of a powerful politician linked to waves of mob violence, a woman posted on Facebook that the closures in Mumbai were "due to fear, not due to respect." A friend of hers hit the "like" button.
For that, both women were arrested.
Analysts and the media are slamming the Maharashtra state government for what they said was a flagrant misuse of the law and an attempt to curb freedom of expression. The arrests were seen as a move by police to prevent any outbreak of violence by supporters of Bal Thackeray, a powerful Hindu fundamentalist politician who died Saturday.
"We are living in a democracy, not a fascist dictatorship," Markandey Katju, a former Supreme Court justice who now heads the Press Council of India, wrote in a protest letter to the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Katju demanded that the state government suspend the police officers who had ordered the arrests and prosecute them.
The women withdrew the comment and apologized, but angry Thackeray supporters ransacked an orthopedic clinic run by the uncle of one woman.
A lawyer representing the women, Sudheer Gupta, said police arrested them Sunday, the day of the funeral, on charges of creating enmity and hatred. They were released on bail Monday.
Shaheen Dhada, the 21-year-old who posted the comment appeared on television Tuesday, her face covered by a scarf so that only her eyes were visible.
Clearly terrified by her arrest and the attack on her uncle's clinic, Dhada told NDTV television she would never again make comments on a social networking site. Both women said they have deactivated their Facebook accounts.
Dhada described her arrest as "unfair."
"It was not a crime," Renu Srinivas, Dhada's friend who also was arrested, told NDTV.
India's Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said he was "deeply saddened" by the arrests of the two women.
"Freedom of speech is a very important right, and we need to protect it," Sibal told reporters. He said the government would re-examine the laws governing information technology to prevent its misuse by the police.
"We want to make sure that this law is not meant to prevent people from stating their point of view on any issue," Sibal said Tuesday.
Shops and offices were closed Sunday as more than 1.5 million people attended Thackeray's funeral.
He was never elected to office but was seen for decades as Mumbai's most powerful man. He created an army of supporters by weaving Hindu fundamentalism with ardent defense of Marathis, Mumbai's dominant ethnic group.
Thackeray founded his political party, the Shiv Sena — which means Shiva's Army — with the sole aim of keeping people who are not from Maharashtra out of the state and stemming the spread of Islam and Western values.
Spurred by Thackeray's rabble-rousing speeches, his supporters routinely resorted to violence against Muslims and migrant workers who had come to Mumbai in search of work. He is among those blamed for a wave of religious violence in 1992 that left nearly 1,000 people dead in Mumbai alone.
Analysts say it was as sense of fear that kept millions of people off the streets of the bustling city on Sunday. Nearly 20,000 policemen patrolled the deserted streets, mainly because of the violent history of the Shiv Sena.
No violence occurred Sunday. A day later, a relieved Mumbai police chief, Satyapal Singh, praised the "unexpectedly orderly behavior" of Thackeray's supporters.
But the thuggish behavior was in evidence Monday when a mob of Thackeray's supporters stormed the orthopedic clinic, destroying its operating rooms and much of its equipment. Nurses and patients fled but no one was hurt.
On Tuesday, police said they had detained nine men for their involvement in the attack of the clinic. It was not immediately clear if the men belonged to the Shiv Sena.
The Mumbai arrests came barely two months after the Maharashtra police arrested a political cartoonist on sedition charges for drawings that mocked corruption in the Indian government. The charges were dropped and the cartoonist is out on bail. Earlier this year, a university professor was arrested in the state of West Bengal for forwarding an email cartoon that caricatured the chief minister there.


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I've connected it all up, run the update program, put the tester into update mode and selected the firmware file but it comes back with a MISSING DATA error and the message, "The update has failed. Please try sending the file again"
Any ideas on how to fix this? I've tried it on a few different PCs though each time I've used a USB to Serial adapter due to lack of ports, so I'm wondering if it may be down to the config of this. The tester downloads results with no issue though so I have always assumed it's functioning correctly.
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World War II vets should not have to pay taxes. These are the people who saved the United States of America. They saved Pennsylvania. They saved Monroe County and they saved East Stroudsburg.
And what thanks do they get? A new tax hike so the school district can build another Taj Mahal. And this only because the clowns who call themselves our legislators pass all kinds of mandates that require all school districts to comply.
Why can't they just use cinder blocks without all the fancy coverings which cost millions of dollars? Why should the wealthy districts like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and their surrounding towns receive 60 percent of their budgets and the smaller towns like East Stroudsburg only receive 20 percent, which means the property owners have to make up the difference.
This is discriminatory. Why should the homeowners be the only ones to pay for the schools? Everyone should have to pay. As a matter of fact, the clowns in Harrisburg have been saying for years that property taxes should go. Other taxes which everyone would pay should replace them. When are they going to take some action?
In the meantime, give the WWII vet a break. We are all in our late 80s or 90s and most are on a fixed income. Many are in home foreclosure or soon will be. None have children in school. So I'm asking you to give these people from the greatest generation a break. Thank you.
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Bahrain's central bank has urged five Islamic banks to merge early next year as it seeks to strengthen the banks' capital bases, a senior official said.
Naser Mohammed Al-Belooshi, Executive Director of management services at the Bahrain Monetary Agency, the Gulf Arab state's central bank -said capital limitations would continue to seriously compromise the ability of Islamic banks to finance major international projects.
"Islamic banks will have to consolidate or otherwise or substantially increase their capital structures to enhance their ability to provide project finance on the scale required," he told a banking seminar in Bahrain. Belooshi said the ability of Islamic banks and financial houses to compete with conventional banks was expected to diminish after recent global mergers.
Islamic banks do not pay or charge interest as it is considered by many Muslims as usury, which is banned under Islamic Sharia. They make money instead by using a system of profit sharing from returns on approved investments. Under the plan, Al Salam Bank would merge with Bahrain Islamic Bank, while Capivest, Elaf Bank and Capital Management House would merge with each other.
Bahrain Islamic Bank and Al Salam announced in August that they were in merger talks to form Bahrain's largest Islamic lender with assets of $4.5bn.There are around 200 Islamic banks and financial houses globally, including 18 in Bahrain, that serve some 1.2 billion Muslims.
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Agriculture and forestry are important biomass suppliers, providing raw material, such as agricultural residues, for the production of bioenergy.
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As biomass can regrow, it is considered a renewable energy source.
Rural development policy supports the production and use of renewable energy
While the common agricultural policy does not provide direct financial support for the production of biomass for bioenergy, EU rural development policy includes measures aimed at encouraging the production and use of renewable energy. Through their rural development programmes, EU countries can introduce specific measures to support renewable energy - such as investments in renewable energy production or consumption. The promotion of energy efficiency can also be supported.
Bioenergy has key role for EU's climate and energy objectives
Bioenergy also plays a key role in helping the EU meet its climate and energy objectives. With this in mind, the European Commission has proposed new measures designed to ensure the sustainability of bioenergy.
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EU producers of agricultural biomass, whatever its final use, must respect environmental standards regarding water, soil and air. Farmers receiving direct payments need to comply with the agricultural and environmental standards set out under the cross-compliance system and carry out specific agri-environmental practices favourable to the environment. Moreover, all biofuels and bioliquids consumed in the EU and that are counted towards the EU's binding target have to comply with the sustainability criteria and deliver a minimum greenhouse gas emissions savings, as set out in the renewable energy directive.
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DENVER – A group of interrelated automobiledealerships and financing companies in the Denver metropolitan area violated federal law by retaliating against an employee because she participated in a prior sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency allegedon Thursday, June 9, 2011, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver.
According to the EEOC'scomplaint, the Moreland Auto Group, LLLP, Kids' Financial, Inc., doing business as C.A.R. Finance,Kids' Automotive, Inc., andBrandon Financial, Inc. (the Moreland Auto Group) intentionally and unlawfully retaliated against Lucille Fancher by firing her on June 3, 2008, because she participated in theprior EEOC lawsuit. In the earlier suit, the EEOC had charged the same companies with allowing a sexually hostile work environment and retaliating against employees when they reported sexual harassment to management.
According to the new EEOC lawsuit, Fancher, a ten-year employee, complained to management about a sexually hostile work environment and, therefore, was a participant entitled to a portion of the settlement in the prior lawsuit. The EEOC claims that in January 2008 Fancher was called into a meeting with the general manager and told that if she received money as part of a settlement of the lawsuit, she would no longer have a job. The EEOC charges that on June 3, 2008, the same day that settlement documents were due in federal court, Fancher was terminated, while another employee who did not accept her share of the settlement was not fired.
Retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment or participating in efforts to combat it violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed the new lawsuit (EEOC v. Moreland Auto Group, LLLP, Kids' Financial, Inc., d/b/a C.A.R. Finance, Kids' Automotive, Inc., and Brandon Financial, Inc. , Civil Action No. 11-cv-01512-WYD-KLM) in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. The suit seeks monetary damages for Fancher, including back pay, compensation for emotional distress and punitive damages. The EEOC also seeks injunctive relief prohibiting further retaliation and mandating corrective action.
"Retaliation charges are the highest group of charges we received last year, now making up more than 36 percent," said EEOC Phoenix Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill, whose jurisdiction includes Colorado. "The law explicitly allows employees to report alleged discrimination in the workplace, to support investigations by giving witness statements and to participate as class members in lawsuits. The law refers to all that as 'engaging in protected activity.' Title VII specifically prohibits employers from exacting revenge on employees who act within their rights under the law."
EEOC Denver Field Office Director Nancy Sienko added, "Retaliation for complaining about discrimination or participating in a procedure about discrimination, such as sexual harassment, is just as unlawful as the underlying discrimination itself. The EEOC is committed to protecting people from both discrimination and retaliation."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination and retaliation. The Denver Field Office is part of the Phoenix District, which covers Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and parts of New Mexico. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Financial disasters happen to New Zealand individuals and families every day of the week. As business editor Liam Dann pointed out, a "technical rise" in unemployment numbers represents people who, even if they've since found new jobs, have had their lives turned upside down.
Also having their finances ripped apart are people who succumb to any of the following: businesses failure, bankruptcy, mortgagee sales, scams, divorce or illness.
Fact 1: More than 300,000 people in New Zealand live on the DPB, unemployment benefit, invalid or sickness benefit.
Fact 2: More than 2500 people file for bankruptcy every year.
Fact 3: There are five to six mortgagee sales a day in New Zealand.
Falling into any one of these categories can be financially and emotionally devastating.
In the case of redundancy, says Kirsty Robertson of the NZ Association of Psychotherapists, worst affected are people who are told to clear their desks and leave.
Going home to a response along the lines of "you have ruined the family" adds insult to injury, says Robertson. "This can make you feel more isolated [and] the relationship can be quite badly shaken."
Conversely, says Robertson, it is helpful if the person comes home to someone calm and supportive.
"It can be some time before they start to motivate themselves to take the practical steps they need to." How long it takes can depend on their resilience and the other things happening in their lives. Nonetheless, most people pick themselves up eventually.
The three keys to starting again are:
* Don't let your pride suffer.
* Have a written plan.
* Use available resources.
Don't let your pride suffer: Bankruptcy and redundancy can leave the victim feeling a failure, leading to a sense of shame, says Robertson. Often we are unaware of the power of shame until we experience a big and public failure.
When people feel shame and failure they tend to withdraw from contact with others. The irony is that contact with others is the quickest way to overcome shame and restore a sense of self-worth.
Another problem is that our society has a huge focus on what people do, says Robertson. "Their job is very much part of who they are. When you don't have [a job] it makes it very difficult for people to hold on to that sense of who they are."
To get over this, people need to see their importance as more than just their job. "They can think, 'I am not just what I do. I am somebody who has a family, or is a sports person, or who does volunteer work', etcetera. Finding ways to be positive is very good for picking up the pieces," says Robertson.
Financial commentator Olly Newland found himself almost destitute in the 1990s after his $500 million public company Landmark was chewed up and spat out by the 1987 stock market crash. It's history that Newland bounced back and became personally wealthy again.
Newland says there were a number of weeks after Landmark turned to custard that he felt down in the dumps. Instead of being able to move forward he had to deal with the wreckage. He realised, however, that he was not destitute and he could bounce back. "Once I faced my demons, I never looked back," Newland says.
Robertson says it is important to have a way of framing what has happened to you that can put this uncomfortable thing in a context that leaves you feeling okay.
"You are not inadequate. You have just been hit by life."
She also recommends taking small practical steps to look for work or to manage the finances.
"Make sure that they are small achievable steps. It is important that you have successes and you don't set yourself up for failure.
"Don't say, 'I will get a job tomorrow'. Instead say, 'I will have looked on the internet. I will have bought the newspaper. I will have rung two [potential employers]'." That leaves room to reward yourself for success.
The written plan: People who have suffered financial catastrophe aren't going to recover overnight. It took Newland years.
As soon as he got his wits about him he put together a plan to build his wealth again with a goal to move back into commercial property investment.
The first step was to start renovating rundown houses and flicking them on. "It was a slow start and I didn't want to take any chances." Eventually he moved back up to commercial property.
The plan may not be to return to exactly where you were before. Newland, for example, didn't want another publicly listed company. His new plan was to "keep it simple".
"Plans need both goals and some built-in flexibility." He believes in a Chinese saying that while a reed's root is firmly planted in the stream bed, the stem can move with the flow of the water.
Someone else who is in recovery from financial setback is Aucklander Moni Judd. Judd suffered a series of financial disasters over three years, which started with the winding up of her software publishing business, followed by the accidental death of a sibling, and then the theft of a high-end computer she needed in order to work.
The debt racked up quickly. "It was inconceivable to me that I would end up in that situation," Judd says. She felt ashamed at first to admit that she was having financial difficulties. The pain of doing nothing, however, was greater and she sought help.
"As a faithful member of a church I contacted CAP [Christians Against Poverty] and attended a CAP Money course in South Auckland." She had to establish a budget, set up a number of accounts to separate payments for different expenses and had a cash amount each week to spend.
"A year later, I am breathing easy. While I still have some debts to pay, I am keeping all my payments up. It is incredible the turnaround I've had."
Not only has she settled debts, but she has established a healthy savings programme, and says she is healthier, calmer and enjoying life to the full.
Like many people who have suffered crises and sought help, Judd says she is stronger as a result.
Use available resources: The feelings of shame and failure from a financial disaster often drive people away from those who can help them. Yet there are many free resources such as CAP Money courses and budget counsellors, which can be helpful in times of financial need.
Judd is a great believer in seeking help. As well following the CAP programme she attends Debtors Anonymous meetings (12steps.co.nz) and has attended a number of free Inland Revenue seminars.
When financial problems seem insurmountable, even calling the creditors, the IRD or the Insolvency and Trustee Service can help. It's better to understand your options than stick your head in the sand. A number of other government agencies, such as Careers New Zealand, offer help.
Banks may help customers organise their accounts or put together a budget. There are more than 100 face-to-face budgeting services provided under the umbrella of the New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services. Anyone who can't face going to one of these centres in person or is in a sudden crisis can get budgeting advice by calling 0800 BUDGETLINE (0508 283 438).
Sometimes, says Robertson, psychological help is what's needed. "Processing the problem can be done with a professional who is removed from the effects of the failure. Psychotherapy is an excellent investment at a time when it may feel like it's a financial indulgence. Sometimes it can shorten the crisis."
* Free financial advice will be available as part of Money Week, which runs from September 2 to September 8. Visit moneyweek.org.nz


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Published Dec 8, 2017
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Step 1. To activate a plan from your phone, first dial *246#.
Step 2. Select 'Data Plans'. This applies to (Samsung, iPhone, Huawei, etc). If you have a Blackberry, Select Blackberry Plans instead.
Step 3. We have a range of plans to suit every budget and need. Select the plan that is right for you. There are more plans available when you select *.
Step 4. Once you have selected a plan, you will receive a prompt to confirm the purchase of that plan. Ensure you have selected the correct plan for your phone. If you activate a Blackberry plan on a non-Blackberry phone, this cannot be undone.
Step 5. Once you have confirmed the plan activation, you will receive a pop up message advising you the activation is underway.
Step 6. A text message will be sent to confirm that the plan has been activated. Restart your device and you can proceed to use your data.


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How to: Change your domain nameservers (DNS servers)
This guide will show you how to edit your domain Nameservers (DNS Servers). Nameservers are used to point your domain name at your website hosting provider, DNS service provider (if not using our DNS), or possibly another email provider. You are required to have a minimum of 2 nameservers assigned to each domain name.
NOTE: If you intend to use Hover's Connect feature for simple DNS setup, you must have your domain's nameservers pointed to ns1.hover.com and ns2.hover.com, in order for it to work.
Setting Your Nameservers to Point at Hover (in order to use Hover DNS)
If you need to point a domain name at Hover to use our DNS services, please perform the following steps:
- Log into your Hover account here: https://hover.com/signin
- Hover over Your Account, and then select Domains.
- You can Select the domain, and this will bring you to the Overview page.
Here you will see the Name Server section:
- An edit window will appear showing your existing nameservers. You can replace these with the new name servers you wish to use and hit Save Nameservers.
Once saved, the changes can take 24-48 hours to fully propagate across the Internet.
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Fallout: Equestria Resource API - SDKs
Fallout: Equestria is a crossover fanfiction series derived from the Fallout video game series and the television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Fallout: Equestria Resource is the hub for the community that creates the thousands of new works of art, literature, and music dedicated to the series. Fallout: Equestria provides an API providing programmatic access to the site's data. The API delivers media files and metadata through a variety of methods, as well as site information.


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Saffron Road Introduces Globally Inspired Appetizers and Snacks
American Halal Co., Stamford, Conn., continues to grow its Saffron Road brand with a line of frozen appetizers and shelf-stable, non-GMO verified chickpea snacks.
The hand-made appetizers capture South Asian and Middle Eastern culinary traditions and serve as a healthier alternative for retailers looking to stock the freezer aisle with ethnic options their shoppers can feel good about eating. Based on phyllo dough, the new frozen appetizers are: Turkish Figs & Goat Cheese (vegan); Dates, Tamarind & Walnuts; Crispy Samosas with Saag Paneer; and Crispy Samosas with Vegetables (vegan).
The Crunchy Chickpeas come in three flavors -- Bombay Spice, Falafel and Wasabi — and are the company's first entry into the snack foods category. They should appeal to the healthy-snacking consumer, as each 1-oz. serving contains 6g of protein and only 4g of fat.


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Given all the criticism that been leveled in the Left blogosphere at Richard Cohen (see, e.g., this compilation) for raising the issue of Obama's close ties to a minister and church that praise and honor Louis Farrakhan for his "honesty" and devotion to truth, I'm sure glad that prominent liberal bloggers, and leading Cohen-basher Andrew Sullivan never think to cast aspersions on other candidates because of their rather less close ties to other religious leaders with dubious views. Otherwise, I might have to think that some of the criticism of Cohen is hypocritical. [Above links from about ten minutes of searching, I'm sure there are lots more examples.]
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- UPDATE: ADL's Foxman Condemns Rev. Wright; Obama Criticizes Wright, but not re Farrakhan:
- Cohen, Obama, and the Blogosphere:


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Eric Jaffe
Eric Jaffe is the former New York bureau chief for CityLab. He is the author of A Curious Madness and The King's Best Highway.
One of the biggest problems in sustainable urban transport is what's known as the "first and last mile:" that awkward part of the journey between bus or rail stop and home or office. Many transit planners consider any distance beyond half a mile too far to walk, so without a practical solution to the first and last mile problem, cities run the risk that commuters will simply get into their cars and bypass a perfectly good transit system that's juuuust outside their reach.
That's where designer Gabriel Wartofsky's folding electric bicycle comes into play. Wartofsky has tried to make his e-bike attractive to all potential commuters. It has a gender-neutral look and a low step-over height. It's chainless and electric powered, with a battery hidden in the shaft, so it's grease-free and sweat-free. It folds up neatly and quickly, making it easy to carry on buses or trains, and weighs just 25 pounds — and, if that's not light enough for you, it's even cartable when folded.
Just about the only thing Wartofsky hasn't thought of yet for his folding e-bike is a name.
Wartofsky conceived the bike a few years back while a student at the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. The child of what he calls "biking hippies," Wartofsky actually grew up obsessed with cars — in part because his family didn't have one. At the Art Center, a feeder institute for the car industry, he found himself interested in making Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus service more attractive to choice riders. From there his interest evolved into the first and last mile problem.
His answer to that question was the folding e-bike. Wartofsky eventually drew up plans for a full-fledged multi-modal transport system in London, with his bike at the critical first-and-final piece. In this ideal world, commuters would ride folding e-bikes to bus hubs, then dock the bikes — which would be part of a bike-share network — at modules there. The hubs would double as rechargeable docks, both for the bikes and the buses, and would provide commuters real-time transit information. Last, as passengers boarded, the buses would robotically scoop full modules to deliver to other hubs:
Of course that world is a long ways away. The bike, as it presently stands, remains in its prototype stage, but it's inching ever closer to production. Wartofsky successfully raised $25,000 on Kickstarter to spark the bike's development, and he also partnered with Portland-based entrepreneur Bob Vander Woude to launch the start-up company Conscious Commuter. Vander Woude believes electric bikes are about to explode in popularity — indeed, some market forecasters predict 130 million in sales by 2025 — and that the unique look at Wartofsky's model will distinguish theirs from the pack.
"I think the thing that sets us apart from any other e-bike company in the industry right now is the design," Vander Woude says. "The way we put the battery in there, and the way people are attracted to the unique folding and hinging, there's nothing like it."
Earlier this month a prototype of the folding e-bike was featured in the Green Zone at the SXSW festival for people to test ride. (The appearance is an encore to the SXSW Eco-Conference, last fall, where Wartofsky participated in a panel to discuss the first and last mile problem.) The response there was overwhelmingly positive, the partners say.
Conscious Commuter has approached manufacturers and hopes to complete the production process inside of a year. When the folding e-bike finally hits stores — the company plans to target the top 70 commuting cities in the United States — it will sell for about $2,500. Although that seems like a lot in the abstract, Wartofsky points out that it's actually on the low end of the scale for electric bikes, and that it's extremely low for those who plan to make the bike part of their daily commute.
"It's about shifting a mindset," he says. "Most people buying electric bikes are usually looking for a solution, an alternative to their car, not another bicycle."
Cities that require builders to provide off-street parking trigger more traffic, sprawl, and housing unaffordability. But we can break the vicious cycle.
Clear wayfinding displays can help bus riders feel more confident, and give a whole city's public transportation system an air of greater authority.
Much of the country won't see those vibrant oranges and reds until mid-October, which leaves plenty of time for leaf peepers to plan their autumn road trips.
Cities may struggle to gain support for climate action plans because they haven't dealt with infrastructure issues that regularly afflict residents.
A new study finds that the home-based businesses of poor women in a Colombian city are much more successful when they are located on the street level.


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Thursday, May 07, 2009
Phone's For You ...
I said, 'No one else would get the humour in this.'
Joe said, 'Um, are you forgetting you have a blog? They'd all pretty much get it.'
So, let's see.
We switched pharmacies when we moved to the city. The new pharmacy has a plan whereby when one of your medications is near time for refill, a computer calls you. The phone rings and after you say hello, it say's 'Hello, this is Pharmaplus calling, our records indicate that a member of this household has a prescription that is ready for refill ...' Then it walks you through a security question and then gives you options for ordering the medications.
When we signed up we forgot that we are both men over 50 and kept alive by the miracle of chemistry. Joe is on a whack of medications, I'm on a double wack of meds. That's a lot of perscriptions.
That's a lot of phone calls.
Some days the only personal phone calls we get are from the soft voice of PharmaPlus. Joe is convinced that she is hot for him. I know ... it's me. I get double the calls after all. On our way home from Florida, we got 5 calls. 5 calls. How desperate is that? We are putting off coming out to her, we figure it will break her, um, disc.
After the third call, we got a fourth, I answered saying 'Come on just admit you want me ...' It wasn't the pharamcy - a voice said, 'Well, yes, we do want you to come and give a lecture.' Luckily it's someone I work with a fair bit. She recognized my voice and played along. I explained about the pharmacy calling and she claimed jealousy - apparently her drug store never calls, never writes and certainly doesn't sent flowers.
Well, our pharmacy makes us feel special. Over and over again.
I figure others feel the same. We went in to pick up meds today and were in line between two elderly women, one said to the other, 'Some days the only way I know my phone works is because the pharmacy calls.' The other says, I wish they'd use a male voice, I could use the thrill.'
Sorry, gotta finish up the phone is ringing ...
12 comments:
Ohh, I can relate! After 5 months in a new city, the person I knew best was my pharmacist! She knows all my allergies, my medical history, my credit card number - all the important stuff!
- 7 May 2009 at 02:28
- Krista said...
You just made my day!
- 7 May 2009 at 03:59
- Eileen said...
What a laugh! For me it's spam offering me all sorts of resolutions to my relationship issues...!!
- 7 May 2009 at 04:50
- wendy said...
The pharmacy should maybe consider adding a little personal touch to the recording. Maybe it could start out with "Hello, darling" or "Are you alone?" LOL
- 7 May 2009 at 06:28
- Leslie said...
For real personal service you should be able to select the gender of the automated caller. Nice though - I wish my pharmacy would do something that convenient for refills.
- 7 May 2009 at 07:48
From now on, I'm always going to answer the phone with, "Come on, just admit you want me!"
It'll have to work sometime...
Don in Missouri
- 7 May 2009 at 08:58
I wish I had that service!
- 7 May 2009 at 10:06
- liz said...
Reminds me of that line in They Might Be Giants' "Ana Ng"
"If it weren't for disappointments, I wouldn't have any appointments"
- 7 May 2009 at 10:09
- FridaWrites said...
Once I picked up the phone and gave a personal detail--it wasn't my husband, who I'd anticipated calling right then.
Yes, my insurance company loved me, or did and called me all the time, enrolling me in programs for each symptom and phoning me for compliance with their instructions, which contradicted my doctors' and my specific disabilities.
- 7 May 2009 at 11:06
Mine doesn't call first, it just fills the prescription and lets you know. And if you need a new prescription they contact the doctor for you. There are time when I love big corporate giants.
- 7 May 2009 at 15:21
no phone calls from my pharmacy but they are wonderful, always a friendly word and they dote on my son when we come in to collect my prescription.
- 7 May 2009 at 17:55
- JudiElise said...
LOL!!! This was funny!
I am a woman and straight. My digital pharmacy voice is male, but he couldn't give a thrill to a stark, raving person who had been locked up for years! It is so cold and monotone.
Problem is, I am so accustomed to it, that when the real pharmacist calls, I hardly know what to say!
- 8 May 2009 at 00:17