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China OKs its first COVID-19 vaccine, which could be used in developing countries
China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe.
The Sinopharm vaccine had already been given to groups such as health care professionals and essential workers under emergency-use guidelines as part of China's program to inoculate 50 million people before the Lunar New Year holiday in February. But the go-ahead should allow it to be supplied more broadly at home and moves Beijing closer to being able to ship it abroad. It comes one day after British regulators authorized AstraZeneca's inexpensive and easy-to-handle vaccine.
Both shots have been closely watched by developing countries, many of which have been unable to secure the Pfizer and Moderna doses being snapped up by rich nations. Pakistan's science minister said Thursday that his government will buy 1.2 million doses of a Sinopharm shot, two days after its death toll topped 10,000.
The greenlight came a day after the state-owned company announced that preliminary data from last-stage trials had shown it to be 79.3% effective. That announcement did not detail the size of the control group, how many people were vaccinated and at what point the efficacy rate was reached after injection, and experts have cautioned that trial data needs to be shared.
Officials have said the vaccine standards were developed in "close cooperation" with the World Health Organization. Securing WHO's so-called pre-qualification could go some way toward assuring the rest of the world about the quality of Chinese vaccines, which already face a reputation problem back home. It would also open the path for the shots to be distributed in the global vaccine consortium, COVAX, and potentially in countries that don't have their own regulatory agencies.
China is eager to ship its vaccines globally, driven by a desire to repair the damage to its image caused by the pandemic that started a year ago in the central city of Wuhan.
Technically, China granted conditional approval for the vaccine, meaning that research is still ongoing, and the company will be required to submit follow-up data as well as reports of any adverse effects after the vaccine is sold on the market, Chen Shifei, the deputy commissioner of the National Medical Products Administration, told a news conference. Final proof of its effectiveness will depend on publication of more data.
Sinopharm, which has another shot under development, is one of at least five Chinese developers that are in a global race to create vaccines for the disease that has killed more than 1.8 million people. While the Pfizer and Moderna shots have been greeted with much fanfare in the West, those shots must be stored at ultra-cold or freezer temperatures, complicating distribution.
The Sinopharm vaccine, like the AstraZeneca one, could be easier for countries around the world to handle since they can be stored at normal fridge temperatures.
Both shots, as well as Russia's Sputnik, are expected to be supply much of the developing world. That means the cost will also be important. AstraZeneca is expected to cost about $2.50 a dose, while Russia has said its doses will be priced at $10 for the global market. Pfizer's vaccine costs about $20, while Moderna's is $15 to $25, based on agreements with the U.S. government.
Chinese officials declined to name a particular price and gave conflicting statements about it. One official said it would be affordable for the Chinese public, but another jumped in to clarify that it will be free. President Xi Jinping had previously vowed to donate a Chinese-made vaccine as a public good to the world.
The Sinopharm shot is already under mass production, though officials did not answer questions about current capacity. It has already been approved in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and is slated for use next in Morocco.
Other countries have also been buying doses of another Chinese vaccine candidate, made by Sinovac Biotech. Turkey received shipments this week of 3 million doses, and Indonesia and Brazil have also purchased it.
Belarus and Argentina both launched mass vaccinations Wednesday using Russia's vaccine, and Guinea has begun giving it to government officials.
In addition to the emergency vaccinations already underway in China, the country plans to start vaccinating high-risk population, such as seniors as well as people with existing chronic illnesses. Officials did not say what percentage of the population they will vaccinate in China.
"This is very exciting that there is another vaccine and one that can be distributed in locations that don't have the cold chain," said Ashley St. John, an immunologist at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. "But at the same time we have to temper the excitement. We have to understand the long term efficacy, effect on transmission and effect on severe disease."


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A May Round-up of What's Happening out in the World of Transition
We'll start this month's round up in South Africa. We loved this video from German TV about Transition Town Greyton, and the work they are doing. Wonderful stuff. Altogether now: "Stuff your bottles, clean up your town"…
This month's round up comes to you with a new added source of material, Twitter. There are hundreds of Transition initiatives on Twitter, and they offer a more intimate insight into what's happening on the ground, stories that wouldn't necessarily warrant a blog or make the local press, but which offer a great sense of what people are doing. Hopefully you'll agree that this month's round up is all the richer for it. Feels to me like the fullest and most vibrant we've yet produced.


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- From: Brian Kardell <email@example.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:03:42 -0700
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Cc: Jonas Sicking <email@example.com>, Doug Schepers <firstname.lastname@example.com>, WebApps WG <email@example.com>, "firstname.lastname@example.com list" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
> In this particular case, I think anything that's implemented in all of the > major browser engines should be an official standard, not just de facto. Why only in this particular case? :) As a rule that seems like sound guidance. If it's implemented everywhere, shouldn't you have to make a pretty compelling case for it _not_ to be included in an official standard? On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <email@example.com> wrote: > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Doug Schepers <email@example.com> wrote: > > So, rather than dwell on an admittedly imperfect spec, I personally suggest > > that we urge WebKit developers to implement .children and .children.length, > > in the anticipation that this will be in a future spec but can be useful to > > authors today. > > They already do. Which casts some amount of doubt on Maciejs argument > that it was too performance heavy to implement in WebKit. :) > > What I said way back in the day (about childElements) was this: > > "I suggest leaving this out, because it's not possible to implement > both next/previous and indexed access in a way that is efficient for > all cases (it's possible to make it fast for most cases but pretty > challenging to make it efficient for all). This is especially bad > with a live list and an element whose contents may be changing while > you are iterating. > > If all you care about is looping through once, writing the loop with > nextElementSibling is not significantly harder than indexing a list." > > I stand by that remark. It is indeed hard to get both indexed and > previous/next access efficient in all cases. Of course, we are not going to > let that stop us from interoperating with de facto standards, and we do our > best (as for other kinds of NodeLists and HTMLCollections), but I'd rather > not have new APIs follow this pattern. > In this particular case, I think anything that's implemented in all of the > major browser engines should be an official standard, not just de facto. > Regards, > Maciej >
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This is the before of the mirror , just regular unframed mirror.
I have finished the glass wall on the opposite wall of the other tile wall, that was quite a long process, I just kind of ignored its unfinished condition , when I did go to get it done the tile color had been altered , but I did find the matching tiles eventually, and it is now done and is so pretty and nice to touch.
I decided to add a nice heavy frame with MDF we found while cleaning out the garage , I just need to paint it .
However I will still need to paint a little bit of pink hiding between the door frame and bathtub tiles ,and touch up any flaws.
It has turned out really well, it is a higher end bathroom finish but with a cottagey feel , it would use a new faucet now . Icing on the cake.
So what did I do ,
-took out old trim and replaced with thicker pretty trim and baseboards
-applied tile to opposing walls
-installed junction box which was non existent due to ugly make up strip lighting that was there
-installed Restoration Hardware light that was a gift from MIL at our old house which we brought here, it is so pretty
-painted cupboards
-changed knobs
-cut large hole in the wall to build a recessed storage area
-painted walls
-built frame for mirror
-moved plug outlet out to re install over the tile
I think that is it , I took my time learned a lot about tiling , not as hard as it used to be ,did a bit here and there and now it is a lovely bathroom that I would be happy to have any guest in my home use , young or old.


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First Asia Film Destination Conference to Draw Attention to Mekong Subregion
Nakhon Phanom (Thailand) – June 15, 2018 (travelindex.com) – For the first time, Destination Mekong is hosting the 1st Asia Film Destination Conference, as part of the Mekong Mini Movie Festival, co-located with the 2018 Mekong Tourism Forum on June 26th in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.
Emceed by famed storyteller and early Lonely Planet Book author Joe Cummings, and chaired by H.E. Pongpanu Svetarundra, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, the conference explores the power of movie productions and user-generated videos and how they can be integrated into destination marketing.
In light of recent events, the first edition of the Asia Film Destination Conference is dedicated to Mr. Anthony Bourdain, a visionary storyteller who in many ways was a trailblazer in how we create travel content today, video in particular. His work with the CNN brought remote spots of the globe into peoples' homes and inspired many to travel and explore the world with a new sense of curiosity.
Today, tourists are more experienced and are looking for new destinations and new experiences. Numerous films have inspired millions to visit destinations. Especially in recent years, there has been a growing phenomenon that tourists visit destinations featured in films and user-generated social media clips.
Recent research suggests that movies can have a strong influence on tourist decision-making and that films do not only provide short-term tourism revenue but can build long-term prosperity in a destination. Several countries and destinations quickly understood these advantages and have successfully increased the number of tourists through the magic of films.
Rob Holmes, CEO of award-winning destination film production company GLP Films will kick-off the conference with an overview of the power of film to tell the story of a destination.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, there have been various films that have put destinations in the region on the map, starting from the Tomb Raider movies with Angelina Jolie in Cambodia, The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio in Thailand, Rambo in Myanmar, Kong in Viet Nam to the hit Chinese comedy film "Lost in Thailand". Lost in Thailand in particular, has resulted in large numbers of Chinese tourists flocking to Thailand.
Deepak Ohri, CEO of Lebua Hotels & Resorts will present a case study of "Hangover 2", which was filmed at the Bangkok property and put the hotel in movie theatres worldwide.
Ms. Sirinart Theenanondh, Chief of Film Business Promotion, Thailand Department of Tourism will explain how countries like Thailand compete for movie productions, while Ms. Titiporn Manenate, Director International Advertising, Tourism Authority of Thailand will demonstrate how Thailand has used film and video to attract visitors to visit Thailand.
Mr. Gopinath Parayil, CEO & Founder of The Blue Yonder from India shows how his award winning films have introduced community-based tourism projects in his country, while Lao based film maker Mr. Cyril Eberle. who directed films like "A day in a Buddhist Temple" as well as upcoming documentary "A little Land of Mines" how visual storytelling can make a positive impact and can create positive change.
Video Bloggers also have the power to influence consumers on where and how to experience a destination, especially in a world where user-generated content receives increased trust from consumers. Video blogger Art Thomya shows how brands can work with travel bloggers and what kind of content can promote destinations.
The innovative Mekong Mini Movie campaign is another testament to how film can promote destinations. After four months, people have shared and tagged over 300 mini movies of 60 seconds or less with #Mekong Moments and #Minis on their own social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. These films, inspiring people all over the world with shared experiences to visit the member countries of the Mekong Region have so far already reached over 6 million people worldwide. The annual Mekong Mini Movie Festival has assembled a high-profile advisory board from travel CEOs to award-winning film makers, which can be viewed at: www.MekongMinis.com/Advisors
Jens Thraenhart, Executive Director of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office and Chair of
Destination Mekong, the initiator of the Mekong Mini Movie Festival and the 1st Asia Film Destination Conference comments: "Today, video is one of the most powerful mediums when 4 promoting a destination. It has the chance to awaken wanderlust in the viewer by showing the essence and uniqueness of a place in a just a few short moments. But the power of inspiring people via film goes beyond promoting destinations, it can also drive change. In partnership with WWF and Khiri Travel, the Mekong Mini Movie Festival is creating awareness of sustainable tourism and conservation, focusing on the festival's mascot, the endangered Mekong Dolphin."
The annual campaign that continues until the end of the year is giving out the first set of country and category prizes right after the Film Destination Conference. The Mekong Mini Movie Festival Award Ceremony is chaired by H.E. Weerasak Kowsarut, Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand. Uniquely, one of the prizes is the Industry Choice Award which allows Mekong Tourism Forum delegates to vote for their favourite Mekong Mini Movie during the Screening. Other prizes include the Editors Choice Awards, judged by an expert jury and the respective Tourism Ministries of the Mekong member countries, the luxury category prize is sponsored by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts.
Winners will receive the specially designed Dolphin Trophy created by Thai designer Thanwin Kamyeam in addition to once-in-a-lifetime trips in the region worth up to USD 16,000 each.
Submissions to the next set of prizes will close in October 2018. The final prizes of the 2018 Mekong Mini Movie Campaign will be announced at the 2019 ASEAN Tourism Forum in Halong Bay, VietNam on January 15th.
For more information about the Mekong Minis and participation, please visit www.mekongminis.com .
The 1st Asia Film Destination Conference is supported by marketing solutions provider Sojern, and more information is available at
Registration is free at
About the Mekong Minis:
The Mekong Minis is a unique film festival that celebrates the many faces and experiences of the Greater Mekong Subregion and promotes the region as a single tourist destination. It is an annual regional tourism marketing campaign with its first instance in 2018, supported by all Tourism Ministries and the private sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The festival is targeted to attract amateur and professional movie-makers and create a large amount of content for the region with promotions and screenings internationally. The Mekong Minis campaign is powered by Mekong Moments.
Complete rules and criteria to enter the Mekong Mini Movie Festival competition can be found at www.mekongtourism.org/mekongminimovie.
About Destination Mekong:
Destination Mekong was created in 2017 to promote the Mekong region, comprising of Cambodia, PR China (Provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam as a single tourism destination to stimulate responsible and sustainable development and investment, and drive inclusive growth. Endorsed by the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office and aligned with the mandate of the regional collaborative tourism framework of the six member governments of the Greater Mekong Subregion, Destination Mekong executes targeted projects and initiatives via public-private partnership investment structures, including Mekong Moments and Mekong Trends, led by UNWTO Affiliate Member Chameleon Strategies.
About the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office:
The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), located in Bangkok, was set up with funding from the governments of the six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The MTCO, which operates on annual financial contributions from each GMS country, acts as the secretariat for the GMS Tourism Working Group, comprising of senior officials of the six GMS countries' National Tourism Organizations, to coordinate and facilitate sustainable tourism development of the GMS in line with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and promotion of the Mekong region as a single travel and tourism destination, in collaboration with the public and private sectors. The MTCO manages its award-winning Mekong Tourism.org digital platform as a one-stop platform to promote responsible and sustainable tourism in the region, as well as the annual Mekong Tourism Forum, whose hosting is rotated among GMS countries.


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Gandalf: Tidsskrift for fantasi was a Norwegian fanzine (calling itself a "tidsskrift", ("journal")), edited by Øyvind Myhre and published during the 1970s. Although the title was taken from a character by J.R.R. Tolkien, the fanzine covered fantasy literature in general and also included short novels. A few issues had articles about, or relating to, Tolkien (see below).
The fanzine format was of stapled, type-printed A4 paper, and each issue of the magazine featured a hand-drawn illustration on the cover.
Selected issues
- 1973: Nr. 2
- "Om å skrive Tolkien-kritikk" (Øyvind Myhre) ["On Writing Tolkien Criticism"; the article concerns the political content of Tolkien's writings]
- 1974: Nr. 3 [see pp. 7, 9]
- 1975: Nr. 1
- "Moral og umoral" (Giale Hannemyr) [pp. 5-6; "Morality and Immorality"; the article is a reply to Myhre's article in nr. 2, 1973]
- 1975: Nr. 2
- "Om Werenskiolds Tolkien-oversettelse" (Roger Humphris) [pp. 13-14; "On Werenskiold's Translation of Tolkien", see Nils Werenskiold]
- 1975: Nr. 6 [see p. 6]
- 1976: Nr. 1 [see p. 12]


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157 | Alex Smith, Chief HR Officer, City of Memphis
Episode 157 is live! This week, we talk with Alex Smith in Memphis, TN. Alex is the Chief HR Officer for the City of Memphis. She also served on the HR teams at Brightstar Device Protection, Target Corporation, and Microsoft. Alex will be speaking this year at SXSW on a panel called, "Dear HR: Ditch the pool table and pay student loans."
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- The details on the student loan reimbursement plan the City of Memphis has implemented
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The crowd was caused, not by the expectation of a man to be hanged, but by the contemplation of a man who was hanged.
The carriage, which had been stopped for a minute, resumed its way, passed through the crowd, threaded the Rue St. Honore, turned into the Rue des Bons Enfants, and stopped before a low door.
The door opened; two guards received Bonacieux in their arms from the officer who supported him. They carried him through an alley, up a flight of stairs, and deposited him in an antechamber.
All these movements had been effected mechanically, as far as he was concerned. He had walked as one walks in a dream; he had a glimpse of objects as through a fog. His ears had perceived sounds without comprehending them; he might have been executed at that moment without his making a single gesture in his own defense or uttering a cry to implore mercy.
He remained on the bench, with his back leaning against the wall and his hands hanging down, exactly on the spot where the guards placed him.
On looking around him, however, as he could perceive no threatening object, as nothing indicated that he ran any real danger, as the bench was comfortably covered with a well-stuffed cushion, as the wall was ornamented with a beautiful Cordova leather, and as large red damask curtains, fastened back by gold clasps, floated before the window, he perceived by degrees that his fear was exaggerated, and he began to turn his head to the right and the left, upward and downward.
At this movement, which nobody opposed, he resumed a little courage, and ventured to draw up one leg and then the other. At length, with the help of his two hands he lifted himself from the bench, and found himself on his feet.
At this moment an officer with a pleasant face opened a door, continued to exchange some words with a person in the next chamber and then came up to the prisoner. "Is your name Bonacieux?" said he.
"Yes, Monsieur Officer," stammered the mercer, more dead than alive, "at your service."
"Come in," said the officer.
And he moved out of the way to let the mercer pass. The latter obeyed without reply, and entered the chamber, where he appeared to be expected.
It was a large cabinet, close and stifling, with the walls furnished with arms offensive and defensive, and in which there was already a fire, although it was scarcely the end of the month of September. A square table, covered with books and papers, upon which was unrolled an immense plan of the city of La Rochelle, occupied the center of the room.
Standing before the chimney was a man of middle height, of a haughty, proud mien; with piercing eyes, a large brow, and a thin face, which was made still longer by a ROYAL (or IMPERIAL, as it is now called), surmounted by a pair of mustaches. Although this man was scarcely thirty-six or thirty-seven years of age, hair, mustaches, and royal, all began to be gray. This man, except a sword, had all the appearance of a soldier; and his buff boots still slightly covered with dust, indicated that he had been on horseback in the course of the day.
This man was Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de Richelieu; not such as he is now represented - broken down like an old man, suffering like a martyr, his body bent, his voice failing, buried in a large armchair as in an anticipated tomb; no longer living but by the strength of his genius, and no longer maintaining the struggle with Europe but by the eternal application of his thoughts - but such as he really was at this period; that is to say, an active and gallant cavalier, already weak of body, but sustained by that moral power which made of him one of the most extraordinary men that ever lived, preparing, after having supported the Duc de Nevers in his duchy of Mantua, after having taken Nimes, Castres, and Uzes, to drive the English from the Isle of Re and lay siege to La Rochelle.
At first sight, nothing denoted the cardinal; and it was impossible for those who did not know his face to guess in whose presence they were.
The poor mercer remained standing at the door, while the eyes of the personage we have just described were fixed upon him, and appeared to wish to penetrate even into the depths of the past.
"Is this that Bonacieux?" asked he, after a moment of silence.
"Yes, monseigneur," replied the officer.
"That's well. Give me those papers, and leave us."
The officer took from the table the papers pointed out, gave them to him who asked for them, bowed to the ground, and retired.
Bonacieux recognized in these papers his interrogatories of the Bastille. From time to time the man by the chimney raised his eyes from the writings, and plunged them like poniards into the heart of the poor mercer.
At the end of ten minutes of reading and ten seconds of examination, the cardinal was satisfied.
"That head has never conspired," murmured he, "but it matters not; we will see."
"You are accused of high treason," said the cardinal, slowly.
"So I have been told already, monseigneur," cried Bonacieux, giving his interrogator the title he had heard the officer give him, "but I swear to you that I know nothing about it."
The cardinal repressed a smile.
"You have conspired with your wife, with Madame de Chevreuse, and with my Lord Duke of Buckingham."
"Indeed, monseigneur," responded the mercer, "I have heard her pronounce all those names."
"And on what occasion?"
"She said that the Cardinal de Richelieu had drawn the Duke of Buckingham to Paris to ruin him and to ruin the queen."
"She said that?" cried the cardinal, with violence.
"Yes, monseigneur, but I told her she was wrong to talk about such things; and that his Eminence was incapable - "
"Hold your tongue! You are stupid," replied the cardinal.
"That's exactly what my wife said, monseigneur."
"Do you know who carried off your wife?"
"No, monsigneur."
"You have suspicions, nevertheless?"
"Yes, monsigneur; but these suspicions appeared to be disagreeable to Monsieur the Commissary, and I no longer have them."
"Your wife has escaped. Did you know that?"
"No, monseigneur. I learned it since I have been in prison, and that from the conversation of Monsieur the Commissary - an amiable man."
The cardinal repressed another smile.
"Then you are ignorant of what has become of your wife since her flight."
"Absolutely, monseigneur; but she has most likely returned to the Louvre."
"At one o'clock this morning she had not returned."
"My God! What can have become of her, then?"
"We shall know, be assured. Nothing is concealed from the cardinal; the cardinal knows everything."
"In that case, monseigneur, do you believe the cardinal will be so kind as to tell me what has become of my wife?"
"Perhaps he may; but you must, in the first place, reveal to the cardinal all you know of your wife's relations with Madame de Chevreuse."
"But, monseigneur, I know nothing about them; I have never seen her."
"When you went to fetch your wife from the Louvre, did you always return directly home?"
"Scarcely ever; she had business to transact with linen drapers, to whose houses I conducted her."
"And how many were there of these linen drapers?"
"Two, monseigneur."
"And where did they live?"
"One in Rue de Vaugirard, the other Rue de la Harpe."
"Did you go into these houses with her?"
"Never, monseigneur; I waited at the door."
"And what excuse did she give you for entering all alone?"
"She gave me none; she told me to wait, and I waited."
"You are a very complacent husband, my dear Monsieur Bonacieux," said the cardinal.
"He calls me his dear Monsieur," said the mercer to himself. "PESTE! Matters are going all right."
"Should you know those doors again?"
"Do you know the numbers?"
"What are they?"
"No. 25 in the Rue de Vaugirard; 75 in the Rue de la Harpe."
"That's well," said the cardinal.
At these words he took up a silver bell, and rang it; the officer entered.
"Go," said he, in a subdued voice, "and find Rochefort. Tell him to come to me immediately, if he has returned."
"The count is here," said the officer, "and requests to speak with your Eminence instantly."
"Let him come in, then!" said the cardinal, quickly.
The officer sprang out of the apartment with that alacrity which all the servants of the cardinal displayed in obeying him.
"To your Eminence!" murmured Bonacieux, rolling his eyes round in astonishment.
Five seconds has scarcely elapsed after the disappearance of the officer, when the door opened, and a new personage entered.
"It is he!" cried Bonacieux.
"He! What he?" asked the cardinal.
"The man who abducted my wife."
The cardinal rang a second time. The officer reappeared.
"Place this man in the care of his guards again, and let him wait till I send for him."
"No, monseigneur, no, it is not he!" cried Bonacieux; "no, I was deceived. This is quite another man, and does not resemble him at all. Monsieur is, I am sure, an honest man."
"Take away that fool!" said the cardinal.
The officer took Bonacieux by the arm, and led him into the antechamber, where he found his two guards.
The newly introduced personage followed Bonacieux impatiently with his eyes till he had gone out; and the moment the door closed, "They have seen each other;" said he, approaching the cardinal eagerly.
"Who?" asked his Eminence.
"He and she."
"The queen and the duke?" cried Richelieu.
"At the Louvre."
"Are you sure of it?"
"Perfectly sure."
"Who told you of it?"
"Madame de Lannoy, who is devoted to your Eminence, as you know."
"Why did she not let me know sooner?"
"Whether by chance or mistrust, the queen made Madame de Surgis sleep in her chamber, and detained her all day."
"Well, we are beaten! Now let us try to take our revenge."
"I will assist you with all my heart, monseigneur; be assured of that."
"How did it come about?"
"At half past twelve the queen was with her women - "
"In her bedchamber - "
"Go on."
"When someone came and brought her a handkerchief from her laundress."
"And then?"
"The queen immediately exhibited strong emotion; and despite the rouge with which her face was covered evidently turned pale - "
"And then, and then?"
"She then arose, and with altered voice, 'Ladies,' said she, 'wait for me ten minutes, I shall soon return.' She then opened the door of her alcove, and went out."
"Why did not Madame de Lannoy come and inform you instantly?"
"Nothing was certain; besides, her Majesty had said, 'Ladies, wait for me,' and she did not dare to disobey the queen."
"How long did the queen remain out of the chamber?"
"Three-quarters of an hour."
"None of her women accompanied her?"
"Only Donna Estafania."
"Did she afterward return?"
"Yes; but only to take a little rosewood casket, with her cipher upon it, and went out again immediately."
"And when she finally returned, did she bring that casket with her?"
"Does Madame de Lannoy know what was in that casket?"
"Yes; the diamond studs which his Majesty gave the queen."
"And she came back without this casket?"
"Madame de Lannoy, then, is of opinion that she gave them to Buckingham?"
"She is sure of it."
"How can she be so?"
"In the course of the day Madame de Lannoy, in her quality of tire-woman of the queen, looked for this casket, appeared uneasy at not finding it, and at length asked information of the queen."
"And then the queen?"
"The queen became exceedingly red, and replied that having in the evening broken one of those studs, she had sent it to her goldsmith to be repaired."
"He must be called upon, and so ascertain if the thing be true or not."
"I have just been with him."
"And the goldsmith?"
"The goldsmith has heard nothing of it."
"Well, well! Rochefort, all is not lost; and perhaps - perhaps everything is for the best."
"The fact is that I do not doubt your Eminence's genius - "
"Will repair the blunders of his agent - is that it?"
"That is exactly what I was going to say, if your Eminence had let me finish my sentence."
"Meanwhile, do you know where the Duchesse de Chevreuse and the Duke of Buckingham are now concealed?"
"No, monseigneur; my people could tell me nothing on that head."
"But I know."
"You, monseigneur?"
"Yes; or at least I guess. They were, one in the Rue de Vaugirard, No. 25; the other in the Rue de la Harpe, No. 75."
"Does your Eminence command that they both be instantly arrested?"
"It will be too late; they will be gone."
"But still, we can make sure that they are so."
"Take ten men of my Guardsmen, and search the two houses thoroughly."
"Instantly, monseigneur." And Rochefort went hastily out of the apartment.
The cardinal being left alone, reflected for an instant and then rang the bell a third time. The same officer appeared.
"Bring the prisoner in again," said the cardinal.
M. Bonacieux was introduced afresh, and upon a sign from the cardinal, the officer retired.
"You have deceived me!" said the cardinal, sternly.
"I," cried Bonacieux, "I deceive your Eminence!"
"Your wife, in going to Rue de Vaugirard and Rue de la Harpe, did not go to find linen drapers."
"Then why did she go, just God?"
"She went to meet the Duchesse de Chevreuse and the Duke of Buckingham."
"Yes," cried Bonacieux, recalling all his remembrances of the circumstances, "yes, that's it. Your Eminence is right. I told my wife several times that it was surprising that linen drapers should live in such houses as those, in houses that had no signs; but she always laughed at me. Ah, monseigneur!" continued Bonacieux, throwing himself at his Eminence's feet, "ah, how truly you are the cardinal, the great cardinal, the man of genius whom all the world reveres!"
The cardinal, however contemptible might be the triumph gained over so vulgar a being as Bonacieux, did not the less enjoy it for an instant; then, almost immediately, as if a fresh thought has occurred, a smile played upon his lips, and he said, offering his hand to the mercer, "Rise, my friend, you are a worthy man."
"The cardinal has touched me with his hand! I have touched the hand of the great man!" cried Bonacieux. "The great man has called me his friend!"
"Yes, my friend, yes," said the cardinal, with that paternal tone which he sometimes knew how to assume, but which deceived none who knew him; "and as you have been unjustly suspected, well, you must be indemnified. Here, take this purse of a hundred pistoles, and pardon me."
"I pardon you, monseigneur!" said Bonacieux, hesitating to take the purse, fearing, doubtless, that this pretended gift was but a pleasantry. "But you are able to have me arrested, you are able to have me tortured, you are able to have me hanged; you are the master, and I could not have the least word to say. Pardon you, monseigneur! You cannot mean that!"
"Ah, my dear Monsieur Bonacieux, you are generous in this matter. I see it and I thank you for it. Thus, then, you will take this bag, and you will go away without being too malcontent."
"I go away enchanted."
"Farewell, then, or rather, AU REVOIR!"
And the cardinal made him a sign with his hand, to which Bonacieux replied by bowing to the ground. He then went out backward, and when he was in the antechamber the cardinal heard him, in his enthusiasm, crying aloud, "Long life to the Monseigneur! Long life to his Eminence! Long life to the great cardinal!" The cardinal listened with a smile to this vociferous manifestation of the feelings of M. Bonacieux; and then, when Bonacieux's cries were no longer audible, "Good!" said he, "that man would henceforward lay down his life for me." And the cardinal began to examine with the greatest attention the map of La Rochelle, which, as we have said, lay open on the desk, tracing with a pencil the line in which the famous dyke was to pass which, eighteen months later, shut up the port of the besieged city. As he was in the deepest of his strategic meditations, the door opened, and Rochefort returned.
"Well?" said the cardinal, eagerly, rising with a promptitude which proved the degree of importance he attached to the commission with which he had charged the count.
"Well," said the latter, "a young woman of about twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age, and a man of from thirty-five to forty, have indeed lodged at the two houses pointed out by your Eminence; but the woman left last night, and the man this morning."
"It was they!" cried the cardinal, looking at the clock; "and now it is too late to have them pursued. The duchess is at Tours, and the duke at Boulogne. It is in London they must be found."
"What are your Eminence's orders?"
"Not a word of what has passed. Let the queen remain in perfect security; let her be ignorant that we know her secret. Let her believe that we are in search of some conspiracy or other. Send me the keeper of the seals, Seguier."
"And that man, what has your Eminence done with him?"
"What man?" asked the cardinal.
"That Bonacieux."
"I have done with him all that could be done. I have made him a spy upon his wife."
The Comte de Rochefort bowed like a man who acknowledges the superiority of the master as great, and retired.
Left alone, the cardinal seated himself again and wrote a letter, which he secured with his special seal. Then he rang. The officer entered for the fourth time.
"Tell Vitray to come to me," said he, "and tell him to get ready for a journey."
An instant after, the man he asked for was before him, booted and spurred.
"Vitray," said he, "you will go with all speed to London. You must not stop an instant on the way. You will deliver this letter to Milady. Here is an order for two hundred pistoles; call upon my treasurer and get the money. You shall have as much again if you are back within six days, and have executed your commission well."
The messenger, without replying a single word, bowed, took the letter, with the order for the two hundred pistoles, and retired.
Here is what the letter contained:
MILADY, Be at the first ball at which the Duke of Buckingham shall be present. He will wear on his doublet twelve diamond studs; get as near to him as you can, and cut off two.
As soon as these studs shall be in your possession, inform me.
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"The Queen of Racing Scribes"
(John Houlton)
Dakota Franklin was born in Palo Alto, CA, the daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of automobile engineers. It was therefore predictable that she would become an engineer. Her mother, an educationalist, didn't believe in putting children in boarding schools, so Dakota travelled the world, wherever her father consulted. By the time she was ten she could swear fluently in every European language, and carry on a conversation in all the major ones.
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Just How Stupid Are South Carolina Republicans?
"I'm the Democratic Party nominee. I mean, I mean, the people have spoken. The people of South Carolina have spoken. The people of South Carolina have spoken. We have to be pro-South Carolina. The people of South Carolina have spoken. We have to be pro-South Carolina."
– Alvin Greene, apparently accepting the Dem nomination for US Senate from South Carolina, as quoted by CommonDreams.org.
Did the South Carolina GOP really think they could sneak this poor hapless vet through without anyone noticing? Regardless of what the Bias-Belted Insider Punditocracy says, I think the SC GOP, including cynical rump-pimple Sen. Jim DeMint, are a lot more vulnerable than the Big Media Babblelonians realize. It's the only reason the GOP dirty tricksters would try a lame stunt like this – what with the aftermath of the Mark Sanford scandal and the Republican-run state cratering economically mired in record unemployment, they're getting desperate.
Sadly, 13-year military veteran Greene resembles an advanced PTSD case in the way he speaks and acts. He may also have a drinking or drug problem that needs servicing. Such people are easy to hornswoggle for money into buffoonish charades such as this. If the SC Republicans abused a brain-damaged vet this way, they should be boiled in BP's Gulf oil. (They should anyway, but that's another story.)
It shouldn't be too hard to find out how an unemployed man who had declared himself indigent a couple of months ago came up with $10,400 to put his name on the ballot, didn't spend a dime for anything else in his 'campaign' (even his t-shirt reads 'Greene Family Reunion,' although he wears it as if it had something to do with his senate run), and somehow won against an experienced former judge and state legislator, Vic Rawls, who actually went out and campaigned across the state. (Maybe it has to do with the fact that in SC Republicans can vote for Dem primary candidates, or the state's easily-hacked, no-paper-trail touch screen voting equipment manufactured and installed by GOP-friendly companies.) This stinks of blatant election fraud and it would seem easy to prosecute the seamy GOP lowlife that is surely behind it.
Not only that, but SC Rep. Jim Clyburn's Democratic primary opponent, a shit-grinning 'bidnessman' named Gregory Brown, supposedly spent $70K to challenge incumbent Clyburn. Curiously, more than a third of that money was paid for 'marketing strategies' to a firm owned by Preston Grisham, who worked as a special assistant and campaign manager for Republican Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson up until November of 2009, and was flacking for two SC Republican candidates at the same time he was being paid by Brown. Move along, nothing to see here, stop connecting those dots.
Perhaps this is to be expected in a state that spawned the late Lee Atwater and his nasty and devious approach to political campaigning, but certainly Eric Holder's DOJ can take action to charge those responsible for such obvious, and stupid, attempts at defrauding South Carolina voters – these were elections for federal office, after all.
Read more:
"Clyburn's Dem Challenger Denies He's A 'Plant' — But Hired GOP Rep.'s Aide"
– Christina Bellatoni and Justin Elliot, TPMMuckraker, June 11, 2010.
"Clyburn Alleges Conspiracy To Plant Candidates In Three Dem Primaries In S.C."
– Christina Bellatoni, TPMMuckraker, June 10, 2010.
"The Alvin Greene Interviews; a TPMtv Original Video"
© 2010 RS Janes. LTSaloon.org.


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Morgan was born in 1979 and left for the Bridge on January 27, 1998. Also appearing in the video are pictures of our Borzoi Callie, Maxfield the apricot wondercat and Nimue the sweet baby meezer.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday Meezer Memories
Morgan was born in 1979 and left for the Bridge on January 27, 1998. Also appearing in the video are pictures of our Borzoi Callie, Maxfield the apricot wondercat and Nimue the sweet baby meezer.
35 comments:
- Gemini and Ichiro said...
What an amazing tribute! And you are such a good cat to be so helpful!
um who is always in the washer in that video? - Aug 10, 2009, 12:09:00 AM
- Sweet Purrfections said...
That was a very nice tribute!
- Aug 10, 2009, 12:19:00 AM
- Jans Funny Farm said...
What a beautiful girl. We know she is still missed.
- Aug 10, 2009, 12:24:00 AM
- Zoe and Indy said...
What a nice tribute...and a gorgeous cat!
- Aug 10, 2009, 12:58:00 AM
- Cat with a Garden said...
We truly adored Morgan's milky white nosie and mouth and that the contrast got stronger when she matured in her meezerness. What an amazing age she reached. Mom is silly, she's all teary eyed thinking about how much she and your mommy saw together. A great friend!
Purrs, purrs, purrs, Siena & Chilli - Aug 10, 2009, 1:02:00 AM
- Mouchois said...
That was such an amazing video. I wish that I had more pictures of all of my past kitties, I would make an entire video catalog!
Great work it was very touching! - Aug 10, 2009, 1:40:00 AM
- Reese =^..^= said...
What a precious tribute.
- Aug 10, 2009, 2:33:00 AM
- Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu said...
That was such a lovely tribute to Morgan who was so beautiful and clearly so well-loved an happy. It is always good to remember those who gave us so much.
Your Friends,
Tommy, Tama-Chan and Sei-Chan - Aug 10, 2009, 3:49:00 AM
- Forever Foster said...
What a beautiful tribute. Morgan was a gorgeous girl, she wore her regal name well:) The photos of her and Maxfield made mum's jaw drop, the body language reminded her so much of the two of us:) Thankyou for sharing some of your memories of Morgan with us.
(((purrs))) - Aug 10, 2009, 4:25:00 AM
- The Florida Furkids said...
That was a super video - we enjoyed seeing all of the different moods of Morgan. We like the one in the washer with the whapping going on!!
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids - Aug 10, 2009, 4:44:00 AM
- Parker said...
What a beautiful girl! That was a lovely tribute!
- Aug 10, 2009, 6:16:00 AM
Morgan was such a beauty! Her blue eyes were simply stunning! Thanks for sharing this lovely lady with us!
- Aug 10, 2009, 6:19:00 AM
- The Creek Cats said...
What a wonderful tribute to Morgan le Fay. We can tell she was very loved and is greatly missed. Great theme song too!! Our favorite pics are the ones in the washing machine!
Purrs for your mom's hand! - Aug 10, 2009, 6:56:00 AM
- Ariel said...
This is so beautiful gave my mom leaky eyes.
- Aug 10, 2009, 8:38:00 AM
What a beautiful tribute to Morgan. Mom says she understands just how sad it must have been to lose Morgan after 19 years ~ because Henry (the Lilac Point Siamese who came before us) was 19 years old when he died. Mom said that is half a lifetime and it is no wonder Morgan was your Mom's best friend and Henry was hers. It is heart breaking to lose a beloved cat or kitten at ANY age ~ but somehow time/age DOES NOT make it any easier. If anything it is even more painful because it leaves such a hole in your life. Mom still cries for loss of Henry (and he died nearly 5 years ago).
So thank yoo for sharing Morgan's beautiful photos.
Milo and Alfie xx
Mom sends ((((((hugs)))))) too. - Aug 10, 2009, 8:54:00 AM
Wat a pawsome memorial! We love the music too - the kitty lovin singer, F.M., couldnt have sung it any better!
- Aug 10, 2009, 9:37:00 AM
- SeaThreePeeO said...
What a fantastic tribute! Made me all teary eyed!
- Aug 10, 2009, 11:38:00 AM
- The Island Cats said...
That was so much fun to watch! What a great tribute to Morgan! She was a beauty! Thanks for sharing her with us today!
- Aug 10, 2009, 11:52:00 AM
- Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...
Morgan sure was a beautiful girl! We are glad she was with you for so long. That was a wonderful tribute!
- Aug 10, 2009, 1:19:00 PM
- Angel Ginger Jasper said...
Beautiful tribute...
Hugs GJ x - Aug 10, 2009, 2:36:00 PM
- Jasmim said...
Oh cory, you're a good kitten ^^
- Aug 10, 2009, 2:45:00 PM
- ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...
What a booteefull tribute to such a booteefull magical girl! Momma has leaky eyes....
Abby - Aug 10, 2009, 2:48:00 PM
- Cats~Goats~Quotes said...
Such a sweet tribute!
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- CCL Wendy said...
What a wonderful tribute to a beautiful and very spunky cat (or so it seems) -- what a character! Was Morgan a Birman? She has a very unique look.
And it always nice to see your other Guardian Angels Maxfield, Callie and Nimue. I hope they're all keeping each other company over on the bridge! - Aug 10, 2009, 3:15:00 PM
- The Kitty Krew said...
Oh that was a great tribute video. Thanks for sharing Morgan, as well as Maxfield, Callie and Nimue, with us. Our Mommy wishes that she had more pictures of her cats-who-have-gone-before. She has quite a few, but not tons. Your video is wonderful though.
Purrs and hugs,
The Kitty Krew - Aug 10, 2009, 4:27:00 PM
- Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...
It is allus good ta stop sometimes an remember the cats-who-came-before...
- Aug 10, 2009, 6:12:00 PM
- Mr. Hendrix said...
what a beautiful tribute! Morgan was a stunning cat. Those colors got even deeper as she got older, and those eyes! like a clear lake.
those who went before will always be with us. purrrrrs - Aug 10, 2009, 6:14:00 PM
- Mr. Hendrix said...
PS love how they helped with laundry!! ha ha ha
- Aug 10, 2009, 6:14:00 PM
- Quill and Greyson said...
Morgan was a beauty, what a nice tribute!! And nice of you to help your Mom, hope she is feeling better.
- Aug 10, 2009, 8:56:00 PM
- Angel MoMo and Charlotte said...
A great tribute to a lovely kitty. You are a good kitty to be helping so much. Continuous healing purrs from me to your mom.
- Aug 10, 2009, 11:18:00 PM
- 1-4 Grace said...
A nice tribute. My cousin cat, Rufus2, is named for the first Rufus. he used to sleep with Momma when she would visit there.
We are all the first cats in the household, but our Momma loved cats and grew up with them. - Aug 11, 2009, 1:36:00 PM
- 1-4 Grace said...
Oh, I was using my Momma's 'puter!
This is Mugsy Andrew signing over and out! - Aug 11, 2009, 1:38:00 PM
- Chesney Cats said...
What a beautiful tribute to Morgan!
- Aug 12, 2009, 1:54:00 AM
- Amy & the house of cats said...
Oh that was such a great video tribute to Morgan!
- Aug 12, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
- Shelly said...
What a sweet memorial! Nineteen years is a long time, but there's never enough years with those you love. My Snowball (was my dad's cat) will be 15 next month and I can't imagine the house without her. Maxfield was the same color as my Lucky.
- Aug 17, 2009, 1:40:00 AM


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The LiteMax stove sets up in seconds...and is as simple as your stove at home to operate (with the added task of ignition). Like most stoves in the back-country...the need to screen the flame from the wind is important...but this problem is easily solved by building a windscreen from available materials or bringing your own from home.
To further maximize the efficiency of the LiteMax stove I use a small disc with a hole cut in the middle made of the same sheet aluminum I constructed my windscreen from to create a reflector that protects the fuel canister by forcing most of the heat upwards towards the bottom of the pan (the reflector rest between the fuel canister and the stove and is put on before the stove is attached to the fuel canister).
Of all the methods for cooking outdoors I prefer canister stoves the least...as their fuel is bulky...temperamental...and expensive...but the LiteMax stove does offer excellent flame control in a more compact size and cheaper price than the MSR Dragonfly which I consider one of the best simmering stoves available. I have on several occasions cooked rice with the LiteMax stove which requires very low heat...but you will need to watch things closely to keep the rice from cooking too fast and scorching the rice on the bottom of the pan.
Overall I think the LiteMax stove is a great choice for those who don't mind the demands of the fuel...and who wish to do more than boil water for dehydrated meals.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $60-70
The lightest canister stove in the world, sounds to good to be true right? At 1.9 oz it's near a full ounce lighter than its competitors. With zero trade-off for performance. At 11,200 btu's it will boil 16 oz of water in ideal conditions in about 4 minutes.
With the new redesigned burner the stove doesn't shoot the flame straight up like the MSR Pocket Rocket, but has the right mix of side and top flame holes to prevent scorching your expensive titanium cook pot. The wire knob is not as fickle as other stoves so you won't accidentally turn the stove off when simmering.
Last weekend I had a chance to test out my new Litemax I picked up open box at adventure 16 in San Diego. I first tested the stove in my garage at sea level and 74 degrees. It boiled 16 oz of water in my Snowpeak 700 with the bottom painted black with stove paint in 4 min 15 seconds. I used that as my control for the trip up San Gorgonio Mountain.
At first camp 7,040 feet at 55 degrees I had boil times of about 7 min. with a light breeze and no wind screen.
At the summit of 11,499 feet and 50 degrees the boil time was only a minute longer, with a little stiffer breeze using only some rocks as a wind screen.
With the new style titanium pot stand with fold out arms, the stove was surprisingly stable. It doesn't feel like it will bend if I put a heavy pot on it like the Pocket Rocket and Gigapower stoves and the flat titanium added to the burners wind resistance.
All together I cooked 4 meals and 1 breakfast at 16 oz water a piece. Two 8 oz oatmeals, and four 12 oz coffees, and had fuel to spare in the small Snowpeak Gigapower canister. At 3 bucks that's is a steal for a weekend of cooking.
The best part is the stove folds down and everything you need to cook with fits inside the cook pot. Canister, stove, lighter, and bandana to keep it quiet.
I definitely recommend this stove, and will be bringing it on all my backpacking trips.
Price Paid: $49.99
Absolutely love this stove. It is so compact it fits nicely in my cook pot with the isopro cannister. The pot support arms are easily positioned. I can adjust the burner to a pretty low setting and kind of simmer (with stirring now and then). For a lightweight backpacking stove it's really good.
- Lightweight
- Compact
- Easy to set up
- Not much of a wind shield.
- Support arms can move if not careful when positioning cook pot
I had some trouble on a mountain top with 16mph winds and gusts. It didn't blow out completely but some gusts blew out one side or the other—as expected they re-lit on their own.
A bit slower to boil water but I never set my burner to the highest setting. My friend had a JetBoil with a built-in windscreen and his boiled water in no time (I don't think it is adjustable—just sounds like a jet burner). I like to simmer my freeze dried meals and this stove allowed me to do it without burning the bottom (I did stir every now and then). Once the support arms moved a bit when I put the pot back on, but it wasn't a big deal; I just used the pot to push them back in position.
I had a PocketRocket but like this one better mostly because I like the way it stores and sets up. Not a big deal but the PocketRocket requires some twisting and doesn't store as compactly. I couldn't fit it in my stove kit with all the other stuff.
I've only owned this a couple months. I used it on two backpacking trips and it was always windy but never rainy. I only used it for rehydrating food (I got my own freeze dryer).
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $59.95
Super solid backpacking stove that weighs next to nothing.
- Lightweight and compact
- High quality
- Reliable
- Works in any environment
- Boils quickly and simmers well
- inexpensive
- Uses non-reusable canisters
- less efficient than a white gas stove (like MSR Whisperlite Intl)
Excellent stove. Has served me well with zero issues on many trips in all kinds of climates, including 25 days on the John Muir Trail. I've had it in the desert, in the snow, throughout the High Sierra, rain forests, Alpine Forests, and on top of the tallest peak in the lower 48.
Does well in elevation and cold weather (I used it on the summit of Mt. Whitney without a hitch). I've used it to melt snow as well and it does just fine. The flame control is sensitive and consistent. I've never had the flame blown out by the wind, although it could probably benefit for some type of (DIY?) wind screen — just be careful to give it plenty of ventilation.
Despite its low profile, the stove feels very stable even with a liter and a half of water boiling on it. The construction is solid and feels very sturdy and well made. It's also built with a sense of design and is a nice object to look at.
Overall, the pros far outweigh the cons on this stove. Even though I can get more mileage from fuel on something like my old Whisperlite International, the savings in weight (my kitchen is now 3 lbs lighter!), the convenience and ease of use make it totally worth it.
Could not recommend this stove high enough for anything from casual car camping to serious multi-week expeditions.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $59.99
Very light, very small, so far very durable. It lights reliably, even in windy conditions. I have used it up to an altitude of about 11,000 feet with no issues. On cold mornings it's a little slower to get going. In wind, you definitely have to shelter it or make a wind screen (which I have not done).
- Light weight
- Small
- Durable
- Slightly susceptible to wind
I bought this about two years ago. It's my first canister stove after many years of using an MSR Whisperlite.
Set up and ignition are a breeze. Flame control is ok - I can simmer ok but it's not great. I wouldn't try to make anything touchy.
Boil time in good conditions was...I dunno...I didn't time it. i was not disappointed though. Noticeably slower in windy conditions (duh).
With a large canister I can go one night for two of us, but that's two dehydrated meals, two cups of tea, hot cereal, and four (!) cups of coffee. And there's still fuel left, probably enough for another dinner.
It's a little wobbly so you have to be careful.
Bottom line, it's the lightest, smallest canister out there (that I know of) and very reliable. Perfect for mild conditions, and good enough at high altitude. I'd use it again at high altitude.
Source: bought it new
Great stove that delivers when it matters, when you're in the middle of nowhere.
- Output of 11,200 BTU's
- Lightweight
- Reliable
- Affected by wind
This is my second stove and it does what I wanted it to, work in the backcountry. It was affected by a slight breeze. I would hold my hand up to block the wind and it would jump back up toward my pot. I actually used my Nalgene bottle as a wind block and the stove worked fine.
It says on their website that the pot supports act as a windscreen, a claim I find hard to believe. I believe it is susceptible to wind because of the way the flame comes out, the flame comes out at an angle and then up, unlike my Primus stove, it was a much more directly up focused flame.
I think that the flame pattern of the Snow Peak would be beneficial I you were looking to simmer different types of food vice just boiling water for dehydrated meals.
Overall I am very happy with its performance and it met all of my expectations. It is as sturdy as the Primus stove I've used and it folds up and stores as small as most stoves on the market. The base is solid where it connects to the canister and the pot supports are grippy on the pot.
As far as the wind affecting the flame, a little ingenuity will overcome that issue. In my opinion, the wind affects any/all canister stoves.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $47
We just got one of these for a wedding gift and love it! This is comparable to the Pocket Rocket (though 1 oz lighter- but who's counting, right?). We have a Whisperlite as well, but thought we'd get a canister stove for summer camping. I read up on stoves before we added this to our registry and found pretty positive reviews.
We've used a friend's PR and liked how easy it was to use (all canister stoves are pretty easy, for that matter) but found that it got to be pretty unstable with a full pot of water on it. The thing is so light and the fold-out arms make the pot-to-stove contact area large (and thus more stable).
I can fit the canister and stove in my cook kit now, which I couldn't do before with my WhisperLite. I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's shorter than the PR, too, which would offer more stability. The spread of the flame is much wider than the PR as well which increases boil time, too. I forgot to time how long it took 1 L of water to boil- sorry.
The downside to this (and all stoves, really) is that any wind just kills your boil time. However, the set-up is too tall for the windscreen that came with the WhisperLite to work effectively.
Price Paid: gift ($60 otherwise)
This is a compact and light stove that packs a punch. Great stove for the majority of your adventures.
- Lightweight and small
- Powerful output with great flame control
- Very durable
- Vulnerable to wind
Without going to an alcohol stove, this is the lightest stove you can buy (1.9 oz)! I've found the the titanium pot supports allows a stable platform for some of the largest pots. With over 11,000 BTU's, you can blast your water to a boil in no time, or simmer your sauce to perfection! It packs small (fits in the smallest solo cooksets), but performs big. This will be the stove I use for 90% of my trips.
Most canister stoves are meant for quick boiling. But, the Litemax is perfect for gourmet cooking as well. I wasn't a believer in canister stoves before, that is, until this little giant came around the corner. Sell your old canister stove, and grab this stove.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $59.95
I have been really impressed with how light and compact this backpacking stove is. I also own the MSR Whisperlite and it worked well and was super reliable, but....it was bulky. It is especially bulky and I would even consider heavy after owning the Snow Peak LiteMax Stove.
was originally going to purchase the MSR PocketRocket for my cooking configuration based on my pleasant experience with MSR products. However, it wouldn't fit into my Snow Peak Titanium Trekker 700 cup. So...I am not myopic when it comes to the Snow Peak brand.
Currently my LiteMax Stove, fuel canister, and lighter all fit into my Snow Peak Titanium Trekker 700 cup. The size/weight of this configuration is actually lighter and more compact than the actual Whisper lite stove.
As I've gotten older, I wanted something that is easy to start after a long hike. You can't get any easier than screwing on the stove to the fuel canister
If your primary concern is weight, ease of use, and compact-ness, you CANNOT go wrong with this stove.
Price Paid: $54.95
I have owned a LiteMax for over 4 years now. It was one of the first pieces of equipment I bought when I decided to get back into backpacking.
This stove has been used literally hundreds of times on camping trips, backpacking in Florida, on the AT and Yosemite and with the Boy Scouts. It has been from sea level to near 10,000 feet with temps near 100 down to 19 degrees. It has never let me down and the only slight damage is that one of the arms has a slight bend to it.
The stove is very adjustable and cooks everything from simmering to full out boil. Being a very small design, you must be sure to center your pots, but that has never been a concern.
My son wants to take it to college, but I won't part with it so I'll have to buy another.
Price Paid: $59.95
An ultralight, packable stove to boil water or reheat meals.
- Weight
- Size
- Wind resistance
- Pot can be unstable
- Not efficient at elevation
I bought this stove to boil water and re-hydrate meals. This fits great along with matches and fuel in the GSI kettle. Very simple, light, and fuel efficient, this stove has treated me well during the past two years.
The only problem I have had are efficiency at elevation. Overall great stove and very lightweight.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $59.99
I have used this stove and would recommend it to all backpackers.
- Hot
- Universal to canisters
- Lightweight
I have used this in the cold and warm temperatures. It works great for boiling water and cooking spam as well as heating gravy. It worked well (the spam was burnt a bit). It can attach to MSR canisters and I assume to most on the market.
Source: received it as a personal gift
- Lightweight
- Compact
- Good flame control
- Good flame dispersion
- Quiet burning
- No case protection
Wish it was in a hard case, but I can buy one easily.
The fold out extenders need to be just a little more rugged as the hinge gets loose and the extender becomes a little difficult to manipulate. Fixed by pressing the hinge pin with rivet press tool.
Source: bought it new
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MSRP: $59.95 Current Retail: $49.95-$64.95 Historic Range: $46.94-$64.95 Reviewers Paid: $47.00-$59.99 |
Weight |
1.9 oz |
Dimensions |
4.9 in x 3 in |
Size Stowed |
2.6 in x 3 in |
Material |
Titanium, Stainless Steel |
Output |
11,200 BTUs |
Boil time |
4 min 25 sec / 1 L |
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Gas Canister |
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