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Australian ace Mark Webber heads into his 12th season in Formula 1® with change and controversy swirling around his 36-year-old head. He has a new engineer, he's undergone further surgery in the off-season – and most of all, he has been the subject of some highly critical remarks from within his own Red Bull Racing team. What's going on?
A Leg Up
It's four years now since Mark lay on the ground in Tasmania with his right leg broken, the result of a rather lop-sided coming-together between his bike and a four-wheel-drive during his Challenge on the Apple Isle.
But it was only a few weeks ago that Mark had more surgery to remove the final material evidence of that accident from his body. We are accustomed to hearing about titanium in Formula 1 cars – but it was a 40-centimetre length of that exotic metal that was removed from Webber's leg during his six-week break Down Under.
The news is good: "The surgery went very smoothly and my recovery was exceptional," Webber has commented. "I had a few weeks off from my normal training schedule but I was able to ease myself back into it by the first week of January and now I'm back into it properly.
"I didn't really know what to expect from having it removed, apart from my own peace of mind, but I'm very happy that some of the niggles and pain I've sometimes experienced with my training over the past three years already seem to be a thing of the past."
That means the daunting physical challenges Webber submits himself to ahead of and during each new campaign should progress smoothly as the season approaches. Just to remind you, Mark's training regime takes up over 1400 hours a year – a daily average that's pushing four hours. He runs almost two-and-a-half thousand kilometres each year; he cycles almost six times that distance.
A Change Is As Good As A Rest
For years now Mark has spoken often and always warmly of the input his race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam has had in his development and especially in his work on race weekends. That's all a thing of the past.
From now on Simon Rennie is the man in Mark's corner at each of the World Championship rounds. You may not have heard the name, but you have almost certainly heard the voice.
Remember Abu Dhabi last year, and Kimi Raïkkönen telling the Lotus pit wall to leave him alone? The man sending supposedly encouraging messages was none other than Simon Rennie, who has now switched to Red Bull, where he probably hopes to receive a less dusty response from his new charge. Pilbeam has moved in the opposite direction to work with Kimi.
As always, Mark is matter-of-fact about the change. "It's going to be important to have a solid pre-season with him after spending some six years with Ciaron Pilbeam who I had a long and enjoyable relationship with, but he's no longer with the team." In other words, let's get on with it.
It's an important relationship, not only on the technical front but also – perhaps even especially – in terms of the driver's psychological well-being. Speaking of which…
Marko Takes Aim
Formula 1® is a tough enough gig, you'd think, without having to dodge sniper fire – especially when it comes from your own side.
Early in January Mark was the subject of a surprising attack from Dr Helmut Marko, a central figure at Red Bull who supposedly advises the drivers but who has always seemed closer in every way to Sebastian Vettel than to Mark Webber.
Marko, whose doctorate is in law, won the 1971 Le Mans 24-Hour classic in a Porsche but his Grand Prix career, which never yielded a World Championship point, was ended by an accident not unlike the one that interrupted Felipe Massa's own career a couple of years ago.
It was not surprising that Marko made adverse comments about Mark Webber early in January. He's done it more than once before. What was surprising was the tenor of his remarks and the place they were published – in Red Bull's own in-house magazine.
"It seems to me that Webber has on average two races per year where he is unbeatable," said the 69-year-old Austrian, "but he can't maintain this form throughout the year. And as soon as his prospects start to look good in the world championship, he has a little trouble with the pressure that this creates."
With friends like these, who needs enemies? Is it the start of a campaign to ensure Webber's seventh season with Red Bull will also be his last? Predictably enough, Webber is unfazed. "Look," he says, "everyone at this level has their own agendas and it's been evident for a long time now that I've never been a part of Marko's."
Red (Rag To A) Bull?
So how will Webber respond to this unprecedented attack from within? In all probability, just as he always has: by producing his best when people are saying he is down and out. Following his accident in November 2008, after all, he was back on his feet in an insanely short time after surgery, back in his Red Bull cockpit for pre-season testing in Spain – and made 2009 the season in which Mark Webber became a Grand Prix winner.
Besides, it takes more than a Marko to make a team, and the man at the top seems to have Mark's interests more closely at heart than Helmut. Webber spent part of the off-season in a special place that belongs to Red Bull's billionaire owner.
"We spent a few days on Laucala in Fiji which is an exclusive island resort owned by Dietrich Mateschitz," Mark explains. "He's been telling me to go for a few years now and I can see why! He's done an amazing job capturing and maintaining the sheer beauty and nature of a South Pacific island while creating a resort that is escapism at its best; it's probably the most idyllic place I've ever been to."
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This was incredibly easy to install. It took a friend and I only one hour to remove the old exhaust and install this one. Welding is not required and we didn't have a welder anyway. So I opted to use the clamps that come with the set and some exhaust paste. This exhaust system is fantastic. It definitely makes a difference. People will hear you coming down the road. The only complaint is the drone you'll get around 2k on the tach. But just turn up the music and you'll be fine.


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I'm Jaime "thewelder", Any budy knows of any work on S. cali, I have a rig w/classic II and fully loaded ready for work, with pipe certs, and LA city: structure, light gage and rebar and 17 years of exp. thank you for any help.
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i used to do alot of odd jobs for alot of people around dhs, palm springs banning and some in hemet but i haven't had anything in almost 6 weeks
other than 50 here and 100 there and i cant keep going on like this much longer
already trying to sale my toyota 4x4 project that i really wanted to do
just to keep the lights on
bad part is i have alot more into it already then i am asking for it
but i know god will take care of us just keep looking and dont give up ...
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Gary thank you for your replay. I'm bing working on any thing I can put my hands on even iron gates but work is work, I try to sell one of welder machine (classic II D) for almost 8 months with no luck.
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I got a call the other day wanting to know if I could weld a washing machine tub, in the house. I told them no. They wanted to know if I knew anyone that would because I had the only working telephone number for weldors listed in the local yellow pages. You can read what you want into that.
At least half of my calls are from welders wanting work. The only thing that's sadder than that for me is most of the voices reflect despair, some even desperation. They're trying and trying isn't working.
I told another weldor like myself the other day that it seems there's a conspiracy involving all my old clients. Just about the time it looks like the economy is going to make a liar out of me, I've always told my wife we might not get ahead but we're always going to ge by, an old client will call with a project and I get to work.
I have some inlaws that are weldors in the gas and oil stuff in Louisiana. Some of them have work and they're saying it looks like it might get better if the price of oil stays up.


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Friday, January 23, 2004JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 23, 2004) - The first day of the Niswonger Foundation Track and Field Invitational, hosted by East Tennessee State University, came to a close Friday night. ETSU senior Tiffany Collier (Atlanta, Ga.) took second place in the 800-meter finals with a time of 2:21.31. "I'm really pleased with how Tiffany raced today," commented assistant coach Michelle Byrne. "It is a good start for her first meet of the indoor season. She needs to learn how to run a more controlled race but that will come during the season." Buccaneer junior Chantelle Vernon (Markham, Ontario), qualified for the finals of the 60-meter dash, finishing the race with a time of 7.57. The time was .01 shy of the school record 7.56, which she set last year in her first place finish at the 2003 Niswonger Track & Field Invitational. "Chantelle has really matured in her racing and she is very committed this year," said Byrne. "If she can stay healthy, I feel this will be a really great year for her." On the men's side, freshman Joshua Hicks (Riceville, Tenn.) ran a strong 800-meter race, finishing with a personal best of 1:59.88. The Bucs 4X400 meter relay team composed of Hicks, Kaylin Chesney (Knoxville, Tenn.), David Cabbler (Roanoke, Va.), and Johnny Tucker (Spartanburg, S.C.) also ran well placing eighth with a time of 3:25.70. The highlight of the day's competition was the 3000-meter invitational run. The race featured Alan Webb, who is sponsored by Nike and broke Jim Ryun's prep mile record with a time of 3:53.43 while in high school, making him the first American high school miler ever to run under four minutes indoor. Webb won the race with a final time of 8:01.29, more than six seconds faster than his closest competitor. One of Webb's competitors was ETSU junior Brad Yewer (Newbury, England), who finished sixth overall. Yewer's time of 8:24.36 was two seconds faster than his personal best. Byrne stated, "This race sets Brad up for his future races. He will continue to improve throughout the year." "Overall, today was a good team effort," said Byrne. "All of the kids are feeding off each other and that is good to see early on and I hope it continues throughout the season." The Niswonger Track and Field Invitational will conclude tomorrow with the distance finals scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. and sprint events to begin at 4 p.m. Complete results for Friday's and Saturday's events are available on www.flashresults.com/etsu.


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The opportunity was to undertake a relativity large loft conversion that was small on budget. But if that wasn't enough of a challenge for you then I also had to work with the internal support beams that held the roof together without removing a single one! And I was alone, No help at all. I am now 15 but was 14 when I began the conversion.
So to sum it up i was undergoing a loft conversion. But i was only making a small room.
That my friends was my EXTREME challenge!
All my 3D models and projections are made in Google sketch up
Step 1: Planning: Initial Thoughts...
My plan would consist of these key elements:
Budgeting costs for the materials,
3D models of the operation i was going to do,
How could I gain maximum space for minimum price,
and where and when I would buy each required material.
Shown above is a diagram of my loft space - I live in a terraced house.
If you do get permission and crate your own pad, post some pictures and I'll send you a patch!
One of my friends did this with his girlfriends council house, he went a bit further and cut out supporting joists. After 6 months or so, there was a definite noticeable sag in the roof from the road, then a few months later the roof partially collapsed.
Needless to say, she got evicted! :)
P.S. summer has yet to arrive!!!
Rules were made to be broken! So just don't tell the internet audience exactly where you live, and the planners will never find you! Just be safe in case of fire, get a smoke alarm up there.
1. It is more than likely your in a modern house and the roof joists are roughly 60 x 40 These are not intended to be load bearing and so depending on the construction of the supporting (or not) walls below may not be structurally sound to carry a lot of weight. i.e. flooring, beds, you and other stuff your going to take up there.
First signs the ceiling cracks, then the wood creaks and in extreme cases the whole lot falls down. In winter the load on the joists and rafters may go up by a ton or more as snow gathers on the roof. So what is working now may give problems when the weather changes.
2. You may have broken planning regulations as they say any place that is inhabited MUST have a permanent staircase fitted and fire regulations say it must have a fire proof door separating the living areas and possibly another way of exiting the area in case of a fire. i.e. a fire escape. A loft ladder isn't good enough.
3. There are also minimum floor areas and height restrictions in the planning regulations
4. You may have invalidated your parents house insurance by doing this because of 1 and 2 and 3
I know I sound like a spoil sport and you have done a good job both in the attic and the rite up and you may well choose to ignore what I say, especially as you look to have done a very good job. again sorry to sound negative - don't let this put you off building projects just make sure you look into the relevant regulations before you go ahead.
Most attics would be expected to have a minimum of 270mm this is far above the standard rafters which makes the fitting of a floor difficult.
Your plasterboard will need insulating on the other side as will the tile side or it's going to get very cold or energy inefficient. up there.
1> I find the way the floor was made a little concerning. Usually in these non-regs jobs the rafters are cross-braced with shallow "floor joists" running perpendicular to the ceiling joists. This being a truss roof the timber should be at least C24 grade so more stable than some I've seen this done on. If all that's up there is plasterboard, flooring a bed and some clothes I don't think it's much of an issue... if he starts bringing up weights, a big TV, loads of books, several friends - well, things could get interesting. As you said though - cracked ceilings in the rooms below should be the first clue something's up.
2> Planning permission is not needed for a job like this. Building regulations weren't met, but that's not a legal issue, it's a safety one. If there's a fire - this room (no windows, no fire protection) would be a nightmare.
3> No there aren't. Building regulations have something to stay about headroom at the head of a stair, but apart from that you can make it as big or as small as you like. If the roof sketches provided give an accurate representation of the available height this far exceeds the headroom requirement anyway.
4> This could well be an issue if an insurance claim is made.
Insulation is probably going to be the biggest problem though. Looking at it I'd guess there's probably no air gap between the insulation and the roof felt near the ridge. If not that will be hampering the movement of air between the eaves and the ridge vents which could cause condensation trouble and the associated problems that come with having a damp roof space.
That said, as a job done by someone in his mid teens, I'm really very impressed. If he's capable of this kind of work now I hold high hopes for his future.
DrWilson - my hat's off to your, sir.
Keep in mind that the comments you've received from me and RickHarris aren't just trivial though.
Have a look into a space-saver (or paddle-tread) stair. Find a way of fitting that (perhaps over the main stairs in the house - but make sure there's no less than 2m headroom between the new and old stair at any point) instead of the retractable loft ladder and you'll be in a MUCH safer setup with regards to fire.
You should also look into fitting a Velux GHL F06 top-hung window between two of the trusses on the side facing away from the road (planning permission issues). Since you're lacking a proper escape route you really do NEED an alternative.
Ideally for an escape window you'd need something like a GHL M06 or M08, but unless your trusses are about 800mm apart you won't be able to fit them in without cutting a rafter.
Other manufacturers make windows that might give you a wider opening without cutting rafters - make sure they are TOP HUNG though - not much use as an escape when they are only centre-pivot.
If I was going to prioritise the jobs I'd go for a window first, then a proper ladder/stair and then making sure the insulation isn't blocking airflow between the ridge and the eaves (you could probably use an eaves tray for this - your friendly neighbourhood builder's merchant will know what that is).
I'm not daft enough to think that everyone who does a loft conversion is going to be prepared to pay what it takes to do it all by the book, but if you can make those few changes you'll have a much better, safer room than you currently do.
Again, nice work... just a bit more and it'll be fantastic - if still not quite up to scratch on the full building regulations.
You should be proud of yourself. :o)
Thanks for the constructive criticism, and as for the regulations well, this if more of a storage space than living space, in the uk we have little snow and our neighbors have had a conversion using their rafter supports. Again thanks for th supportive criticism and positive comments,
Dr Wilson
sorry for being so negative, excelent instructable though. :)
If he built a "dormer" roof extension over a certain size of facing the road he'll have needed planning permission but there's absolutely nothing in planning law that requires anyone to get permission to put a layout in their roof space.
Unless I'm missing something key, your friend was given some extremely bad advice and lost his layout for nothing.
There's nothing about this instructable that would have needed planning permission. There are some issues with building regulations (particularly fire safety and insulation) but nothing that will mean anyone's going to turn up at the house and tell them to take it down.


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8. Ryan Tannehill, quarterback, Texas A&M
42. Jonathan Martin, tackle, Stanford
72. Olivier Vernon, defensive end, Miami (FL)
78. Michael Egnew, tight end, Missouri
97. Lamar Miller, running back, Miami (FL)
155. Josh Kaddu, linebacker, Oregon
183. B.J. Cunningham, wide receiver, Michigan State
215. Kheeston Randall, defensive tackle, Texas
227. Rishard Matthews, wide receiver, Nevada
Overview: Tannehill was the right pick for a franchise desperately in need of a potential franchise signal-caller. Martin fills a need but will struggle on the right side due to his lack of strength. Miller doesnt play on third downs or in the red zone, but hes explosive between the 20s. Vernon is one the mid-rounds most intriguing pass rushers. New coach Joe Philbin believes he can get by with a committee approach at wide receiver. While Cunningham and Matthews have late-round steal potential, the Dolphins still lack a Jordy Nelson, much less a Greg Jennings. Egnew was overdrafted.
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Photo by Denise Herrick BorchertAdapted from Mayim's VEGAN TABLEBy Mayim Bialik with Dr. Jay Gordon
When I first became vegan, I saw a recipe in a magazine for barley salad with herbs. I replaced the barley with quinoa, a high-protein seed from South America that is incredibly versatile, inexpensive, and easy to make. The result is one of my favorite dishes to bring to potlucks. I prepare it with almost any vegetables and herbs I have on hand. The secret is to use a generous amount of the dressing and let it sit for a few hours before serving.
1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed1/2 cup chopped green onions, green part only1/2 cup seeded and diced red bell pepper1/2 cup fresh or frozen peas, thawed1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley1/3 cup chopped fresh basil leaves2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves1/4 cup canola oil1 garlic clove, minced1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juiceSalt and freshly ground black pepper
In a medium-size saucepan, combine the quinoa and 2 cups of water over high heat. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat to low and simmer, covered, until all the water is absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.In a large bowl, combine the green onions, red pepper, peas, parsley, basil, and mint. Toss in the cooked quinoa.In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, garlic, and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then toss into the salad, stirring to mix well. Let stand for 1 hour for the flavors to blend.
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Recent Moans from the Minions...
Tonight is Creature Feature, the opening solo show of Toronto artist Andie Wolf. With subjects ranging from monsters to mammals, Owl Song (as she's known online) explores nature and the unnatural in equal parts. Always fun, and often beautiful, her work is a refreshing take on imagery we thought we knew.
Join Andie Wolf at Playful Grounds (in Little Italy) tonight at 8 pm for the opening. If you can't make it tonight, the show will run into November, and a second installment will continue until year end. Playful Grounds, 605 College St. (between Bathurst & Ossington) Toronto, Ontario 416-645-0484
(picture from adaytimesinner on deviant art)
I had a grand theme planned for this year. Several large sculpting projects. One huge build.
When September 1st hit, I realized I wasn't going to have the time or the budget to execute the plan this year (but maybe next year). As the start of September crept closer to mid-September, I started to panic. I couldn't decide on what to do. Finally I asked myself "if you could incorporate any theme into your Halloween party decor, just for your own enjoyment (as opposed to what I think would look really cool), what would it be?"
Well, THAT'S easy. Twin Peaks.
And just like that, this year's theme was decided.
I'm a big Twin Peaks fan. I would drop everything and run away with Agent Dale Cooper in a heartbeat. I've been to the real Twin Peaks (twice), sat in the real Double R Diner, and had coffee black as midnight on a moonless night with a plate of cherry pie.
I've refined the theme a bit, of course. I could do a general Twin Peaks party, but I wanted to stay true to the Halloween element. I'm designing the decor around the Black Lodge/White Lodge concept (for those who never watched the show, basically it's believed there are good and bad realms the spirit must to pass through, and where evil/goodness presides).
Yesterday (our Thanksgiving Monday) while Canadians everywhere were chowing down on Turkey dinners, I was painting.
I was able to get a number of figures completed (and a few close to completion). As you may know, I'm having my Lucky 13 sale on Etsy up until October 13th, at which point I will put the shop in vacation mode until after my last show of the season.
Every year I try to come up with a new "thing" for shows, especially for the Bazaar of the Bizarre (Oct 21st in Toronto) where people tend to like my stuff vs my art if that makes any sense at all. One of the new items for this year is my Halloween in a Jar dioramas. I'd done a handful of prototypes for FanExpo and all sold.
This time around, I've picked up some fairly large jars and some very tiny jars. The pumpkins seen here are for the tiny jars. To put it into perspective, note the size of the penny beside the pumpkins. Teeny weenie!
When they invented Halloween products for dogs, they had people like me in mind. They saw me a mile away.
My budget for this year's Halloween decor is tight. I mean stranglehold-tight. And with the exception of a couple purchases for this year's theme, I put myself on a Halloween diet: no spending besides what is on the list.
Here in Canada, we don't get as many Halloween-themed foods as our friends south of the border. It's a novelty I lament missing out on, though most of the products are foods I wouldn't normally buy (like sugary cereals or waffles). It would just be nice to see them in the grocery aisle.
The other day, Yetch came home with Pillsbury Cookies that had ghosts on them.
Generally speaking, on the rare occasion when cookies are in the house, they are usually homemade. I don't enjoy baking (love cooking, hate baking), but if I'm going to indulge, I want it to taste really good.
I am familiar with Pillsbury products. We had them growing up, and when I was in the my early 20s, it was the closest thing to baking that I attempted.
I knew where to set the bar flavour-wise.
Regardless, there is something magical about ready-stamped cookies with Halloween images!
I unwrapped the pucks of dough and looked at the back of the box for cooking instructions. Printed across the package are suggestions of ways to "fancy up" your cookies. One suggested rolling them in sprinkles. Well, I have sprinkles, I thought, and if I add them, it's almost like I made them myself, right?
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I've been watching a number of classic horror films while preparing for Halloween.
Of all the movies I've seen so far (which I'd never seen in the past), I have to say I'm most taken with Spooks Run Wild starring Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids.
It's a silly spooky romp, just perfect for this time of year (especially if you're looking for something different and light hearted). Enjoy!
While scrolling through my reader, I came across an image of The Baker Burglar-Proof Metallic Grave Vault which promised protection for those who couldn't afford a mausoleum but still want to be buried like a king (a king safe from grave robbers).
It caught my interest because - besides the obvious reasons - I've been reading Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930, a book described by Publisher's Weekly as "a startling window into the education of American doctors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries-on both a visceral level and for its revealing cultural record. Cringe-worthy shots of medical students-bare-handed gentlemen and a few ladies in street clothes show off their scalpels, saws and textbooks-while their cadavers, mostly poor and black, are awkwardly posed, and exposed."
The book's beginning talks of how early North American medical schools acquired their first subjects for dissection during a time when the concept was taboo to say the least (while in Europe the practice was more accepted).
We've all seen movies with Igor helping his master to gather fresh corpses for his Frankenstein Monster, or grave robbers digging up the dead for valuables, or mad doctors paying for corpses. For some reason, I had believed it was only in these rare situations that someone would steal a body.
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F.D. Grave & Son of New Haven, Connecticut, is behind the Muniemaker cigar brand.
Mark Vaughan
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Fidel Castro, Summer 94
Dorothy Grave Hoyt is something of an oddity in an industry geared principally to masculine tastes. Young, attractive and female, she is completely at ease in the world of fine tobacco and elegant cigars.
"People are usually pretty surprised when they findout what I do," admits the 32-year-old Hoyt. "But there was never any question in my mind. I've known since I was a little girl that I'd end up running the family business."
"I guess you could say that tobacco is in Dorothy's blood," adds her father, Frederick Grave III. "She's always been interested in cigars. She knows as much about running a cigar business as anybody."
The business is F. D. Grave & Son, Inc., Connecticut's lone surviving cigar maker. The company, an icon of the nineteenth-century American entrepreneurial spirit that helped forge a great nation, has been in the Grave family for four generations--surviving two world wars, the Great Depression, countless business cycles, changing trends and an anticigar onslaught that has been building for decades.
"It might seem odd that Dorothy's in the business because she's a woman," admits Frederick Grave, who with his brother Richard went to work at the company in 1950, the year they both graduated from Yale University. The brothers took control of the business in 1962, shortly before their father, Frederick Grave Jr., died in 1963. "But when Dick and I first started out, our friends thought we were crazy, too. They said, 'What kind of future is there in cigars? All your customers are old men.' Well, I figured there would always be old men around. The cigar industry by nature is kind of doom and gloom, but it's been good to us."
Indeed it has. Sales of F. D. Grave & Son's cigars have held steady at the 7 million mark for more than a decade. Though this is down from the company's mid-1960s peak of about 10 million, it is still a respectable number in today's antismoking market. Such success, claims Fred Grave, lies in dedication to quality and simple perseverance.
"We've managed to do well year in and year out," he says. "None of us have gotten superrich, but we're all pretty comfortable. Let's face it, I'd much rather have been in the cigar business over the past 10 years than in banking or real estate. And the other thing is that, unlike computers and VCRs, there is no bright guy in Japan dreaming up a better cigar."
On a breezy morning in early November, the Graves gather at the company's headquarters in New Haven. Constructed in 1901 by Frederick Grave Sr., the State Street building was said at the time to be one of the most "substantial, modern, and up-to-date cigar factories of this or any other country," according to a local-newspaper article published in 1905. Today, the graceful, four-story structure is a relic among its more youthful neighbors, its Victorian details and gold-lettered sign fading with age.
Inside, the rococo-paneled walls are covered with framed, original-edition, limestone-etched lithograph cigar labels and other memorabilia. A cigar-store Indian guards the inner-office desk that was once used by Frederick Grave Sr. himself, and is now under the command of great-granddaughter Hoyt. The 24,000 square-foot building is eerily quiet, and only a faint aroma of cured tobacco lingers in the air. Cigar production was shifted to a Pennsylvania subcontractor in 1986, explains Fred Grave, who, at 67, is still trim and energetic. Dressed casually in a worn sweater and open-neck shirt, he leans back in a simple, hardwood office chair and chews thoughtfully on one of his favorite cigars, an unlighted, six-inch Muniemaker Palma 100 Oscura.
Dick Grave, 65, dressed as casually as his brother, has just returned from an early-morning, bird-hunting foray in the Con-necticut coastal wetlands, a weekly autumn tradition. He admits to being a very light smoker, only one or two a week, compared with his brother's three or more a day.
"Fred is our walking tasting machine," says Dick, adding that he "got a couple of pheasants today." Then he launches into a discussion of last year's Connecticut broadleaf tobacco crop, from which F. D. Grave & Son will get its annual supply of wrapper and binder leaf.
For the Grave family, taste has always been the paramount factor in judging the quality of their cigars. During a three-hour conversation with them, the notion of taste comes up at least a dozen times. "We are known to have the blackest wrappers in the industry," says Hoyt. "But don't let that fool you. Our oscuras have an excellent, robust taste, sometimes referred to as a sweet-tasting smoke. They are not harsh whatsoever."
"We work on the premise that the big thing is taste," agrees Fred Graves. "It isn't so much looks; it isn't so much packaging. In the long run, it's the taste that counts." To illustrate his point, he finally lights the Palma 100. A wispy cloud of bluish smokes rises toward the high ceiling, casting a mild, pleasant fragrance throughout the room.
F. D. Grave & Son uses broadleaf, which is exposed to the elements during the growing cycle, rather than shade-grown tobacco, which is cultivated under tents and therefore protected. Variations in the wrappers' color, texture and general complexion are to be expected, explains Dick Grave. In fact, Dorothy Hoyt claims, these minor flaws are "what make our cigars beautiful. It's a question of character as opposed to some sort of subjective standard of perfection."
Does Hoyt smoke cigars? "Of course," she says with a laugh. "I'm not a frequent smoker, but I really enjoy our cigars. Sometimes I can even get my female friends to try them. I had my first one when I was 13."
The F. D. Grave & Son's cigar line once included 22 different cigars, many of which were dropped when the current Muniemaker flagship brand was introduced in 1916. Today the company markets 10 cigars, seven under the Muniemaker brand, including four oscuras, a dark and two lighter labels, ranging in size from 4 1/8 inches to 6 inches. One of their other three cigars, the 4 7/8 inch Cueto naturale cello, was introduced when F. D. Grave & Son acquired the brand along with the Lewis Osterweis & Sons cigar company in 1954. The two other brands, Bouquet Special and Judges Cave, are both long-running labels. Billed as "the millionaire's cigar at an average man's price," the 5 1/8 inch oscura Bouquet Special, which comes wrapped in cedar and packed in a glass tube, is the only cigar in the line with elaborate packaging.
The 4 1/8 inch Judges Cave, which dates to the company's 1884 founding, is the only original brand still in production. Frederick Grave Sr. took the name from a New Haven area landmark that is reputed to have served as refuge to two of the 59 judges who signed the death warrant for King Charles I in 1649 and were persecuted after the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. As the story goes, three of the fugitive judges escaped to the Colonies, and two eventually were forced to hide in a cave for several weeks while the search for them intensified.
One of the more distinguishing factors of F. D. Grave & Son's cigars is price, which ranges from about 60 cents for the Muniemaker Regular to about $1.50 for the Bouquet Special. According to Fred Grave, another important aspect of the company's continued success is the high value for price ratio they offer. "Our motto is: 'What this country has is a good 60-cent cigar,' " says Grave. And, he insists, "there is a demand out there for a good-tasting, moderately priced cigar. We have a lot of customers who can afford to smoke anything they want. But not everyone is comfortable spending five or more dollars on a cigar, especially if he is smoking four or five of them a day."
"Our cigars may not carry a hefty price tag," adds Hoyt. "But they are of the finest tobaccos and can match any cigar for flavor." Which brings the conversation back to taste. "The point is that people appreciate a good-tasting cigar. If that cigar costs $10, fine. But if you can deliver it at a moderate price, so much the better," she says.
In terms of price, F. D. Grave's biggest edge over its competition lies in the fact that all of its cigars are machine made, not hand rolled. From 1884 until the late 1930s, the company's cigars were made by hand; but with the introduction of rolling machines in 1938, the company began to phase out its hand-rolled lines. By 1956, when the last of its hand rollers had retired, the company had switched to its 100 percent machine-made brands. "It was a matter of efficiency and productivity," says Hoyt. "In 1905, there were 150 employees here producing about 100,000 cigars a week. In the 1960s, we were producing twice as many cigars with less than a third the number of people."
In 1986, the rolling machines at the State Street factory were switched off for the last time, and the two top floors of the building were rented out as artists' studio space. "We took a lot of blows in the '80s," explains Hoyt. "We had a hard time replacing workers who were retiring or leaving for more lucrative jobs in computer and high-tech industries, and the state was talking about implementing a 20 percent excise tax on cigar inventories, which it finally did in 1989."
"That tax really put an end to cigar making in Connecticut," adds Fred Grave. "New Haven used to be quite a cigar-producing city; there were a lot of cigar companies here. But all that's over now, and I doubt, even if the tax were repealed, that cigars will ever be made here again."
All of F. D. Grave's production is now subcontracted to the F. X. Smith Co., a long-established, family-owned cigar maker in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania. "We were kind of sad about it," says Fred Grave of the production move. "We had about 40 people working upstairs, some of whom had been here for over 50 years. But when F. X. Smith approached us, it seemed like the right thing to do. They could make good cigars, but they couldn't sell them. We could sell cigars, but how were we going to make them?"
So far, says Fred Grave, it's been a perfect relationship. "It has kept them in business and given us a supplier we could relate to, because we're both small, family-owned businesses. I'd say we make up about 80 percent of F. X. Smith's total production. And they make our cigars every bit as good as we made them ourselves."
For F. D. Grave & Son, there has always been only one tobacco suitable for binding and wrapping their cigars: Connecticut-grown broadleaf. In the old days under Frederick Grave Sr., relationships were established with growers along the Connecticut River Valley and with growers in the famed Pinar del Rio region of Cuba to en-sure adequate supplies of broadleaf wrapper and long filler tobacco. Cuban filler was used in the company's cigars until 1964, more than one year after the Cuban Embargo Act had taken effect. The company then switched to a blend of domestic and imported short filler tobacco.
In his day, Frederick Sr. was known as a local expert on tobacco growing and processing. He frequently traveled to Cuba to inspect tobacco crops and personally supervised the buying and sorting of his Connecticut supply each year. "Tobacco is the key to the whole operation," says Dick Grave, the company's current tobacco expert. "My grandfather thought so, and his dedication to getting the best available has been passed down through my father to us."
The company still takes pride in the fact that it gets its broadleaf supply directly from growers and not from the wholesale tobacco market. "We work with a variety of small, independent farmers," says Dick Grave. "And the curious thing is that we've never had anything in writing. We inspect the crop, and when it comes time to decide what we're going to pay, we go into the old farmhouse, have a cup of coffee and shake hands. That's it. No lawyer, no contract, nothing."
In recent years, according to Dick Grave, demand for Connecticut broadleaf has soared due to its increasing popularity with premium-cigar smokers. In the past, the entire broadleaf crop was consumed domestically, now more than half of each year's production is shipped overseas. At the same time, broadleaf production has steadily declined. In fact, the total acreage in Connecticut planted to wrapper leaf (both shade and broadleaf) has dropped from a midcentury peak of 20,000 acres to about 2,000 acres. "The price of broadleaf is being driven by demand from offshore," says a concerned Dick Grave, "and it's being driven out of this world."
According to Dick Grave, last year's broadleaf crop was a good one. Plentiful sunshine combined with other near perfect conditions combined to produce high-quality, robust leaves, the kind that make the best oscura wrappers. The crop will sell for about $3 a pound, a 50 percent increase over the $2 a pound that broadleaf brought in the late 1980s. But the real cost in wrapper tobacco lies in the special processing and handling it requires. By the time the Graves take possession of the leaf, it has been cut, cured in drying sheds and bundled. It is then shipped to a sorting shed, where it is graded into one of six different categories, packed in wooden crates, "sweated" for six weeks in a humidity-and-heat-controlled environment, then aged in a warehouse for up to two years.
"Cigar making is a very capital-intensive business because you've always got a two-year supply of tobacco on hand," says Fred Grave, adding: "Look at it this way, we have to buy and process a lot of leaf to make 7 million cigars every year."
As with many old, family-run companies, tradition plays as big a role as anything in formulating policy at F. D. Grave & Son. Take product packaging and presentation, for example. The company still packs its cigars in boxes of only 25 or 50 and refuses to use cellophane wrappers, except on a very limited portion of its production. "We have always felt that boxed cigars make the best presentation," explains Fred Grave. "And the reason we don't use cellophane is that my father wanted the cigars to touch each other in the box. He said that a 'marriage' of the tobaccos in the cigars took place, that being together made them taste better. Now it's a tradition with us."
Despite the importance they place on tradition, the family actually knows very little about the man who founded the company.What is known is that Frederick Grave Sr. was born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1849 and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1861, arriving in Baltimore in the early days of the Civil War. He was apprenticed to a Cincinnati cigar maker at age 14, and seven years later moved to New York to work as a cigar packer at the Defiance Cigar Factory. In 1873, at age 24, he accepted a foreman's position with the Osterweis cigar company (which his grandsons later bought) and, in 1884, left Osterweis to form his own company and began making and marketing cigars under the Judges Cave brand. By 1900, Frederick Grave Sr. had made enough money to build the State Street factory and a huge home on a parklike setting in Whitneyville.
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Fisheries scientists are conducting a study on Atlantic menhaden that will help identify the balance between harvesting and preserving the species.
Atlantic menhaden, described as �small, oily fish� that migrate along the East Coast, are the �favorite menu item of prized rockfish,� and have a high commercial value, according to a statement the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Currently, the menhaden population is at its lowest point in more than 50 years due to harvesting and predation, the statement says.
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�Management of menhaden has become very controversial because of different views of how we allocate menhaden between commercial and bait fisheries and those left in the ocean to serve as prey for striped bass and other predators,� Tom Miller, the study�s lead researcher and director of the UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, said in the statement. �We�re trying to estimate from a scientific viewpoint how much we need to leave for the predators to fulfill other important roles in the ecosystem.�
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The fish is a crucial food source for large fish and marine mammals and sea birds, according to the statement. In addition, menhaden are harvested for bait in crab and lobster fisheries, and more than 300 million pounds are caught every year and processed into meal and oil for livestock food, and Omega-3 fish oil supplements.
The two-year study, which began Dec. 1, is intended to help fishery managers at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the state fishery management agencies develop ecosystem-based reference points for the menhaden.
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Well as a CS student at my local community college here in Lakewood, Colorado. I noticed in my CS class that I am the only black man in the class. I was curious how come the Open Source World did not reach out to more urban males? I have been in touch with some good people at GNOME in particular the OPW program which is for women. Now they have given me good advice to look at GSOC. Can I ask why is there not a similar program for minorities I know this may not apply to all countries. I am talking in particular the US where I am based at. I have in the past been a contributor to Fedora and Arch Linux. I would like some more feedback on any programs for CS majors like myself or even school age children from the inner-city. This is good way to spark interest in the next generation of software engineers.


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...drawing based on my cousin. She's been asking me to do one for her for a while now. I'm trying to learn how to use brushes more efficiently in Photoshop, so I took this opportunity to play around a bit. I'm really getting into it. I think I'm done with the boring old round feathered brush. Creating my own brushes is so much more fun.
BTW, when I was done with the drawing I noticed that her hand, the one that's lowered, has a very Chris Sanders feel to it. Hehe, funny how that kind of stuff just sneaks up in your drawings.
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Really nice Jose, but that's nothing new when it comes to your work. It's something I've come to expect and you consistently prove me right. I like how the rim of the character remains transparent in certain areas.
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my home directory is on a separate partition which still uses ext3. Is there a way to convert this partition into ext4 in a non-destructive way?
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These are called paracord survival bracelets. They are made with parachute cord that has 550 lb test. They are designed to unravel if you need rope for something. I guess if your Bear Grylles or want to hang yourself because we stink. anyway check them out. The lady is in Tennessee and she makes a nice product. Shipping is free and it came to me in Iowa in 3 days.
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Mad River Glen moose population has grown by two this year.
One of the most frequent questions we get here at the inn is "where can we go to see a moose?" There are several areas nearby where the possibility is greater but sighting a moose is a rare occurrence even for people who live and work in the forests.
The moose photo at the top of this Vermont Travel Notes blog is a good example. It was taken by a guest in early November several years ago while he was driving on Route 100 between Warren and Granville VT, a popular place to spot moose because of the swampy areas alongside the road. It's not a particularly good photo because he quickly took the shot through the car windshield. He got some better quality photos after he stopped the car and got out but by then the moose was into the woods and walking away so the angle of the photo does not work well. But he was lucky to see it at all. If he had left here a minute earlier or a minute later he would have missed the moose entirely. That's moose spotting for you (or seeing any unusual wildlife for that matter).
I have seen two moose this year but that is very unusual. Most years I don't see any. We have one walking through our property about once a month but we never see it. He or she comes through late at night and all we see are the footprints the next day.
Last winter, we had a few skier guests tell us of seeing a moose near the trails at Mad River Glen. One of them even hit the moose after coming around a corner and seeing it standing right in front of him. He reacted fast enough to squat down so he only bumped the moose a little bit. It must not have bothered the moose too much because it merely looked at the skier for a moment and then walked slowly into the woods.
The moose above may be the same one and, as you can see, it's a female with two calves it had this year. This moose photo and other Mad River Glen photos can be seen on the Gallery page at the Mad River Glen web site.
So, if you want to go moose spotting, the best area is the most remote part of Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom as it's known. Just try the roads around the town of Island Pond. Even if you don't see a moose, it's a beautiful area to do some sight seeing. Stop in some of the local country stores and ask around about where people have seen moose lately.
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Harness Leather Breast Collar BC51
Product SKU: BC51
Price: $119.50
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This Harness leather breast collar is made from the finest Hermann Oak Harness leather and is lined and stitched with soft chap lining. It is hand edged and rubbed for a lasting finished. A great choice for the pleasure rider or the working cowboy. When taken care of properly, this quality leather breast collar will last for many years to come.
Available in Small Horse, Cob, Pony & Regular Horse sizes.
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