scout and about...

traveling for business has its perks... especially when you're lucky enough to cover the pacific northwest and get to spend time roaming around wildly wonderful cities like seattle & portland.

on this trip to seattle, i happened to be walking distance from capitol hill & spent pretty much every minute of my free time walking up and down the streets peeking into storefronts, ooo-ing & ahhh-ing over all the treasures that lied within.

one of the gems i came across was scout apparel. the store has a great vibe...super mellow and simply decorated with hints of rustic charm. the clothes are displayed so that each piece warrents attention...grouped together and evenly spaced on the rack rather than crammed in and lost.

the stylish & sweet shop owner, helen, recently opened scout and has done an excellent job of filling her racks with some of the most comfortable, laid back brands around.

she does a bang up job at executing that fashionable yet basic, at- ease look that i love... and she's got mix A-MAZING accessories to boot!

if you live in seattle or are planning a trip soon, please be sure to drop by. you're checking account might take a hit, but i promise you'll walk out with a smile on your face and a few treasures in hand.

PULP, a raw material in paper making

PULP, a raw material in paper making - Pulp is a fibrous material has been adapted for the preparation of chemically or mechanically separating the cellulose fibers from wood, fiber crops, or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common material for the manufacture of paper.

The use of wood to make paper is a relatively recent invention. In 1800, fiber crops such as flax fibers are the primary source of the material, and the paper was a relatively expensive well. Wood for making paper pulp has begun development of mechanical FG Keller in Germany in 1840, and a Canadian inventor Charles Fenerty Nova Scotia. Shortly after the chemical processes, the former J. Roth has sulfuric acid used to treat wood, followed by B. Tilghman 's U.S. patent, the use of bisulphide of calcium, Ca (HSO3) 2, wood pulp in 1867. Almost ten years later, the first commercial sulfite pulp mill was built in Sweden. It 'used to fight the magnesium ion and was based on the work of Carl Daniel Ekman. In 1900 sulfite pulping had become the dominant mode of production of pasta over the mechanical pulping methods. competitive pulp, sulphate or Kraft was developed by Carl F.

Global production of wood pulp in 2006 was 160 million tonnes (175 million tonnes). In the previous year 57 million tons (63 million tons) of market pulp (not the production of paper from the same plant) were sold, with Canada is the largest source of 21% of the total, followed by the United States of 16%. Pulp consisting of 93% wood pulp.

Dahl in 1879 and the first kraft mill started (Sweden) in 1890. The invention of the recovery boiler by GH Tomlinson in the early 1930 can be kraft mills to recycle almost all chemical pulp. This, along with the ability to accept more different types of wood kraft process and produce strong fibers predominant kraft pulping process to begin in 1940. (@ agriculture commodities)

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GRAPE, the source to make wine

GRAPE, the source to make wine - GRAPE is a non-climacteric fruit, especially a berry that grows on the vine and perennial deciduous woody the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used to manufacture jams, juices, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed.oil.. The grapes are also used in some types of confectionery. The grapes are generally ellipsoidal shape, particularly a prolate spheroid.

Domestication of purple grapes originated from Central Asia. Brewer's yeast, one of the first domestic microorganisme, naturally occurs in grape skins, which lead to innovations in alcoholic beverages such as wine. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics record the cultivation of the vine purple, and history shows the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans purple grape wine production, and eating e. As a result, growing grapes used in Europe, North Africa, and finally North America.

Native purple grapes, belongs to the genus Vitis is grown naturally in North America and were part of the diet of many Indians of North America, but considered unsuitable for the European settlers of wine. The first Old World purple grape Vitis vinifera grown in California, where Spain had established a number of functions close to the shore supply ships to prevent scurvy with oranges and convert the natives.

Grapes are a type of berries that grow in groups of 15 to 300, and may be purple, black, dark blue, yellow, green, orange and pink. "White" grapes are actually green, and are evolutionary products of purple grapes. Mutations in two regulatory genes of white grapes turn off production of anthocyanins, which are responsible for the color of red grapes. Anthocyanins and other pigment chemicals of the great family of purple grape polyphenols are responsible for the different shades of purple in red wines. (@ agriculture commodities)

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MEAT, an animal food sources for human

MEAT, an animal food sources for human - Meat is animal flesh, which is used in food. Usually this means that the skeletal muscle and fat and other associated tissues, but can also indicate other edible tissues, such as organs and viscera. In the Anglosphere, the meat is generally used in the meat packing industries in a more restrictive - the flesh of the mammalian species (pigs, cattle, sheep, etc.), cultivated and prepared for human consumption, except fish, poultry and other animals . The usege varies according to the global culture, and in some countries such as India has a large population to avoid consumption of all or most of the meat. A game or meat of wild animals is usually distinguished from the product of agriculture.

The consumption of meat have different traditions and rituals associated with it in different cultures, such as kosher and halal, and its output is generally regulated by the government as well. This article focuses mainly on the process of primary production to consumption.

Meat word comes from the old English word mete, which referred to food in general. The term is related to Mad in Danish, mat in Swedish and Norwegian, and maturity in Icelandic, which also means "food". The word "mete" also exist in Old Frisian (and to a lesser extent, the modern West Frisian) to describe the main foods that distinguish it from "Swieten" (candy) and "dierfied" (fodder).

A definition, which refers to the meat does not contain fish has evolved over the last 100 years is a religious influences. The distinction between fish and "meat" is codified by Jewish law on the Kashrut dietary mixing milk and meat, which is not prohibited from mixing milk and fish. Contemporary Jewish law (Halakha) is the ranking Kashrut meat as well as mammals 'meat' birds swarm the fish is not meat or dairy products. diet catholic "meat" on Fridays also does not apply to cooking and eating fish.

The High Latin "carne" (also the root of "flesh", referring to the "pleasures of the flesh") is often a euphemism for sexual pleasure, from the function performed by the fleshy bodies. Therefore, the "flesh" can refer to the human body in a sensual or sexual connotation. A meat market in addition to simply denoting a market where meat is sold, it also refers to a place or situation where humans are treated or viewed as commodities, especially the area known as a situation in which a couple can find. "Meat" can also be used to denote those humorous or indifferent. In military jargon, "meat shield" refers to soldiers sent in the direction of an enemy to draw fire away from another device. (@ agriculture commodities)

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Apple, Malus domestica, everybody like the fruit

Apple, Malus domestica, everybody like the fruit - Apples are the pomaceous fruits of the  apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). Apple is one of the most cultivated fruit trees, and is the most famous of many members of the genus Malus, used by humans. The Apple tree comes from Western Asia, where its wild ancestor, Alma, which still exists today. There are over 7,500 known varieties of apples, resulting in a number of desired characteristics. Cultivars of the apple vary in their size and the final size of the tree, even when grown on the same rootstock.

At least 55 million tons of apples grown worldwide in 2005, worth about $ 10 billion. China produced about 35% of the total. United States of America is the second leading apple producer, with more than 7.5% of world production. Iran was third, followed by Turkey, Russia, Italy and India.

The apple provides a timber that is small and deciduous, reaching 3 to 12 meters (9.8 to 39 m) tall, with broad crown Twiggy often close. The leaves are alternate simple ovals 5 to 12 cm long and 3-6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 inches) wide on a 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 2.0 in) petiole with a peak sharp, serrated margins and a slightly downy underside. Blossoms are produced in spring simultaneous with the budding leaves. The flowers are white with a pink tinge that gradually turns, five petals, and 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters (0.98 to 1.4 inches) in diameter. The fruit ripens in autumn, and is typically 5 to 9 cm (2.0 to 3.5 inches) in diameter. In the middle of the fruit contains five carpels arranged in a five-pointed star, each carpel containing 2:59 seeds, called cores.

The wild ancestor of Malus domestica is Malus sieversii in the wild in the mountains of Central Asia in southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang, China, and perhaps as Malus sylvestris.

In 2010, announced a consortium led by Italy, they had decoded the complete genome of an apple (Golden delicious variety). It had about 57,000 genes, the largest number of all plant genomes studied so far and more genes than the human genome (approximately 30,000). (@ agriculture commodities)

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Agriculture Internship for Pacific and Carribbean Students on UOG

Agriculture Internship for Pacific and Carribbean Students on UOG - Students from the Carribbean and Pacific Converge on UOG for Agriculture Internship: Guam - College Students United States Virgin Islands, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia on the campus of the University of Guam on June 23, participants in a three and the formation of a Summer week in half CariPac Consortium, a program through which all institutions of the grant of land in the Caribbean and the Pacific to collaborate and share information on innovation, agricultural research and applications.

"Students participate in a series of field observations and hands on labs where you can observe and learn about agricultural enterprises and activities found on Guam, said Dr. Prem Singh, a faculty member CariPac UOG and Internship Program Coordinator.

Students visit a variety of parks, including the Department of Agriculture's organic farm aquaponics facility Triton Watson vegetable or fruit farm uses a drip irrigation system and fertigation on a farm scale, and uses many innovations in operation, the farm maize Wusting Ernie does not use any method, to produce soil erosion reduced corn and increased soil depth, Quan coconut farm offers fresh coconut drinks for the tourism industry and life Hydroponic lettuce farming and local nurseries to learn the business aspects and the production of modern agribusiness.

They will also visit ecotourism facility Hamamoto Fruit World to observe, how to combine tourism, ecology, vegetables and fruits, and post-harvest processing to develop a business. (@ agriculture commodities)

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wave it around!

while surfing the ol' world wide web today, i came across these "HOORAY" pennants and now i want to make a bunch of them for any and every occasion that i can think of!

they look super simple to make and can be easily personalized to fit just about any occasion.

Hooray! can easily turn into...
- Happy Birthday!
- It's a girl/boy
- Congratulations!!
- Yippee!
- Yay!!
- Hip! Hip!
- BEAT the Giants!

... the list goes on and on. or heck, these pretty pennants would be just as perfect in an array of different colors sans words.

photos by: the super rad max wanger