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Today is Tuesday, March 31, the 90th day of 2015. There are 275 days left in the year.
Skinny House recommended for historic designation
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) >> New York State officials are recommending that a house that's only 10 feet wide and 37 feet long in Westchester County be added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Today in History for March 26
Today is Thursday, March 26, the 85th day of 2015. There are 280 days left in the year.
Lake Placid Howard Johnson's sold,will close
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) >> One of the three remaining Howard Johnson's restaurants still in business has been sold and will close after a nearly 60-year run in a New York village.
NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) >> Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in U.S. history turned a New York City dance club into a smoky, flame-filled inferno that left dozens of people dead, some with drinks still clutched in their hands.
Troy erecting statue of Revolutionary War Col. Albert Pawling
TROY >> The Col. Albert Pawling Memorial Statue Project took another step towards completion as it kicked off its "20 for 20" fundraising campaign, which seeks donations from 20 local corporations, institutions or foundations of $1,000 each.
Album with Lincoln, Grant autographs go unsold
NEW YORK (AP) >> An album containing the autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and other prominent Civil War-era figures failed to find a buyer at a New York City auction.
Corning curator catalogs the world's oldest telescopes
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) >> You could say Marvin Bolt takes the long view.
Albany County to stabilize Shaker barns
ALBANY >> The Albany County Legislature has approved $90,000 for stabilization of the 1915 Shaker Barn Complex.
Today in History for March 18
Today is Wednesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2015. There are 288 days left in the year.
Album with Lincoln, Grant autographs up for auction in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) >> An album containing the autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and other prominent Civil War-era figures is being put up for sale by a New York City auction house.
Albany architect Jeff Baker restoring Frank Lloyd Wright chapel at Florida Southern College
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) >> Florida Southern College is restoring a campus chapel designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
West Point barracks named for pioneering '36 grad
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) >> A new cadet barracks at West Point will be named for Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., a pioneering 1936 graduate who commanded a fighter group with the Tuskegee Airmen.
Groups to restore Adirondack fire towers
KEESEVILLE, N.Y. (AP) >> Volunteer groups are planning to start restoration this year on two Adirondack fire towers that the state has approved for preservation.
Court revives suit over Pissarro masterpiece stolen by Nazis
NEW YORK >> A federal appeals court has given new life to a Holocaust survivor's claim that the University of Oklahoma is unjustly harboring a Camille Pissarro painting that the Nazis stole from her father during World War II.
Rare salvaged artifacts going to auction
NEW YORK >> Collectors, designers and developers looking for their next statement piece will get a chance to find one at a large auction of salvaged historical artifacts.
Japanese battleship blew up under water, footage suggests
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) >> Debris scattered over a large area at the bottom of the sea near the Philippines indicate that the massive Japanese World War II battleship Musashi had blown up in an undersea explosion 70 years ago after it sank beneath the surface.
WWII 10th Mountain Division skiers meet modern soldiers
Associated Press NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) >> Given the choice between turning soldiers into skiers or skiers into soldiers during WWII, the U.S. government decided the latter was easier. And anyone who watched 91-year-old veteran Richard Calvert easily outpace a bunch of young servicemen in New Hampshire last weekend likely would agree.
Then & Now: St. Agatha's Church in Canastota
CANASTOTA >> Before the first permanent church building in 1883, priests served the Catholics of Canastota from surrounding areas.
Today in History for March 5
Today is Thursday, March 5, the 64th day of 2015. There are 301 days left in the year.
Then & Now: Lenox Memorial Hospital had short but important history
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Brothers write book on Revolutionary War hero
ALBANY, N.Y. >> His words grace New Hampshire's license plates — "Live Free or Die" — yet most people outside New England would be hard-pressed to identify Gen.
NY exhibits mark Frank Sinatra's 100th
NEW YORK (AP) >> A couple of New York exhibits are paying homage to the centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth by displaying rare photographs and mementos, many of them from the family archive.
Today in History for Feb. 28
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Today in History for Feb. 26
Today is Thursday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2015. There are 308 days left in the year.
Fort Ticonderoga staging re-enactment today of 1758 winter battle
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) >> Fort Ticonderoga is hosting a restaging of a French and Indian War battle that was fought on snowshoes.
Many to mark 50th year since Malcolm X assassination today
NEW YORK (AP) >> Activists, actors, and politicians will remember civil rights leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the New York site in Harlem where he was killed 50 years ago.
Today in History for Feb. 20
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Museum to start boat-building school
KINGSTON>> With the purchase of the former Rosita's Restaurant building at 86 Rondout Landing complete, the Hudson River Maritime Museum is looking forward to the start of its Riverport Wooden Boat Building School this fall.
NY antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum
NEW YORK (AP) >> Two New York philanthropists are donating a major collection of more than 300 ancient Greco-Roman and Near-Eastern glass vessels to The Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Alexander Hamilton: The show, the book and the places
NEW YORK >> It's a fine time for history geeks with a thing for Alexander Hamilton. A hip-hop-and-history musical called "Hamilton" — inspired by an 800-page biography — just opened off-Broadway and is sold out for months.
Then & Now: Canastota proud of its Civil War soldiers
CANASTOTA >> In 1900, 35 years after the end of the Civil War, Reese Post of the Grand Army of Republic in Canastota started raising money for a soldiers' monument.
Art from Works Progress Administration focus of film
Eighty years after the federal Works Progress Administration put unemployed artists to work creating sculptures and murals for post offices and courthouses comes this reminder from film maker Michael Maglaras: Look around.
NAACP: Stop glorifying Millard Fillmore
BUFFALO >> Buffalo's celebration of former President Millard Fillmore as a hometown hero is evident throughout the city and suburbs — in the street, college and hospital that bear his name, in the statue that rises outside City Hall and in the landmark status of the house he built.
Artifacts from digs at Colonial military site go on display
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) >> Items from a trove of artifacts found at a French and Indian War site in the southern Adirondacks are on display at an upstate New York library.
Fort Ticonderoga names new curator of collections
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) >> A museum veteran with stints at history museums in New England and the South has been named curator of collections at Fort Ticonderoga in northern New York.
Then & Now: Oneida Police Department has long history
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Albany Institute of History & Art highlights baseball history
ALBANY >> Opening day is coming to the Capital Region early as the Albany Institute of History & Art opens its "Triple Play! Baseball" exhibit today.
NY gets $20K to conserve 1911 fire documents
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) >> New York state is getting $20,000 to support the conservation and digitization of Colonial-era documents that were burned in the 1911 fire at the State Capitol.
New church based on 6th-century cathedral
BEARSVILLE >> As the snow swirls on a foreboding morning, a group of men keeps watch and prays.
Revolutionary War author book to speak at NYS Military Museum
SARATOGA SPRINGS (AP) >> The New York State Military Museum is hosting a talk by a Hudson Valley author whose latest book tells the story of the forgotten soldiers who won the American Revolution.
Feds OK NYS historic preservation plan
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) >> The federal government has approved New York state's blueprint for guiding efforts to boost historic preservation projects at the local, regional and state levels.
Lake Placid Olympic torch to be lit again
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) >> Lake Placid's Olympic Flame Cauldron is being lit again to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Games held in the Adirondack Mountain village.
Attendance at NY state parks, historic sites up 3% in 2014
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) >> State officials say attendance at New York state parks and historic sites hit 62 million in 2014, a 3-percent increase over the previous year.
Historic Woolworth mansion extensively damaged in fire
GLEN COVE, N.Y. (AP) >> Authorities say the historic Woolworth mansion on Long Island has suffered extensive damage in a fire.
National Trust: Chautauqua Amphitheater a national treasure
BUFFALO >> The National Trust for Historic Preservation stepped into a debate Tuesday over whether an 1893 amphitheater on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution should be demolished and replaced.
History of ice cream told on cold Canastota night
CANASTOTA >> People of all ages filled the upstairs of the Canastota Public Library Monday to hear about the history of ice cream.
Museum recalls history of ice harvesting in New York
KINGSTON>> A century ago, keeping perishables cold didn't start with plugging in a refrigerator.
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Tonight I attended the first Association for Women in Communications meeting of the school year. AWC is an organization on campus, mainly run in association with the journalism program, which focuses on learning about careers in the field of journalism and communication as well as strengthening our networking skills so we are better prepared to meet people when embarking on our career paths after college.
I have been involved with AWC since freshman year—which was two years ago, holy cow—and I am currently the secretary for the organization on campus. We are a relatively small group of women—about ten of us are regulars—and we are all exploring majors in the journalism school. We have girls studying news and editorial—myself included—advertising, media studies and broadcast news. The nice thing about this organization is that we build friendships and connections throughout the year that allow us to use each other for resources. For example, our president of the group, Brittany, wrote me a recommendation letter when I was undergoing the application process for the J-School. One of our former members lives in San Francisco now and works in PR, so she is another great resource for job recommendations in the field of journalism and mass communication.
(The girls and I watching the sunrise on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. We love supporting each other!)
(Here we are again in L.A. We had just met with a CU Alum, Susan, who works on creating and producing movie trailers!)
At our monthly meetings, we usually discuss current events surrounding journalism and explore ways we may become more successful once we are working in the field as well. At one meeting, we had a lady come in and talk to us about ways to "market" ourselves using social media. We also watched a series of videos on ways in which big newspapers, such as The New York Times, are using technology to engage with readers and "keep up with the times." Aside from what seems like listening to boring lectures, we also plan local field trips where we visit news stations, newspapers, and Ad/PR agencies around Colorado.
Since the main aspect of the organization is networking, we do plenty of it! Beth, who is a VERY valuable person to know in the J-School, especially if you're going into journalism, keeps up-to-date with all the alumni from the school. We use her to get contact information for some of the folks who have graduated from the CU J-School and are working professionals in journalism—both locally and nationally. Which leads to the BEST part about the organization: THE ANNUAL NETWORKING TRIP.
(Leaving our mark in the sand while in California and the famous water tower at Paramount Studios)
Each year, we plan a networking trip we go on in December over Christmas Break. The trips I have gone on while in the group include Los Angeles and Washington D.C. While on these trips, we set up meetings with mostly CU alum, but also other people in journalism willing to talk to us and spend the entire trip asking these folks about their jobs and usually getting a tour of their workplace and other perks. While in Los Angeles, we got a personalized tour of Paramount Studios from a producer who graduated from CU. He took us on the set of Happy Days (from back in the day), Dr. Phil, Community, and yes—GLEE. It inspired me to live out my fantasy and begin singing and dancing right then and there. I do that a lot. Anyway, that was a HUGE highlight of the trip. When we went to Washington D.C. last year, we met with Tom Costello, reporter for NBC news (Today Show and Nightly News), and got an exclusive tour of the NBC set, including the set of Meet the Press. Tom is ALSO a 1997 graduate of the CU Journalism School. He used to report for 9news in Denver until he became a bigwig. He is, however, the most humble and down-to-earth guy and took a group of eight ladies around for the day before getting on a plane to work on an assignment. I am proud to say I have his business card and broadcast scripts he wrote. This only means I am ONE step closer to meeting the love of my life—Brian Williams—a colleague of Tom's. :)
(Here is our group with Tom Costello, a CU grad of the J-School in 1997. I am trying my hand at being an anchor at NBC News!)
Our group is open to other majors outside of journalism. Basically, it is a great way to learn networking skills and see if you have any interest in working with journalism or communication in the future. You can simply attend our monthly meetings if you are unsure before committing to the annual networking trip. When most of you start coming to CU, as I know you will, look for AWC and if it sounds like something you might be interested in, come to our meetings! I promise you will earn HUGE bragging rights with your friends after you attend. :)


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The folks at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival up in Lyons have announced the lineup for this year's festival, which is slated to take place from Friday, August 16 through Sunday, August 18 at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch. The acts this year include John Prine, Patty Griffin, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, the John Butler Trio and more. Tickets for the fest are on sale now and range from $55 for single day tickets to $135 for a three-day pass ($195 with camping option). Continue on for the full lineup thus far.
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Just wait it out in the bottles. Leave them be for at least another month and then give them another taste, I guarantee they'll be a bit better. Relax and let the yeast do their job.
Your FG explains the sweetness. By why is it so high? Post your recipe and process and we'll be able to help you better. Time can make a significant improvement to beer, but not always.
+1 on riding it out and picking up some more bottles. It doesn't guarantee that the beer will become good, but if you want to have a good 'pipeline' going then you'll need enough bottles for more than one batch.
Not enough volume, high final gravity. Tasting before bottle conditioning is long enough....
I expect this one is going to stay too malty sweet. Though for the style and missed volume you should be looking at a couple months for bottle conditioning.
You might try blending it with a lighter beer.
Lol I like the edit on my post title. Sorry for cursing. Anyways, here is the exact recipe list and instructions I used for this beer I followed the instructions exactly, except for topping the carboy off to 5 gallons of course. The brew went very well and I fermented it for about 4 weeks before bottling. I figure the reason for the high FG reading was because the beer was very concentrated and/or because the beer was kept too cold during fermentation(around 60 degrees). I tasted my final sample before bottling and I thought it tasted great, this is why I'm so puzzled as to why it tastes so awful now. I'll take your guy's advice though and just wait a few more weeks. It would be a shame to dump out my very first batch of beer. Thank you all for the advice and support.


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Blade on too tight
My lawn mower shop has a habit of putting my blade on so tight I can't get it off without bringing it back to them. Can some one suggest a tool/way I can get it off myself next time
Disconnect the spark plug wire. Turn it up on its side with the carburetor facing up and the gas tank less than half full. Use a block of wood to prevent the blade from turning. Use a wrench or socket and a long pipe which fits over the end of the wrench or ratchet. It will come loose.
Your mower shop is over-torquing the bolt. Most mowers use a 3/8-24 blade bolt (9/16" wrench), which should not be torqued beyond 60ft/lbs for a Grade 8, and less for a Grade 5.
Toro uses a 7/16-20 bolt (5/8" wrench), which torques to 80ft/lbs max. for Grade 8. Also some riding mowers with large single blades also use 7/16 -20 bolt.
Next time they have the mower, tell them you want the bolt torques appropriate to the size and grade of the bolt. As an earlier poster suggested, they are probably using an impact wrench, and banging as hard as the wrench will deliver.
Remind these guys that too much torque is just as dangerous as too little torque, and if the bolt fails because of their practices, they will be involved.
I have never failed to get one broken loose using 1/2" breaker bar and pipe extension. I also use pentrating oil and 2 by 4 wooden block cut to proper length and notched so it catches the blade good.
I guess mower shops are like tire shops. Most know they are suspose to torque to spec's, but most use the impact wrench cause we don't like to wait and this saves 30 seconds.
I have failed to get some off using conventional methods.that were obviously put on with an impact. I have had to grind the heads off the bolts and in one case, weld a nut on the bolt after cutting off the head and removing the blade.
While 60 lbs is max recommended by most, I use torque wrench to 40 lbs. 60 lbs is to keep blade from spinning loose when electric PTO is disengaged and required blade brake engages. I have had no problem at 40 lbs.
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St. Agnes, a lamb for Christ
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"Wednesday is the feast of St. Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr. I have a special devotion to little Agnes. Both my mom and my eldest daughter are named for her. I visit her relics whenever I'm in Rome. "
Listen to Mike Aquilina as he talks with Bruce & Kris McGregor on Spirit Catholic Radio KVSS about one of his favorite saints.
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writer. fighter. mitre - St. Leo the Great
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All Christians believe the key doctrine that Jesus is all God and all man. Why? Because of the Catholic Church and men like St. Leo the Great.
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As Catholics, we believe we are never alone; as we go about the business of our lives, we are covered in prayer by the angels and the saints. They are our constant companions in our journey to God. We also know that if we want to complete that journey, it's not enough to just travel with the angels and saints; we must become like them. We must become saints. That's the end to which God calls every… [Continue Reading]
The Ascension: The Underrated Mystery
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"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. (Acts 1:8-9)
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An Invitation to Evangelization
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trunk protection for cherry trees?
I have about 50 cherry trees that will be entering their 2nd winter this year. based on advice hre I have mulched the trees quite heavily as I lost about 10% the 1st winter (which is much higher mortality than I have experienced with apple and plum trees)
per advice here on the forum my apple trees have white trunk wraps to protect them from freeze damage in the spring.
question is do cherry trees need the same treatment?
as always thx for help.
Mark in MN
You could paint them. Mine are located in a spot that gets no sun whatsoever all winter, so I just leave mine (north side of the house). I just put hardware cloth around them. You could pile snow around them, but that would be a lot of work and you need to watch out for voles.
Keep in mind trunk wraps or painting will not protect the cherry trees from extremely low temperature freeze damage. If the temps fall below the range it take to kill wood, the tree wraps won't help.
Tree wraps and painting do help prevent sun scald and southwest injury.
I have a few sweet cherry plants in Zone 5a and have experienced bark splitting in early spring when the snow is still on the ground. The split is almost always on the south or southwest side. Now I just mak esure that the sun would not shine directly on the trunk on the south & southwest side.
Isn't the issue when something like a very cold January day (subzero high temps/common in WI most winters) with full sun and good snowcover. The sun reflects off the snow hitting the brown trunk, warming it to temps above freezing...Either a cloud comes by, dropping the temp back below 0F or the sun sets and the temps plummet again, causing the temp of the trunk to freeze solid? I think it goes something like that. I'm sure there is research out there on this sort of thing. Maybe i'll do some digging.


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Freeriders will love this place; there's everything from the wide rolling pistes of 1650 to the steep rock shoots under the Saulire cablecar. There's so much piste that it doesn't get chopped up and they have a huge fleet of piste bashers to flatten it out each night. There's some good off-piste riding straight off the lifts under the Vizelle bubble and Dou des Lanche chair, beside the Chanrossa chair and down through the trees to Le Praz is a must in bad visibility. If you don't mind a walk, check out the back of the Creux Noirs.One great spot which must be treated with the utmost respect in the Vallee des Avals which is prone to slide but has a great refuge and is stunningly beautiful, access is a short walk from the Chanrossa chair.
Freestylers. A good place to hang out is the big snow park under the Plantrey chair, there's some good hits and two pipes. If the sun's out, get there early as by afternoon one wall's slush and the other's bullet, there's a free drag. The top of the Verdon's got some manmade dunes and some good kickers. A small drop-off can be found by the Bel air and Signal drags at 1650. Go to the top of the Suisses if you're looking for some big drop offs.
Piste Lovers will be in hard boot heaven. They reputedly spend £20,000 a night grooming the pistes, so get up for first lifts and you can carve your way down the Saulire, racing the cablecar. When everyone else gets up, head over 1650 for motorway-wide runs.
Beginners should head for the Biollay and Bellecote as both have a good sustained pitch, the Biollay even has a travelator at the bottom for total beginners. 1650 has some great wide runs but still a lot of drag lifts, so watch out. If looking for a lesson, check out rtmsnowboarding.com a British board school who hold beginners, freestyle and carving clinics. A special pass giving access only to the beginner lifts is available for 14 euros a day.
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AN EVENING WITH JENNIE LORISTON CLARKE Gleneagles, Auchterarder Tuesday 4 May 2010 at 7.00 pm BD Judges and BD Trainers £12.50 BD Members (16 years and over) £15 Children U16 BD Members £12.50 Children U16 NON BD Members £15 NON BD Members (16 years and over) £17.50 Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 children U16) £50 (one adult must be a BD Member Tickets on the door (if available) BD Members £17.50 NON BD Members £20 Block booking discount available – Purchase 12 tickets and get ONE ticket free. Cheques made payable to British Dressage and sent to Cecilia Gladwyn, Clochcan House, Auchnagatt, AB41 8TD with SAE for the return of the tickets. BD Members must write their membership number on the back of the cheque. MARKETING SUB-COMMITTEE VACANCIES Scotland Regional Committee is looking for volunteers who feel they can help promote dressage, increase awareness and develop participation and communication within Scotland. 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Enchanted Alice Lois Young/Farney Star Emma Gibson/Tarijn Star Linda Thomson/Wee Nipper Kerry McCready/Clayfolds Cointreau Laura Corsie/Newparks Connoisseur Alice Page/Purple Oscar David Cooper/Wee Nipper SENIOR RIDERS Linda Barnes/Veni Vidi Vici Gillian White/Caledonian Spirit Wendy Raeside/Rockstar Elizabeth Muirhead/Pic O'Day Jock McFarlane/Wodka Cathy Lee/Haver Jennifer Johnston/Donnergott Gail Smith/Foold Us Victoria Gladwyn/Granite III Angela McKinna/Fergal II Sam Turpitt/Lauristons Valco Linda McKenzie/Far Beyond Lea Gray/Tiger Feet Judy Douglas Miller/Lys De La Vallee Gillian Green/Glenmarcus Adrienne Taylor/Gulliana Marjorie Grant/Trailtrow Eriskay Lesley McNaughton/Kilnaughton Bay Marie Labus/Hallyracket Squire Louise Richards/Hamptons Ace Mhairi Rae/Zanzibar B Catherine Stott/Kirin Royal The calculation for the Scottish Equestrian Performance Directorate Points Trophy is done on the same basis as that for the British Dressage Steelesalver – Rule 179 in the 2010 Rule book. The Steel Salver is awarded to the combination who have gained the most points between 1 December and 30 June and points are calculated as follows: st nd rd Novice-Medium 1 – 4 points 2 – 3 points 3 – 2 points st nd rd Advanced Medium 1 – 3 points 2 – 2 points 3 – 1 point For Scottish purposes we have included PSG along with Advanced Medium. 2010 Test Information New Tests Novice 24 (20 x 40) Novice 39 (20 x 60) Elementary 40 (20 x 60) Elementary 45 (20 x 60) Deleted Tests Novice 25 and 26 Elementary 48 2010 Major Dates Winter/Music Regionals – Rowallan, Ayrshire 27/28 February Para Winter Championships – Vale View, Leics 28 March National Judges Convention – Hartpury 31 March Winter/Music Championships – Hartpury Arena 7 to 11 April Senior Inter Regionals – The College, Bedfordshire 22/23 May Para National Championships – Hickstead 24 to 27 June BYRDS Inter Regionals Squad Competition – The College, Bedfordshire 10/11 July FEI Pony European Champs – Bishop Burton 27 July – 1 August Summer Regionals – Ingliston EC, Renfrewshire 31 July and 1 August Hickstead Masters & CDI 26 July to 1 August Sheepgate BYRDS Champs – Lincolnshire 24 to 29 August BD National Champs – Stoneleigh 16 – 19 September World Games, Kentucky 27 Sepember to 1 October Para WEG Kentucky 5 to 10 October Senior Home International, Crofton Manor, Hants 9/10 October National Convention 27/28 November JUDGE TRAINING A separate Newsletter will be sent to all judges. 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A separate newsletter is being sent to all BYRDS/fledglings. To ensure that you receive BYRDS/Fledgling details please let the RDO have your email address as all newsletters and information will be sent electronically. You do not have to be a member of BD to take part in BYRDS/fledgling activities so please encourage your friends to come along. Squad levels are aimed at – Fledgling for 11 years and under, then progression to C (prelim level), B (novice level) and A (elementary and above). Proficiency badges are also awarded and testing for the proficiency badges is usually done at camps Team Selectors for 2010 are Mary McFarlane, Les Smith and Cecilia Gladwyn RIDER TRAINING. 2010 SENIOR TEAM COMPETITIONS: Keysoe Senior Inter-regional, Bedfordshire 22/23 May Entry restrictions: 18 years old and over (01/01/10) from groups 8 – 3 who have not and will not have competed at Winter Championships and National Championships in the current or preceding year or BYRDS Inter Regional competition in 2010. Teams to comprise: Prelim from Group 7/8, Novice from Groups 6 – 8, Elementary from Group 5 – 8 and Medium from Group 4 – 8. There will also be an Individual Advanced Medium/PSG Champion from group 3 – 8 riders. Senior Home International, Crofton Manor, Hants 9/10 October. Further details about teams will be sent later. Team viewing Days 27 March – Fountain EC, Aberdeen 28 March – Maidenhills Farm, Newton Means, Glasgow The viewing days will take part at competitions which are open to all riders (members and non members). Schedules for the competition can be obtained from www.dressagescotland.co.uk or sending a SAE envelope to RDO. A form is attached to complete and return if you wish to be considered for a team place for 2010. It is hoped that we will have funding in place to help pay for team entries/stabling. Team selectors will be Allison Fellows, Les Smith and Cecilia Gladwyn. A copy of the guidelines set by British Dressage for selection for all teams(BYRDS and seniors) is attached. Training Dates for Riders aged 18 years and over. Booking forms will be sent by email when available 27/28 January Paul Hayler Easter Rattray Farm, Blairgowrie 18 February Mary McFarlane Easter Rattray Farm, Blairgowrie 2/3 March Paul Hayler Fountain EC, Aberdeen 14/15 April Paul Hayler Lawside, East Kilbride 1/2 May GRAMPIAN CAMP – Trainers Harry Payne and Allison Fellows 28/29 May Rachel Hillier Wellhall Cottage, Dollar, Clacks 17/18 June Paul Hayler Easter Rattray Farm, Blairgowrie SENIOR CAMP will also be held at Rowallan. Dates still to be confirmed. There will be regional training with other trainers throughout the year and information will be sent by email when dates and venues are organised. Guinea Pigs are required for judge training etc. If you think you would like to be a guinea pig please contact RDO. SPORTS SCIENCE SEMINAR. A Sports Science Seminar will be held on Sunday 18 April in the Arran Room, Oatridge College, West Lothian. This Seminar is open to all coaches, instructors and riders. 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The qualifiers will be held via NON Qualifying Regional Championship classes and if there are no NQ classes being run then the qualifiers will run in conjunction with the Regional Championship Qualifying classes. b) Qualifying percentages for 2010 - Restricted section at Prelim with 65% or above Open and Restricted section at Novice with 65% or above Open and Restricted section at Elementary with 63% or above Open and Restricted section at Medium with 60% or above Open and Restricted section at Advanced Medium with 60% or above PSG with 60% or above c) In accordance with BD rules, rosettes will be given for each section but prize money, where awarded, will be given to the highest placed rider over the 2 sections. Trophies will be awarded to each section. d) A qualifying letter will be given to all qualifiers on the day. It is up to the competitor to ensure that they receive their qualifying letter from the organiser. Competitors must register their intent to compete at the Scottish Championships by returning the tear off section of the qualifying letter to Jackie Gray, The Kennels Cottage, Ormiston Farm Steading, Leyden Road, Kirknewston, EH27 8DQ within 14 days of the date of the competition. Failure to correctly record your qualification could mean that riders will be unable to take part in the championships. e) As per British Dressage rules only group 7 and 8 riders competing on unregistered horses or horses with less than 49 points are eligible for Preliminary classes. Unregistered horses will have to be registered prior to the Scottish Championships. f) As per Championship rules all entries will be drawn for starting times. SCOTTISH & NORTHERN EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Championship will take place at SNEC, West Lothian on 23/24 October. Rules will be posted on web page and sent by email when available. ROWALLAN SCOTTISH MASTERS. A copy of the rules for the Rowallan Scottish Masters with Hickstead qualifiers will be available on the BD and Scottish Dressage web page. If you require a copy of the rules to be sent to you please send a SAE to Cecilia Gladwyn. The top four from the Masters from Prelim to PSG will qualify for the Hickstead Dressage Masters on 26/27 July. The Rowallan masters will be held on 12/13 June. SHEARWATER YOUNG DRESSAGE HORSE Tests: BD Basic Test 4 yo 2003 BD Elementary Test 5y0 2009 BD Medium Test 6yo 2009 Championship – Hartpury Festival of Dressage, 14-18 July at Hartpury Arena, Glos. First THREE non qualified combinations go through. Qualifier – Ingliston EC, Renfrewshrie 22/23 May SHEARWATER POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL DRESSAGE HORSE No Test used. Horses go in to the ring in groups of 3 and their natural paces will be assessed. Championship – BD National Dressage Championship 16 – 19 September, Stoneleigh Park, Warks. st nd Separate sections for 4 & 5 year olds. The 1 and 2 placed horse in each section will qualify. Once qualified a horse may not start in any further qualifiers. Qualifier – Ingliston EC, Renfrewshire 19/20 June BRITISH YOUNG HORSE QUALIFIER Tests 5yo National British Dressage Young Horse YHN5 2004 6yo National British Young Horse YHE6 2004 5 yo FEI International BD Young Horse YHP5 2009 6yo FEI International BD Young Horse YHP6 2009 Championship – Dressage at Hickstead 26 July – 1 August First THREE qualify in each section for the SEMI FINALS AND FINALS to be held at Dressage to Hickstead. Qualifier – Rowallan 12/13 June 2010 Affiliated Dressage Dates January 17 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P-M 22/24 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG 24 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726071 P–M 30 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831244 P - AM February 5/6 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P-E 13 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831244 P - AM 14 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 14 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P – AM 21 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726071 P-M 27/28 WINTER REGIONALS - Rowallan March 6 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831244 P – AM 12/14 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P - PSG 13/14 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01651 862437 P – PSG + Music 14 Mundole, Moray & Nairn 01309 676498 P – AM 20 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P - AM 20 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 21 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P – AM 27 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726971 P–M 28 Gleneagles, Perthshire 01764 694351 P - AM April 3 Fountain EC, Aberdeen 01358 701301 P – PSG 9/10 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P–M 17 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 17 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P – AM 17/18 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P – PSG 18 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726071 P–M 18 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 676930 P – AM + Music 23/25 ` Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P - PSG 24/25 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01358 742805 P – PSG + Music May 1 Dumfries, Barstobrick, Castle Douglas 01387 721147 P – M + Music 2 Mundole, Moray & Nairn 01309 676498 P – AM 8 Fountain EC, Aberden 01358 701301 P - PSG 9 Tayside 01828 626228 P-M 9 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 675000 P – AM 14 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01358 742805 P-M 15 Highland, Black Isle Showground 01463 870574 P – M + Music 15/16 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P – AM 16 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726071 P-M 22/23 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – PSG + Music + YH + Para 22/23 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 28/30 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG June 1 Highland, Black Isle Show Ground 01463 870574 P–M 5 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831233 P – AM 5/6 Etal, Northumberland 5/6 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01358 742805 11/13 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG 15 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P – M + Music 19 Fountain EC, Aberdeen 01358 701301 P - PSG 19/20 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – PSG 20 Ugie, Aberdeenshire 07917 726071 P–M 26/27 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P – PSG + Music July 3 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831233 10/11 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – Inter II 16/18 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P - PSG 17/18 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 24/25 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01358 742805 P – PSG + Music 31/1 Aug SUMMER REGIONALS - Ingliston August 8 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 675000 14 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831244 P – AM 14/15 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 21/22 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P - AM 27/29 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG September 4/5 SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS – Ingliston, Renfrewshire 7 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P – AM + Music 10 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen P–M 11 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831233 P – AM 11 Fountain EC, Aaberdeen 01358 701301 P – PSG 11 Dumfries & Galloway 2, Castle Douglas 01387 721147 P – AM + Music 12 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 675000 12 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P – AM 12 Mundole, Moray & Nairn 01309 676498 P – AM 24/26 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG + Music 25/26 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P – PSG 26 Highland 01463 870574 P-M October 2/3 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberden 01358 742805 P –PSG 9 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831233 P – AM 10 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 675000 10 Mundole, Moray & Nairn 01309 676498 P – AM 16/17 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 22 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – PSG 23 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P - AM 23/24 SCOTTISH & NORTHERN EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SNEC 29/31 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P – PSG + Music November 6 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – PSG + Music 7 Mundole, Moray & Nairn 01309 676498 P – AM 13 Howe CC, Fife 01337 831233 P – AM 14 Blackdyke, Cumbria 01228 675000 13/14 Gordon Dressage Group, Aberdeen 01358 742805 19/20 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 20 Brahan, Highlands 01349 865495 P–M 20/21 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P – AM 26/28 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P - PSG December 4 SNEC, West Lothian 01506 865714 P–E 11 Ladyleys, Aberdeenshire 01651 872089 P–M 11 Brahan, Highlands 01505 864333 P – AM 11/12 Ingliston, Renfrewshire 01505 864333 P – PSG + Music 17/19 Rowallan, Ayrshire 01560 600769 P - PSG SUPPER/CEILIDH DANCE/AWARDS EVENING – Rowallan, 30 October 2010. 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Rosenthal: Don't count Diamondbacks out in Tanaka derby
The Arizona Diamondbacks' interest in Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has long been reported, but there are many who believe the team is a longshot to sign the sensation.
The reasoning is simple: Generally, players like this go to the highest bidder, and odds are that won't be the Diamondbacks.
However, FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal says the D-backs are very much in the race to land the 25-year-old who went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in Japan last season.
After all, he writes, they were prepared to spend a handsome sum to land free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo earlier in the offseason.
Tanaka, however, remains the D-backs' No. 1 target. Club officials do not expect to meet with him in Japan; the pitcher's agent, Casey Close, is discouraging such visits, sources said. But at this point, the D-backs expect to stay involved in the bidding, according to sources; the deadline for Tanaka to sign with a major league club is three weeks from Friday.
Any team that signs Tanaka must pay a $20 million posting fee to his Japanese club, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. If the pitcher's total salary reaches $120 million, the total outlay would match the $140 million that Boras wanted for Choo � money the Diamondbacks were prepared to spend.
Rosenthal notes it's possible the D-backs will instead decide to pursue a less-expensive option such as free agent Matt Garza, but adds that Arizona could be an attractive destination for Tanaka and they know it.
In a perfect world, the Diamondbacks wanted to trade for a hitter and sign a pitcher. Trumbo became that hitter. And the D-backs, sources said, consider Tanaka to be superior to Garza as well as to free-agent righties Ervin Santana and Ubaldo Jimenez, both of whom are attached to a draft pick.
In the end, the D-backs may lose out on Tanaka, but it won't be because they are ill-equipped to make a strong bid. They had money for Choo. They have money for Tanaka. No one should be surprised if they turn aggressive.
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Cartoon of the dayPosted: 30 November 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: banks, cartoon, crisis, Democrats, economy, finance, racism, United States
Nobel economicsPosted: 13 October 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: bubbles, economics, economists, finance, Jean Tirole, neoclassical, Nobel Prize, oligopolies, workers
One story that can be told about today's announcement is the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' own explanation: that French economist Jean Tirole has been awarded the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2014 because he "has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with a few powerful firms."
The other story is: Tirole has shown how much the real world of capitalism—industries that are dominated by a few firms that have extensive market power, which can charge prices much higher than costs and block the entry of other firms—differs from the fantasy taught in countless introductory courses in economics: a world of perfectly competitive firms, which have no negative effects on society and which therefore don't need to be regulated.
In addition, Tirole (in "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation," an article with Roland Bénabou, published in the Review of Economic Studies) has challenged a central tenet of neoclassical economics, that individuals always respond positively to managerial supervision and incentives. He has demonstrated, instead, that both close supervision and monetary rewards can often times backfire, especially in the long run: they can undermine intrinsic motivations, thus explaining why workers find behavioral punishments and rewards both alienating and dehumanizing.
Last year, the Academy tried to have it both ways, offering the Prize to both Eugene Fama and Robert Schiller. This year, the message is both clearer and yet unspoken: the neoclassical model of perfect competition and individual incentives bears no relation to the kinds of capitalism that exist anywhere in the world.
And the policy implication: we'll all be better off if we take over the large firms and let workers run them for society's benefit.
Who wants to be a billionaire?Posted: 28 September 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: billionaires, business, finance, inheritance, surplus, survey
According to the new census by Wealth-X and UBS, almost half (45 percent) of the world's billionaires partially or fully inherited their wealth. In fact, over the past year, the number of billionaires with partly inherited wealth experienced the largest growth in both relative and absolute terms.
But, clearly, the largest number of billionaires (some 80 percent) acquired their wealth at least partly through their participation in either privately held or publicly held businesses. According to the report, 63 percent of billionaires' primary businesses are private companies, compared to only 31 percent that are public companies and 6 percent that are other types of institutions (education, government, non-profit, and social organizations).
Opportunities for significant wealth gains can be found across most, if not all, industries. But certain industries have been particularly important sources of billionaires' wealth generation. The largest share of the world's billionaires have made their fortunes through finance, banking, and investment. But, outside of Europe and the United States—for Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East—the largest proportion of new billionaires made their fortunes in industrial conglomerates.
In other words, most billionaires acquired their fortunes—either now or in the past—by helping themselves to the surplus created by their employees.
Cartoon of the dayPosted: 27 August 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: bankers, Burger King, cartoon, corporations, finance, inversion, police, racism, taxes
Secular stagnation and the pact with the devilPosted: 15 August 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: 1 percent, capitalism, economists, finance, full employment, growth, inequality, just deserts, legitimacy, mainstream, secular stagnation, stability, surplus
I have long argued (e.g., here and here) that capitalism involves a kind of pact with the devil: control over the surplus is reluctantly given over to the top 1 percent in return for certain promises, such as just deserts, economic stability, and full employment.
In recent years, as so often in the past, we've witnessed those at the top sabotaging the pact (simply because they have the means and interest to do so) and now, once again, they've undermined their legitimacy to run things.
First, they broke their promise of just deserts, as the distribution of income has become increasingly (and, to describe it accurately, grotesquely) unequal and the tendency toward high concentrations of wealth has returned, threatening to create a new class of coupon-clippers. Then, they ended the Great Moderation with speculative decisions that ushered in the worst economic crisis since the First Great Depression. And, now, the promise of full employment appears to be falling prey to the prospect of secular stagnation.
That's the worry expressed in a new ebook edited by Richard Baldwin and Coen Teulings published by Vox. While secular stagnation can be defined in different ways, the basic idea is that, for the foreseeable future, economic growth—and therefore the prospect of full employment—is probably going to be much lower than it was in the decades leading up to the global crises of 2007-08. Moreover, what little growth is expected will most likely be accompanied by great inequality and financial stability.
If it becomes a reality, secular stagnation represents the end of the pact with the devil. It's going to be impossible to keep any of the promises—just deserts, economic stability, and full employment—that have maintained capitalism's legitimacy.
I don't know if the members of the 1 percent are aware of or concerned about the extent to which secular stagnation may be their undoing (because, in fact, they may hold out the hope that more austerity can successfully be imposed to keep pumping out the surplus). But, to judge from many of the contributions to the Vox volume, the prospect of secular stagnation certainly appears to be worrying mainstream macroeconomists.
Why? Because their own promise was to analyze the uneven and shifting patterns of the macroeconomy and to devise the appropriate set of monetary and fiscal policies to ensure the continuation of the pact with the devil. However, secular stagnation—including the idea that the real rate of interest would have to be negative to maintain an equilibrium of savings and investment—calls into question the efficacy of the kinds of macroeconomic policies that have long held sway among mainstream macroeconomists. Now, they're not sure they'll be able to maintain the promise of creating a just distribution of income, avoiding financial instability, and creating enough jobs to ensure every able-bodied person who wants a decent, well-paying job can have one.
Actually, as we've seen, they haven't been able to fulfill that promise for the past 7 years. And now, the threat of secular stagnation means they won't able to do it anytime in the near future.
There just may not be a happy Disney ending to this one. . .
After GreenspanPosted: 6 August 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: Alan Greenspan, capitalism, corporations, crisis, debt, Federal Reserve, finance, money, United States
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Prosperity gospelPosted: 3 April 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: capitalism, class, finance, literacy, religion, self-help, union
Clearly (after reading James Kwak's review), I'm going to have to include a discussion of Helaine Olen's book, Pound Foolish, in my ongoing project on the Prosperity Gospel movement.
The underlying problem with financial advice—besides the fact that most of it is wrong, conflicted (in the conflict of interest sense), or covert marketing—is that, even in the best case, it rarely works. The underlying financial problem that most Americans have isn't that they buy too many lattes or pick the wrong stocks. It's that they don't make enough money to begin with, at a time when many necessities like health care and education are getting more expensive. . .
But the big question is why this stuff is so popular. As Olen points out, we haven't always had a personal finance advice industry, and it's only recently that financial education has been embraced as the solution to all our problems. One reason, she suggests, is that we live in an age of stagnant real wages and rising inequality. Add that to a culture that fetishizes individualism and rejects government support programs, and you have a market that is ripe for self-proclaimed gurus or self-interested advertising campaigns that claim that you can get ahead by (insert your choice) drinking less coffee, or going into more real estate debt, or buying a variable annuity, or picking the right stocks. The governments (state and federal) that promote financial education are like Marie-Antoinette advising people to eat cake; if they could eat cake in the first place, they wouldn't need financial education.
Many of the people Olen talked to were too embarrassed by their financial plight to let her use their names in the book. Somehow we ended up blaming ourselves for the fact that we don't have a decent minimum wage, real national health insurance, subsidized child care that made it easier to hold a job, or long-term unemployment insurance (other than in special circumstances). If we saw individuals' financial struggles as a political issue—or a class issue—things might be different.


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Should I be turning my bin?
So I have a hot outdoor compost pile that I turn regularly. But I've been under the impression you shouldn't turn your worm bin. i have a simple rubbermaid tote bin. Should I leave it be or turn it occasionally?
Leave it alone. Mostly. Worms don't like to be disturbed. They will be happier of you do not turn your bin. But I found that if I don't turn the bin, I get a bunch of compacted matted bedding at the bottom of the bin that never decomposes. This needs to be broken up and brought up to the surface. So I suggest you turn your bin once about half-way between setting up the bin and harvesting. So if it takes about 6 months to get to the point of harvesting, turn the bin one time about 3 months into the process.
no. a good made worm bin should NEVER need turning.
only time you should turn your worm bin is if your having problems with air. if your having problems with air you made the bin wrong.
when i used to have a junk worm bin made out of a 5gallon bucket i had to turn it mainly because of lack of air due to the fact i piles the bucket which was a bad idea. as the worms only go to certain depths and you obviously don't want the bin to be too deep to the point the bottom gets no air and is not composting and becomes stink. the worms help aerate the bin as well by moving through it but they also need an air supply so you want your bedding loose for the most part not matted down.
when i make my bedding i use cardboard, news paper,w.e. carbon supply i got. i wet it down. fluff it up with my hands add a little old compost for the mircobes mix it it with my hands again with the carbon materials and put the food on then top with wet bedding again. never had any problems with this. i find my worms always at the surface but not crawling out it's that loose. eventually it will decompost and you can add more bedding later
I have little experience with RM plastic bins, but I would not turn. By slowly top-feeding only, the "most done" stuff is at the bottom. So the worms stay near the top 8". Anything below that should have few worms and be ready to harvest. Simply put the top 8" or so of material aside and dump the rest into a pile. The top 8" goes back in the bin and then sort or sift the pile.
Mixing would cause the worms and food to be spread
I sometimes use a pitch fork to lift and fluff the bed and get some air in. But I do not mix.
Being able to turn through all the material in the bin and see what is going on is the fun part of having a bin. I figure the most useful time to do this is about halfway through the compost time to mix in any larger materials that have not yet been enticed to decompose.


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SYNOPSIS: It's 2034, and humans can control and kill each other in a large-scale online gaming world. But Kable (Gerard Butler), a wrongfully convicted soldier forced to join the violent competition, tries to free himself by taking out its evil architect, Ken (Michael C. Hall). While being controlled by a rich kid (Logan Lerman), Kable must also save his wife, Angie (Amber Valletta), who's trapped in her own avatar world. REVIEW: "Gamer" is the latest … Continue reading
Film Review: Fetus (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Kevin and his wife Sara are about to start their new family as prepare for the arrival of their first born child. Unfortunately something goes wrong and Kevin looses everything. Unable to cope with his loss he becomes obsessed with trying to make contact with his dead wife by any means possible. REVIEW: WTF did I just finish watching? When the opening credits state that this is A Gore Film by Brian Paulin, they … Continue reading
Film Review: Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
SYNOPSIS: Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her. REVIEW: I actually enjoy watching bad movies. They usually make me laugh or sometimes it can even make me feel like I may have a chance at writing a script better than the one I had just seen turned into a turd. In … Continue reading
Film Review: Freezer Burn (2007)
SYNOPSIS: When cryogenics researcher Virgil Stamp (Robert Harriell) falls for Emma (Ella Rae Peck), a juvenile schoolgirl half his age, he schemes to use his cutting-edge technology to freeze himself and then thaw himself out 15 years later, when he and the girl will be the same age. But Virgil emerges from suspended animation early — and faces some seriously unintended consequences. Charles Hood directs this comedy; Jamie Milward co-stars. REVIEW: First off, it should … Continue reading
Film Review: Alien from the Deep (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Somewhere deep in the jungle a chemical corporation dumps tons of toxic waste in a still active volcano. Two environmentalists try to expose these illegal ways of getting rid of hugely dangerous waste, but they get caught by the vigilantes working for the company. One of them, the super-hot Maria Giulia Cavalli, manages to escape and she is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together they try to bring … Continue reading
Film Review: Vampire Circus (1972)
SYNOPSIS: A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century Austrian village. Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of Count Mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. As the Count dies, he curses the villagers and vows that their children will all die so that he may someday return to life. Fifteen years later, as the village is ravaged by the plague, a traveling circus comes to town … Continue reading
Film Review: Husk (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual. REVIEW: When I first heard the title of the film "Husk" that I would be reviewing, my first thought was that it was about a killer elephant that used its husks as a weapon of mass murder. Hopefully one day I'll get to see that film. … Continue reading
Film Review: The Bleeding (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil. REVIEW Into every generation a slayer is born, not the spunky little lady we love and know as Buffy, but the muscular ex-soldier known as Shawn Black. The box art for "The Bleeding" focuses on some larger names who make very small appearances like Armand Assante and DMX, but I have to … Continue reading
Film Review: Hanger (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Pulled into this world to take you out! A horrifying tale of revenge…beginning with a back-alley abortion and ending with a bloodbath so vicious that it brings a new meaning to "an eye for eye". From pimps to dealers, from hookers and junkies…"Hanger" washes the filth away with their own blood, cleaning the streets and making way for the ultimate showdown of good vs. evil. Diving headfirst into the depths of human depravity, Plotdigger … Continue reading