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Reality Check: McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform
Bill Banned "Soft Money" To Political Parties
MADISON, Wis. - Since the last federal election, there have been some changes in election law, such as the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform. Both of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate candidates, Senator Russ Feingold and Tim Michels, are trying to explain their views of it through TV ads. News 3 helps make sense of it in our Reality Check series.
If there's one piece of legislation Russ Feingold is famous for, it's campaign finance reform. After all, he and John McCain authored and campaigned for it. Now, he's defending it with a TV ad.
But, let's start with Republican challenger Tim Michels' critique in his TV ad.
The ad, narrated by Michels, states, "Every time you hear, 'I approve this message,' thank Russ Feingold. He spent 12 years fighting for campaign finance reform. Now every politician has to say, 'I approve this message.' Wow, 12 years for eight words. Has that really helped us in Wisconsin?"
This is misleading. The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill included much more than the "stand by your ad" provision, which Michels' labels as simply "eight words."
First of all, the bill was introduced in 1995 and signed in 2002, so it took seven years to pass, not 12. It does require candidates to say something like "I approved this message," but it did much more. It banned so-called "soft money" to the national parties. Soft money is unregulated and unlimited cash the parties used to raise and spend in the millions.
"Special interest groups would give $500,000 or $1,000,000 contributions on a Tuesday. Then, on a Wednesday or Thursday, in a key committee in Congress, they would have a special break provided to them," said Jay Heck, of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a non-partisan reform advocate.
The bill also bans so-called "issue ads." The ads attacked a candidate without using his or her name. That's now illegal 60 days before the general election.
Corporations and unions can still buy ads through non-profit groups, but the source of the money must be disclosed.
"And that's important because that way, people know who's paying for these ads and the money's coming from regulated sources," Heck said.
Michels makes the argument at the end of his ad that Feingold's time on this issue would have been better spent on issues that, in his view, directly affect Wisconsinites like health care.
Feingold has said he can do both and that's up to the voter to decide.
Senator Feingold, in his ad, has a drastically different view of campaign finance.
"Big money corporation versus the average American citizen," Feingold said.
In his ad, Feingold points to health care where, in his view, special interests always seem to win.
"All because there wasn't a level playing field. But thanks to the passage of the McCain-Feingold bill, unlimited contributions like these, that are little more than bribes, are now illegal," Feingold said.
The dollars he kicked out in his TV ad represent soft money to the political parties. It's true that are now illegal, but there's more to campaign finance reform.
The bill has legitimate critics. For example, some opponents believe that political money will always find its way into the system. Before McCain-Feingold, unlimited donations flowed freely to political parties and directly into the system. But blocking this, the theory goes, creates other holes like the 527s.
The now infamous Swift Boat ads, or all the ads by Moveon.org, are non-profit groups intended to influence the election - 527s in the federal tax code. A lot of money has shifted to those groups. Many call it a loophole.
McCain and Feingold unsuccessfully asked the Federal Elections Commission to regulate the groups. They then introduced legislation that would regulate the unlimited donations, but it won't have any effect on this election.
The bottom line is that campaign finance reform is working in some areas and a work in progress in others. Where the candidates disagree is whether or not it's worth working on at all.
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How does Santa deliver so many presents in just one night? All of jolly old Saint Nick's secrets will be revealed in the Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation 3-D film Arthur Christmas, now available on DVD. These days, Santa has traded in his reindeer and sleigh for a more modern, high-tech aircraft. Supporting Santa on his Christmas Eve mission is his eldest son, Steve, who is next in line for the Santa suit, and a team of quick-footed elves. But when one gift is accidentally left behind, Santa's youngest son, Arthur, must save the day the old-fashioned way.
For the films 2011 theatrical release, TFK spoke to actor James McAvoy, who plays the clumsy but well-meaning Arthur. Read on to find out how he got into Arthur's head. (Click here to read a Q&A with Arthur Christmas director Sarah Smith. Scroll down to watch a video on how technology from NASA is used in the movie.)
You've had two starring voice roles this year, first in Gnomeo & Juliet and now in Arthur Christmas. Do you feel like a pro?
I'm getting there. I'm feeling a little bit more confident in what I'm doing. It's a very easy gig for an actor, if I'm being honest, and a very enjoyable and a very creative one. All the hard work is being done by a crew of hundreds animating away, trying to get it just right for years and years and years. Then I've come in maybe 10 times in the course of two years. I have a good time, play a little bit, express myself and then get sent home.
You play Arthur, Santa's youngest son. How would you describe him?
I liken him to Prince Harry in that Prince Harry's not going to be the king [of England], and Arthur isn't going to be Santa. So there's a lot of pressure off there, which allows Arthur to really investigate what he loves, which is Christmas. He loves being the custodian of the Christmas Spirit and being the real spine of Christmas. But Harry's way cooler than Arthur ever will be.
Arthur is so passionate about Christmas, and at the same time, he's so awkward and naive and clumsy. Sarah Smith, the director, says you're the complete opposite. So, how did you get into Arthur's head?
I screamed and shouted quite a lot, and just tried to connect with that childish love of Christmas. Arthur is a man-child, really. He's still like a kid. It was just really important to connect with that constantly. Also, Sarah kept telling me, "Be nicer. Be happier. Be sweeter." I wasn't trying to darken him up, but I think I was trying to make him a bit edgier at some point. Sarah kept telling me to smile while I was acting, which was something I was quite surprised by. But it's true that you can hear a smile; you can hear a frown.
What did you think when you saw a picture of your character for the first time?
I saw a picture of him right when they offered me the job. I thought he was incredibly cute, and I thought his hair was just amazing. One of the things I love about the film is just the quality of his hair. It looks incredible! They must have spent millions of dollars just animating his hair. But Sarah's got a point—I'm nothing like him. So I did start to think, right, how am I going to inhabit this tall, lanky, gangly figure? It's good to have that visual reference to be able to create from.
There are so many fun, wacky characters in the movie. I love Grandsanta, Arthur's grandfather, because he's so grouchy. Which character is your favorite?
Grandsanta is my favorite character in the world. I also like the elf who realizes that a kid has been naughty [after scanning him with the "nice or naughty" reader], and therefore should not receive any Christmas presents. The elf is so mortified by this that he scans himself to get a "nice" reading so he can give the kid some presents. But the elf only reads 86% in terms of "niceness." So, what has that elf been up to that is so naughty? What does an elf do to be bad?
If you were Santa and running the operation, would you prefer to do it the high-tech way or the old-fashioned way with the sleigh?
It's got to be the old-fashioned way. You've got the wind in your hair, flying through the sky at 50,000 miles an hour, reindeer, a big old bag in the back of the sleigh. It's fantastic.
What do you think makes Arthur Christmas stand out from other Christmas movies?
I think it has a [biting] sense of humor. It's also got those things that all good Christmas movies need to have: a central problem, which is a problem with Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, and it needs to be fixed. The problem here is that Christmas is in danger of losing its integrity. Christmas spirit has been forgotten in the North Pole. It takes somebody like Arthur, a true believer, to make the Christmas family step up.
This movie has the potential to become a Christmas classic. Did you have a favorite holiday movie when you were growing up?
When I was a kid, I loved the movie Santa Claus, with Dudley Moore. I absolutely loved it when I was a kid. I saw it in the cinema with my grandmother, and we rented it and then we bought it when it came out on video. I watched it a million times. I also liked the Polar Express. That was more recent; I was an adult then. But I'd say those two.


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Chi blocking
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|"One of them hit me with a bunch of quick jabs and suddenly I couldn't earthbend anymore and I could barely move."
|— A member of the Terra Team who was victim to Ty Lee's chi blocking.[1]
Chi blocking is an ancient technique that has been practiced in secret for centuries.[2] It is a special ability that Ty Lee, the Kyoshi Warriors, and later the Equalists, utilized in combat against their enemies. Blocking someone's chi renders the victim's muscles useless and temporarily disables a bender's abilities. This earned Katara's fear and spite after Ty Lee blocked her chi in Omashu. Chi blocking is mainly used by nonbenders as a way of self-defense or even an attack form.[3]
The first time anybody in Team Avatar experienced chi blocking was when the group first encountered Mai, Ty Lee, and Azula, who began to attack Aang, Sokka, and Katara, after breaking a deal to trade King Bumi for Tom-Tom. During the fighting, Ty Lee blocked Katara's chi, rendering her bending useless. However, Sokka arrived and used his boomerang to free his sister, allowing the group to escape. From this point onward, the group of girls began hunting down the Avatar.[3]
The group of girls later pursued Team Avatar by following Appa's trail of shed fur in a giant machine. Eventually, Team Avatar figured this out, and they separated. Mai and Ty Lee chased down Katara and Sokka on the shores of the Nan Shan River. They fought the duo - Mai dealt with Katara, while Ty Lee attacked Sokka, rendering most of his limbs useless.[4]
Later, the trio of girls led an attack on Ba Sing Se through a drill. Ba Sing Se's Terra Team attempted to stop the trio, but Mai and Ty Lee took them down with ease. Ty Lee dealt paralyzing chi blocking blows to anyone who attempted to fight her. Katara attempted to heal the fallen men, but said that they had been completely cut off from their chi, and she could not help them.
However, this gave Sokka an idea. He said that Ty Lee took down people by hitting their weak points, and that perhaps the drill worked the same way. Using Toph's earthbending, the rest of the team tunneled under the drill. Using its "weak spots", similar to the idea of chi blocking, they destroyed the drill.[1]
Later, the trio tracked down Appa once more and discovered that the Kyoshi Warriors were with them. A battle ensued, during which Ty Lee utilized chi blocking to immobilize her opponents.[5] The technique was used yet again after the trio invaded Ba Sing Se disguised as Kyoshi Warriors. Katara came to them after seeing Zuko searching for aid, but once again, Ty Lee paralyzed her, catching her by surprise.[6] She also immobilized Sokka and Toph when Azula threatened Earth King Kuei with her firebending, forcing them to surrender.[7]
The technique was utilized by Ty Lee once again on Ember Island, when she was cornered by several boys at a party hosted by Chan. Feeling threatened by all of them crowding around her, she used chi blocking to free herself.[8]
Ty Lee was later taken to the Boiling Rock prison with Azula and Mai during Sokka, Zuko, Hakoda, and Suki's escape. The trio pursued them onto a gondola, which resulted in another fight between the two groups. Ty Lee attempted to chi block Suki, however, the Kyoshi Warrior was able to avoid the attacks after learning from past experience. Later, when Mai and Azula prepared to fight after the former betrayed Azula by saving Zuko, Ty Lee used chi blocking to paralyze Azula and temporarily block her bending in an attempt to protect Mai from harm.[9]
While in prison, Ty Lee taught several Kyoshi Warriors the art of chi blocking and joined their group shortly after the end of the Hundred Year War.[10] During an altercation in Seashell San's House of Shells, Suki used chi blocking to render San's firebending ineffective.[11]
Seventy years later, members of the Equalists movement utilized chi blocking to combat benders during the Anti-bending Revolution. Amon, the leader of the organization and head of the movement, also frequently used the art of chi blocking.
While abducting members of the Triple Threat Triad, the Equalist organization was trailed and attacked by an angry Mako and Korra. In response, several of the chi blockers turned to fight them, disabling their bending, an action which frustrated and stunned Korra.[12]
Amon brought a unit of chi blockers with him to a midnight duel with Korra on Aang Memorial Island. As the Avatar was walking away from the island, believing Amon was a no-show, she was ambushed by the nonbenders, who used chi blocking to prevent her from resisting her capture, allowing them to bring her before Amon.[13]
Chi blocking is utilized by hitting pressure points with quick jabs and punches and must be done rapidly, often giving little time for the recipient to react. Ty Lee hit those pressure points with relatively light jabs using her fingers and knuckles. Even people wearing strong, but not necessarily heavy, armor are not spared from its effects. Any fingers can be used, such as when Ty Lee disabled Katara with her thumb.[6] Ty Lee could also use her feet to disable others' chi flow with a swing of her foot. She used this method to fend off the boys who cornered her in Chan's house.[8]
Although a very useful method of fighting, chi blocking is most effective against an opponent not expecting such a light blow to be so devastating. It is less effective against someone who either knows chi blocking or who has battled a chi blocker in the past. An example of this was seen when Katara successfully dodged Ty Lee's attempts to block her chi after having already faced Ty Lee in an earlier battle.[3][4] Additionally, chi blocking cannot work against an opponent wearing specialized armor like that of the Metalbending Police Force.[14]
Later, when the Equalists demonstrated their ability at such techniques, it did not appear that their victims would become paralyzed like Ty Lee's did. Their blocks were powerful enough that they were able to force Korra and Mako onto the floor, but the two were able to move afterward. This suggests that they could not perform the paralyzing technique that Ty Lee could, as it would have benefited them more to paralyze the two.[12]
Chi blocking stops a bender's chi flow, reduces their muscular strength, and disables their bending abilities temporarily; this would be particularly devastating for people who rely solely on their bending to fight. Ty Lee had shown the ability to be able to control the damage done by such means: when she first attacked Katara with the art, she was still able to move, though not able to bend. In another instance, after assaulting the Terra Team, they could barely move, were powerless, and felt pain afterward; Katara was unable to heal them, stating that their chi was completely blocked.[1] Later, Ty Lee struck down Katara, paralyzing her from head to toe and causing her to fall to the ground motionless. However, the effects did not last very long, as Katara regained full mobility a short time later.[6]
Though nonbenders can also have their chi flow blocked, there are some differences in effect. Whereas chi blocking would temporarily stop a bender from bending, performing the act upon a nonbender in certain spots results in the loss of movement in that part of their body, as demonstrated when Ty Lee attacked Sokka. As he did not possess bending abilities, he instead lost voluntary muscular function within a region localized around the attack, essentially becoming paralyzed. This was a similar effect to Ty Lee's paralyzing blocks; except it occurred slower and he only appeared paralyzed in the places where she struck.[4]
Azula described the chi blocking sensation as a feeling of all the joints going soft, "like they're made of melted wax", and one felt "more flexible than you ever thought possible" the moment the chi blocking effect wore off completely.[15]
A more temporary form of chi blocking was used twice against Combustion Man, in which his third eye tattoo was hit: once by a pellet resulting from Toph's attack, and once by Sokka's boomerang, deliberately aimed at him, causing him to "misfire".[16] On the second occasion, the explosion was strong enough to demolish a section of the Western Air Temple, which led to his demise. The same technique was later used by Bolin to temporarily prevent P'Li from combustionbending in 171 AG.[17]
- Chi blocking resembles the martial arts technique, Dim Mak, which purports to kill or maim by disrupting the body's flow of internal energy.
- Qigong (氣功) (sometimes spelled Chi Gung), a form of traditional Oriental medicine, uses similar techniques and pressure points to help others' chi flow more easily and is considered a standard medical technique in Chinese hospitals.
- Chi blocking also has some connections to varma kalai, an ancient martial art of Southern India.


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ETSU Basketball Player Appears In Court
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. - An East Tennessee State University basketball player goes from one type of court to another. Sheldon Cooley was arrested Thursday night; Friday morning he faced a judge for allegedly filing a phony police report.
A red jumpsuit isn't Sheldon Cooley's typical uniform. The starting guard for the ETSU Buccaneers was arraigned on charges of filing a false police report.
Cooley told the judge this is the first time he's ever been in trouble with the law.
"He was a good citizen," said Tom Jessee, Cooley's attorney. "He's never ever been charged with anything else before, hasn't had any trouble."
That is until he told campus police $1,300 he just got from the money center at a Walmart went missing the night his two teammates JC Ward and Adam Sollazzo told police they were robbed.
News 5 pulled the affidavit of complaint that states probable cause for Cooley's arrest. According to that document, Cooley admitted to never having the $1,300 he once claimed was stolen.
We talked to one of Cooley's friends who told us, she believes all the pieces of this puzzle aren't fitting together.
"Knowing him as a friend, i don't believe that some of the stuff that happened, there had to be a reason behind it," said Arianna Petty.
Until all the facts are known about the robbery and Cooley's alleged false report, he'll remain suspended indefinitely from the team. This means he'll keep his full scholarship, but you won't see him on the court.
"We're looking at things a step at a time, and at the proper time, we'll make what we believe is the proper decision," said Dave Mullins, ETSU's athletic director.
For now, some students told us, keeping Cooley apart from the team is the right call.
"I think he has a responsibility to the university to uphold some kind of integrity, and I think if he's charged with anything, even if it's true or not, that he should be suspended," said Mesa Ellington, an ETSU junior.
But many still have questions about what happened that night at Buccaneer Ridge and are hoping for answers soon.
"I want to keep myself safe in case things like this really do occur and reoccur," said Marquis Creech, a student who lives at Bucaneer Ridge.
ETSU is not releasing any more information about the robbery, but they did tell us they are actively investigating the situation.
As for Cooley, he is out on a recognizance bond. He's scheduled to appear back in court March 22.
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Very disrespectful comments about Osi in this thread. You'd think helping the Giants win 2 SB's in 5 years would warrant a modicum of gratitude.
A lot of you guys deserve to be Jets fans.
picturing osi loose contain and trying desperately to find a good angle while being toasted
Because Tucks play has been stellar as well, or JPP's, or Kiwi. They are all sucking wind right now.
Kiwi said "If he proves it, I'll shake his hand and tap him on the butt, If he doesn't, I expect never to hear from him again."
Tuck said "I think I have 3. But I don't have enough. I pretty much suck."
JPPsaid "I'm not having that fun I'm used to," "I've just got to go out there and run around like a little kid. Just be happy that you're out there and make plays. Have that energy that I had last year."
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They all did not produce, Osi had a sack but that gets quickly negated, because he over pursued on a couple of plays and we got torched for big scramble plays or runs. I hate it as well, I was screaming at the T.V. "Osi WTF! I backed your *** against posters, fans and rival fans all year do something!!!" If it was that everyone was producing and Osi didn't, fine I would agree, but they ALL suck.
Personally, I think alot of posters on here who disagreed, with the way things turned out with osi in the past and this organization. Still harbor hate towards him, and are banking on him not having a productive season, so they can say I told you so or make multiple threads about how right they were, we should of traded him, or released him. That's fine and I am not here to question anyone's fan hood, but be fair across the board, is all i am saying. Tuck got ran on as well, JPP arguably is doing the bulk of the work yes, but he is still not getting the pressure he used to get. remember Osi is not getting full-time starter reps, his reps has been cut i believe. I think Offenses are better prepared this year for our pas rush, they are doing things on the Line preventing us from Teeing off on them, That plus we are not gaining leads in the first half for the D-line to pin their ears back. Plus our secondary is suspect, so we cannot be too crazy with blitzes.
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Like everyone has been saying Osi cannot play run contain and that is 100% true. From what I've seen from Tuck (yes his attitude sucks) he was beat only on one play Sunday night. To me it said a lot that the Eagles ran it to Osi side almost everytime the decided to run. They were even faking Osi out they were giving him a free release cause they knew he wouldn't play containment. The fact is Osi shouldn't be starting and shouldn't be in there in run plays. The only time Osi plays great is when he can just come in and rush the passer like he did last year. Now this week my be different cause he Brandon Weeden isn't exactly mobile, but when you play mobile qb and possibly the best rb you have to play containment first which Osi didn't. Osi along with Tuck should just shut up a play football.
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i agree elicruzzz. i said a few days ago that i thought tuck had a decent game, certainly not as bad as osi's night. he made a few plays vs the run game, got the edge on a pass rush or two but it was osi they targeted for a majority of their yards iirc
No one knows what the plays are until it is snapped, so to say Osi shouldn't be in on run plays, is almost saying Osi shouldn't be in at all. Because QB's can audible into a run play or the play can initially be that.
We all know Osi is a speed rusher, and he is not good against the run, we knew this back in 07, why is it a surprise now?
"Osi along with Tuck should just shut up a play football. " this I agree with.
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he *****es and moans, gets his god damn contract, talks **** more than any other giants player in recent history and when it comes to game time, he disappears and gets completely run over..


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Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Okay I missed that there is a med on top of the two deeps as a brood. nest. Now I am confused as well. According to that I never got past having a brood nest on my hive.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
No Daniel you had a brood nest. It can be from one medium (the size of a nuc) to a whopping three deep hive. I want to hear what Michael does for a reversal with that medium in the mix.
Here is the way I see it: If you are a big operation and have lots of equipment of different sizes you can do anything to maximize production. If you are a small backyard beekeeper you are better off not complicating things with a whole lot of different equipment. Keep it simple and don't worry about not getting 20 pounds extra of honey. If you need another 20 pounds of honey get another hive. Most people want you to have two anyway.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Are you not the same guy who showed us a frame from a deadout, and drew some grandios and inaccurate conclusions from it? Your experience base is showing and it's not very flattering.
Are you referring to post #80? I am more than happy to hear what you have to say about it. Why do you think they made that semi circle brood pattern?
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Most hives are deep, deep, medium...medium in any position, bottom, middle, deep. I'm looking for total volume of cavity, not any specific configuration. The first supering is done before dandelion...tree bloom time Walt talks about, maybe a bit later bloom than in for him. These are two medium extracting supers. Two to three weeks later the hive is reversed. The top and bottom boxes are reversed around the middle. At this time the colony is checked for size of cluster, amount of brood, weight, and for swarm cells.If cups with eggs, or cells with young larvae are present, they are removed, and the colony is reversed. Another super is added if necessary...on top if no cells are started, and beneath the stack if cells are present. If there is brood in the bottom super and honey in the top, they're reversed when placed back on the hive. If the colony has gotten ahead of you, two supers of extracting combs can be added...one below and one above the first two.
Colonies that have older sealed cells are handled differently. Cells can be removed as you inspect the broodnest, leaving one ripe cell taking great care not to damage it. You must know for sure that there is a queen before all the cells are removed. When you find the queen, she can be removed and the comb with queen cell placed carefully back in hive. If you believe the colony was ahead of you, and has a good queen and was just in need of more room, then cut the cells, open the broodnest, reverse, super...whatever seems appropriate for that colony. Not all colonies are alike and not all respond the same. No manipulation has the same effect on all colonies...no matter what that manipulation is.
In a week to ten days, the colony can be checked again by interlooking...looking at combs from the bottom up by tipping up the broodnest. If cells are again present, a more radical approach should be taken. Splitting will usually end swarming...not always. In that case, the split can be used to requeen the colony. Splitting will reduce the honey crop in every case, so splitting should be the last resort...unless you plan on using the split to requeen. In that case you can elevate it over the inner cover, and unite when their queen has got a nice broodnest set up.
Yes, #80. Since you didn't deny that the pic came from a deadout, will add a few comments. My point was that one shouldn't draw conclusions about NORMAL characteristics from effects seen in a crippled or dead colony. Does that make good engineering sense?
You go on to offer that the picture shows no indication of reservation of the colony to expansion through the interbar gap. I contend the opposite.
Understand that the expansion dome/arch of brood is a general characteristic of the expanding broodnest. Outside that arch is the honey reserve in the shoulders/corners of the box. What you have captured in the comb appearence is the delay timing or hesitation at the interbar area. They died or absconded at that point. (They typically leave a small band of honey across the top of the arch.)
A snapshot in the growth period is not proof of the delay, but the fact that growth was stopped long enough to capture it in residual comb after the demise of the colony does indicate some time passed. Had they been healthy, they might well have increased the population enough to grow across the gap in a week or so.
The delays are short in the population build up period of spring. Where it becomes problematic is later in the season when the broodnest is receding. If the broodnest is elevated in the stack, growing downward often results in completely failing to jump the gap. (They are not growing into broodnest heat rise.) This leaves the brood nest higher in the stack at fall preps.
Those of you moving to all-medium configuration will see this tendency sooner or later. By adding more gaps in the stack, you increase the probability of some seasons having the fall broodnest elevated at mid season.
Ace as for your frame. and your comment "If the frame below also has a semi circle" It is in the if for me. My observations indicate the frame below looks just like this one. An upside down bowl of a semi circle. it is as if the queen and bees treat each frame as a separate brood chamber. the chamber does not continue on uninterrupted but appears to me to have been so interrupted they started over making a whole new brood nest. But every frame of brood I have ever pulled from my hive has that arch of pollen and honey over it. the bees do seem to me to see that strip of wood as the top of the nest. It is in this that I do find some merit to the issues of med frames in a brood nest. I find the same issue is true with a deep frame as well. Just not as many breaks in two deeps as there are in three meds. Is this enough of a problems for me to not use mes fraems for the nest? Right now I am thinking no but am still looking at it. I am thinking it may be a hair that does not need splitting. The underlying issue for me is how long of disruption is it for the queen. if it is only a few minutes. no big deal. if it puts her of laying for a day. well that is another issue. The most productive period I saw in my queen was when she had 15 fraems to hop around on just like this. So if it comes down to no space or broken up space. broken space is preferable. If it is between large space or small space. I am not sure it makes enough of a difference.
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Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
To me, a brood pattern which encompasses two frames one above the other indicates the size of the population of bees in the colony. A good sized strong colony has no trouble expanding its brood pattern across bottombars and top bars down into the box below. If bottombars and tops bars were a deterent to a laying queen we would see nothing other than full frames of capped brood.
I do see those too by the way.
What are the determining factos concerning where the queen will lay? Proximity to honey and pollen stores? Which cells have been prepared by the Housecleaners? The size of the area which worker bees can maintain at the proper temperature? What else? I'm sure there are other things I am not thinking of.
Then there are the factors which stimulate the queen to lay, such as a nectar flow and length of sunlight.
How do we best use what can be know to dampen swarming tendencys?
Mark Berninghausen
Can you maybe give a time in weeks in relation to the start of swarm season?
So to be pedantic, your steps would be something like this?
1. Add two medium supers to the winter hive, X weeks before swarm season.
2. (X - 2 to 3) weeks before swarm season, reverse the brood boxes so that the top box and bottom brood boxes are reversed.
3 a. If queen cells have been started at the time of reversal, remove them and add another medium super of drawn comb if necessary, underneath the previously added supers (directly on top of the brood nest).
b. If no queen cells have been started then add another medium super of drawn comb on the top of the hive if necessary.
c. If the hive has already filled most of the supers, then add a medium super of drawn comb below the previous two supers and another super on the top of them.
d. If sealed queen cells are found, remove the queen and keep one queen cell, destroy the rest.
4. One week after reversal (max 10 days), check for queen cells again. If more queen cells have been made, then split by removing the frames with queen cells. These can be placed in a box above the inner cover with its own entrance and then reunited when a brood nest has been established.
Matthew Davey
Walt, If the greater issue with the breaks is that the queen is reluctant to move back down once she has gone up. could this be dealt with by reversing brood boxes? Sounds something like what Michael Is describing.
Mainly if a gap causes a problem. does it matter if it is one or two gaps the bees are faced with. a gap is a gap is a gap and the queen will resist moving down over it. Ultimately the answer is a brood nest made of one continuous frame deep enough to hold all of the brood nest.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
>>Is "before dandelion" when you see the very first dandelion flower? If I waited for dandelion bloom (when most plants are flowering), it would be well into swarm season.
Can you maybe give a time in weeks in relation to the start of swarm season?<<
Yes, before or just at the first dandelion flower...not the flow. I rarely see swarm cells at this point in the season. I do think it's important to have supers on if you're in an area, or a season that has a significant flow from maple/willow as we have here. The tree blooms get the bees going, and the dandelion flow fills the broodnest...sometimes a 50 pound or more flow here. That's when the bees start cells....especially if there aren't supers on yet. They used to tell us not to put our supers on before the dandelion flow ended...strong dark and crystallizes. Well, it's better to have dandelion in the supers than bees in the trees.
>>So to be pedantic, your steps would be something like this?
>>1. Add two medium supers to the winter hive, X weeks before swarm season.
X is difficult to pin down exactly. It would vary with region and year. Perhaps best stated... X= before they need it.
>>2. (X - 2 to 3) weeks before swarm season, reverse the brood boxes so that the top box and bottom brood boxes are reversed.
Right, but that reversal should be timed...in my area...to the dandelion flow.
>>3 a. If queen cells have been started at the time of reversal, remove them and add another medium super of drawn comb if necessary, underneath the previously added supers (directly on top of the brood nest).
Yes, and maybe even one on top if the colony is really strong and gathering nectar well. Doesn't hurt here in my area to seemingly over-super a strong colony. The amount of comb space a colony needs to store nectar is much greater than the comb space they need to store the honey that came from that nectar.
>> b. If no queen cells have been started then add another medium super of drawn comb on the top of the hive if necessary.
>>c. If the hive has already filled most of the supers, then add a medium super of drawn comb below the previous two supers and another super on the top of them.
Yes, but these are the colonies with which I produce cut comb honey. Place a cut comb super/foundation below the two full supers.
>>d. If sealed queen cells are found, remove the queen and keep one queen cell, destroy the rest.
Yes, that's one way. Or destroy the cells and check back in a week or so.
>>4. One week after reversal (max 10 days), check for queen cells again. If more queen cells have been made, then split by removing the frames with queen cells. These can be placed in a box above the inner cover with its own entrance and then reunited when a brood nest has been established.
Yes. You stop the swarm, bring a new queen into laying condition, have two queens laying for a time...although separated. Population is boosted and colony is requeend when units are united.
Ultimately...the question is the bottom line. How does this supposed gap between stories, effect anything? I have colonies in multiple boxes make more than 200 pounds of honey this year, average was 108. Very strong colonies going into winter. Little feeding this year. Nucleus colonies building up in multiple boxes building big clusters, draswing out 6-8 frames of foundation, wintwering beautifully. So, if this supposed gap in any way effects the colony negatively...how?
Facts and figures please.
Here are some more details on what I saw. I was feeding them sugar water in order to get foundation drawn. I had been feeding them for several weeks as I continued to add frames of foundation. I had a pretty good since of what they would accomplish with a bottle of sugar water. This was sometime in June. I woudl have to look at my records for exactly when. But suddenly over about a weeks time the bees started filling this upper deep with honey. I had added a med on top of it but they ignored it. I think partially due to it only being foundation and the bees wanted empty comb to fill. There is no way that the honey came from the sugar water. 70 lbs of honey from 10 lbs of sugar water. If so I have some great bees for you.
Of course this was honey with unknown amounts of sugar in it now. No problems as I considered this winter stores for the bees.
I was concerned about what would be happening with the brood nest at this time. but I also had that empty box on top that was being ignored. I know I was thinking either I will learn the effects of a back filled brood nest or the bees just don't have that deep filled enough o move up yet. I was also aware that things in my hive had progressed far beyond what I had prepared for in this first year. my comment on this group around that time clearly expressed that. I was not ready to contend with large honey production. in fact I thoguth I woudl have to feed the bees fairly well in the fall. I was just hoping to get them to draw as many fraems as possible this first year.
So anyway I forgot to forward the memo on my plans to my bees and so they had one of tier own.
I think in all I ended up with a collision of trying to get foundation drawn. a flow that was really good and no idea what to do to keep the honey at the top of the hive. In short I had no idea what I was seeing or what to do about it.
I didn't get any honey out of it but in the end this hive produced a full deep and two full meds of honey either from nectar or sugar water this year and where the source for making two nucs.
I still don't understand why the bees would not move up into the med. But they wouldn't maybe had it bee drawn empty comb they would have taken to it better. maybe I should have placed it under the deep they where filling with honey. I know from that point on I never thoguth the brood nest was okay. My suspicion is I spent the majority of the summer with a restricted brood nest but the bees still did not swarm.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Here we see eye to eye.Not all colonies are alike and not all respond the same. No manipulation has the same effect on all colonies...no matter what that manipulation is.
We differ here because we have different goals. Splitting is a way for a back yard beekeeper to increase colony numbers and keep colony populations down to a manageable size. What for you might say? You get the pollination services of the bees, some honey and get less resistance from neighbors around you because you are not intimidated so much by the bees and take better care of the hive. I think a small hive is easier, you may disagree.so splitting should be the last resort.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping


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This was an email sent out by Mark, the president of the Boulder Beekeepers Assoc. I though others might find the information interesting. I have to work during the broadcast so I guess I'll have to wait 3-6 weeks for the transcripts to be available.
>>Hello Beekeepers:
We are about to have our 15 minutes on stage. Congressional hearings this Thursday will focus on the CCD and its potential impact on US Agriculture.
Thanks to Andy Schwarz, here are the links. You can listen live to the event on the internet by going to the following link (just click below):
Further you can read the contents of the hearing and the testimonys after the hearing by clicking on:
http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/index.html Click on Hearing Transcripts
You will be able to submit written testimony but I am not yet certain of the exact procedure. It will be outlined in the Congressional Record. We'll keep you posted.
Get involved if you can. We have an opportunity to turn a tide that is currently not working in our favor. One good way to get involved is to write letters to our US Representatives. You need to write the Representative from the District in which you reside. This can be done on the internet.


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Saw this on another site, thought I'd share:
The Sensitive Man
A woman meets a man in a bar.
They talk; they connect; they end up leaving together.
They get back to his place,
And as he shows her around his
She notices that one wall of his
Bedroom is
Completely filled with soft, sweet,
Cuddly teddy bears.
There are three shelves in the
With hundreds and hundreds of cute,
Cuddly teddy bears carefully placed
In rows, covering the entire wall!
It was obvious that he had taken
Quite some time to lovingly arrange them
And she was immediately touched
By the amount of thought he had
Put into organizing the display.
There were small bears all along
The bottom shelf,
Medium-sized bears covering the
Length of the middle shelf,
And huge, enormous bears running
All the way along the top shelf.
She found it strange for an
Obviously masculine guy
To have such a large collection of
Teddy Bears,
She is quite impressed by his
Sensitive side.
But doesn't mention this to him.
They share a bottle of wine and
Continue talking and,
After awhile, she finds herself
'Oh my God! Maybe, this guy
Could be the one!
Maybe he could be the future
Father of my children?'
She turns to him and kisses him
Lightly on the lips
He responds warmly.
They continue to kiss, the passion builds,
And he romantically lifts her in
His arms and carries her into his bedroom
Where they rip off each other's
Clothes and make hot, steamy love.
She is so overwhelmed that she
Responds with more passion,
More creativity, more heat than she
Has ever known.
After an intense, explosive night
Of raw passion with this sensitive guy,
They are lying there together in
The afterglow.
The woman rolls over, gently
Strokes his chest and asks coyly,
'Well,how was it?'
The guy gently smiles at her,
Strokes her cheek,
Looks deeply into her eyes,
And says:
'Help yourself to any prize
From the middle shelf'
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
Ted Nugent - speaking at the NRA convention April 17, 2005
Want to buy: Tantal Left and Right side selector parts.
I'm no sheep!
Consider this, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic
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I KNEW I'd seen this somewhere but couldn't, for the life of me, remember WHERE!
Old-timers, I guess.
Thanks, ptannjr!
I do it all the time too!!
Consider this, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic
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Foster Farms chicken salmonella cases now in Missouri
5 reported cases in Missouri, according to the Centers for Disease Control
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The salmonella outbreak involving Foster Farms chicken had made its way to Missouri with five reported cases in the state.
Health officials are expecting even more cases, because the Centers for Disease Control believe the actual number could be five times higher.
More than 300 people across the country have reported becoming ill after eating Foster Farms chicken products.
The Centers for Disease Control say the bacteria causing the illness is multi-drug resistant, making it difficult to treat.
According to the CDC, products bearing "P6137," "P6137A," or "P7632" inside a USDA mark of inspection or elsewhere on the package contain the tainted raw chicken. There has been no recall.
Local health department officials say that salmonella poisoning is something that can be prevented through proper handling.
"It can easily be prevented through proper, good handling practices," said Chris White with the Cole County Health Department.
These practices include washing your hands immediately after touching raw chicken.
"Use good hand washing in between different activities if you're cooking with the chicken," said White. "Wash your hands before you eat ready-to-eat foods like lettuce, tomatoes and other foods that aren't going to be cooked to prevent cross contamination."
The health department also recommends that you cook chicken until it is at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 15 seconds.


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Jodie Foster at a photo exhibit yesterday. That is a lot of star power.
Ben Affleck and his bad back.
Courteney Cox premiered her directorial debut last night while
Nikki Reed was at the premiere of her new movie.
Also having a NYC premiere last night was Spider-Man 2 with Emma Stone and
Andrew Garfield.
Alicia Keys was there and
Jamie Foxx with his daughter.


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|Data Dictionary:
|Census 1960 Tracts Only Set
you are here: choose a survey survey data set table details
Survey: Census 1960 Tracts Only Set
|Data Source:
|Social Explorer & U.S. Census Bureau - DUALabs
Data set: Social Explorer Tables (SE)
|T104. Country Of Origin [15]
Universe: Foreign Stock Population
Table Details
|Country Of Origin
|Universe: Foreign Stock Population
Relevant Documentation:
|Excerpt from:
|Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing: 1960. Census Tracts. Final Report PHC(1)-11. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
|Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census Tracts -> Population Characteristics -> Foreign stock and country of origin
The foreign-born population is combined with the native population of foreign or mixed parentage in a single category termed foreign stock. In this report, persons of foreign stock are classified according to their country of origin. Natives of foreign parentage whose parents were born in different countries are classified according to the country of birth of the father. Natives of mixed parentage are classified according to the country of birth of the foreign-born parent. The classification by country of origin is based on international boundaries as recognized by the United States Government on April 1, 1960, although there may have been some deviation from the rules where respondents were unaware of changes in boundaries or jurisdiction.


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Notice: On March 31, it was announced that Statalist is moving from an email list to a forum. The old list will shut down on April 23, and its replacement, statalist.org is already up and running.
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st: RE: AW: RE: AW: Op. sys. refuses to provide memory - a cautionary tale
"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
st: RE: AW: RE: AW: Op. sys. refuses to provide memory - a cautionary tale
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:55:21 -0000
Who knows? My guess on almost no hard evidence is that people with very
underpowered systems tend to keep quieter about them, a selection
problem akin to those widely discussed in this community. For example,
my hardware details are suppressed out of extreme embarrassment.
Any way, my main point was to request a stop to such comparisons "before
they are even started".
Martin Weiss
I never said _anything_ about my own setup... Just that this is not the
situation that most prospective Stata 11 users are likely to be faced
Nick Cox
Please: let's stop all exchanges of the form "my computer is big, yours
is small" form before they're even started. People can have all sorts of
good reasons for having what others regard as underpowered systems, not
least that it's all their employers would pay for and that they have
plenty of other legitimate private expenses.
I thought Benjamin's post was interesting and constructive.
Martin Weiss
But your "cautionary tale" largely rests on the "modesty" of your
system. I
take it from the email from tech support that you have a 32-bit XP
system on
a six months old machine? That is modest indeed, and I do not think that
this will be the situation other people considering an upgrade to Stata
are likely to encounter. Stata 11 was probably optimized for 64-bit
which is becoming more and more common. I do recall hearing something
upgrades to the executable being finetuned for 64 bit at the UGMs last
Craig, Benjamin M.
This posting is based on my recent experience with STATA MP 11 and may
be useful to those who wish to have more memory.
My modest six-month-old Dell PC has 4 GB RAM. Under Stata 9.2, I was
able to set memory to 935MB (see below), but when I installed Stata 11,
the memory was reduced by 50% (470MB). Adjusting the boot.ini or closing
programs had no effect, so I contacted the Stata help desk via email and
received the prompt and effective response (below).
The end of the story is that after a day of tinkering I was able to
increase Stata MP 11 memory to 725MB by installing Windows Service Pack
3. And, I intend to buy a 64-bit machine, once budget allows.
I attribute this issue to Windows, not Stata; however, I hope that this
posting clarifies the issue for other Stata users, particularly those
purchasing a new machine or considering an upgrade to Stata 11.
Under State 9.2
. qui for X in numlist 100(5)1000: capture set mem Xm . query mem
Current memory allocation
current memory usage
settable value description (1M = 1024k)
set maxvar 5000 max. variables allowed 1.733M
set memory 935M max. data space 935.000M
set matsize 400 max. RHS vars in models 1.254M
Under Stata MP 11
. qui for X in numlist 100(5)1000: capture set mem Xm . query mem
Current memory allocation
current memory usage
settable value description (1M = 1024k)
set maxvar 5000 max. variables allowed 1.909M
set memory 470M max. data space 470.000M
set matsize 400 max. RHS vars in models 1.254M
Under Stata MP 11 after installing Windows service pack 3
. qui for X in numlist 100(5)1000: capture set mem Xm . query mem
Current memory allocation
current memory usage
settable value description (1M = 1024k)
set maxvar 5000 max. variables allowed 1.909M
set memory 725M max. data space 725.000M
set matsize 6900 max. RHS vars in models 363.815M
-----Original Message-----
From: Stata Technical Support [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:00 PM
To: Craig, Benjamin M.
Subject: Re: Op. sys. Refuses to provide memory
Dear Ben,
What is your Windows XP service pack? The problem you are describing
sounds like the memory issues that Windows XP Service pack 2 had until
Microsoft fixed it with the release of Service pack 3. It is important
to remember that all memory management is handled by the operating
system. Thus, when you try to increase the amount of RAM reserved for
Stata, it is the operating system that tells you it can't give you any
more memory.
Now besides the Windows XP Service pack 2 memory management issues, all
32-bit operating systems have trouble allocating large blocks of RAM to
any single application. And since Stata requires a contiguous block of
RAM, meaning that the block of RAM must have contiguous adressing, this
issue becomes even more problematical. A 32-bit operating system can
only theoretically allocate 2 GBs of RAM addressing to any one
application. However, in practicality, the actual amount of continuous
RAM addressing that can be allocated to any one given application is
around 1 GB of RAM for a 32-bit Windows XP operating system.
**It is important to know that this upper allocation limit does not
increase by simply adding more RAM to the system because we are talking
about a contiguous block of RAM, and not just total available RAM.
As for Stata 9 having a larger block of RAM allocation that Stata 11
does, this is due to Stata 9's smaller footprint. Since Stata 11 uses
more RAM just to be up and running, this translates into less of the
contiguous block of RAM that is leftover for loading datasets.
There are two options for increasing the amount of contiguous RAM that
can be allocated to Stata:
1) Go into the Windows Task manager and shutdown as many
unnecessary programs as you can in an attempt to free up more system
2) Load Stata 11 onto a 64-bit operating system, which won't
have the same memory restrictions that a 32-bit operating system has.
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/


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My computer is no longer happy with the Bee source web page. I have tried two computers and one tells me that it is waiting for Google double click adds to load the other tells me that the script that the web page is trying to run is creating a condition that is so slow that internet explorer may stop working. I try to support the web page by clicking on an occasional add, maybe that is really killing me now?
How do I get it to slow down enough to be able to read pages without having to wait for all the adds to load and the warning to pop up to stop the script?


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Hello there,
this is Ralf aka SchratVader and some of you know me from ct.net and c-e!! at time i`m building up my clone airborne trooper!! I´m new to this hobby and my progress is slow but its coming!! :-)
I will post my wip here also in the next days, when the time will allows it, so hope you enjoy it!!


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Area student spends week at Camp RYLA
Keegan Johnson recently spent a week at Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Camp at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) campus.
Each camper is sponsored by his or her local Rotary club, and this year there were 148 RYLA campers sponsored by 56 Rotary International Clubs from District 5580. Central Lakes Rotary Club sponsored Johnson.
Most students who participated RYLA Camp will be high school seniors in 2013-14. Camp RYLA's mission is to provide outstanding high school students with a variety of educational and recreational activities. These activities provide numerous opportunities for leadership and team building, and they are designed to expand, improve and refine the participants' leadership skills.
Campers are hosted by the Crookston Rotary Club, Rotary International District 5580 and UMC. They stay in the residence halls on campus during this week-long program.
Information about RYLA Camp is available by calling 218-464-1213 or at the RYLA website at www.district5580ryla.org.


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Hey ya all! I have really missed this place. I am now finally settling down after the job change in August.
I must say, teaching rocks. I love teaching students and seeing them grow. Some of us went to an apple farm and it was really cool.
I just wanted to say hi to everyone! I have missed beesource and al the "crazy" people here!!


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Chopped All-Stars: Meet the Chefs
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Nate Appleman
Nate, a season two contestant on The Next Iron Chef, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. Nate served as a butcher's apprentice in Italy and became one of few American pizzaiolos certified by the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association. Nate worked at A16 and SPQR in San Francisco and Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria in New York.
Brad Sorenson
A season six finalist on The Next Food Network Star, Brad graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. He opened Black Creek Bistro as executive chef at the age of 22 and now works at ASTI Trattoria in Austin.
Debbie Lee
A season five finalist on The Next Food Network Star and a former Hollywood caterer, Debbie shares her branding and menu-planning expertise as a restaurant consultant. She is in the process of opening up her own restaurant, a Korean-inspired pub, and writing her first cookbook.
Lisa Garza
A season four finalist on The Next Food Network Star, Lisa co-owns Suze Restaurant & Catering in Dallas. In October 2010, she opened Lisa Garza Taste Studio, which provides event planning services and food productions for off-site catering.
Michael Proietti
A season five finalist on The Next Food Network Star, Michael serves as the Food & Beverage Director at the Radisson Hotel in New Rochelle, N.Y. A New York Restaurant School graduate and native New Yorker, he teaches in-home cooking classes and group demos.
Anne Burrell
Anne hosts Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America. After training at the Culinary Institute of America and Italy's Culinary Institute for Foreigners, Anne worked at several notable New York restaurants, taught culinary school, and battled on Iron Chef America alongside Mario Batali.
Claire Robinson
Claire hosts Food Network's 5 Ingredient Fix and Food Network Challenge. After graduating from The French Culinary Institute, she worked as a private chef and on culinary production teams for Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello and PBS's Everyday Baking for Everyday Food.
Duff Goldman
Duff stars in Food Network's Ace of Cakes. After studying at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Calif., he worked as the executive pastry chef at Vail Cascade Hotel and Resort in Vail, Colo., executive chef at the Borgata of Atlantic City, and baked bread for Todd English's Olives in Washington, D.C.
Robert Irvine
Robert hosts Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible, Dinner: Impossible and Worst Cooks in America. He began cooking at age 15 on the Royal Yacht Britannia for the Royal Navy in England. His accomplishments include cooking at the White House and planning an Academy Awards after-party menu.
Anita Lo
Anita serves as chef and owner of Annisa and consulting chef for Rickshaw Dumpling Bar. She received her degree at Ecole Ritz-Escoffier. In New York, Anita worked her way through all the stations at David Waltuck's Chanterelle and became known as a contemporary American chef during her time at Mirezi.
Beau MacMillan
Beau serves as the executive chef of Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain. A season one Worst Cooks in America team leader, he graduated from Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island. Beau appeared on Iron Chef America and conducts cooking classes at Sanctuary.
Jacques Torres
Jacques serves as dean of pastry studies at the French Culinary Institute. In 1986, he became the youngest chef to earn the prestigious Meilleur Ouvrier de France medal. Jacques opened Jacques Torres Chocolates, which now has six locations throughout New York City.
Aarón Sánchez
Aarón owns and serves as executive chef of Centrico. He appears on Food Network's Chefs vs. City, Chopped, and appeared as a season one contestant on The Next Iron Chef. Among the country's leading contemporary Latin Chefs, Aarón makes international appearances conducting Latin cooking demos.
Maneet Chauhan
Maneet, a season three contestant on The Next Iron Chef, serves as executive chef at Vermilion in Chicago and New York. Maneet received her culinary education at India's Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration and the Culinary Institute of America.
Amanda Freitag
A Chopped judge and season two contestant on The Next Iron Chef, Amanda graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. She battled Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America and appears on the new Cooking Channel series Unique Eats.
Geoffrey Zakarian
A 24 Hour Restaurant Battle and Chopped judge, Geoffrey worked all over the world including Arpège in Paris and the Dorchester in London. In New York City, he opened Country in the Carlton Hotel, the National Bar and Dining Rooms in The Benjamin, and serves as executive chef at The Lambs Club.


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text: when i put my truck intoo 4 hi and 4 low the truck will not come out of first gear. and when i put it into revers the back tires will lock up then start moving again but will make a loud poping sound before it starts to move again. also when im in drive and it wont go out of first gear it will make a loud pop then go into second gear. what would be the cause of this


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[quote user="nycsportzfan"][quote user="heavyhitter"]Landry Jones returning to Oklahoma for senior year
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
[/quote] What a idiot! Hes lucky enough to have Barkley go back to school and he was guranteed to go in the top 15 even after what i thought was a up and down season he better hope he dosen't get hurt bad because in my opinion hes not really that good and certainly not as good a prospect as Sam Bradford was he might find himself behind Geno Smith Tahj Boyd Barkley Osweiler Tyler Wilson Aaron murray Right now he'd only be behind 2 QB's with about 10teams looking
[/quote]Yeah, risky move IMO. I'm not sure what else he really feels like he has to prove at OU. He was pretty much locked in as a 1st rounder this year if he would have declared. With that said, I think he'll have a hell of a senior season and make a run for the National Championship Game. Barkley has still got the edge over Jones though. RG3 still hasn't made his announcement, but I expect him to declare in the next few days. Here's a look at some of the 2013 QB's: (No Order)
- Aaron Murray UGA
- Matt Barkley USC
- Tyler Bray Tennessee
- Landry Jones Oklahoma*
- Tyler Wilson Arkansas
- Geno Smith West Virginia
- A.J. McCarron Alabama
- Tajh Boyd Clemson
- Logan Thomas Virginia Tech
- Mike Glennon NC State
- E.J. Manuel FSU


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2010 RX Season REg now open, all events held at Summit Point near Winchester, VA...
Yep folks registration for the 2010 RX season is open, just go to
RallyCross and navigate though your choice of registration.
A season subscription is offered. All 8 points events to include the 2 day National Challenge Event and 2 driver schools for $410, a 20% discount. Remember early registrants get better start positions.
Per event reg fee remains at $60, on-site will be $70.
Also, contingencies from Subaru, VW and Team Dynamics are offered for 2010 for any national event as follows
TOPEKA, Kan. (Dec. 22, 2009) - The start of the 2010 SCCA RallyCross National Challenge season is less than a month away, which is still plenty of time to register for 2010 RallyCross contingency programs.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. will continue its program in 2010 and post prize money for all classes. The German marque is offering registered Volkswagen drivers $200 for a class win and $100 for a runner-up finish.
Subaru will also return in 2010, offering prize money to registered competitors in the three All-Wheel Drive categories. Payouts will be offered to top-three finishers with $300 awarded for a win. Prize money more than doubles at the Eastern and Western States Championships where a win will net $750, and increases once again for the RallyCross National Championship, where Subaru is prepared to award $1,250 for a win.
Posting in the Prepared and Modified classes, Team Dynamics is posting a $100 product certificate for a win on their wheels and a $50 certificate for finishing second. Those values increase to $200 and $100, respectively, at the RallyCross National Championship.
Registration forms and full program details are available at SCCA - Sports Car Club of America by selecting "Contingencies" from the left-side menu. Drivers are encouraged to review program requirements carefully to ensure full compliance. To be eligible for contingency prizes, drivers must register for each program prior to their first event. More programs will be posted as they become available.


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Crosslake church to host Central Minnesota Teen Challenge
Crosslake Christian Assembly of God Church will host Central Minnesota Teen Challenge at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, May 12.
The choir will present a service of music and testimony of God's power.
Adult and Teen Challenge is a Christian program that helps heal broken lives, delivers people from addictive lifestyles and restores families.
A special offering for the ministry of Teen Challenge will be received at the end of the service.
Mother's Day will also be celebrated, including a gift for each woman attending.
Crosslake Christian is on the south side of Crosslake, off County Road 3, east a quarter mile on County Road 36. For more information, call Pastor Gary Espeseth at 218-692-4673.


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some disassembly pictures can be found here. Disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling a Kel-Tec SU-16B rifle
Last edited by mrtank; 01-13-2010 at 11:57 PM.
I'd love to try my hand at building something like that, but after the AK parts drought last year, I'm trying to figure out something for when AK bits get too scarce or expensive to make it worthwhile to build instead of buy.
I picked up an 18" bar of 1-3/4 square 1018 today. Now to find the best deal on an AR barrel extension...
I thought I saw where you were working on making a bolt. If you can do that, then you should be able to make a trunion of sorts. I'd make one with only 3 or 4 lugs. Here's a link to a guy that made a 98 mauser receiver out of pre hardened 4130. Login
Ive considered a barrel extension/trunion for a while that would use a bolt action sized lugs and a custom bolt that would fit it. there are bolt heads for various bolts that are sperate and avaliable and just build my own damm Semi auto design of rifle from scratch.
There are several sets of "build your own .50 caliber rifle" plans out on the web. The Maadi-Griffin ones are typical. They all use a screwed-on barrel extension and a simple round bolt.
You could make your extension out of 4140 or 8620 round bar and press it into a piece of cheap 1018 to make a trunnion. Two or three lug layouts would be easiest. (the Barrett .50 and Leader Dynamics .223 use three lug bolts)
Milling the bolt lugs is not that big of a deal either.
Heck, broaches to broach your own 8-lug AR extension wouldn't be that expensive.
Yes, custom broaches are rather spendy things. The Mauser-type receivers are broached as are many other classic firearms receivers.
There are work-arounds that may solve this challenge such as using a horizontal or vertical shaper with a home made bit to carve the needed internal or external slots and grooves. The bit resembles a lathe bit and is ground for the specific application... by hand if need be.
The uniform spacing of the locking recesses can be established using a dividing head or perhaps a rotary table.
For the machine-tool-challenged fellows I might suggest trying a die-filer machine for some of those inside "grooves".


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Yesterday I was checking out my hive and I found a lot of dead drones in front of the entrance. I know that the workers run the drones out in winter, but I found one drone that was 5/8 of an inch long and very chubby.
I have seen this same drone a lot this summer because he is the largest bee in the hive. It is not my queen, since she is still in there. I did take a picture of it, but I don't know how to get it on this forum. Any body have any idea what caused such a large drone?


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hey guys, i need help with yhe boots, i want a decent pair of Boba boots, but, i can't buy any more than $50 so
i need if you can post pics of the boots, i mean left, right, front and back, im sure i can find someone who can make the boots for a good price here.
Maybe you ask, why he dont use the ref pics?
well the pics are great, but the colors are wrong, you know light effect, etc.
so please helpme, i had an event the next month and i want to wear a nice pair of boots.
thanks a lot :)


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I would think that the hands-on experience at the gun club will be invaluable in your case, so you can get an idea of how each gun feels in your hand, and whether or not you think you'll be able to control it. Unfortunately, powerful calibers (that hopefully won't take many shots to stop an attacker) usually have more recoil and barrel bounce/flip than the less-powerful calibers.
I would encourage you to select a gun and caliber that you can shoot well, even if it's only a .22, over a more powerful gun/caliber that you shoot less-well. Shot placement (hitting your target in a vital zone, even under less-than-perfect conditions) is one of the few things that most folks agree is absolutely critical, when discussing the relative effectiveness of various guns and ammunition in personal defense. Whether you're target shooting or defending your life, misses don't count.


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Someone who is skinny on the top and big on the bottom.
OMG did you see that spintop? Her facebook pictures make her look skinny because they only show the top of her. When I saw her in person her stomach & waste were like BAM! HUGE!
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Subject: Living Will
A man and his wife are sitting in the living room and he says to her:
"Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state dependent on some machine. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."
His wife gets up and unplugs the TV.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
-Benjamin Franklin
"If the Good Lord wanted me to use percussion caps I reckon the river beds would be full of 'em for the takin"
Old flintlock shooter I met at the range.
In this day and age it is easier to stay stupid than it is to stay ignorant. I have had the misfortune to have encountered many informed idiots
hey !!!!!!!! I resemble that
I know nothing...........nothing !
LOL...that would be my PC not my TV
"The way of the warrior is death, this means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. It means nothing more than this, it means to see things through, being resolved."---Yamamoto Tsunemoto's Hagakure
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Originally Posted by klauss
"The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.... Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character...." -- President Grover Cleveland
Teach a man to fish, but if he'd rather turn around and steal your catch, shoot him.
I don't sit in front of mine in a vegetative state; but my wife does refer to it as "my second wife", and claims I spend more time and money on her.Originally Posted by Polish Taipan
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my cars are my second and third SO then the guns are forthOriginally Posted by GBob01