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What's in a Pronoun?
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on Jul 23, 2012
It can be a fond term of endearment, as in, let's see, the phrase "I'm So-o in love with You" crooned by the Prez at a New York fund-raiser, with co-lyricist the Rev. Al Green in attendance. Conversely, "you" can create separation and put others on the defensive. Anyone who's been to couples counseling (yeah, I tried) will recall the "blame-game" injunction against "you" messages, in preference to "I" or "we" statements. It's no accident that the framers began the US Constitution with the phrase: "We, the people."
With the Presidential campaigns as scripted and choreographed as they've become, and in the absence of reliable deception detection, we are left with few hints as to what the candidates Really Think. This is especially true when the positions of at least one of the participants have been so remarkably fluid. Unguarded moments and careless words may be our best windows into the souls of those who would lead us. This week had two such telling moments, both involving "you."
The first came during Mr. Romney's address to the NAACP, which has so far been deemed newsworthy because of the politely negative reactions of his audience. To me, though, the most significant word in the speech was the last, in the phrase 'and may God bless every one of YOU." To Mitt, it was a magnanimous gesture, especially despite his chilly reception. It would simply never occur to him to have ended with an inclusive "every one of US." I found that "blessing" to be condescending and remarkably clumsy; I doubt I was alone, and I daresay it cost him more potential African-American votes than anything he said about health care or job creation.
That phrasing says to me that he has little appreciation of American experience outside his gated environs and that he has no intention of being president of You. During this time of extraordinary economic polarization, it is imperative that our leaders understand the America that is and have the multitude who are suffering directly in-mind. I am deeply concerned that, to Mr. Romney, the yous are a charitable after-thought, the under-appreciative beneficiaries of whatever crumbs trickle-off the banquet table.
The other incident was Ann Romney's unscripted "you people" comment to Robyn Roberts on day-time TV. It came in response to a query about the campaigns stubborn refusal to produce tax information from the years before Mr. Romney decided to run, again, including his latter-days at Bain Capital -- when he was not running the company as its CEO and sole shareholder.
Although Ms. Roberts appears to be black by heritage, the "you people" term in this context was probably meant to include the pack of news hounds nipping at the Romneys heels, and anyone else who deigned to probe into their lofty finances (the proper place for hounds, after all, is on the roof of a station wagon). Again, it betrays an expected deference, born of the privilege of wealth. It's not pretty, and it's certainly neither the humility nor perspective I want in our leadership.
Those tax returns are of public significance because they are actions that reveal what the candidate actually Did, as opposed to what he may say he believes. They are also a routine part of the game for those who seek our votes. "Trust me" statements like "something about my finances" or "Mitt's a very good person" don't cut it, and the addition of looking down one's nose at the request is doubly-damning. I wasn't all that interested before these strenuous denials, but the more strident they become, the worse the campaign looks as a result. One has to wonder: what's in there? Is it Even worse than the beating they are already absorbing? I don't often find myself in virtual bed with George Will, but he, too, recognizes that the returns should be produced.
Now, to be fair and balanced, the Incumbent also made a gaffe this week, which might provide a similar peek into the inner recesses of his heart. He suggested that business owners didn't build their own businesses, someone else did. In some quarters, this has been taken to demonstrate something roughly in-between ignorance of how business gets done in these United States, and the supposition that his private nickname for Michelle is "Comrade." I'm guessing that it was not much more than an uncharacteristically clumsy attempt to paraphrase Elizabeth Warren's insightful assertion about community: that we're all in this together, we Americans, and nobody succeeds alone. See this excerpt, starting at about 50 seconds: Web Link. Obviously, your mileage may vary.
So, the Romneys won the weekly gaffestakes, 2-1. Returning to our theme, the Founding Fathers had it right. WE are still The People, and a candidate who forgets that, or doesn't know it, should not command the majority of our votes.
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 24, 2012 at 8:52 am
Hi Rick -- it appears to be limited to just the header in the message board screen, this time. Very odd -- seems to relate somehow to MSWord 2010 vs. earlier versions. Please let me know if that weird symbolage exists throughout the blog -- thanks.
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a resident of Danville
on Jul 25, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Tom's blog entry this week reminds me of that classic scene in "Tropic Thunder" when Ben Stiller is arguing with his platoon about being lost in the jungle. One of his troops is Robert Downey Jr. who is in black face, pretending to be an African American. Stiller says, "I don't believe you people." And Downey says, "Wait. What did you say? What do you mean, YOU PEOPLE?" And then Brandon T. Jackson (who is an actual African American) says to Downey, "What do YOU mean, you people?"
Ha ha. It is a classic.
Here's the clip.
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a resident of Blackhawk
on Jul 25, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Mr. Cushing, you must write just for kicks, right? Note to self: I could swear that Obama made the comment, "YOU didn't build that." Funny how there is no mention of that line in your column. Stay true to your party Mr. Cushing, but at least tell both sides of the story.
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 26, 2012 at 7:42 am
Hi X: nah -- I get paid, here and elsewhere, in addition to the kicks (and the various rocks and organics flung my way). And "you're" right -- I missed a chance to incorporate the President's 'you' in the paragraph about that statement -- it would've made it a better column.
BTW, pretty sure I'm registered Independent. Is there a way to look that up?
a resident of Danville
on Jul 26, 2012 at 9:28 am
Malcolm X, this is what what Obama said: "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."
Did an individual business owner build the American System of roads, bridges, education, etc. that enabled his business to thrive? No, "we" built it. (Actually, our parents and grandparents built a lot of it. "We're" not doing so much for our own kids these days. But I digress.) Obama was saying the same thing that Tom was saying - don't think "you" are not part of society, that you somehow exist in your own world where you take sole credit for all you have achieved and owe nothing to anyone else.
Mitt Romney said the same thing to American Olympic team members at the Salt Lake Olympics. Web Link
I guess it only counts in athletics, not wealth creation, right?
a resident of Danville
on Jul 27, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Looks like maybe Romney didn't have too bad of a week. According to CBS, the latest poll shows Romney leading Obama by 5 points. See here:
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Maybe more people need to read Tom's articles. Help Obama out people!! Spread the word.
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 27, 2012 at 4:20 pm
I'll take the blame if my guy loses -- as long as you give me credit when he wins.
One job we now know your guy Isn't going to get, regardless: Ambassador to the UK. To paraphrase Churchill: "rarely have some many been so annoyed by just one man, and so quickly!"
a resident of San Ramon
on Jul 29, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Actually, all's well. Piers Morgan on CNN did a great full-hour interview with Mitt and Ann Romney on the Olympic grounds. Aired Thur and Fri nights, and will re-air again, probably a Sat or Sunm this week or next.
Several days last week LONDON papers had commented on NOT being ready & security. In context, from Mitt's perspective, he made a logical comment.
He was called in to rescue A Winter Olympics, that were in crisis. He agreeded to try, and took no pay, acting to serve the US as HOST country. Overcame many obstacles, and 'international' issues. All coming together in 3+ years of work, including finding sponsors which were scarce at first, and just a few months from the event, .....Sept 11, 2001, hit our US.!! Suddenly, 'security' became a huge issue,(and trying to keep & find more donors/sponsors, many thinking Olympics should not happen at all.
But, on Dec 1, the flame started, and Olympics opened on scheduled FEB, 2001, 4 + months after the 9-1-1.
Romney served the term, did a turnaround rescue, and in spite of the terrorist tragedy and new security issues, the Winter 2002 Olympics were successful and profitable ! without incident.
A job well done. After accomplishing Initial turnaround, followed by new security crisis, he served his term and country well.
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 30, 2012 at 9:30 am
"logical" -- and wildly inappropriate to the situation, which called for a statesman-like approach, and response. He wasn't being asked to grade the Brits as an expert witness on the very day of his arrival, he was thrown a softball Q in the hope that he might find a way to be a gracious guest. A swing-and-a-miss, on an easy pitch, thrown right down the middle.
As for the do-overs, they mostly appeal to the several True Believers who are already pledged to Mr. Romney.


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I'm a newbie. Green as green can be - I've read tons, watched a thousand how-to videos, but I'm still green. I do have two hives going ... but just barely. I need some advice.
Hive 1: a friend's bees swarmed, she captured the swarm, queen and all, and gave it to me. I installed it in early May. I fed them 1:1 sugar water and left them alone for a couple of weeks. When I inspected, they only had comb on one bar and it wasn't full. I pulled the bar out and I thought I was being careful but I was not careful enough - comb fell off. (I'm going foundationless. Well, actually, I'm going top-bar but bees are bees, right? So I don't think this is just a top-bar issue but I will post over there if you think I should.) The comb did have brood of all stages on it but it was very, very heavy with all the syrup they had stored and it was very, very soft. I tied it back on the bar, put it back in the hive, and hoped for the best. I checked them this past Saturday and they have built new comb, using the old comb (the part I tied on was almost completely gone). But I did not see brood. Their numbers are dwindling, of course. There was a small cluster inside, near the comb, and the comb was full of bees working, but I did not see brood in any stage. So I'm thinking they might be queenless. Maybe I killed her in my clumsiness during that first inspection . . .
Hive 2: (also top bar) - bees vacummed out of a basement wall. What a job!!! This was a couple of weekends ago. I'm guessing we got about a pound of bees, but we were also able to get some comb with brood of all stages on it. I didn't see any queen cells, and I know they may not make a queen, but I installed them anyway, hoping they would make themselves a queen. I checked them yesterday and they were busy working on the comb I had put in - they had enlarged it just a little and I didn't do a really close inspection because there were lots of bees on the comb, but I did see there is still some capped brood that still hasn't hatched.
I thought it might be helpful to combine these two little hives since I was pretty sure the first hive was queenless and the second hive still maybe has a slim chance of making a queen. But when I put the bar from hive 1 into hive 2, the hive 1 bar went crazy. They definitely roared. And they started flying out. So I immediately put them back into hive 1 and decided that maybe there was a queen inside that little cluster that's there near the comb.
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Friends(5) and I did this about 16 years ago. This was before she had it in 6 installments. We just divided it all up and whatever block we got we did 6 times. I have it hanging on my sewing room wall. We all hung them at our guild quilt show and people loved them. Have fun.
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POCATELLO, Idaho - The fairy tale story of Brooklyn and her playground is one that will carry on for a lifetime. But unlike most fairytales, we get to see what happens after happily ever after.
"This playground was built because of the support from the community," said Jonny Fisher, Brooklyn Fisher's father. "The community loves this playground and so they've continued to support us with every function we've had."
It all started with a video showing Brooklyn's friends all running off to play while she was left out because the toys are unable to accommodate her, as she has Spina Bifida.
Now she's able to enjoy the playground, but it doesn't maintain itself.
Jonny Fisher said while they want to make sure they have enough money for the repairs here and there, they also want to make sure they have enough money for the biggest expense - the turf.
"It's a very large expenditure," Jonny Fisher said. "What we're trying to do is maintain a fund that will continually grow throughout the year, so when we do have to replace the turf, it's not a burden on the city."
So the committee for the playground, Brooklyn's Buddies, decided to create an annual fundraiser called "Brooklyn's Buddy's Breakfast."
"All the food was donated," Fisher said, "so all the funds we get from this just go straight into the long-term maintenance fund for the playground.
The meal included pancakes, sausage and eggs served by members of the community, including School District 25 Superintendent Mary Vagner.
Other prominent community members were there as well, including Mayor Brian Blad, Chubbuck and Pocatello mayoral candidates like Roger Chase and Brent Marshall and Mary Johnson, the owner of the local McDonalds franchises, who also supplied drinks.
Disney princesses, like Ariel, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel also brought some fairy tale magic with live music. There were other fictional characters like Luke Skywalker, storm troopers and Darth Vader.
Brooklyn's friends and family say they appreciate the community's support, and Brooklyn only had one thing to say: "Thank you for coming."
A woman of few words indeed, but she has more important things to do, like play with her friends in this dream come true.
If you weren't able to attend the breakfast Saturday morning, Jonny Fisher also said you can still donate online.
The website, http://www.brooklynsplayground.org, has more information on how to donate, and what donations will get you. For example, $50 will get your name on a fence post at the playground and $100 will get your name on a stone in the walkway.


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Well one place i knew had to be there was McDonald's. Sure enough this is one place an American will not pull down unless it is to make a bigger one
The rest of the trip was very uneventful. It was a straight road all the way into Myrtle beach.One thing notice was that a few miles from the state border a lot of signs for fireworks. Big huge billboards telling you to get the best fireworks in the state here. It was only when i asked someone about it i found out it is illegal for a member of the public to buy and let of a firework in North Carolina. What a bizarre rule. So i asked what happens on 4th July, but they said they had them then but it had to be at a organized event with a proper company doing the fireworks. Even sparklers could not be brought.
So i found my hotel and the view was great. I f i strained my head enough out of the window and looked carefully between 2 hotels i could make out the beach.That is what i call a sea view..Well it was time to eat and since i was boycotting a certain restaurant i decided to eat in a proper restaurant tonight
The last few days had caught up on me so i decided to have a lazy morning in bed and watch some TV. I managed to watch the whole series of Bear Gryls born survivor or over here its called Man vs Wild. I wonder if they knew it was all faked. By this time my belly was rumbling so i ventured out to get some food. Seen as that company was off limits i just went for a good old pizza to take away.Now pizza's over here come in 2 sizes. Large or large enough to feed a small 3rd world country. So i ordered the later one and it cost me $15 or �7.50. That pizza was so big it must of cost more to make than sell and when u ask for extra something on it they don't just chuck a few extra toppings they cover it till you cannot see the pizza
It was just as i expected it . A large white castle with a moat inviting you to step back in time to experience life in the medieval times. All the food was served on metal plates with goblets for cups and you were served by wenches ( that is how they were introduced ) who just dumped food on your plate when you wanted more chicken or spare ribs. Who ever invented this idea had hit upon every boys dream fighting and food and wenches all under the same roof.
As for the fighting it was brilliant. It was set against a lame story but these guys did not hold back. For 2 solid hours they just kept jousting, sword fighting and beating each other up. Every area was split into colours and you had your own knight to cheer on. Oh the Americans loved this. They were all shouts and cheers and lots of whoop whoop . I did find myself letting myself go and banging my cups and shouting for more. Sparks would fly when metal would clash, wood would break when the joust would crash against the shields
Well the night was over and it was time to drop the roof and drive down the strip to my hotel with a bit of Wham and S Club 7 blaring out. Adam has hit the town.
On Sunday i start my journey into the heart of America and head towards Greenville. So far i have hugged the coatline.Now i am going to start seeing the real america and hopefully find a town that has a population all related to each other.


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Firing Children's Imaginations - Monday, 23 July 2012
School children have the chance to tread in the footsteps of Victorian soldiers at Fort Nelson this summer and prime and "fire" a bronze field cannon dating from the 19th Century.
The Royal Armouries education team have devised the have-a-go activity to teach young people about the Victorian Fort's history and the troops who lived and worked there.
The muzzle-loading gun drill – which is also suitable for adults – allows participants to learn the different aspects of a gun drill, both during a practice loading session and then working against the clock.
Fort education officer Eileen Clegg said, "Obviously we use dummy cartridges, but the exercise allows young people to see how Victorian soldiers would have operated guns in a historic setting. We will be using a small Napoleonic bronze gun, on a field carriage, to add authenticity. It's primarily aimed at children, but adults can try their hands too."
The gun drills will form part of the summer holiday programme at Fort Nelson, which launches on Monday (July 23) and runs until September 2. The Royal Armouries is staging a series of activities throughout the school break, based on Victorian and World War themes.
Activities start with a 19th century theme (running until August 5), including a Victorian fair during the weekend of July 28 and 29. Museum admission and parking is free but charges apply to some activities – including a £2 charge for the gun drill.
Participants begin by cleaning the gun piece, using a process known as worming and sponging. They then "ram" the charge and the shot to make it ready to fire, before simulating firing the cannon. The first visitors will test the drill on Tuesday (July 24).
Standing high on Portsdown Hill near Fareham, Fort Nelson showcases one of the world's finest collections of artillery and cannon, from across the ages and from all corners of the globe.
For more information about all events and the latest news about the Royal Armouries:
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- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
- Information Line: 0113 220 1999
- Website: www.royalarmouries.org
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
To find Fort Nelson, follow the brown Tourist signs from the M27. The Fort is open seven days a week, from 10am to 5pm.


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Sometimes, you just have to Ko Phi Phi.
On the first day of our company trip to Phuket, we all met downstairs for a breakfast of fresh fruit and mango shakes to plan our first day. Thirteen of us decided to hire a speed boat and make the 1.5 hour journey to the Phi Phi Islands. After a bit of skillful but very confusing bargaining between the Thai captains and my Chinese coworkers, we boarded a speed boat with captains "Peter" and "Heath".
I was sitting up front taking in the scenery and chatting with my friend Sophie when the boat started to slow down. We stopped and looked back, finding ourselves face to face with eight squealing and giggling Chinese girls running our way. After they all hurriedly crowded into the front of the boat, we found out what had happened: our male coworker had to go to the bathroom, and he had to go now!
Having made our mark on the Andaman Sea, we continued the journey to Ko Phi Phi.
You shouldn't have to fuqian to fuqian!
Peter and Heath gave us a full Ko Phi Phi tour, taking us through small passageways surrounded by steep mountains. We arrived at a cove with a tiny beach where the sand was as fine as powder. Heath told us this was the best place to snorkel. There were huge coral reefs, multi-colored fish, and "hardly any sharks".
We made an arrangement with our captains to pay when we returned to Rawai Beach at the end of the day. For some reason, when we landed at the cove, my coworkers were all talking about paying. "We can pay here. This is the best place to pay. I'm not sure I can pay. I really want to pay!" I kept telling them we didn't have to pay now. We'd already made arrangements to give them the money at the end of the day! In the moments of silence as they looked at me like I was crazy, I heard Andy, my coworker from the UK, having the exact same argument with the other half of the group.
As it turns out, the words for "pay money" and "snorkel" are very similar in Chinese. F� qiǎn (浮潜) means snorkeling while f� qi�n (付钱) means pay. After a short Chinese lesson, we jumped in! The light blue water was so clear we could clearly see the coral far below us. Tropical fish swarmed around us, especially when Heath started throwing bread in the water. His first shot was right at me and I jumped back, scared that the fish might touch me. Gross! When they didn't, I got curious and started just trying to grab fish. They're sneaky little fellows! You can't even touch them if you try!
The first roti of many
After failing miserably at fishing with my bare hands, we decided that instead of Sarah-caught fish for lunch, we'd go to the main town on Ko Phi Phi. We sat in a small, outdoor restaurant on the beach happily snarfing down pad thai and mango shakes. That's when I saw the roti stand!
A roti is a crepe-like Thai dessert. They put banana and nutella inside the dough and then, instead of cooking it like a crepe, they fry it! The first time I came to Thailand, I challenged myself to consume as much roti as humanly possible in two weeks and this time, I was determined to beat my impressive record...in just three days! I introduced my friends to this heavenly dessert and they eagerly offered to take on the roti challenge with me.
I'm a survivor!
The dreaded survivor team building activity was scheduled for day 2. We hesitantly followed our Australian guides to the beach and you know what? It was actually really fun!
Like me, the rest of our geek squad was worried that the "survivor challenge" would involve a lot of physical, and in our case quite pitiful, competition. We were thrilled to discover that we were doing what we do best: mind games!
We split into teams to build shelters, figure out puzzles, and decipher jumbled words. After many activities, we were tied in first place with the team called "Oppa Beachnam Style". The other teams joked that they'd let Oppa Beachnam Style win because it was the boss's team. Unfortunately for them, our team wasn't so clever!
The guides marched us over to six bamboo poles stuck in the sand. Two of the poles had inner tubes on them in order from largest to smallest with the largest tubes at the bottom. I gasped as it occurred to me what we had to do. I leaned over and whispered to Yukino, "My grandparents have this game at their house! We've got this". We moved all the inner tubes to another pole one by one without putting any large tubes on smaller tubes before the "laoban" team, the boss team, figured out what was going on. Thanks to my grandparents and the good folks at Cracker Barrel, we beat the laoban team and will probably all get fired!
Phuket rocks!
That night, we had a company dinner at a restaurant on a cliff overlooking Nai Harn beach. After a lot of delicious food made by the Italian chef and quite a few cocktails in coconuts, Andy, Sophie, and I decided to go check out those cool rocks by the ocean that we'd been looking down at all night. Andy and I climbed out fast with a stumbling Sophie in heels running behind. We sat on the rocks chatting and looking dreamily out at the ocean until we heard Anabelle's gorgeous, though loud, French accent piercing through the soothing sounds of the waves.
"Get back up here, you drunken idiots! Can't you see the tide's coming in?! I'm not going to be the one who comes to save you!" The rocks that we climbed over to get to our perch from the restaurant were now covered in water. After a significantly more slippery trek back, we crashed onto the sofas on the balcony of the restaurant and our friends passed us bottles of wine to quench our thirst.
"Pia! Ah!"
After rearranging the sofas on the balcony, much to the waiters' chagrin, the whole company ended up in a giant circle playing different versions of "signs". I taught everyone how to play first. Everyone picks a gesture. When it's your turn, you do your gesture and someone else's to pass it on. If you mess up, you take a drink. Ying chimed in. "I know a harder version of this game!" After we played her game for awhile, Mark spoke up, too. "I know an even harder version of this game!"
We played at least five variations of signs and, as our skill level decreased, ended up playing a watered-down, or rather "wined-down" version: you point your finger at someone and say "pia!" The person being shot says "ah!" and the people on either side hold their hands up in the air. As the wine flowed, victims' "ah!"s got more and more expressive. For the rest of the trip, someone just had to say "pia! ah!" and everyone would break down laughing.
After some confusion with the cabs at 2am, Anabelle, Philipe, Andy, and I thought it might be relaxing to take a long walk back to the hotel. It turns out Phuket is much scarier at night than during the day. There are so many loose dogs! Philipe and Andy casually talked about movies as Anabelle and I talked graphically about animal attacks, jumping a mile and pushing past the guys every time a dog barked at us. We're very smart: we knew we didn't have to be fast; we just had to be faster than them.
Can I have your autograph? Also, who are you?
The next morning, we played in the ocean, effectively making our sunburns even worse. Then, seeking shade, our crispy crew took a bouncy tuk tuk ride over to Old Phuket Town. While Andy and Sophie shopped, the rest of us strolled down the street. In the distance, we made out a swarm of screaming, teenage school girls. Ying and I ran over to see what was going on. In the middle of the girls were four tall, slim men in extremely tight black pants with dyed pink hair.
A Korean boy band was shooting a music video on the street! I stood across the street creepily snapping stalker photos as Ying tried asking the girls who they were. (If you recognize these guys, please let me know).
We hurried back to the group to tell them what was happening. "Hurry! Look! There's a Korean boy band on the street!" we shouted. Our friends momentarily tore themselves away from their bargaining discussion, "Ok. What's their name? Who are they?" Ying and I glanced at each other. "Uh...well, we don't really know. But we're very excited about it!"
How many shrimp cakes can one person eat?
After painful, sunburnt showers, our large group strolled down Rawai Beach looking for some grub for our last dinner in Phuket. We sat down on the ground around a beachside table and the cook from the small food shack across the street dodged traffic to bring us menus. What followed was the most decadent meal I've ever had.
It was our last night so we ordered, among other things, Pad Thai, Tom Yam soup, chicken coconut curry, fried rice, and Singha beers. Andy and I split an order of fried shrimp cakes just to see what they tasted like. They were so ridiculously delicious that we ordered plates and plates of shrimp cakes for the table.
Upon leaving, we discovered there's actually a downside to sitting on the sand when you feast: it's extremely difficult to get back up. We put our newfound team building skills to work and soon we were all miraculously standing.
Durian: a threat to airport security
After such a delicious meal, waking up at 430am was not an easy task. We left late and rushed to check in at the airport. The final group of six was checking in when Sophie started munching on durian she bought last-minute. She marched up to the counter with her durian and sassy, not-a-morning-person attitude. "What is taking so long?!" Unfortunately, the durian smelled so stinky that the check-in lady rushed to the restroom to throw up. Yes, we actually delayed a flight with a piece of fruit.
Safely back in Shanghai with Tiger Balm for our sunburns and roti in our bellies, our team is resting up with memories of Phuket to keep us warm all winter.
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Thank you for the June block! I hope it goes well with my fabric choices.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thank you for the June block! I hope it goes well with my fabric choices.
Eat, quilt, sleep, repeat
WOW, I really like this pattern for June's BOM. What a good choice you have made for all of us Jenniky. I can't start mine for a couple of days, but I am so anxious to pick out my floral fabric's for the blades!!
If you see someone without a SMILE, please give them one of yours!!
Yippie, I have never tried a Dresden plate, well I did but it was a kit, this is much more challenging! Going to play with fabric right now. A Fun project for a Saturday night!
Give a smile away today, someone you meet might need one!
Jen, I used the site I mentioned for the block & then the Missouri site you mentioned for the center circle & it layed down properly. Thanks for the tip!
I have the Darlene Zimmerman template. It makes cutting really easy. If you like Dresden plates, you might invest in this
tool. Dresden plates make great Christmas wreaths!!
Dotty in NYC
Your block is really pretty Jenniky. I just made 1/2 Dresden plates to use for doll skirts with the points so I think I'll make the rounded edges. I notice my pattern printed out the right size this time, that's always good.
OK I am having big time issues here? Please give me a hint as to what I could be doing wrong? My "plate" does not go together well. I feel like I am short a few blades or something? any suggestions?
LOL, I have been quilting a really long time but feel like a novice here. Love this going beyond my abilities and trying new stuff. But I need help.
I think I will go check out the you tube from Missouri quilt Co.
Give a smile away today, someone you meet might need one!
Well I guess it might help if my Template was the right size! I cut the bottom end 1 1/8... gotta do it again! But I am glad I watched the tutorial, she uses 20 blades on hers, but I suppose the measurements are different for that many blades.
Back to the drawing board!
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Discussion in 'BUILDS' started by Critter1, Apr 1, 2011.
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thats a tough lookin bike
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Thanks!! I think once the paint is laid down, it'll look incredible! My son can't wait to cruise it!
Firestone Special Cruiser 24"
I took the pedals apart to clean up & re-grease. It's a Wald pedal set. I thought I'd find some bearings inside, but nope! I guess they just packed some thick grease into the cups at each end of the spindle... Also one of the spindles has a slight bend in it. It feels awkward when pedaling. I think I'll heat it up and try to bend it back.
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I picked up a Rat-Trap springer fork for this project for a good deal. Its missing two of the four shoulder bolts.. :x I'm going to post a wanted ad for them, and also begin to search for the correct size I need through various hardware sources on line. Any help to point me in the right direction would be great!!
Here's the dimensions of the bolt:
Overall length = 1 1/4"
Shoulder length = 1/2"
Shoulder width = 7/16"
I'm not sure what the thread pitch is, but its the shoulder portion that is most important here.
Are all four shoulder bolts identical? The one that goes through the fork may have a longer threaded portion. Can someone check theirs and see..?
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I stink at hardware, but will these work?
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I've got two bolts that might work for you. They are from a JC Higgins beehive springer.
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Joe, those bolts will work!! PM SENT..
Firestone Special Cruiser 24"
The shoulder width on those is 1/16" too big. Someone would have to turn em down on a lathe.. I know (hope) some originals will pop up.
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This is one COOL build :wink:
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Thanks! That gives me motivation for sure!!
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Shoulder bolts for the springer are on their way thanks to sdJOE86! Aren't the interwebs great!
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I received the new original shoulder bolts and they're perfect. Its so nice to use original hardware.... since you can't just go buy a replacement shoulder bolt! I'm also gonna need to cut the steer tube down by about 2".
Now the new issue i have is that the stem I was using on the original fork won't fit down into the rat-trap steer tube. The ID of the ret-trap appears to be slightly smaller than the original fork. They were apparently made with a slightly thicker wall tubing. Anyone else run into this issue? Am I going to need to get a Spaceliner stem?? Or just shave down the stem I have until it fits..?
The steer tube on the right is the original Monark/Firestone fork.
This is as far is it goes.
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Heres where I'm at on the chain guard. Its going to need lengthened about 1.5" to 2" in order to cover the rear cog. Also going to make a bracket that'll utilize the original braze-on on the top of the BB. I don't have my welder at my house anymore, so all the welding that needs done will have to wait until I can get to my buddies shop..
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I also ran into this issue on my current build, however, this size differance wasn't as big as yours. I just tok a dremel to my stem and it fit great.
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That rat trap springer looks great btw!
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I finally got out to my friends shop in Sonoma. Thats where I get my welding and paint done. I only had one day to be there and we had to fill a pretty tall order... Shorten rat-trap steer tube, bead blast rat-trap fork, grind stem shaft until it fits, extend chain guard and mount it, sand all bare metal parts with 320, and finally - seal & paint!!
No turning back now!
I measured the original steer tube and it was 4 3/4" from the center of the lower bearing race to the top of the threads. I subtracted 1/8" since the rat-trap doesn't need the truss rod bracket, so 4 5/8" was the goal. It worked out good with a tiny gap for good weld penatration. The angle iron is a sure fire way to get the two pieces of tube to line back up to be nice and straight.
Steer tube shortened: check.
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With the chain guard, I started by eyeballing it to see just where I wanted it, then marked it for a pocket around the fender and tire.
This Monark chain guard originally had the bracket that clamps around the lower frame tube. You can see where it was attached by the thicker piece on the inside lip. I don't know what frame it came off of, but it didn't line up with the lower tube of this frame so it got cut off. I took a bracket off a 26" chain guard, and had to shorten it some to make it work. We used a "nut-cert" for easy installation here.
I really like how these chain guards cover the rear sprocket, so I wanted to definitely make that work. We extended it 3" and for mounting the rear portion, we used another nut-cert and bolted it to the rear drop-out through the fender bracket hole.
Come to find out, this chain guard^ came off a 20" Monark.. I've never even seen a 20" Monark. :shock: Oh well, it's a 24" now!
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When I started this build, I had visions of this Hudson Hornet my friend built for a client of Pixar to use for the Car's movie premier. He had lots of this color left over too. 8) Its a beautiful blue he had custom mixed. I like to call it "Old-School Blue" because it has that 1930's-40's gangster feel to it. Back then cars weren't painted to this high level of detail though. They didn't have fancy shiny clear coats. They were lucky if they even had any shine at all.... and that's what I wnated!
This worked out great for us (in the interest of time)... This frame wasn't 100% free of scratches in the metal and small dings. I mean, after all, it is 65 years old. So I wasn't afraid to let it show its character. This meant, there was no plan to use any high build primer, then sand to perfection.. I just took some 320 and went over the bare metal to give the paint something to stick to. Also to replicate that old school feel, we planned on using Hot-Hues satin clear over the blue paint. No need to put on a bunch of coats either, just a couple passes to get the affect we wanted.
First step is to hit the bare metal with a thin coat of sealer-primer tinted with black so the dark blue would cover faster.
Then it was time to apply the "Old-School Blue". Oh ya, I didnt feel like messing with all that spring tension of the rat-trap, so I just taped it off. :wink:
Thats my buddy Rick, owner of Classic Restoration in Sonoma.. we go waaay back.
I ran out of time to get everything into paint. The fender and chain guard need slight bit of body work still, but they'll get done during the week. I'm shooting to have this bike wrapped up by next Friday. I want to bring it out to Karfers "Hands Helping Hand" event here in town next Saturday. I want my son to get the full "show" experience. He's looking forward to entering it into the show's kids bike class. Unfortunately he hasn't been able to be part of this buid since he lives in San Diego with mamma... But he'll be here tomorrow and stay with dad for the summer. He'll definitely be here to help reassemble his new Firestone bike!!
Re: Firestone Special Cruiser 24" - "Old School Blue"
Way cool!!!
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So I order a part from a guy over on the CABE, he's outta New York. He replied to a wanted ad I had for a rat-trap springer chrome fork crown cover. He said all I'd have to pay is shipping, so he quoted me $5.00..... no problem. I paid right away. About a week goes by, and I have a package on my porch (from New York). Its kinda heavy, and the postage was $14.00 :shock:. I scratch my head, then open the box....
Here's the first thing I see.
I start digging through the bubble wrap and news paper and pull out small part after small part. At first I was thinking he sent me the whole springer . Well, turns out he sent me pretty much everything but the spring and fork... aaaand a sweet ratty Troxel seat and speedo!!!
Remember.. all i expected was the little chrome fork crown cover that he could have shipped for two bucks! He must have needed this "Higgins stuff" outta his sight...
I think this seat needs to be blasted and clear coated over the bare metal with a little red detail
The speedo had no cable or gear with it, and the lens is real faded, but it still pretty awesome for the whole sum of FREE!
This is what will make it on to the Firestone. Maybe the truss rods too, but I think they may be for a 26". I'll have to see if they work.
My son is here now with me, and we're heading up to Sonoma on Thursday to reassemble the bike... See you all Saturday at "Hands helping Hand"!!
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Rachel Olding December 27, 2012
Traffic delays at Kundabung, about five kilometres from Kempsey. Photo: Goutam Sengupta
Holidaymakers have spent large portions of the day ensnared in mega-sized traffic jams as the annual post-Christmas migration begins.
Traffic jams reaching up to 23 kilometres were being experienced around the state, with the worst area near Kempsey, about five hours north of Sydney, where motorists were waiting at least an hour to pass through an area under construction while the state government builds a bypass.
By late afternoon, the Kempsey jam had fallen to 12 kilometres, but it was just one of many around the state causing drivers to feel frustrated.
A spokesman for the NRMA said the traffic was worse than previous years due to construction work along the Pacific Highway.
Although work had stopped over Christmas, many of the speed limits, closed lanes and lane merges were still in place.
''We knew it was going to be worse than usual but at the same time we need the road upgraded,'' said NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury. ''It's frustrating but patience is a virtue.''
Drivers have reported numerous cars broken down on the side of the road and long waits.
Traffic reporter Alf Paranihi tweeted that there had been a two-car crash in the second lane of the highway near Kempsey.
"I'm hating the Pacific Highway right now. In the last 90 min we've only moved 15km. At this rate I'll be home next year," said one driver, Steph Richards.
Aside from Kempsey, other delays included a four-kilometre queue at Albion Park Rail, heading south on the Princes Highway.
About 100 kilometres north of Newcastle, a 13-kilometre line of cars was at one stage crawling through Bulahdelah, though it was down to 11 kilometres by 5pm. At Macksville, the queue was 1.5 kilometres long.
At Hexham, just north of Newcastle, the queue reached seven kilometres long for motorists approaching the Hexham Bridge along the New England Highway, adding 15 minutes to journeys, but it has since cleared.
At Berry, south of Sydney, there was a three-kilometre queue.
Inspector Phil Brooks of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command said extra police deployed in Christmas holiday operations would remain in these areas in addition to local policing resources.
He urged motorists to consider pulling over for a break when traffic is heavy.
The NRMA experiences a spike in call-outs at this time of year but long traffic snarls on the highway were not the most time-consuming.
''For us, the trouble spots are around the beaches,'' Mr Khoury said. ''People often lock their keys in the car, the cars get overheated, so we get a lot of call-outs like that at this time of year.''
The NRMA has seen a 10 per cent spike in call-outs compared with Christmas last year.
On Thursday the NRMA had completed 3260 calls for assistance by the afternoon. Over the past three days they completed almost 10,000 jobs throughout NSW, including 22 emergencies involving people – including children – locked inside cars.
Mr Khoury said this was far more than last year, due to the extreme weather conditions, with 38 degree heat on Christmas Eve followed by the wettest Christmas Day in more than half a century.
Elsewhere on the state's roads, a man has died after being hit by a car while he was on the side of the road.
The man aged in his 50s was standing next to his car on the side of Ulan Road in Mudgee on Thursday morning.
A female in her 30s, who was driving a Ford station wagon, allegedly hit the man, who died at the scene from extensive injuries.
The crash has brought the state's road toll to eight. It follows a horror day on the state's roads on Boxing Day, with five people killed in four separate crashes, including a husband and wife visiting from Fiji.


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Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top carmaker.
Toyota Motors released its tally of global sales for last year of 9.748 million vehicles - a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles.
It was already clear that Toyota had dethroned General Motors as the Detroit-based company fell short, selling 9.29 million vehicles.
GM had been the top-selling carmaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
The bailed-out giant briefly retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota's production was hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.
The latest results testify to Toyota's powerful comeback.
Volkswagen of Germany sold a record 9.1 million vehicles around the world.


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IT'S INCREDIBLE that we live in a county with a musical community that produces so many quality albums that I can review a new one in the IJ's Press Play column pretty much every week of the year without running out. And an astonishing number of them are, in a word, awesome.
In no particular order, here are the 10 best Marin albums of 2012:
"Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt
After a healing hiatus following the deaths of her parents, her brother and a best friend, Marin's multiple Grammy winner emerged with her first album in seven years, a scintillating debut for her own label, Redwing Records. The song we've all heard is the single "Right Down the Line," a reggae remake of Gerry Rafferty's 1978 chart topper. But the spare, haunting tracks produced by L.A.'s Joe Henry, the Bob Dylan-penned "Million Miles" and "Standing in the Doorway," and "You Can't Fail Me Now" by Henry and Loudon Wainwright III, are the tracks that showcase Raitt's pristine voice and tasteful slide guitar work in a lovely new light.
Buy It: "Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt, Redwing Records, Amazon.com, $9.99 CD, $7.99 MP3
"Newspaper Girl," Netoband
This mostly instrumental album marked a new and happy time in the life of Brazilian-born guitarist Jose Neto. The title track, a breezy bossa nova-flavored jazz tune featuring keyboardist Frank Martin and percussionist Cafe de Silva, was inspired by a rekindled romance with a Brazilian woman who was Neto's girlfriend when he was 17. She's at the heart of Neto's soaring electric guitar lines in the giddy "Margot," and the acoustic rendition of the same song, "Margot on Skype," is full of the sweetness and longing of a long-distance love affair.
Buy it: "Newspaper Girl," Netoband, independent, iTunes, $12.99
"I Hear Voices," Johnny Colla
With this delightful album, Colla gets to do what he never did as a founding member of Huey Lewis and the News — sing the lead vocal. The CD was inspired by the a cappella songs — oldies that Colla arranged — that have been a popular feature of the band's live shows. The disc's 11 songs, chestnuts like "Let Me In," "Slow Twistin'," "A Lover's Question" and the irresistible "Little Bitty Pretty One," were backstage warm-ups that didn't get in the band's show. Colla probably won't mind if baby boomers who fondly remember these songs from their youth sing along, just as long as they remember who the lead singer is.
Buy It: "I Hear Voices," Johnny Colla, independent, www.johnnycolla.com , $16
"Listen Here," Jackie Ryan
The Mill Valley jazz singer ventures out of her comfort zone on this sophisticated CD, teaming for the first time with Grammy-winning bassist John Clayton, who produced and arranged this diverse collection of songs, from the head bobbing "Comin' Home, Baby" to Ryan's courageous rendition of "I Loves You Porgy," sung in the dialect of the Gullah people of South Carolina. Ryan always includes a song in Spanish on her albums in memory of her Mexican mother. This time she turns in a passionate reading of Luis Demetrio's torch song "La Puerta," accompanied only by the delicate guitar work of young Graham Dechter. If "Listen Here" isn't nominated for a Grammy next year, then someone isn't listening.
Buy It: "Listen Here," Jackie Ryan, OpenArt Records, CD Universe, $11.68
"Gospel Flat," This Old Earthquake
The artsy acoustic Bolinas quartet continues to refine its distinctive "West Marinicana" on this sophomore album of contemporary back porch music by childhood friends Ethan Okamura and Steve Trivelpiece, both singer-songwriter-guitarists. Recorded in the band's famously eccentric hometown, this disc is just as spare, elegant and occasionally dark as 2009's "Portuguese Murder Ballads." The title track, which references the Gospel Flat farm of artist-cum-organic grower Mickey Murch, laments the gentrification of the band's xenophobic post-hippie hometown, referencing the high-priced real estate of Horseshoe Hill, inspiring Okamura and Trivelpiece to sing about vultures circling the sky, "the only place up there that money can't buy."
Buy It: "Gospel Flat," This Old Earthquake, independent, CD Baby, $12 MP3, $15 CD
"Juke," The Jaded
This extraordinary debut EP from a young Marin metal band pays homage to its head-banging heroes while announcing the arrival of some new kids on the hard rock block. In their melodic sensibilities, this quartet of 20-somethings — Greenbrae drummer-singer Elliott Starno, who produced the disc; lead guitarist Downey Orrick, bassist Matt Notter and lead singer-guitarist Jimmy Steal — are in the mold of Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters. On the power ballad "Without You," written in the style of Journey/Aerosmith; the bank robber fantasy "Life of Crime," a paean to Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue and AC/DC; the Red Hot Chili Peppers funk of "Honeybear," the pedal to the metal "Dust to Dust," a bow to Boston/Deep Purple, and the Led Zeppelin, Metallica-inspired "Broken Records," the band pays its respects to its forebears without sounding like copycats.
Buy It: "Juke," the Jaded, independent EP, iTunes, $6.99, www.facebook.com/TheJaded
"Even Grandpas Get the Blues," Lowell "Banana" Levinger
With his third album since going solo in 2009, this former member of the Youngbloods and Zero creates a contemporary version of the acoustic bluegrass and folk music that has enthralled him since he was caught up in the folk revival of the early 1960s. On this tasteful 11-song CD, highlighted by an unlikely string band rendition of the 1962 R&B hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody," the Inverness multi-instrumentalist and singer is joined by a stellar cast of guests, including Ry Cooder, Barry Melton, former Sons of Champlin guitarist Terry Haggerty, the incomparable mandolinist David Grisman and Levinger's former Zero bandmates, bassist Bobby Vega and guitarist Steve Kimock. The father of seven kids, now a white-haired grandfather, the longtime sideman proves you're never too old to step to the front of the stage.
Buy It: "Even Grandpas Get the Blues," Lowell Levinger (Grandpa Banana) www.grandpabanana.com, $13
"Time Flies," John Cross and the Bones of Contention
Tiburon singer-songwriter John Cross, a veteran Marin musician with a gift for melodies and harmonies that recall Steely Dan, the Beatles and the Beach Boys, took his sweet time recording this collection of 11 finely crafted original pop-rock songs, beginning the project more than two years ago. Although Cross has played in various rock bands over the years, this is very much a studio record, with its overdubbed lead vocals, pipe organ harmonies and mellow Marin layers of acoustic guitar, ukulele, mandolin and piano. Some might find "Time Flies" overproduced, but it's so masterfully conceived and written, so loaded with hip songs and top flight musicianship that it transcends such petty criticism. "Time Flies" soars.
Buy It: "Time Flies," John Cross and the Bones of Contention, independent, iTunes, CD Baby, CD $12.97, MP3 $9.99
"Love & Freedom," San Francisco Music Club
This is the debut album from a new roots rock/world music band formed by Jimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan, two veteran singer-songwriter-guitarists who co-founded the Edge, a popular Marin rock-reggae group in the 1980s. Dillon and Rowan draw from an array of styles, including Afro-Cuban highlife, New Orleans funk, R&B and Jamaican roots music, on this eclectic collection of 11 originals, highlighted by Dillon's "4 Winds," a hook heavy sailing- back-to-you song with a laid back Caribbean vibe. With the exquisitely produced "Love & Freedom," Dillon and Rowan take world music and bring it on home.
Buy It: "Love & Freedom, " San Francisco Music Club, independent, digital album $5, www.sanfranciscomusiclub.com
"Treble Makers," Treble Makers
This 10-track disc of original guitar instrumentals comes courtesy of the band that plays for the Saturday morning bicycle and breakfast crowd at Marin Coffee Roasters in San Anselmo. It showcases the Telecaster mastery of "Freeway" Frank Bohan and the stellar Stratocaster work and whammy bar bravura of Ted O'Connell.
The sound is grounded by advertising agency creative director Jeb Harrison, erstwhile member of the early '70s Redwood High band Bon Tempe, on Fender Precision bass, and former Robert Cray Band drummer Kevin Hayes, who produced the album with his San Anselmo songwriter sister, Bonnie Hayes. She plays keyboard on "Stoney Wylde," a free-wheeling three minutes of melodic guitar rock that makes you want to play it in the car as you drive through the West Marin countryside, a stoned smile on your face all the way.
Buy It: "Treble Makers," Treble Makers, Floating Records, www.treblemakers.us, $10 CD, downloads, $1.25 per track
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I visited most of my hives today, placing a little (insurance) fondant on some nucs, and checking for losses.
One particular colony had a prepared "SugarBag" placed on it last month... And, in spite of the cold (28°F) bees were active up inside the bag of sugar. I don't know if the temperature inside the hive could have been 45°.
I had rinsed off my hive tool before checking on the "SugarBag" and packing up. When I was finally ready to leave ice had started to form on the wet hive tool...
So... I have bees feeding in a bag of sugar (on the inner cover) when ice will form on a wet hive tool.


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Christian Brothers Auto Repair Franchise
Christian Brothers auto repair franchise applies Biblical principles to an industry that everyone needs, but few trust
There are more than 250 million cars on the road in the United States, and every one of them needs maintenance and repair. According to IHS Automotive, the average age of a car is almost 11.5 years, and that average is expected to reach nearly 12 years by 2019. IHS also says new car buyers are planning to keep cars more than a decade and drive them in excess of 200,000 miles. It's a good time to own an auto repair franchise.
Not only do we have 250 million+ cars on the road, we also have the oldest fleet of cars in history. Americans are repairing their old cars in favor of buying new cars, spending spend more than $500 a year per car on maintenance and repairs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012 data). The auto repair business is a safe, recession-resistant business in which the best providers thrive thanks to reliable repeat business.
However, visiting an auto repair shop is an experience that many people dread. The average person worries about being ripped off by some unscrupulous mechanic or being left to wait for hours in a cramped, dirty waiting room, drinking yesterday's coffee with nothing to read but a three-year-old issue of Motor Trend magazine.
Few auto repair businesses seem to care about the total customer experience.
Christian Brothers Automotive is different. We offer a remarkably different auto service experience than the typical dealership or service station.
We build our entire system with a servant's mindset, asking ourselves how we can put customers at ease and treat them with respect.
This is how Christian Brothers' customers are received: First, they walk into an unexpectedly beautiful environment so they can relax and relieve themselves of the typical stress associated with needing to have their automobile serviced. We offer them a hot or cold beverage while we discuss their auto troubles. We offer honest guidance and only sell customers what they need to keep their car safe and reliable.
Christian Brothers' customer waiting area and lobby looks more like something you'd expect to see in a nice hotel rather than an auto service shop. We take time to answer questions and concerns. We use our courtesy shuttle to erase the burden of having the car in the shop, giving customers rides to work or helping them pick up their kids.
We provide honest advice, fixing problems fast, and help people stay on top of routine maintenance and head off potential problems. In turn, customers reward us with one of the highest customer satisfaction and loyalty ratings in the industry.
Christian Brothers opened its first store in 1982 and began franchising in 1996. There are now more than 150 auto repair franchise locations nationwide. Best of all, we have never closed a franchise, earning us one of the best reputations in the franchise industry.
For instance, one young female customer wrote, "My experience with Christian Brothers was superb! Not only did they fix my brakes in an efficient manner at a reasonable price, but the customer service was amazing. They even fixed my door handle free of charge after noticing it was loose!"
Why partner with Christian Brothers?
Any smart business will focus on customer satisfaction, dealing with people in an open, honest and straightforward manner. But running a Christian auto repair franchise means more.
Christian Brothers is a franchise opportunity that respects your faith, your family, and your employees and is focused on spiritual wellbeing — not just the bottom line. That's why we do something unheard of in the auto repair industry: We close on Saturdays. Almost every other shop is open on Saturdays — some are even open on Sundays, too — and that means owners, managers, sales associates and technicians lose valuable time with their families, their churches and their friends. After the first six months, Christian Brothers businesses are Monday-Friday. Our courtesy shuttle makes the service convenient for customers during regular business hours, and they appreciate that they don't have to give up part of their Saturdays in order to get their car serviced.
A Christian auto repair franchise is also focused on the success of its partners. That's why Christian Brothers makes a huge upfront investment in buying land and building the locations for franchisees, which allows people with the right skills and attitudes to get into the business even if they have modest assets. We share the financial risk with our franchise partners and have a unique relationship that sets up our owners to win and gives them the best possible chance to be successful. The level of training, support and quality care that we provide to franchisees is a reflection both of our true partnership and of our Christian values.
Because we purchase the land and pay for the building, it is possible to get into this industry with far less investment than other auto repair franchise options. To keep learning, click on the button below or download our free franchise information report.


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I can't believe it won't get warm enough for you to get in your hives until May or June!! Today the temp got into the mid 60s so I took advantage of the nice weather to take a quick look in my two hives and take some pictures of the candy bar and hardware cloth feeder bar for you. My hives have "honey" because I fed them in the fall but they have almost no pollen so as you can see I went ahead and put some protein in the candy I made for them after all. The clusters are fairly small so if they brood up a bit it might help them. They should have enough food based on what I've read they need.
The "candy bar". I used non-stick foil under and up the sides of the mold but not the top because I wanted it to adhere to the bar. The hardware cloth fits down in a slot I cut as a supporting armature and then I bent it over the top of the bar. I was going to screw it down but decided I didn't need to. I couldn't find anything better to cover the slot so I threw some painters tape on it as a temporary fix.
The feeder bar with harware cloth pouch filled with "bee fudge". (I have the other half in the freezer.)
as a bonus I spotted the NWC queen. (And maybe some larvae in those cells? Like I said, I was trying to be quick so I didn't look too close.)
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The Buckfast queen isn't marked and is smaller so I rarely pick her out but I also don't tend to move the main brood bar in that hive because it is still a bar from the chop and crop. It is the only one and I hope I can take it out in spring after the cluster has moved away from it.


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In October, Aida-America Corp. celebrated the grand opening of its facility expansion in Huber Heights, OH, near Dayton. Also being celebrated: the 90th anniversary of parent company Aida-Engineering Ltd. The expansion totals 17,600 sq. ft. and allows the firm to bring large-component welding inhouse and to increase its capacity for large-component machining.
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OK candle makers. I need some guidance here. This year got away from me and I never had time to use my solar wax melter. So, I fired up a burner and put a pot of water on it. When it was hot, I added a paint strainer bag filled with old, nasty looking comb. When it was good and melted, I squished the bag until it was pretty much strained out, dumped the junk, and added more old comb. When I was done, I let things cool overnight. In the morning I had a 4" block of wax that was "checkered" with small bits of junk. I dumped the old water, added fresh water and melted the wax again. After cooling, I had pretty clean wax except for a thin layer of gunk on the bottom. I'll scrape that off.
Now, if I want to try candles, should I melt and filter again? If so, through what? I have some votive molds that I want to try although dipping looks like fun. Next year I'll have to stick with the solar melter. It makes the first part so easy compared to what I just went through!


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Abandoned by his parents and raised by an aunt and uncle, teenager Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), AKA Spider-Man, is trying to sort out who he is and exactly what his feelings are for his first crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) . When Peter finds a mysterious briefcase that was his father's, he pursues a quest to solve his parents' disappearance. His search takes him to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), setting him on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, the Lizard.
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again, Historically the Redskins are a great franchise...Snyder's stink has diminished their overall excellence. and his tweet after Monday night's game about sums it up.
RG is the real deal and no one doubted this, until my Team can get more disciplined and stop the f'n run the East just got a hell of a lot tighter.
cause only an idiot counts out the Eagles.
Giants = Skins = Cowboys = Eagles
sad but true
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Although it's almost business as usual at the top end of Panasonic's 2012 camcorder range with the HC-X900, the next rung down is a little more of a departure. Although Panasonic did already offer plenty of models with a single CMOS, the HC-V700 offers an unusually large one, in a similar fashion to the high-end models from most of its competitors.
The V700 boasts a sizeable 1/2.33in sensor with a whopping 15.3MP, although only 3.55MP of these are used when shooting video. This CMOS is also described as High Sensitivity, which is Panasonic's spin on backside illumination. So on top of the sensor being already large, it also sports this performance-enhancing technology. Curiously, only 3.55MP are used when shooting still images, too, so this won't make a great general-purpose crossover device.
Usually, when camcorders have a large sensor the optical zoom factor is reduced, as there isn't enough room for a long one. But the V700 still manages to offer a 26x telephoto, and there's an iZoom option available which boosts this to 46x. This isn't quite a digital zoom, because it doesn't blow up the video signal and lose resolution, but instead crops into the frame, taking advantage of the excess pixels available.
Video is recorded in the relatively new AVCHD 2.0 format, so data rates now have a maximum of 28Mbits/sec, with Full HD running at 50 progressive frames per second. The V700 doesn't have any built-in memory, instead relying on its single SDXC card slot. At the top data rate, around 5 minutes of footage can be stored per gigabyte. The other benefit of this version of AVCHD is that it has direct support for 3D, although the V700 only offers the side-by-side format, not the MVC format that maintains Full HD resolution rather than halving it.
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If a picture is worth 1000 words, then how much is a video worth?
i guess this is what i have to start doing from now on. I'm thinking of ordering the coaches all 22 version of NFL rewind next year and recording some of the footage in order to show people the X's and O's of whats really going on on the field each week. Is that illegal? If so i guess i will have to look for another solution but if its not i would be glad to do it.
The only thing that would bother me is if i actually show video evidence and people still deny the facts. Because then there is really nothing else a person could do lol


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Many young girls dream about being a princess. Few have their dreams become reality. Growing up, Kate Middleton was a good student and athlete. Now, at age 29, she is set to marry Prince William, 28, who is second in line to the British throne (see "Who Rules England?"). On April 29, William will make Kate the woman who may someday become Queen.
The couple announced their engagement in November 2010. William gave Kate the engagement ring that was worn by his mother, Diana. Sadly, her fairy-tale marriage to Prince Charles did not have a happy ending. They divorced. Diana died in a car crash in 1997.
A Nation Comes Together
There aren't many royal families in the world, which may explain why this event is such big news. More than 1 billion people worldwide are expected to watch the wedding on television. "You have moments when a nation comes together, and this is one of those moments," says Helen Boaden, the director of BBC News.
The families of the bride and groom are paying for the wedding. But the cost of security for the event—estimated between $8 million and $33 million—will come from public funds. Modern fairy tales, it seems, are expensive affairs.
Who Rules England?
At one time, England's Kings and Queens were powerful rulers. But the powers of Queen Elizabeth II, William's grandmother, are limited by law. Royals perform mainly ceremonial duties. The current leader of the government is Prime Minister David Cameron. The House of Commons operates like the United States House of Representatives.
Britain spends $66 million each year to support the royals. Counting security and unpaid taxes, the cost rises to $300 million. Critics say it's too much. "People aren't in love with the monarchy," says Graham Smith, who works for a group that wants to replace the monarchy.