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#1 Sat 19 Apr 08 5:15am
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What beer is in your fridge?
Here it's usually Alexander Keiths and or Stella. I was buying the tall boys for a bit to have a range of flavours but it basically boils down to A.K and Stella although we do like Beck's/ Ashahi/ Kronenbourg and Grolsch.
There's this new thing here in B.C, you can't buy singles apart from tall boys anymore, so no more opening packages and trying to buy like 3 beers anymore, lol! You can only go to the cold beer and wine stores to get that, and pay more... it would be interesting to know who pays what across the provinces here in Canada... in Alberta there are more private liquor stores not Gov't regulated...
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#2 Sat 19 Apr 08 8:40am
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
half case of moosehead cans bought at the duty free on the way back over the border on a USA trip , one bottle each of Zubr,Golden Pheasant, Czechvar,Schneider-Weisse from LCBO (liquour control board ontario) , couple bottles of negra modelo i am saving to have with a nice spicey curry or maybe jerk shrimp LCBO doesn't seem to be carrying it anymore. a 12 of lakeport pilsner bottles.. fairly well stocked beer and beverage fridge..
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#3 Sat 19 Apr 08 11:20am
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
Coopers Pale Ale. Perfect for everything.
Moosehead is yum. I haven't been able to get it for ages here though.
#4 Sat 19 Apr 08 11:31am
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
Banana Bread beer, Bombadier Ale, Newcastle Brown (the first one is mine, the 2nd is OH's, the 3rd for cooking with)
#5 Sat 19 Apr 08 12:05pm
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
Corona extra always with lime, and seriously cold Stella.
#6 Sat 19 Apr 08 12:19pm
Re: What beer is in your fridge?
I love a cheeky Corona with lime
Bingadingadingdong love his Fosters
#7 Sat 19 Apr 08 12:41pm
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
In the fridge
Hoegaarden Das ( see avatar )
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Not in fridge but room temperature : Trappist beers
Rochefort 8, Chimay rouge, Westmalle double and triple.
No Stella though!
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#8 Sat 19 Apr 08 12:43pm
Re: What beer is in your fridge?
I have to admit, I dont have any in the fridge as I cant seem to get them anywhere, but I love Cherry beer, had it in a place called Cafe Belge in Eastbourne, pukka it was
#9 Sat 19 Apr 08 12:51pm
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Re: What beer is in your fridge?
Captain, if ever at London Borough market there is this stall that sells different cherry beers but at outrageous prices. Cheaper to hop on the eurostar train and come over to Brussels and buy the stuff here.
Hihi cherry beer is considered here as a girly beer . Real men drink gueze.
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It's basically the start for making cherry beer.
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#10 Sat 19 Apr 08 1:21pm
Re: What beer is in your fridge?
Ok ok, I admit cheery beer is a bit girly
I am not really a beer drinker, prefer spirits, but at this cafe they have loads of different Belgian fruit beers, and they were all lovely.
tried banana, cherry, raspberry
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Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, the queen and king of the romantic same movie. It feels like they've worked together more than they actually have when in fact, I think, it's only been twice. Fool's Gold was the second time, and I'd bet it won't be the last time. The plot is not relevant. What you see it for is the chemistry. Because no matter the story, they do indeed spark. And they definitely look like they belong together. And Fool's Gold really marked the point in Matthew McConaughey's career when he started walking around with his shirt off like ALL the time. Since then, he's never really put it back on. Matthew McConaughey is dirty, tanned, and bare chested for 100 minutes. Kate is bronzed too. And her body is ridiculous. And she's proudly flaunting her old breasts. So in many ways I see this movie as a tribute to what they once were.
Remember when Matt Damon did this?
The Simpsons Movie earned a 90% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Well written, smart, sharp, and still relevant. I am not a Simpsons expert. Some people I know can identify every episode, can recite lines from the show, live by the show. I will however watch The Simpsons when a rerun happens to be on while I'm stretching, when I have 20 minutes to spare in front of the tv. The Simpsons is always good for laughs. The entire movie was good for laughs. And it's such a boy thing, non? Boys LOVE The Simpsons. It's one of the few things boys seem to love that isn't titty inspired.
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Figure of Sir Horace Vere in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840
Figure of Sir Horace Vere in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840
Cuirassier armour, English, London and Greenwich, 1610-25 (II.94)
Armour of Henry, Prince of Wales. Dutch, about 1607 (II.88)
Armour used for the figure of George II in the Line of Kings 1768 -1826. English, Greenwich, about 1560 (II.82)
'Interior of the Horse Armoury', anon engraving, The Penny Magazine, 1836 © Royal Armouries 2013
Figure of William the Conqueror, detail from a watercolour of the Line of Kings. Early 19th century (I.69 )
The figure of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, photograph about 1870 © Private collection 2013
Portrait of Horace, Lord Vere of Tilbury, attributed to George Gower. Possibly English, 1594 (I.104)
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Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury was one of the nobles introduced into the Line of Kings in the re-display of 1827. The Line of Kings had previously been a representation of selected English monarchs displayed in armour and on horseback from William the Conqueror to George II. Writing in 1824 Dr Samuel Meyrick had criticised this display as being inaccurate with monarchs shown in armour completely inappropriate to their time period.
Meyrick's re-display attempted to address the inaccuracies as well as demonstrate the collection's strengths and convey a sense of the development of armour, within a narrative that celebrated still monarchy.
A representation of Horace Vere, like one of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, was used to demonstrate both loyalty to the crown and developments in armour design in the sixteenth and seventeen century. They stood next to each other between an equestrian figure of James I and the armour for Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales from 1827 to 1842.
Vere had been a successful military commander. D. J. B. Trim, who wrote Vere's entry for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lamented that Horace Vere has often been overlooked as an example of early modern military commanders, and when the Veres are examined it is his brother, Sir Francis Vere who receives more attention. Even in their burial place in Westminster Abbey, Francis has a large alabaster monument, whereas Horace has no memorial. So it is interesting Horace was represented. This may be because from 1623 Horace Vere was made muster-master-general of the ordnance for life, aligning him with the collection within the Tower of London.
Both Vere and Howard were displayed in cap-a-pie – or full-length – armour and holding maces. This would have a notably different from the titling armour and gilt armour on display on the monarchs beside them.
Though not much of note is said in the Tower of London guidebooks regarding Vere and Howard, the fact that their names were chosen to represent particular suits of armour from the early seventeenth century, shows that they were deemed worthy examples during this period.
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In a ProJo story on Tuesday, House Finance Committee chairman Steven M. Costantino, suggested the possibility that the legislature, if it doesn't reject the waiver, might subsequently seek to build health-care protections.
Yet the state's Congressional delegation, which first wrote to Carcieri about the Medicaid waiver in August, renewed its serious concerns in a letter sent that day to the governor.
"Despite numerous public briefings held in Rhode Island, a detailed plan and justification are still not public and accessible," reads the letter from Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and US Representatives Patrick Kennedy and James Langevin. "Collectively and individually, we have made repeated requests for specific information, but we are still awaiting key details. For example, the State has not provided data on the impact on beneficiaries, nor has it provided projections of state spending, savings, or assumptions and methodologies on which such projections are based. Absent such basic information, it is extremely difficult for us to make an informed and responsible evaluation of the waiver.
"From the information we have, one aspect of the waiver seems quite clear. The aggregate cap on spending could leave the State up to $842 million short of its projected obligations over five years. This is because the cap is based on national projections in the President's Budget, and does not factor in Rhode Island's specific circumstances — including a significant aging population and skyrocketing unemployment. While the President's Budget and the waiver assume an unemployment rate of only 4.9 percent, Rhode Island's unemployment rate is currently 9.3 percent. By the State's own estimates — which understate the problem by assuming a maximum unemployment rate of 8.0 percent — 53,433 people will become eligible for Medicaid due to increased unemployment. Because of the cap, the federal share of the costs of enrollees above the cap is at stake."
According to Carcieri spokeswoman Amy Kempe, "The governor has offered to brief the delegation, here in RI or to fly to DC, on the waiver, and has extended the offer for his staff to brief their staff." In terms of the cap, Kempe writes via e-mail, the House fiscal staff and other knowledgeable sources "all agree, after extensive and careful analysis of potential future growth, that the State will NOT exceed the cap."
In a November response to an earlier letter from Reed, Carcieri characterized his drive for the global Medicaid waiver as an effort to continue Rhode Island's status as a state that has been "out in front" on health-care.
"In proposing the Global Compact Waiver, I am committed to doing no less . . ." the governor wrote. "The critical factor here is what the State stands to gain from taking this risk: the flexibility required to transform Rhode Island Medicaid into a sustainable, cost-effective program capable of adapting to the changing needs of beneficiaries."
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Revealing another crack in the fragile foundation of the two-party system, voters in Lorain County, Ohio elected 24 Independent Labor Party candidates in local elections in December, out of 26 who ran. The election result was completely ignored by the major media outlets. Why? Because it shows that when offered an alternative fighting for the working class majority, with the numbers and resources of the unions behind to make it a viable option, working people will respond.
Mr. Dean,
Your recent announcement that you may have to become an independent if the Obama administration's sequestration budget gets passed sent an uproar through the news community and blogs across the internet. This bit of news has not gone unnoticed by those of us at the Campaign For a Mass Party of Labor (CMPL). We are of the belief that the two major parties are far more interested in the interests of big business, and believe the facts speak for themselves...
I thank brother Dudzic and sister Isaac for their very thoughtful perspective on the past effort to build the Labor Party and would like to offer a few thoughts to add to this discussion.
In order to win political power, a labor party must have as its base the entire labor movement or a least a very significant part of it. However, this does not exclude the fact that a "non-mass" labor party, provided it has some support from sections of the labor movement, could play an important educational role and help to build support for a mass party. This would mean the party would have to engage various political and social movements and would need to run candidates in some elections. We might not expect to win at first, but we could use the campaigns to build broader support as workers (both in and out of unions) could hear a different political perspective to the two big business parties. What might start as protest votes could be built into something larger in some areas. As the party grows, the dead-end of the present policy of the labor leaders would mean more debate opening up in the unions among the rank and file about what labor should do in elections.
The Campaign for a Mass Party of Labor is thrilled to see a broadening of the discussion on the need for a U.S. labor party with the launching of this new blog. With "lesser evil" austerity bearing down on the American working class, the need for such a party has never been more urgent. Labor Party Time? is a forum to discuss and debate the need for an independent political party for working people and the prospects for a renewed labor party effort given the state of the labor movement in the United States. The experiences of the Labor Party, founded in June 1996 as a new political party of, by and for working people, serve as the basis for the discussion.
Labor Party Time? Not Yet a contribution by Labor Party National Organizer Mark Dudzic and Secretary-Treasurer Katherine Isaac chronicles the successes and failures of the Labor Party movement and analyzes the impact of the effort, the reasons for its decline, and its lessons for today. Join the discussion by posting comments to the Labor Party Time? analysis or to the responses by Labor Party activists Jed Dodd, Donna Dewitt, Chris Townsend, Bill Onasch, and Les Leopold. The CMPL will contributing to this discussion in the coming weeks.
We republish here an article by Mark Dudzic and Katherine Isaac, both active in the Labor Party in the 1990s and early 2000s (as National Organizer and Secretary-Treasurer respectively). It gives an overall picture of the movement for a labor party in the 1990s, and the conditions that contributed to the party's formation. The article correctly points out the need for an independent political party of the working class and the need for such a party to be based on the resources of the labor movement. As the authors explain: "We would be hard-pressed to identify a period of U.S. history where the need for a labor-based political party was greater than it is now." The CMPL couldn't agree more!


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Breaking down the "Common Core" test
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Common Core is slowly being phased into Idaho schools. The next step is switching standarized tests. Beginning this April Idaho students will be doing a field test of the new Smarter Balanced Assessment, or SBAC.
For more than a decade students have taken the Idaho Standards Achievement Test, a multiple choice exam taken on a computer. The SBAC will still be taken on computers, but it's not just multiple choice.
"We'll see some questions on the test that ask students to choose three or four right answers so there might be more than one. That will be a little bit different logistically for students," said Todd Brown, curriculum coordinator for Idaho Falls School District 91.
Part of Common Core is demonstrating deeper understanding. That is something students will have to do on the new test.
"He would go in, he would be given a problem, he would answer the problem, then he would have to write that sequence of how he solved that problem. That is different than they have ever had to do, usually it's just a multiple choice," said Michaelena Hix, director of curriculum for Bonneville School District 93.
The SBAC could take up to six or seven hours. However, the point is to determine if the student is performing at grade level, so for some students it might not take that long.
"The test will be what they call computer adaptive. So if the student answers multiple questions in a row and gets them correct, the test will actually adjust. Then the child will not have to take any more questions," said Hix.
The test can also be paused or broken up over several days. One aspect is even designed that way.
"There will be performance tasks, which are administered separately from the computer portion of the test that will take one to two days. They are designed to put students in real, authentic situations and see if they can take all the things they have learned, can they synthesize it and express it," said Brown.
Some say this test is more difficult than the ISATs and will result in lower scores. It may take a few years to see improvement. However, it's important to note that this semester is strictly a test of the test and there will not be scores.
Once the exam is evaluated, scores will be generated next year. Since students will not be getting scores for SBAC nor taking the ISATs, the state is rolling over current school star ratings from this year into next.


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The act of when one consumes soo much alcohol that they can no longer perform simple skills, such as walking, drinking, eating, and speaking. Will usally happen to heros at partys who drink far to much to impress someone.
Bob: "Yo guy you were totaly drunk off your ass last night"
Jim: "i was not drunk off my ass"
Bob: "You shit yourself!"
Jim: "i was not drunk off my ass"
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But perhaps no Portland venue closing was more ominous than that of Lucid Stage, the 75-seat black box theater in Oakdale, which ceased operations in September after only two years of business, during which it hosted dozens of local companies and was a key cog in the inaugural PortFringe season. While each of these individual venues faced different obstacles, the overall concern is frightening. Portland's arts scene is one of its most vibrant and vital characteristics, and the city (and its citizens) must find ways to enable and protect the arts throughout the cycles of its production, from rehearsal to performance.
Perhaps that's why we saw so many pop-ups in 2012. Temporary and site-specific installations, they came in the form of restaurants, retail shops, art galleries, theater pieces, dance parties, and more, and allowed artists a maximum amount of collaboration, flexibility, and design choice. Pocket Brunch, the itinerant monthly restaurant started by Joel Beauchamp and Katie and Josh Schier-Potocki, sold out seats at its December meal, a Game of Thrones-themed fete at Geno's, at $75 a head. East Bayside coffee hub Tandem Roasters brewed up a few interesting parties, art walks would frequently set vacant retail space into bustling events, and Gallery 37-a, for years an Old Port depot of contemporary art forms, refashioned itself in 2012 as a mutable high-end retail store. There were countless more, but since these things are ephemeral by design, they resist easy documentation.
There are a number of theories why pop-ups are in vogue. Is it merely economics? Perhaps artists are hedging against the financial risk that comes with leasing; maybe they're responding to the flux of unused space to sprout during the recession. Or is it a natural response to the digital age? Social media can both streamline and restrict invitations to intended demographics, giving flash installations the discreet charm of an elite party and thus granting more creative license to producers. Or maybe artists just have too many good ideas to start a conventional business, and pop-ups allow for collaboration with rotating casts of characters instead of the monotony of traditional models. Whatever the reason, the Portland contributions to the national pop-up trend turned a lot of heads in 2012, and it's not something we expect will quiet in 2013.
How best to avoid scrutiny for official actions, when pesky notes and emails qualify as public records open to inspection? Simple: Don't make any records. And sure enough, shortly after his 2011 inauguration, Republican Governor Paul LePage stopped taking notes in meetings or otherwise using written or electronic communication. Over the past year, the practice has expanded significantly, to most — if not all — of his department commissioners and other senior staff. (If they're unable to completely avoid creating a paper trail, what is recorded is extremely limited.) As a result, there are precious few records of discussions, proposals, and agreements being made at the highest levels of state government. We are losing accountability now and for all time because these political operatives are circumventing the state's open-government law while pursuing their agenda. Perhaps they're doing things we would all approve of, if we could only learn about them. That is indeed possible — but causes us to wonder what they'd have to hide, then. Less transparency in government is always bad, and barring public access to the thoughts and deeds of those at the very top is nothing short of anti-American.
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Healing Patients. Healing Families. Healing lives.
It began with one doctor and one patient at Doctors Hospital in 1978. When Dr. Joseph M. Still, Jr., couldn't find a burn center that would treat a severely burned man, he committed to making sure no patient would go without burn care in the Southeast ever again. Read More


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Dinner with Mei-Ling: Sin City Eats
Playmate Mei Ling Lam spends the weekend in Las Vegas and dishes on her favorite places to eat while visiting sin city.
Dining in Vegas is like eating cotton candy. You know it's always going to be tasty! With 22 restaurants at Mandalay Bay, I was having foodgasms three times a day…That has to be a sin!
Although there are hundreds of restaurants in Las Vegas that would put me in the confession box on a daily basis, I committed to eating only at Mandalay Bay. There were more than enough choices and multiple cuisines to choose from! I had a few favorites that I suggest you visit if you're ever in Sin City.
My first night in Vegas, I set out for a juicy steak; I was craving one like an animal! Almost every restaurant served some sort of steak, but I wanted a full-on steak house. So we went to Stripsteak! The whole atmosphere was spot on. It was a modern alternative to the traditional steak house setting.
Lucky for us, the chef was serving up a complimentary appetizer that night which happened to be my favorite, good ol' french fries seasoned with Old Bay, served up with three different dipping sauces. They were so yummy!
For dinner I had a feast; don't judge. I ordered the 10-ounce all-natural Angus beef filet mignon cooked to medium. It was very tender and juicy, with amazing flavor. You could taste the smoky mesquite. One of the best filets I have ever had! Along with my filet, I ordered the spinach soufflé with parmesan cream and a "classic" baked potato with the works. The spinach soufflé was fireworks in my mouth every time I took a bite. That's when you know you got something tasty!
Stripsteak was my top choice out of the whole visit to Vegas. I always love a great meal, but I also love great service. Stripsteak went above and beyond with their highly trained staff. Very well done!
Then there is my strong love for Italian food. If I could choose one more ethnicity to add into my mix, it would be Italian! I eat pasta more often than not, so of course I had to have some. Wolfgang Puck's first Italian restaurant, Trattoria del Lupo, was first on my list.
With a lovely contemporary setting, warm colors and a wine list to die for, Lupo's gives you a taste of authentic Italy. I love trying different versions of calamari, so that was the first dish I ordered. The calamari fritti came with some grilled zucchini, gremolata aioli and basil. Sometimes I find calamari to be way overdone or way under, but it was perfectly seasoned and cooked just right.
For my pasta, I had the ravioli ai quattro formaggi, which is a four-cheese ravioli with tomato sauce and basil. We sat right next to the glass-enclosed area where fresh pasta is made in house daily, which was a treat to see. The ravioli was very light and had a perfected taste of richness.
Out of my three favorite desserts, tiramisu is probably number one. Lupo's hit it out of the park with their tiramisu. It was absolutely heavenly! The server convinced us it was a big enough slice for two, but once it was brought to the table, I easily could have eaten it by myself. It was so light and creamy, with a hint of sweetness from the cocoa. It may have been the best I have ever had!
You can't go wrong with eating in Vegas as long as you steer clear of the free buffets. I highly suggest you try my two favorite spots at Mandalay Bay; you know I wouldn't let you down! Enjoy! Oxox


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National Ergonomics Month: Your work area can be ergonomically evaluated
By Kareem El Dahab
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(Oct. 18, 2005)--If you experience fatigue and discomfort as you perform your job duties, you may need to know more about ergonomics. Because October is National Ergonomics Month -- it's a good time to learn about it.
Ergonomics is the science of fitting the job to the worker -- achieving the maximum efficiency of the human body while reducing the risk of injury in a worker's relationship to work, work tools and the work environment.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The purpose of National Ergonomics Month is to provide information and services that can help reduce the risk of injury while on the job. Take the time this month to learn how you can improve your work through ergonomics.
If work is performed in awkward postures or with too much effort, health factors such as fatigue, discomfort and work-related musculoskeletal disorders can result. Solutions sometimes can be as simple as doing periodic stretching exercises or realigning work equipment.
The UTSA Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management offers individualized assistance to analyze the relationship of the worker to the workstation. Recommendations for reducing musculoskeletal risk factors will be given along with assistance in choosing and obtaining proper ergonomic equipment. Evaluations usually take 15 to 30 minutes.
For more information, visit the UTSA Ergonomics Web site, or contact Beth Taylor at (210) 458-5304 to arrange an ergonomic evaluation of your work area.


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I am sure there are many ways of doing hive woodenware maintenance for tops and bottoms, supers, frames, foundation, inner covers, division boards, etc
I hope everyone wants to post their favorite way and exchange ideas for all to read...
To start I am going to talk about embeding foundation, but I could have started with making the frames or repairing the frames.
Of course, following this, I probably need to discuss maintenance on the super the frames go in. The start of a vicious circle for work never stops. Maintenance is a continuous process.
When I get done making and sizing the foundation for our frames I then start
wiring. I like to use 5 horizontal wires in our deeps. We use two eight tanginal extractors in tandem and find no blow out problems using 5 wires, but we also gear to 200 rpm also for slinging out our desert honeys.
I also like to wrap and tie it the old way without nails so I don't slam myfingers for faster speed, doing an under and over, wrap and tie, on opposite ends.
Then I take an austrailian wire crimper (I think they make the bestin the world - all alumunim, with hardened steel gears that don't wear out)and crimp my wires to tighten and spring load tension. It also helps to makethe wire take current slower so when I hook up and attach my elect clips on the wraps I can embed all five wires at the same time for speed.
To keep the wire from digging into the wooden frame I use a handgun stapler(could use electric stapler) and shoot 3/8 staples just below or above the holes the wire will be going through rather than eyelets. I like
the faster speed.
To embed I use an old flatiron imbedder with clips (could use a good battery charger in place). I use a toggle on/off switch for speed also rather than on/off button.All I do is hit the current for 2-3 seconds and let the foundation sink onto the crimped wires.
With wrap and tie continuous wiring I figure It's good for averaging embedding 8-10 supers an hour for our 5-wire system. I figure we also average 6 sheets to lb on our wax made for sinking the wire in.
Further comments.......How do you do things?
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Are you saying that in Daniel's comments (post #168) that you knew he disagreed with Walt, but the inclusion of the insulting epithets meant Daniel's comments would draw a harsh response?
Is that correct?
If so, I agree completely. Nice to see we share some common ground.
Ace, you have a history of taking threads "down the rabbit hole", as Barry eloquently put it. Whether you realize it or not, that is a reference to Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter. Following you down the rabbit hole is a silly expedition. Having a reasonable discussion with the Mad Hatter simply does not work, so instead I change the course of the discussion to the Hatter's affliction. The alternative is to allow the madness to continue.
I recognize that not everyone is comfortable with my approach.
Ace, allow me to suggest that if you refrain from taking threads "down the rabbit hole", I will refrain from dredging up your past embarrassing quotes. How about it?


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Five Hope swimmers and a diver have qualified for the NCAA Division III championships to be held March 22-24 in Indianapolis. Coach John Patnott's contingent is eligible to compete in nine individual events and five relays.
Junior Josh Grabijas of Howell (Howell HS) has qualified as the 14th seed in the marathon 1,650-yard freestyle (15:51.00). He is also eligible to compete in the 500-yard freestyle (seeded 21st, 4:34.57) and the 200-yard freestyle (seeded 40th, 1:43.33).
The Flying Dutch are eligible to compete in four individual events. Junior Libby Westrate of Grandville (Grandville HS), is seeded 13th in the 50-yard freestyle (:23.70) and 14th in the 100-yard freestyle (:51.66). She is also eligible to compete in the 200-yard freestyle (seeded 24th, 1:52.58). Senior Sarah Sohn of Arlington Heights, Ill. (Prospect HS) is seeded 20th in the marathon 1,650-yard freestyle (17:28.00).
For the first time in more than a decade, the Flying Dutch have qualified a diver for the NCAA championships. Junior Kyleigh Sheldon of Hastings (Hastings HS) is seeded 20th on both the one-meter and three-meter board.
The Flying Dutch are eligible to compete in all of the women's relays. The quartet of Libby Westrate, Sarah Sohn, junior Erin Holstad of Traverse City (Traverse City West HS) and senior Chelsea Wiese of Rochester (Rochester Adams HS) are seeded 11th in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:40.57); 25th in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:33.01); 26th in the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.37), 26th in the 400-yard medley relay (3:55.83); and 29th in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:39.29).


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APC Reflections on the Sixth Internet Governance Forum Nairobi, Kenya September 27-30 2011 and Recommendations for IGF 2012
, December 2011
The sixth annual global meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which took place in Nairobi in September 2011 was the first global IGF in Africa. The location of the global IGF in Africa meant that for the first time ever over half of attendees were from the Africa region. The large number of participants from African countries meant that issues of importance to the global south pertaining to all the themes in the IGF agenda had greater prominence than in previous events. The high incidence of African panelists brought new perspectives to a discussion that had lacked immediacy in previous IGFs.
The main theme of the IGF was Internet as a catalyst for change: Access, development, freedoms and innovation. APC strongly supported the focus on access, development and freedom, viewing all three as critical issues if the internet is to fulfill its potential to contribute to social justice and development. The Nairobi IGF demonstrated that this forum remains a creative and influential space for policy dialogue.
Prior to the IGF, APC released a briefing paper outlining our priorities for the IGF2. In this report, we reflect on those priorities and on the Sixth Forum in general. We also renew our proposal to have human rights be the central theme for the next IGF.
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What do a 1970s New Zealand-made Trekka and any Lamborghini have in common? Nothing ... and everything.
The boxy, homely Trekka just sort of happened. You can almost see a couple of jokers sitting down at smoko and drawing up some body lines on the back of an envelope to fit around the chassis and Skoda engine.
Lamborghinis, and indeed most cars, are designed with care, attention and millions of dollars. In the corporate psyche of many auto manufacturers, design is everything ... styling sells cars.
Although the Trekka represented one design extreme, a position some would argue it shared with the original Jeep and Land Rover, the New Zealand-made utility vehicle sold in reasonable numbers. That was less because of its looks than because it appeared when overseas-made new cars were scarce and wickedly expensive.
Today, a vehicle looking like a Trekka would be sales-proof and an amusement to the auto industry's influential styling rock stars who push the design hot-buttons.
Good auto styling today knows no national boundaries. The studios in Japan and Korea, for example, are turning out designs to rival those of the Italian masters.
So New Zealand, which takes cars from all corners, has a well dressed fleet. Here's an alphabetical nod to a dozen top designers who have taken us light years beyond the Trekka.
But the Trekka was worthy in its own way and now has a following among old-car enthusiasts. In homage to our indigenous design, Driven's assigned each of the dozen a Trekka rating, from one to five. The more Trekkas, the better.
Chris Bangle
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: Just look at any new BMW
Now running his own studio in Turin, 56-year-old Bangle, born in the USA, reshaped the shapes of BMW when he was its director of design. Bangle polarised opinion; some considered him a genius, others demanded he be sacked, all the while BMW was never out of the public's eye.
Ian Callum.
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: He's combed the cat
Poor old Jaguar; it did the E-Type and a few sizzlin' 60s sedans, then went into a styling black hole.
Callum, 58, Jaguar's design director, has restored good design and collected awards to validate his approach, most recently manifested in the stunning F-type.
Walter De Silva
Trekka rating: 5
Why he's hot: Huge automotive canvases a specialty
De Silva, 61, heads Volkswagen Group's design putting him in overall charge of everything from Audi to Lamborghini and Bugatti. That's quite a challenge for this former design boss at Fiat, but he's clearly up for it, overseeing a group of cars mostly admired for their simple, elegant lines.
Ralph Gilles
Trekka rating: 3
Why he's hot: The 300's a mongrel in Manhattan
American-born, Montreal-raised, the 40-year-old head of design at Chrysler caused the public to sit up and take notice with the trendsetting 2005 Chrysler 300. Gilles is one of the younger guns of big-company car design who has plenty more switches to click.
Roberto Giolito
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: Fiat's fab feel-good 500
The 48-year-old is chief designer of Fiat Group Automobiles and the gorgeous little 500 is just one of his triumphs. On the other hand, the odd Fiat Multipla was also his work.
With Fiat's ownership of Chrysler, Giolito is poised to be one of the world's most influential car designers.
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Trekka rating: 6
Why he's hot: Designers worship at his feet
Head of Italdesign Giugiaro, the 74-year-old Italian design icon was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and became a member of the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002.
He styled the first Volkswagen Golf and the Fiat Panda among more than 160 cars, including many of the most highly regarded supercars.
He also designed cameras for Nikon, handguns for Beretta and motorbikes for Suzuki and Ducati.
Gerry McGovern
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: Lincoln Mercury yesterday, the world today
MG-F, Land Rover Freelander; the former top gun at Lincoln Mercury Design is now design director at Land Rover and Range Rover, turning out such stunners as the Evoque and the new Range Rover.
McGovern, 56, is a man who is happy in his job: "Land Rover fascinates me more than any other car maker because it has its roots in pure design as opposed to styling."
J Mays
Trekka rating: 3
Why he's hot: He did the concept that led to VW's redesigned Beetle
Group vice-president of global design at Ford Motor Company, the 58-year-old has a broad canvas on which to draw shapes for the world market. Ford is doing well; its designs are generally well regarded. Think of Mays (his first name is just "J") as a conductor of a talented orchestra.
Shiro Nakamura
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: "We are painting dreams bigger than life."
Chief creative officer at Nissan Motor Corporation, Nissan 370Z, Altima, Murano and GT-R, Infiniti M, G, and FX and concepts like the inspiring Infiniti Essence ... Nakamura's been there and penned that, or at least headed the team. The 62-year-old really hit his stride at Nissan after 25 years at Isuzu and has worldwide awards to prove it.
Bruno Sacco
Trekka rating: 5
Why he's hot: Mercedes-Benz C111
Now 78, his pen now mostly in his desk drawer, Italian-born Sacco headed Daimler-Benz design from 1975 to 1999, and his legacy lives on.
He is acknowledged as one of the greatest auto designers, and his list of achievements goes on and on.
But Driven will always remember him for the stunning Wankel-engined Mercedes C111 gullwing from 1969-70.
Martin Smith
Trekka rating: 4
Why he's hot: The best of Ford's best
Notice how most of the best-looking Fords are from its European studios? Smith's the guy in charge there, after earlier careers with Porsche, Audi and Opel.
The 63-year-old Englishman also supervises design in Ford's Asia-Pacific region, which means the next Falcon will be on his mind around now.
Ed Welburn
Trekka rating: 3
Why he's hot: Bringing GM back to design glory days
"You don't want to be the person who ruined the Corvette," says General Motors' vice-president for global design of one of his most high profile assignments, the 2014 model of the classic American sports car.
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Leadership Exchange: Multichannel Marketing
Choosing your channels and creating an effective integrated campaign is no easy task. Luckily, a panel of experts is here to help. James Chase directs the discussionTHE PARTICIPANTS
From left: James Chase, Editor in Chief, MM&M (moderator); Janie Rodriguez, Associate director, metabolics marketing, Boehringer Ingelheim; Debra D'Arpa, Brand manager, diabetes marketing, Novo Nordisk
From left: Karl Tiedermann, Partner, management supervisor, Rosetta; Monique Levy, VP research, Manhattan Research; Matthew Arnold, Senior editor, MM&M
James Chase (MM&M): What does a multichannel program look like to each of you and what are some of the key considerations?
Monique Levy (Manhattan Research): It's a very perplexing topic. It's something everybody would like to say that they do well, but they will sort of dabble in one piece and another piece but not get close. They will typically say, "I really want to understand mobile. What should I do with my mobile strategy? And then I'll fit in all the pieces."
Debra D'Arpa (Novo Nordisk): The main goal is to make sure that all of the key stakeholders understand the value proposition that our portfolio brings. It's important to speak to each individual audience appropriately, make sure that they understand what advanced treatments are available and what they do for their patients.
Karl Tiedemann (Rosetta): We're really talking about all of the touch points and how we're going to communicate with our audience. To be really good, like you said, Debra, it has to have its own value proposition. We're all bombarded with information daily. You sign up for a Gap card and suddenly you're getting Old Navy e-mails and all these other catalogs. For the healthcare providers, we really have to earn that right to continue communicating to them, so there has to be something in it for them. A good multichannel marketing program has to be very customer-centric. It has to be personalized to a point that they're not feeling like they're just getting the September e-mail or the September mailer that doesn't acknowledge where they already are in the continuum with your brand. You need a program that is learning-based, that acknowledges the way you've interacted with them previously and shapes future communication so you don't get drop-off over time.
Debra: In diabetes, outcomes are inadequate right now. So we need to continue to inform patients, inform physicians of treatments. Having each audience understand the value proposition of your brands from their own perspective is so important. But in healthcare, it's not so simple because you have so many different blockades along the way. From a patient or a physician wanting to prescribe a product to that script actually getting filled, between the pharmacy, between the payer…You need to make sure that all of those channels are aligned or that they all understand what the patient will ultimately need to have a better outcome.
Janie Rodriguez (Boehringer Ingelheim): You should also look at the activists, because a lot of patients have become so active in different blogs or advocacy groups. There has to be a way to also get to those people because they really have an ability to disseminate a particular message. Diabetes patients are always looking for information. However, because the disease is so tied to lifestyle, many times they're looking more at what can I do from a diet and exercise standpoint than at the product attributes that you bring. They'll leave that to the doctor. "I've just got to get my act together in this other way." How do we navigate that journey that they're going through? We can go to where they are and talk to them in a way that's going to make sense. But diabetes is an asymptomatic disease so they may not even care about what's going on until they go to a doctor. Then all of a sudden, they start negotiating at that point. "Don't put me on insulin, please. I'll just…I'll take anything." They'll start searching for other orals. So, you need to break up the patient journey, then target the emotions depending on where those patients are in that particular journey.
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Discussion in 'Other Hoops Talk' started by LA Dre, Nov 17, 2013.
Stauskus could go. He would be a top 20 pick probably.
Bilas just made a great point...why foul with ten seconds left??? should have waited to 8 and under....
Yea, should have waited until Kentucky started making a move towards the basket.
Stauskus is not ready for prime time yet...but the feeds he'll get in his ear will be "will he get any better at the end of the next year than he is now?"" Look at Oladipo --he has totally disappeared in Orlando.....he would have had 30 games to improve his game at Indiana, but would he have been a higher pick than he was last year?
Oladipo is making about $5 million this year. He is scoring more points (14.0) in his first year in the NBA than he did last year at Indiana (13.6).
Even if all of these guys come back, Michigan needs an athletic recruit who can play above the rim......of course in the post game presser, GR3 and Nik said they would discuss with their families and neither said yes they would be back.
Great game.
thats my point....will Stauskus coming back get any better as a 'player' or is it just to improve his draft stock??? Everyone thinks these lottery picks are team changers when in reality only the Lebron James' of the world change teams. Stay in college if you think its fun, go pro if you want to get paid. I think the Stauskus family will be just fine either way.
Niether player has to worry about it being about money and neither will benefit from staying either, Coach B doesn't have enough BBalls to go around for three potential lottery picks so I do believe if anyone goes, it's that brooding lil wuss (just like his dad was)
Don't play for free when you can get paid.
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College athletes do get paid, they just don't realize it or take advantage of it. The great athletes get exposure that leads to pro contracts at higher amounts. The good ones and worse get free education and a degree if they want it. In the vast majority of cases (most sports have no spectators), that is worth more than what the school makes off of them. If you don't like it, then just go pro. That's what a pro is... somebody that gets paid.
They are gone.....the money is there.....next year they may have gotten more in a weaker draft, but it's time for Beiline to rebuild. McGary has until the 27th to declare... Levert, Ervin and the freshman guard will be a good team. But no GR3, Nick, Horford and Morgan will be tough to replace. Michigan's Stauskas, Robinson headed to NBA | FOX Sports on MSN
I was going to "like" this comment, but that wouldn't do it justice. I love this comment. Well said.
Well...next year two players HAVE to step up: McGary and this kid, Donnals. I expect much from Irvin and Walton , who have the experience of going deep into two big tournaments (the Big 10plus and the NCAA), Spike will be Spike and hopefully---Levert wont try to take over evrything BUT I see him averaging 16 to 20 a game. A good season would be about 19-10 (10-8 in the big 10plus)
Mitch McGary headed to NBA after testing positive for marijuana In the words of Joe Walsh...."the Smoker you drink, the Player you get"
McGary was a head case when he got to M, and I cant help but wonder (after watching the letters the fab 5 got on the ESPN 30-30 special and the wrath the Traylor 6 got during their tenures at M) how much aftershock we will hear about McGary!!!! Also, Mitch isnt getting away with this by going pro...the devil ALWAYS comes to collect!
The injuries and drug issues have dropped him down to a projected early 40 selection.....if the Pistons have a second round pick...they will select him to fill the spot left open by JMAX
the kid has NO work ethic at all... it would take a Mahorn/Laimbeer type to get in his ass and get his life straight!
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I've just been informed that my TBH is too short! It is a Golden Mean Hive design from backayardhive.com. It's only 3 feet and I've just been told they need to be 4 feet to prevent over-crowding.
Has anyone else out there used a 3 foot hive (or one with about 18 bars)?
What has your experience been like? How often do you experience swarms? What's your honey production like? Do they get very hot very easily?


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I never kept bees before and my first colony is arriving this Wednesday.
I have build a hTBH by using Phill Chandler's plans but did change some parts to my own likeing, like the high periscope entrance which are placed on the ends and not sides + observation window. This hive is part of my Self-sufficinecy Studies which Im part of until October this year. I wish this project to show to people and students that it is possible keepeing bees in such hives (most people are sceptic when they see it).
Photo of this educational hive (notice the entracne holes are in the appriox middle);
Zoom on the entrance from outside;
I am reading alot about hive atmosphere and how important it is to contain it by not opening the hive often.
I also read about Olofsson project;
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o....postid=2431682Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are well recognized beneficial host-associated members of the microbiota of humans and animals. Yet LAB-associations of invertebrates have been poorly characterized and their functions remain obscure. Here we show that honeybees possess an abundant, diverse and ancient LAB microbiota in their honey crop with beneficial effects for bee health, defending them against microbial threats. Our studies of LAB in all extant honeybee species plus related apid bees reveal one of the largest collections of novel species from the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium ever discovered within a single insect and suggest a long (>80 mya) history of association. Bee associated microbiotas highlight Lactobacillus kunkeei as the dominant LAB member. Those showing potent antimicrobial properties are acquired by callow honey bee workers from nestmates and maintained within the crop in biofilms, though beekeeping management practices can negatively impact this microbiota. Prophylactic practices that enhance LAB, or supplementary feeding of LAB, may serve in integrated approaches to sustainable pollinator service provision. We anticipate this microbiota will become central to studies on honeybee health, including colony collapse disorder, and act as an exemplar case of insect-microbe symbiosis.
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o....postid=1535532We evaluated the antagonistic effects of newly identified lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, originating from the honey stomach, on the honey bee pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae. We used inhibition assays on agar plates and honey bee larval bioassays to investigate the effects of honey bee LAB on P. larvae growth in vitro and on AFB infection in vivo. The individual LAB phylotypes showed different inhibition properties against P. larvae growth on agar plates, whereas a combination of all eleven LAB phylotypes resulted in a total inhibition (no visible growth) of P. larvae. Adding the LAB mixture to the larval food significantly reduced the number of AFB infected larvae in exposure bioassays. The results demonstrate that honey bee specific LAB possess beneficial properties for honey bee health. Possible benefits to honey bee health by enhancing growth of LAB or by applying LAB to honey bee colonies should be further investigated.
If Im understanding properly the acid fumes from the honey production is heavier than air and will sink to the bottom. The fumes will exit the hive through the low entrance I assume. This is where high entrance is playing important role. BUT, in winter the warm air will readily escape from the hive throuhg the hive entrance, no?
Side note; In this case I see the solution in Buddha's teaching; The Middle Way; hive entrance in the middle would that entrance satisfy all the preferable hive atmosphere properties.
I was thinking to fill the bottom of the hive with (Birch) wood shavings to help in regulating humidity. There is a metal mesh separating bees from the floor so bees will have no chance sealing the cracks between the floor and walls. Some if not all of the acid fumes will leak out.
My second hive will not house bees this year. This hive is based on Bushfarm's TBH (I know he doesnt prefer drilling holes) with a high entrance. The entrance is exactly under the top bars. The floor is sealed and there is no mesh floor in it. I will let the bees seal any small cracks between the floor and side walls with propolis.
Photo of my second hive;
Im all theory at the moment and am in need for a mentor to guide me a bit. All beekeepers around my area are into conventional beekeeping with frames and wax fondations and are focused on honey production and treating with Oxalic Acids for Varroa. If I talk hTBH they say "you will not have enough honey" and "Varroa will kill the colony if not threated". I do understand their atitude shaped by the diabolic of ignorance and greed. We all are under this "diabolic" influence more or less so Im not agitated with their replies but I do feel a need to get answers from beekeepers who look at the nature in a holistic manner (more or less).
Im sorry for writing so much and thank you for reading it and even more so if you reply to it
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It's not that hard to make adjustments to stroking technique, it's actually one of the easiest areas to make improvements quickly. One just needs to focus on it and be really committed to it (and I think this is the one area where she HASN'T truly committed, frankly, because she can "get by" with what she's got for the time being as long as she can rotate her jumps again).
I remember when Robin Wagner said that she worked out of plan with Sasha to improve her stroking as a foundation to improving her skating and they agreed on the plan. Say what you will about Sarah Hughes posture, her basic skating was very nice indeed, certainly it was better than Cohen's. Sasha's response to the idea of working on stroking was to go back to John Nicks.
It's boring work. Spins and jumps are a lot more fun. But if you look at the skaters who make it to the very top of the podium consistently, they all have strong basic skating. I believe to this day that if Sasha had had better basic skating, she'd have been a world champion. In her competitive days, Sasha never had it all - she always lacked strong edges and powerful stroking.
Agreed about Sasha's stroking. I didn't know that Robin Wagner had proposed to change that.
I used to read that the old Soviet coaches would have their students spend long periods stroking around the rink. When you see someone like Gordeyeva, you realize how such training paid off. A friend of mine who saw Gordeyeva and Grinkov live (I think in Skates of Gold) said that when they warmed up, they didn't skate together practicing moves; they stroked around the rink and practiced individually. She said they both were the fastest skaters out therethey really flew.
Tanith Belbin said that the first thing Natalia Linichuk said to her when Belbin & Agosto first went to her for coaching was that Tanith was too thin and needed to gain 10 pounds in order to improve her core strength and that this would help both her speed and flow, and enable her to hold her positions better in lifts and spins. IOWs, in spite of what the Duchess of Windsor said, you can be TOO thin.
Speaking of practicing styles, Carolina Kostner warms up very, very slowly. She does a lot of stroking, a lot of MITF, and then doing quite a few big and beautiful single jumps, then double jumps, and finally barely one triple of each type before she gets off the ice. When I first saw her do this at a practice session at Skate America, I thought she was having a bad day. But it turned out that this is just the way she always does things, and she skated very well in that competition.
Caroline Z is just the opposite. She would get on the ice and immediately start jumping triples without much stroking or MITF or single/double jumps. I think it would have benefited her when she was younger to have a coach that taught her methodical practicing strategy.
I watched Sotnikova and Tuktamisheva practice at YOG in Innsbruck the other month and it was like night and day: Tuktamisheva got on the ice and immediately started jumping, while Sotnikova spent at least 20 mins just warming up doings steps and stroking. And IMO there was a huge difference between those two skaters in terms of the quality of skating skills, Sotnikova won hands down.
I guess you really have to take your time and practice those edges on a daily basis. Caroline had so much to improve on that she probably did not have time to focus on her edging too much - she first had to fix her jumping technique. Now that her jumps have improved a lot, I hope she focuses on the rest!
I loved reading the posts about the training habits of the best skaters. I has started to write about how the best skaters always start practices with a long session of stroking and then edge exercises and then deleted it before I hit the reply button. Michelle Kwan did the stroking warm-ups too and then the edge work.
If she has the will to be a top notch skater, she needs to start working on her stroking. It's the one thing that WILL hold her back.
It's amazing, but (even though I am *just* an adult skater) when I added my "performance" coach into the mix (we work on presentation, choreography, moves in the field, and how things look including elements/entries/landings) and he really started forcing various stroking exercises into my skating schedule (more than just the current moves in the field test that I happen to be working on - some are very basic crossover exercises, some are basic turns/steps, some are non-crossover development of power exercises, some are more advanced turns) everything else started to improve (jumps, spins). Now I try to spend a good 20-30 minutes of every session just doing the various stroking exercises that are part and parcel of the "work" that needs to be done to be a good skater and some days ALL I do is work on those stroking exercises/turns. It makes EVERYTHING that much more secure and consistent and NICE. Yeah, it can be boring, but it is WORTH it.
Caroline seemed reasonably fast in her National short. I have to assume she is working on her stroking.
She also seemed to have lost some weight. She looked a little leaner than at Skate America.
Personally, I believe how she does at 4CCs will be very telling of where she stands in the big scheme of things. If she can upset Wagner for a medal, that would be huge. OTOH, if she finds herself behind the other two Americans, perhaps in the middle-to-lower top 10, she still clearly has some catch-up work to do. Traditionally she seems to do pretty well in this event, though- don't think she should have too much trouble here.


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