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I have an opportunity to get some nuke hives, but I only use medium hive bodies and I don't plan on building any deep hive bodies this year. Is there a way to transfer a nuke to an all medium hive body hive?
I have an opportunity to get some nuke hives, but I only use medium hive bodies and I don't plan on building any deep hive bodies this year. Is there a way to transfer a nuke to an all medium hive body hive?
Perhaps you could put the deep frames from the nuc into 2 stacked medium bodies along with some medium frames. (Don't break up the brood.) It probably will take some time, but keep moving the deeps to the outside of the brood area as you can until they are not used for brood. Then they can be removed. You will get comb built on the bottom of the medium frames. It can eventually be cut off and added to another medium frame.
After you have the queen working in a box above the deep frames you might also consider using a queen excluder above the stacked mediums to speed up the process.
This is probably not the best (or even good?) solution. Hopefully a better answer will come along.
I wonder if.anyone's tried this
I would guess there would be empty space at the bottom. I wonder if it would be worth messing with the bur comb.
Another option is to treat it like a cutout and just cut the comb out of the deeps and tie them into mediums.
jesseakc, I have made a box spacer which is essentially 1/2 a medium box in height. This will allow you to put the four or five deep frames in the center and regular medium frames on the outside. You can fill in the bottom of the medium frames with what ever or let them go wiled in that space. It depends on whether you are going to pull those medium frames on the outside or not. Next year in the spring you can clean out the bottom box because it will be empty and go back to all mediums as before. I had to come up with a plan because my nuc supplier uses deep frames. I would not do a cut out on nuc.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Sounds like a plan! I'll give it a try. Thank you guys so much!
Yes, there are several methods described in other, earlier posts on this forum.
If you think about it, it is fairly logical. Deep frames will fit in double medium supers (with a little extra space beneath), and, of course, medium frames will fit into medium supers. They can easily be arranged, where the only empty space is below the deep frames. So, it is fairly easy to combine deep and medium frames into a pair of medium supers. There are many ways they can be positioned together, so the bees will begin using the medium frames, then the deep frames can be gradually moved where they won't be used for brood. Once they are free of brood they can be removed from the hive and replaced with additional medium frames.
The bees will often build extensions of comb beneath frames that have extra space there. Once any comb is brood free, which can be affected by placement of the comb in the hive (controlled by the beekeeper). And once it is free of brood, can be removed, and the comb extended below frames can be sliced-off with impunity.
If you do place spacekeepers in that area, other than solid wood, especially paper, the bees will soon tear it to shreds and remove it from the hive.
BTW, "Nuke" is an abbreviation for Nuclear warhead. Nuc is a kind of shorthand way of referring to a Nucleus honey bee colony.
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A short, cult-classic sketch show featuring the early works of Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello. Although these three actors went on to collaborate the hit show "Strangers with Candy", this was their first premier together. It features a combination of random, adult, and nerd humor.
Did you see that Exit 57 sketch where Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello dressed up like second-graders?
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Dysgenics refers to the steady weakening and retardation of mankind due to welfare systems and other interesting side effects of civilization that prevents natural selection from doing it's job. Also, dumb people don't dig the basic concept of birth control causing them to have more children than smarter people who realise that kids are a major pain in the ass and should be avoided. Paranoid folks state that dysgenics will eventually result in the collapse of our civilization, but that's likely because they lack a sense of humor.
You can tell if you worry too much about dysgenics when you spend a day at the amusement park with a bunch of smiling, happy people, and when someone asks you if you're enjoying yourself the only thing you can think of to say is, "You know, in 100 years this will all be gone".
by Mr. Dum November 05, 2005
The opposite of eugenics. Encouraging the least able and least active to reproduce the most. Usually achieved by welfare, it ensures a steady stream of low IQ ethnics and chavs who will be guaranteed to provide Labour votes for decades to come.
The governments encouragement of Pakistani inbreeding via welfare and lax immigration laws is a classic example of dysgenics in action.
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Title: 마음의 비밀 / Women's Secret
Chinese Title: 女人的秘密
Also known as: Secret Of Women
Genre: Melodrama, Revenge
Episodes: 100 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2016-June-27
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:50
Kang Ji Yoo (So Yi Hyun) has a bright and pure personality. She has to be strong to take revenge for her father's death and to take her child back.
Main Cast
So Yi Hyun as Kang Ji Yoo
Min Suk as Yoo Kang Woo
Kim Yoon Seo as Chae Seo Rin
Kim Jung Hun as Min Sun Ho
Kang Ji Yoo's family
Choi Ran as Park Bok Ja (Seo Rin's mother)
Kim Seo Ra as Song Hyun Sook (Ji Yoo's mother)
Park Chul Ho as Kang Kyeong Ik (Ji Yoo's father)
Kwon Si Hyun as Kang Ji Chan (Ji Yoo's younger brother)
Yoo Kang Woo's family
Song Ki Yoon (송기윤) as Yoo Man Ho
Lee Young Bum as Byeon Il Goo (Jang Mi's husband)
Moon Hee Kyung as Yoo Jang Mi (Kang Woo's elder sister)
Janey as Byeon Mi Rae (Il Goo and Jang Mi's daughter)
Son Jang Woo as Yoo Ma Eum (Kang Woo and Seo Rin's son)
The Assistants
Lee Sun Goo as Oh Dong Soo
Yun Yoon Kyung (연윤경) as Director Han Nam Ja
Min Song Ah as Jung Joo Ri
Yook Dong Il as Choi Young Sub
People at Chairman Yoo's house
Kim Young Bae as Go Bong Nam
Lee Joo Hwa as Won Joo Daek
Employees at Mo Sung Group
Hyun Chul Ho as Team leader Park
?? as Section Chief Nam
?? as Deputy Yeo
Production Credits
Director: Lee Kang Hyun
Screenwriter: Song Jeong Rim


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MWB wrote:Think shaf is the way to go. Vote wrong, we're screwed either way. Lose both angel and seer quickly. So what's the best case? We get this one right, we have seer and hidden angel. The seer can provide us with info. We believe shaf and he's right, we've got the angel and hidden seer. That doesn't help as much. Helps if seer survives long enough. So if its a toss up, I'm voting for shaf.
vote was 3-2 in favor of cbear on that fateful day when MWB posted the above.


text: Hey Everyone! I purchased a 1964 Pickup to turn into a show/dragster. We've setteled on a Classic Black/White Police Car theme (40s, 50s, 60s) except modernized a bit with true flames among other things just to kinda spark up the style a bit. I have a couple questions... Am I allowed to have Red/Blue strobes on the truck ask long as they are not used on the street and just at shows and races? Also, I know it is illegal to have the word "Police" anywhere on the vehicle, but, I would like to have some "classic" police markings such as a seal or badge with some wording other than "Police". Would it be legal to have a badge on each door as long as it does not have the word "police"? I didn't know where else to ask these questions and I figured someone on here could answer them. Thanks in advance for the help!


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(Verb) s. To lose/break ones cell phone in a state of drunkeness. Usually happens due to excessive dropping of the cell phone, hitting against tables, or leaving the cell phone on the floor. However, pulling a Gallaway usually occurs due to losing a suprlus of 5-6 cellphones.
"Hey man did you hear about Ron? He totally pulled a Gallaway last night!"
"The Gallaway i managed to pull of last night ended up costing me 200 bucks"
"The Gallaway i managed to pull of last night ended up costing me 200 bucks"
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A person who exudes Winstrol through perspiring during rigorous physical activity. This will only happen to people who have only injected extreme amounts of anabolic steroids through the anus
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FDA Approves Esbriet to Treat Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis »
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Adcirca Patient Information including If I Miss a Dose
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- What is tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- What are the possible side effects of tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- What is the most important information I should know about tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- How should I take tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- What happens if I miss a dose (Adcirca)?
- What happens if I overdose (Adcirca)?
- What should I avoid while taking tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- What other drugs will affect tadalafil (Adcirca)?
- Where can I get more information?
What happens if I miss a dose (Adcirca)?
If tadalafil is used as needed, you are not likely to be on a dosing schedule.
If you take tadalafil every day and you miss a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose (Adcirca)?
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
Overdose symptoms may include chest pain, nausea, irregular heartbeat, and feeling light-headed or fainting.
What should I avoid while taking tadalafil (Adcirca)?
Drinking alcohol can increase certain side effects of tadalafil.
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with tadalafil and lead to potentially dangerous effects. Discuss the use of grapefruit products with your doctor.
Avoid using other medicines to treat erectile dysfunction, such as sildenafil (Viagra) or vardenafil (Levitra) while you are taking tadalafil.
What other drugs will affect tadalafil (Adcirca)?
Tell your doctor about all other medicines you use, especially:
- rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane, Rifater, Rifamate), or rifapentine (Priftin);
- an antibiotic such as clarithromycin (Biaxin), erythromycin (E.E.S., EryPed, Ery-Tab, Erythrocin, Pediazole), or telithromycin (Ketek);
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New Fire Restrictions For Los Padres National Forest
Fuel Moisture Levels Dropped To 56 Percent Near Paradise Road Campgrounds
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - New fire restrictions are in place at the Los Padres National Forest due to the lack of rain and warm temperatures.
The fuel moisture levels dropped to 56 percent. Sixty percent is considered critical.
Celine Mooney and her neighbors off Paradise Road are worried about the potential for a fire.
"You have days like this in January. We haven't had any rain. As far as I know we don't have any on the horizon so we definitely talk about it," she said.
Moisture levels in the forest are low and above critical level.
"Conditions are what they call ripe for full consumption of everything to burn. Just like you saw in the White Fire behind me. That was early May, conditions are worse right now than they were in May," said Division Chief Mark Von Tillow of the Los Padres National Forest Service.
The White Fire burned nearly 2,000 acres of forest, including campgrounds. Because of the dryer weather now, the forest is at a level three restriction. That means people heading to the back country cannot have a campfire. They can take a stove but only if they have a special permit.
"So backpackers, horsebackers can take a gas stove with them and they can still cook their meals, they just can't have an open campfire. It's just too dry right now," said District Ranger Pancho Smith.
The restriction doesn't ban all open flames. Campers can still use designated barbecues or fire pits as long as they keep an eye on it.
By looking out into the valley, it's clear why the restriction is in place.
After eight months since the White Fire, some of the hillsides should have grown back by now.
"You would typically see a little bit of green ups, some grass. If we had some rain there would be a little carpet of green. But you can see right now we don't have any of that green up going on due to the lack of rain," said Von Tillow.
There is no timeline on when the restriction will be lifted. Smith said it will all depend on Mother Nature.
"It's very unusual. Normally during this time of year it's our wet season on the Central Coast, this is normally when we have our rainfall. And we just haven't had it," he said.


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Javanese people
east Java, Indonesia
Funerary mask
10th century or earlier
11.5 (h) x 9.5 (w) cm
Musée Barbier Mueller, Geneva
© Musée Barbier-Mueller Photograph: Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet
Gold face covers are among the adornments to survive in ancient burial sites across Indonesia and the Philippines. Prestige goods were considered as important in death as in life. The gold interred with the body guaranteed that the status and wealth of the deceased was acknowledged in the afterlife. Cut from beaten gold, some death masks cover the whole face, while others simply outline the facial features.
This gold death mask from Java is inscribed with simple geometric patterns and describes eyes, brows, nose and mouth.


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Earlier this year, Engage worked with the Heritage Foundation to redesign their flagship blog, The Foundry. Our goal was to promote content sharing, social interaction and enhance overall usability. This post will highlight some of our favorite additions to the redesigned Foundry blog, beginning with the iPad and mobile skins we applied to the blog that Heritage featured in this announcement video above.
Optimal Navigation
Perhaps the most important change to The Foundry was the addition of easy-to-use and intuitive navigation, allowing users to search through the thousands of blog posts by trending topics (commonly found on sites like TechCrunch.com , RedState.org, etc.) , Leadership for America (LFA) categories, featured authors, date and type.
Featured Content
Since The Foundry posts content on such a frequent basis, this featured content slider allows some of the most commented and current content to remain above the fold for a long as the editors desire. In addition to scrolling through the latest featured content, posts that are video-centric are marked with a play icon and will play in a modal window when clicked.
Social Promotion
With so much fresh and high-value content regularly generated, we had to make sure that all barriers hindering participation were removed and that key best practices and industry standard techniques were implemented. This boils down to:
- Prominently displaying links to The Heritage Foundation's presence on key social networking sites,
- Encouraging readers to like, tweet and +1 blog posts wherever possible (and convenient), and
- Featuring social engagement widgets on every page's sidebar.
Custom Templates
This project took place over the course of months and there were countless features added and customized. That said, I'd like to highlight three of my favorite items.
- Author Directory Plugin. In order to provide a quick and easy way to view frequent Foundry blog authors, we built a custom plugin that allows The Heritage Foundation to feature chosen authors.
- Scribe. In order to distinguish a growing part of their content, we created a Scribe logo, sidebar callouts and customized templates for any content that falls under their investigative reporting.
- Branded LFA Category Pages. The Heritage Foundation features 10 initiatives in all they do, referred to as Leadership for America, or LFA. We designed 10 separate category templates to highlight and each LFA and provide a brief overview.
For a more in-depth look at the new Foundry, check out Heritage's great blog post here. And be sure to follow the Heritage Foundation on Twitter and like them on Facebook.


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Things sure were different in our parents' day, especially when it came to marriage dynamics. While we may not do marriage better than our moms and dads did, we can learn a lot from their relationship missteps. Check out these old-fashioned marriage philosophies, and discover why they could be damaging.
1. Women married young.
"Women were expected to get their MRS degree," says LeslieBeth Wish, EdD, a Florida-based psychologist and licensed clinical social worker specializing in women's issues. "Many parents worried or felt ashamed if their daughter left college without a ring on her finger." Today, we don't bat an eye at women who are still single into their 30s. "Research shows that the brain doesn't reach full maturity until age 26," says Dr. Wish. So it makes sense to wait to choose your mate.


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AFA Firefighters Win World Title
Firefighters Compete in World Firefighter Combat Challenge
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Air Force Academy Firefighters are World Champions after winning in multiple categories at the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas.
The challenge put firefighters from all over the World in an obstacle course that includes swinging a sledge hammer, carrying a fire hose up a six story building and dragging a 170-lb dummy 106 ft.
Academy Firefighters say the challenge not only keeps them in good physical shape, they also get a chance to meet some of the surrounding departments whom they may be called in to assist some day. "Black Forest, Larkspur, Monument, those departments; West Metro, World Champions last year, they come down and train with us all the time so when we go to mutual aid responses and see those guys, it's really good to have that connection with a guy you've seen and you know he works hard and you know his level and he knows yours," says Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Kraft.
"When it comes to the competition and you relay it to real World aspects, take for example the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires; wild land fires for example, you're out there for a really long time, your physical condition is one of those things that you have no doubts about," says Captain Roy Dalton.
The contest also stresses safety under pressure. Air Force Academy Firefighters assisted in both the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires without any injuries to anyone in the department.


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Press - what people say about APC-200906-8805
In 2006, I was the facilitator of CATIA for Senegal, led by APC, and this really opened the way for us to initiate changes in the use of ICTs by civil society and especially by the media in Senegal. As part of CATIA, we built the capacity of journalists by training them on the political issues surrounding ICTs as well as showing them how to use ICT tools to improve their work (eg creating blogs, downloading radio programmes). To my big surprise, some journalists ended up creating new shows for the net and one of the journalists created an online journal (www.pressafrik.com) that several years on is widely read and highly respected here in Senegal. It's really a great source of information for anyone who's online in Senegal to get the information they need about the internet and its existance should be a source of pride for the APC. Another story is about the TV show DEBATIC, which came into being thanks to CATIA and which talked about ICT policy. It was the first of its kind here in Senegal. It set off a dynamic that provoked changes in ICT policy elaboration in that people began to realise that ICT policies need to consider the needs of the population and integrates civil society in an in-depth reflections on ICTs for sustainable development. Everyone was talking about it and now even the authorities and regulators are aware of the issue. – Coura Fall, CATIA coordinator, Senegal (Coura is the current coordinator of the West African network of CICEWA, CATIA's successor).- Coura Fall, CICEWA coordinator, Senegal, May 2009


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NAYs ---13
Cardin (D-MD)
Coburn (R-OK)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Durbin (D-IL)
Franken (D-MN)
Harkin (D-IA)
Lee (R-UT)
Merkley (D-OR)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Sanders (I-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 1
Moran (R-KS)
That's 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats, and 1 independent voting in favor of Western Civilization. 1 Republican did not vote. The other 93 senators have no respect for your life, liberty, or rights.


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We took a little drive north today. It was mostly a day of rest in Moose Jaw but we still covered around 300km. We heard on the radio that the causeway in Buffalo Pound Park had collapsed and our route was consequently detoured through some less traveled highways. There is some really beautiful scenery on highway 367, 19, and 15. One spot was surprisingly hilly but there was a lot of golden plains too. I just love the colours of the fields, ranging anywhere from vivid green to lemon yellow or maroon. We listened to CBC radio 2 and went through towns with names like "Eyebrow" and "Elbow" - seriously, those are official town names.
I've only seen Saskatoon in the winter before so it's really nice to see this city again 'in green'. There are lots of elm trees and the dog and I took a good long walk. We are staying in an amazing hotel called the Castle on the River.


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That is beautiful. What a special gift!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is beautiful. What a special gift!
this is lovely and very special.
A wonderful reminder of a very special person that loved you.
Gorgeous!!! How special that you both worked on it for him.
So very beautiful. I too would treasure something with a story like that.
A gift beyond measure. What a wonderful labor of love & to receive this, an honor.
Such a great idea, so touching. I love it!
Beautiful!!! a real Treasure.......


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text: Cover by Alex Maleev (W) Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack (A) Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz Revealed at last...how it ends for the Man without Fear! In the near future, investigative reporter Ben Urich has one last story to write - what was Matt Murdock's the final secret? A story years in the making brought to you by some of the greatest creators in Daredevil history! Cover price $3.99.


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Kitchen Gardener - family dinners without the numbers with Melanie Avery.
08/11/2012 , 9:11 AM by Ian Campbell
Melanie Avery joins Geoffrey Grigg (SCPA - South East Producers) and I for the Kitchen Gardener once again.
Melanie is a mum and the author of the Let's Live Additive Free cookbook series and website.
We've spoken to Melanie before about her experiences trying to keep "the numbers" out of her families diet.
This week some good advice on preparing healthy dinners for busy families, next week we'll fill school lunchboxes.
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America's Best Party Beaches
<p>Jackson was sent out in the world to find America's best party beaches. What came back was a definitive list. </p>
Editor's Note: With the summer months in full swing, we sent our resident world-traveler and shameless expense account abuser Jackson Winters out on the road again, out into the wild to find America's Best Party Beaches.
What came back was for the most part not fit to print, what one editor deemed to be "an unpleasant mash of shameless debauchery, four minor felonies and an overwhelmingly odd amount of tangential erotica." We didn't so much mind (except for the fact that we now know more about Jackson than we ever wanted to). We did what we always do; lash whatever we can together to get the story and charge the expenses against his earnings.
We hope you enjoy.
South Padre Island, Texas
Beach: 6/10 Girls: 8/10 Bars: 7/10 Atmosphere: 9/10
Somewhere off in the distance sits a giant American flag, a place marker to a staked claim, a rare piece of sandy real estate now lost to the onslaught of either over- or under-sexed college-age seniors sunning themselves, shot-gunning beers, skinny dipping, and celebrating the last days of Spring Break like it was the last days of their lives.
For one week of the year, otherwise quiet coastal Texas transforms from a mild-mannered fishing destination for middle-aged men into a maddening mosh pit of college kids let loose, on temporary reprieve from what, given their irregular states of sobriety, must be an oppressive and oft-boring life as a college student. And South Padre is the center of it all, America's Ibiza for seven sun-soaked, sweat-drenched, sex-filled days. As a place to pick up, it's unrivalled, like shooting fish in a barrel. This is where I stand now, fresh off just such a beach-side encounter with a fine, young member of the fairer sex and completely lost. Absolutely no hope of ever finding that flag again 'til the crowds die down so best to just shower off and start again, scouring the beaches for either beers, or babes with bachelor's degrees.
Ditch Plains, New York
Beach: 9/10 Girls: 7/10 Bars: 5/10 Atmosphere: 10/10
Way out past the crusty upper-class of New York socialite escape, past West Babylon and Bohemia, Eastport and the Great Peconic Bay, out where the last waves settle on the Long Island Sound, sits a small East Coast Surf Kingdom, a literal land's edge tucked away in Montauk, New York, known formally as Ditch Plains but to all who live there simply as "The End."
It's an otherworldly place, a step out past the Earth's usual walls; a place where the Gatsby crowds might have collapsed and found refuge if only they weren't all so taken with and driven by the green light at the end of pier. The locals here are the ones who broke away, surfers without the dusty-haired, drawn-out West Coast vibe. Down-to-earth people who never saw the appeal of a work-a-day American Dream. It's a place where reading Foucault wouldn't be out of place, but neither would funneling ten beers by firelight. It is a place altogether lost to time and space, perhaps one of the last bastions of righteous living left in America.
Dewey Beach, Delaware
Beach: 10/10 Girls: 7/10 Bars: 6/10 Atmosphere: 9/10
Driving southbound down Delaware's Coastal Highway, I pass something called the Prime Hook State Wildlife Management Area and can't help but think: "Delaware: What a funny place." Of course the next thought is: "What the fuck am I doing in Delaware?"
It's a question most people with no good excuse for being anywhere out past Dover have asked themselves while driving alone down an otherwise empty state highway when suddenly it snaps back that you're looking for a beach. In Delaware? The brain scrambles to connect what it assumes are two separate thoughts, synaptic misfires not possibly connected to one another. Are there beaches in Delaware? The hands reach down and spread the map out over the passenger's seat. The eyes scan it, see the coast and follow the finger down the route someone has carved out to Dewey Beach, but the brain still refutes what the eyes and hands are telling it: Delaware doesn't have beaches.
Delaware does have beaches. Pristine fucking sand beaches with some of the cleanest water in America and locals with serious penchant for skim boarding. Dewey Beach in particular, a town 341 strong, plays host every August to the Amateur Skim World Championships and is, in the short time the Skim Boys are in town, a 48-hour blowout before heading back out onto the highway and into Delaware's great beyond.
South Beach, Miami
Beach: 7/10 Girls: 10/10 Bars: 9/10 Atmosphere: 8/10
South Beach was one of the first stops on the mainland for serial drug runners settling the Keys back in the salad days of all-night 80s cocaine. High speed, silent cigarette boats leaving a wake across the water by moonlight, chock full of fine white powder contraband and crawling into unlit harbors, then up the coast, and into the bloodstream of Middle America.
Whatever run off, both figurative and literal, from those fast days along Florida Coast still very much stoke the fires in South Beach today; it's an expansive, upper-echelon of beach world, a blue and hot pink neon city built on sand where the music always spins and the women are forever wearing next to no clothing. It's an abstract, Art-Deco, agoraphobic nightmare; a modern day Alice In Wonderland locale where one can at once welcome and live in total fear of losing their bearings under the ever-glow of unfamiliar lights and a place permanently stuck in another decade, in limbo, the last stop and occasional resting place for full-time members of the Too Much Fun Club.
Laguna Beach, California
Beach: 8/10 Girls: 9/10 Bars: 8/10 Atmosphere: 7/10
The Sandpiper Lounge stands out as a place I spent an inordinate amount of time in for only vacationing in Laguna Beach for a few days. Something about the place, the epitome of beach-town dive, kept me coming back. It had a realism to it, an edge that the rest of place lacked and were it not for the Piper, Laguna Beach may have never made this list.
The rest of town suffers somewhat from the drawbacks of fame, a sort of plastic mecca for Children of the 90s, burnt out and brought up on television, born too late to for grunge and Kurt Cobain but right on time to take most of their early social queues and life lessons from Rachel Bilson and Ben McKenzie of O.C. fame. But don't mistake the point; the vast migration of the MTV generation coming of age in California makes for one king bitch blackout, balls-deep party scene (the overly-medicated, overly-enhanced cougars that come preying down from hills adds further intrigue), but for a seasoned pro like myself, salvation was found at the Sandpiper.
The only drawback is perhaps the bathroom, best described by a local with the line: "you couldn't do the cleanest drugs in the world in that bathroom and not come out dirty." Selah: The Sandpiper Saves.


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#21901 Sat 31 Aug 13 8:09am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
I have a weekend at home so gardening is happening here
I'm also cooking & baking.
I have osso bucco on, but that's for Monday night.
Bacon & penne in an arrabiata sauce for dinner tonight.
Tomorrow is Fathers day so we will be having a mixed grill breakfast but for tea.
I'm hoping to make a cottage pie tomorrow to be Tuesday nights tea.
Between the kids sport & my training of we didn't get it done on weekends it would all be frozen crap & that's just not on.
Marie. Your stuffed calamari sounds good.
Fleetwood Mac are supposed to be touring soon. You going?
#21902 Sat 31 Aug 13 8:15am
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- Member since Wed 13 Aug 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Last night we had meatballs in a chipotle sauce in soft tacos with shredded cabbage, coriander, lime, sour cream and cheese.
Tonight is Chinese with the in-laws for their anniversary.
#21903 Sat 31 Aug 13 9:14am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Last night we had sauteed haddock fillets with a lemon & brown butter sauce, roasted cauliflower and peas, and tonight we're having "freezer surprise"! I haven't yet sorted out what it will be ....
#21904 Sat 31 Aug 13 10:37am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Hi Frizz,
Thanks, they're yummy ... They're currently my profile pic on FB ... Forgot to say (above) "egg to bind loosely". I also forgot currants ... .
Yep, Mac are touring November (I think ... maybe December). Haven't bought a ticket to the show in the vineyards (Hunter Valley) ... Dropped *lots* of hints re one for my birthday
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#21905 Mon 02 Sep 13 7:21am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Last night was pizza (and today's late lunch) ... Going to try to post a pic ...
#21906 Mon 02 Sep 13 8:59am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Tonight is a sausage and lentil one-pot - easy to do, and tastes delicious. Will probably have some Brussels sprouts with it, and maybe some cauliflower mash.
#21907 Sat 07 Sep 13 11:16pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Chicken Divan - a really nice version with loads of broccoli, a sauce made with mirepoix, mushrooms, chicken stock and sour cream and cheese, topped with chicken, cornflake crumbs and sliced almonds. This dish is always better than the sum of its parts and it is the one time when really cooking broccoli fully works beautifully.
Why is this thread not in the Food section?
#21908 Sun 08 Sep 13 1:57am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Squid looks proper tasty!
C.D. sounds cool
Haddock sounds yummy.
Jerk Chicken wings made with Peckham Marinade, a joy to find.
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veg soup, homemade bread to go with a bowl of hummus my way, raspberries mousse in a belated birthday cake of my granddaughter mmmmm coming from the hills, uva fragola panini from my campo neighbors, white sweet grapes form my orto .... noone wanted eggs or salads or tomatoes or or or black figs
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bit of a mixed up meal tonight. bits and pieces of things with had intended or wanted to cook this weekend. pork souvlaki skewers on the weber, roasted corn on the cob , cooked in husk on the weber, Nadan Mutta aka Kerala Egg Roast, and basmati rice.
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text: Michelle Kwan, Kurt Browning, and Sasha Cohen are some of the greatest skaters never to have won an Olympic title. In all 3 cases, they suffered falls during their Olympic programs. But whose fall(s) was the most costly in terms of their Olympic title chances? Kurt Browning 1992 Olympics - in his short program, he fell on the 3A part of his 3A+3T combination. With other mistakes, including a two footed landing on his 3Z, this left Browning in just 4th place after the short program. Michelle Kwan 2002 Olympics - fall on the 3F in her FS. With other mistakes (including doubling out on the second part of her 3T+3T combination, and a two footed landing on the first part), she fell from 1st after the short program, to 3rd overall. Sasha Cohen 2006 Olympics - in first place after the short program, she fell on the first part of her 3Z+2T+2R combination and on her 3F in her free skate. The first 45 seconds of her LP were basically a disaster. She fought back to land 5 triples (3R, 3F+2T combination, 3T+3S sequence, 2A, 3S), but it wasn't enough.


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Solly's Satirical Sing-a-long: Surf The Sean Carson Way
26 February 2013 , 7:31 AM by Jo Laverty
Regular listeners of 666 Breakfast will know that our weather man Sean Carson has been absent.
We knew he had injured himself in a surfing accident, but until recently we weren't sure what damage had been done.
This week we received an email from Sean which reads "The surf stack which was a 3 metre head first fall onto a rock ledge resulted in a visit to 3 hospitals, via 4 ambulances, I look more like a storm trooper these days so that my broken neck (fractured spine) heals over 3 months. In the meantime my daily highlights are walking the kids to school, staring at the ceiling and watching the home shopping channel - there are some amazing products out there!"
As you can see, he is in great spirits and retains his excellent humour. So with that in mind, we have dedicated Solly's Satirical Sing-a-long to Sean Carson this week. 'Surfin' USA' will be 'Surf the Sean Carson Way' performed by Tim Sinclair from The Gaps.
You can contribute lyrics here, or by email them to 666breakfast (at) your (dot) abc (dot) net (dot) au and listen live on Friday morning at 7:10am.
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I miss your weather reports every morning!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery
Jenny Ransley
Posted by: jenny ransley | 26 February 2013 at 06:18 PM
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Sean.
All our love from your other family at Lord Howe Island.
From Amy Hickey (Riddle).
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News: Announce: Gna's second anniversary
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Announce: Gna's second anniversary
Item posted by Mathieu Roy <yeupou> on Fri Jan 27 07:36:11 2006.
Two years ago, in January 2004, gna.org was founded. Since then January 2005 [1], 312 projects were registered and 2059 user accounts created. More than 4 thousands items were posted on the different trackers [2].
For your convenience, this last year, we created a low traffic news/announce mailing-list [3], made available Subversion source code repositories [4], increased the number of blacklists used to filter spam [5], tried to provide Archzoom [6, 7], implemented checks of GPG signed files in the download areas [8], replaced Viewcvs by Cvsweb at cvs.gna.org [9].
We published several "hotspots", interviews with projects authors. Were interviewed: Asteriko (hotspot #4), Livret du Libre (hotspot #5), Dianosis (hotspot #6), Freebooters (hotspot #7), Étoilé (hotspot #8) [10].
We did our best to keep things up and in the overal it looks like it was not without results. But there were still a few glitches, here's the list of availability issues encountered this year: 16 hours long outage of all services in May (mostly during the night from a sunday to a monday) due to a power outage [11], Savane database corrupted and restored to it's status of 5 hours before in June [12], Subversion commit notifications lost during 5 days in October [13], 4 hours downtime of several services during one January 2006 night [14].
We'd like to say thank you to the people that helped us this year: Free.fr providing us bandwidth and collocation, the FSF France providing us the main hardware, Jexiste.fr for secondary DNS provision.
[1] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=541
[2] https://gna.org/stats/
[3] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=550
[4] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=621
[5] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=707
[6] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=720
[7] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=895
[8] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=731
[9] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=839
[10] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=649 https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=675 https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=761 https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=870 https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1046
[11] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=667
[12] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=717
[13] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=897
[14] https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1034
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Here would be my best possible 6 wish list to choose from:
1) Devon Still- DT - would be great addition for rotation not sure if we need to use 1st pick on DT though- this is deep draft for DT.
2) Doug Martin-RB- would be awesome due with Bradshaw as the powerback plus is very good receiver and good pass blocker- some have compared him to Ray Rice (probably due to his size)
3)Coby Fleener-TE- tremendous potential and could exploit most LB and S who try to cover him. Imagine Eli having him to throw to over the middle and down sidelines. If you like Ballard you will drool over this guy. Again- with Martellus Bennett here not sure this makes the most sense.
4) Stephen Hill-WR amazing size and speed- would make us forget Mario real quick. He also is a good character guy in locker room.
5) Mike Adams- OT- his stock is rising and we could have great bookends to protect Eli for many years. Other OT that is jumping up draft boards is Bobbie Massey who also may be nabbed end of first or beginning of 2nd round.
6) Dont'a Hightower- ILB - just to round out most of our needs- throw this guy in the mix- powerful instinctive player- always seems to be around the ball and making plays. Again- not our highest need.
Imagine having to pick between these guys- that's why they give JR the big bucks. Could not go wrong with any of them IMO- leaning toward Doug Martin though!


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I'm interested to see how many of us will be going to Dragoncon this week. I know it's late notice, but if you're going, feel free to post here.
I'll be going, and I'll be bringing my TD armor and staying in the Mariott.
- Jaster/Blaine
I'm interested to see how many of us will be going to Dragoncon this week. I know it's late notice, but if you're going, feel free to post here.
I'll be going, and I'll be bringing my TD armor and staying in the Mariott.
- Jaster/Blaine
Me! =D
I'm going! First time ever, should be great!
wife and I will be there in about.... 15hrs
I will be in late Friday night...
I was there friday late night until Sunday early evening.
I was there Friday and Saturday, and it was a BLAST. Great to finally meet people like SEEKER and Jimmy BufFeTT. Pictures to come.
Thought forsure pictures would be posted already???
dang I had to skip out on this one.
Mercs DCon pics
We've been dumping most of ours in the above thread. I'd post them here...but no sense re-linking all that stuff.
Cutest Sandgirl, Ruffkintoy, and I were there.
I was there... but ended up in the ER friday night due to head trauma and spent most of the rest of the weekend sitting/drooling on myself in the lobby due to pain killers... really
Did a stage dive (which isn't uncommon for me) during one of the concerts and everybody forgot to catch me... so I ended up doing a head first dive onto the carpet covered concrete floor . Knocked me out cold, woke up hours later having a cat-scan, telling the nurse I was Jesus. Lucky me no permanent damage, but will take much time to heal.
I love DragonCon...
next time do a cannon ball instead of diving and you will only bust your backside........
Well clearly I was there since I am the short Commander Gree in the pics above.
My first time, I can't believe how much fun I had!!!! It was great to meet people from TDH when I was there too. I love talking armor and seeing everyone else's suits in person.
It was a great time had by all...
I only saw a few people with TDH shirts on....
Spent most of my time with the Colonial Fleet people up on the 10th floor.
Man can they party...
....especially Peaches.
I went, all the way from Seattle, and met many TDH members for the first time. (I only had Jedi costumes so far; apologies.) Also, Blue was there in her newly complete Zam!! (See the Zam thread for pics.) It was her first troop in it and she did the parade and everything. Kudos to Blue!!
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Nopi at Norwalk racewaypark is sweet its going on tommaro also.The Buschur/DSM EVO guys were there....You can see them in Car@Drivers new mag. His EVO ran an 11.4There was all the fast imports you see on TV.I ran my Acura Integra /W a GSR motor swap I just got back friday in it Today..Stock tires.My second and last Qualifier.60'.......... 2.272330'......... 6.2291/8......... 9.485mph......... 76.811000ft....... 12.2911/4mile...... 14.680mph....... 94.65Not bad for a 1.8 N/A four bangerwish you guys could go!
11 second times on an evo is cool as hell. i can just imagine the launch. i like that 8 second supra they have. what is really impressive is a 10 second lightning.
and do you have any more plans for your teg?
There were 10 second evos,
9 second all Motor Honda insight lol.really.
9 second front drive Honda street legal civics..They had on slicks.
They had Ecotec powered Colbalts...It broke so I dont know what it ran?
As for my teg not right now...If I get drag radials and light front rims it'll take .3 off the 1/4 mile alone...
I want to keep it N/A..13s Na would be sweet though.
Hey Chris...just wondering if you know this bit of trivia...What's the fastest 1/4 mile time in a 4 cyllnder engine car?Have you heard of Steve Papdikas? I'm not really into the whole drag scene, but he holds the record for fastest time in a 1/4 mile. 6.52 @ 213.53mph In a Honda Civic. IHRA features a Pro Stock racing class where 815 cubic-inch displacement "mountain motors" push doorslammer drag cars to record times of 6.435-seconds in the quarter mile. The AEM/DriverFX.com Pro Class Civic and driver Stephan Papadakis are already familiar about that level of performance. Currently, the AEM Pro Civic can cover the quarter mile less than a tenth of a second off the IHRA Pro Stock mark (while already beating the 500 cubic inch NHRA Pro Stock record) with an engine less than a quarter of that size (3.2 liter). By the end of 2005, we predict that this doorslammer will be running quicker than the record-holder in IHRA Pro Stock. While you may have heard the adage "there's no replacement, for displacement," the AEM/DriverFX.com Pro Civic proves that technology is the ultimate equalizer. http://www.dragsport.com/issue/2005/0505_feat_article.shtml
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" Ferdinand Porsche
Yea I heard of Him.There were also 7 second Toyota Supras there too..it was alot of fun..I liked the NOPI Chicks lol..
you ever seen the titan motorsports supra? man those cars are so nice. just looking at the launche makes me all happy. there is a vidio of one of the mustang racers that has a 6 second stang that has an estimated 2300hp. he peged a dyno at 2000hp. then there was a video of him driving the car to burger king for lunch. i can just imagine the car comming down the street.


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Is this a new or used machine? I'm not sure if this was one of the models involved, but a few days ago there was a thread about an entire shipping container of Janome machines being stolen. Its a good machine, but I would be suspicious of the price at which they're offering it.
Just got this alert from my dealer:Quote:
Originally Posted by meemersmom
"We are sad to report that an entire cargo container of JANOME Memory Craft 11000SE machines valued at over $1.7 million dollars was stolen on its way to the JANOME warehouse in New Jersey. We have a list of all of the serial numbers, and just want to caution you that if you happen to see a JANOME Memory Craft 11000SE for sale on the internet, you are probably looking at stolen goods and the FBI will be looking at it, too. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Paramount."
So beware if you see a too-good-to-be-true deal on the Internet. If it turns out to be one of the stolen machines, I am pretty sure the police can confiscate it and you will be out your money and the machine.
I have a 6500 and love it! Have had it about 7 years.
Draw backs ~ the weight - about 25 lbs, because of the size, it did not fit in the inexpensive totes. But now that 'more' of the machine are getting larger, more totes are available at more prices.
I LIKE ~ 9" throat area, it gave me the confidence to learn FMQ. Knee lift is wonderful, my third hand ;) In all the years that I have had my 6500 it has not given me any troubles.
I've had a 6500 for about eight years and really love it. It is a real workhorse. The throat area is big enough for a queen size quilt. Mine cost $1200 new.
I have one and love it. Having the longer harp is nice.
I have had mine since last Dec. I like it alot! Bought it new.
I have had a love/hate relationship with my Janome 6500 (I think they built it at 4:55 pm on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend) but I finally have had it repaired (had to take it to another dealer) and now know its ins and outs. $300 is definately a good price for this machine (I paid $2000 new). It likes to veer off at seam junctions or thicker spots and jams and knots up frequently at the beginning of a seam. Make sure you also oil the little wick hole (it's not fuzz) under the bobbin case or your machine will rattle, knock and jam. I actually put my needle right through the bobbin case before I found out about this oiling spot (not in the manual and didn't hear it from my dealer). The best info that I got was on the Janome 6500/6600 sewing online forum. I like the larger harp and it does a good job of FM. The built in buttonholer will not handle large or thick buttons. My dealer charged $4.99 for a replacement light bulb and then I found that identical light bulb at my local farm/tractor dealership for $.51 and they last longer! At that price, inspite of its "issues" I'd buy the machine and watch out for the problems.
I bought a used 6500 from a dealer last May. I love it. Will never buy any other brand and for me, a novice quilter, this machine is a rock star! Has all the bells and whistles that I need for now. Doubt I'll ever trade this one.
That's a great price for a 6500!
I have Janome 6600, and love it.


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As the climate warms, moss growth dramatically spreads on the continent's peninsula.
Primates, Gut Microbes Evolved Together
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Symbiotic gut bacteria evolved and diverged along with ape and human lineages, researchers find.
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Symbiotic gut bacteria evolved and diverged along with ape and human lineages, researchers find.
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Gualicho shinyae evolved small limbs independently of T. rex, researchers report.
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The Scientist reviews Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism, and Love and Ruin
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An experimental evolution study shows that more cheaters arise when bread mold fungal cells are less related to one another.
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Fish evolved to make their own light at least 27 times, according to a study.
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A transposon underlies this classic story of evolutionary adaptation.
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Scientific progress is only achieved when humans' innate sense of understanding is validated by objective reality.


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Dinosaur Shocker
Probing a 68-million-year-old T. rex, Mary Schweitzer stumbled upon astonishing signs of life that may radically change our view of the ancient beasts
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After 68 million years in the ground, a Tyrannosaurus rex found in Montana was dug up, its leg bone was broken in pieces, and fragments were dissolved in acid in Schweitzer's laboratory at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. "Cool beans," she says, looking at the image on the screen.
It was big news indeed last year when Schweitzer announced she had discovered blood vessels and structures that looked like whole cells inside that T. rex bone—the first observation of its kind. The finding amazed colleagues, who had never imagined that even a trace of still-soft dinosaur tissue could survive. After all, as any textbook will tell you, when an animal dies, soft tissues such as blood vessels, muscle and skin decay and disappear over time, while hard tissues like bone may gradually acquire minerals from the environment and become fossils. Schweitzer, one of the first scientists to use the tools of modern cell biology to study dinosaurs, has upended the conventional wisdom by showing that some rock-hard fossils tens of millions of years old may have remnants of soft tissues hidden away in their interiors. "The reason it hasn't been discovered before is no right-thinking paleontologist would do what Mary did with her specimens. We don't go to all this effort to dig this stuff out of the ground to then destroy it in acid," says dinosaur paleontologist Thomas Holtz Jr., of the University of Maryland. "It's great science." The observations could shed new light on how dinosaurs evolved and how their muscles and blood vessels worked. And the new findings might help settle a long-running debate about whether dinosaurs were warmblooded, coldblooded—or both.
Meanwhile, Schweitzer's research has been hijacked by "young earth" creationists, who insist that dinosaur soft tissue couldn't possibly survive millions of years. They claim her discoveries support their belief, based on their interpretation of Genesis, that the earth is only a few thousand years old. Of course, it's not unusual for a paleontologist to differ with creationists. But when creationists misrepresent Schweitzer's data, she takes it personally: she describes herself as "a complete and total Christian [apparently there is some other religion called "christianity", because IN MY BOOK and my christianity, the Trinity created all in 6 days.]." On a shelf in her office is a plaque bearing an Old Testament verse: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
It may be that Schweitzer's unorthodox approach to paleontology can be traced to her roundabout career path. Growing up in Helena, Montana, she went through a phase when, like many kids, she was fascinated by dinosaurs. In fact, at age 5 she announced she was going to be a paleontologist. But first she got a college degree in communicative disorders, married, had three children and briefly taught remedial biology to high schoolers. In 1989, a dozen years after she graduated from college, she sat in on a class at Montana State University taught by paleontologist Jack Horner, of the Museum of the Rockies, now an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The lectures reignited her passion for dinosaurs. Soon after, she talked her way into a volunteer position in Horner's lab and began to pursue a doctorate in paleontology.
She initially thought she would study how the microscopic structure of dinosaur bones differs depending on how much the animal weighs. But then came the incident with the red spots.
In 1991, Schweitzer was trying to study thin slices of bones from a 65-million-year-old T. rex. She was having a hard time getting the slices to stick to a glass slide, so she sought help from a molecular biologist at the university. The biologist, Gayle Callis, happened to take the slides to a veterinary conference, where she set up the ancient samples for others to look at. One of the vets went up to Callis and said, "Do you know you have red blood cells in that bone?" Sure enough, under a microscope, it appeared that the bone was filled with red disks. Later, Schweitzer recalls, "I looked at this and I looked at this and I thought, this can't be. Red blood cells don't preserve."
Schweitzer showed the slide to Horner. "When she first found the red-blood-cell-looking structures, I said, Yep, that's what they look like," her mentor recalls. He thought it was possible they were red blood cells, but he gave her some advice: "Now see if you can find some evidence to show that that's not what they are."
What she found instead was evidence of heme in the bones—additional support for the idea that they were red blood cells. Heme is a part of hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in the blood and gives red blood cells their color. "It got me real curious as to exceptional preservation," she says. If particles of that one dinosaur were able to hang around for 65 million years, maybe the textbooks were wrong about fossilization.
Schweitzer tends to be self-deprecating, claiming to be hopeless at computers, lab work and talking to strangers. But colleagues admire her, saying she's determined and hard-working and has mastered a number of complex laboratory techniques that are beyond the skills of most paleontologists. And asking unusual questions took a lot of nerve. "If you point her in a direction and say, don't go that way, she's the kind of person who'll say, Why?—and she goes and tests it herself," says Gregory Erickson, a paleobiologist at Florida State University. Schweitzer takes risks, says Karen Chin, a University of Colorado paleontologist. "It could be a big payoff or it could just be kind of a ho-hum research project."
In 2000, Bob Harmon, a field crew chief from the Museum of the Rockies, was eating his lunch in a remote Montana canyon when he looked up and saw a bone sticking out of a rock wall. That bone turned out to be part of what may be the best preserved T. rex in the world. Over the next three summers, workers chipped away at the dinosaur, gradually removing it from the cliff face. They called it B. rex in Harmon's honor and nicknamed it Bob. In 2001, they encased a section of the dinosaur and the surrounding dirt in plaster to protect it. The package weighed more than 2,000 pounds, which turned out to be just above their helicopter's capacity, so they split it in half. One of B. rex's leg bones was broken into two big pieces and several fragments—just what Schweitzer needed for her micro-scale explorations.
EUREKA!, cartilage and red blood cells preserved for 68 million years by the incredible, never failing, eternal preservative qualities of ...... red blood cells. Our work is done, the creationists are proven un-scientific again!
Give me a break.


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Man gives fake name, fights police
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A man who gave a fake name and started a fight with officers is arrested.
Around midnight Sunday, police were called to 3000 block of Jet Wing Dr. to check the area for people breaking into cars. While officers were in the area, they noticed a man and a girl acting suspicious.
The man gave officers a fake name and birthday to hide his true identity. Officers started getting suspicious of the man and tried putting him in the backseat of a police car. The man started fighting the officers, at which point the girl began to run away. Officers tased the man and captured the girl.
During the investigation, officers were able to identify the man as Nicholas Revello, 20. He had several warrants for his arrest. After being medically cleared, Revello was booked in on his warrants at the Criminal Justice Center.
The girl, who is a juvenile, was served and released to her parents.


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On the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, TIME's White House correspondent talks to TFK about his job
Thousands of people will jam the streets of our nation's capital on Monday, January 21, to watch the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Journalists from across the United States and around the world will cover the historic event. Among them will be Michael Scherer. He has been TIME's White House correspondent since President Obama first took office. TIME For Kids met with Scherer at his office in Washington, D.C., to talk with him about his job and what it's like to report on the President (scroll down for a video).
What do you like best about your job?
The best part of the job is you get to see history happen right in front of you. So, if the President is going to do a press conference that is going to be shown live to the American people in prime time, I'm sitting there in the audience watching it happen. If the President goes to China to visit with Chinese leaders or to Russia—I've been able to travel to, I think, 14 countries now with him—I get to travel on Air Force One, which is a pretty good way to travel. Although [journalists] are in the back of the plane, it's still better than flying coach class. And, you end up writing about things that are really important. [Each] decision the President makes effects millions or billions of people. It changes what happens in the world. And I'm the one—or one of the people—who communicates to the rest of the world what he's deciding and why he's deciding it.
Can you elaborate on what it's like to be aboard Air Force One?
The front of the plane is almost like a private plane. It does not have seats like a normal plane. There's a bedroom for the President. He has an office. He has several conference rooms. There are rooms with computers. There's an oven on board Air Force One, so the food is not terrible. The movie industry gives movies to the President to watch on the plane, and there are usually new releases. I saw the Avengers there. The Recording Industry Association gives albums for the playlists on the headphones, so you can listen to the latest Beyoncé album as well. They give you free M&Ms. M&Ms makes candies that come in a box with the Presidential Seal on them and Barack Obama's signature—before that [during the previous administration] it was George W. Bush's signature. You can get official presidential M&Ms.
How do you prepare for an interview with the President? Most kids might be nervous about conducting an interview like that. How do you get ready?
Well, most adults are nervous. I was nervous. The issue with interviewing the President is that his time is very tightly controlled so you get a limited amount of time. You know going into the interview that you are only going to be able to ask six or eight questions, and you want those questions to get him to say something that he hasn't said before. [My] interview was in August of last year—in the heat of the Presidential campaign, shortly before the conventions—and my goal was to try to get him to talk about how he was thinking about this election. Another interesting issue, when you interview someone on a plane, it's pretty noisy. I realized only afterwards that my tape recorder hadn't really picked up anything he had said. Luckily, the President—whenever he does interviews—has professional transcribers recording the exchange. So, I got a transcript from the White House.
TIME named Barack Obama Person of the Year for 2012. Can you tell us why and how that decision was made?
Person of the Year is given to the person—a man or woman—who has had the greatest impact on the news, for better or worse. It's not an award for being a good person, but [for having] the greatest impact on the news in the previous year and the potential to have more impact going forward. The editors met starting in November and concluded that of all the possibilities from this year there was no one who had a bigger impact on what our job was—reporting the news—and the world than the President in this election.
TFK's oldest group of readers is about 12 years old, so they will be able to vote in their first presidential election in 2020. You've written a lot about how the Obama campaign reached out to young voters. How do you think campaigning, the election and voting will be different for TIME For Kids readers in 2020?
It's a great question. It's actually one of the most interesting things in politics. The technology around politics is really being revolutionized, and every four-year cycle you have a whole new set of tools that campaigns are using. They are really changing the way campaigns are run. I can't predict what the difference will be between now and 2020 but what I can say is this technological shift means more people are getting involved in more ways in campaigns. Hopefully that means that more people are voting, and more people feel an ownership in the democratic process. Right now, roughly half the people who can vote, vote in most elections. It would be great for everybody if that number goes up, if more people feel like they should vote. Because if you don't vote then someone else is speaking for you. Your voice isn't being heard.
My third-grade friend Jake from Phoenix, Maryland, really wanted me to ask you: Having been in the White House, what kind of sports equipment or activities can you do there?
At the White House, you can do a ton, actually. The White House is both the office building for the President of the United States and his senior staff, and the home for Obama and his family. The sporting side of the White House is just for the family. There were tennis courts in the back that Obama converted. He took out the tennis net and put in a basketball court because he prefers basketball. Sasha and Malia have jungle gym play equipment and a swing in the back as well. In the residence, there's a gym where the President works out religiously, every day, and so does the First Lady. Interestingly, all through the federal government [buildings] around D.C., there are athletic facilities. Bizarrely, at the Supreme Court, on the upper floor, there is a basketball court. I think the FBI building has a basketball court. Often on the weekends, the President will get in his motorcade and go with friends to one of these indoor basketball courts.


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Oct. 4: Saenchai vs. Singdam Rematch, Somluck Khamsing Returns With 5.27M Baht On The Line
- Written by Rian Scalia
A huge rematch is going down at Rajadamnern Stadium on Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, as well as a stacked card and somewhat of a special attraction.
After their fight under a month ago on September 7, Singdam Kiatmoo9 and Saenchai are rematching. Singdam surprised many by winning last month and what was even more impressive is that he beat Saenchai at range. The difference this time is that they'll get to weigh in at the same weight at weigh ins at 133, whereas last month, Singdam had a three pound weight advantage at weigh-ins.
Although Saenchai vs. Singdam is a huge fight, the fight garnering the most attention is between the return of the now 39-year-old Muay Thai legend and former Olympic boxing gold medalist Somluck Khamsing and 51-year-old Yodwanpadet Suwanwichit. The fight has the largest ever side bet on a fight, with 5.27 million baht on the line. You might remember Somluck losing a huge bet earlier this year when his fighter that he was betting on, Jaisoo Thor. Thepsutin got destroyed in the first round by Yodkhunpol Sitmonchai. In the mean time, Somluck also called out Buakaw and Kem Sitsongpeenong leading up to this fight.
Also on the card is the seventh fight between Petboonchu F.A. Group and Nong-O Gaiyanghadaogym, with Nong-O being 5-1 against Petboonchu, stopping him three times in the process. There last fight was fairly close and Petboonchu has been in good form lately, so this one should be interesting to see if Nong-O just had Petboonchu's number or not.
The phenomenal youngster Petpanomrung Wor. Sungprapai tries to avenge a loss to Pokaew Fonjaengchonburi at 124lbs while a man who's fought both of them, Thong Puid9d, faces Tingtong Chor Koyuha-Isuzu in the third fight between them which should be all action. Another battle that should be all action is Sitisak Phetphayathai vs. Thongchai Sitthongsak at 132lbs.
Somluck Thor. Thepsutin vs. Yodwanpadet Gaiyanghadaogym
Saenchai PKSaenchaiMuayThaiGym vs. Singdam Kiatmoo9
Petboonchu F.A. Group vs. Nong-O Gaiyanghadaogym
Petpanomrung Wor. Sungprapai vs. Pokaew Fonjaengchonburi
Thong Puid9d vs. Tingtong Chor. Koyuha-Isuzu
Sitisak Phetphayathai vs. Thongchai Sitthongsak
The-Lek Wor. Sungprapai vs. Saengmorakot Tor. Manothammaraksa
Wanchai Rambo-Esarn vs. Newlookruk Exidicalgym
Petmuangchon Aikbangsai vs. Withayalek Jaroenthammarat


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In 1977, a still-young U.S. Masters Swimming organization got a new event—the 1-hour swim. The concept was to challenge swimmers to see how far they could swim in one hour during the month of...
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Council to pursue 31 planning and zoning changes advised by county
The Crosslake City Council decided Thursday night, June 27, that members of the council, along with consulting city administrator Dan Vogt and city attorney Brad Person, will "meet with the county and start exploring implementation processes" for all 31 of the county's recommendations for the city's planning and zoning department.
The council requested in January that Crow Wing County Land Services conduct an assessment of the city's planning and zoning department. Land services supervisor Chris Pence conducted the assessment and submitted a report to the council detailing the 31 recommendations the council will now pursue.
The decision was not unanimous and met some resistance by the audience at the meeting. Perhaps the most controversial part of the meeting was the council's plan not to include city planning and zoning staff in the conversations with the county.
This was the third meeting in which the council addressed the county's report. Council member Mark Wessels advocated strongly for the county's recommendations.
Other council members were concerned that the council needed to make more of a plan before deciding to implement the recommendations.
Wessels argued that the council had two plans: the city's comprehensive plan and the planning and zoning assessment.
Council member Steve Roe said, "We promised the attendees at the last meeting we would not move forward without communicating with them, so my vote is no."
Community development director and P&Z staff member Ken Anderson reminded the council of the decision passed in a vote at its last meeting on planning and zoning, which was Tuesday, June 11.
That decision was "to direct the city council to not make a final decision regarding action on the Crosslake Planning and Zoning Department Assessment conducted by Crow Wing County Land Services. To direct the city council to outline a proposal regarding changes to the planning and zoning department and to bring the proposal to the public at a future meeting."
Anderson disagreed with the council's exclusion of the city's planning and zoning staff in the discussion with the county.
"To set up a meeting ... and not even include anybody from the department in those discussions with the land services department, I think that's appalling. And I think you're shutting off an important part of this process," Anderson said.
Wessels then restated his motion for clarification, including who would be involved in the meetings: the city administrator (Vogt), attorney (Person) and two council members.
When Roe suggested Wessels add a planning and zoning staff member to the group involved in county discussion, Wessels said, "I'm going to leave my motion as it is."
Council member John Moengen questioned whether planning and zoning staff would want to be involved in the conversation with the county, saying there was an elephant in the room.
"The elephant in the room is we're (potentially) going to have the county come in and take over planning and zoning and reduce staff. So I guess the question I would have at that point ... is Ken (Anderson) interested in being a part of this discussion knowing that there might be evidence or reason why we might make changes to planning and zoning that would affect the positions there?"
Anderson said he believed the meetings with the county needed someone from the city's planning and zoning with more information and "boots on the ground."
"Absolutely I want to be involved," he said.
However, the motion passed as Wessels stated it, deciding that the city meet with the county to implement the recommendations laid out in the county's planning and zoning assessment without the attendance of city planning and zoning staff. The motion passed 3-2, with council members Roe and Moengen voting against it. Wessels, council member Gary Heacox and mayor Darrell Schneider voted in favor.
The council decided in another 3-2 vote that Wessels and Heacox would be the two council members involved in the meetings, because Heacox is the planning and zoning council liaison. Roe and Moengen voted against that decision as well.