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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by TheeTFD, Jan 3, 2014.
Which body is that?
Jean-Baptiste CB
C 3rd round. What's your hurry ?
He'll be gone, to Pats #29
Is Kate Upton an option?
I sure she's taken.
The NFL schedules are released tomorrow at 8:00 PM eastern. Don't underestimate the importance of when you play a team.
I know. I like the 1pm games better than the 4pm games.
25 years ago today we drafted Barry Sanders. At least now we have Suh.......
Barry used to skip training camp all the time. Suh missing voluntaries should not be such a big issue.
They are looking at all these high rnd picks because Suh is trade bait.
Can you verify this please...an article perhaps. I believe Barry participated very little, but was always there...Wayne would keep him out of games, except for a run or two...
You know, if I leave you any kind of opening you seize it I meant last year the Eaglesbplayed 3 games in a 10 day span. That was crap. Laimbeer' s correct fishy. I distinctly remember Barry using lame excuses just about every year so he could skip camp. Everyone knew it. But every year it was accepted because he would go to the first game ready and studley.
Power Ranking the Trade-Up Possibilities for the Detroit Lions | Bleacher Report
good report Neems
Teddy Bridgewater could collect on insurance policy if he slides in NFL draft | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo Sports * How dare he !
Pre-Draft NFL Roster Rankings - Yahoo Sports This guy seems to really like the Lions. He offers 2 excellent draft choices.
It would only seem appropriate that the Lions would draft a guy named Ha Ha.
Herman Moore will be announcing our 2nd round pick...
Good stuff Tuna breath, Eagles 8th. Where would they be if they didn't CUT all pro receiver Desean Jackson? Chip Kelly is cocky and awfully sure of himself of he thinks D-Jax is easily replaced. The Lions have an awesome roster. Just need the right coach and they'll go far.
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Airbus' commercial success at the 2012 Farnborough Airshow further reinforces the company's leadership position
In reviewing the 115 new sales and commitments announced during this week's international aerospace industry gathering at Farnborough Airport, President and CEO Fabrice Brégier said that under his new leadership, Airbus will maintain the focus on evolving the company's aircraft family while ensuring its responsiveness to customers.
"We continue to invest in our success stories," explained Brégier, who assumed the top executive responsibilities at Airbus last month. "The management transition has been very smooth, and I kept the same team – which has worked together very well for the past five years – while also evolving the company's organizational structure. This smooth transition is the right thing for our shareholders, for our customers and for the continuation of our programme activity."
Airbus' decision to increase the maximum takeoff weight of its widebody A330 jetliner – a step announced at the Farnborough Airshow – was cited by Brégier as an example of the investment strategy. "This decision, combined with our commitment to ramp up the production rate, should maintain the A330's success during this decade…and probably beyond 2020."
Only two days after the A330's takeoff weight increase was revealed, U.S.-based transportation finance company CIT Group became a launch customer with a booking at Farnborough that includes the enhanced aircraft, further expanding the company's already large portfolio of A330s.
Airbus' action last year to improve the A350-1000 version of its A350 XWB widebody jetliner family with a higher-thrust engine and an increased takeoff weight was validated as well at the 2012 Farnborough Airshow by Cathay Pacific's choice to incorporate 26 A350-1000s into its fleet.
In the single-aisle product segment, 29 additional orders and commitments for the A320neo (new engine option) product line from three airlines were unveiled at Farnborough, while the in-production A320ceo (current engine option) family – which is being made available with Airbus' new Sharklet wingtip devices – was the subject of 57 orders and commitments.
Brégier said Airbus' strategy to expand the company's global footprint and enhance its presence in key market areas is supported by the game-changing move to create an A320 Family final assembly line in the United States. "We want to be the only aircraft manufacturer with a genuine worldwide presence," he stated. "The decision to create the U.S. A320 production facility will bring us closer to customers in the world's largest single-aisle market – delivering more value for our partners."
- Review Airbus' on-line coverage for press releases, stories, videos and photos from the Farnborough Airshow.


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A combination of the words clitoral and injury, specifically referring to the clitoral soreness experienced by a female and caused by too much direct contact with the clitoris, normally via masturbation.
Nancy was desperate to cum but she couldn't, as she was still carrying a clinjury from yesterday's session.
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Marjie M. French
UTSA announces VP for university advancement
By Marianne McBride Lewis
Director of Public Affairs
(Dec. 11, 2007)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo announces Marjie M. French will join UTSA as vice president for university advancement effective Jan. 28, 2008. French comes to UTSA from the University of Texas at Dallas where she has served as vice president for development since June 2005.
A development professional with more than 15 years of experience at public research institutions, her service includes 10 years with the University of Texas at Austin and three years with the University of Houston.
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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French succeeds Janice Odom, who served as interim vice president for university advancement since July 2007. Odom will return to her previous assignment as director of development for foundation and organization relations.
French's university advancement career includes management experience in development, alumni relations and communications with leadership roles in two university multi-million dollar comprehensive capital campaigns and personal major gift solicitations and acquisitions from both state and national charitable foundations.
"Marjie brings a tremendous amount of professional experience, a can-do attitude and an infectious enthusiasm for higher education," said Romo. "I am delighted she will be joining UTSA to lead our university advancement team during this critical juncture, as we all work toward propelling UTSA into the ranks of premier public research universities."
"I am honored to join President Romo and the UTSA advancement team," said French. "The vision of UTSA to become a premier research institution while providing access to educational excellence is extremely compelling to me personally. I am ready to roll up my sleeves and work every day, 24/7, to help UTSA reach its full philanthropic potential."
A native Texan, French has a bachelor of arts degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. At UT Dallas, she supervised all aspects of development including operations, alumni relations, major gifts, annual fund, communications and endowment services. Under her supervision, total giving increased by 50 percent and alumni participation increased by 70 percent.
As associate director of development at UT Austin, French managed the Dallas major gift program for the UT Austin $1.6 billion "We're Texas" campaign. Additionally, she supervised fundraising that led to the creation of the Real Estate Finance Center at UT Austin's McCombs School of Business.
At the University of Houston, she supervised development programs for both the Honors College and the College of Architecture during the university's $350 million creative partnership campaign.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by BG*CV*STUCK, Nov 29, 2009.
That surprises me as well. Probably why he prefers to shoot.
Joe D made a big mistake in the summer when he went after Ben Gordon. I have nothing against a rotation of 3 very good backcourt players but the combination should be PG + combo guard + SG - now we have combo guard + 2 SGs. It is tempting to make Rodney a PG (great size, strength and a mismatch) but if it happens it will take way too much time. Back in the summer i thought Stuckey could make it, i still do, but i have doubts whether it's worth going through growing pains. He is already a very good scorer and when he's on you can simply put anyone around him and he will get to basket. Unfortunately when he's off and he doesn't trust players around him he will keep playing his game and hurt Pistons' offense. I'm not ready to say he's an unsuccesful PG-project. I can't wait to see him playing with everyone healthy. I believe he can find balance between scoring and sharing which should not be difficult with Rip, Gordon, Prince and HEALTHY Bynum back. I don't like many of the shots he's taking but i will put some of the blame on other players. For instance shot clock is down to 7 seconds, ball goes to Daye/Jerebko/anyone and instead of taking a good shot they pass the ball and it ends up in his hands. All he can do is shot or drive to the basket. He's not a good leader right now but it's hard to lead when other players aren't taking shots they should take. During the game against Thunder there was a period when Rodney tried to get the ball to Wilcox. The first pass looked terrible and was caught by OKC defense. Later on two consecutive possesions Stuckey passed in trafic and Wilcox didn't catch it. The passes weren't great but you can look at it from other perspective. Wilcox has to be ready and should position himself so that PG can throw him the ball. In my opinion blame is on both players. I like the fact that Kuester is challenging him to do more. He's been a great coach for this team. Stuckey is learning, adding new moves. I'm sure he will be fine. I hope somehow he will become a PG but as of now i hope Joe D will find a way to trade Rip for a point guard (or get one in a series of moves while moving Hamilton).
In Stuckey's draft class he is 2nd in scoring (behind Durant) and 2nd in assist (less than one assist behind Brooks). CBS attempt at rating PGs
Also a surprise is that Maxiell gets packed on 21% of his close shots and 18% of all his shot in the paint. But he still shoots .711 in there. So, he misses 11%, gets blocked on 18%, and makes 71%. On close shots, Bynum has an FG% of .561, Stuckey is next with .544, and Gordon is only at .400. Getting blocked is going to happen when you're trying to get off layups around 7' dudes who know you're coming in there.
Naaaah...JD went after certain combinations:YouthTalent as expressedTalent that was availableExperienceOffensive powerFinancial accessibilityAttitudeContract in proportion to longevity that stabilizes_______________________________________ He plugged some holes with the above directions. His draft was an addition to add dimensions for the expansion of those wholes (not a misspelling). He had Stuckey as a combo. He added CV as a combo. He added BG in making the above more valuable. ______________________________________ Adjustments will always be made. He is not done.
Another thing people forget is that we have a roster full of tradeable contracts. Just because we inked Bengo and Cv to contracts does not mean that can not or will not be traded. In order to make a decent trade you have to bring something to the table. In years past we haven't had much. Having our salary locked up into good players, with reasonable contracts gives us a ton of flexibility.
Yes, that's the smoking gun right there. Without all the injuries somekind of major trade may have already happened.
Duly noted.
Ah, we are losing games now and it's a nature that fans have to find a sandbag to punch to. That's what the forum means to fans, we rant when we lose and we rave when we win. I was happy that we had Lakers games yesterday and I was happy to watch a new Pistons team, they made mistakes, they looked clueless, they made stupid decisions and they also hustle, they played hard even when everyone on earth had given up the game. I'm okay with them. Okay, I've done my rant and feeling good now. Thank you.
Chat got pretty negative, but I thought they did pretty well all things considered.
Back to the subject, I've alway said recently, Stuckey and others are luckey to be here in right time. Stuckey is a 2 who has the potential to be the 1, both he and the Pistons are blessed to have the luxuries to explore what's in him, whether he can be that man by playing heavy minutes which no young players in this team could image back two years ago, and so do all the new bloods.
Dime Mag compares Stuckey to Brooks
Some really good arguments in the comment section. I think everyone around the entire NBA can see that Rodney Stuckey is not a PG, as someone mentioned in those comments, Stuckey does not have the skill set or Hoop-IQ to play the point, but he can be one helluva scorer from the 2-Guard spot, especially if he's on the court with 2 other players who can score the ball as well. Somehow we need to turn Max and Rip into a PG, who can run a team or a PF/C, that can put the ball in the hoop from 15 feet.
Would you trade Stuck for Brooks straight up? ...an interesting proposition.
In a word.......No.
No chance. Brooks had a good game against us, but that doesn't define him as a player in comparison to Rodney. Consider that Rodney has played more time at the 2 this year than the 1, and he's only averaging 1.1 fewer assists than Brooks. As much as people complain about Stuck's shooting percetage, he's shooting 1% lower than Brooks, and he's trending past him (45% in December). In nearly everything other aspect, Stuck kills Brooks... Points, Rebounds (more than double), turnovers, steals, FT%, and most importantly defense. Brooks is a guy you're always going to have to hide at times due to his size. Rodney is the opposite. Put him on just about any 1-2-3, and he'll be OK. Not to mention Rodney is also over a year younger than Brooks.
I would trade Rip for Brooks, but Houston won't do it.
I'm not saying that I would either. ...At this point in time, I'd want him in Pistons gear over B-Diddy though.
i disagree with that. when we were winning, there were long stretches with Bynum, Stuckey AND BG on the floor and it worked. I think Bynum is coming off the bench because a)he's still not healthy enough to play starter minutes, and b)if he started we wouldn't have any real scoring off the bench.
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In a statement, the Stones said, "Were excited these extraordinary artists, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and The Black Keys, have agreed to help celebrate our 50th Anniversary as we share the night live with our fans all over the world. Now the fun begins of trying to figure out the best songs to perform together." Lady Gaga commented on Twitter, writing, "I am so honored and excited to announce I will be performing with @RollingStones on Dec15 for their 50th Anniversary Concert 'One More Shot.' He had me at "hello, it's Mick."
On Saturday night, the Rolling Stones played the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The band played a 23 song set spanning two-and-a-half hours, with special guests Mary J. Blige and Gary Clark Jr. contributing along the way to "Gimme Shelter" and "Goin' Down," respectively. It was the Stones' first concert on American soil in six years. The Stones will be a part of Wednesday's 12/12/12 Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden, then two shows in Newark on Thursday and Saturday.
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Finding the truth
Where does one find the truth regarding the Marriage Amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution? If one professes to be Christian, then one must look to the word of God to find answers.
In Scripture, Genesis 2 lays the foundation regarding marriage beginning at verse 18: "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."
At verse 24 God says, "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Jesus quoted Genesis 2:24 when responding to some Pharisees, members of the largest, most influential religious political party of New Testament times, attempting to test him. Matthew 19:4-6 reads, "He answered, Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
Additionally, the Hebrew (the language of the Old Testament) and the Greek (the language of the New Testament) reveal that all references to man, woman, husband and wife are gender specific. Wherever Scripture refers to the male or husband the words are masculine gender. Wherever scripture refers to the female or wife, the words are feminine gender. Of the hundreds of references in scripture to marriage or married folks, the gender of the male is always masculine; the gender of the wife is always specifically feminine.
Modern day Pharisees try to convince one the Bible does not specifically address marriage. Look to Genesis 2 and to Matthew 19:4-6. Study the scriptures to discern the will of God concerning such matters.
Modern day Pharisees try to convince one of something contrary to what Scripture actually teaches. A local church offering a discussion on "The Importance of Biblical Fiction" is an attempt by untrained Biblical scholars to convince the hearer of something contrary to what God actually says about marriage. Modern day Pharisees attempt to further confuse one by saying that Jesus commands us to love each other, such command taking precedence over all other commands of God. Yes Jesus commands us to love each other. This is another attempt by untrained Biblical scholars (modern day Pharisees) to convince one of something contrary to Scripture. Jesus commanded us to love God first, then love each other (Matthew 12:28-31). Loving God first means to obey his statues. Loving God first is to follow his teachings, not change them to fit a politically-correct social agenda.
The biblical standard for marriage is a monogamous relationship in which a man and a woman share a lifetime commitment to each other, second only to their commitment to God.
These are matters of life and death for me. Untrained biblical scholars trying to convince me of something contrary to what God has said about marriage leave me with a false sense of hope. My hope is to spend eternity with Jesus Christ. To believe anything other than what the scriptures teach places me in jeopardy of such hope. I shudder to think of the alternative because of my disobedience.


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Just lovely, great job and thank you for sharing. Oliver is a cutey
Have a Blessed day
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Just lovely, great job and thank you for sharing. Oliver is a cutey
Have a Blessed day
Quilt is so cute and Oliver loves it!
From the artist formerly known as Missus Fear...Hi, my name is Tracy and I am a hobbyaholic.
Love the quilt, and I think Oliver wants it for his own. I have a cat that looks very much like Oliver, but her fur is much scruffier, looks like an alley cat (she came from the pound). Her name is Tribble, and she's quite a character.
Both look just beautiful to me.
God Bless you all.
Love it!! Aren't furbabies wonderful!!
They say money does not buy happiness, but it buys fabric & fabric makes me happy!!
Oh, oh. A wink and a nod means a blue ribbon is coming your way for that quilt! The quilt inspector has spoken ...
yes the quilt police also... nice quilt
He is saying this is my quilt , what are you doing. Give away no no no .
ha, ha. He's giving you a wink too!!! cute pic.
Beautiful quilt and Oliver is very handsome. Love them both.
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Sheriff: Suspects Ran Over Deputy During Chase
Washington County, TN Deputy Gary Daugherty Hospitalized
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. - A Washington County, Tennessee sheriff's deputy is in the hospital after officers say he was run over by a car involved in a high speed chase.
"It threw him up high over the car," said Lowell Stout.
Lowell Stout was driving along Highway 81 South Monday morning he says he say a car run over Deputy Gary Daugherty.
"It was a Chevy Cavalier so it hit lower extremities, but he went over the vehicle," said Sergeant Lee Cross.
The chase started when Sergeant Lee Cross spotted the car, believed to be tied to an armed robbery at this home on sand valley road just after 11:00 AM Monday morning.
"A black man knocked on the door, homeowner let him in and he pulled a gun," said Sergeant Lee Cross.
Deputies say the robber demanded cash and drugs, but then left the home.
Sergeant Cross spotted the car amount a mile down the road and the chase was on reaching speeds between 60 and 70 miles per hour.
Deputy Daugherty was placing spike strips in the middle of Highway 81 when they say the suspects veered off the road.
"He seen the vehicle swerve toward him, he stated to run out of the way, but with the momentum he couldn't get out of the way," said Sergeant Lee Cross.
The suspects didn't stop until they crashed two more miles down the road.
All three people in the car got out and ran.
Back at the crash site, Lowell Stout jumped out his truck and rushed to help the injured deputy Daugherty.
"I took a comforter out of my truck and covered him up, that comforted him a little bit," said Lowell Stout.
Deputy Daugherty was rushed from the scene to the Johnson City Medical Center; officers say he was alert and talking on the scene.
We've learned he's been with the department for eight years and typically works patrol on that end of the county.
Sheriff Ed Graybeal told News Five Daugherty suffered several broken bones and head injuries.
He underwent surgery Monday afternoon.
Authorities say all three suspects were arrested a short distance away after being tracked down by a police dog.
18-year-old Dalvin Jashauntelynn Stephens from Johnson City is charged with attempted 1st degree murder and robbery.
41-year-old Reginald Dewayne Smith and Anshley Nichole McGraw face robbery and evading arrest.
Deputies estimate the car was traveling between 30 and 40 miles per hour when it hit Deputy Daugherty.


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Hello Everyone, I have spent the last 7 months or so poking through this site, reading every book I have available, exorcising as much trouble shooting as I can as I read the problems others have faced with their bees etc. I also built tow hives. One TBH and the other a Lang with two deep bodies and three med supers.
I have frames with foundation in the lang and it is set up outside baited with lemon grass oil in hopes a swarm of bees will move in. Since I am not counting on that much luck I also located a local beekeeper that has agreed to provide me with a 5 frame Nuc. Expected date for the nuc is the third week in May at this point.
I do not expect to get the TBH started this year unless the bees do very well or a swarm takes up residence. It is also set up and baited. No foundation of course.
In the mean time I have gotten a smoke, hive tool and a vented bee jacket. I went with just a jacket because I will always use it. A bee suit I would use in the beginning but figure once I develop a comfort level with the bees I woudl not want it.
I have mason jars I can use for making a top feeder, otherwise I think I am ready. As ready as I am going to get anyway.
It has already been suggested that I start with two lang hives but room simply will not permit it for now. I am searching for other locations to place hives.
Otherwise I wanted to just thank everyone that is a part of this group. I am aware of the value of forums such as these that allow newcomers to fast track to doing things that took many others years to accomplish. Experience is an expensive commodity and I appreciate those that share theirs. Hopefully I can avoid much of the expense and simply remember the lessons learned.
Other than the very sound advice to just put the hives in a shed and walk away. If anyone has any favorite bits of advice for beginners, they are welcome to add them here.
Knowing me and my past history I will probably gravitate toward producing bees and queens rather than having much interest in honey. I have had breeding in my blood for as long as I can remember and that always seems to be where I end up. I am in a good location to be isolated. The dessert of Northern Nevada. I live just a short ways from where they do Burning Man every year. If you have ever seen pictures of that you will see that it is a flat weedless valley that stretches as far as the eye can see. Well I live in the surrounding area that is full of sagebrush. Not a lot of beekeeping seems to be going on around here although there is lots of potential to produce sage honey and here we have to varieties that produce an early and a late bloom.
I contacted my supplier this last week and he reports that the bees are doing well, but not as well as expected so far this year. We have had days this winter in the low 70's followed that night by temperatures in the high 20's and sow the following day. I would think that tends to catch foraging bees off guard and many woudl be lost. We can also go from the 60's in the early morning to the 40's by noon. That does not do much for bees either. I am not sure if this mild winter is a blessing or a curse. One woudl always hope that the bees adapt to it and will do well.
Anyway, thanks to all. I have found this group to be the single greatest resource, although the single hardest to get through, of all the resources on information. A lot of knowledge is packed into these threads. You just have to go digging for it.


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Iran nuclear deal indicative of new multi-polar world
The Iran nuclear deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey is an important moment, as the world becomes more multi-polar and less predictable.
Some people are reporting American chagrin that the Brazilians, in helping to strike the deal which will see some low-enriched uranium sent to Turkey in return for higher-grade nuclear fuel for a research reactor, may have stymied US-led attempts to achieve a similar but more comprehensive arrangement.
It's not so long since the US was regarded as "the hyper-power" and many still see it as the world's only superpower.
But as other nations - particularly Brazil, India, and China - grow stronger and more internationally assertive the result is likely to be more confusion in international politics.
It will also lead many smaller countries to indulge in power politics, playing big states off against one another.
Many around the world may have longed for an end to the era of American international dominance, but will they end up thinking they should have been more careful about what they wished for?
Are the Chinese any gentler in their extraction of minerals from Africa than US companies are? Does India offer better rights to workers as it hoovers up hi-tech jobs?
Or do Russian sales of weapons to Iran or Syria do any more to increase regional stability than US ones to Israel?
It might be argued, to extend market economics to the international sphere, that as the world becomes more multi-polar, power will be dispensed more efficiently.
But the counter-argument is that it will also become a less predictable place - witness the Brazil/Turkey deal with Iran - in which certain actors will behave with far less transparency or accountability than we are used to from the US.
A more multi-polar world could also be a less orderly one - particularly if the US, weighed down by its long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, is more reluctant to intervene again.
In the mid-1990s Washington was cursed by many for non-intervention in Rwanda or the Balkans. After 9/11 it was denounced for intervening too freely.
Now, beset by economic woes and its long overseas wars, the trend is once again to be wary of foreign entanglements.
Nato's new Mission Statement released today, notes that were the alliance to disappear, "the prospects for international stability and peace would be far more uncertain than they are".
It also argues Nato aims to, "enhance international security, safeguard liberty, and promote the rule of law".
The alliance great and good that compiled the Mission Statement were wary about talking too explicitly about the dangers of a diminished US role in the world or of the "de-coupling" of European and American members of the Atlantic alliance in the future.
Perhaps then the most valuable role that Nato can play in the future is in managing the decline of the hyper-power, keeping it engaged in world events in a benign and more consensual way than it was under the Bush administration.
If the Brazil/Turkey deal with Iran shows us the greater potential for surprises in the future, then perhaps Nato can act as a comfort blanket in a new age of uncertainty.


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Dark taratory,Let us know what you learn. Tuna in oil keeps longer than Tuna in water.
Okay so we buy meat in bulk as much as we can and freeze it. Well freezers run on electric. when the power goes out it thaws. So i think it would be a good idea to start canning some eat to make sure we are more free. Who cans meat? How are you doing it?
Dark taratory,Let us know what you learn. Tuna in oil keeps longer than Tuna in water.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
I can alot of deer meat. I've eaten it up to 6 years old. Almost any meat can be canned; pork chops, cube, meatballs, burger, etc...including fish. There's tons of online info. I trim all fat, pack jars within about 1" of the top and cook in a pressure canner. store in a cool dark place.
I have seen vegetables/fruits close to 15-20 years old that still maintained the seal and looked "fresh", but I was too scared to try them...
When I lived up by Traverse City, I canned a LOT of salmon & venison. Just like BigAl says. Great stuff to cook with. Not real pretty in the jar.
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
So long as it is safe to consume, just close your eyes and spoon it up.
Electric power is another deal. Need to replace two batteries on the solar array.
PLENTY of cooking wood out here! And, a few lighters.
When you can the meat BigAl, you just can it raw (raw pack) and then cook it for how long in the pressure cooker? When you are done, do you still need to cook the meat or is it cooked when canned?
Consider this, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic
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Bear, beef, lamb, pork, veal, venison
Procedure: Choose quality chilled meat. Remove excess fat. Soak strong-flavored wild meats for one hour in brine water containing one tablespoon of salt per quart. Rinse. Remove large bones.Hot pack -- Precook meat until rare by roasting, stewing or browning in a small amount of fat. Add one teaspoon of salt per quart to the jar, if desired. Fill jars with pieces and add boiling broth, meat drippings, water or tomato juice (especially with wild game), leaving 1-inch headspace.
Raw pack -- Add one teaspoon of salt per quart to the jar, if desired. Fill jars with raw meat pieces, leaving 1-inch headspace. Do not add liquid.
Canning Meat
Has anyone tried dehydrating meat then vacu-seal it in bags?
A lot of reasons to do it this way, easer to carry, it don't break when droped, don't need refrigeration, less weight you can pack more.
I have heard of it but not done it.


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The sister of British astronomer William Herschel was herself a capable and pioneering celestial observer
J.Donald Fernie
It is often said that behind every successful man there is a woman. She is usually a wife or mother; less often is she a sister. But such was the case for the pioneering 18th-century astronomer William Herschel. His eventual success as a scientist was due in no small measure to his sister, Caroline.
Born in 1738 to a musical family in Hanover, in what would later become Germany, William became an oboist in a military band while still a teenager. He abandoned this career upon discovering that the musicians, having marched the soldiers into battle, had to fend for themselves during actual combat. Cowering in wet ditches while musket and cannon balls whistled overhead did not augur well for either health or longevity, so William decided to pursue his musical career elsewhere. At 19 he made his way to England and in 1766 became organist and orchestra leader at the fashionable resort of Bath. Here he gave thought to his sister.
Caroline was 12 years younger than William, and like him, she inherited their father's musical talent. With few career options open to women of her time, her desperate wish was to achieve sufficient education to become a governess teaching music and literature. Her father was sympathetic to the idea, but her mother dismissed it. As a result, her father's death in 1767 condemned Caroline to be little more than a teenage drudge in the family kitchen. When William invited her to join his musical world in Bath she leapt at the opportunity.
Life in Bath fulfilled Caroline's wishes, at least in the beginning. The siblings were immersed in musical activities, and Caroline took several singing lessons a day from her brother, now the choirmaster of the well-to-do Octagon Chapel. (It is often assumed because of their name that the Herschels were Jewish, but family records show they were not. Indeed, John Herschel, William's son, who became the most famous scientist of mid-19th-century England, is buried in the Anglican Church's Westminster Abbey.)
William lived a busy life as the chapel choirmaster, organizing and producing public concerts and composing music in his free time. His sister's way was less clear. English proved to be a difficult language for Caroline, and she made few friends. Her hope for an independent musical career faltered. William evidently concluded that her musical talent was limited, and he did not encourage her to continue.
Soon a new routine entered their lives. Each evening, as William returned home and immediately retired to bed, exhausted by the day's musical activities, he took with him "a bason of milk" and a book on astronomy. Over breakfast the following day, he would present "an astronomical lecture." After reading the few available books on astronomy, he decided to build telescopes and scan the heavens. Before long, Caroline found herself wrapped up in her brother's new obsession, writing that she was "much hindered in my [musical] practice by my help being continually wanted in the execution of the various astronomical contrivances." Indeed, William was on the cusp of a second career.
It is fortunate that Herschel had no formal training as an astronomer before starting his observations. If he had, the experts of the day would have taught him the futility of looking at stars, which were mere points of light. According to those learned masters, the only interesting things were solar-system objects! But unencumbered by expert opinion, William decided to study stars. To do this, especially if he wanted to see the lesser known, fainter ones, he needed a large telescope. So he decided to build one.
It was precisely at this point that the genius of William Herschel was established. His eventual fame among astronomers came not from any great insights into astronomy itself—indeed it might be said that his fame was established despite some of his beliefs. For example, he long held that the Moon was almost certainly inhabited as very likely was the Sun. In the latter case, Herschel opined, the inhabitants lived well below its fiery cover, protected by very dense clouds through which tall mountains occasionally protruded, which appeared as dark sunspots to us. The establishment of the time, although it knew almost nothing of astronomical physics, had no doubt that Herschel must be wrong on such matters. (In his defense, other conclusions of William's, such as his claim that the Sun could not be at the center of the Milky Way, were correct; yet they met with the same disbelief.) What his contemporaries soon came to realize, however, was that Herschel built better telescopes than any the world had ever seen.
And so life for the Herschel siblings became more hectic. It was still music that formed the basis of their livelihood: endless rounds of concerts and student lessons, responsibility for all Sunday morning musical matters at Octagon Chapel, and composition. (William wrote some of the most charming music of the time, and a number of his symphonies remain popular to this day, selling well in CD recordings.) But in the midst of all this, the building of telescopes grew steadily more important. At critical stages during production of a new telescope, all else was put aside. Caroline writes of her "attendance on my Brother when polishing [a new mirror], that by way of keeping him alife I was obliged to feed him by putting Vitals by bitts into his mouth—this was once the case when at the finishing of a 7 feet mirror he had not left his hands from it for 16 hours together."
William's reputation as a telescope maker began to be noticed, even by such notables as the Astronomer Royal, and it eventually led to an invitation to take one of his telescopes to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. There it was set alongside the best of the Observatory telescopes for comparison. William later reported that "These two last nights I have been star-gazing at Greenwich with Dr Maskelyne [the Astronomer Royal]. . . . We have compared our telescopes together, and mine was found very superior to any of the Royal Observatory. Double stars which they could not see with their instruments I had the pleasure to show them very plainly. . . ."
The superiority of William Herschel's instrumentation became incontestable in March 1781. On the 13th of that month William happened to have his telescope turned to the region of sky near the star Zeta Tauri. He immediately noticed that one star in the field of view appeared different than the others. Although all stars viewed telescopically show some kind of surrounding disk (for purely optical reasons), this one had a significantly larger disk than its neighbors. William concluded, reasonably enough, that it was likely a comet, tail-less because of its distance from the sun. He carefully noted its position in the sky relative to the surrounding stars, and on returning to it a few nights later found to his satisfaction that it had indeed changed position. It must surely be a comet! He sent a report to the Astronomer Royal, hoping for quick verification, only to hear that the telescopes at the Royal Observatory were so inferior that all the stars in the area showed significant disks. The Greenwich observers would have to measure and re-measure the positions of all objects in the area to find which one was moving. When that was done, however, the result was startling. Unlike the elongated, tilted orbit of a typical comet, this object had an orbit typical of a major planet! In fact, there was no alternative. This was a major planet—the first ever discovered in modern times.
Herschel was still completely unknown in astronomical circles, so that early announcements of his discovery carried many misspellings of his name, and there was general misapprehension as to who he was. Still, as the finder it was his right to name the new planet. He decided to name it Georgium Sidus ("George's Star") after the king of England, young George III. (Never popular with foreign astronomers, the name was changed to Uranus, a Latinized version of the Greek god Ouranos, in the years after Herschel's death.). The King already had a former tutor who served as the King's Astronomer (as distinct from the Astronomer Royal, the latter being defined as the head of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich), but that person was elderly and in the background. In fairly short order, thanks mostly to friends in high places, William was invited to become the King's Astronomer.
It was a mixed blessing. The new position meant a reduction in income and required the Herschels to live near the palace and be available on any clear night the King felt like being entertained astronomically. However, it allowed William to pursue astronomy without distraction. And so the professional musical careers of both William and Caroline came to an end. They moved house to be close to the King at Windsor Castle, and William soon developed a thriving telescope-making business that enabled him to continue his nighttime observations. Caroline managed the flow of data, reducing each night's observations to a usable form, making legible copies and often carrying it to London for publication. This being the 18th century, she was also responsible for keeping house and providing meals.
One pictures the brother and sister in their small house eating dinner, only to have a knock on the door reveal some lackey announcing that the King and his entourage would be arriving shortly at the Herschel house to be entertained by the view through the new 40-foot telescope. (Forty feet referred to the instrument's focal length, not its aperture, as it would in today's terminology.) This remarkable instrument had been paid for by the King, who felt no hesitation demanding its use. On one such occasion, the royal party included the elderly Archbishop of Canterbury, who viewed the huge telescope with its ladders and struts with some consternation. As the story goes, the enthusiastic King held out a helping hand to the Archbishop and cried, "Come, my Lord Bishop, I will show you the way to Heaven."
Caroline soon began to pursue her own observations. William built a telescope for her that was smaller than the massive 40-footer, but powerful enough for her to discover a number of comets. More importantly, she joined him in sweeping the skies for nebulae. Through their individual efforts, the number of known nebulae grew from about 100 to more than 2,500 by the time they finished.
At other times Caroline assisted with the big telescope. On a bitterly cold night at the end of 1783,
"My brother . . . directed me to make some alteration in the lateral motion, which was done by machinery. . . . At each end of the machine . . . was an iron hook such as butchers use for hanging their joints upon, and having to run in the dark on ground covered a foot deep with melting snow, I fell on one of these hooks which entered my right leg about 6 inches above my knee; my brother's call "Make haste!" I could only answer by a pitiful cry "I am hooked." He and the workman were instantly with me, but they could not lift me without leaving nearly 2 oz. of my flesh behind. The workman's wife was called but was afraid to do anything, and I was obliged to be my own surgeon."
In 1788 when she was 38, Caroline's life fell apart. William, nearly 50, married a rich widow, upsetting the collegial relationship between the two siblings. The bride, it seems, made considerable effort to soothe and placate her new sister-in-law, but to no avail. Caroline soon moved to new lodgings and began a new journal to express her feelings. Many years later, when she finally made peace with herself, she destroyed every page of that journal and adopted a much more benign view of her sister-in-law. But even prior to this reconciliation, Caroline took great delight in her young nephew, William's son John. Nevertheless, when William died in 1822, she immediately left England and returned to Hanover, a decision she later regretted. Her good spirits returned, however, and she lived to the remarkable age of 98, her mind lively to the end.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/the-inimitable-caroline/1
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just an odd idea hits me.
well,usually pcm file displayed as waveform in music softwares
they're all some kind of sine waves combination
if you just write a sine wave,say 500hz.
play it.you get your sine wave sound.
this is OK.but what if your just generate abs of your sine wave?
well,i did.and....it still sounds like sine wave sound....
negative part does the same thing
i guess other song may be the same(not tested yet)
so what does negative waveform actually do
what's the different between positive and negative?
and if there is no difference,can we just sample sound with one half axis?
i guess not??
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EVSC 0500. BIO-STATISTICS I. 1st Semester. Lect. 2, Lab 3, 3 credits. Statistical methods in scientific research. An introductory course in statistics dealing with the application of various methods of analyzing research data to include sampling, randomization, the normal distribution, "t" test, linear regression, correlation, Chi-Square, and analysis of variance of random design. Laboratory assignments require the use of pocket calculators and the University's time share computer.
EVSC 0501. BIO-STATISTICS II. 1st Semester. Lect. 2, Lab 3, 3 credits. The application of advanced statistical methods in analyzing biological data to include analysis of two-way experiments, factorial experiments, covariance analysis, least-square analysis with unequal subclass numbers and curvilinear regression. Laboratory assignments require the use of the University's time share computer and departmental microcomputers. Prerequisites: EVSC 0500 or Permission of Instructor.
EVSC 0504. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE II. 2nd Semester. Lect 3, 3 credits. Problems related to the presence of biologically active substances and potential hazardous synthetic chemicals in the environments. Strategies in minimization and management of these hazards will be discussed. Pesticides, radiation hazards, industrial chemical and potential biological hazards will be considered. Prerequisites: CHEM 0320 or Permission of Instructor.
EVSC 0505. ISSUES IN WILDLIFE ECLOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. 1st semester. Lect. 3, 3 credits. Introduction to wildlife and conservation issues; relationships between humans and nature; exploration of current threats of species and habitats and novel solutions to these threats. Same as FORE 0505, PLSS 0505.
EVSC 0507. INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 1st Semester. Lect 2, Lab 1, 3 credits. Introductions to GIS concepts. Basic theoretical concepts, computer catography, database systems, getting maps into digital form and geocoding. Familiarity with Arc-GIS software.
EVSC 0517. 2nd Semester. Lect. 2. Lab 1, 3 credits. SPECIAL STUDIES IN GIS. Research applications of GIS with special emphasis on complex spatial analysis of soil, water. Prerequisite EVSC 0507.
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EVSC 0595. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 1st and 2nd Semesters, Summer, 1-2 credits. Special studies for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Environmental Sciences on subjects not in regularly offered courses.
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EVSC 0695. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 1st and 2nd Semesters. Lect. 3, 3 credits. Topics in the advanced level may be selected from the following: biochemistry, environmental sciences, chemistry, biology, soil sciences and veterinary sciences.
EVSC 0700. RESEARCH AND THESIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 1st and 2nd Semesters, Summer, 1-6 credits. Research in thesis problems under the directions of a major advisor. Students in this program will be required to select research problems on a specific topic concentrating on the investigation of problems of environment and its quality.
EVSC 0752. CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION. 1st and 2nd Semesters, Summer, 0 credits. Restricted to graduate students who have taken all courses including EVSC 0700 and need to use the service and resources of the University to complete their theses or reading for graduate examination. Students may have a maximum of two registrations only; afterward registration as a regular graduate student will be required until the degree requirements have been completed. Prerequisite: Permission of major advisor.
EVSC 0754 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE ONLY. 1st and 2nd Semester, Summer, 0 credits. Restricted to graduate students who have completed all requirements for the graduate degree including final oral or comprehensive examination, submission of thesis and approval of the thesis by the Office of the Graduate Programs. Students will be permitted to register in the category one time only.
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text: Sumac has just started to bloom, as well as Goldenrod. My bees were carrying in loads of dark gold pollen. I thought it was Goldenrod until I passed by a large Sumac this morning. The bees were wrapping it up, while the Goldenrod right next to it was devoid of bee activity. The bees all had their baskets full of dark gold pollen. Still haven't found any Pepperbush on my place.


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Yea, so I'm sitting working on my Darktrooper helmet, and I leave later on. Irishfett was over at the time, and I guess fiddling with some extra clay. Needless to say, I found these two little buggers randomly in my house...sculpted by you know who! I think it's just funny considering the circumstances of how I didn't find these for almost 2 days later..
Supposedly a "Gnome" and a "guy sleeping on a cactus"


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The Delicious Pure and Simple in Tasty Grape is awesome! Certified organic....sunflower oil, beewax, grape flovoring and Vitamin E allows "M" to wear it without me having to think twice about it. She's hilarious... she's always made me put lip balm on her... and really.. I've always used Burts Bees on her... now... definitely switching... this one had so much more flavor than what we were using and it stuck around longer. She calls them "Chappies" ... can I complain that she's starting to get a little girly on me? nahh...
The SPF 15 Berry Lip Balm with Eco Clip Carabiner is awesome! Mind you.. I love the carabiner regardless...lol. It holds the tube perfectly... and you can have your lip balm whenever you need it...just pull and the cap stays in the flexible holder. When you're ready to change out your flavor you can squeeze the top and pop the tube out including the cap. I love berry anything... so I'm probably more picky about this one... .love that its all certified organic...and has SPF 15... I think it smells strawberry-ish with a cherry after scent..if that makes any sense....lol...
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World-renowned Clydesdales visit Tri-Cities
BRISTOL, Va. - The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, are in Bristol, Virginia, July 16-22 to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Walling Distributing Company.
They are camped out at Cumberland Square Park and will be through Sunday from 8 AM to 7 PM.
Weather permitting, the eight-horse hitch will make four processions through historic downtown Bristol, the first Friday, July 19 at 5 PM and 6:30 PM; and again on Saturday, July 20 at 5 PM and 7 PM.
They will also be visiting the Abingdon Farmer's Market from 5 PM to 8 PM Thursday evening.
During the remainder of their time in Bristol, the legendary Clydesdales will be on view to the public for photos and interaction, and will participate in specially planned events including Believe in Bristol's Border Bash on Friday, July 19 and "Party in the Park with the Clydesdales," on Saturday, July 20, sponsored by City of Bristol, Virginia, Believe in Bristol, Birthplace of Country Music and Walling Distributing. Both events will feature music and food and craft vendors.
A single Clydesdale hitch horse will consume as much as 20-25 quarts of feed, 40-50 pounds of hay and 30 gallons of water per day. Each hitch travels with a Dalmatian.
In the early days of brewing, Dalmatians were bred and trained to protect the horses and guard the wagon when the driver went inside to make deliveries.


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Eagle Baby Attack: Montreal Toddler Seemingly Snatched By Golden Eagle (VIDEO)
UPDATE: A Montreal animation school has fessed up that the "Golden Eagle Snatches Kid" on YouTube is a fake, created by three students in its three-year animation and digital design degree program.
"Both the eagle and the kid were created in 3D animation and integrated in to the film afterwards," the school, Centre NAD, said in a statement Wednesday.
As seen below, cyber sleuths and imaging experts had quickly poked holes in the viral video, spotting obvious flaws in shadows and composition.
Students at the Centre NAD have cooked up digital hoaxes in the past as part of their coursework, including this video of a penguin escaping from the Montreal Biodôme.
From Earlier..
Eagles are majestic animals but would they ever go after a baby? One Montreal child got a real close call when a bird thought to be a golden eagle swooped down and almost carried the baby away.
That is, of course, if you believe the images of a video posted to YouTube Dec. 18.
The video, which quickly went viral, shows the bird of prey swooping down and almost getting the child. The person shooting the footage can be heard swearing and running towards the child and guardian moments after the attack.
In slow motion, the video appears to show the eagle was able to lift the child off the ground several feet before dropping it and flying away.
Many YouTube commenters have been skeptical of this "Golden Eagle Snatches Kid" video. As opennewscast wrote, "I've been working with digital images professionally for 15 years, and I'm convinced this is fake. The swoop down at 0:10 looks just like cheap CGI to me."
Others, including folks in our comments section, have pored over the footage with CSI-like precision, examining shadows and frame-by-frame sequences for evidence of a hoax.
Among their findings:
First clue: Eagle's Shadow
The shadow of the eagle momentarily disappears at the 10th second and reappear at the 11th second, as pointed out by a user on imgur.
Second clue: The Child Flies Alone?
According to one sharp-eyed observer, who isolated a few seconds of the video with zoom, the child appears to hang detached from the talons of the eagle.
Third clue: The Wing Disappears
Others have isolated the movie frame-by-frame and noticed a missing wing on one segment, suggesting the use of a photo editing tool like the "finger" on Photoshop.
Golden eagles can grow to a metre in length and have a wingspan of more than two metres. It usually feeds on small mammals such as rabbits or smaller birds. There have been reported cases of golden eagles killing or attacking the young of larger animals such as deer or mountain goats.
The eagle-baby thing happened here in Montreal?!?!? I'm gonna find that eagle.
Eagle tries to snatch a kid in Montreal Park. Your move, Ikea Monkey. http://t.co/brBWD60A
In America, parents would sue... somehow. "@AzizAlAlami: Video: Golden Eagle Snatches Kid in a Park in Montreal http://t.co/IIy5fK5X"
well obviously we have an eagle in montreal - he's flyin in yo parks and he's snatchin yo childrens up
I am not convinced that the viral video of the eagle picking up a baby in montreal is completely genuine... may be a viral ad? Idk
I'm now working on a screenplay about a baby who is raised by an eagle after being abducted from a park in Montreal. Nobody steal my idea.
I lived in Montreal for 25 yrs and never seen an Eagle, let alone a baby snatching one. That's unfair.
Baby snatched by eagle > IKEA monkey, just like Montreal > Toronto
@StephenAtHome I hope this isn't Stephen Colbeagle the Eagle's cousin snatching kids in Montreal http://t.co/vQwEggy6
If you enjoyed Marty The Horse and The Ikea Monkey, why not give The Montreal Eagle a go? http://t.co/5bIvMunt CC: @rhysalbrecht #ohcanada


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Gordon Settling In With New Orleans: The New Orleans Hornets, soon to be the Pelicans, are starting to find some rhythm to their game. They are not winning as much as they'd like but they are finally able to put the squad they envisioned on the floor with a somewhat healthy Eric Gordon.
Gordon is still working his way back into shape after missing a huge of chunk of the season to knee rehab and says he's still sore after most games. Gordon is starting to get more comfortable on the floor and starting to see the promise of the team he is trying to lead.
"It's still early to tell how good we can be. We've shown at any time we can beat any team and that's the good part," Gordon told HOOPSWORLD. "We just have to see how good we can be and keep on playing more games and keep playing together. It's good to see from a future standpoint and we just have to keep playing like we've been playing."
The Gordon-effect is noticeable. Early in the season the Hornets looked like a young team, with ups and downs in energy level. With Gordon on the floor the team seems to have an added bounce and is playing with more confidence.
"That was one of my expectations from last year," Gordon said. "I expect a lot out of these guys. It's time to play everybody's role. I think everybody was scattered. When you lose a lot of games, it's hard to figure out how to win at times. Once you start winning, and we've been on a roll; first time I've been here that we've had a five game winning streak. That just helps out and everybody confidence-wise has just gotten bigger."
A lot has been made about Gordon's commitment to New Orleans, and despite his repeated endorsement of the team the rumors still persist, however Gordon says he is starting to see the bright future his squad has in front of him.
"I understood from last year, I just didn't play in that many games," explained Gordon. "I'm here to win and here to make guys better. It's definitely a great situation and the future can be really good here, hopefully we just really build up chemistry this year."
The Western Conference is filled with power teams that built through the draft and were patient with the necessary growth process to have sustained success. Gordon says the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies are examples of what the Hornets are trying to do.
"I can tell that's what they're trying to do here," explained Gordon. "They're starting out very, very young. We got a lot of guys that are under 23 and are trying to build a team. I can definitely see it."
The Hornets are looking at another NBA Draft in their future and what could be as much as $20 million in cap space to add this summer. They have an incredibly young core and several tradable assets and with Gordon, rookie Anthony Davis and several up and coming veterans the Hornets/Pelicans look to be headed in the right direction or at least that's what Gordon believes.
really good > pretty good right?
Pretty good implies less than good, IMO.
Pretty good implies less than good, IMO.
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having trouble finding borax...
i am in tennessee. who would typically carry borax?
having trouble finding borax...
i am in tennessee. who would typically carry borax?
Foodlion has it. It's called MULE 20 borax. It's located on the laudy degergent area.
Why do you need it?
I use it to "cure" out wild turkey fan feathers and deer skulls.
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please read the previous post
ants in drawn comb
do you agree with the borax recommendation?
I haven't a clue about using borax. From what I've been "told" the bees will take care of the ants, if the hive is strong.
I wouldn't use borax! You are dealing with living things and food produccts for human consumption. Bees can take care of ants. Is the colony weak?
the colony is small; 3 frame nuc, with new queen i used to get bees from a swarmed hive that was in a building. about 2,500 bees total now.
but i am feeding them daily; 1/1 sugar syrup and they are busy as bees! like i said in the first post, not many ants on or in the comb. most ants are going to the syrup in the feeder.
advice is welcomed.
What type of feeder do you use? How much do you feed at a clip? Do you have other hives? Is the nuc on the ground or stand? In a nuc box or standard langstroth hive body? Any other info in this regard.
Clay- need more info!
i transferred them into a deep hive body. send me your email address and i will send pictures.
just one colony. i guess my practice colony; i am determined for them to make it. the ants have been "taken" care of my the bees. i checked today and maybe four or five in the whole hive. going to the sugar syrup feeder.
my feeder is a baby chicken feeder. you fit a mason jar to it (inverted). i put wire mesh screen in a donut shape around the feeder bowl to prevent drowning. the bees walk right on the mesh and feed through the screen as they eat it bubbles out more syrup.
it is fun to see them feed and watch their butts bouncing up and down. i assume from filling 'er up at the syrup station!!
Borax is an illegal chemical usage in a beehive for ants as it is a food and feed contaminate for man and bees both.
Please see FIFRA code Section 24(c)
Dee A. Lusby
I had ants this year. I spread cinnamon on the inner cover and borax on the ground around the hive. I was feeding but I dont think they were after the feed. They were more like carpenter ants. Anyone ever hear of cinnamon? Got the tip from an experienced beekeeper.


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ResearchStephen Raudenbush
MS. NEUMAN: It's a special pleasure today to introduce Steve Raudenbush. He's a colleague of mine at the University of Michigan, and he's one of those methodologists that actually talk in human language.
He's a wonderful translator of research evidence and what we should begin to look for as we become critical consumers of research.
MR. STEPHEN RAUDENBUSH: Thanks, Susan. Susan made me promise not to show any equations! I will have no slides, so if anything's going on up there, pay no attention to it.
In May of 1999, I had the good fortune to attend a meeting at the American Academy of Sciences, not to be confused with the National Academy of Science. The topic of the meeting was how to improve the scientific quality of educational research.
The two main organizers were two venerable characters named Howard Hyatt and Fred Mosteller. For Mosteller and Hyatt it was a kind of a d??j?? vu because they had been among the most influential people half a century earlier in advocating effectively that medicine should be based more on scientific research. They felt that the time was appropriate to make the same argument now in education.
At the time they made the arguments with respect to medicine, they were met with considerable skepticism. There was a famous (at that time, at least) well publicized debate between Hyatt and a heart surgeon. Hyatt was arguing that we should do experiments to see whether new surgical procedures are really effective as compared to let's say medication. The heart surgeon asked him in a very poignant moment, "Sir, have you ever held the beating heart of a human being in your hand?" The surgeon argued that the cold logic of science did not replace the clinical judgment of the seasoned practitioner.
Hyatt and Mosteller, of course, in response argued that in a lot of cases the medical profession really doesn't know what the best thing is to do and that in that situation it is unethical not to find out, and in fact if we can find out what works best than over the many years many millions of people perhaps will benefit and that would reveal the true ethical character of basing decisions more on science.
Over the last forty to fifty years, their argument, that of Mosteller and Hyatt, has in many ways I'd say largely won out, that we now in fact accept and admire the commitment of medical professionals to base, not all certainly, but some of their key decisions on research from clinical trials.
One of the questions that comes up that's interesting is what caused the sea change in medicine and is it likely that anything like that might happen in education. That's way too big of a question for me to try to answer, but there is an interesting vignette, I guess, a part of the story that has to do with the Salk vaccine for polio.
In the early studies in the '40s and early '50s on the Salk vaccine, the studies seemed to show basically that the vaccine wasn't effective. People who had the vaccine were almost as likely or it may have been in fact equally likely to get polio as those who did not. By the way, at that time the vaccine had not been perfected. It was certainly far from perfect.
But subsequent research showed that higher income families were more likely to get the vaccine and higher income families in this case were more like to in fact get polio. It transmitted in places like swimming pools, places where high SES people, social class people actually had a higher risk.
Subsequently in 1954 was a very important, huge, national, randomized clinical trial on the vaccine. This was a double blind trial in which physicians didn't know what vaccine, what treatment they were giving to people, whether it was actually the vaccine or just the placebo of sugar water. And, the people who were getting it didn't know what they were getting. Having grown up in that era, you have to realize when you got sick in those days and the doctor came to your house, remember when the doctor used to come to your house? (Laughter.) Your parents would stand by in mortal fear as the doctor exercised your legs and did various things to see whether it was polio.
So, here people were doing this double blind randomized clinical trial and the people didn't know what they were getting and the doctors didn't know what they were giving. It's quite remarkable that this happened.
But the results showed definitively that the vaccine was far more effective than not having the vaccine which led to further perfection, further clinical trials and ultimately the wiping out of polio as a disease.
Now, we may not expect quite such dramatic success in saving lives in education, although the relationship between education and health is actually a very durable and interesting one, so maybe not being educated can cause a loss of lives.
But there are striking parallels in education. The first evaluation of the Head Start program showed roughly equal cognitive skills at the end of the study if you compare the Head Start and the non-Head Start kids. But subsequent research showed that the Head Start kids had higher levels of poverty than the non-Head Start kids. Some then argued that the results actually showed that the Head Start program must be effective because the kids were doing better than you would have expected them to do given their social background.
So, here's a result of two groups basically being the same and one group of people saying this shows Head Start is no good and the other group of people saying this shows Head Start is really good. The same evidence, but the evidence is so weak that it can't really decide the question. Unfortunately, there was no follow-up experiment to give us a better answer.
This leads to a crucial point that Valerie made. In both there are striking parallels, as I said, between medicine and educational research. In both the early vaccine non-experimental trial and in the Head Start evaluation, there is something we call a "confounding variable." In this case, family income.
As I said in the vaccine case, the higher income people were more likely to get the vaccine, but also more likely to get the disease and therefore the evaluation that didn't use random assignment was biased against finding the effect of the vaccine.
In the Westinghouse study of Head Start, the evaluation was biased also against finding an effective Head Start because in this case the Head Start group kids were higher in levels of poverty which was associated with lower achievement.
So the power of experimentation, and this is a point Valerie made very clearly, in random assignment is to eliminate confounding variables. You see, we could match the kidswe could have done a better study than the first one. We've done many better evaluations since the original Head Start evaluationwe could match people on the basis of family background, making sure that the people we're comparing are the same with respect to income or other social indicators. But we can never be sure that we have matched on some of the relevant confounders. Variables that predict getting the treatment that are also related to the outcome are confounders. And with random assignment, we eliminate confounders, all confounders even the ones we haven't thought of, and that is the power of the experiment.
Now, this leads to a series of questions and answers that really form the basis of this paper and I will go through them rather straightforwardly, through them rather quickly here. I've got actually ten of them.
The first one is: Am I then saying that only studies that use random assignment are scientific? The answer is no, I'm not saying that.
First, a randomized trial is relevant only when there's a causal question on the table. There are many terrifically important questions for educational policy that are not causal.
For example, this seems so simple, but have high school graduation rates changed over the past ten years? Which kinds of kids in which kinds of cities and states and in which kinds of schools are at highest risk of dropping out? Tremendously important for policy to know the answer to that question. It is not a causal question. We need a carefully designed survey to answer that question.
So, not all questions are causal. But, secondly, even when a question is causal, it may be impossible to do a randomized study. Another analogy with medicine: researchers have come to a strong consensus that smoking causes lung cancer, but we never had a clinical trial where we randomly assigned people to smoke two packs a day. Yet, we had a variety of scientific inquiry that led to a strong conclusion. We need to know how family conflict effects school achievement, but can you imagine the experiment that would test that causal hypothesis? (Laughter.)
Third, randomized experiments sometimes create artificial circumstances that limit the generalized ability of their findings. I won't go into detail, but sometimes you need corroborating evidence from studies in a natural setting that aren't randomized and acrossthe randomized evidence might be crucial, but you need to supplement it to see whether a new program works in a less controlled setting.
The second questions is: Suppose we do have a causal questions, how do I then judge the scientific quality of the study that doesn't use random assignment? I guess, what I would say here is that in all of science at the heart of it is an obligation of the researcher to systematically and painstakingly alternative explanations for any finding of interest.
So, if I see a study over here where these kids had a new writing program and these kids didn't, and these kids, the kids in the writing program are doing better than the ones who didn?t, I don't just say, "That shows the writing program is good." I think about other explanations for why that might have happened and I evaluate them. It's harder to do when you don't have a randomized experiment, but it is still essential.
So, a scientist is expected to search for disconfirming evidence, and that's a crucial feature.
Even if we did a randomized experiment, let's say we did the writing study, we randomly assigned kids to do the writing program or not, we'd still need to develop alternative explanations for why the program worked. The experiment might tell us that the program works. But we want to go further to know what are the crucial ingredients because that may be very helpful to practitioners and policy.
So, even in the randomized context we need to search for explanations, alternative explanations, disconfirming evidence.
Moreover, randomized experiments are never perfectly implemented. So, people who drop out of the study, you'll have missing data in the two groups. We still have to worry about subtle or not so subtle biases.
So, what makes a causal comparative study then is not simply whether there was random assignment, but whether the investigators have effectively, critically evaluated competing explanations for what was found.
That leads to my third questions: Isn't it a little bit Pollyanna-ish to expect this scientist, this investigator to police me, let's say, to police myself and I'm a human being with biases and I'm supposed to evaluate all these things. Well, the key point here is the burden of objectivity does not fall entirely or even primarily on the shoulders of the individual investigator.
The role of the scientific community is key. It's a healthy scientific community who canand this relates to democracy, being able to freely evaluate alternative points of view, not feel that there's going to be some censorship.
The people who are committed to the principles I just mentioned who evaluate this, the process of objectivity really involves this group of people engaging in this ongoing debate. Scientists, as was mentioned, are trained to be skeptical and that process can really work. What's really in the final analysis scientific is what the community of scientists says is scientific.
How am I doing for time?
MS. NEUMAN: You're doing okay.
MR. RAUDENBUSH: So, now, so far, if we have a causal question we'd like to do a randomized experiment, we may not be able to, if we can't, we'll do it as scientifically as we can, and then sometimes we don't have causal questions.This kind of takes us back to a prior question: Is it really possible to do randomized experiments in education? I would argue, yes.
The Tennessee class size study, which by the way Frederick Mosteller called the most important educational study in decades. An amazing state-wide randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of large versus small classes. I'm sure you're going to hear about some more of them today actually a little bit later in the next session, if I don't talk too long.
Thomas Cook has done two randomized experimental evaluations of the James Comer whole school reform program. There have been many randomized experiments in schools on the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, not as many though on instruction which is interesting.
So certainly they can be done. The fifth question then is: How can we do them ethically? In the paper, I sketch some scenarios where we can very ethically, very practically, very feasibly do large scale experiments.
Often, what will be randomly assigned to treatments though will not be children. It may, in fact, be schools. Imagine a popular program, I mention "Success for All" simply because as an early literacy program, it's a program that hasthere are over a thousand schools already in it. Many schools want to get into it, but it's expensive. So, a lot of people want to get it, but they don't get it. And also the people who run that program can only implement it in so many schools in any given year.
We could run an experiment where we asked people to sign up who want to do it, perhaps give it to them free or at a reduced cost and just say there's only one condition, we can't give it to you all at the same time. We're going to have a lottery that's going to determine who gets it first which is a very fair way of deciding who gets it first.
So, during that interim period where one group of schools has started to do the program and the others are still waiting, you have a randomized experiment, and a very ethically organized one. That's just one example. There are other ways.
We need to learn how to do this. People didn't think you could do it in medicine. Like I said, the Salk vaccine trial was incredible, the double blind experiment. We need to be able to make the argument and we need to learn how to do this stuff.
Number six. I mentioned that not all scientific questions in education are causal, and can I give you a few examples? I'm not going to give you too many. But I do want to mention that we may not have been doing such a good job in education of doing impact studies, causal comparative studies, what works. We need to do a lot more of that.
We've done a pretty good job of doing scientific surveys, though. Large scale, national longitudinal studies, tremendous amounts of learning have come out of those studies. And, I'm on theI'm going to toot the horn ofthe AERA National Science Foundation grants committee which has given out small amounts of money to large numbers of young investigators. We have a report that shows hundreds of terrific scientific contributions coming out of that, but generally not of the strong causal character because it's really based in fact on survey research.
So, we have done pretty well there. I won't go into the examples in the interest of time, but there are lots of them.
Number seven: How are the best non-causal studies judged? There is this class. We can't just forget about the fact that a lot of the scientific research is not causal. So, we have a bunch of questions: How did we select the sample? Do they represent a population? How do we measure the key constructs? Is there an established reliability and validity to those constructs? Was the analysis done accurately? Were alternatively explanations painstakingly assessed?
Those are some principles. But, once again, the key point is in the final analysis it's scientific peer review that applies those principles in a case by case way to evaluate the credibility of the findings.
So, number eight. I've only mentioned quantitative research. Does qualitative research play a role? I would say, yes, without doubt. Because we need to not just test the impact of things out in the field, we need to do a lot more of that. We haven't done enough. But we have to have good things to take into the field. We have to have good ideas about how to teach math, how to teach reading. Those ideas come from up close, careful study of expert practitioners in real settings and how kids learn. So, we need that up close kind of research but see we've got to do a better job of connecting that research with field trials of what works, and that's what's really been missing.
Number nine. I ask: How do you combine insights? If I've said you have to have experiments and you have to have surveys and you have to have quality of research, how do you combine the insights from the different kinds of inquiry? I hate to go back to a medical example, but it's a very telling one. It's the causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer.
As I said, you couldn't do an experiment to make people smoke two packs a day, but you could do a randomized experiment on animals. Strong causal inference, but generalized ability to humans? Then, we do good non-experiments, or quasi-experiments or at least comparisons between smokers and nonsmokers using the best possible survey methods and qualitative research.
Here the analogy is looking at lung tissue and finding out that the lung tissue of smokers is damaged in ways that we might think would be linked to cancer. You put them all together and the weight of evidence, the experimental evidence on the animals, the survey evidence on people and the lung tissuequalitative, put them together and you get a very compelling case.
We need to do that better, and that's going to require a very effective and active scientific community.
My tenth and final question is: Is there any danger here that we are going to be overselling the role of science in education? I think there is.
I've got a quote here from E. L. Thorndike who wrote the lead article in the founding edition of the Journal of Educational Psychology in 1910. I won't read the entire quote except to say that Thorndike felt that a scientific psychology was about to produce decisive evidence on virtually every practical question that arises in education. We know in retrospect that he was wrong. Unfortunately, by overselling what science can do, it led to a crisis of, you might say, rising expectations that couldn't be met. For a long time thereafter science in education fell into disarray.
The same thing happened in the '60s with scientific problem solving, the idea that we would have kind of a social engineering model. We'd try programs, we'd evaluate them, we'd get feedback, the programs would get better and the great society was going to be born out of this sort of scientific and engineering model. That was an overselling. We couldn't really pull that off.
So, let's make sure that we have a balanced view this time. I am so excited that we have an opportunity to do it, to do it right without overselling it this time. I am delighted to have had the chance to be here because I think we're at a point in history where there seems to be for some reason a confluence of factors and the determination of people who have some power here who organized this, to really improve the quality of research in education and the link between science and education and practice.
Thank you very much.
MS. NEUMAN: A wonderfully wise man.
I know that we went a little bit longer. What we'll do is, I think, take a break and then come back at quarter to, and then what we'll do is we'll combine the two discussion sessions, since I really do want time for questions.
Our next set will be more practical implications in terms of our programs.
Have a good break. There's coffee in the cafeteria, a good Starbucks across the street.
(Whereupon, the foregoing matter went off the record at 10:24 a.m. and went back on the record at 10:44 a.m.)
MS. NEUMAN: We're going to get started again.
Let me tell you that all the talks are going to be on the web, as well as in print. I know I forced people to rush through their presentations. The more complete presentation of each will be available to you immediately to you on the web, and, then, in a little bit longer period, in print.
First, before we begin our sessions, I'm just delighted to introduce Linda Wilson. She's the deputy in OIIA, the Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. Did I do that right?
MS. LINDA WILSON: Yes, exactly.
MS. NEUMAN: Good.
MS. WILSON: Hi, I just wanted to make a very quick notice. The department tomorrow is going to be releasing publicly a draft of the strategic plan. It will be on our website. It communicates the President's and Secretary's priorities for education over the next five years. It has very strong accountability, much like the No Child Left Behind Act, and it will guide our work here at the department.
It sets high expectations for us and it provides leadership to the nation's educational system. It's built on six strategic goals, which are create a culture of achievement, improve student achievement, develop safe school and strong character, transform education into an evidence based field, enhance the quality of and access to post secondary and adult education and establish management excellence.
The plan will not be nor should it be a trophy to hang on the wall. It's a living document that will guide the course of our work here through the next five years.
Secretary Paige is very committed to this. He has announced his intention to hold each department of education program, office and employee accountable for their responsibilities for implementing this plan.
The reason I am telling you this is because we would welcome your input to this process. As I said, it's going to be available on the web tomorrow. Your comments we would need by 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 21st.
MS. NEUMAN: Thank you very much, Linda.
Now, we turn to implications: What are the implications of a scientific based research approach to our programs, so many of our programs that are going out to children?
I'm asking each of these presentations to be real brief because I really want to give you opportunity to ask questions and make comments.