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MINNEAPOLIS -- As Twins manager Ron Gardenhire puts it, Anthony Swarzak has practically been begging for another chance to start the last few seasons.
Swarzak will go up to Gardenhire before just about every game, and he'll let his manager know if he ever needs a spot starter, Swarzak is ready to go.
Swarzak finally got his chance to make his first start in nearly two years, and he made the most of it against the Indians on Wednesday afternoon. The right-hander impressed with five strong innings, and the offense did just enough to lead the Twins to a 3-1 win over the Indians at Target Field.
"It felt great," Swarzak said. "The most important thing was to get the win and give your team a chance to win. The bullpen came in after me and did an outstanding job. They're fun to watch. And we had great defense today."
Swarzak, who didn't even find out he was starting until late Tuesday night with Kyle Gibson scratched due to lower back stiffness, was expected to throw about 60 pitches. But he ended up throwing a season-high 74 pitches in his first big league start since 2012.
The long reliever gave up just one run on two hits and a walk to pick up his first win as a starting pitcher since Sept. 27, 2011. He also improved to 2-0 with a 4.10 ERA in 31 appearances this season, and he finally got his chance to snap his streak of 78 straight relief appearances.
"He's in there every day saying, 'I'm here if you need me. I can start. I'm good to go,'" Gardenhire said. "That's the way he comes to the ballpark every day."
Swarzak was also able to maintain his stuff deep into his start despite his highest pitch count in the Majors since April 13, 2012, as he was still hitting 93 mph on the radar gun in the fifth inning and struck out the last two batters he faced.
"Swarzak is such a valuable guy to a team," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "That's not easy to do what he did. Coming out of the bullpen, and I think he's averaging one-plus [innings] an outing. He goes five, and he held his stuff, which was pretty impressive."
The Indians scored their lone run against Swarzak in the third on a two-out RBI double from Jose Ramirez after David Murphy singled and Chris Dickerson walked. But Swarzak got out of the jam thanks to a diving grab from shortstop Eduardo Nunez on a line drive from Michael Brantley that would likely have brought home two runs.
"That was the play of the game, hands down," Swarzak said. "That's why we won. Great diving play."
The Twins tied it up with a run in the bottom of the inning against right-hander Trevor Bauer. Danny Santana started the rally with a one-out triple to right field before scoring on a single from Sam Fuld.
Minnesota took the lead in the fifth on a two-out double from Brian Dozier to score Santana, who singled and reached second on a wild pitch from Bauer.
"Some of their hitters just found the hole," Indians catcher Roberto Perez said. "I don't think they hit the ball hard, but they just found the hole and scored some runs. You can't do anything about it when you make pitches."
The Twins padded their lead with a solo shot from Oswaldo Arcia in the sixth. It was the sixth blast of the year for Arcia, who hadn't homered since June 25. Arcia went 2-for-4 for his first multihit game since July 12.
"Arcia had a big day," Gardenhire said. "He had a big home run for us."
Twins relievers Caleb Thielbar, Jared Burton, Casey Fien, Brian Duensing and closer Glen Perkins combined to hold the Indians scoreless over the final four innings to preserve the victory. It gave Minnesota the series win after being swept by the Rays over the weekend.
Duensing got the Twins out of a bind in the eighth with runners on second and third and two outs, as he was able to get Brantley to pop out to third to end the inning. Perkins threw a scoreless ninth to get his 24th save.
"It felt good," Duensing said. "It was a big situation, so to be able to get that out was huge. Obviously, winning a series is a big deal. Today started with Swarzak pitching really well. So it was a good team win and good series win."
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24 May 2012 07:10 PM
Are there any folk out there who would like to swap notes about B. hypnorum ?
This new species has been doing so well, and is such an active pollinator of raspberries etc, but somehow doesn't seem to be causing any diminution in the numbers of the Early bumblebee, B. pratorum.
Any comments ?
24 May 2012 08:17 PM #1
Last year was the first year that I was aware of it around me but it seems to be doing far better than the others this year. Still seeing pratorum around so I don't think it's having a negative effect here.
Seems to have a wide selection of food plants so that may be one reason, aswell as nesting way off the ground so having more protection from heavy rain. It's also one of the first I've seen out foraging after the rain.
24 May 2012 10:38 PM #2
B. Hypnorum: In 2009 I saw this BB in quite large numbers for the very first time. I am in East Yorkshire, but already there were reports of sightings much further north. 2010 brought less of them; 2011 a few. So I watch with interest this year. The smaller workers are here; about four seen in any sunny day, but the weather has meant a very late start to blooming….does this follow that BH are also unlikely to emerge till sunny days are established? I'm not clear about the effect of weather on their or any BBs cycle.
Mine are very keen on the Ajuga.
24 May 2012 11:13 PM #3
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We first came across them last year - see story half way down this page http://yabeep.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/bumblebee-rescue-programme.html but subsequently that year saw several nests of them. Have also seen them this year.
PS Sorry, I can't work out how to link the hyperlink on this forum :-(
25 May 2012 11:08 PM #4
In our garden, (Bedfordshire), they've been the most frequently spotted species this year. Both last year, and this, they've made nests in our house, (last year behind the tile cladding and this year they're in the cavity wall), which at least means they're protected from the weather. After 4 weeks of almost constant rain and wind in April/May I was concerned as to whether the nest could have survived…but I checked tonight and there were workers busily going in and out. There are very few other bumblebees around at present, sadly.
28 May 2012 05:51 PM #5
Thanks to the various correspondents to my tentative 'Thread' on B. hypnorum.
I'd agree that hypnorum seems to have coped with the bad spring relatively well and is probably the commonest bumblebee about in my area at the moment.
My BKA (in Bucks) is getting a good many 'Help-line' calls that are about it and a few of them will need to be moved to a safer location.
So, if anyone wanted to act as Host to a colony, they could try talking to their local BKA Swarm Officer and offering to take a colony that the Swarm Officer has decided to move.
Any new location MUST be free of vibration though, since this upsets the bees and makes them defensive (aggressive form human perspective) - so put them on a solid surface and away from close-by human walkways.
Yesterday evening I collected a bird box colony. It was in a TINY garden and the high level of bee activity was preventing the householder being able to go it her garden. When I put the box in its new position in my garden this morning, then pulled the plug out of the entrance, I was surprised to see there were one or two new queens joining in the mad rush for freedom and re-orientation to their new location. Since then there has been the usual Drone Nest-surveillance small cloud of bees in the air outside the box.
So B. hypnorum has coped well with the weather and maybe is already heading for second generation colonies.
30 May 2012 11:03 AM #6
I know very little about this species but I do know I have some living in my porch! I am supposed to be doing some work on my porch in June but do not want to disturb them so have been advised to wait till they leave before I start. Does anyone know if they are likely to leave of their own accord and if so when? Someone suggested they should have left by July but anyone have any other thoughts? I dont want to pay someone large sums of money to kill them as I want to conserve them if at all possible.
31 May 2012 11:47 AM #7
In answer to Mick5, I've re-homed/located B. hypnorum colonies several times over the last few years.
They always seem to die out around July - due mainly to Wax Moth (Aphomia sociella) invasion of the nest.
You see a nest full of amazingly dense cobweb silk, and beneath the silk will be large numbers of voracious caterpillars, which eat everything.
But you do also see Queens of this species around then and some of them must set up a second cycle of the species, because you see the odd worker into the autumn.
It might be worth considering moving the nest to a nest box, then moving that stepwise by a short distance every day or two !
Good luck with them - & Enjoy !
31 May 2012 01:52 PM #8
Thanks Clive
Unfortunately I can not actualy see the nest as they are nesting within the structure of the porch. I only know they are in there because I can see them coming and going and by the noise!
So moving them is not really an option as it would mean taking sections of the porch down to get at them and although I am happy for this to happen I cant find anyone willing to undertake this task… and there is no way I am going to give it a go!
Clive as sods law would have it my porch needs to be taken down as it is not safe but I am worried about doing this if the bees are still active, I suspect they would not take kindly to being disturbed! However I can not wait till later that end of July to dismantle my porch for safety reasons….what would you advise?
01 June 2012 01:14 PM #9
A further follow-up to Mick5
What you see and hear as activity are not all from the bees which live in the colony.
The only ways I can think of for detecting the nest location, would be to use your hearing, or a stethoscope (or microphones) to detect the noise of the colony itself: or use an Infrared Thermometer to detect it from the heat it emits - or a Thermal Camera - which is the same thing really.
You would have to do this at night, so that there was no interference noise from flying bees.
Alternatively, you could try puffing down a piece of hose, to get sound reaction from the bees due to your breath !
If you worked by red light (Cycle rear light) you would be able to see what you are doing/where you were in the structure, but the bees (who can't see red light) would be relatively undisturbed.
I'll think further on this one , but my battery is about to go down !
01 June 2012 05:37 PM #10
Thanks Clive
I may well dig out my old bike lights! Appreciate all your help.
Will keep you posted.
15 June 2012 01:03 AM #11
hi, I'm new to this site and was directed here from the trusts twitter page. I posted a picture of bees that have made their home in my kitchen roof, the person who responded said they thought they were tree bumblebees which I'd never heard of.
I did ask how I could get rid of them from my roof, I only have a back yard and at the moment there can be Upto 10 bees flying around the yard and up to the roof.my child is terrified and I cant say I'm too thrilled at this either.I Darent open my window because they are right above it. They vary in size too, some are huge!
Will be grateful of any help or advice.
Thanks Vanessa.
15 June 2012 05:33 AM #12
Hi Vanessa, firstly welcome to the site….....
Could you upload a picture of the bees to this thread as it might make it easier to identify them; but how to get rid of them is a tricky one and I understand that not everyone is happy to have them living in such close proximity . Generally, if you leave them alone they will leave you alone, Bumblebees are more likely to roll over and play dead then to sting you, so I wouldn't worry to much on that.
Hopefully someone will pick this thread up and offer you the advice your seeking !
15 June 2012 05:56 PM #13
Hi Vanessa,
What follows may seem a bit technical, but if you work your way through, it should help you come to an understanding of what is going on.
It is nearly 100% certain that you have a colony of Tree Bumblebees living in your kitchen roof, as the symptoms you describe fit a common scenario for this species. (The other common nest location is in an old Blue Tit nest in a Bird Box.)
Although you are seeing a lot of bee-traffic, if I'm right, when you watch the bees, they will mainly be floating around in the air close to the nest entry-point, with only occasional bees going into or out of the place where they are flying from (entrance hole). Also, the bees ought to have very clear white tails, be of chunky shape and very furry. If you can get a photo of them with a digital camera, or similar, then you ought to be able to see that the Thorax of the bee is brown, most of the abdomen is black and a clearly white tail. The photo can be quite blurred, but you should still be able to make out the colour sequence. (Occasionally the thorax is so dark that it looks the same colour as the abdomen.)
The bees will vary in size, if the colony is producing queens these will look quite large. The workers are fairly small and the male bees intermediate in size. (Most of the bees in the cloud will be male.) All of them will have the same colouration.
Nearly all the bee-traffic will be male bees who are on the lookout for a virgin queen bee with which to mate. If a virgin bee comes through the drone-cloud, they will chase her and try to grab her and mate. Mating takes an hour, perhaps longer and will be on a hard surface.
Male bees (aka drones) CANNOT sting, because they have no sting. For a bee to have a sting it has to be a girl (female ie worker or queen).
I can offer you several suggestions as to how to cope with your bee-tenants.
1. Put up with what is happening for about another month, then the colony will naturally die out. You might enjoy the spectacle and learn from it !
2. If you can see a discrete point (hole) from which the bees are entering/leaving the building, then it might be worth considering using something like kitchen waste pipe to extend their tunnel to somewhere less inconvenient to you. This would have to be done at night and well sealed so they don't creep out at the junction point.
3. You might be able to put some sort of netting (an old curtain) just below their entrance, so that the activity is safely away from the window.
4. You could ask a person with bee-knowledge (ie via your local Beekeepers Association) to help remove the bees.
5. If all else fails, you could get a pest controller to kill the colony.
Please come back to me and we can talk through your best options !
PS I did try to post something earlier, but can't see it in the listing.
15 June 2012 08:14 PM #14
Hi Peter and Clive.
Thank you for taking the time to reply to me.
I have attached 2 pictures of the bees that I took the other day. The one on the brush was a really big one in real life, the other was smaller but had lost a wing and crawling around the yard.
It isn't so much that I want them killed off, I was thinking of sticking out til the hive died down anyway, it was more that the numbers seem to be increasing over the last few weeks which is a bit of a pain purely because of where they have situated themselves. It has been interesting to watch them and I have seen a couple of them mating too.
Some of my concerns are: do they all die out or do some hibernate in there until next year? I don't want to block off their entrance and have some trapped in there next spring,. Also, I read in an earlier post about wax moth (i think that's what it is called), Will they invade the hive I have or not because i really don't fancy a load of caterpillars in my roof space.
Thanks again
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I'm sure I'll be able to get plenty of other pictures if they interest people .


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Mac & Cheese and Buttermilk Biscuits
I've been wanting to try some Mac & Cheese on the Grill for a while now and a couple of folks had told me to try the version in The Big Green Egg Cookbook. It looked interesting because it had 5 cheeses and used, of all things, 2 teaspoons of Tabasco sauce. The other thing I wanted to do was revisit the Buttermilk Biscuits I made last weekend, also from The BGE Cookbook. I had a problem with the consistency of the dough and couldn't roll it out and cut it out with a cookie cutter. I had to hand form it and it was a sticky mess. I am not sure why I didn't just try to adjust the mixture by adding more dough. Doh! This week it was also a sticky mess and all it took was a little more dough and all was well. Onto the pictures:
I already posted prep pix on this a week ago, so let's pick up at the batter for the buttermilk biscuits. It had the same too wet and sticky consistency, all it took was a little more dough to get it workable.
This time around I was able to use cookie cutters, not my hands, to form them.
The biscuits are all cut out and ready to go on the Egg which has been preheated to 450 degrees and the Platesetter is installed legs down.
The biscuits are done after 22 minutes on the Egg. Problem solved.
While the biscuits were baking I made the pasta and did some hunting and gathering for the ingredients for the Mac & Cheese. Besides the pasta there was: All-purpose flour, butter, dry mustard, heavy cream, whole milk, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt & pepper, plus cheddar , mozzarella, gruyere, fontina & parmesan-reggiano cheese.
The topping used: Panko, melted butter & paparika.
I've got two pans of butter melting on the stove. One for the Mac & Cheese and one for the topping.
The topping is finished
The butter for the Mac & Cheese had the flour added for a quick two minute roux.
The dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce,Tabasco, salt & pepper are added and get stirred constantly for 3 minutes.
Next the heavy cream and milk are slowly added & the mixture gets stirred constantly for around 10 minutes until it almost comes to a boil.
Just before the mx boiled the pan was pulled off the store. Here it is on a trivet & the 5 cheeses get mixed in.
The cheese has been mixed in & is melted.
The pasta has been added & folded in and the mix has been poured into the BGE Dutch oven.
The topping has been added & it is time to head out to the Egg which has been preheated to 350.
When I say the temperature control on the Egg is very precise and even more so than my gas grill, I really mean it. I am a total newbie and I am easily able to hit my target temps-here it was 350. The biggest challenge I had was learning where the dampers needed to be for a given temperature range. A few cooks & I now have a decent feeling for that.
The Mac & Cheese is done after cooking for 30 minutes.
The Mac & Cheese rests for 10 minutes & I served it right out of the Dutch oven sitting on a trivet. It is joined by the buttermilk biscuits.
Mmmmm. One thing about the 10 minute rest is it gave me time to take as many pictures as I wanted. When 10 minutes was up I was done and ready to eat.
I am happy to report I solved the biscuits. This batch looked good and tasted good.
I am not a Mac & Cheese lover. I have never enjoyed Mac & Cheese I have eaten-until now that is.
Now here are some optional pictures. I was given a 1 year old KitchenAid stand mixer in July. I have been experimenting with indoor baking of desserts. For this meal I was going to do my first cake on the Egg. I mixed it up while the Mac & Cheese was baking and I planned to pop it on the Egg when the Mac & Cheese came off. Sadly it looked like thunderstorms were moving in and I had to take my EZ-Up down earlier this week. It didn't even last one summer. Anyway with the downpours we have been having this summer, I was afraid to try it on the Egg this time. So this was cooked in my oven instead of the Egg. In my heart I know it would have turned out just as well, so here are the pictures.
The cake batter used: Cake flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, vegetable oil, water, 6 separated eggs, lemon zest & cream of tartar.
I only had 6 eggs & this egg separator gave me confidence since when I separate eggs through my fingers I sometimes drop the yolk in the sink.
I enjoyed whipping the egg whites with the mixer far more than doing it by hand with a whisk.
The whipped egg whites
The remaining ingredients are mixed together.
The whipped egg whites are folded in.
The Mac & Cheese just came off the grill & is cooling. Sadly the cake is in the oven and not the BGE. Here are the ingredients for the glaze: Confectioners suger, lemon juice & heavy cream.
The cake is out of the oven, & is ready to be glazed.
The cake is glazed and it is time for dessert.
This was the best lemon chiffon cake I have ever made. Of course it is the only lemon chiffon cake I've ever made.
We were eating an hour later than normal. Our surprise company thought they were arriving after we ate, but they had some Mac & Cheese & stayed for dessert. They said they were glad they showed up when they did


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HOUSTON - President Obama said last week that his administration has created 4.3 million jobs in 27 months and more than 800,000 this year alone. Is that truth or political spin? Political experts join host Khambrel Marshall this week to look into the details about our economy WITHOUT political spin.
Joining Khambrel are Dr. Amy Foote, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Director of the M.A. Wright Investment Fund at Rice University's Jesse H. Jones School of Business. Dr. Foote received her Ph.D. in Economics from Fordham University, an M.A. in Economics from New York University and a B.A. in Economics and Managerial studies from Rice University. Dr. Foote analyzes some of the latest numbers about our economy and gives her expert opinion about the causes of the slowdown and what will have to happen to get back on track.
Also on that panel is Dr. Brandon Rottinghaus, Associate Professor, Political Science at the University of Houston. Dr. Rottinghaus received his B.A. in political science from Purdue University and his M.A. and Ph.D in political science from Northwestern University. His primary research interests include the presidency, the media, public opinion and executive-legislative relations. Dr. Rottinghaus analyzes what each party must do to overcome the real or publicly perceived positions that may be standing in their way.
Also this week -- the chairmen of the Harris County Republican and Democratic parties weigh in on what it will take for their candidates to win this fall.
Jared Woodfill, the Republican Party Chairman says the Republicans have a great head of steam after completing their convention in Dallas last week and talks about the main even for Republicans this election season, the runoff between Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and attorney Ted Cruz who won 34 percent of the vote in the primary to force a run-off.
Lane Lewis, chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party talks bout what the Dems will need to do to win a state wide race for the first time in almost 20 years and the historic election of its first ever Hispanic chair of the state organization.
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· Lane Lewis, Chairman-Harris County Democratic Party, 713-802-0085, www.hcdp.org
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I grilled some chicken breasts last night and started using my imagination and decides to make some enchiladas out of them. I chopped up the breasts then wrapped them in a flour tortilla with sour cream, cheese & home-made salsa. Then I put them in an oiled oven safe dish with some sauce, cheese and salsa on top and put them back on my Weber 22". Before I put the dish on the grill I cut back both vents to cool it down some. They turned out excellent and had a great charcoal grill taste.
I was wondering if anyone else has any similar recipes?
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The Maryland Bridge that connects Shaarey Zedek Synagogue to West Broadway Community Ministry has regularly undergone renovations and expansion.
Although that construction has often delayed traffic, it has not stopped Shaarey Zedek congregants from traversing the bridge every Christmas for the past 12 years to provide support on one of the church's busiest days.
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg's oldest Jewish congregation, has been at its location on Wellington Crescent since 1950. West Broadway Ministry, a social justice ministry sponsored by the Anglican and United churches, opened on Maryland Street in 1970. Both institutions cater to the spiritual needs of their congregants and offer cultural and educational programming and support services.
West Broadway caters to a much more diverse and considerably more marginalized community than Shaarey Zedek.
As the church's community minister, Lynda Trono, explains, many of the people who West Broadway serves are unemployed, relying on social assistance and struggling with mental-health issues and disabilities. Many of them are seniors.
Throughout the year, West Broadway keeps it doors open to them for pastoral care, referral and advocacy services, lunches and opportunities to participate in programs and socialize. During the Christmas season, the church's efforts are enhanced by a variety of other local organizations that step forward with donations of mitts, toques, toys, sweets and entertainment. Many of these groups also sponsor holiday meals.
The church's annual Christmas Day luncheon usually feeds about 200 people.
"They are mostly people from the community who don't have anywhere else to go at Christmas," says Trono. "They are people who are alone, people who need food and who are looking for a special way to mark the season."
That lunch is prepared and served mainly by members of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. This Jewish volunteerism reflects the conservative congregation's commitment to tikkun olam, the concept of repairing the world first articulated in the rabbinic teachings of the Mishnah.
Glory Fleisher was chairwoman of the tikkun olam committee when the synagogue's relationship with West Broadway was first forged. Inspired by a rabbinical sermon, she placed a call to West Broadway and asked how her committee might be of service.
"I felt it was important to reach out to the community and fill a need during the holiday season," she recalls.
That first year, Shaarey Zedek donated cold-weather gear, candy and pastry to the church's Christmas festivities. The next year, the synagogue members became more proactive, arranging for most of the food donations from local suppliers, preparing and serving the meal and cleaning up after the meal.
Shaarey Zedek member Rick Lee has often been the volunteer responsible for making the arrangements with the suppliers and picking up and delivering the food to the church. He also helps set up the luncheon and with food preparation. He and his wife, Laurie Shapiro, have been volunteering at West Broadway for 10 years.
"When we first started volunteering, our children were still at home and we encouraged them to volunteer with us," he says. "We thought it was a good opportunity for them to learn the importance of volunteer work in the community and also to understand that there are many people who are much less fortunate than we have been."
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"Certainly, repairing the world calls for us to get involved with the broader community to offer assistance to those with greater needs," Lee says.
Trono, who has dedicated her career to a Christian version of tikkun olam, agrees. She is well aware of how important the Christmas luncheon is to her congregants and how much they appreciate the interaction, generosity and compassion extended to them by volunteers on the holiday.
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Not everyone can afford a security system, but everyone wants to better protect their homes from a burglar.
Peter and his wife Laura, who live in Bradford County, had their home broken into three different times. Deputies say there's one man responsible for the trio of burglaries; Charles Futch, III, and say he used a screwdriver and a kitchen knife to pry open a door to gain entry to the home. Futch was arrested after the third burglary, thanks to video cameras inside Peter's house that alerted him to trouble.
Channel 4 Crime and Safety Expert, Ken Jefferson, says popping a lock and prying your way into a home is easier than you think and Jefferson wants everyone to know what they can do to make it harder for burglars to get in.
Jefferson recommends a metal plate that fills the gap between the door and the door frame, preventing a criminal from getting a knife or screwdriver in between to pop the lock. Channel 4 bought a metal plate from Home Depot for $8.77.
Secondly, Jefferson recommends you buy 3-inch screws to attach your door hinges to the frame to make it harder for burglars to kick their way in. Most standard doors only have 1 1/2 inch screws in the hinges.
"If you have a 3-inch screw, which doesn't cost you that much money, it's going deeper into the woodwork which makes it very difficult for anyone to finagle this door to move it," said Jefferson.
The 3-inch screws are inexpensive. We bought a pack of two for $1.18 at Lowe's.
Peter says he didn't have a deadbolt on his back door, something he's now changed. But keep in mind, Jefferson says one deadbolt in particular is the best. He recommends a double-cylinder deadbolt. There's a key hole on both sides, preventing a burglar from breaking a window, reaching around and turning a knob to unlock it.
But Jefferson emphasizes the importance of having the key nearby, in case there is an emergency situation and you need to get out of the house. We bought a double-cylinder deadbolt at Lowe's for $16.97.
The three Jefferson-approved items we bought to enhance the security of a home: the metal plate, the screws and the double-cylinder deadbolt, all added up to $26.92.
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Life Insurance
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PRIME Minister David Cameron wanted to know how Worcestershire has coped with soaring river levels – by having talks with the county council's leader.
Councillor Adrian Hardman went to Downing Street last week to see the PM at Number 10.
Mr Cameron particularly wanted to know how Upton-upon-Severn has coped with flooding, with concerns over the 2007 crisis still in his memory.
Coun Hardman told the PM how vital it was to avoid cuts to Environment Agency funding, telling him one of the reasons why Worcestershire coped better this time around was because of the body's work.
Around 1,500 jobs are being slashed by the agency, including front-line emergency flooding staff, by October due to cuts in Government funding.
During a recent full council meeting, Bromsgrove District Councillor Luke Mallett asked Coun Hardman if he was worried about "ill conceived and ill-timed" cuts to cash for the body.
Coun Hardman said: "That's a very good question, and was something I actually raised with the Prime Minister when I was able to talk to him at Downing Street last night.
"He was most interested in how the flooding had been going, particularly in Upton, and I was able to assure him that while it was a very close run thing, we didn't have the kind of experience we got in 2007.
"I told him this was largely down to close working with the Environment Agency and stressed that it was absolutely key that there is investment in more flood mitigation measures across the county."
Mr Cameron visited Upton in July 2007 when floods wrecked the town.
The Environment Agency employs 11,250 people nationwide but says it plans to reduce that to 9,700 by October.


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Alright so this topic won't be about the pizzas I made but the ultimate pie I just made thanks to our very own Griffin who discovered this beauty of a recipe....I decided it was enough time that I would do a dessert on the Egg. Normally I'm not one to make desserts or bake in the family but I love Pecan Pie....So I tried the Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie....In one word....WOW
Here are some pictures
First the mix....
Untitled by EKomrska, on Flickr
Then onto the Egg. I followed Griffins instructions to a T....Platesetter legs down, little green things and rest the pie on that...
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This picture is sheer beauty in my eyes...I'm not a baker but I thought it was gorgeous
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I took this thing out and I just couldn't wait to try it after all I have to try it before I let anyone else...So why not burn the roof of my mouth while doing it.
This thing was amazing all 3 of my kids loved it, so did my parents.....
Untitled by EKomrska, on Flickr
All I can say is if you like Pecan Pie and you like Chocolate this is a MUST make on the Egg.


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This article was published 4/3/2013 (1632 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was a day full of good news.
Two weeks ago, the city announced it was partnering with the province and the East End Community Club on a $9-million upgrade to an existing two-sheet arena, adding a third sheet of ice together with improvements to the dressing rooms. The same day, the city and province announced a deal with Garden City Community Centre for a new, $17-million two-sheet arena and recreation complex.
Once these new projects open in fall 2014, the city will decommission three aging rinks -- Vimy, Old Exhibition and Roland Michener. There's great sense in this plan. Old rinks are expensive to maintain, have poor sight-lines and tiny dressing rooms. New arenas mean better amenities and lower overall operating costs. With skin in the game, club-controlled rinks tend to be more financially self-sufficient.
However, there is more to the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new strategy. The city will continue to own the new rinks, but by asking clubs to run them, it is fundamentally altering the way the facilities function. In particular, it will change the way ice is allocated.
Club-operated rinks serve their own catchment areas first. City-operated rinks are generally used by individuals and groups from across the city. As the number of city-operated rinks shrinks, so too do opportunities for practice ice for teams hosted by associations or clubs that do not have their own rinks.
Winnipeg is not, as some may think, poorly served in terms of the number of arenas. In fact, when you add up all the rinks -- city owned and operated, community club-controlled sheets and private facilities -- we have among the highest number of rinks per capita. Even so, ask anyone with kids in hockey or ringette, and they'll tell you practice ice is hard to come by. The problem here is ice allocation.
The city provides hockey area associations a half hour of prime-time weekday and weekend ice per team hosted. The city also provides ice for other sports, and sets aside time for skating lessons. For hockey, that 30-minute slot guarantees a single game per week, per team. That's it. If you want practice ice, you have to go out onto the open market and try to find random ice.
However, it's different for teams hosted by community clubs that operate rinks. Those clubs do not get the city game allocation, but instead must provide the same half hour for each team it hosts. However, those community clubs are also entitled to offer practice ice to their teams on a priority basis.
That means a team hosted by the Fort Garry Minor Hockey Association, which does not have a community club-operated rink within its boundaries, has to scramble to find practice ice, while South Winnipeg or Assiniboine Park, which both have club rinks in their catchment areas, get prime practice ice for their teams.
It's not hard to understand why the community clubs take care of their own teams first -- the club puts in all the volunteer work, raises money to improve facilities and otherwise assumes the risk as operator. No, the real problem here is that the city has effectively lost control over contracts at the rinks it operates.
The city cannot, for example, guarantee a hockey association with no access to club-operated ice will get priority for contracts at city-operated arenas within its boundaries. Anyone involved in minor hockey or another youth ice sport, from any part of Winnipeg, can lock down prime time ice at any city-controlled rink even though it would make sense to make that ice available first to groups without access to a community club rink. The current system is set up to create some absolutely absurd scenarios.
Consider when the MTS Iceplex came on line three years ago, large blocks of ice time were provided to area associations in the west part of the city. However, the city did not ask those groups that received additional Iceplex ice to share or re-allocate contracts they held at city or club-operated rinks. As a result, even with four new sheets of ice, it's just as difficult, if not more so, to get practice ice. It also meant some minor hockey teams were able to practise three or four times per week, while others may not be able to guarantee a single practice per week. Or, they're driving an hour to rural rinks just outside the city.
The good news is that in addition to guaranteeing old contracts at the decommissioned city rinks will be honoured at the new facilities, the city is writing a new ice-allocation policy. The timing could not be better -- the city is promising to forge new deals with clubs and user groups that will take old city rinks out of service.
It's hard to argue against more rinks. And getting more community clubs involved is, in the long run, a good thing. However, we won't get much satisfaction from adding to our inventory of rinks if that new ice falls into the hands of the few who already have more than they could possibly need.


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BOSSES at the new Stretford Tesco store have head hunted former Corrie Freshco employees Curly Watts and Andy McDonald to work at the store on opening day.
The new store, on Chester Road will open its doors for the first time at 8am on November 26, when customers will be greeted by the stars - actors Kevin Kennedy and Nicholas Cochrane - who will put in a shift from 9am until 12noon.
To mark the opening, store manager Dominic Carey will present a representative from the North West Air Ambulance with a £1,000 donation during an official launch ceremony at 10am. Customers will then be invited to enjoy free cake and champagne.
And Messenger readers have a chance to win £100 of Tesco vouchers - http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/competitions/ or see page 9 of this week's Stretford and Urmston Messenger for details.


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The 2011 New York City Wine and Food Festival was a weekend-long celebration of, well… wine and food. It featured bites from top TV chefs and the city's best restaurants, plus cocktails and wine in all varieties. It was also a chance to meet and mingle with all the big stars from Cooking Channel and Food Network. But the annual festival is more than just a big party — 100 % of the proceeds from the festival go directly to the Food Bank For New York City and the Share Our Strength foundation.
Check out the Cooking Channel stars who made an appearance:Ben Sargent may spend most of his time on a boat, reeling in the the catch of the day for Cooking Channel's Hook, Line & Dinner, but Saturday's The Best Thing I Ever Ate Between Bread sandwich cook-off brought him onto dry land, where he served his famous lobster rolls. With many of the country's top sandwiches all squished into one room, the pressure was on Ben and his team to perform, but they made sure to bring the goods. "It was tough serving so many people," Ben explained, "but we found a rhythm and assembly line that worked and it was all good." That it was, Ben. Downright delicious, actually.
Supercouple Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos hosted their own party on the rooftop of the sleek new Meatpacking District spot Dream Downtown with the alliterative and apt title: Cocktails and Caviar. Guests dressed in their swankiest black attire sipped on cocktails and nibbled on appetizers dotted with caviar along with truffles and other chocolatey sweets from Godiva, as they mingled with the very gracious hosts of the event and the show Extra Virgin.
Later that evening, Debi and Gabriele showed up at Bobby Flay's The Art of the Taco party, where they joined Kelsey's Essentials' Kelsey Nixon, who was dishing out Chile-Braised Lamb Tacos to the sold-out, tequila-sipping crowd. Also at the taco bash was Bobby himself, representing his restaurant Mesa Grill and serving Smoked Salmon Tacos.
Fans could do more than eat and drink with stars, they could also act like one. At a stage in the middle of the Meatpacking District, Iron Chef-enthusiasts had a chance to unveil the secret ingredient and shout their best "Allez Cuisine!" plus meet stars the likes of Alton Brown, host of Food Network's Iron Chef America and of Good Eats, which has a new home on Cooking Channel.
If you couldn't make the festival, you can still summon your inner chef at home and cook like a star:
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Debi and Gabriele's Top Recipes
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With more than 70 undergraduate majors from which to choose, Ashland offers the breadth and scope of a large university while affording each student individual attention and careful guidance.
Ashland University's faculty and staff get to know you personally. Your academic success and exposure to your field of interest is what we strive to achieve each and every day. But what makes Ashland University even more unique? Perhaps it's because some of our recent students have been able to gain valuable, life-changing experience by conducting research with professors, presenting at national conferences, landing internships at international companies and even completing coursework in other countries. Or, perhaps it's our unique programs to help make college more affordable.
The Four-year Graduation Guarantee enables students to earn their degree in four years, or have the university pay for up to one year of the additional tuition for the extra time it takes them to complete their program of study, as long as they adhere to their graduation plan. Three-year Degree Programs allow some students to enter the workforce or pursue a graduate degree more quickly than they would with the traditional four-year degree, and making their college education more affordable.


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Somerset County League Division One
Middlezoy Rovers 2, Burnham United 1
MIDDLEZOY'S fourth game in a week ended in victory thanks to a last-minute winner from Steve Hall.
Hall was on hand to stroke home with the final kick of the game as Zoy came from behind to snatch the win in this local derby.
Playing against the wind, Zoy started the brighter, but fell behind on 17 minutes when a midfield mistake was punished by Burnham striker Matthew Scott, who raced through to slot home.
Unfortunately for the visitors, the lively Scott was taken off minutes later after a clash of heads with one of his own players.
Despite a strong wind, Zoy passed well and were unlucky to be behind at the break with Dan Luce and Andy Smith wasting great opportunities.
After the break and with the wind, Zoy continued to dominate, but were unable to find a breakthrough until the 73rd minute when captain Darren Cann latched on to a Craig Berry ball to rifle home the equaliser.
More glorious chances were wasted by the home side, who were a constant threat with Burnham unable to get out of their own half.
A long range effort from Steve Hall appeared to cross the line, but the referee was unable to award the goal, and Cann had another effort tipped over the bar from close range.
Despite terrific defending from the visitors, the winner came in the final seconds when Paul Atyeo was sent through on goal.
His effort rebounded off Elliot Lamb in the Burnham goal and into the path of Hall, who was on hand to stroke home the winner with the final kick of the game.
Star man: Steve Hall (Middlezoy Rovers) Team: Baker, Lintell, Brown, Cann, Hall, Bone,Jennings (Berry), Smith, Luce, Atyeo, Temlett (Whaites)


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A FORMER top flight whistle blower from Yate is relishing his new role as president of the Gloucestershire County Referees' Association.
Bill Bombroff, 76, will be responsible for bringing the six refereeing branches in the county – Bristol, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester and Stroud – together socially and technically on the laws of the game and in-service training.
Bombroff is also a referee adviser for the Bristol Referees' Association, where he is responsible for training referees and monitoring officials from youth football to senior level, but he is looking forward to his new challenge.
"I shall be very much involved in recruitment and retention and that sort of thing.
"Socially I will be involved and moving the county forward. It will be a hands-on role.
"I'm absolutely overjoyed. It is a tremendous honour to lead the whole county."
Bombroff has been on the committee since 1966 and received an FA Long Service award from former acting chairman of the national governing body, Roger Burden, in 2012 for dedicating 50 years to refereeing.
He began officiating in the West Bromwich area in 1952 and passed his course ten years later before going on to take charge of matches in the Football League, including the old Division One and a European tie in Belgium, in the 70s and 80s.
Bombroff admits that Premier League referees these days have a much tougher job with the amount of scrutiny they are under but he hopes to make a difference to local football, where the officials are presented with different challenges.
"I don't think I would think about refereeing today," said Bombroff.
"You've got all these cameras that we never had. Within seconds of an incident you've got ten cameras showing you different angles.
"Referees don't have that, they just have their own two eyes.
"There are other problems at grassroots level and that is pressure from parents and also the attitude of players towards authority.
"It concerns me now that yellow cards are meaningless to the players.
"I have my own standards. I try to bring people up to that standard, particularly on the Downs, and I think it is working but it is hard work."


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ASUS 8-Series Haswell Motherboards: New UEFI Tour [video]by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013 8:19 PM EST
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Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkThe Secure Erase functionality has me as giddy as a schoolgirl. I'm beyond tired of having to boot up esoteric Linux distributions, put in a pile of commands, and plug (and replug) SSDs in order to erase them. We go through this process entirely too much due to all the SSDs we have. Reply
Sabresiberian - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkYah even if you only needed it once as an end-user it would be very sweet to have. :) Reply
RU482 - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkwhy not just connect as a secondary drive, reformat the drive, and then use CCleaner to wipe the drive? Reply
AnnihilatorX - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkSecure Erase in OP's context is used to reset SSD to their peak performance, not in the sense of securely erasing data. This operation requires the ATA standard and low-level commands to be used on the SSD, and usually require old DOS applications. Reply
nevertell - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkA pile of commands ? lsblk to select the drive and then you can use your erasing utility of choice. Reply
politbureau - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkAsus Sabertooth X79 & Rampage IV Extreme owner here. Any reason we can't see these UEFI improvements made retroactively? I'd hate to think that the two X79 boards I just dropped $750 on less than a month ago are already considered EOL as far as BIOS development goes. Reply
iamkyle - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkOn a similar subject, any news as to Ivy Bridge-E, or some other sort of LGA2011 follow up? Reply
7keypad - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkLightest possible laptop with high mobility can be :
1) with fanless processor
2) with touchpad + 7keypad
3) No Qwerty Keyboard
During travel we can use osk+touchpad or 7keypad+touchpad
On desk we can use laptop with external USB-keyboard ( frontech ) Reply
Sabresiberian - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkI must say I'm seriously impressed with Asus, particularly ROG. At this point, the only thing EVGA has over them is their support - and frankly, their last series of mainboards weren't very good, and I'm still miffed they removed voltage tuning from the 680 Classified. First I don't think components were properly binned for that card so they could take advantage of the voltage tuning, and second, when Nvidia told their vendors they wouldn't warranty chips on cards that had the feature they didn't say that, they said Nvidia wasn't allowing it and even implied it was effecting the quantity of chips allocated to them - which I don't believe for a second (and Nvidia released a statement flat out saying it wasn't true). Well, EVGA, if your products are so great and I'm paying the price for the most expensive GTX 680 on the planet, don't you think you could stand behind the product entirely on your own, regardless of Nvidia's warranty stance?
Their Haswell line-up looks good, but the Classified version doesn't appear to have support for the EVBot. WTF? I bought this thing (EVBot) thinking my next MB would be EVGA because I wanted to try one of their mainboards, now I can use it for 1 video card, and won't be able to use it with next-gen MBs from them? I won't be able to use it on anything else but that one card, so it looks like I got an even more expensive GTX 680 Classified than I thought. Great.
Asus support has never been near as good as EVGA's, but, seriously, I'd rather have the better product up front and weaker support than weak hardware with great support. And, I have an earlier ROG board which is the best MB I've ever purchased (as well it should be for the price I paid as an early adopter of X58, heh). EVGA is going to have to seriously step up to get my money this time, as it looks like the no-brainer decision at this point is ROG, for my purposes. Reply
cmdrdredd - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkI seem to remember Asus having acquired someone that formerly worked with EVGA's BIOS team and now he works closely with the ROG development side. Reply
Mikuni - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkFix the fucking windows drivers first, Asus COM service hogs 2GB memory leak after a month, for years. Reply
r3loaded - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkHuh? It's consuming about 1.2MB here, with zero CPU and I/O usage. Reply
Mikuni - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkforums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2308246 Reply
Sabresiberian - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkNever had the problem on my Rampage II (we're talking a mainboard approaching 5 years old), but yeah, you're right, this needs to be fixed. Hopefully Anand can query JJ about it. Reply
dougxd - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkWow..... sounds like you're using one of those decades old klanky-key keyboards from the good old days, ehh? Reply
clarkn0va - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkIt's actually pretty silly to think that it should be so difficult to call what amounts to a single ATA command that's been in existence for years.
Kudos to the Parted Magic guys for making it as simple as it was, but the shift to UEFI support for this is a welcome change. Reply
clarkn0va - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkIgnore the troll. Everybody knows you can't run Windows for a month.
[ducks] Reply
gokdog - Friday, June 07, 2013 - linkGreat video, very intuitive, cannot wait until the Overclocking tips video, as my ROG Hero is enroute to my casa right now. Reply
JDub8 - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkWay to rip off MaxPC Reply
microlithx - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkHey, if you use the UEFI shell and type in the "drivers" command does the board simply reset itself?
That's one bit of behavior that still pisses me off about ASUS's firmware - they're the only board vendor whose environment does this. Reply
bormasina - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI've bought the Gryphon Z87 board, but the armor is nowhere to be found. I hate to put the components together and then do it again just to add the armor. Does anybody knows where can i purchase the armor? Reply