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MasterChef Junior
|MasterChef Junior
|Based on
|Junior MasterChef
|Gordon Ramsay
Joe Bastianich
Graham Elliot
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|Executive producer(s)
|Ben Adler
Robin Ashbrook
Paul Franklin
Eden Gaha
Patricia Llewellyn
Elisabeth Murdoch
Adeline Ramage Rooney
Gordon Ramsay
|Production company(s)
|One Potato Two Potato
Shine America
|Original channel
|Original run
|September 27, 2013– present
|External links
|Official website
MasterChef Junior is a cooking competition television series that is airing on Fox. It premiered on Friday, September 27, 2013.[1] It is based on the format of the U.K. series Junior MasterChef.[2]
On March 5, 2014, MasterChef Junior was renewed for a third season, before production on season two began.[3] The second season is slated to premiere on Tuesday November 4, 2014.[4]
Children between the ages of 8 and 13 apply to become a contestant on the series. 24 applicants are chosen to audition.[2] At the auditions, the applicants are split into three groups. One group prepares seafood dishes, one prepares pasta dishes and one group prepares dessert dishes to present to the judges.[5] 12 of the applicants become contestants for the next round and all 24 receive one of the MasterChef franchise's signature aprons that they get to keep, regardless of their progress.[5]
After the audition round, two contestants are sent home per episode. The winner receives a prize of $100,000[5] and the MasterChef Junior trophy.
Like MasterChef, MasterChef Junior is judged by Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot.[2]
Fox placed casting calls for participants in January 2013.[6] Fox officially ordered the series (then under the name Junior MasterChef) on May 10, 2013.[7] The name was later changed to MasterChef Junior.
There were concerns that Ramsay's style of cursing at the contestants on his other competition shows (most notably Hell's Kitchen) would carry over to MasterChef Junior, but Ramsay said that he had only cursed twice during the production of the series, and never at the contestants. In the final editing, he cursed once in front of the contestants, but not at them.[5]
The first season of MasterChef Junior premiered on September 27, 2013.[1] Fox announced there will be a second and third season.[8]
Season 1 (2013)[edit]
The winner of MasterChef Junior season 1 is Alexander Weiss, a 13-year-old from New York City.
Top 12[edit]
|Alexander Weiss
|New York City, New York
|Winner November 8
|Dara Yu
|Los Angeles, California
|Runner-Up November 8
|Jack Hoffman
|East Rockaway, New York
|Eliminated November 1
|Troy Glass
|Thousand Oaks, California
|Gavin Pola
|San Francisco, California
|Eliminated October 25
|Sarah Lane
|Pacific Palisades, California
|Kaylen Alfred
|Culver City, California
|Eliminated October 18
|Sofia Hublitz
|Brooklyn, New York
|Jewels Gold
|Manalapan, New Jersey
|Eliminated October 11
|Roen Guerin
|Brooklyn, New York
|Molly Round
|Pasadena, California
|Eliminated October 4
|Tommy Peters
|Palos Verdes Estates, California
Elimination table[edit]
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook won the Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test.
- (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was directly advanced to the next round.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a Team Challenge.
- (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in the challenge.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a Elimination Test, but was not the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a Elimination Test, and was the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and their team was last to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and they were the only person from their team to advance.
- (OUT) ,The cook was eliminated.
Episode 1[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday September 27, 2013
- Viewers:
- Auditions:
After a nationwide search for the best junior home chefs in the country, twenty-four are invited to the MasterChef kitchen to compete for a spot in the top twelve. The children are split up into three groups of eight. The first group is assigned to create a restaurant quality seafood dish of their choosing. The dishes consist of Sofia with her Chilean sea bass, Roen with his seared ahi tuna and sushi, Mina with her coconut-crusted shrimp, Daniel with his octopus salad, Justin with his fried red snapper, Jack with his seared crab cakes, Franco with his seared scallops and fried rice, and Molly with her fried cod fish tacos. Out of these eight, Sofia, Roen, Jack, and Molly advance into the top twelve. The second group is assigned to create a stunning plate of fresh pasta. The dishes consist of Dara with her herb and cheese spaetzle, Tommy with his pumpkin ravioli, Sage with her vegetarian lasagna, Jewels with her gnocchi, Troy with his sea scallop fettuccine, Sara with her meatballs and fettuccine, Gavin with his beef pecorino tortellini, and Noah with his Chicken Milanesa and fettuccine pasta. Out of these eight, Dara, Tommy, Jewels, Troy, and Gavin advance to the next round. The final group has to create an amazing dessert. The dishes consist of Alexander with his pistachio macaroons, Sarah with her chocolate molten lava cake, Lishai with her mini apple pie, Ethan with his dark chocolate truffles, Hana with her scone shortcakes, Amanda with her salted caramel brownie, Kaylen with her mint lime cupcakes, and Nathan with his meringue roulade. Out of these eight, Alexander, Sarah, and Kaylen finish up the top 12 lineup. So overall, Alexander, Dara, Gavin, Jack, Jewels, Kaylen, Molly, Roen, Sarah, Sofia, Tommy, and Troy advance to the next round, while Amanda, Daniel, Ethan, Franco, Hana, Justin, Lishai, Mina, Nathan, Noah, Sage, and Sara are sent home on the first day.
Episode 2[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday October 4, 2013
- Viewers: 3.95 million
- Mystery Box Challenge:
Before the series' first mystery box challenge, Gordon announced that the winner will receive $100,000, which excites all the young home cooks. The mystery box for this episode contains filet mignon, tiger shrimp, puff pastry, mixed berries, soy sauce, onion, garlic, butter potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, cherry tomatoes, ginger, greens and blue cheese. Also in the mystery box is a tablet, where the contestants can use it to Skype anybody they want to get ideas for their dish. The top three for the mystery box are Alexander's pan-seared filet mignon with garlic mashed potatoes, butter glazed carrots and a spicy mixed berry puree over a fresh green salad; Jack's Surf and Turf (pan-seared filet mignon and sauteed shrimp) with potato puff, glazed carrots and a mushroom cream sauce; and Troy's filet mignon with root vegetable hash, a poached egg, and a demi-glace soy sauce. In the end, Jack's dish is deemed the best and he receives the win in the first mystery box of the series.
- Elimination Challenge:
For winning the mystery box, Jack gains immunity from the Elimination Challenge as his first advantage. The theme of the Elimination Challenge is the judges' childhood favorite meals. For his second advantage, Jack is given the opportunity to choose what the rest of the contestants would have to cook. His choices are Joe's chicken wings, Graham's hamburger and Gordon's fish sticks. Jack ultimately chooses the burger. The eleven competing contestants are given an hour to create a restaurant quality burger. The three best meals of the Elimination Test are Alexander's beef sliders on mini brioche buns with pepper jack cheese, a lemon arugula salad, caramelized mushrooms, crispy mini onion rings, and a black garlic aioli served with fried kale chips (despite Joe fearing he's overthinking the dish), Gavin's Italian pork sausage burger topped with grilled onions, sliced tomatoes, and arugula served with a cucumber tomato salad topped with aged balsamic vinegar and burrata cheese, and Kaylen's "All around the world" beef and pork burger topped with bacon, Parmesan cheese and served with onion rings. Despite the patty being slightly overcooked and cabbage being put on the burger instead of lettuce like she hoped to do so, Sarah also pleased the judges with her All-American burger with grilled pineapple, bacon, cabbage and baked beans, and is safe from elimination as well. The bottom three meals are Jewels' lamb burger topped with caramelized onions, arugula, avocado, and tomato with a little bit of Tzatziki (which is said to be a move that Jewel's "shot herself in the foot by doing that lamb [burger]" by Graham), Molly's Korean barbecue burger topped with kimchi, fried onions and togarachi served with fries and some cole slaw (which is said to be way overcooked, with off-balance seasoning, and kimchi that didn't work, as she also appeared to have given up for most of the cooking period following Gordon's concerns at her station), and Tommy's breakfast burger made with a pork sausage and turkey patty, topped with American cheese, bacon, and a fried egg served with sweet potato tots (which is said to be dry, bland, with poorly thought out processed cheese inside the patty, alongside an overwhelming cheese flavor obliterating everything else; especially the fried egg, which is lost). In the end, the judges send Jewels to safety, leading to the tearful elimination of Molly and Tommy.
Episode 3[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday October 11, 2013
- Viewers: 3.92 million
- Individual Challenge:
The top 3 from the previous elimination challenge, Alexander, Gavin and Kaylen, are each given a quart of heavy cream and told to whip it to stiff peaks. Whoever had the thickest cream - measured by holding the bowl upside-down over one of the judges' heads - would get an advantage for the next team challenge. While the contestants were whipping, the other 7 contestants were all screaming, though Dara was startled by the 'different style of Sarah' that came out, as Sarah was screaming at the top of her lungs. When the challenge is over, Alexander goes first, holding his bowl over Graham's head, and not one drop falls on the judge. Gavin is next. While his cream doesn't have stiff peaks, it's still thicker and more whipped than plain cream, though it's not thick enough to prevent a large portion from falling on Joe's head, sending everybody (particularly Jewels) into a laughing fit. Kaylen is last to take her turn, and her cream is even thinner than Gavin's, resulting in it completely drenching Gordon, making everybody laugh even harder than before, while Gordon, for the first time in this series, swears aloud, making everyone go into hysterics (particularly Dara). Alexander is thus judged the winner - after which he dumps the contents of his bowl over Graham's head anyway, and everyone ends up throwing cream at Graham, making everyone go into hyper-hysterics.
- Team Challenge:
As the winner of the last challenge, Alexander has the task of dividing the top 10 into 5 groups of 2; he thus selects Troy to join him, pairs Gavin with Sofia, Jack with Kaylen, Roen with Jewel and Dara (who he considers his biggest competitor) with Sarah (the youngest). The task for this challenge is to recreate Gordon Ramsey's signature dish, Beef Wellington, topped with demi-glace and served with sides of mashed potatoes and broccolini. They are given filet mignon, crepes, puff pastry, prosciutto, dijon mustard, mushroom duxelle, broccolini, thyme, potatoes, butter, salt and pepper to make the dish and have 65 minutes to complete it. Ultimately, Dara and Sarah, whose execution of the dish is deemed absolutely flawless, are narrowly judged to have the best meal by Mr. Ramsay. Closely following are Alexander and Troy, whose meal is only prevented from being perfect by the fact that they waited too long to coat their filet in mustard. Alexander had pointed out that was supposed to be done immediately after the filet was seared, but Troy wouldn't listen to him. Gavin and Sofia's meal, while criticized for having an overly thick layer of pastry on the wellington, is also felt to be very good overall. The weakest 2 meals are those of Jack and Kaylen, along with Jewels and Roen. Jack and Kaylen's wellington suffered from soggy pastry, overcooked filet as a result of using insufficient mushroom duxelles, and mushy broccolini, while Jewels and Roen's wellington is severely over-seasoned with salt and has too much pastry. After deeming the other 3 teams safe, the judges ultimately decide that Jewels and Roen had the weaker of the 2 meals, resulting in their teary-eyed elimination.
Episode 4[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday October 18, 2013
- Viewers:
- Mystery Box Challenge:
The mystery box consists of "foods kids hate:" liver, kidneys, snails, brussel sprouts, sardines, artichoke, blue cheese, olives, dates and fennel. Dara's attempt to make a blue cheese soufflé goes badly wrong from using too much batter in her ramekin, leaving her as the only member of the top eight to not present a meal, though the judges still commend her ambition. The top three for the mystery box are Troy's snail chowder with herb oil and baked eggplant peels, Alexander's sticky toffee pudding with candied fennel, a chantilly cream and a fig-lemon puree, and Sarah's deep-fried sardines with a cabbage, brussel sprout and fennel salad. In the end, Sarah wins the challenge.
- Elimination Challenge:
After winning the mystery box, Sarah gains immunity from the Elimination Challenge as her first advantage. The theme of the Elimination Challenge is desserts. Sarah is able to choose what the rest of the contestants would have to cook. Her choices are Joe's cupcakes, Graham's 3-layer cake and Gordon's fruit tarts. Sarah chooses Graham's layer cake, with hopes of eliminating Alexander and Troy. The rest of the competing contestants are given 1 1/2 hours to create a three-layer cake. Most of them had never prepared one before and face a series of problems. Alexander mistakes his flour for confectioners' sugar and has to start over, and Sofia cries when her batter refuses to work. Gordon comes over to Sofia and gets her back on her feet, but both she and Alexander have fallen behind. The 2 best cakes of the Elimination Test are Dara's chocolate cake with spice cayenne pepper ganache, and Gavin's chocoholic delight (three layers of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting). Jack's vanilla raspberry cake with meringue buttercream frosting, while not up to the standards of the top 2, also gets positive feedback and saves him from elimination. The 4 worst cakes are Troy's lemon cake with cream cheese frosting and candied lemon slices, Alexander's lemon cake filled with lemon curd, topped with meringue frosting and garnished with blueberry and raspberry puree, Kaylen's vanilla cake with a mixed berry buttercream and Sofia's chocolate cake with a strawberry and raspberry buttercream and topped with fresh raspberries. Unfortunately, Sarah's plan to eliminate Troy and Alexander backfired, as Troy's cake did just enough to keep him in the competition, while Alexander survives mostly by virtue of his past performances (despite the judges calling his cake a "disaster"), leading to the tearful elimination of Kaylen and Sofia.
Episode 5[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday October 25, 2013
- Viewers: 3.87 million
- Team Challenge:
The Top 6 contestants travel to Drago Centro in Los Angeles. Joe announces they'd be competing in the restaurant takeover challenge, which scares some of the kids. Because Dara and Gavin had the best cakes last episode, they're named team captains. Dara chooses Alexander and Jack for her red team while Gavin chooses Troy and Sarah for his blue team. The teams have to prepare 2 appetizers and entrees from the menu: A Burrata Salad and Seared Albacore Tuna for appetizers, along with Short Rib Ravioli and Pan Seared Branzino for entrées. The teams have an hour of prep and 75 minutes of lunch service. Promptly after prep time begins, Troy takes command of the blue team, but Gordon tells him to calm down and allow team captain Gavin to take control. The red team, however, shares responsibilities and decides democratically who'd do what. Troy and Sarah have a hard time getting along. Once prep time is over, Ramsay, who's the expediter, begins calling out orders and service officially starts. The blue team falls behind because they're struggling to work together, and even have to redo a dish because Troy had sliced the tuna too thin. On the red team, Dara and Alexander begin arguing, but Jack and Gordon bring them back together. The guests enjoy their appetizers and give good reviews, with no clue that the chefs are children. The teams now have to prepare a dish for Chef Ian of the restaurant. While the blue team continue to have conflicts, the red team gets it together. Chef Ian tests the teams' appetizers. The blue team's Burrata Salad looks and tastes better and for the tuna, both teams get good reviews. The teams now prepare their entrees for fifty customers and Chef Ian. Gavin of the blue team tries to ease the tension between Troy and Sarah. However, the red team gets it together and works in unison. The customers give mixed reviews. The teams prepares Chef Ian's meals. The blue team finally works together, but on the contrary, the red team struggles to get the order done. The red team's ravioli looks and tastes better while the blue team's ravioli is lacking sauce. The red team's Branzino looks better, but the blue team's Branzino tastes better. The guests fill out their comment cards, and the young cooks come out of the kitchen to greet the guests, who are blown away by the fact that children ages 9 to 13 cooked their food. The cooks travel back to the MasterChef kitchen to find which team won the challenge. Back in the kitchen, the judges declare the Red team the winner, sending Dara, Alexander and Jack to the semifinals. The Blue team is up for elimination; however, only one will be safe. In the end, the judges save Troy, while Gavin and a teary-eyed Sarah are sent home. Before they left, Gordon asked them about who they think will win. Sarah thought Troy would win, despite him giving her a hard time at the restaurant, and Gavin said Jack will win.
Episode 6[edit]
- Original Airdate: Friday November 1, 2013
- Viewers: 4.01 million
- Individual Challenge:
All 4 remaining contestants are asked to make a perfect soft-cooked egg but thrown a curveball by being refused any sort of timer and forced to go completely on gut instinct to determine when their egg is ready. When the eggs are presented, Alexander and Jack's eggs are completely hard-cooked, and while Dara's yellow is somewhat softer, it's still mostly solid. Troy's egg is about halfway between being soft and hard-cooked, resulting in him being named the winner for delivering the closest to what the judges had asked for.
- Elimination Challenge:
As the winner of the individual challenge, Troy's advantage is to assign himself and the other 3 cooks one of 4 cuts of chicken. He chooses thigh for himself, gives Alexander the liver (considered the hardest cut), Dara the wings and Jack the breast. During the cooking phase, Dara is composed and confident throughout, Jack keeps going back and forth to the pantry to get ingredients he forgot, Troy ignores Joe's advice to cook 2 thighs as a backup plan, while Alexander is extremely nervous about his cut, as he knew nothing about cooking liver. Troy is first-up to be judged, and serves up a pan-fried thigh with romesco sauce and a spaghetti, squash and zucchini salad. Unfortunately, Troy had confused the cooking times of chicken breasts and thighs, and when Gordon cuts it open, the interior of the thigh is completely raw, leaving the judges unable to taste it. They nonetheless compliment him on his presentation and the taste of the side items, but it's of little consolation to Troy, who leaves the judges in tears knowing he's highly likely not going to make it to the finale due to this mistake. Dara serves soy-ginger wings with pickled cucumbers, radishes and carrots, which gets unanimous praise from the judges, and in particular is complimented on its presentation (Joe calls it a restaurant 'signature' dish). Alexander creates a pate of his liver and serves it atop a garlic crostini topped with bacon, served with reduced cherry marmalade and a balsamic glaze, which gets huge praise from the judges for turning what's by far the hardest of the 4 cuts into a rustic, restaurant-quality meal that causes Ramsay to joke that, if Alexander was 5 years older, then he'd hire him on the spot. Finally, Jack serves a goat cheese, sun-dried tomato and chopped olive stuffed chicken breast roulade wrapped in prosciutto served with asparagus and roasted potatoes; the judges all love the meal and are astonished that Jack, the youngest remaining competitor, had served up the most complex dish of the night and executed it so well. With Troy's elimination largely a foregone conclusion, the judges are left to choose between Alexander, Dara and Jack. Alexander is named the first finalist for having the best overall meal in this challenge, leaving Dara and Jack. Ultimately, the judges make Dara the other finalist for her presentation skills and being the only contestant in the top 4 not to finish in the bottom 3 or 4 of a challenge, leading to the elimination of a teary-eyed Jack and Troy.
Episode 7[edit]
- Original Air date: Friday November 8, 2013
- Viewers: 4.14 million
- Season Finale: In attendance for the finale are the families of Alexander and Dara, all the other contestants from this season and MasterChef season 4 winner Luca. The 2 finalists each have an hour-and-a-half in which to make a 3-course meal, and are allowed to cook anything they want. During the cooking phase, Dara forgets several ingredients (having to borrow them from Alexander), becomes overwhelmed and dehydrated about an hour in, forcing the challenge to be paused so she can recover. Despite this, and Alexander having to rush to get everything ready in time, both finalists are able to finish successfully.
- Appetizer: Dara serves an Ahi tuna duo (poke and seared), while Alexander serves basil lemon shrimp with heirloom tomato crostini. While the judges enjoy both meals, they agree without hesitation that Dara's is the better of the 2, and both more ambitious and generally better-executed, while Alexander's is a bit simplistic.
- Entree: Dara's dish is fried spot prawns with scallop-shrimp wontons and Thai coconut curry sauce, and Alexander's is a pan-seared veal chop with potato gnocchi and butter sauce. Overall, the judges all like Dara's meal but note it was slightly let down by the prawns being overcooked. Alexander is nervous, knowing that if his meal doesn't get a good review, Dara would win irrespective of how the dessert course went; fortunately, the judges all give him huge praise for perfectly nailing the gnocchi and temperature on the veal, and largely agree that Alexander had won this course.
- Dessert: Both finalists serve up unorthodox desserts; Dara's is poached pears in lemon ginger miso sauce, while Alexander's is a deconstructed cannoli Napoleon. Gordon is initially unsure about the choice of miso broth in Dara's dessert, but the judges all enjoy it. Alexander is commended on the ambition shown in his dessert, and the judges feel he'd largely been able to follow through with it in the execution, though they feel the marscapone is a bit too sweet and off-balance.
- Judges' Deliberations: The judges feel this is a close call, and in a first for the Fox incarnation of MasterChef, it's strongly implied that the winner was decided on via a split-decision instead of a unanimous vote. Ultimately, while Gordon backs Dara as the winner for the greater overall coherency of her meals (and also having been a consistently excellent performer in every challenge), Graham and Joe feel Alexander deserves the win for his greater ambition and technical ability, and serving an entree Joe describes as "the best meal we've ever tasted on MasterChef."
- Winner Revealed: Alexander is announced as the first MasterChef Junior winner, taking home the trophy and the $100,000 prize, making Dara the first runner-up.
Season 2 (2014)[edit]
Top 16[edit]
|Winchester, Virginia
|Top 16
|Danbury, Connecticut
|Top 16
|Beverly Hills, California
|Top 16
|Aquilla, Texas
|Top 16
|New York, New York
|Top 16
|Grand Prairie, Texas
|Top 16
|Forest Hills, New York
|Top 16
|Highland Park, Illinois
|Top 16
|Memphis, Tennesse
|Top 16
|Paso Robles, California
|Top 16
|Chicago, Illinois
|Top 16
|Stevenson Ranch, California
|Top 16
|New Haven, Connecticut
|Top 16
|Reseda, California
|Top 16
|Greenbrae, California
|Top 16
|Santa Ana, California
|Top 16
Elimination Table[edit]
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook won the Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test.
- (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was directly advanced to the next round.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a Team Challenge.
- (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in the challenge.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a Elimination Test, but was not the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a Elimination Test, and was the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and their team was last to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and they were the only person from their team to advance.
- (OUT) ,The cook was eliminated.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Mitovich, Matt (June 26, 2013). "Fall TV: Fox Premiere Dates Open With X Factor, Bones Set for November Move to Fridays". TV Line. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Junior MasterChef". (Official site) Fox.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ "Fox Orders Season 3 of 'MasterChef Junior'". Deadline Hollywood. March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ (Press release) http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/02/masterchef-junior-season-2-cast/. Missing or empty
- ^ a b c d Harris, Beth (August 2, 2013). "'MasterChef Junior': Gordon Ramsay Talks New Fox Cooking Series Featuring Children". HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Nguyen, Tina (January 18, 2013). "MasterChef Now Casting For Children For Gordon Ramsay To Emotionally Destroy". TheBraiser.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Marechal, AJ (May 10, 2013). "Fox, Gordon Ramsay to Cook Up 'Junior Masterchef'". Variety. Variety Media. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ http://www.masterchefjuniorcasting.com/
External links[edit]
- Official website
- MasterChef Junior at the Internet Movie Database
- MasterChef Junior at TV.com
- MasterChef Junior at TV Guide
- MasterChef Junior ratings at TV by the Numbers


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Just a few days into the school year and issues already. Hopefully I write a better review in the next months. Warning to parents of incoming freshman: it is hard to get a response from anyone here. You leave messages for questions about bus routes or processes new to your student and nobody calls you back. It is the ideal bureaucracy. Then there's the stupid Ipads. Issues setting it up because Prospect necessary apps not downloading and that's the student's fault? Get out pen and paper teachers and start teaching! Don't know what's special about Prospect... maybe it's just that the other high schools are worse.
If this one of the top schools in our country, we are in a sorry state. I am not down on Prospect, but it is nothing special. The sports programs are average. But the teachers are hardly inspirational. The school handed my kid an ipad and the teachers complained he was distracted during class by the ipad. What they were expecting? They gave him a 700 dollar entertainment system to use in class and he lost interest in adverbs - imagine that!!! I will say the special ed teachers are hard working and I appreciate their commitment.
Prospect High School is a school for students who want to do something with their lives. Students who achieve at Prospect study their materials and do their homework and if needed, go to the Math and Science Resource Room or recently added Knight's Learning Center to be certain they understand the materials they are going to be tested on. As with any public high school, there are immature teenagers and bullies but the majority of the teens work hard in their studies. Teachers and staff will put in extra hours to help students but students must take the initiative. In addition, Prospect has great sports and arts programs as well as clubs that most students will enjoy. If students want to excel at Prospect they have to be the ones to work hard and create a relationship with their students. Lazy kids don't like Prospect because the majority of the students are hard working and A students.
Students and teachers in this school are bullies. If you try to reach out for help, you DO NOT get it. I still have not recovered from the abuse I had gotten from my peers. Whatever you do, don't force your child through a school like this.
Prospect High School. My daughter was failing in many classes at the beginning of the year. It doesn't matter how smart your child is, if they refuse to do the homework, they will fail! She has since been super motivated by a caring Math teacher. She now has an A in Algebra, and all of her grades have risen. Prospect has many opportunities for extracurricular activities, including driver's ed. I have taken my job as parent seriously, and kept in touch with the teachers and threatened to withhold those extracurricular activities. The teachers do not want the students to fail but they need the parent's support to help motivate the students. Get involved.
Just to add exactly what the previous commentor said, this school is failing. My son is most likely the latest school dropout from Prospect. After 9 years of receiving an education from private schools and achieving the 'exceeding standards' scores on ACT tests alongside SAT test preps, somehow here he is a failing student, failing almost every single subject in Prospect through his 3 years of attending. No matter what you do in this school to raise your grade up, somehow you still fail. With a high hope, Prospect will find true educators who could teach today's youth.
I agree with the parent who said that the kids are not supported, especially in the Math Department. God forbid your child stays home sick for a day or two. The teachers do not want to accept "late" homework after an illness and it is a battle to get these people to even communicate with me in a civil manner. Unfortunately the majority of Prospect teachers these days are just kids themselves, fresh out of college with no maturity and no professionalism. I've had two other children graduate from Prospect and it was a wonderful school for them. The current teaching staff, with a few more mature exceptions, act like bullies and have no ability to actually teach. A person who reads from a book is not a teacher. A person who does not help those who need assistance is not a teacher. A person who belittles a teen who is trying to learn is not a teacher. Prospect needs to grow up.
My son is at this school and in the special ed program. He has been in 2 sports and on the B honor role.This year it seems like there is a lot of things missing. He has missed out on a quality language arts program. The special ed department seems to want to keep the kids in their section and not move them out into the general population. We are looking forward to graduation..... I think if you stay in the box you are expected to be in then your student will suceed....if you don't then you will be crushed and not supported. This is the first year we have been not supported by the special ed department and the gen ed teachers do a better job without their asisstance. I think that most of the parents in our situation are worn out by the time their kids get into HS and the lack of compassion is really telling. Graduation here we come!
The school is great, and the teachers really great with students. The athletic department is dominant here.
We had two children go through this school and I can say we were extremely pleased with the academic, music and sports programs. Both our children were involved in honors and AP classes while being athletes and musicians. Our daughter graduated with scholarships for academic, athletic and music. Our son graduated with academic and sport scholarship offers . The school is what you choose to make it. We as parents were very pleased how PHS prepared our kids for college. When challenges were presented it built character! The tougher the competition the harder the kids had to work! Our children did extremely well. We were very pleased.
at the beggining of the year i fell behind in algebra, but the teachers don't wait for you if you need help, you have to ask for the help yourself. i am also involed in music, marching band and jazz. and the instructors all work very hard for the group's success.
Prospect gives all kids a chance to excel at something...academics, music, theater, sports...they have it all.
I sent my child to this school for her freshman year, and I'm not surprised to say it was unsatisfactory. My daughter is intelligent in all subjects, especially math, but what surprised me the most is how the math skills are lacking in that school. The teachers work directly off the book and refuse to incorporate ANY mental, emotional and psychological factors in the child's learning. The principal, though seems like a smart guy, has his mind set on staying a top school- which he attempts to accomplish by pushing the students to work faster and get chapters done quicker. Many BRAND new unexperienced teachers came this year and even more plan to return next year as a result of the district cutting down the budget. This school simply isn't what it claims it is and most parents are oblivious to this mainly because Prospect hardly incorporates them into the system.
First I want to say that I could not agree MORE with the person that wrote the review before me. Also Prospect has a HUGE bullying problem that the Admin refuses to accept exists regardless of the amount of proof the student & parent have brought to them. Also when a student maybe in danger of failing a class for the semester the counselors just tell them to not worry they can just make it up some time before they are a senior, what makes them think they can handle that if they couldn't pass it the 1st time, I just think they can encourage the kids more. I was EXTREMELY disappointed with the School to say the least. Maybe my expectations were to high, My rating is based only on my experience with the school, they do have a TON of sports for the kids that enjoy playing sports.
1) Dwindling numbers of excellent, experienced teachers being eclipsed by many inexperienced teachers who desperately need mentoring, classroom management skills, & maturity thanks to ongoing Dist 214 policy to hire teachers with <2 years' experience as a money-saving measure. 2) Principal, while articulate, also lacks maturity and real experience. His is intent on carrying out Dist 214 focus on metrics to raise school rankings in state and private ratings. The result is a pressure-cooker environment for students. Honors level course options are being removed in order to force more students into AP classes. Students' social-emotional needs are being steamrollered with a disastrous increase in mental health, depression, anxiety, hospitalization, alcohol & drug, and similar issues. 3) Meaningful parental involvement at Prospect is nearly zero. Parental involvement is at an unhealthy, frenzied level in athletics and music, where the end goal is (often successful) promotion of their own child's interests.
Awesome band and orchestra program. Trust me, I've been involved for awhile. Also, their are tons of sports and academic activities to try out.
As a parent of a Freshman we could not be happier at Prospect. For a school with such a huge student body it has the feel of a much smaller school. Again, we love Prospect!!!!!!
As A Parent of five I would have to say the school and staff are on the ball. Students are ingaged and interests of kids are met. The kids in a high precential want to be part of school and get involved with it's programs. The kids leave ready for college
Great school. Educational and extracurricular activities are abundant and varied. Teachers are well-qualified. Band, Mixed Company performance, Science Olympiad and football have been either state or nationally ranked in recent years.
good band and choir program
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Acts 9:32 Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda...
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Who would have ever thought that Saul--the great persecutor of Christians, the man who watched and condoned the stoning of Stephen, the raving fanatic who drug Christian men and women off to prison--would (or could) ever be saved?
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You're supposed to be there for me
Someone I can trust
But the things you've done, more than once
Have filled me with disgust
You cheat, you lie, you sleep around
You clearly have no guilt
What happened to the life we had,
And all the walls that we had built?
You never showed me affection
Not from the very start
Now we're a broken family
Five lives all torn apart
How can you act like things are fine
When life has never been so bad
The things you've said are hurtful
I don't know how you're still so mad
You always think you're in the right
How can you be so vane?
With all the constant drama
Our "family" is driving me insane
Just because I'm not a baby
Doesn't mean I don't still need you around
But I guess now you're too busy
With the new family you have found
You made it very clear to me
The day you walked right out that door
It's really very simple
You just don't love me anymore


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The defending NBA champions reside in the West and have Tim Duncan coming back for one more year. Another team in the West houses the reigning NBA MVP in Kevin Durant. Granted, both the previous statements described LeBron James the past two seasons. Maybe the fact LeBron is neither champion nor MVP is part of the reason why he is currently evaluating his options.
The Denver Nuggets finished 11th overall in the Western Conference last season, 13 games out of a playoff spot. Carmelo Anthony's New York Knicks finished with one (1) more victory than our Denver Nuggets but missed the playoffs by only one (1) game.
I am not knocking the Eastern Conference. I am simply hoping the Western Conference does not become that much more packed with talent. Love or loathe either Carmelo or LeBron, one cannot deny adding them to any Western Conference team would be a blow to the Denver Nuggets. I'm sorry, try as the Nuggets might, I have zero belief either prized free agent picks Denver.
The Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets have been linked to Carmelo and/or LeBron. Both the Clippers and Rockets already had over 50 wins last season. The Los Angeles Lakers were terrible last year but give Kobe Bryant a "sidekick" like Carmelo and/or LeBron, and one has to believe a return to prominence would be immediate.
Mix in rumors that the Sacramento Kings are looking to potentially add Josh Smith and the West keeps getting deeper and deeper. For all the Kevin Love rumors, even if the T'Wolves do trade him before the season, I still see him staying in the Western Conference (Golden State).
For argument sake, if one of Carmelo or LeBron goes to the Lakers, that would lock down the top six or seven playoff seeds in the West. Life is already tough enough being a Denver Nugget fan, please stay out east Carmelo and LeBron.


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The story about your brother's neighbor is funny. It's interesting that people would read Time of My Life not already knowing who Patrick is.
It's interesting because generally people's experience of him is in roles or in interviews. I get asked how I feel about seeing him on the screen now, but I don't have that much of a problem with it because every time I see him come up like that, it's a character. He's playing a role and it's not the Patrick that I know.
Which was your favorite of Patrick's movies?
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What's your philosophy on what makes strong relationships?
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3. Are you fucking excited for Christmas?!
4. Favorite Disney movie and why?
Toy Story 3. It was the first one I can remember that was above and beyond in greatness.
5. Character trait that you like the most about yourself?
My Humor.
6. Character trait that you like the most in other people?
Humor, Wit, and being able to tolerate my humor.
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My birthday and my wife's happen to be only four days apart. Today is mine while hers was Thursday when I took the day off to celebrate by doing what all married couples with children do: run all over creation on errands and medical appointments. Oh, we did stop in at this great bagel place (yum) where we caught up with my mother and one of my sisters, but this certainly wasn't a typical birthday the way I think of it.
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A 21-year-old restaurant manager has been accused of racking up $28,000 in bogus credit card fees and pocketing the money that would have been used to pay those fees.
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1. Internet Usage Data: This data contains general demographic information on internet users in 1997.
2. Predict keywords activities in a online social media: The data from Twitter was collected during 360 consecutive days. It was done by querying 1497 English keywords sampled from Wikipedia. This dataset is proposed in a Learning to rank setting.
3. Restaurant & consumer data: The dataset was obtained from a recommender system prototype. The task was to generate a top-n list of restaurants according to the consumer preferences.
4. Leaf: This dataset consists in a collection of shape and texture features extracted from digital images of leaf specimens originating from a total of 40 different plant species.
5. Letter Recognition: Database of character image features; try to identify the letter
6. Page Blocks Classification: The problem consists of classifying all the blocks of the page layout of a document that has been detected by a segmentation process.
7. Optical Recognition of Handwritten Digits: Two versions of this database available; see folder
8. Pen-Based Recognition of Handwritten Digits: Digit database of 250 samples from 44 writers
9. Spambase: Classifying Email as Spam or Non-Spam
10. KDD Cup 1999 Data: This is the data set used for The Third International Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Tools Competition, which was held in conjunction with KDD-99
11. Wall-Following Robot Navigation Data: The data were collected as the SCITOS G5 robot navigates through the room following the wall in a clockwise direction, for 4 rounds, using 24 ultrasound sensors arranged circularly around its 'waist'.
12. PAMAP2 Physical Activity Monitoring: The PAMAP2 Physical Activity Monitoring dataset contains data of 18 different physical activities, performed by 9 subjects wearing 3 inertial measurement units and a heart rate monitor.
13. First-order theorem proving: Given a theorem, predict which of five heuristics will give the fastest proof when used by a first-order prover. A sixth prediction declines to attempt a proof, should the theorem be too difficult.
14. SML2010: This dataset is collected from a monitor system mounted in a domotic house. It corresponds to approximately 40 days of monitoring data.
15. Concrete Slump Test: Concrete is a highly complex material. The slump flow of concrete is not only determined by the water content, but that is also influenced by other concrete ingredients.
16. Buzz in social media : This data-set contains examples of buzz events from two different social networks: Twitter, and Tom's Hardware, a forum network focusing on new technology with more conservative dynamics.
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Wonderful Words to Ponder
- Thursday, September 01, 2005
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." -- Gene Hill
"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear." -- Dave Barry
"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx
"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." -- Aldous Huxley
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." -- Robert Benchley
"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives."
-- Sue Murphy
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." -- August Strindberg
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." -- Fran Lebowitz
"Ever consider what dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" -- Anne Tyler
"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." -- Joe Weinstein
"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." -- James Thurber
"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets." -- Nora Ephron
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." -- Ann Landers
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert A. Heinlein
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him." -- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan
"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!" -- Dr. Tom Cat
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -- Ben Williams
"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." -- Edward Abbey
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." -- Christopher Morley
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." -- Josh Billings
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From Cats Dressed as People, 100 Years Ago, one of 15 photos. The Aviator. (Harry Whittier Frees/Library of Congress)
In Focus: World War I In Photos - Technology
When Europe's armies first marched to war in 1914, some were still carrying lances on horseback. By the end of the war, rapid-fire guns, aerial bombardment, armored vehicle attacks, and chemical weapon deployments were commonplace. Any romantic notion of warfare was bluntly shoved aside by the advent of chlorine gas, massive explosive shells that could have been fired from more than 20 miles away, and machine guns that spat out bullets like firehoses. Each side did its best to build on existing technology, or invent new methods, hoping to gain any advantage over the enemy. Massive listening devices gave them ears in the sky, armored vehicles made them impervious to small arms fire, tanks could (most of the time) cruise right over barbed wire and trenches, telephones and heliographs let them speak across vast distances, and airplanes gave them new platforms to rain death on each other from above. New scientific work resulted in more lethal explosives, new tactics made old offensive methods obsolete, and mass-produced killing machines made soldiers both more powerful and more vulnerable. On this 100-year anniversary, I've gathered photographs of the Great War from dozens of collections, some digitized for the first time, to try to tell the story of the conflict, those caught up in it, and how much it affected the world. Today's entry is part 3 of a 10-part series on World War I, which will be posted every Sunday until June 29.
In Focus: World War I, the Western Front, Pt. 1
When we think of World War I, images of the bloody, muddy Western Front are generally what come to mind. Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee-deep mud, awaiting the call to go "over the top", facing machine guns, barbed wire, mortars, bayonets, hand-to-hand battles, and more. We also think of the frustrations of all involved: the seemingly simple goal, the incomprehensible difficulty of just moving forward, and the staggering numbers of men killed. The stalemate on the Western Front lasted for four years, forcing the advancement of new technologies, bleeding the resources of the belligerent nations, and destroying the surrounding countryside. On this 100-year anniversary, I've gathered photographs of the Great War from dozens of collections, some digitized for the first time, to try to tell the story of the conflict, those caught up in it, and how much it affected the world. Today's entry is part 2 of a 10-part series on World War I, which will be posted every Sunday until June 29. This installment focuses on Early Years on the front, part II will focus more on the final year of trench warfare. Come back next week for Part 3.
In Focus: Photos of the Week, 4/26-5/2
Today, a little something different: A collection of images from around the world over the past seven days, rather than a single story or theme. 35 photos covering subjects ranging from a moonrise above St. Petersburg, to a wooden Volkswagen Beetle, election violence in Iraq, a videogame discovery in a landfill, a pig rescue, and much more. This is an experiment, please let me know if "Photos of the Week" is something you'd like to see more of in the future, either in the comments below, or however you like.
Around the world, a number of groups looking to draw tourists have constructed upside-down houses, complete with inverted furnishings and decor. Collected here are photos of four recent examples of his topsy-turvy architecture in China, Russia, Germany, and Austria, As a bonus, all of the interior shots are interactive — click on them to flip the view and see it "right side up".
In Focus: World War I In Photos, an Introduction
A century ago, an assassin, a Serbian nationalist, killed the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary as he visited Sarajevo. This act was the catalyst for a massive conflict that lasted four years. More than 65 million soldiers were mobilized by more than 30 nations, with battles taking place around the world. Industrialization brought modern weapons, machinery, and tactics to warfare, vastly increasing the killing power of armies. Battlefield conditions were horrific, typified by the chaotic, cratered hellscape of the Western Front, where soldiers in muddy trenches faced bullets, bombs, gas, bayonet charges, and more. On this 100-year anniversary, I've gathered photographs of the Great War from dozens of collections, some digitized for the first time, to try to tell the story of the conflict, those caught up in it, and how much it affected the world. Come back next week for part 2.
In Focus: Squatters in Venezuela's 45-Story 'Tower of David'
In 1990, construction began on the Centro Financiero Confinanzas, a huge high-rise office complex in Caracas, Venezuela. Construction halted in 1994, after a banking crisis and the death of the building's main investor, David Brillembourg. The 45-story tower stood vacant until 2007, when squatters began moving in, displaced by a massive housing shortage in Caracas. Authorities turned a blind eye, and the skyscraper, nicknamed the "Tower of David" (after David Brillembourg), is now home to more than 3,000 residents. The third-highest skyscraper in the country has been jury-rigged with electricity and water up to the 22nd floor. Reuters photographer Jorge Silva spent some time with tower residents earlier this year, returning with these photographs of the world's tallest slum.
In Focus: The Easter Rocket War of Vrontados
Every Easter, in the Greek village of Vrontados, members of rival churches sitting across a small valley stage a "rocket war" by firing thousands of homemade rockets towards each other while services are held. The objective for each side is to strike the bell of the opposing church. The festival, called Rouketopolemos, has been celebrated by the churches of Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani for at least 125 years, its exact origins a mystery. Gathered here are images of this rocket war from the past few years.
In Focus: Battling for Control of Eastern Ukraine
For the past few weeks, armed groups of pro-Russian men have been storming and seizing government buildings in towns across eastern Ukraine. Angered by the new pro-western Ukrainian government and emboldened by Russia's annexation of Crimea, these groups are demanding separation from Ukraine. Ukraine's new government has asked for western assistance, as it tries to recapture police stations, airbases, and other government properties — without resorting to violence that may trigger a Russian response. Meanwhile, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are deploying in eastern Ukraine, with even more Russian soldiers massed on the other side of the border. NATO officials said they planned to deploy more forces in eastern Europe and called for Russia to stop "destabilizing" the former Soviet satellite, which has been in deep turmoil since the ouster of the pro-Kremlin leadership in February.
From A Hundred-Pound Suit of Bees, one of 12 photos. She Ping, a 34 year-old beekeeper, covered with a swarm of bees on a small hill in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on April 9, 2014. Ping released more than 460,000 bees, using queen bees to attract them to his body, and made himself a suit of bees that weighed 45.65kg (100 pounds) within 40 minutes. (AFP/Getty Images)


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National Small Business Week
Recognizing the contributions of small businesses to the economy
This week is National Small Business Week, a time when we recognize the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America, and the special impact made by outstanding entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Small businesses are major contributors to the strength of the American economy and to Mississippi's local economies. They create 60-80 percent of new jobs in the country, as well as drive innovation, create 21st century jobs, and increase U.S. competitiveness.
Throughout Mississippi, there are an estimated 209,100 small businesses, which employ more than half of the state's non-farm workforce.
I'm a small businessman myself, and I know how important keeping America's businesses competitive on a global scale is to creating and saving jobs at home and rebuilding our economy. Last month, I was honored to receive the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Spirit of Enterprise Award for my pro-business record during the first session of the 111th Congress.
Congress has continued to vote on important legislation to support small businesses during our second session. In March, I joined my colleagues in passing the Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act, legislation to create jobs and spur investment in local infrastructure projects.
The bill includes bipartisan provisions to help small businesses grow, hire, and continue to fuel our economy. It also fully exempts investments in small businesses from capital gains taxes, a measure included in the very first piece of legislation I introduced since taking office, the Invest in Small Business Act.
The Small Business and Infrastructure Tax Act includes the following provisions:
• A 100 percent exclusion of small business capital gains to spur investment in small businesses. (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act temporarily increased this exclusion to 75 percent).
• Small business penalty relief endorsed by the Small Business Council.
• An increase in the tax deduction for start-up expenditures to encourage the formation of new small businesses.
The House also voted this spring to continue lending assistance to small businesses through a measure that would extend for another month the Recovery Act small business lending program. The program eliminates fees normally charged for loans through the Small Business Administration (SBA). Since its creation, the program has supported nearly $23 billion in small business lending, which helped to create or save more than 560,000 jobs.
For information about resources to help small businesses grow and develop, visit the "Small Business Resources" page on my website at www.childers. house.gov.
Let's continue to recognize the contributions of small businesses, not just this week, but on a daily basis.
I will keep working hard to promote small business growth, provide resources for small business start-ups, and support small businesses in their efforts to create jobs and help uplift our local, state, and national economies.
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Dose Calibrator
My dose calibrator has failed the linearity test, what should I do?
The great majority of linearity failures are due to operator errors. Of all the calibrators serviced by Capintec, only a rare few were non linear. For the older analog units, first check the battery voltage (150V), next adjust the zero and then background. For microprocessor calibrators first run the daily test and insure that all tests are within expected limits. Repeat the linearity test using the decay method. Carefully record the actual time (not the expected time) using the same clock or calibrator clock for each measurement. For low activity measurements, insure that no sources or other activity is near the calibrator. If a linearity test fails using a Calicheck system, repeat the test using the decay method. Calicheck correction factors must be measured independently for each dose calibrator and for each set of sleeves.
What does the calibration number mean? The source has a large error using the calibration number in the manual, what is wrong?
All calibration numbers are based upon the NIST (NBS) geometry, which is 5 ml of solution in a flame sealed glass ampoule with 0.6 mm wall thickness. This geometry provides a good estimate for most commonly used radiopharmaceuticals in vials or plastic syringes. For isotopes with significant abundance of low energy photons, pure beta emitters or different geometries such as capsules, wires or seeds, geometry correction factors are required. Request a NIST traceable sample from the source manufacturer and use the sample to determine the correct calibration number. Many times the source manufacturer can also provide a calibration number for Capintec dose calibrators and for their unique source configuration. For some sources, an ADCL lab can also provide a highly accurate calibration number. Due to the large number of available vials and syringes and the lack of standardization of containers in the radiopharmacy industry, Capintec does not supply calibration numbers for different geometries. It should also be noted that the same or similar geometry for the same isotope supplied by two different manufacturers may also require two different calibration numbers.
How do I set up a user key on my 15 family dose calibrator?
Under the UTIL menu, select SETUP. Press 4 for other. Enter Password. Select User Keys. Select the desired user key, U1...U5. Then type in the nuclide.
My accuracy test is failed, what is the problem?
First confirm that the calibration date entered into system is correct. Since the system uses a default date as an example, users occasionally forget to change the year.
The accuracy test of my 15W well exceeds 5%, what should I do?
First, perform an autocal. The software automatically adjusts the gain to compensate for normal drift of the NaI detectors. Over time as detectors age, the systems may drift out of the autocalibration range. The user must then make a simple manual adjustment using a small screwdriver to the calibration pot using a check source. A detailed manual calibration procedure is available from your Capintec Application Specialist. Recent engineering changes have extended the automatic calibration range and eliminated the need for manual adjustments. 15Ws with serial numbers greater than 170925 have the new extended calibration change. Older units may also be upgraded at the Capintec Service Center.
How do I determine the efficiency of an isotope on my 15W well?
The 15W well uses the term conversion factor, which is the inverse of efficiency, to convert count rates to activity. 15W wells have nominal conversion factors for most commonly used isotopes in the software. These default values will provide a +/- 10% to 15% accuracy for a wide variety of wipe test methods, e.g. alcohol wipes, cotton tipped swabs, tissue paper in test tubes, etc. Alternately, a generic conversion factor of the most common isotopes (Tc-99m) or a check source can be used to estimate the activity of all isotopes. To improve accuracy or determine the conversion of an isotope not listed in the database, prepare an aliquot with < 1 uCi activity. Then, in the UTIL menu select CONV FACTOR and follow the prompts. The system will automatically measure, calculate and store the new conversion factor.


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How much can one oil pipeline affect global climate change? That's one of the fundamental questions probed by a new, final environmental impact assessment released January 31 by the U.S. State Department. At issue is the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry 730,000 barrels a day of oil from western Canada, mostly from Alberta's tar [...]Keep reading »
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The glut of new oil in North America has been accompanied by a boom in moving that petroleum by train. Railway traffic of crude oil in tankers has more than doubled in volume since 2011—and such transport led to tragedy in the early hours of July 6. At least 13 people were killed in the [...]Keep reading »
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The oil derived from Canada's tar sands is more acidic than other forms of petroleum. So does this mean that diluted bitumen (or "dilbit") is more corrosive when flowing through a pipeline? The answer is no, according to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council. A review of U.S. pipeline ruptures over the [...]Keep reading »
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In a draft assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, consultants for the U.S. State Department judged that building it would have no significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Why? Because the analysts assumed the tar sands oil would find a way out with or without the new pipeline. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does [...]Keep reading »


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