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The BMW 5-Series (E39 chassis) was introduced in the United States as a 1997 model year car and lasted until the 2004 when the E60 chassis was released. The United States saw several variations including the 525i, 528i, 530i and 540i. -- View the E39 Wiki
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I've had this '02 540i Touring for a few years now and use it as a DD. I got it with around 50K miles. And it now has just over 100K on it. It had a coolant leak that needed attention so I took it to my wrench who's also a good friend.
We found it was not only leaking from the radiator (which was just over 2 years old), but also some water pipes running through the valley towards the firewall, so the intake had to come off. This was going to start getting expensive, but I had no idea...
With the intake off, I decided that maybe we should go ahead and do the VCGs as well, since I noticed a little seepage. After the valve covers were wrestled off, this is what we found:
So, okay. I've never seen ANYTHING like that before. Neither had he. I'm just thinking, "do I just put it back together and forget about it and dump the car? Or do I try to get it back on the road and deal?" I voted for the latter.
The closest we can figure is that someone tried to see how long they could go without changing the oil. I decided that we should try to clean what we could and do some "while you're in there" stuff. Here's a few more pics of the carnage:
Front left:
Front right:
The strategy was to clean as much sludge off of the front of the motor as possible but not touch the valve train. The thought being that if some little piece fell down and got sucked into an oil passage and clogged it up, it would not be a good thing. On the other hand there were only like 3 or 4 places on the front of the motor that I had to be careful not to get anything into. If in the process of cleaning it, something fell down, it just hit the floor. So I armed myself with some Xenit and a few plastic scrapers and a dental pick and went to work. The top layer of sludge was like the consistency of Vaseline, under that it got a little waxy and the stuff that was stuck to the metal was very much like Cosmoline.
After about 6 hours:
After another 6 hours:
Here's a pic of one of the timing chain guides that we pulled (there's plastic under there somewhere):
After I was "done" cleaning, we decided to remedy the problem of the leaky cooling pipes. Basically there are two pipes that run down the valley from the water pump to an accumulator in the back of the motor. To get to them at the back where mine were leaking (and have before), you have to remove the intake which takes at least a few hours. Lots of labor to replace some o-rings. We decided that welding the pipes to the accumulator itself might work!
I guess time will tell if this was a good idea or not!
The valve covers are Magnesium and are powder coated some weird gold-ish silverfish color from the factory. After a while this powder coat starts flaking off. I never liked the color, so I decided to have them powder coated black instead.
Now the original reason for this shop visit was to replace a leaky radiator (plastic with plastic expansion tank). The system runs HOT, I'm guessing so they could eek out a few more MPGs. It also runs at pretty high pressure (2 bar). This I think contributes to the early failure of the whole system. Plastic gets brittle and breaks from the pressure.
I decided to try Evans this time instead of BMW's factory coolant (thanks Chief!). (http://www.evanscooling.com/products...mance-coolant/) So far when the car is up to operating temp I can grab a hose and squeeze it and it's totally pliable. If I open the cap it just lets out a little "pffff." Maybe 3 or 4 lbs of pressure instead of ~30. Much better. Again, we'll see how this all works out.
So in all, after about 12 of my hours and 30 of my wrench's, the front of the motor's clean, it's got a new timing chain, new guides, new tensioner, new motor mounts, all new hoses, new water pump, new tstat, new radiator, new oil separator, modified coolant pipe/accumulator assembly, new VCGs, resealed intake manifold, resealed injectors, crank seal, basically resealed the whole top and front of the motor, finally new headlight adjusters and new rear hatch and glass shocks. Ughhh... Still on the list are new rear subframe mounts and shocks at some point. I just need to recover from this bill! Hopefully I've done enough at this point to secure me a couple more years with the car. Only time will tell.
What did I learn? NEVER buy a used car without FULL RECORDS! I had the records from the PO who had owned the car for a couple of years, always serviced at the dealer. I f course also had a PPI done, but nothing would have shown the extent of the mess we found inside the motor. When I first got the car I noticed a little balls of oil inside the fins of the oil filter. I did a few low-interval oil changes that seemed to clear it up pretty much. I just thought maybe the car had a little gunk, but nothing this bad. I couldn't see the damage from just looking inside the fill hole. So yeah, FULL RECORDS next time.
'02 Titanium Silver 540iT Sport - Birch Anthracite trim, retrofitted window shades, DJ Auto Euro clear corner lenses, BSW t110 subwoofer, Dice Silverline w/DSP, lowering links. Lots of upgrades waiting in the garage for time to install
'96 Polar Silver Porsche Carrera - MY02 5 spokes, Bilstein PSS9s, Euro TT Sways, KLA Strut bar, Big Red TT Brakes, RS Motor Mounts, RS Shift kit, Recaro A8s, FVD 360mm wheel, HIDs, Big Oval tips.
Wonder how long it went without an oil change.
'02 Titanium Silver 540iT Sport - Birch Anthracite trim, retrofitted window shades, DJ Auto Euro clear corner lenses, BSW t110 subwoofer, Dice Silverline w/DSP, lowering links. Lots of upgrades waiting in the garage for time to install
'96 Polar Silver Porsche Carrera - MY02 5 spokes, Bilstein PSS9s, Euro TT Sways, KLA Strut bar, Big Red TT Brakes, RS Motor Mounts, RS Shift kit, Recaro A8s, FVD 360mm wheel, HIDs, Big Oval tips.
Jeez-Louise! Nice job cleaning it up.
Albo's Official Upgrade Thread: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=532572
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Your pics reminds me of Ketchup's sludged engine - this is his thread (long and interesting)
This is how his oil filter came out:
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Those are some horrible pics, including that oil filter. Never seen one that bad.
Nice job on the cleanup tho.
Just for comparison, here is a pic of my 528s top end when I did the VCG at about 170k miles (Ive had the car for the last 70k):
I never realized how lucky I was at 125k
1997 BMW 540i
Wow what a mess. Just by looking through the oil filler cap that sludge shouldve been already seen. Glad everything got buttoned up nicely.
Will that ever happen to synthetic oil?
Last edited by z168; 03-07-2012 at 11:55 PM.
This DID happen with synthetic oil. It doesn't matter if you're using synthetic or dino, if you don't change it this is what happens.
'02 Titanium Silver 540iT Sport - Birch Anthracite trim, retrofitted window shades, DJ Auto Euro clear corner lenses, BSW t110 subwoofer, Dice Silverline w/DSP, lowering links. Lots of upgrades waiting in the garage for time to install
'96 Polar Silver Porsche Carrera - MY02 5 spokes, Bilstein PSS9s, Euro TT Sways, KLA Strut bar, Big Red TT Brakes, RS Motor Mounts, RS Shift kit, Recaro A8s, FVD 360mm wheel, HIDs, Big Oval tips.
I wonder if it ran with a wide open thermostat or no thermostat at all for a while. That will sludge up a motor, especially if run in a cold climate.
I would suggest some seafoam before an oil change, but would be afraid it might clog up some oil passages
Daughters 323i at 147k when I replaced the head gasket....
For anyone interested, story and more pictures on E46fanatics "sludge" under BarneyHyphen.
My car was maintained by BMW dealer only
LOL what a bulsh**
I saw 10 years old BMW maintained by BMW dealer where air filter was never replaced and was original from 2002
E39 4 ever
BMW E38/E39 Rear Axle/Differential Bush Tool
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I had pretty bad sludge on mine, not quite as bad as that. I cleaned what I could see with my shop vac as I scraped it so it didn't drop down, I figured that sludge wasn't hurting anything and me messing with it could hurt something if I wasn't careful. I'm hoping after multiple oil changes the sludge will work its way out. I have considered deadpan but as someone said earlier may cause issues so I haven't done it yet
What would be the solution to such a sludge buildup? Would shorter oil change intervals with synthetic help clean that out?
something that bad....yeah, no you have to manually clean it. I don't have pics, but I've 'seen' worse....
Long story short, family friend has a 18 yo son who was clueless about car maintenance and owns a 1989 merc grand marquis (yeah i know, a real classic). After completely replacing the front brakes (he actually ground THROUGH the rotors) told him to stop by the following week so i could show him how to do an oil change and change the plugs. Checked the oil before draining it was only a 1/2 quart low . We drained the oil, and before I fired it up it was reading WAY high .... like i put two gallons in it instead of 5 qts...hmmm... figured maybe it had the wrong dipstick.
Fired it up and she was purrin' like a kitten. Took it out for a quick trip around the block and all of sudden it started blowing white smoke and missing like crazy. . took back to the garage, scratchin' my head...then it dawned on me. I ask, "Has the oil ever been changed since you got it?" Nope. He'd owned it for a year. They had bought from a friend and come to find out they hadn't changed the oil either. The WHOLE oil pan was full of sludge, so all of the new oil was simply floating on top.
Called around and found out that you had to pull the engine to drop the pan....car isn't worth the $500 it would cost to do that (could i do it? Yeah, I'm a nice guy, but not that nice). We seafoamed it and did a couple of short interval oil changes, and replaced the plugs again. I used my air hose to blow down the dipstick tube to blow out some of the gunk. I can get about 3 qts in it and it only shows abt 1 qt over. Amazingly, 5 mos later it is still purring like a kitten.
I think the "correct" thing would be to tear it down, clean as much as you can by hand, then follow the manual on oil change intervals. But who has time to do that for sludge? Seafoam according to their bottle can be put in the oil. But two things, probably not approved in the manual, possibly even forbidden. And you run the risk of it taking this sludge build up off in chunks and clogging oil passages.
I see oil changed more frequently helping, how much would have to be confirmed by some of the guys on here. Personally I don't see it making a noticeable difference from the little experience I have.
AutoRX is what I'd recommend to the OP. Google it. I swear by the stuff.
2000 540i/6 Sport
Assembled 03/2000
Out of curiosity
Any ideas here on the comment of adding ATF to the oil, running it for 30 minutes or so and doing a full flush and filter change?
I know this is done quite often, even in garages.
But does anyone here have experience doing this on a e39?
I've never heard of them running with it in the oil. I have heard of them doing system flushes with atf, diesel, ect. to clean inside. I would be afraid not all of it came out. I don't want any left over to mix with the oil.
I am referring to a system flush
Ok. I've never heard of them running the car with it during the flush. I would be worried that it would release chunks to big and clog passages, as I said earlier I've been thinking about doing this with seafoam so I am curious as well.
After viewing this thread I think I have a new recurring nightmare that will replace the fire breathing T. rex that shoots laser beams out his eyes and sounds remarkably like Barbara Streisand or the one where my E39 gets stolen and my insurance company replaces it with a electric only prius
Last edited by Stone Roots; 01-11-2013 at 03:50 AM.
I put about 1/2 a quart of ATF in my oil about a week before I change my oil and I've never had a problem. I did the valve cover gaskets on my Volvo 850 turbo that has 290k and it looked brand new inside. The car had 101k when I bought it 7 years ago.
Ive got this exact problem right now! I'm lost as hell as to what to do.
I have loved BMW's for as long as I could remember. Found what I thought was a great deal the other day. 1998 528i Super straight body, nice wheels and tires, clean inside. 186,000 miles. Picked it up for $2,200. The seller said the ICV needed replacing. I've dealt with this before and knew I could clean it out so I bought the car. All the symptoms were correct. Pulled out the ICV, cleaned, ordered a replacement hose and have to wait a few days. Thought in the mean time I would do the VCG while I'm in there and waiting for the hose to arrive. Pulled off the valve cover and HOLY SLUDGE! Mine looks like the pics from barneyhyphen's post. Using a shop vac and various pics, flat blades, scrapers to start the cleaning process. Not sure what I'm doing though. I'm pretty good with basic maintenance and general mechanics but I think I'm in over my head here. Started poking and cleaning before I thought about oil return passageways etc but now I'm committed since I have started moving crap around already.
Any advise to help would be incredibly well received. Anyone that happens to live in Tooele Ut want to come help, my fridge is full of cold beer and you can have as much as you want as long as your turning wrenches. lol. Please some advice would be great.
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dag! I left mine at work today, and I'm outta town.. I hope nobody touches it.. least we have til 17th.. I'll have time to finish my piece when I get back..
Im In!!
Serios is the word we have to do up or can we pick a diff one?
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Limbaugh falsely denied human causes of ozone depletion, global warming
On the August 10 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely dismissed the role humans play in global warming and ozone depletion. In fact, the vast majority of the scientific community -- including the U.S. government -- has accepted for decades that chemicals released into the atmosphere by humans are responsible for depleting ozone levels around the globe. Additionally, both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] (IPCC) and the National Academy of Sciences [2] (NAS) have stated [3] that human-caused greenhouse gases are largely responsible for global warming.
Limbaugh fiction: "We couldn't destroy the ozone layer"
Referring to the "modern environmental movement" as "the latest refuge for communists and socialists who are opposed to capitalism," Limbaugh asserted that "[w]e couldn't destroy the ozone layer"; he also said that humans could not be at fault for the ozone hole that appears annually over Antarctica because it "closes every year, and we don't do anything to close it."
But Limbaugh's statements contradict the opinion of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a component of a report titled "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002," the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UNEP noted [4]: "[I]t was discovered in the mid-1970s that some human-produced chemicals could destroy ozone and deplete the ozone layer. The resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation at Earth's surface can increase the incidences of skin cancer and eye cataracts."
Recognizing the global threat posed by ozone depletion, the Reagan administration agreed to the 1987 Montreal Protocol [5], which phased out chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and other ozone depleting substances (ODS) responsible [6] for this process.
Limbaugh referred to the protocol as follows: "It's all irrelevant to me. The ozone hole closes. When is the last time you heard the ozone hole as a big issue?" He added, "It's been years, and all we've done is drive more cars, burn more fuel. We cool and do these sorts of things."
Yet Limbaugh is simply wrong to assert that ozone depletion is not a result of human activity. While the Antarctic ozone hole does, in fact, close every year, this does not mean that ozone depletion is not human-caused. According to the EPA, the dramatic -- though temporary -- destruction of the Antarctic ozone layer is indeed caused [7] by the interaction of human-released ODS with local weather patterns. Moreover, scientists remain extremely concerned about the gradual depletion of global ozone levels -- a process that is not self-correcting. As the EPA notes [8], this worldwide process is caused by human-produced ODS and has reduced ozone levels over the United States by 5 percent to 10 percent. Worldwide, ozone levels have decreased [9] an average of 3 percent from pre-1980 levels.
According to the EPA, scientists [10] predict that worldwide ozone levels could be entirely replenished by 2050, provided that countries comply with the Montreal Protocol by ceasing production of ODS, but "delays in ending [ODS] production could result in additional damage and prolong the ozone layer's recovery."
Limbaugh fiction: Global warming "one of the biggest hoaxes being perpetrated on the people of the world"
Limbaugh insisted that "environmentalists still cannot prove that this [global warming] is man-made." To support this assertion, he claimed, "There have been too many global heating and cooling cycles long before man came along and industrialized the planet, and there have been way too many volcanoes spewing pollution that doubles the amount of the total of all the automobiles ever invented and manufactured in the world." On the August 15 broadcast of his show, Limbaugh added that global warming is "one of the biggest hoaxes being perpetrated on the people of the world."
Again, Limbaugh's claims are contradicted by the overwhelming weight of scientific opinion. Though natural phenomena, or "natural forcings," have certainly caused the earth's average temperature to rise and fall in the past, the scientific consensus is that the current warming trend is unprecedented [11] -- at least in the last millennium. In 2001, the IPCC, which was established by the WMO and UNEP, concluded [12] in its "Third Assessment Report" (TAR) that it is "very likely" (defined in the report as a 90 percent to 99 percent chance) that "the 1990s was the warmest decade, and 1998 the warmest year, in the instrumental record (1861-2000)." Moreover, it is "likely" (defined as a 60 percent to 90 percent chance) that "[t]he increases in surface temperature over the 20th century for the Northern Hemisphere" were "greater than that for any other century in the last thousand years."
Limbaugh's suggestion that volcanoes are primarily responsible for the recent rapid warming is equally baseless. In fact, scientists have concluded that volcanoes and other natural phenomena cannot account for the dramatic increase in global temperatures over the past half-century. According to the IPCC's TAR [13], which reviewed a wide array of scientific work, "Simulations of the response to natural forcings alone (i.e., the response to variability in solar irradiance and volcanic eruptions) do not explain the warming in the second half of the 20th century." The report included a graph [14] that illustrates this divergence of actual temperature changes since 1950 (observations) from those predicted by models based entirely on natural causes (model results):
The IPCC did note, however, that when the effects of human-released greenhouse gases were added into the temperature change models, the results closely mirrored observed temperature changes:
Citing multiple studies that demonstrated this "evidence for an anthropogenic [human-caused] signal in the climate record of the last 35 to 50 years," the IPCC stated, "There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities."
The IPCC is not alone in this assessment, as Media Matters for America has previously noted [3]. A 2001 NAS report commissioned by the Bush administration found [15] that greenhouse gases released by human activities are "causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise."
While it may not be possible to "prove" that humans cause global warming, the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence has convinced even the Bush administration to acknowledge [16] that "the surface of the Earth is warmer and an increase in greenhouse gases caused by human activity is contributing to the problem."
From the August 10 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
CALLER: So you don't believe in global warming?
LIMBAUGH: No.
CALLER: Or the large ozone hole?
LIMBAUGH: I, ah, no, wait, wait, wait, oh --
CALLER: Or that humans created the ozone -- destruction of the ozone?
LIMBAUGH: No. No, no, no. I don't because the hole closes every year, and we don't do anything to close it. Ah, so how are we causing it? It's the same thing --
LIMBAUGH: So 20 years has gone by, and the environmentalists still cannot prove that this is man-made. They cannot prove that the current warming cycle that I admit we're in, can be proved to be man-made and even man-caused. There have been too many global heating and cooling cycles long before man came along and industrialized the planet, and there have been way too many volcanoes spewing pollution that doubles the amount of the total of all the automobiles ever invented and manufactured in the world.
LIMBAUGH: I think the modern environmental movement is simply the latest refuge for communists and socialists who are opposed to capitalism.
LIMBAUGH: We couldn't destroy the ozone layer if we -- we would have to put out the sun. We would have to find a way to send fire trucks to the sun and put it out.
CALLER: Then what was the point of the Reagan signing the Montreal Protocol, you know, ending CFC production? Or restricting it at least?
LIMBAUGH: Uh ... it's all irrelevant to me.
CALLER: It is.
LIMBAUGH: The ozone hole closes at -- when's the last time you heard about the ozone hole's a big issue?
CALLER: Nah, but that's all --
LIMBAUGH: It's been years. And all we've done is drive more cars, burn more fuel, we cool and do these sorts of things.
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During the sugar ration in 1945, candy was scarce. My great uncle owned a store and knew Goo Goo Clusters was my favorite candy. (I was 11 years old.) When he got Goo Goo Clusters in the candy shipment, he always called me to come get mine. He had to hide my Goo Goo Cluster to keep his employees from getting it. One day, I was eating my candy and several kids on the street in front of the store tried to take it away from me, so I wasn't the only one who loved that candy! Joan from Alabama


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Rachel designs and develops children's car seats. She sees the development process through from start to finish, finding out what consumers need in a car seat, brainstorming new ideas, and designing and testing models.
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In high school, Rachel helped to design and build a robot that then competed in a game against other high schools' robots. "I realized that there was actually a field where you could be creative and technical. Engineering just seemed like a perfect fit for me."
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Salt Lake City residents can now share the bounty of their fruit or nut trees instead of letting the produce go to waste. The city's food policy task force has set up a web site to allow residents to register their trees or to volunteer to be part of the Fruit Gleaning Project. Tree owners can allow volunteers to harvest on a pre-arranged day and time, or they can sign up as an "open harvest" source for trees on the parking strip. People would be welcomed to respectfully harvest from those "open source" trees any day. Some of the food would benefit local food banks. This food-waste reduction program is a partnership of the city, TreeUtah, Avenue's Fruitshare, Green Urban Lunch Box and Salt Lake Community Action Network. For details visit: apps.slcgov.com/general/absolutefp/Fruit_Form.htm
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Pick up Easter eggs, fresh produce, seeds and meet Utah farmers at the fifth Pop-Up winter market sponsored by the Downtown Alliance. Vendors include Tifie Ranch, Clifford Farms, Blue Spring Farm, Mololo Gardens, Zoe's Garden, Chad's Produce, Kenyon Organics, Lorenz Mobile Sharpening, Urban Compost Systems, and food trucks. Farmers will also be on hand to talk about Community Supported Agriculture programs and explain how to sign up.
When • Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where • Holy Trinity Cathedral, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City.
Utahn's cake wins big
Naomi Kress of West Jordan won the grand prize in the King Arthur flour brand's 2012 Great Cake Contest for her Masquerade cake. (see recipe). The cake, which includes beets as the secret ingredient, bested 15 competitors from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Kress won a $500 gift card to the brand's catalogue and her recipe be featured in the Spring 2013 issue of The Baking Sheet, King Arthur's subscription baking newsletter.
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Vernon-based Christiansen's Family Farm is now selling lard from the 220 pigs it raises and butchers each year. It recently received the U.S. Department of Agriculture's stamp of approval, via an inspection label and is selling four-pound tubs for $15. The back and leaf fat (deposits around the kidneys and inside the loin) can last for nine months in the freezer. The fat, rendered without preservatives, comes from the family farm's pasture-raised, Berkshire, Large Blake and Mulefoot breed pigs. For more information visit: christiansenfarm.com
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Watch competitive eaters take on five pounds of beef and a 12-ounce side of fries at Salt Lake City's Lucky 13 bar and grill tonight at 4 p.m. Miki Sudo who can eat 147 wings in 17 minutes, 35 ribs in five and a 120-ounce steak with sides in under an hour will challenge Jamie "The Bear" McDonald starting. The 2012 All Pro Competitive Eating Rookie of the Year can eat 287 wings in 30 minutes, 24 chili dogs in 20 minutes and 27 tacos in 5 minutes. The competitors will have 30 minutes or less to eat two gargantuan meals, with the winner getting $1,000.
First they will try to down The Big Benny, a nearly three-pound, 14-inch tall burger made of four, 7-ounce patties topped with ham, bacon, onions and cheese.
They will follow that up with The Lucky 13 Burger, a 2-pounder made of two, 7-ounce patties topped with jalapenos, habaneros, grilled onions, Belizean habanero hot sauce and melted cheddar cheese. It is served between two grilled cheese sandwiches filled with the equivalent of eight roasted jalapenos and eight roasted habaneros. Both come with about 6 ounces of fries.
The rules are: "no sharing, no getting up from your seat and no vomiting."
When • March 13, 4 p.m.
Where • Lucky 13, 135 W. 1300 South, Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City was listed as one of seven "Up-and-Coming Food Cities," along with Charleston, Boulder, Colo., Athens, Ga., Louisville, Kent., Nashville and Birmingham, Ala., in a new Zagat blog post. The listing said the "burgeoning culinary scene is undeniably exciting," citing restaurants like Pago and Forage that emphasize local products.
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Whip up homemade marshmallow Easter eggs, chocolate-dipped eggs, balloon chocolate bowls and divinity in a demonstration-only class.
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Masquerade cake
11/2 cups (granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
11/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
11/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (4 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (2 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon Instant ClearJel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks
3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
7 tablespoons (31/2 ounces) heavy cream
11/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups (8 ounces) confectioners' sugar
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9" square pans and line with parchment.
For the cake: In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream sugar and oil. Drain beets and reserve 1/2 cup of the juice. In a blender, puree beets with the reserved liquid. Add to creamed mixture along with eggs and vanilla. Blend well. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture and mix for 30 seconds. Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl, turn the mixer on high and beat for 2 minutes. Divide between prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from their pans, peel off the paper and cool completely on rack. Cut each cake in half to make four 9" x 4" strips.
For the filling: Whip cream until it holds a stiff peak. In a small bowl, mix softened cream cheese and butter together. In another bowl, whisk together instant ClearJel and confectioners' sugar. Whisk cream cheese mixture and confectioners' sugar mixture into the whipped cream in small amounts, alternating between the two until all are added. Chill the filling thoroughly before using.
For the frosting: Melt the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from the heat and pour into a mixing bowl. Add cream, vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
To assemble: Spread filling on the tops of three of layers of cake and stack four layers high, topping with remaining cake layer. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours. Remove from refrigerator and frost. Garnish with grated white chocolate. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Refrigerate leftovers.
Servings • 16 servings.
Source: Naomi Kress, West Jordan grand prize winner in King Arthur's 2012 Great Cake Contest


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Brick for pit fire
Posted 25 March 2013 - 01:02 PM
I was watching a CAD video on pitfiring with Sumi von Dassow and wondered about the brick she lined the pit with, it looks like ordinary brick as opposed to refractory brick?
My question --can I use regular brick or even concrete block to line a pit! and while I'm at it can I build a raised (pit) or kilm with either of those materials?
Posted 25 March 2013 - 02:05 PM
For a pit above ground regular house bricks can work because the pit does not get that hot. Cinder blocks, I don't know, they can absorb a lot of moisture. But they might work. Maybe someone else has advice on that one.
Posted 25 March 2013 - 02:12 PM
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Posted 27 March 2013 - 12:05 PM
I have usually done dirt pits when available. I dig them with a ledge for a grill over the coals. Pile over with sawdust and dried cow pies and wait til the flame burns through in a few hours.
Just so happens I was speaking to a guy yesterday about his pit firings, he makes roman oil burners and pit fires them. He said that he bisques all his work as it prevents so many losses in the firing. You do not have to bisque but you may end up loosing 50% of your work.
Posted 28 March 2013 - 06:30 AM
Posted 28 March 2013 - 07:54 AM
The second firing, I did bisque the pieces first. The way I set up my pit; It was just and unlined hole, a layer of sawdust on the bottom, with the wares set on top, then more saw dust, then small stick and twigs, then progressively larger pieces. I also had some copper pipes thrown in there for color effects. There are also types of plant food and/ or weed killer that give some nice color flashes, but I don't recall, exactly which.
Posted 29 March 2013 - 08:04 AM
Thanks for your comments
I know of two sources of metal in fertilizer (that I used for coloring concrete) Iron sulphate and copper sulphide (?) I get them at local farm supply I cant wait to see what they do on pit or raku etc fired clay!
Thanks again
Posted 29 March 2013 - 08:17 AM
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 10:34 AM
the brick on the side is only to make the side walls not fall into the work as it fires, the entire ground is refractory and as the brick is only a structural support, little is needed in the way of heat loss prevention. If your pit has a lot of clay in the surrounding dirt ... don't really need the bricks. When I would do pit firings at the beach, I would just use some ratty kiln shelves and glaze ware discs (you know ... for the glazes you KNOW will run) to line my pits. Now with the amount of time it takes to prep and fire a pit firing ... i would much rather just make a makeshift wood kiln and fire it with partial salt and do more with less work but if I were in a more rural area ... i would definitely fire pit style again.
Thanks AtomicAxe
I'm all by myself here in southern New Brunswick. I've already picked out the location (I think?) for the pit, not setting the woods on fire is a big concern...
Posted 30 March 2013 - 08:22 PM
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Posted 30 March 2013 - 09:03 PM
And regarding fear of the fire getting out of control: it's a VERY well-founded fear. I wish I had $20 for every time my husband's Catawba Indian potter grandmother burned down the field beside her house! I've seen a few of my husband's own fires get out of control, and it is a very scary thing. Fire doesn't just run across the ground, it leaps into nearby trees! I wouldn't consider burning without a hosepipe nearby, and I always clear the ground around the area where we build a pitfire. No grass, no leaves, nothing should be within reach of the flames. And it goes without saying that if there is ANY wind, cancel your plans to burn pots and live to burn another day.
Posted 31 March 2013 - 06:48 AM
We don't line our pit, only using the earth around it to insulate the firing. We have on used concrete block to add depth, but have found they usually crack,break, explode if they get too hot. We always bisque first, we haul everything 30 miles to fire in the middle of a pasture. Sumi does a great job and I believe she just uses regular brick, looks like the ones from an old chimney (reclaimed). I would avoid landscape bricks as they also will have a tendency to break/explode in the firing. best of luck.
Thanks Chad
Oddly enough I just drove past a large pile of bricks the other-day, I think they are for the taking? I'll need to spend some time cleaning the mortar off them though...
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:18 AM
My husband's Native American tribe has a several thousand year-old unbroken tradition of pit fired pottery, and they just dig a shallow ditch or even "burn" their pots on the ground in a bed of hot coals left over from a fire built before the pots are added. Their concession to modernity has been to pre-heat the pots in an electric oven before putting them in the coals. (They used to set them near the "pre" fire, then slowly move them in closer & closer as they warmed up.) Out of curiosity, I persuaded my husband to bisque to 06 a pot he'd made from hand-dug and hand-processed clay (instead of using the oven to warm the pot to 500 degrees), and he found that the pot didn't absorb much carbon. Instead of rich blacks, he got dull brownish-greys. So if you do bisque, don't bisque that high. This has been discussed in the forum before, with potters recommending bisquing to as low as 019.
And regarding fear of the fire getting out of control: it's a VERY well-founded fear. I wish I had $20 for every time my husband's Catawba Indian potter grandmother burned down the field beside her house! I've seen a few of my husband's own fires get out of control, and it is a very scary thing. Fire doesn't just run across the ground, it leaps into nearby trees! I wouldn't consider burning without a hosepipe nearby, and I always clear the ground around the area where we build a pitfire. No grass, no leaves, nothing should be within reach of the flames. And it goes without saying that if there is ANY wind, cancel your plans to burn pots and live to burn another day. Thanks for the advice. Most of the property here is treed and to make matters worse its at about a 45 degree angle above me! Yikes, perfect opportunity for fire! My neighbour has a wide open flat space, I'll have to ask him...
Thanks again
Posted 02 April 2013 - 01:32 AM
Even the Pits on the Huntington Beach area are being considered to be banned, Go figure!
Posted 02 April 2013 - 07:16 AM
Some of the most beautiful pots I have seen are finished in an alternative firing. Unfortunately I live in the Los Angeles area where making a fire its a "CRIME"
Even the Pits on the Huntington Beach area are being considered to be banned, Go figure!
Yes but beaches in the dry season are serious fire hazards! I've never been to Huntigton Beach so I'm picturing nothing but sand which is likely wrong?
Posted 02 April 2013 - 08:17 AM
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 06:53 AM
I can understand while some people refer it to it as people's republic of California/ PRK. I'm an ex-pat to the PRK. I'm sure this ban is the doing of the AQMD (air quality management district). While the la basin definitely has its smog problems, the AQMD rules with and iron fist. I helped open a restaurant and we could not put in a wood burning grill or piazza oven becaus e of rules. We even need some $15K electrostatic filter on the hood exhaust. Comrade, I feel your pain. I suppose your only option is building a pit in a fire prone area, and let the next wildfire handle it. Now they are banning the handful of legal fire pits? Are our kilns safe? Oh yah, no problem with smoke here! The forested slope, I fear is a fire hazard! I watched a few video's recently of rocket stoves and rocket kilns. There is also a (glass) guy somewhere nearby who melts his glass in a rocket kiln. Check that out, they burn very clean! One guy in the far east burns dried rice husks for his entire firing...
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I haven't seen apple pioneer anything in a long time. Back on "iOS" 1.0 us tinkerers made a place to download and share apps because apple hadn't felt the need for them. That place was called Installer. Version 2.0 of "IOS" comes out and the "new" and "revolutionary" app store was revealed.And then google did what its best at doing. Copy!
Its just pathetic that you follow followers.
I prefer following the pioneers.. The leaders.
I have my ifaith. Seems like u sold it to the green gunk in return for a weather widget on the lockscreen.
M out.
Moving on, when the iPhone was born it had less functionality than most other phones. Like built in notes or even a calender. Than apple "innovated" those apps and sold them for a $10 upgrade until later made free.
There are plenty of other examples but I'll sum it up with a couple major ones.
Siri wasn't created by apple, it was bought and was actually almost bought by Verizon to be put on flagship android devices.
The IOS notification center is a blatant rip off of the android pull down notification, if you don't think so you are in denial.
Apple is known to put old parts in a shine body and charge premium prices. You will always have old hardware For more than the newest hardware.
Also you think that all of your apple products are more secure but what you fail to realize is that the methods used on Mac and iOS are harder to find and protect against because of the closed source nature of the OS.
I am on this forum because I used to own an iPhone. Sold it and got an android instead though, and I occasionally come back to check up on my work. I used to make icons for themes as you can tell from my amounts of thanks <---
Anyways, I don't blame ya. Android is much more fragmented, but that is if you let it be. When shopping for an android phone, why would you buy a low end one? Buy the latest and greatest and it should run 99.9% of all the apps on the playstore (besides tablets ones obviously). Update for your device waiting to long? Get a Nexus device. Don't want a Nexus device? Simply root, flash, and boom. You're up to date and it took a few minutes.
People think flashing and rooting ruins the experience, as if you have to find a back road to update to the latest android OS, but when you think of it, Google WANTS you to root, and toy around with its OS. It's open source FOR A REASON. With Apple, they push out as many software updates as they can just to block a jailbreak. For Google, they don't care! Go ahead and root your phone. No big deal, it's YOUR phone. It's like buying a computer and the computer manufacture tells you what you can do and not do on YOUR computer. lolwut?
Once you have your iPhone jailbroken it's so much better than a droid. And really you only gotta JB once a year, and thats if you wanna keep up with the current iOS. Also I have never broken an iPhone. Dropped em soaked em, nothing, still good as gold. My Galaxy S2X gets wet for a minute and gone, out like a damn light. So I would say Apple is better overall though it does have it's flaws. And thank god that FB Home BS isn't coming to plague our iOS's anytime soon.. Hopefully never
I've owned ~4-5 Android phones and have yet to break one? Never put cases on them either. Stop using it like a moron and you won't have a problem.
As for the topic on hand, yes there is a lot of fragmentation because there is a large variety of android phones, covering every price point. If you don't want a problem with fragmentation, spend 200-300 to get a top of the line Android phone (comparable to iPhone prices) and you won't have a problem. Ie, GS3, One X, One, Note 2, Nexus 4, etc. It's just stupid to use the free with contract phones as "oMg, itz soo lagy!one lulz android 2.1".
At least jailbreaking my iPhone doesn't neuter it.
Also the power widget is a blatant rip off of SBSettings, barrel had screen transitions way before android launchers did...the list goes on.
This is modmyi. Go to xda. Dumba$$es.
The power widget has been implemented to android long before so settings LOL.
And launchers did not copy barrel Lmao!! And if anything, launchers on android support MORE animations. And no it doesn't kill battery.
Rooting your phone will never neuter it. Adding a new custom ROM, is a different story. You're putting an entirely modified operating system on there. Try doing an engine swap in a car and see how issue-less it really is. There are always ROMs that are the same as stock, with less bloat, quicker, better battery life, and will not cripple anything.
And you still didn't disprove my point. iPhone still needs to be jailbroken to do things that an Android phone does out of the box. And you managed to find one tweak....that's made by the same developer, how shocking that it came on Android after!
You mean to tell me that having a widget that easily lets me switch settings is a blatant rip off of sbsettinggs? You're stretching it a bit too far there buddy, it's just common sense that the widget would exist. There's a widget for everything else! The probability of there being a widget that controls settings is pretty darn high.
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LOL Siri. You call that innovation? Google Now has more fluid, faster, and better features/response time than Siri. It's been proven. YouTube my friend.
Pausing a video by looking away? Something iPhone's can't do.
Lmao I am done. Duecesssss :sexyparrot:
Listen to song on Youtube,
Look away,
Song paused.
Apple side:
Listen to song on Youtube,
Look away,
Song still playing.
Where is the time when we fight between Mac OS X tiger and Windows Vista?


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Examinations in Japan - flying the ISTD flag in Japan
It was a privilege and exciting to be given the opportunity to examine and teach in Japan. After more than a day's journey, I finally arrived in Matsusaka, welcomed by Lisa Johansson-Sawamura and her husband, Louis. After much needed sleep, it was a treat to be taken sightseeing around Ise-Shima, where I visited shrines, was initiated into a tea ceremony at one of the houses and later, watched some amazing Japanese drummers.
Examining commenced on Monday, with five very full days of Imperial Ballet, Modern Theatre, Tap and National Dance ahead. The children were delightful and enthusiastic with some very good work shown, particularly in Imperial Ballet which included some award winners from the Malaysian Ballet Awards and one from the Junior Awards in England. Despite Matsusaka being a non-English speaking town, we communicated well and it was a pleasure to conduct the examinations, with special thanks also to pianist, Mrs Luka.
Saturday was my day off and will always be memorable. We visited Kyoto, which previously served as capital of Japan, seeing Kiyomizu temple with its beautiful grounds full of cherry blossom trees in bloom; young girls who were eyecatching in their traditional kimonos; and later, driving to the Golden Pavilion Temple with its magnificent gardens.
On Sunday, there were open classes including four levels of grades, from Primary to Advanced 2 Imperial Ballet, where students were eager to learn and very responsive. The last day was taken up by coaching Modern Theatre and Tap. It was encouraging to hear that some students are hoping to go back to Malaysia for the Modern Theatre, as well as the Ballet Awards in November.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Lisa and Louis for looking after me so well and taking time to give me an insight into the Japanese way of life. Keep the ISTD flag flying!
Judith Hockaday
Cecchetti and Cherry Blossom
It is always a privilege to examine for the ISTD but it was an added honour to be invited to undertake a 10-day tour for the Cecchetti Faculty in Japan. This was my first trip to Asia and although I had heard much about Japan, nothing could prepare me for the graciousness of the Japanese people.
My first stop was in the vibrant city of Tokyo where I was met at the airport by Miho Tsurutani and her husband and assistant, Yumi Imamura. Miho trained and danced professionally in the UK and established the flourishing Ballet Garden School two years ago, so there was a sense of great excitement about the first Ballet examinations to be held there. The students were all beautifully prepared and, following the exams, I taught three free classes at Grades 2, 4, 6 and Intermediate level.
Tokyo is a wonderful, neon-bright metropolis and I am most grateful to Miho and her husband for treating me to a whistle-stop sightseeing tour. We had a spectacular nighttime view from the new observation tower, a unique taste of Japanese cuisine and hospitality for lunch and experienced the beauty of the Rikugien Gardens with the exquisite cherry blossom.
The next stage of my tour was south into the countryside to Hikone, by the Shrinkansen Bullet train. For this journey, I had the pleasure of the company of Assistant/Dancer, Akemi. Our hotel gave us a wonderful view of the iconic Hikone Castle, perched up on a hill behind a double-moated fortress. Here, I met Miko, who was to be my pianist at the Ono Ballet Academy in Hikone, where the Cecchetti Vocational work is carefully taught by Yukie Fujino and who had prepared the Advanced One Vocational candidates to a very high level.
At the end of the exams in Hikone, I was invited to give an introductory lecture/class on Grades 1 to 6 with an insight into the Associate examination, as there is much interest here among the students in taking teaching examinations. Japan produces some wonderful dancers, so I was fascinated to learn that there are no formal unified training structures in place when it comes to teaching qualifications. It was clear that this small group of English trained Japanese teachers are passionate to promote and develop the Cecchetti work of which they are so proud to have as their roots. Miho travelled down from Tokyo and Kafuyu Shintani, my teacher at my final destination, also came to Yukie's Associate session to show a support and desire to learn. I admire their commitment, determination and dedication and wish them all continued success in their endeavours to develop the Cecchetti work in Japan.
From Hikone, I travelled with my next host, Kafuyu, to Kobe, my final destination. Kafuyu trained as a teacher at the Royal Ballet School and has an established Ballet Academy in Ashiya. She has a broad teaching background but has converted her school back to the Cecchetti Method as she feels this is where her roots lie and that it is the best training method for her students. Kafuyu is currently involved with the designing of a new university degree course in Classical Ballet studies. She is aiming to put the Cecchetti Method at the centre of its methodology and I wish her every success with this initiative. On my rest day, Kafuyu kindly offered to take me on a tour of the Kobe area. It is a city built on commerce with a container shipping port. We visited the Kobe Port Museum and observation tower down by the waterfront, and then travelled inland, taking a cable car up to a mountainside herb garden with spectacular views. Finally, to celebrate the end of my tour, we had a traditional Japanese meal.
I hope I was able to take a little of 'us' to the Japanese teachers I met and let them know that they are very much part of our extended Cecchetti Family.
'Arigato' from the bottom of my heart to you all!
Alison Jenner
Memories from Canada and the USA
I have just returned from a hectic but wonderful tour of Canada and the USA. Everyone, without exception, was so friendly and helpful. All the candidates on my tour were extremely polite and showed a wonderful enthusiasm and love of dance of which I was proud to be a part. The standard at some schools was outstanding and a joy to watch.
After arriving in Calgary, I was driven to my first venue in a blizzard, where some of the candidates had a four-hour trip from Edmonton to get to their exam. This was at the School of Alberta Ballet where I was met by fellow Examiner, Shirley Agate-Proust who teaches there. I was in Calgary for over a week at various schools. We had a good teachers' session where hopefully, some of the newer teachers were able to appreciate our work. I would like to thank the teachers for helping me to arrange my trip up into the Rockies at Bamff on my rest day – a truly wonderful day.
From Calgary, I moved on to Winnipeg where it reached minus 25 degrees Celsius one night! It was my birthday whilst there and I was greeted by Shelly Shearer-Nelko with a cake. On to Orillia, before attempting to cross to the USA. This resulted in an unscheduled stop in Chicago due to terrible snow storms but, back on track the next day, I reached Nebraska's Lincoln Airport and was driven 100 miles to the venue where, again, everyone was so welcoming and nothing seemed like too much trouble.
My last stop was San Diego. After snow and 'minus' temperatures, it was now more than 20 degrees and so lovely to feel some sunshine. I had four days here at two different schools and an afternoon free to whale-watch, for which I would like to thank the teachers for arranging before flying home.
This trip has made me realise that people travel many miles to get from one city to the next on a regular basis to achieve their goals. I would like to thank Tania Trosini and Mara Sandres, who worked hard to put this trip together, and also my family who have supported me all the way. I have met some wonderful teachers and pianists and feel privileged to be doing the job that I do.
Beverley Rand
Modern Exams in Cyprus
Modern examinations were held in Chloe and Stala Middleton's Ballet School in Nicosia, Cyprus on 27th and 28th of March, with examiner, Susan Garrard. The students really enjoyed the exams and are looking forward to their next ones!
Annie Natalia Chliara, one of the Grade 5 students said, "Just like everyone, we are also concerned about the economic crisis of our country and the consequences this will have on our everyday lives and what we love doing the most; dancing. Due to the reduction of our parents' income, we might have to stop taking dance lessons, so we make sure we enjoy every minute of them and our exams. When our Modern Theatre exams took place in Nicosia, we really loved and enjoyed them. The examiner welcomed us and created a friendly atmosphere with her wide smile."
Annie Natalia Chliara
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Head coach Ed Orgeron previewed the LSU Spring Game on Saturday, saying he wants the game to be as much of a game-like atmosphere for his players as possible.
"I want to see us get after it. I want to see us compete in a game-like atmosphere," Orgeron told reporters on Thursday. "I want our guys going full contact to the ball just like a preseason game. I want to see them perform under pressure, have fun and have energy. Best against the best."
LSU's Spring Game kicks off on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT in Tiger Stadium on the SEC Network and the LSU Sports Radio Networks. http://www.scout.com/college/lsu/story/1772375-odell-beckham-to-guest-co...
The biggest news out of Orgeron on Thursday was news that former five-star defensive lineman Rashard Lawrence has taken over as starter for Frank Herron opposite of Christian Lacouture at defensive end.
"Rashard is a starter now. He's solidified that position and along with being a starter, he's a 4.0 GPA, one of the top players in the state," Orgeron said. "I'm excited about him."
Lawrence has been pushing for the starting job all of spring practices and with Herron missing Tuesday's practice, that's now given the Neville product to overtake the fifth-year senior.
***Check out the loaded group of recruits headed to Baton Rouge for Saturday's Spring Game.***
Quarterback competition remains open heading into fall
As far as quarterbacks go, Danny Etling remains the starter with Orgeron saying no one has beat him out. That being said, the competition will remain open going into fall camp.
"We're going to keep it open through camp and we'll see what happens," Orgeron said. "Till we feel like it's solidified. We haven't seen Myles Brennan yet. We recruited him and told him we'd give him a fair chance."
While Etling has taken most of the first-team reps this spring, Justin McMillan continues to impress as does Lindsey Scott. How much will LSU give the quarterbacks of the offense on Saturday?
"We've had that discussion, but we want to play too. There's going to be a mix too," Orgeron explained. "We know there's some stuff on tape that people know is there, but there will be some basic things we do and some things we won't do."
Orgeron put a wrap on LSU's spring by praising his staff including the offensive staff, which has had to get to know each other this spring, in addition to installing a new offense.
"Excited about our coaching staff, especially our offensive staff. Matt Canada came by himself, kept the guys that we had and hired two new guys in Tommie Robinson and Mickey Joseph. Thought those guys jelled well."
Other Notes:
- LSU held a pass-heavy practice in shorts on Thursday, wanting to focus on perimeter drills, slot skeleton drills, 7-on-7, 3rd down situations and 2-minute drill.
- Orgeron singled out wide receivers D.J. Chark and Russell Gage as having impressed this spring.
- Linebacker Devin White has displayed great leadership and maturity this spring, improving every day, Orgeron said.
- Safety John Battle has a couple nagging injuries that Orgeron said they'll take care of before the fall.
- Fullback J.D. Moore and offensive lineman Will Clapp are going to be back healthy with Orgeron saying he expects his team to be very healthy coming into camp.
- As far as the format goes for the spring game, LSU will pit 1's vs. 1's and 2's vs. 2's in the game. The game will have 12-minute quarters, but the second half will be running clock.
- Drake Davis and Donte Jackson are two names Orgeron threw out there as returners. Jackson is a candidate to play some offense, but Orgeron wants to see more in camp. "Very few guys can go both ways."
- Orgeron echoed what Etling said earlier this week about two-a-days being done, with players being in such good shape now. It's not a big deal to him.


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The Bear Still Casts a Giant Shadow on the Game
By Marty Mulé
Of course, that is more than any other coach, and his eight victories (an .888 percentage) is by far more than any other coach. Four of the six national championships claimed by his Alabama team were showcased in the Sugar Bowl, and Bryant's Crimson Tide knocked off two opposing No. 1 teams in New Orleans.
Two of the all-time great games in the history of college football - the 1979 victory over Penn State, immortalized in the famed goal-line stand when the Tide stopped the Nittany Lions inches from the tying touchdown, and the 1973 shootout with Notre Dame, in which the Irish snatched the No. 1 pennant from Bama by a single point - were coached by Bryant in the Sugar Bowl.
Let those figures sink in for a while and the magnitude of Bryant's Sugar Bowl accomplishments are nothing short of colossal.
The Bear, even today, almost 30 years after his death, casts a giant shadow on the Sugar Bowl, larger than any other person in the game's history other than Fred Digby and Warren Miller, the founding fathers.
And there's more. It's not too far-fetched to say that without Bryant the Sugar Bowl today could have a completely different complexion. He was the linchpin in affecting the tie-up that brings the Southeastern Conference champion to the Sugar Bowl each year.
"Coach Bryant was an extraordinary presence, and the Sugar Bowl was his stage,'' said Mickey Holmes, the former executive director of the Sugar Bowl, on the occasion of Bear's passing in 1983. "He had an impact far beyond that of an ordinary football coach.''
Bryant, of course, was no ordinary coach. In a 38-year career that spanned five decades at Alabama, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Maryland, he coached in an astounding 29 bowls. The Sugar Bowl, obviously, became his favorite. Why was Bear so fond of New Orleans?
The answers could be, at least in part, because of his relationship with Sugar Bowl member Aruns Callery, who became one of Bryant's closest friends, and perhaps because of his first bowl trip to New Orleans, when he had to beg his way in.
This wasn't at Alabama, a program that he had annually among the sports' elite and had bowls salivating for the Tide's holiday presence. This was at Kentucky, a program with little football tradition at the mid-point of the 20th Century. In 1950, Bryant, in his fourth year at Kentucky, won the school's first Southeastern Conference championship, clinching in the ninth game with a 48-21 victory at Mississippi State.
The Wildcats were 10-0-0 and ranked second in the nation when they traveled to Knoxville, Tenn. to play Tennessee on Nov. 25. Charlie Zatarain, then the president of the Sugar Bowl, also went to Knoxville and was greeted by 8-degree temperature and four inches of snow.
"It was a miserable day,'' Zatarain said. "I went to Knoxville for the purpose of inviting Kentucky, but they lost.''
The 7-0 defeat was doubly painful for Bryant, who had held other bowls off in hope of spending New Year's in New Orleans.
"I didn't know where we stood,'' Bryant said. "The Orange and Cotton bowls had filled, and I couldn't blame the Sugar Bowl folks if they didn't want us after Tennessee whipped us.''
Bryant and Zatarain wound up in a hotel room with Kentucky athletic director Bernie Shively and Southeastern Conference commissioner Bernie Moore. "We had a line open to the Sugar Bowl,'' said Zatarain, now deceased. "I told them Kentucky was a great team and that as far as I was concerned, I still wanted them.
"The committee talked it over, then came back to tell me to ask Bryant if he'd play if he got the invite. Bear reached out, took the phone, and said, 'If you invite me, I'll beat Oklahoma!' ''
That was a bold vow. Oklahoma was the national champion - at that time, the champion was declared at the end of the regular season - and was undefeated in 31 consecutive games, then the longest streak in college football history.
"I'm sure that some Sugar Bowl members and some people in the New Orleans sports media were snickering behind Charlie Zatarain's back for pushing Kentucky,'' Holmes said. "It wasn't a popular choice.''
The stuff of legend is what it turned out to be, the first of the monumental Bryant victories to gain national attention. Bryant tinkered with his defense and came up with a multiple scheme that sometimes featured a nine-man line with three ends and four tackles to slow Oklahoma's wide option.
Kentucky won 13-7.
"When you think back on that game,'' Holmes reflected, "the football world should have seen the budding genius of Bear Bryant.''
Alabama twice held Penn State out, and claimed the national championship for itself.
Still, for all Bryant achieved in the Sugar Bowl, his lasting legacy may well be his role in the SEC-Sugar Bowl marriage - a union that did not favor the Bear in those days when SEC teams, champions or not, could pick and choose where they wanted spend the holidays.
Bryant's Crimson Tide was at its zenith, and year-in and year-out, he could pick where he wanted to go.
But times were changing.
The Orange Bowl had resumed its affiliation with the Big Eight, and with the Orange likely landing national title contenders Nebraska or Oklahoma almost every year, the Sugar realized how enticing it might become for Bryant to plan trips to Miami instead of New Orleans.
The Sugar began courting Bryant, and although privately some of the coaches supported the idea, none would commit to the tie-in until hearing from Bryant.
At first, Bryant was against the tie-in. He told Callery so. But a few months later, Callery said Bryant called him back and gave the alliance his blessing.
"I have to think of the conference, too,'' Callery said Bryant told him.
And thus, postseason football was changed.
"The Sugar Bowl was great bowl before Bear Bryant ever set foot in New Orleans, and its been a great bowl since he left us,'' Holmes said. "But there's no question he helped shape the Sugar Bowl.''
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay the sum of $3,500 to the head of each of the one hundred and twenty-five Indian families determined by the report entitled "Investigation of the Pine Ridge Aerial Gunnery Range Taking for the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States House of Representatives", submitted by the Department of the Interior on April 10, 1952, in response to a resolution of the Committee on Public Lands of the House of Representatives, adopted March 4, 1950, to have actually been domiciled on August 1, 1942, on the land belonging to the Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe of Indians, South Dakota, which was taken by the Department of the Army in 1942 for the Pine Ridge aerial gunnery range. The Secretary of the Interior shall make such payment of $3,500 to the heirs or devisees of any such head of a family who is deceased. Payment of such sum shall be in full and complete settlement of all claims of such Indians and their heirs or devisees against the United States for damages suffered as a result of being forced to move from their homes, and being forced to relocate and reestablish themselves elsewhere because such lands were taken for an aerial gunnery range and the distribution of funds under this Act shall not be subject to any lien, except for debts owed to the United States or to Indian organizations indebted to the United States, and shall not be taxable.
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