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Anthony Cliche, Naked Quebec Fugitive, Captured Near Montreal
SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Quebec provincial police say they arrested a naked, handcuffed fugitive north of Montreal on Friday.
Anthony Cliche escaped police custody early Thursday morning and ran away while wearing a pair of pants and handcuffs.
Police say they don't know why he was no longer wearing clothes when he was recaptured in Sainte-Sophie, 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
The 25-year-old was treated for hypothermia.
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You might say Brian Christopher Head is on top of things. The 26-year-old Maryland man faces second-degree assault charges after allegedly crashing his car into a utility pole, then reversing into -- and onto -- a police cruiser on March 13.
By trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket, one man talked his way into jail. Police in Indiana say Adam Yarbrough tried to bribe a female police officer with $5, a kiss and sex if she would let him go without a ticket. It didn't work, and Yarbrough was arrested on bribery and disorderly conduct charges.
Police in Florida say they busted a man responsible for prank calling 911 about a Viagra overdose. Matthew Wade Douglas Jr. is accused of making two obscene 911 calls in January in which a caller demanded medical attention and graphically described the effects of taking a few too many little blue pills.
Crime doesn't pay -- even when your crime is printing fake money. Police in Gainesville, Fla., say they arrested a man who bought a printer from Walmart and printed up nearly $600 of fake cash on March 10. Douglas Brian Osborne has been charged with two counts of using counterfeit money, among other charges.
Investigators in El Paso County, Colo., say Jack Herbst caused $250,000 of damage to his neighbor's property while driving a front-end loader -- all because the victim owed him $80. On March 9, Herbst allegedly drove the construction vehicle onto Ronald Morphis' property, wrecking part of his home, his garage, campers, trailer, propane tank, classic cars and more than a dozen mature elm trees. Police apprehended Morphis on felony criminal mischief charges after finding tire tracks leading from the scene of the crime to the suspect's home.
Police in Florida say a millionaire dentist used a stolen credit card to buy $40.64 of pizza after finding the charge card in a shopping center's parking lot. Richard Lewis Ludwig, 54, reportedly told deputies that he is "absolutely not" having financial trouble, and actually has a net worth between $3 million and $4 million. He has been hit with credit-card theft and forgery charges.
Here's proof that the customer isn't always right. Police in Ohio say a Walmart shopper stocked the shelves of a Fremont store with obscene photographs of himself in women's lingerie. Rodney Kunkel, 44, has been charged with two counts of pandering obscenity for allegedly leaving the photos in the store and on cars in the shop's parking lot.
Does this man look like Cookie Monster to you? Martin County sheriff's deputies say Sebastian Esteban, 18, snatched a package of $1.19 "Pink White" cookies from a Circle K convenience store in Indiantown, Fla. on March 3. After officers spotted the crumb-covered suspect allegedly attempting to eat the evidence, Esteban offered this explanation, according to an affidavit: "Ya, I stole the cookies, I'm the cookie monster."
Sometimes you just need a drink. Police in Elyria, Ohio, say a not-so-subtle drunken driving suspect took a swig of beer in front of a cop after being pulled over on March 3. When asked if he had been drinking, Stephen Supers allegedly picked up an open can of beer and took a sip before answering, "Yes."
Break-ups can get ugly -- even when they happen online. Law enforcement officials in Florida arrested Thomas Gannon, left, and Tina Cash on charges of misdemeanor domestic battery after the couple allegedly got into a fight over Facebook. Gannon, 35, reportedly told Hernando County Sheriff's Office deputies that the couple got into a physical altercation after his 31-year-old girlfriend "unfriended" him on Facebook and changed her relationship status.
Law enforcement officials in Florida say a woman readily admitted she was carrying narcotics in her genitals at the beginning a jail sentence for drug possession. During a strip search at a detention center in Manatee County, authorities asked inmate Sara King if she was in possession of any contraband. The detainee reportedly responded: "Just my pills in my vagina."
You might be a redneck if you list "redneck" as your religion on your police report. Law enforcement officials in Florida say 20-year-old suspect Joshua Lee Joehlin claimed he was a follower of the "redneck" faith. Joehlin is accused of engaging in a lewd and lascivious act with a minor.
Police say he broke the law -- and needed a bathroom break. Cops in Florida say they were able to catch bank robbery suspect Charles F. Grier after he stopped to use two restrooms near the scene of the crime. Grier allegedly changed clothes in a portable toilet across the street from the bank. He was reportedly arrested after being confronted by officers while leaving a restaurant bathroom down the road.
Some suspects are caught with their pants down. Others are caught with no pants at all. Police say this drunken driving suspect was driving naked in a pickup truck with three nude passengers. Nickolus Borgman is accused of driving under the influence and other violations after a sheriff's deputy pulled him over and spotted two nude men and two nude women crammed in the front seat of the truck.
It's always best to practice what you preach. Police in Florida say they arrested the former president of a local chapter of Mother's Against Drunk Driving for driving under the influence. Debra Oberlin has been charged with drunk driving for the Feb. 18 incident.
You shouldn't mouth off to police -- especially when your mouth is filled with feces. Police in Colorado say a drunken driving suspect spit fecal matter on an officer. Paul Andrew Kausalik, a 61-year-old postal worker, was in a police station after being taken in on drunken driving charges when he allegedly put his own excrement in his mouth and spewed it on an officer's face.
Police in Michigan say a man claimed he was royalty before trying to steal a pack of Marlboros from a 7-Eleven. Joseph Lawrence Borowiak is charged with strong-arm robbery and resisting arrest after allegedly wrestling a store clerk over a pack of cigarettes. Borowiak reportedly stated, "The king doesn't pay for cigarettes."
Florida resident Howard Schultz is accused of impersonating a police officer while waving a barbecue fork. Investigators say the 69-year-old convinced a driver to pull over while wielding the cooking utensil.
Police say a California motorist assembled a veritable nesting doll of criminality when he hid a meth pipe inside an open beer bottle while he was driving. Tehama County sheriff's deputies said 40-year-old Martin Ortega Perez tried to hide a methamphetamine pipe inside an open bottle of beer during a traffic stop on Feb. 20, 2011.
It might sound like the plot of a Cheech and Chong film, but police in Louisiana say they've busted a drug-dealing operation based out of an ice cream truck. Driver Johnathan Trahan, left, was charged with possession with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia on Feb. 20. Passenger Hunter Pitre, right, was cited on misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Hersha C. Howard, 31, was arrested by deputies after she allegedly assaulted her housemate in an altercation over Girl Scout Cookies. She was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a fight with another woman over a box of Thin Mints.
Police in Florida say a mother was visiting her child's school when she attempted to impose a dress code on another mom who she believed was showing too much cleavage. Laura Campanello was charged with disorderly conduct after saying the other mom was showing "too much breast" -- then allegedly pulling down her blouse and exposing her own.
Cops in Michigan say a 400-pound woman tried to turn a motorized cart into an getaway vehicle when she loaded it with stolen electronics -- but she didn't get far. Jerrie Perkins was arrested after she allegedly filled her motorized cart with $600 electronics and tried to drive out of a Meijer store in Rochester. But the suspect got stuck in the department store's doors and set off an alarm.
Some drivers get busted because of red-light cameras -- others get busted because of cameras they installed inside their cars. Stanislav Bakanov, 30, was arrested in Oregon for speeding on Interstate 5 while filming a video of himself for YouTube. He was clocked doing 118 mph in a 55-mph zone -- and police say his speeding was corroborated by video he recorded and intended to post online.
It takes forethought to hide drugs in your foreskin. Antoine Banks faces drug charges after police in Louisville, Ky., say they found a bag of crack cocaine tucked under the foreskin of his penis.
Jerome Smith's forehead says he's a "Genius," but police say he wasn't being smart when he allegedly struck a pregnant woman with a handgun. The Cincinnati, Ohio, resident is accused of repeatedly pistol-whipping a woman who was eight months pregnant in late January.
In the middle of a five-year prison sentence for robbery, Edward Nathan Jr. walked out of the Tampa Community Correctional Center on Aug. 27, 1983 -- then dropped off the grid entirely, law enforcement officials say, according to News4Jax.com. After being on the lam for 27 years, a convicted robber who escaped from a Florida work-release center in 1983 was arrested by police Jan. 21 when an officer reportedly spotted him urinating in public.
Police in Minnesota say Stephanie Travetta Moreland hid a costly piece of fur outerwear in her underwear for three days. The shoplifting suspect allegedly stole a $6,500 fur coat by stuffing it into her underwear -- and managed to keep the jacket hidden between her legs after being arrested and put in a holding cell.
Police in Longmont, Colo., say Richard Troupe, 52, exposed his genitals to an employee at a Burger King drive-thru and asked her to hold his "whopper." After the fast-food proposition, the worker threatened to call police and Troupe allegedly fled. But cops apprehended the suspect nearby.
Talk about finishing with a bang. Police in Waseca County, Minn., say Terry Allen Lester, 37, constructed an explosive sex toy that he planned to give to an ex-lover. Lester allegedly put gunpowder, BB pellets and buckshot into the sex toy, which was connected with red and black wires to a battery-powered trigger.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree -- how dangerous are your branches! Police in Connecticut say Francheska Terrero turned ornaments into armaments when she hurled a Christmas tree at her father early on Dec. 24. Cops in West Hartford say the 19-year-old suspect was allegedly extremely intoxicated when officers arrived and placed her under arrest on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, and interfering with a 911 call.
Real doctors conduct breast examinations in their offices. Phony doctors conduct breast examinations in bars. Kristina Ross, 37, has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after she allegedly offered breast exams to bar patrons in Boise, Idaho.
Susan Russell Hammond confessed to showing a pornographic movie and giving alcohol to three 14-year-old boys, including her son, in her South Carolina home.
Talk about adding some greens to your sandwich. A Florida corrections officer is accused of plotting with inmates and attempting to smuggle a marijuana-filled sandwich into a jail. Master corrections officer Joseph Jones was arrested after deputies found 8 grams of marijuana inside a hoagie he allegedly was trying to sneak to an inmate.
Police arrested Peter Pavljuk, 62, for allegedly peeing on a grocery store floor in Florida. Pavljuk said he couldn't wait until he found a bathroom, but an employee said a public toilet was feet away from where the suspect relieved himself.
Onslow County Sheriff's deputies in North Carolina arrested Dale Foughty after he allegedly tried to rob a convenience store while wearing a Spider-Man mask and waving a sword. His plans collapsed when two clerks fought back by poking him in the gut with a broom. They ripped off his mask and part of his ponytail before he fled. Police found him nearby with a shaved head.
When police caught 87-year-old Leo Earl Sharp allegedly transporting 228 pounds of cocaine, the suspect told them that he was forced "at gunpoint" to transport the drugs.


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Behind-the-Scenes Shots From CM Punk's New "Best in the World" DVD & Blu-ray
Published On 08/11/2012 | Specials
Behind-the-scenes pictures from the making of WWE's upcoming "CM Punk: Best in the World" DVD and Blue-ray set. The title will be released on October 9, 2012. Amazon.com have already slashed prices on the DVD and Blu-ray with a pre-order price guarantee and eligible for free Super Saver Shipping. You can order or view the DVD by clicking here.

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A horrific fart out of your friends dogs ass that just hangs. A bad part of town that's dirty and smells worse than sewage. A stinky smell youv never smelled before in your life...very nasty and you go "omg that's newstea! what you get when you mix the word new and nasty together- newstea.
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Today I have had 3 calls about getting bees from me for sting therapy. All wanted 100 bees April 1st. What should I know about the legalitys of this? Have them sine a disclamer? What do you think the requirements to obtain the bees, A Doctors prescription? How much to charge for the bees? What type container?
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Eastern Idahoans Migrate To North Dakota Oil Fields
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Fracking has become one of the biggest buzz words of 2012.
It's a divisive issue, sparking strong opinions and passion for and against the latest employment craze..
If you're not familiar with the term, it's time to bone up on induced hydraulic fracturing, shortened to fracking.
Scores of eastern Idahoans are traveling out to North Dakota, Montana and now the Boise area, for quick and sometimes lucrative work.
Energy companies use it as a process to extract gas and petroleum from rock layers.
They fracture source rocks by shooting pressurized fluid or water deep into the ground, freeing up the natural fuel.
Although fracking began 65 years ago, recently it's come more into the spotlight due to environmental concerns and popularity.
Idaho Falls native Sheldon Horn travels to North Dakota for two to three weeks at a time, hauling water for fracking to and from drilling sites.
A big rig has become his home away from home.
"The living conditions are pretty simple -- there are none. Unless you've been up there for a long time and have been fortunate enough to find a house," said Sheldon.
With a wife and two kids in Idaho Falls, it can be pretty rough. He's been doing it for several years now.
"It was hard to get used to, hard to adjust. We miss him really badly for the first few days," said Sheldon's wife Timmery.
"I tell everyone the same saying, 'Either your cup is half empty or it's half full,' and you just have to stay positive," said Sheldon.
Droves of Idahoans are camping out on both sides of the Montana and North Dakota border, where fracking has become a cramped lifestyle.
"There's nowhere. There are people that are literally camping out in the Wal-mart parking lot at the very edge," said Sheldon.
It's paying off.
North Dakota leads the nation with an extremely low jobless rate -- 3.3 percent.
That's five percent less than the national average.
Even still, fracking faces a lot of opposition from environmentalists concerned with its affect on drinking water.
Some believe it may even trigger earthquakes, like the New Year's Eve tremblor in Ohio.
Sheldon said he'll keep his faith in the oil companies because they keep drilling areas safe.
"It's a very strict environment. You can't mess around. They don't mess around," said Sheldon.
"I don't have any major complaints yet. I hope that it works out long term," said Timmery.
Reporter Jessica Crandall interviewed Sheldon as he was just about to leave for another stint in the oil fields. It's been two weeks now and he is still there, looking to spend another week on the road.
Fracking seems to be migrating to Idaho. Snake River Oil has been leasing land in the Boise area for this very purpose.
The Idaho House passed a bill that places state oversight on the natural gas industry.
Senate approval is pending.
Many eastern Idahoans are unhappy with the legislation, saying it limits county and city control.


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Just from twitter: @HubbuchMVP Eli agrees that Reuben Randle needs to work harder and prepare better. Interesting coming from Manning, who rarely criticizes teammates.
Wow, maybe they are just getting on RR because of the injuries at WR, because Coughlin said he didn't have any issues with him
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Well if Eli said that there is a real issue here. I mean people used to rip on Manningham all the time for messing up but I never heard of Eli calling him out.
I think that we may know now why he lasted until the last pick in the second round . . . . .
Just saw a thread that Barden won't play on Sunday. If this is true, maybe the veterans are trying to kick this kid in the *** because they know that he is going to have to contribute on Sunday.
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What does Eli Manning think about Reuben Randle's work ethic? It's getting "better," the QB said. "He's young ...
... and hes trying to figure out what it takes to compete and get mentally and physically ready for upcoming games. He has talent. Hes been working better, understanding just how we work and prepare each week. Hes been getting more reps these last few weeks so hes doing a good job of putting everything together. Hes going to have to make some plays for us and I believe he can do that. He can help us out." #NYG I think it's safe to say that he's starting vs the Browns. Hopefully he takes this opportunity seriously.
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Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building
New sciences, engineering building approaches dedication
(Jan. 10, 2006)--Researchers and staff members are moving into UTSA's Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering (BSE) Building, which will be dedicated next month.
The $83.7 million 220,000-square-foot facility will be the largest building at UTSA and one of the biggest classroom/research facilities in the UT System.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Pictured at left is an unusual view from the courtyard of the new building.
The building is designed from the ground up to support the vision of a premier research university and is characterized by collaboration, innovation and openness to new ways of thinking.
The first floor features engineering research laboratories and departmental faculty offices. The second floor will house teaching laboratories with a multipurpose room and office suites for the deans of the colleges of engineering and sciences. The third level will house biology laboratories and a vivarium, and the fourth floor will house chemistry laboratories.


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See the FUN Way Ashley Greene Celebrated Her Seventeen Cover!
Have you gotten your issue with Twilight's Ashley Greene on the cover yet? (It should be on newsstands this weekend, for sure!)
She looks so pretty on the cover (and in real life her skin in FLAWLESS!)! Yesterday, she came to the office to for girl talk, cupcakes and photos!
Our office was packed with Twilight fans! They asked her questions about Eclipse and working with the hot guys in the movie. Did you know that she's best friends with Kellan Lutz? She sort of gushed about him, and in this month's story she says she's even thought about hooking up with him!!!!!!
The juiciest part is that he's in this month's Hot Guy Bonus Mag too...wait until you see what he says about her!
So, tell me what you think of Ashley's cover and the rest of the issue!


text: Hey guys, I am willing to bet there's going to be a lot of people stumped like me on this one. The other day I took my truck in to have the blower motor replaced, since it wasn't blowing any air unless I was in motion. Never blew hot though. The garage tested and determined the ECU or ECM was out, whatever tells the blower which speed to blow, which brings me to my issue. Now I have heat which I am very grateful for since it's starting to get cold outside but for some unknown reason I only get heat coming out of the passenger side vents!! All vents are blowing now, but the drivers side vents (all of them) only blow outside temperature air. I am bamboozled! I asked the garage that replaced the unit and they had no idea, ASE Certified mechanics had NO IDEA! Somebody help! lol. Oh if it matters, my truck is a 05 1/2 Ton Silverado with the Vortec 5.3.


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I don't know about what "should" happen, but I can tell you that I didn't even need to buy my first case of bears until my second season because I didn't have anything to put into them. The hives (I had 2 that first season) needed every bit of their honey to make it through til spring. That 2nd season I split them and I think I got a dozen bottles or so that year. But the 3rd season more than made up for the first two!
Rusty Hills Farm -- home of AQHA A Rusty Zipper and Rusty's Bees.
so for the first season if i get 2 hives, should i just get hives with 2 deep supers and wait on the honey supers? and let them keep all there honey the first season to make it through the winter
As a businessman's out look in the honey business.
First find a big beekeeper and buy wholesale the first year until you make enough to buy your first hive or hives. Really after your first year you might find that it is just easier to buy and resale for the biggest payout $$$$$$. Only wish someone would have told me that 30 years ago. Now I just have an out of control hobby.
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so would it make sence to get a nuc? whats the average price of them and when you buy a nuc what do you get? did a quick search and didnt come up with alot
Catch swarms if you can, or try swarm traps. Put your name on bee/swarm removal lists. Free bees are nice. Plus if they are feral survivors most would consider them better.
I would buy nucs. Just from reading on this site most of the time they do better.
I would buy nucs. Just from reading on this site most of the time they do better.[/QUOTE]
I would not buy nucs unless I knew exactly where they were coming from, what was used in the hives WRT to antibiotics and chemical treatments and what the bees/wax had been exposed to WRT fungicides and pesticides.
Some nucs are from legitimate overwintered colonies sold intact in the spring. At the other end of the spectrum are nucs made up of busted up hives treated with terramycin/tylosin and coming off of pollination of crops that use high levels of fungicides. I would not expect that type of nuc to do better than a package on clean frames. If you get a nuc with bees that are resistant to antibiotics or you don't plan to treat with antibiotics you may be looking at an AFB outbreak down the road. If the bees were treated with tylosin and are resistant to terramycin, your outbreak may be a year away and impact much more than the nuc/s you started with.
Get to know your supplier and make sure you can trust what he/she is telling you.
A nuc is not a nuc is not a nuc to quote the poet...
A few things to consider. Do you have bears in the area; If there are you will need an electric fence. Second, not all hives make it through the winter. Honeyhouseholder has a good point - if you wanted to test the market at a low cost buy a 5 gallon bucket of honey from a local beekeeper, bottle it, and sell it at a mark up. If it sells buy more, talk to the beekeeper, borrow a veil and see if it is the bees you are interested in or the honey.
yes we have bears and i have most of the stuff for a fence when i would need one to put up.
i will look into buying bulk and reselling, i just need to find some one local who will do that.
If you are really focussed on getting a return on investment, you would be better off to find a local keeper, and buy a fully poplated, fully drawn hive. Even that is not a guarantee, but, it puts you way ahead of the game.
My wife and I host the club extractor for our local group, so, we get a slightly different insight into this than most. Our insight from this year, and keeping track of who got how much honey in the list of first year keepers, it was really obvious to us. There were a few that started this spring with packages and/or nucs, only one of them took the club extractor, and got 40 pounds of honey. There were a few that started with full hives, bought from a larger scale keeper who is downsizing. They all got 70+ pounds of honey. This was in a year, where sideliners with many years of experience managing bees, got 100+ averages.
With our own hives, the above numbers again got somewhat mirrored. We kept one hive intact, used the rest for increases. The hive we left intact, produced 96 pounds of honey. Next door, another hive from the same lineage, but we took 3 frames out of it to start a nuc, twice, produced 16 pounds of honey in the super. Essentially, the hive with fully drawn frames, worked hard in the supers, built out 3 of them, and filled 2 and a half. The hives that were building up frames in the brood boxes, never quite got around to working in a super. And, those that had to build a full second box of frames, chose instead to swarm. The hives with the second deep full of drawn frames, never swarmed.
My take after looking back over the last two years. Starting with brand new equipment, is a big disadvantage if you want a honey crop, they have to build a lot of comb, and will choose to swarm if they run out of comb for the queen to lay in. Only one hive, means you cant swap frames to steal a frame of brood, or, give a hive a frame of eggs to raise a new queen if you get queen problems. That's a second disadvantage. Combined, these two disadvantages make a honey crop in the first year, highly unlikely.
If you are interested in learning all about bees, and how they build a hive, buy new equipment, and a package. If you are focussed on wanting a honey crop in the first year, pay up, buy a full hive, with all drawn comb. It will be cheaper in the long run, and you can use resources from that one to make slow increase, without hurting it much. When they have 10 frames of brood, stealing a frame of brood, frame of pollen, and frame of honey to start a nuc, wont set the hive back much at all, but, stealing those resources from a hive that's started with 15 or 20 undrawn frames, may well be it's death knell come winter.
A lot of folks read about average honey crops, do the math, and think they can recover the entire cost of the hive, in the first year, from honey sales. What they dont realize, those averages assume you are experienced in managing bees, and inexperience will cut the crop in half. The averages also assume, you are giving the bees mostly drawn frames, so, cut the number in half again, to account for bees needing to draw comb. The last item, those averages are just that, averages over many years, but each year is different. On a good year, experienced keepers will pull a crop that's double the average. On a poor year, they will pull no honey out of the hives, instead pouring in feed in the fall, to try get hives up to winter store levels. If you are lucky, and you start beekeeping on a year with a great flow, you will be able to start with brand new equipment, the bees can draw all the frames, and you will get a honey crop slightly below average. But, if the year you start has a poor flow, then prepare to buy 50 pounds of sugar in the fall, just to keep the bees alive thru the winter.
We started on a year with a dismal flow. Experienced commercial keepers were complaining about 'less than 20 pounds per hive'. Not a single first year keeper came to get the club extractor that year. We started with packages in brand new equipment, then made a classic newbie mistake, kept the feeders on during the spring flow, because we wanted the bees to build comb in the second box. They backfilled the first box, and swarmed. We caught a couple of the swarms, started two more hives with them. It was a poor year, and, by the time fall rolled around, all the hives were light. We bought 150 pounds of sugar to feed the bees, before they stopped taking syrup. When spring rolled around, all the hives looked ok on the first inspection, but, on second inspection (mid april), one of the hives had a drone laying queen. After much hassle, we were able to fix that problem, by stealing resources from the hive next to it. If we didn't have another hive to steal resources from, it would have been a dead hive short of buying a new queen, which was not available in our area at the time.
We have had a lot of enjoyment from the bees, and have learned a lot, but hindsight is always 20/20. We now know from experience, how we will manage the bees moving forward. If it is JUST about honey production, I wouldn't even consider starting with packages and new equipment. Pay up for a fully drawn, fully populated hive, and be done with it. Skip the growing pains altogether, and pull a honey crop in the first year. When you tally it all up, buying a full hive from a beekeeper who is downsizing, is not much more expensive than buying a nuc with all the new gear to put it in, depending on your area, it may even be cheaper. Buy two of them, and you will have a very good chance of getting an 'average' honey crop in the first year. Buy all new kit, with packages, and, you will be lucky to get 1/4 of the 'average' on your first year.
These folks have offered some very good advice. First requirement to be a successful beekeeper is to be a smart beekeeper, meaning listen to others who have already been there. Learn from their successes & failures. Why should you spend your money to reinvent the wheel? I have read your conerns about a honey crop from a first year hive. FORGET IT! I'm not saying they won't make it, I'm saying wait till next years flow starts, if you have excess in the hive then, harvest it & put empty supers back on for refill. Good advice to start with 2 hives and yes I would recommend buying/building as many supers as you can afford. My first year I made a honey crop but my focus was on the bees drawing comb in the supers, gave the 2nd year a big head start.
As to nucs, nucs are good, very good. But as has been commented on already KNOW YOUR SOURCE! Of course that also holds true with packages. I also saw where you mention making enough money to pay for bees, equipment and possibly another hive. I don't know about your area, but around here you would have to sell a lot of honey to make that. Last year with 15 hives I only sold $4000.00 worth of honey. I still have some left, but I have wholesalers calling all the time wanting to buy all I can produce because they know it's chemical/antibiotic free for $4.00 a qt. Not happening here. I feed it back in place of sugar or make mead, creamed honey or honey jelly.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
All things may be lawful; but not all things are advantagous.
"nucs made up of busted up hives" packages arn't?
"hives treated with terramycin/tylosin and coming off of pollination of crops that use high levels of fungicides" and packages arn't?
You are more likely to get packages from a bigger commercial operations that produces thousands of packages and sends them to hundreds of bee stores for resale. (ask your bee store where they get their bees from, not all of them raise their own. Caged for two weeks before you even get them, 10-20% of the bees already dead is acceptable loss of a package.
You are more likely to get nucs from the place that raised them.
Nucs are more likely to be locally raised another plus.
"Get to know your supplier and make sure you can trust what he/she is telling you."
Yes you are correct about that.
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thanks for all the advice! im leaning more toward a nuc, or buying bulk honey and reselling it for this year, but this makes a lot more sence now
AFB is a brood disease. The spores that cause it can live for over 50 years on combs and in woodenware. Package bees were developed to prevent shipments of infected combs from travelling around the country. Antibiotics can suppress the vegetative AFB but will not kill spores.
If AFB becomes resistant to terramycin, beekeepers can resort to using tylosin. Tylosin is persistant and can remain effective against AFB outbreaks for over a year after treating. If you buy nucs that have been treated with tylosin and are resistant to terramycin, you may end up with an AFB problem in your second year, from splits you make or anywhere you move that equipment.
Package bees would not be contributing AFB spores to your operation as any spores in their bodies would cycle out of their digestive tracts and be long gone before the colony is raising brood, regardless of what kind of operation they came from or what crops they were on before they were shaken. It is the comb you need to worry about, both for holding toxins (pesticides and fungicides - wax is lipophilic) and holding AFB spores. Again, this is why the package bee industry came into being.
I know of nucs that come both ends of the spectrum as well as packages. I don't believe that a nuc is more likely to be locally raised just because it is a nuc - although I have had nucs described to me that way by an unsuspecting buyer when I knew their origins to be something else altogether.
The second year my hive swarmed and I ended up with an extra hive and no honey!!!!! Learn to keep bees and the honey crop will come.
If you are starting with a nuc and you have a good flow of nectar you could possibly harvest some surplus honey. But, don't be tempted to take what you should be leaving for the bees.
Most of my nuc hives from last year drew out both deeps and over half drew out three deeps with the third deep complete with honey. About 25%, the remaining, had drawn out three deeps but the flow stopped in the spring and didn't allow them to fill the third deep with honey. Last year was an exceptionally good year year here in Texas. That's not a typical year.
The only hive I had last year that had come through the previous winter, supplied me with 4 deeps of surplus honey.
I just went through my first season and i started with 4 nucs. I had some queen issues on 2 hives. i ended up extracting 128 lbs altogether. and i left a few full supers of honey to feed my 4 splits .
my nucs were all 4 framers. and they had to build all new comb in 2 ten frame deeps plus medium honey supers.
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I am not trying to be a smart alec, and my heart really goes out to anyone who has to live in an area prone to tornado's.
But here is my question.
Why are houses in those parts built mostly on slabs?, here in NewEngland almost every house has a cellar, and the few that do not were built in area's of high water tables. My brother in law lives in North Carolina and tells me that they will only build a house with a cellar if it's finished and its floor sits at ground level? His idea of tornado safety is the closet under the staircase. My uncle house in Ohio is on a slab, my cousin in Florida house is on a slab?
It seems to me that in the cellar of a house would be the only safe place to be if you had a tornado warning.
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I saw this on BBC News about bees.
Yes, I saw that. So in effect selecting for V resistance is selecting for biting bees!
Julysun elevation 23 feet. 4 Hives, 2 years.
Since the mites look like small crabs their shell is too tough for the bite/ venom?
Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)
You might get more responses in Bee Forum or Diseases since this area is for welcoming.
What makes you think the mites' shells are too hard or thick? If you combine this trait with shallow cell brood frames the bees can reach imature (soft) varroa.
Varroa and wax moth larva become comfortably numb -- http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...mfortably-numb
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports on it's [Web Link tech blog] that Google employees are anonymously complaining online that some new employees have only "shown aptitude for having aptitude" and often have more of a sense of entitlement than a good work ethic. Meanwhile, Peter Norvig, Google's director of research, tells a book author that job applicants who were the worst at solving brain puzzles thrown at them in Google's job interviews actually ended up performing better than their high scoring colleagues when job performance was evaluated one to two years later.
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on Oct 30, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Actually, Gawker got the whole story wrong--and then SFGate and now MTV Voice have repeated it. Our interviews are more to do with practical problem solving, not with puzzles and tricks. Our interview scores actually correlate very well with on-the-job performance: we are doing quite well at hiring the right people, we believe, and we work hard at analyzing the process. Peter Seibel asked me if there was anything counterintuitive about the process and I said that people who got one low score but were hired anyway did well on-the-job. To me, that means the interview process is doing very well, not that it is broken. It means that we don't let one bad interview blackball a candidate. We'll keep interviewing, keep hiring, and keep analyzing the results to improve the process. And I guess Gawker will keep doing what they do...
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It's Google's business how they run it. You should mind your own damn biz.
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Dear Mr. Advice,
Actually, if you're a GOOG stockholder (like me), there is a vested interest in having Google hire and retain the best and brightest high-tech employees so that they may continue to increase shareholder value.
While I don't need to be involved in the minutiae of the hiring process, I would like to know that Google is making a concerted effort at honing their ability to identify strong contributors.
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I have nearly 35 years of experience in the tech sector and I have a business relationship with Google. I also own a small number of goog shares. I am beginning to notice some fractures in the Google's armor based on their hiring practices. Hiring the best and brightest is good, however, the strength of any organization is weighed by diversity of the workforce. Based on my observations, the Google workforce needs an infusion of hard workers that may not have ace'd everything in college but have grown up to be very productive workers with a chip on their shoulder. My most recent observation is that Google is top-heavy on prima-donnas and missing great opportunities on others.
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Taurus, The Bull
April 19 to May 20
Modality: Fixed
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Keywords: Stubbornness, perseverance, stability, dependability, sensuality
As a bull, you are known for your determination and willpower, but, taken too far, these traits can turn into stubbornness. You are stable and find security in routine, which can often make change difficult. Be careful to not let your unease with change rule your life. Possessions are important to you, with Venus as your ruler. While it is nice to enjoy the finer things in life, be sure to donate or sell old items that serve no purpose—it is always possible that your love of possessions is tied to an emotional insecurity.
Your friends know that they can always count on you, and you are sensitive to the needs of others (though the latter can make you prone to gullibility; be careful at times when helping others out). You feel complete when part of a couple; even though you are highly selective of your partners, once you find the one you will be highly devoted. Family is highly important to you; you have strong ties to siblings and your extended family, and you are proud of your children (show them encouragement and give constructive criticism, as you often have high expectations of your kids).
When it comes to work, you prefer environments that give you not only stability but also autonomy. That said, be careful not to get too stuck with one job or company; changes often occur, and don't shy away from a prospective opportunity. Taurus is also one of the universal money signs. This, in combination with your practicality, can equal a large net worth.
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- Jupiter in Gemini, your second house of personal resources, through June 24 provides a boost in finances, but be cautious, as you are also more likely to spend as extra income flows in. Jupiter then spends the rest of the year in Cancer, your third house, beginning June 25. This will be a positive time of family, friends, neighbors, and get-togethers.
- Uranus continues its seven-year transit of Aries (began in 2011); during these next years, look for insight into your life and lifestyle, making changes as needed for self-renewal and personal health. Here in your twelfth house, you may notice you enjoy more time alone.
- Saturn continues its long trip through Scorpio, where it will remain until 2014; here in your seventh house, your relationships will be highlighted. Strong relationships can benefit from Saturn in the seventh house. you may also feel encouraged to learn about relationships and human nature.
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Museum Victoria's Julian Finn and Mark Norman have recorded the first case of tool use – sophisticated behaviour generally limited to mammals and birds – in an invertebrate.
The Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, uses foreign objects for shelter, which is common in octopuses and is not itself considered tool use. However the Veined Octopus goes a step further and prepares, manipulates and carries coconut shells up to 20 metres to reassemble its shelter elsewhere.
Julian and Mark spent more than 500 hours diving in Indonesian waters to observe and film these animals. They watched octopuses dig out coconut shells from the ocean floor, empty shells with jets of water, stack two empty shells hollow-side up, and carry the shells in a unique gait they call 'stilt-walking'. This series of actions is among the most complex ever recorded in an octopus.
The Veined Octopus probably evolved this behaviour using clam shells as shelter. However once humans began discarding large numbers of coconut shells, they inadvertently created a steady supply of lightweight octopus tools.
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Julian and Mark's paper 'Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus' was co-authored by Tom Tregenza. It was published in the journal Current Biology on 15 December.
David's point reflects one of the ongoing debates in the literature on tool use – when does a behaviour start to become tool use? He highlights a number of examples of invertebrates picking up objects in their environment and using them for building – something octopuses also do (see ref in our article). Even more impressively, some species of ants encountering sugar solutions will pick up masses of absorbent soil and use these to soak up the solution for transport back to the nest (also cited in our article). However, the reason we argue that the behaviour of this octopus is unique is that it carries the coconut shells around in such a way that they provide no benefit during transport, and then uses them when they will be beneficial. This is distinct from collecting a rock and then putting in front of a burrow or collecting a piece of soil to soak up liquid because these behaviours appear to occur only in response to a specific stimulus of the need to build a den or the presence of a liquid food source. In contrast, the octopus seems to carry shells, much as we might carry an umbrella – in anticipation of them being useful in the future. We fully accept that this distinction is a subtle one – this is an inevitable feature of these sorts of semantic debate – nature has a seamless continuum of behaviours whereas language is constructed to reflect our love of putting things in pigeon-holes.
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- 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 5 ounces white candy coating, chopped
- 1 cup chopped pistachios, toasted, divided
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries, divided
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt semisweet chips; stir until smooth. Repeat with white candy coating.
- Stir 3/4 cup pistachios and half of the cranberries into semisweet chocolate. Thinly spread onto a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with candy coating.
- Cut through with a knife to swirl. Sprinkle with remaining pistachios and cranberries. Chill until firm. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Yield: about 1 pound.
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"I wished I would have been able to give it 20 stars! An absolute must for your Holiday tray. Very easy, elegant and yummy! Followed the recipe exactly, although forgot to mix the pistachio's & dried cranberries into melted chocolate. However, remembered while I was spreading the melted chocolate on to the wax paper lined cookie sheet, so I just sprinkled on and with a back of a spatula pressed them into the melted chocolate. And followed the recipe as stated.Susan, thank you for sharing your love of baking with us all!"
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"I made this candy bark for the first time on 12/25/2013. I didn't have pistachios or dried cranberries so I'd used 1 cup candied cherries, finely cut & DIVIDED & used 1 cup dry roasted peanuts, DIVIDED! I'd also used 14 oz. package of dark Make & Mold chocolate candy wafers and 14-oz. pkg, of Make & Mold vanilla candy wafers, melted separately in double boiler over boiling water & I added 1 Tbsp. vegetable shortening to each of the candy mixtures before melting & adding the cherries and peanuts! I'd tinted the vanilla part green with several drops of green food coloring & added 1/2 tsp. mint extract after melting the vanilla wafers. I'd divided 1/2 cup each roasted peanuts for each layer & added 1/2 cup finely chopped candied cherries to chocolate layer. I'd sprinkled the tinted vanilla layer after swirling with a knife. I admit that I JUST MIGHT have to work with the vanilla layer-I had sampled the candy bark after letting it chill and I'd found it very good! I'd taken some to one of my nephews & his family 12/26/13 and Judah/his wife found it very good, too! This recipe is definitely on my make list for special occasions/holidays! Thank you, Susan Wacek, for sharing this recipe!! DELowenstein"
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Video: Debate questioner is affiliated with Hillary's — and Kerry's — campaigns; Update: Plantmania!
posted at 11:09 pm on November 28, 2007 by Allahpundit
As incredible as it may seem, given all the flak they took for not vetting questioners after the last debate, CNN not only approved a question from someone affiliated with the Clinton campaign without identifying the affiliation, they invited him to the debate so that he could ask a follow-up. One of the lefty blogs whined after my post about the last debate that those crazy wingnuts shouldn't be surprised to find former state Democratic Party officials asking questions at what was, after all, a Democratic Party event. Okay. Should I not be surprised to find a Democratic campaign operative — not just from this campaign but from the last one too, per the end of this post — asking questions at the Republican debate either?
Just identify the guy, CNN. His question's perfectly fair. And, apropos of nothing, Hunter's answer is awful.
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#1 Tue 15 Feb 11 1:31pm
Portuguese Recipes
Hi all, as promised Im gonna post a few traditional portuguese recipes. I have already posted this recipe but here it goes again and since fish is becoming popular over there I thought we'd give it a "fresh start". Its very simple to make. It takes a bit of time to prepare the ingredients but the proceedures are simple.
Serves 4
-3 tablespoons of oliveoil
-2 cloves of garlic sliced thin
- 3 or 4 tomatoes, depending on size sliced
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 8 to 10 potatoes sliced about 1 cm thick
- 2 green peppers deseeded and sliced
- 1 red pepper desseded and sliced
- as to fish most will do except fat ones like salmon and alike and also thin ones like sole or turbot, so get about 1 to 1.5 Kg of fish and slice it about 1.5cm thick.
I wouldnt recommend mackerel, but squid for example works great and if you prefer you can use squid alone instead of fish. Just make sure its thinly sliced.
After all the ingredients are set to go, put the olive oil in a pan then do layers, so start with the onions and garlic, then potatoes, peppers, tomato and fish, add another layer and so forth unitll you�ve used up all the ingredients. Cover with a lid. Do not use water, wine or any other liquids. Turn on the stove, low to medium heat and let it cook for about 20 mins. What I do is pinch the potatoes with a toothpick, when they�re cooked, everything else is too.
Finish it with some chopped coriander.
Another version - the fishermen's one - doesnt use potatoes but uses fried slices of bread instead. If you prefer that just fry some bread slices in veg oil for a couple of mins till golden. Put them in the serving plate, then pour the Caldeirada over it.
Piri piri is usually a must have with Caldeirada. And of course a young and vibrant white wine or even better Vinho Verde. Enjoy!
P.S. - I'll keep posting some more.
#2 Tue 15 Feb 11 2:06pm
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Vinho Verde Caldeirada
I like the sound of these words, uttering them is already an appetizer, then I would smell the air when you open the pan to control if it's ready ......... and sit and eat and chat and laugh
thanks for sharing Sergio
Last edited by Grand_Ma (Tue 15 Feb 11 2:07pm)
#3 Tue 15 Feb 11 6:38pm
Re: Portuguese Recipes
My pleasure Grand Ma. I have to say that you certainly "have" the spirit of Caldeirada. Cause sitting, eating, chatting and laughing is indeed what Caldeirada is all about!
#4 Wed 16 Feb 11 7:25pm
Re: Portuguese Recipes
Stuffed Squid, serves 4:
8 medium squid
3 big tomatoes
1 chouri�o, or chorizo
1 green pepper
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
olive oil
1/2 glass Moscatel or white wine
200 ml fish or shrimp stock
1 bay leaf
start by cleaning the squid or ask your fishmonger to do it. Make sure you keep the tentacles.
Chop in tiny bits the tentacles, the chouri�o, 1 clove garlic, 1 onion, the green pepper. Saut� all of these in a frying pan with olive oil for 3 or 4 minutes. Pour the Moscatel or white wine to flamb�. Cook a few mins till the alcohol is evaporated. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Use this mix and stuff the squid. When finished you can use a toothpick to close the squids.
In the meantime make a tomato sauce with the tomatoes, onion, garlic, bay. Remove the bay leaf and pour the sauce in a blender.
Pour this sauce in a pan, add the stock and the squids and cook in low heat for about 15 mins or untill cooked.
Finish with chopped parsley or coriander.
Serve with mashed potatoes or white rice. Enjoy!
#5 Wed 16 Feb 11 8:15pm
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I love that recipe!!!
#6 Wed 16 Feb 11 8:55pm
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Re: Portuguese Recipes
That sounds delicious, Sergio. I'm always looking for a new way to do squid since I only have a very few. Think I might try that for Friday when our dinner guest comes by.
#7 Fri 18 Feb 11 3:03pm
Re: Portuguese Recipes
I made the following recipe this week for dinner. I cant call it a traditional recipe but its full of portuguese flavours so here goes:
Poached Grouper with Moscatel
4 portions of grouper - other kinds of fish will work of course, preferably fillets
150/200 ml fish or shrimp stock
1/2 glass Moscatel or other sweet wine
1 clove garlic
2 cloves
3 cardamoms pierced
olive oil
Heat some olive oil in a pan, add the garlic, cloves and cardamom and fry for 1 minute to allow the fragrances to combine with the oil.
Add the wine and cook for a minute till it evaporates. Add the stock and the fish and cook in low/medium heat. I used portions of about 200 grs each and it took me about 10/12 mins to cook.
If thats the case cook for about 5 mins, then flip them and cook for another 5 or 6 mins.
Make sure not to overcook. For my taste, overcooked fish is a waste
Finish with chopped parsley. You can either serve it with boiled potatoes or white rice.
I'd recommend a white wine with a touch of wood, or a young red with reasonable acidity. Enjoy
P.S. - if you have stock made this recipe will take very little time to prepare which makes it to fit in the "30 min meals" category
#8 Fri 18 Feb 11 5:07pm
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Re: Portuguese Recipes
Do you eat breads with meals in Portugal ?
It's not something that done so much here in but the Uk but when I have been in France or Italy bread is always served at the table with the meal .
#9 Fri 18 Feb 11 5:26pm
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Re: Portuguese Recipes
I cooked baby octopus in red wine a couple of weeks ago. It is a recipe from the Acores Islands and is called; Polvo guisado � moda dos A�ores, which stands for Octopus Stew, Azores Style. I am cracking with my Portuguese
#10 Fri 18 Feb 11 5:38pm
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Re: Portuguese Recipes
That's good , do add some portugese recipes to this thread