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This is the third installment in a series inspired by exchanges with Jerry Coyne. Readers might want to read the first in the series for orientation.
The second straw man I want to dismantle is the naïve "believer" that Coyne insists represents religion. Like Dawkins in The God Delusion and other New Atheists in their various screeds Coyne seems to think that the "majority view" held by uninformed believers with a haphazard collection of ideas from Sunday School is the true definition of religion. The religious ideas of these believers are then contrasted with the scientific beliefs of well-educated scientists. And—big surprise—they don't fare too well in the comparison.
Coyne speaks dismissively of "theologians with a deistic bent" who he thinks have no business speaking for religious believers in general, for they do not share the naïve theology of the "faithful," who pray for nice weather for their picnics, or parking spots when they are in a hurry. The implication is that the "faithful" are the more authentically religious and the theologians are an aberration.
This is a straw man comparison for several reasons. Rank-and-file believers are not one-dimensional caricatures whose entire existence is summed up in their religious commitments. They are also bankers, teachers, lawyers, carpenters, and Wal-Mart clerks who hold a variety of beliefs on many subjects. Only a small fraction of their time has been spent learning about religion and only a small part of their lives is focused on their religion.
Let us suppose by analogy that we attached the label "science believer" to everyone who passes the standard roster of science courses in high school and affirms that, in general, they accepted what was taught in those courses. Now we have a group that is genuinely analogous to "religious believers." Suppose now that a well-educated theologian was describing the beliefs of these "science believers," and using the results to evaluate the credibility of science. The theologian would note that these people really were "believers." They loved their iPhones and thought highly of the engineers and scientists who made them possible. They are excited about space travel and encountering aliens some day. When they get sick, they look to medical science for help. Sometimes they watch the Discovery Channel and they all loved Avatar.
But what would "science" look like, were it defined by these "believers"? From actual polls and other sources we know that the physics would be an incoherent mix of Aristotelian and Newtonian ideas; most of them would accept astrology and think that a "dowser" with a stick should be consulted before you drilled a well. UFOs and aliens would be accepted as real; some would report having been abducted by aliens. General Relativity, the most important theory in cosmology, would be completely unknown; quantum mechanics would be perceived as a way to influence the world with your mind and the scientific proof of free will.
Suppose that Keith Ward or Alister McGrath critiqued the scientific community for the collection of irresponsible things accepted by their followers, the "science believers." Suppose they wrote books with titles like "The Science Delusion," "Science is Not Great," and "How Science Ruins Everything"? Coyne and company would cry foul immediately and say that the "science believers" were not authentic representatives of science, because they didn't understand it very well.
And yet all of the "science believers" would have had far more education in science than the typical religious believer has in theology. Science as "lived and practiced by real people" is quite different than the science promoted by the intellectuals like Coyne and Dawkins.
When the intellectual leaders of the religious community complain that the New Atheists are working with caricatures, their concerns are dismissed. Watch the video of my USA Today conversation with Coyne and you will see exactly what I mean. But this is because they prefer to do battle against an army of straw men, rather than real soldiers.


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LIVINGSTON, Mont. - NBC Montana has just confirmed that standoff in Livingston ended peacefully right around 1:30 this afternoon.
We were there on West Park when crisis negotiation officers gave the 'all clear'.
Park County authorities tell us they got the call around 8 a.m. Wednesday. A woman told police her husband was armed and threatening to hurt himself.
Authorities tell us they called in more trained officers there to help negotiate so they called Gallatin County Sheriff's Office and Bozeman Police for backup.
"We're going to respond full-force when we have something like this to protect human life and that's the most important thing is human life and that's what we're doing," says Park County Sheriff Allan Lutes.
Lutes tells us no charges were filed against the man but he was taken to the hospital for an evaluation.

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"Real life is a funny thing you know. I think most of us feel like we're reaching the end of our lives and looking back and regretting the moments when we didn't speak up, when we didn't say "I love you!" When we should've said "I'm Sorry!" So there's a time for silence, there's a time for waiting your turn. But if you so clearly know how you feel and so clearly know what you need to say, you'll know it. I don't think you should wait, I think you should Speak Now."– Taylor Swift
Hi! I'm Ashley :) and I'm 24. Nice to meet you! And thanks for happening to stumble across my page. I'm a hardcore daydreamer and Taylor taught me that it's okay to believe in fairytales and happily ever afters. I'm still looking for mine, but with very high hopes :) Now I just have to be patient and let things fall into place. I believe Taylor is a true beauty and she really does make the world a better place, as Ellen Degeneres once said to her. I love all of Taylor's albums. I think of all four, Speak Now actually "Spoke" to me the most and really hit home for me. It helped me in ways nobody else could when I experienced losing my everything. I do love the new album RED though. I'm excited to see what the RED era will bring, which from what I've seen so far are all great things and I couldn't be happier!
Taylor. There are no ends to all of the amazing things I have to say about you and your kind heart. You have been such an important inspiration in my life. I've had my share of heartbreaks, just like you Taylor, and I'm sure we can both agree that it sucks something major, but it's apart of life and I've come to accept the fact that in the end I will learn something from it and become a stronger and better person because of it. And that will surpass the hurt I once felt from whoever did me wrong. I've been a huge fan of yours ever since you came out with your first single, "Tim McGraw". You're so angelic, classy and unique to the country world and you stand out beautifully! Your lyrics say the words girls want to say, but are too afraid to say them out loud. It's so easy to listen to any of your albums and be able to go back in time to those good memories, even the bad ones, and relive the moments that made me who I am today. Your music provides closure to the bad I've experienced in my life, and brings to life the love and happiness I felt when experiencing the good. For this I will be eternally grateful for you, Taylor, and your gift of writing such inspirational, touching, relatable, and heartfelt music. Your Speak Now Tour changed my life, and I will be seeing you in August for your Red Tour, in Tulsa, OK, which I'm sure I will leave with the same thoughts and emotions; magical, enchanted, excited, happy, blessed, and so so amazed at your stage presense. Seeing you portray every emotion you felt from that time through every brilliant performance you give, i truly have grown to think of you as an angel. I'm 24 years old and I love that I can listen to your music and remember middle school, high school, and even growing up and my mother taking me shopping for my first dress to winter formal. There's so much to say and I'm at a loss for words right now because there really is simply no end to the kind and lively spirited person you are, or enough words for me to explain how much you've saved my life, healed my past, made my present more fun and enjoyable, and my future a true excitement of what fairytales may lie ahead of me. Always stay true to yourself Taylor, as your quote awhile back, "If you're lucky enough to be different, don't ever change." I've lived by those beautiful words ever since I learned of them. Taylor, you truly are one of a kind. Nobody can ever be or come close to being like you no matter how hard one might try. I love you so much and feel so blessed to be apart of your fan base and the love and support you give back to the fans as we will "Forever and Always" be here for you. And we will never leave your side, "Like, ever." Love and prayers and hopes that all of your wishes come true and things continue to get even brighter for you Taylor! From Norman, Oklahoma, Ashley Marie Wyatt.
"I think--I think when it's all over,
It just comes back in flashes, you know?
It's like a kaleidoscope of memories.
It just all comes back. But he never does.
I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen.
It's not really anything he said or anything he did,
It was the feeling that came along with it.
And the crazy thing is I don't know if I'm ever gonna feel that way again.
But I don't know if I should.
I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright.
But I just thought, how can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you?
Maybe he knew that when he saw me.
I guess I just lost my balance.
I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him.
It was losing me. I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are."
Taylor mom and I see you in 13 days I hope somehow you'll see me requesting you to play Tim McGraw in Tulsa it's me and mom's favorite song it would mean so much!! She's never seen you in concert before and I saw your Speak Now show and it was absolutely amaaaazing! Cannot wait until August 7 please play Tim McGraw Taylor? <3 <3


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The labels on the three cans of curry paste (a basic ingredient used in Thai cooking) feature a photograph of the artist with his mother and sister. The eyeglasses, replicas of those worn by the artist, are engraved with short, poetic phrases: "long river," "orange saffron," "a single line," "at twilight." When the glasses are worn, the text both obscures one's vision and suggests "visions" in the mind. The large accordion-folded scrapbook, made to be handled and read like a map, is a visual journal including snapshots of Tiravanija's travels and past projects. Included are keepsake items such as a page from A Book of Tea (containing the philosophies of Teaism, an Asian belief system similar to Taoism) and a map of railroads in Europe.


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OK--- i am in for one ar-15 BCG over at the WG.
i don't normally use the AR-15 BCGs cause i like the heavy m-16 ones.
$98 shipped is about as good a price as your going to get on a BCG. and that is NOT counting the panic. --panic buying considered this is very good pricing for a complete BCG assembly.
the least expensive BCG i ever got was an ar-15 unit for $89 + shipping from Henderson Defense --years ago --and this is very close to that on "out the door price"
maybe this group buy will go better than the last one i tried to get in on--LOL!
Alright, I lost my captain midnight decoder ring. What 3 word phrase are we supposed to enter in order to join that GB?
Builders helping builders ?
Edit: Yup that was it.
I e-mailed the wg member making these, I tried to pay today to get the ball rolling. he e-mailed back saying a on-line payment in the future???
guess he is waitng for 1,000 confirmed buyers???
"builders helping builders" worked for me---
did you get all them little colored capitol letters in the correct little box?
they got several little things that has got to be filled in to get a new member signed up.
i haven't heard anything on payment --or got a response on how many they need to get the group buy going.
but it is sort of a holiday and a Friday ---LOL!
to Sprat-- i think they needed 400 and were about half way there?--
don't know where i got that from--LOL!--
I see what my problem is. I took it from the header where it says "where builders help builders" not builders helping builders. I'll try that. thanks for the help.
yep its just a anti spam bot thing... we keep those out caue they never get it right to sign up.
i was drinking when i made the OP........... yes it was $98 each no limits. and he's not taking money until he knows its doable.


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The fact that there is a "paper" and hints of a "virus" but that one can't know about it now sounds like baloney. Kind of a nice hook though.
The fact that there is a "paper" and hints of a "virus" but that one can't know about it now sounds like baloney. Kind of a nice hook though.
Last count someone qouted to me, there were about 18 viruses known or isolated to bees. Kashmir, blackened queen desease, and so on. With limited research in the past due to a small industry, and perhaps lack of funds, it is easily conceivable that there are more to be found.
With our bees coning into contact with new pests such as SHB, invasive pests from around the world such as roached, and in contact with agriculture practices and industries, I would bet that we don't know about every virus that could, would, and no doubt will, effect bees.
Many times, while searching for something cuasing one problem, something else is discovered.
Two basic questions need to be answered beyond the announcement of a new virus. One, is the virus outbreak or lethal condition due to another condition required to set it in motion. Two, is it the sole factor in CCD. (among many other possible questions that need to be answered.)
Humans carry many viral and bacterial matter. We have immune systems that are constantly coming into contact with them. Its when we have been exposed to a "new" medium, or our immune system has been comprimised, is when problems arise. So the question is...Is it a new virus? Or is something like pesticides, nutrition, or a comprimised immune system allowing it to be a more deadly factor then normal?
The fact with the amount of research being committed, I would of thought something "new" would be found. Now, can it be tied directly to CCD?
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Very humorous Mapman. Why not ask me if I want my kids blown away by a gun, then using that as justification to ban all weapons. Typical ploy and rationalization.
tecumseh thinking out loud adds:
well I see that once again when a hard question is asked that distraction is what you get.
and yes mapman I think you have nailed the malady directly... lumpers.. got to remember 'that'....
for myself if some good public servant is willing to come out with me in July and hoist supers in the hot texas sun I for one would certain appreciate the help.... and would likely acquire a good belly laugh when they tried to light the smoker and put on their viel...
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For those who laughed..
Go ahead, and laugh.
If you don't believe this, look at the beef industry. For over 200 years, they have had to be branded. Now, cattle must by law be located 100% of the time with GPS co-ordinates. These co-ordinances MUST be relayed to the USDA with in 48 hours and is part of what is known as NAIS. The National Animal Identification System. For those not familiar:
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well for one thing soocom branding aninmals is controlled by the state and there are states where cattle (and I assume other livestock like horses) are not branded. most (all that I am familar with) pure bred breed associations do require animal to be tattooed. the state I reside allready requires me to brand (unregistered brand) my equipment for identification purposes.
secondly when I ping your fist sight after reading the first paragraph I wonder what about 'voluntary' you don't understand?
Our insurance requires we supply them with legal land locations of every apiary, I have no problem with this. The state of California requires we supply them with locations of our bees when they are moved in there, I have no problem with this (especially since our broker takes care of it ).
Our bees are inspected by the Wisconsin state bee inspector before shipping, I have no problem with this.
I suppose some would consider the above examples as one more slippery slope but I can see reason in them all.
We have considered GPS tracking (on the pallet, cyndi, hopefully not each bee ) as a theft deterrent/solution but would hate to see something like this required where economically or logistically it makes no sense.
The Honey Board already takes $.01 a pound, they could easily raise this fee or another mechanism to collect additional fees could be installed, through the bee inspection service or another agency. I would definitely not be in favor of additional mandated funding or horrendous record keeping requirements being imposed upon us, we have enough work already!
This type of sentiment could be bad.
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own." Adam Savage
Oh PLEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEEEEEE! Pegjam,
This article must not have any facts. I was just told that masons, and my comments recently of growers seeking other alternatives to honeybees was just nonsense. For the almond industry to attempt using masons...is completely nuts! What do they know about bees or pollination anyways....
My point exactly......but....if these uninformed idiots can get stuff like this published, where does our postion go then?
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own." Adam Savage
My dimes worth, it used to be worth a penny for our thoughts but the cost just keep go up.
Well we all have problems with our hive in some way or the other this is not to say that one needs to have government regulations. What we need is as bee keepers is to regulate ourselves There are enough of you out there who are extremely knowledgeable on the subject of bee keeping and there needs to be a national effort to do so. There are thousands of bee clubs and state organizations. I feel that it is too early to speculate what is going on with the CCD problems. Does anyone really know? It just happened last year; we all know that there is big money when it comes to pollination of crops.
I would agree with some that we need to have some regulations on bee keeping. My feeling is that the government will say that the problem lies with the hobbyist and that you will have to buy a permit and you all know that it will cost big bucks. Once the government gets involved there is no ending to adding cost to the industry.
In this present environment of government the people of this country have lost what this country was founded on and that is a two party system. We have a congress that acts like one governing body The Republications act like Democrats. The national stations are doing the bidding of the liberals which is not new but in the six years this has been very one sided which makes the libs, happy. Its almost like we have one ruling body in our government So much for the political stuff. My feeling is that CCD is the direct result of Bush being incharge of the country. He's blamed for all things.
Wishing you all the best of tomorrows and good honey
>>>My feeling is that CCD is the direct result of Bush being incharge of the country.<<<
My suspicion all along!
paulnewbee wrote,
>Well we all have problems with our hive in some way or the other this is not to say that one needs to have government regulations.
Well, WELL said,
> My feeling is that the government will say that the problem lies with the hobbyist and that you will have to buy a permit and you all know that it will cost big bucks.
Very well said,
>Once the government gets involved there is no ending to adding cost to the industry.
Hello out there, are you guys reading this,
>In this present environment of government the people of this country have lost what this country was founded on
Ya, we the people for the people by the people
>My feeling is that CCD is the direct result of Bush being incharge of the country. He's blamed for all things
****, well said again.
Bush is a do-er.
When Bush try to give the S.S. system back into the hands of the people (tax payer), the libbs said, oh that would be dangerous, just look at the stock market??? well lets just do that, almost at a 14,000 high on the dow as of today.
The libbs run on the fear that somehow the Goverment knows best.
S.S. health care etc... have you ever heard their story change??? NO
Every four years you hear the same from them(libbs), But Bush has tried to put the power back in the tax payers hands.
Paulnewbee GREAT POST
This is going to lead to a flame war with someone if it goes on! Whatever problems you may have in your political system, try to keep party politics out of it, and stick to bees.
Birmingham UK
from across the pond... howdy robert.
robert adds:
This is going to lead to a flame war with someone if it goes on! Whatever problems you may have in your political system, try to keep party politics out of it, and stick to bees.
tecumseh suggest:
well the larger problem robert (and I would suspect it is not unique to the US of A) is: that there a small number of very vocal citizens here who have acquired their political belief from a heroin addict (plea bargined but quite evidently quilty), the mentally challanged (verified) and various religious charlatans. Like most true believers they require no evidence or proof or any connection with reality. Most of the same crowd still believes that justice would better be served by a quick shoot out on main street at high noon. They still cling to the belief that good will ALWAYS prevail.... To simply tag this crowd as NAIVE is at best an understatement.
you robert seem to have overlooked the fact that our political/economic system has lead us to any number of problems with involves the bees... So how can we possible seperate the bees from our political/economic reality (this is a hypothetical question which I really do not expect you to address)?
and have a most excellent day...
dont care about the guvmnt in any way they usually cant solve many problems, the best solution is mixed ferals as far as i know they do not have many problems with ccd or anything else, we made up 4 fr splits and shipped to california in feb. and the spring before the last we sent all of our capped brood and most of the adult bees to the same area, the colonies left behind which at this point were on 2-3 fr had built back to full colonies in 1-3 chambers with feeding by the first of april. in the areas we have bees the farmers are constantly treating their crops, cotton, soybeans, corn and others and we see no signs of ccd or anything similiar. even treating our bees in such a manner our losses were extremely small and probably due to weather more than anything else, maybee 1-3 colonies in a hundred.
I've picked this up a bit late, but I'm all too well aware of the existence of very severe political problems on both sides of the Atlantic, and believe me, I'm not against you. My worry is that once party politics, which always exploits all sorts of prejudices, comes in, rationality can go out of the window very fast, and you just get endless flaming. I've seen it on other lists. Another problem I've seen is that the political views held by one nation can sometimes be grossly insulting or offensive to another, and those propounding them can be totally unaware of it. So perhaps it's best left off-list!
A few years ago, there was some seriously unpleasant (to my mind) ranting on one poorly moderated, US-based international list, to the effect that 'We've got a moral case to do anything we like to anyone we like, we're the best, we're going to duff up the world, and nobody outside the US (this was explicitly stated by one poster) has any right to criticise us'. You can imagine how that felt to anyone outside the US, and some inside it. OK, that sort of stuff's gone quiet now, but the pendulum never stops swinging. Once you allow a rant from one perspective to pass unquestioned, you have to allow them all to avoid bias, and the end result can be total mayhem. As I say, I've seen it.
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Birmingham UK
I agree with you lets not see pure politics here and solve bee problems only, my statement referred more along the lines of money in versus gains achieved, the government will do or not according to the season and we will have to solve the most of these problems ourselves and should be thankful for any help we do recieve, and this was not a reflection on the researchers because the last several years they have been hampered just as have the beekeepers, projects initially funded then not, ended before real gains could be achieved, or talked about then not started at all.


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Discussion in 'Chevy Trailblazer Forum (GMC Envoy)' started by ChevyFan, Nov 20, 2011.
Just joined. Looking into geting my TB up to speed. Feels good to be a GM owner again..
Hey! Welcome aboard... I have a GMC Envoy.. We are all getting are suvs up to speed...lol Who wants to drive a stock truck...lol We are all proud GM owners, i will add you as a friend.. Let me know if I can help out with advice, and I am sure that you can give us advice too..
Thanks for the friend. Looking to adding a Transgo shift kit in the next 6 months along with a tranny thermostat for towing. I'm also looking into a cooler also for the transmission.
I am doing the exhaust this week, I think I am doing a high flo catbac 2.5 Borla, and new grille, piaa fogs, new bush guard (black and lined x), 4" custom lift kit,with suspension kit, then summer 19" black rhino rims (ordered them) and new tires.. I will be the only envoy on this site and in my whole city that will be lifted.. Girls can be baller too!!
Welcome to the site!
Don't waste your money on the shift kit, get a PCM tune you can adjust the firmness in there and it is much better than the shift kit. The thermostat is a hit or miss, you can just get a Scangauge II and plug it into the interface and monitor it through there. Definitely get the transmission cooler.
I am so glad you said only Envoy. Of course there may be lurkers that are lifted as well. :wink2:
I am so glad you said only Envoy. Of course there may be lurkers that are lifted as well. :wink2:[/QUOTE]
Hey stranger!! How are you.... Gonna go with the kit from your friend... Its gonna be awesome!!! Everyone can be spoilers, and wannabees, but there is only one Erica-GMC!! TTUL
Doing good, just been a little busy. Cool, I told you he is the one to talk to for the lift. If you need anything else let me know. LOL well considering I believe right now I am the only semi-active lifted GMT-360 here that will make you the 2nd lifted GMT-360. :wink: you can always contact me if you need me. I think all of the info is in my profile.
Newbie here! Im lifted aswell, 3'' suspension and I just ordered my 2'' body lift, 1.5'' wheel spacers and throttle body spacer. Already got a CAI installed and $5,000 in stereo equipment.
Not really new but got a new to me little truck! 2006 Trailblazer 4WD 5.3L and all of the options. Less than 80K so I couldn't pass.
NICE! Post some pics when you got them
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I am wondering what others may do to their smokers to make them better.
Personally I've made a longer snout on mine that is a heavier gauge material. It is extremely handy when lifting a corner of a heavy hive body or honey super. I have to be careful there is no chance of a box sliding off and causing a huge number of angry bees. Understand this has never happened to me. Nor have I ever dropped a box, frame full of bees, a hive tool to the bottom of a hive box or accidentally killed a queen. Believe that.
What I do is get one corner loose and only one corner. This prevents (um...most of the time) the box from becoming a slider. I get it high enough to put the smoker snout under it and then I can relay without holding a lot of weight to get the rest of the box loose. It does require the box to be lifted higher than normal.
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I want to offer my CREAMED HONEY as a free sample on something, but what?? I thought of saltine crackers but everyone said NO. So any other ideas?
I want to offer my CREAMED HONEY as a free sample on something, but what?? I thought of saltine crackers but everyone said NO. So any other ideas?
One of those mini plastic spoons.
Ditto. Or small wooden spoons like ones used to eat ice cream cups out of the store display case. Something that doesn't impart any taste of it's own, is disposable so no double dipping occurs, and the wooden spoons are more environmentally friendly.
Is it safe to assume you want to do this at a Farm Market or somewhere you will be selling your honey? If you are indoors and/or presenting your honey in a "Product Tasting" forum, you might consider finding a small cracker and a cheese that could be served w/ the honey. A goat cheese, I have found, is often a good pairing of flavors. Best if the cracker has no or little salt or any other flavor. Try it, you might want to use that as an appetizer at your next party.
Mark Berninghausen
I would try popsicle sticks. I think they should be easy to find at the grocery store.
Or any craft outlet. Wally World perhaps.
Mark Berninghausen
I think it tastes great on a saltine... but sticks are nice and can be purchases as "craft sticks" at hobby stores. If you use the jumbo ones, you can reuse them as comb guides later...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
I would use the popsicle sticks, I use gel caps for my regular honey for samples. I can make up hundreds before the market and they are good to go.
What size gel caps do you use? Are they the standard pharmaceutical gel caps or what?
How do you quickly fill a gel cap with honey...syringe?
Janne....first hives April 2013, 19 hives, treat, plant zone 8b, at sea level, latitude 49.13, longitude 123.06
I hate tasting off plastic but have never heard that complaint from another.
The bees already put the honey in little capsules, called cells... why not sell 1" cubes of comb honey for a quarter a piece...
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thin pretzel sticks or animal crackers
rtoney neat idea, but I would be afraid that kids would then think that pills are candy..
I know somebody will always worry about something. Candy cigarettes make kids smoke, chewable vitamins also confuse kids, having a gun in the house is the cause of all gun deaths. It works for me if not for someone else so be it.
Well I used saltiness crackers and sold all my first batch of CREAMED HONEY.
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Hello all I am considering taking on some bees this spring and would like to know what people think is the best type of hive. I mean if money were no object, and the health and safety of the bees was the top priority.
I am not saying I want to pay a ton of cash, but I am ok with buying something, or making somehting that is high quality since I only plan on have 1-2 bee hives total on my property. Once I have those boxes if I want to build more I have the design right there to copy
Thanks for you opinions.
It would be very helpful to point out the positives/negatives of the frames vs. bar top designs. I plan to be a bee keeper primarily for pollination, but also know I will get into extracting some honey and wax as it is available and doesn't hurt the hive.


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Hey abtabt, thanxx a bunch for bearing with me and my questions here...
I'll give the Nvidia bitmap thing a try (maybe I'll also want to try with 32-bit depth, which is the chipset capability) and let you know how it goes.
As for the file recoup' issue, I did get the problem while using the Live CD (like I've explained it's the only way I can use Ubuntu on this Mac due to HD almost dead), but I've solved it... via the network, not the usb drive (gets me crazy when s'thing really basic doesn't work). From Ubuntu I was able to easily connect to my PC desktop, so I ended up xferring the files from the Mac to the PC this way, so the Powerbook HDD may now die without me worrying (except for my wallet, of course ^^).
Right now I'm searching for a Linux distro that can be booted and fully operated from usb flash drive, incl. the capability to save updated configuration files or added drivers/firmware/plugins/sw application/... to the usb stick. I've already found several of these, however unfortunately NONE that supports PowerPC processors. :-/
All in all I'll eventually be forced to upgrade the internal HDD (or to buy another laptop, which I'd obviously rather avoid to), but if there's a cheaper and more fun way to get around this I'll try hard to find it.
P.S. Just for the heck of it, here are the instructions to follow to remove the internal HDD from a Powerbook. See why I'm trying to avoid this ? :-/
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A live ISO can be loaded entirely into ram with the 'toram' parameter, but this doesn't work with persistence as far as I am aware.
You can also install a normal system onto a USB drive. So you could installl Xubuntu this way for example. You just need to read the FAQ, although it probably sounds complicated.
I don't normally reply anymore to messages which are covered by the FAQ, but I read your first post on the forum and the obnoxious reply you received. The individual who replied does not represent the forum or PowerPC users. He knows little about linux and posts incorrect information. He has been banned/driven out of other general mac forums and has created a bad atmosphere with LowEndMac and linux/bsd users.
rsavage, thanx a lot for your help, you're right that one is supposed to read the FAQ before asking here but in fact being a total noob with Linux and even the concept of Live CD (let alone "Persistent Live USB") I didn't really know what/where to look for and indeed what I was up against, coming from a world of having everything ready and working without a glitch right off the bat with zero shell level instructions to execute to get there.
(Ok, that and tbh got to admit to being quite scared by the FAQ lengthiness - not to mention the Known Issues page... ).
Following the discussion here and a few trials I could finally understand and explicit what I was really looking for, it's much clearer now. And now that I know the "what", I just need to understand the "how". ^^
Ok so I'll have a more serious look into the FAQ and see if I'm able to pull s'thing out of the reading. And as for the guy in the other topic, I already forgot about him, not a warm welcome I received for a new comer... oh well, thanx for the support here as well anyway.
P.S. English ain't my native language, hope it's just about good enough to make myself understood.
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The first thing to sort out is your screen. Have you tried nouveau.noaccel=1 as a boot parameter? You probably just need to swap to unity-2d (see known issues).
Once you have that figured out you can sort out the persistence or installing to usb. It reads much more compilcated than it is. If you need help then give us a shout.
P.S. your English is fine! You spell things correctly (like colour), unlike people in the USA!
nouveau.noaccel=1 => success !
Now that the colours are right, the Ubuntu's GUI doesn't look bad after all... ^^
Guess I'm ready to move to the next step now, I'll eventually come back to resolve the graphics issue after I have the following working :
-> wifi (b43 error messg)
-> flash plugin for FF/flash player
-> switch kbd to FR (easy I guess)
-> work from RAM only ("toram" ?)
-> boot from USB (hopefully w/o having t resort to O/F)
-> Persistent Live
-> suspend
and that should be it really, apart maybe from installing few addtional apps.
P.S. the Mac just went crazy after I opened Firefox, I can hear the CD drive going all over the place for 3-4 mns nows (plus the fan at full speed), is there any way to stop this other than what I'm going to do because I don't know any better: shutdown the Mac, while the drive is spinning ? (ouch!)
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Oki, so reading the FAQ, Persistent Live USB section, at some point it says :
EDIT : Ok I finally found out about mac-fdisk. (stuff below is an update to this post)1- sudo mac-fdisk /dev/sdb
2- sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb3 -L UbuntuUSB
3- sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb4 -L casper-rw
I entered command 1 above in xterm, but this just gets me in the mac-fdisk utility, which prompts for an fdisk type command (to partition, delete a partition, ...). So what am I supposed to do here ?
Then entered command 2, but system complained that /dev/sdb3 was mounted, so had to unmount it, then command executed (Ok, apparently)
Then entered command 3, but got an error message : "No enough space to build proposed filesystem etc..."
Am I not supposed to format the drive first to clear out its contents ? How should I do this, using mac-fdisk...?
Last edited by peezee13; December 2nd, 2012 at 09:45 PM.
Just a quick note, I have been able to create a bootable Ubuntu 12.04 usb stick, and then boot (Live desktop) from it (via OpenFirmware, as explained in the FAQ), still using the nouveau.noaccel=1 at boot prompt. Way faster than operating from the CD drive, needless to say.
That's good, and promising in terms of being able to switch to Live Persistent USB mode, as soon as I find/understand the missing parts in that section of the FAQ (see post above).
Still need to try the toram thing, although with only 768M of DDR I'm not sure it will work.
Yeah, mac-fdisk is not very user friendly if you are a beginner. You need to use it (or the GUI Gparted if you are using, for example, a non-PowerPC computer) to partition the drive. Once you've done that you can format the partitions. Once you've done that you can write data to the drive.
A good example of how to use mac-fdisk can be found here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780320 . There are also basic instructions in the "alternate text-installer method" section of the FAQ.
Thanxx rsavage, actually I saw that thread last week but at that time had no idea it would be useful to me... ^^
Since last post I tried "TORAM=yes" in the yaboot command line but didn't work (not surprisingly), at some point right before entering the desktop GUI it barfed a dozen of text lines which lasted for approx. 450µs so just had time to see it had to do with RAM usage - after which it resumed normally but no performance improvement and clearly usb flash drive operating full time (i/o RAM as I had hoped).
Also tried to play a mp4 movie, but no H264/AAC codec support in Ubuntu, so converted it to MPEG2/MP3 but no MPEG2 system muxer, so converted to MPEG1 (1990's style) but even that wouldn't work, no system muxer either.
This is perplexing. Is that right that Linux base distros do not include support for even the oldest, simplest, most basic video format ? Or more probably, am I missing s'thing ?
(Ok the frustration also comes from the couple of freezes (with high CPU util and fan at full speed) I've experienced while trying to install Gnash - and then Synaptic, in order to be able to install Gnash - via the Software Center, each time I launch it it seems to need full CPU power and often gets stuck there... :-/
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Discussion in 'Chevy Truck Talk & GM News' started by starsilverado, Sep 6, 2009.
I just broke 1k yesterday!
mine is a 2006 and has 12,159 miles on it after yesterdays trip to Mid Illinios Mudfest in Brownstown IL:great:
(YYOU) sorry for the stutter!
way to many!!
my truck i just sold was an 05' silverado with 10, 371 miles, and my silverado i have now is an 05' silverado with 10, 754 miles.
81,000 and I drive to school and other stops every day about 75 miles it sucks
2000 with 145000 shes gettin old but wouldnt trade here for the world. I love that the tittles laying in the Safe!
1996 Cheyenne 2500, 350, auto, 213,000+ and going strong. 1 quart at 2500 mi. 15.2 around here.
No idea of the miles on the '58 but just went over 200 on the 09 tonight running for Chinese for supper
11,000 on my 08'.
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If that food storage bag is easy to rip open, then yes.
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I'd go for something in stainless, with a synthetic stock. Barns aren't particularly weathertight.
I would go with all thats has been suggested all good recommendations
if you decide on the H&R top breaker the newer version is called the TOPPER, cheap but effecient they even make tacticool stocks and what not
when i was younger dad had one take down and buried in the trunk when we did long distant travel
handy little guns
like shown get a gun sock and long plastic bags with desicants it will last forever or inside PVC as already recommended, seal the shells in thick food storage bags with desicant also
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
you can pick up the marine version of the Hatsan escort for about $200 new. I got my parked version for $165. It has been reliable.
Saw some pumps made for boat use that are chrome coated, cannot remember who makes them, Winchester?
IIRC, both Winchester and Mossberg made "Mariner" versions with either nickel or chrome plating from the factory. Used to have one of the Mossberg 500s, good gun. Pretty expensive to leave unsecured in a barn, though.
As an old geezer, when I lived on a farm in my youth my dad used to keep a old double barreled 12 ga shot gun out in the barn for fox's raccoons & varmints. It was a Damascus double hammer that you did not hold on to the for arm, other wise when shot the gun would take it self apart. I used it on squirrels until I as 16. It was left in the rafters above the cow stalls and only got wiped down with an oily rag occasionally, But in those days nobody locked doors or cars for security. I got over my fear of heights after using it on some pigeons shooting a hole in the barn roof that dad made me fix, as I recall it was at lest four stories up in the air next to a down spout.
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I have read a number of different accounts of winter kills this year. Many of these accounts said the hives were pretty clean and free of bees / mites on the bottom boards.
The clusters were smaller then expected, since the fall checks showed good numbers. Bees were clustered, but pulled away from food.
My thoughts are that there maybe two factors at play here.
#1) This summer / early fall was very dry in many locations. The lack or reduction of nectar may have reduced the queens egg laying rate or stopped it all together for a time.
During the fall inspections there would have been a number of field workers toward the end of their life span and would have died later the fall. These bees would have been cleaned out when possible.
So, the actual population of young bees for winter was smaller then desired.
#2) This winter came early and hard in most locations. With temperatures that have been consistantly cold.
The combination of lower population and colder weather has caused the cold starvation of many of these hives.
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You know what it could really use, being a lifted extended cab :lol:
Looks like it fits pretty well.. can you actually move the seat all the way back???
naw and that as far it goes forward to cause my nitrous bottle gets in the way
I guess that isnt something that i would mind having in the way.....
:great: How bout a couple of pics of the engine?
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text: This news item expired on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Compost Your Leaves The easiest and quickest way to manage leaves is to compost them. Run a mulching mower over the leaves to compost them directly into your lawn or simply rake them into a compost pile. Come spring, the leaves will have decomposed into a soil additive for your garden. City of Asheville Bagged leaves are collected twice a month throughout the entire year as part of the City's bi-weekly brush collection. Place bags or containers at the street by 7 a.m. on Monday of your collection week. Any type of lawn or garden bag will be fine to use. When the bags are emptied, they are left for you to reuse again. Here are a few guidelines to ensure that your bagged leaves are collected: Do not tie bags or place lids on containers. Do not mix trash with the bagged leaves. Place bags or containers near the street by 7 a.m. on Monday of your collection week. If using a container write "leaves" or "brush" on the container for crews to easily identify the container and not confuse it for trash collection. Don't Burn Them Keep in mind that burning of leaves is not permitted in the city and violators risk a fine from the Asheville Fire Marshal's office. Fines can range between $250 to $500 or more, and violators may even be arrested. Buncombe County - Take them to the Landfill If you have more leaves than you can handle, you can drop off leaves, clean wood, brush, and limbs at the Buncombe County Landfill. Leaves must be separate from woody debris, as they are collected in separate areas. There's a fee of $20 per ton (prorated). All of the yard material accepted at the landfill is ground and turned into mulch, which is available for $10 per scoop. (One scoop will fill the bed of a standard pickup truck.) To purchase mulch at the landfill, you must have a tarp to cover it for the trip home. The landfill is located at 85 Panther Branch Road. Need directions? Landfill hours are: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Call 250-5462 for more information.


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A phenomenon during intercourse where the male must make the decision about where to place any hands not currently in use. Common among college students and drinkers of excessive amounts of beer, especially those who wear baseball caps.
After a rousing night of slapsex, I treated my mate to some new cosmetics so she could hide the bruises.
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Just a couple of weeks ago, my friend Marc at No Recipes shared his udon recipe with Rasa Malaysia readers. In his guest post, Marc also shared his dashi recipe–the building block of Japanese cuisine. Finally, I knew what to do with the giant piece of kombu (dried seaweed) and dried bonito flakes in my pantry–two classic Japanese ingredients that I'd purchased from the Japanese market months ago.
I made the dashi accordingly. It was completely hassle free. And then, I made soba or Japanese buckwheat noodle soup, topped with my favorite Japanese fish cake "naruto" (don't you just love the pink swirl?), boiled spinach, and some buna shimeji mushrooms. It was so good I slurped it dry.
It was really easy to make dashi from scratch, so effortless and the end result was well worth it. Thanks to No Recipes for his recipe (no pun intended).
Do you like soba? If you do, try out the soba recipe below. If you like Japanese recipes, you might also like this udon (kitsune udon) recipe.
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Bjourn> I think a state by state listing as your pollination forum is set up
i agree
you could also set up one for people who sell nucs or hives. so local people could find a source and even get a chance to look in what they are buying before the buy. you could also set one up for queen breeders who are members here on beesource. i know a lot of times that they post in the for sale section, but i think many times people have queens or nucs that they would sell but don't post.
>[Your not even on the pollination thread.]
"Darned if you are, darned if you aren't
I'm not on the list, because I'm not contributing what I don't believe in."
i'm not on the list either, even though i pm'ed peggjam to ask if he could start one, and it was done within a day, because i thought it might prove to be valuable to those who pollinate. just as adding a section for people who sell honey, or even nucs, packages, hives, or queens could prove to be valuable for the people who wish to do so, even if i don't get on the list myself.


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It's easy to find fault with this feelgood French buddy comedy-drama, which outperformed Avatar (though not Dany Boon's Welcome to the Sticks) in its native country.
The Intouchables - it maintains the French spelling to distinguish it from those Prohibition-era dramas - sentimentalises and condescends to one of its two main characters; gets cheap laughs with homophobic asides; simultaneously venerates and sneers at "high" culture like opera; and has the most mawkishly manipulative score in recent memory.
Yet despite - or more probably, because of - these things, it is sure to be a hit because its breezy self-confidence makes it perfect escapist entertainment. And I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy almost every minute of it.
Cluzet plays Philippe, a mega-rich Parisian paralysed from the neck down after a hang-gliding accident. He's interviewing for a new personal assistant when Driss (Sy) turns up, not to apply, but to get a signature on a form so he can keep getting the dole.
Philippe, to the consternation of his uptight secretary, employs Driss, for the rather sensible reason that he does not ooze the nauseating earnestness of the other applicants.
If you think you know where this is going - street-smart black ex-con teaches embittered aristocrat how to live again and learns something himself in the process - you would be right, and there's something very calculated and formulaic about the way it's assembled.
The film's real-life back story was about an Algerian; France's relationship with its former colony is specifically and deeply problematic and a film with an Arab would have been more nuanced and interesting.
But as a black man, Driss is part of something more straightforward, digestible and exportable (an American remake, reportedly with Colin Firth in the Cluzet role, is in the works).
So it's an understatement to say that the characters are stereotypes, but the big, bold framing, the expert pacing and the vigour of the two central performances keep it aloft.
A hilarious pre-title sequence involving a speeding car and a smart sting sets matters off on the right foot and there are some touches (the terrible intimacy of the "baby phone" that allows Driss to monitor his charge at night is one) that are genuinely poignant.
Go with modest expectations and you'll find much to enjoy.
Stars: 3.5/5
Cast: Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy
Directors: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Running time: 112 mins
Rating: M (drug use, offensive language) In French with English subtitles
Verdict: Stereotypes and cliches were never this much fun.


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Hi there from Australia. As a 'Pom' I have grown up watching Jamie and his career, so when I came here and the Jamie Magazine began it's circulation here I was stocked. Having collected every copy up to number 29 imagine how gutted I was when I was told by the newsagent it was no longer available in the shops!!!
Then you can imagine I was gobsmacked to find that if I then subscribed I could only get the mag from issue 34 onwards and the ones inbetween would cost me a wopping $20 (only 5 pounds in the UK though)!!!!
I had set up a subscription but am now waiting to hear fromt he magazine so I can CANCEL it as I am so disappointed!!!!!
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Re: gobsmacked & disappointed
I was given a gift subscription when the magazine started by a friend who lived in the UK. It cost a motza for him to send the subscription same as it cost me $100.00+ to send him a subscription of Delicious magazine (to the UK).
I subscribed for another year after that but had to give it up. Then bought copies I was interested in at the newsagent.
Have only been buying the Christmas edition (a sort of compilation) for the past few years. That's probably gone now, too.
Delicious is now including 16 pages of the Jamie magazine in its issues, printed on the same paper and using the same font as the Jamie magazine if that's any consolation.
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text: Pierson scores 25 to lead Shock past Liberty AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—Detroit coach Bill Laimbeer was worried that his Shock weren't ready for the start of the season. One of his All-Stars—Swin Cash—had been traded to Seattle and two others — Cheryl Ford (knee) and Deanna Nolan (ankle)—started the year at less than 100 percent. Sunday, though, the Shock beat the New York Liberty 72-62 to improve to 4-1. "I told our staff that I was afraid we'd start 2-10 with the new players and the injuries," Laimbeer said. "It feels very good to be 4-1." Ford had microfracture surgery in September and only started practicing a week before the opener, while Nolan came to training camp after spraining her ankle in Russia. Both players have been in the lineup, but they are happy to be getting a lot of help from their teammates. "Right now, everything hurts," said Nolan, who scored 14 points two days after hyperextending her elbow in a win at Atlanta. "It's huge that we are 4-1 with everything going on." Laimbeer decided before the opener to keep bringing last year's Sixth Woman of the Year, Plenette Pierson, off the bench despite the problems in the starting lineup. Sunday, Pierson had 25 points, and she leads the team with a 17.0 scoring average. "Right now, we're trying to play hard and bide our time until Cheryl and Deanna get back," she said. " Detroit improved to 3-0 at home despite only having one starter reach double figures. Kara Braxton added 11 off the bench. Lisa Willis led New York with 12 points, but starters Loree Moore, Erin Thorn and Janel McCarville combined for only two on 1-of-12 shooting. "They put me in to shoot the ball," Willis said. "I've got to think shoot first and be aggressive." New York missed 18 of its first 20 shots, and committed nine turnovers as the Shock built a 23-6 lead midway through the second quarter. The Liberty rallied to pull within 29-19 at the half, but another prolonged scoring drought to start the second half restored the Shock's big lead. New York missed its first 10 shots of the period, allowing Detroit to go up 41-19. "We got off to such a slow start, and I'm not really sure why," New York coach Pat Coyle said. "When you get down like that, you have to make threes to get back in it, and we didn't." The score was 54-29 at period's end, with Detroit outshooting New York 63 percent to 17 percent in the quarter. The Liberty, though, started the fourth with a 23-4 run to pull within 58-52 with 5:17 left. Pierson, though, had a basket and an assist on the next two possessions, and the Shock held on to win. "We always make things hard on ourselves," Pierson said. "I guess it gets us ready for the playoffs."


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During the Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence each year from 2006, the APC WNSP encourages everyone to "Take Back the Tech!" and reclaim technology for the fight against violence against women – using cell phones, instant messengers, blogs, websites, digital cameras, email, podcasts… The Take Back the Tech! campaign creates awareness on how ICTs are connected to violence against women, strengthens the ICT capacity of women's rights advocates, creates original and varied content and is building a community to strategise around eliminating violence against women through digital platforms.


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The Homestead Project exhibition, on view March 24 through September 23, features the designs of ten architectural and architectural design firms that have been charged with creating a theoretical home for a growing family in 2012, loosely modeled on the Farnsworths of 1849: a successful businessman, his wife and three young children. Balancing elements of privacy with public exposure for a home situated in 2012 on what is now the Farnsworth Art Museum campus, architects, designers and their teams have designed a new imaginary "Farnsworth Homestead" on the current site, taking into consideration the surrounding museum block and current zoning codes. Chief Curator Michael K. Komanecky will lead visitors through this dynamic and multi-faceted exhibition during a 30-minute gallery tour.
Location: meet at the Farnsworth's main entrance on Museum Street
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