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Located 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Ingram Park Mall, Best Western Ingram Park Inn is within a 15-minute drive of other popular attractions like San Antonio SeaWorld. This 67-room motel welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, an outdoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. Malibu Castle is also within a 15-minute drive.
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At Best Western Ingram Park Inn, guests enjoy features like an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. If you plan to drive, free parking is available. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to assist with concierge services and securing valuables. Additional amenities include conference space, a business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
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Best Western Ingram Park Inn features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This business-friendly motel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Computer station
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- Free breakfast
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- Fitness facilities
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- Multilingual staff
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- Total number of rooms - 67
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Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at 3 AM
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When I was young, there wasn't a lot of talk about Jesus's domestic life. It was assumed that if he'd been given the short-form census, he'd have checked the box that said, "deity made flesh, saviour of man, lives alone."
Even when I went to visit my great-aunt Sister Mildred – who was, in the parlance of the times, a "bride of Christ" – there was no discussion of Jesus's living arrangements. We'd talk about the depravity of miniskirts and why only prophets should wear beards and whether our uncovered heads were an affront to God, but it would have been unimaginable to ask her, "Sister Mildred, what if Jesus had a wife? Apart from you, of course."
It's still taboo to consider that this most exceptional man might have been unexceptional in that regard, and that there might well have been a Mrs. Jesus. This week, Harvard divinity professor Karen L. King unveiled a controversial document at a scholarly conference in Rome. It was a 1,600-year-old bit of papyrus (described by Smithsonian Magazine as "a shade smaller than an ATM card"), on which were several sentence fragments written in Coptic. One of them was translated as, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife' " and other fragments said, "she will be able to be my disciple" and "I dwell with her." The name Mary was also mentioned.
In the brouhaha that followed, Dr. King made it clear that she did not view this as proof that there was once a nice couple down the road called the Christs, but instead that some early Christians at least entertained the possibility that their saviour might not have always led a celibate life.
As she told Smithsonian Magazine, the bit of text should cause soul-searching among thoughtful Christians: "Why is it that only the literature that said he was celibate survived?" she asked the magazine's Ariel Sabar. "And all of the texts that showed he had an intimate relationship with Magdalene or is married didn't survive? Is that 100-per-cent happenstance? Or is it because of the fact that celibacy becomes the ideal for Christianity?" Dr. King is set to publish her findings in the Harvard Theological Review, in a paper called "The Gospel of Jesus's Wife."
I don't know about you, but I find the phrase Jesus's Wife pretty fertile territory. Imagine a little one-bedroom above a sheep pen, where the metaphysical and marital live uncomfortably side by side. Mary is furious: "You expect me to feed how many people with five loaves and two fishes?" And then, as Jesus stomps out, "Fine! Be a martyr! Go hang out with your annoying friends who think you're so great … But show me how to use the new papyrus before you go." In my head it's all a bit Ricky and Lucy go to Galilee, which is perhaps why I'm not an ordained minister.
I think we'll know the day Dr. King publishes her paper by the steam rising from the Vatican. The Catholic Church, to be diplomatic, has not embraced the idea that Christ may have had a wife, even when the suggestion was buried between the lurid covers of an airport bestseller. Church authorities denounced the publication of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, a thriller that argues (spoiler alert for the last person in Papua New Guinea who hasn't read it) that Christ and Mary Magdalene were married, and that their descendants include a chic French policewoman. The church also called for a boycott of the film adaptation, with one cardinal calling it "a sack full of lies against the church … against Christ himself."
It wasn't the only time fundamentalist Christians had taken umbrage at the idea of the worldly Jesus: Around the world, protests greeted Martin Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ, which briefly shows a sex scene between Christ and Mary Magdalene, whom he has married in a dying fantasy. It was banned in certain countries, and in Paris several people watching the movie were hurt in an arson attack launched by people who had never taken Irony 101: Molotov cocktails in defence of the prince of peace.
It's odd to think that the suggestion that Christ had a loving human relationship is a slur against him. For the people who are deeply invested in protecting his name, perhaps it seems to diminish him in some way, to dilute his divinity. Fundamentally rethinking the human Christ would mean rethinking practices carried on in his name. Even Dr. King admits that the papyrus she's studying offers no proof that Jesus was married – but there's also no proof he was not. There was a lamb of God. Who's to say there wasn't a ewe, too?Report Typo/Error
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Twenty-three new displays — some of them the largest ever erected along the wintertime shores of Blue Spruce Lake — will highlight the 22nd annual Festival of Lights, opening Thanksgiving evening at Blue Spruce Park, near Ernest.
For many visitors this season, a drive through the 80-plus lighted displays will probably become a sing-along event: The theme is "The 12 Days of Christmas."
[PHOTO: Workers put up the last of a large display recently at the Festival of Lights at Blue Spruce Park, near Ernest.On the ladder is Luke Karp. (Tom Peel/Gazette photo)]
Again this year, many of the festival's displays have a mechanical or computerized control box to switch power back and forth between multiple circuits, giving the illusion of movement. Drive-through visitors will first encounter an animated partridge in a pear tree. Other "moving" displays around the 12-acre lake have maids milking, pipers piping and drummers drumming, and there is a scooter-riding elf and a snowboarding Santa.
When the festival premiered in 1992, there were only three lighted displays. Some were crafted by students at area schools and some were powered by portable generators. Since then, more than a quarter-million visitors have driven through the lighted displays and annual attendance has been averaging 15,000.
Ed Patterson, director of Indiana County Parks & Trails, said crews began in October setting up the displays. Some are so large they required several men working from ladders to put them together. The set-up crews also checked the thousands of bulbs, tightened guy wires to anchor the displays in wintry gales and connected the displays with five miles of electrical extension cords — enough to stretch from Ernest to Indiana.
This year's lights spectacle will be open to the public 29 evenings between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
The festival will welcome visitors from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1; from Dec. 5 through Dec. 8; and from Dec. 12 to Jan. 1. The display will be open each of those days from 5:30 to 10 p.m.
A gift shop at the Lakeside Center will be open each evening from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. but will close for the season on Dec. 23. Santa Claus will be at the gift shop from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 30 and on Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22.
The admission price again this season is $8 per carload or $1 per person for vans exceeding 12 passengers. Coupons in Indiana Gazette ads for the festival and on the county parks' website (www.indianacountyparks.org) will save visitors $1 per vehicle.
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3,350 MW worth of new solar PV projects were recently announced by the China-based company Hareon Solar Technology.
The projects, which have all now been signed off on, are set to be developed throughout China and Turkey. In accompaniment to these deals, Hareon has reportedly secured financing from two large Chinese banks — altogether totaling RMB20 billion ($3.25 billion) in funds.
Without taking the new deals into account, the company's total overseas project development pipeline through 2017 stands at around 6.27 GW. So once the new deals are factored in, that number will be pretty substantial. A large portion (3.3 GW) of the previous projects are being developed in Turkey — as with many of the new projects.
Among the deals is a particularly large one with the Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperative Central Union (TKKB) and the Swiss-based ILB Helios Energy to develop projects totaling around 2.5 GW over the next three years. The projects will be constructed on land owned by some of the TKKB's 11 million farmer members.
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How they are to get here, or how we are to live up to the rules and regulations of our respective governments, is something which requires such patience to find out and follow up, that I believe only trained legal minds can possibly learn it.
I gather from the accounts in some of the metropolitan papers this morning, that there is still confusion as to whether these children can be transported across the ocean. Some people assure us that the British Government is prepared to bring 2,000 immediately. Other people, who should know, insist that the ships are not available.
However, most reliable sources of information seem to feel quite certain that several thousand children will come immediately if our regulations are made easy enough so that not only rich children, but poor children may also be admitted. This, I understand, the State Department and Department of Justice are arranging today. I hope that, from now on, the responsibility for sending children will lie entirely with the British Government. Our responsibility is to see that we facilitate their coming in every possible way, which I am sure is being done.
After the meeting, two friends had what was supposed to be lunch with me. We were so hurried, we only had a few minutes in which to swallow a mouthful of food at the little restaurant down by the fountain in Rockefeller Plaza. Then we went straight to the NBC studios for my broadcast. From there I drove to Quaker Hill farm near Pawling, New York, to see Mrs. William Brown Meloney.
She always holds my profound admiration for her courage and ability to conquer physical ills through the triumph of her active mind. She feels as I do, that for the moment, defense on every front is the greatest issue before us. That the sooner that we discover that the old situations which we faced are no longer with us, the safer we shall be.
New situations have to be met in new ways and those who cling too long to the past, are not only useless, but dangerous. Instead of clarifying the real issues, they becloud their own and the people's thinking.
Home to find a guest awaiting me, and to spend a very pleasant peaceful evening. I felt that we had been gone a long time and had moved in a stream of hectic activities, and yet we only left here Tuesday night.
Rain today, but that can be enjoyed with an open fire, pleasant company and the usual amount of mail on which to catch up.


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Kate Gosselin and Woody's Conspiracy Theory
We talked to Kate Gosselin about her new cookbook Love Is In The Mix and the revelations that ex-husband Jon is now waiting tables, living in the woods and shooting at the papparazzi.
Woody seems to think that Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin are working together for one purpose: Attention. Here's his conspiracy theory.
Please enjoy the video sideways because you would have tilted your head anyway trying to think about whether or not it's true.
Okay, not really. I did an iPhone update, took video of Woody and Jim the "correct" way and I can't figure out how to put it right. Im' not typically technologically challenged but in this case...guilty as charged. Geez.
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TVNZ has paid more than $1 million to high-powered international consultants, who critics say have "Americanised" news bulletins.
The money paid for US television executive Julie Kraft to visit New Zealand several times a year to "glitz" up news bulletins - at a time when profits were plunging and staff numbers being cut.
Insiders at the state broadcaster say Kraft, of Frank N Magid Associates, has had a major influence on the way TV news has changed since 2007, including the introduction of three weather bulletins during the 6pm news hour.
The world-renowned Magid approach is characterised by live crosses and personable reporters telling stories on camera. Journalists will often inject themselves into the story, filming or describing what they did or what happened to them.
This week reporter Melissa Stokes appeared in a piece-to-camera in Queensland, knee-deep in water and waving her arm to show the levels the water was expected to reach.
Also this week, One News crossed live to Jack Tame on the main street of Greymouth, where he held up a copy of the local newspaper and gestured to the street behind him to report the sealing of Pike River.
An Official Information Act request reveals the state broadcaster spent $262,000 in one year alone, plus travel expenses for Kraft.
TVNZ fought for 12 months to keep the figures secret but was eventually forced by the Ombudsman to make them public. The broadcaster said Magid also provided research and marketing assistance.
"The investment in Magid's assistance has paid off handsomely for TVNZ," said spokeswoman Megan Richards.
"It represents less than 1 per cent of TVNZ's operating costs. We have enjoyed a substantial return on investment."
But critics say the news has been "dumbed down".
Former TVNZ head of news Bill Ralston said the 6pm and 10.30pm bulletins were "all style and no substance".
He said: "All this chit-chat between hosts, cutting to live crosses where nothing is happening - top management decided they needed glitz.
"It's marketing the news, not telling it, or informing viewers what's been happening."
Media commentator Martin Gillman said TVNZ news had improved, but consultants in New Zealand would have been able to provide training and advice at a fraction of the cost.
The MG Communications director said television news had to find new ways to make the stories sound interesting because they rarely broke new stories. "There's a fine line between news and entertainment."
Magid was hired by head of news and current affairs Anthony Flannery soon after he started in 2007.


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RIPTA listens to Sakonnet bus plea; no promises yet
TIVERTON — More people showed up Monday night in Tiverton Town Hall for a RIPTA-sponsored meeting about busing than attended any of the transit authority's recent meetings in other communities
They were there to hear what RIPTA had planned in the way of busing options for Tiverton and Little Compton, which have been without transit service since 2008 when weight restrictions were put in place on the old Sakonnet River Bridge.
The new bridge that opened up last fall has offered the promise that buses will soon connect the two communities with Portsmouth and the and the rest of the state, a prospect RIPTA has been studying for almost a year and that whetted the appetites of the 45 citizens who attended.
That's what Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Assistant General Manager Mark Thierrien had come to talk about. He briefly described the possibilities and problems, as RIPTA sees them. The hour-and-a-half meeting ended with the hope of a decision in June.
When Mr. Thierrien's opened the floor for questions, the audience was primed and ready.
Barbara Pelletier asked why — since the gas tax supports RIPTA, and people from Tiverton and Little Compton drive further and thus pay more in gas taxes shouldn't people from these communities get greater consideration when it comes to public transit. Mr. Thierrien said "RIPTA's funds are not broken into 39 communities."
Providing scant service to an isolated area can be a challenge. Larry Anderson of Little Compton said that one bus per day, as had in the past been the level of service to that town, "wasn't realistic. One per day isn't going to work."
"One bus a day doesn't work, I agree," said Mr. Thierrien.
"Transit works where there are a lot of people," he told the audience, most of whom were from Tiverton or Little Compton. "The more rural, the less people you carry."
Linda Larsen read the RIPTA mission statement aloud to the crowd (from her smartphone) — "To provide safe, reliable, and cost effective transit service with a skilled team of professionals responsive to our customers, the environment, and committed to transit excellence."
"We're not asking for anything more than what your mission statement says," she said. The audience applauded.
During the meeting, Mr. Thierrien several times reminded the audience of limitations on public transit (and often gestured towards legislators at the back of the room). Standing against the wall together were local representatives John G. (Jay) Edwards, Dennis M. Canario, and Senator Christopher Scott Ottianao." Dr. Ottiano at one point said, "our screaming has to go to the Governor's office."
"No transit pays for itself. That's the problem," Mr. Thierrien said. He said the authority had experienced a $2.5 million shortfall this year.
"Our budget has not increased in the last few years," he said. He noted a 12 percent increase in ridership, and said that as fewer people use cars, gas tax revenues decrease, lessening RIPTA revenue.
Deborah Pallasch, a Tiverton resident and member of the town school committee, asked Mr. Thierrien, "if you're not going to make any money anyway, who gets the priority. How are you going to decide where you're going to lose money?"
Mr. Thierrien said "our coverage is the problem." He said decisions need to favor routes where costs per rider are most favorable. "We don't have enough money to buy buses going forward."
Tiverton/Little Compton options
RIPTA has developed three options for Tiverton and Little Compton, Mr. Thierrien said.
One ("the Cadillac," he called it) would be creation of a "new bus route, operating every 45 minutes all day between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. from north Tiverton via Main Road over to Fish Road (possibly via Warren Avenue or Souza Road), then continuing to Portsmouth via Route #24." It could end at Boyd's Lane or Roger Williams, with connections to bus route 60.
Two, would be a "flex" zone in Tiverton, "designed to have hourly stops at the Fish Road park and ride lot," connecting to Portsmouth (and possibly the south end of Bristol), and running between Sandywoods and north Tiverton, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
"The flex model would be the best for option for Tiverton," Mr. Thierrien said.
The third option would use a smaller RIPTA RIde vehicle, and would run two bus trips from Tiverton's Fish Road park-and-ride lot to Portsmouth (Boyds Lane, Clements Market, Mt. Hope Animal Hospital). "Service would be similar to what RIPTA operated prior to the bridge closing," he said.
Cross border busing
Mr. Thierrien said the run between Tiverton and Fall River is "where the demand is."
Francisco Silva of Little Compton agreed. "The transportation problem in Little Compton is local," he said. "Most of the people I know meet 80 percent of their needs in Fall River," and other towns, "all over the state line. From what I've heard there's very little RIPTA can do for this local transportation problem."
"Your observation isn't far off," Mr. Thierrien said.
Federal regulations (by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration), and insurance requirements, make cross-border public transit impossible. "We need to have a $10 million liability insurance policy to cross state lines," he said. RIPTA at this point is self-insured, and a policy for its fleet would be cost-prohibitive.
Mr. Thierrien said RIPTA will try again to seek a waiver from those federal requirements.
Don Elbert of Tiverton said he'd been riding RIPTA for years, since it took over from Bonanza, and sees the importance of linkages to other bus systems (such as SRTA in Massachusetts — Southeastern Regional Transit Authority). "I'm going to write my Congressional people to seek the waiver," he said.
RIPTA is presenting the early results of its Comprehensive Operational Analysis of all transit needs in the state, a project begun last May and now in its final stages. It has conducted meetings recently in Barrington, Warwick, Gloucester, Warren, Pawtucket and Newport.
In Tiverton Town Hall Monday, Mr. Thierrien told of the "Tiverton & Little Compton Service Options." (The Powerpoint presentation, he said, will soon be available on the RIPTA website.)
"Overall changes to the system will be brought to the RIPTA board in the April/May time frame," said RIPTA spokeswoman Amy Pettine Tuesday morning, and "we would include any possible changes to Tiverton as well at that time."
Following public hearings in May/June, she said, final decisions will be made by the board in June. If service were to be added to Tiverton, she said, "September would be the soonest."
Anyone wishing to leave a comment for RIPTA on its website, on the matter of busing in Tiverton and Llttle Compton, is invited to do so, Ms. Pettine said. Just click the link and leave the comment.


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A local councillor has raised concerns about the Giro D'Italia route and the effect it will have on residents.
The prestigious international cycle race will have three stages in Northern Ireland, with Antrim set to form part of the route.
As the famous race makes its way through the borough on Saturday, May 12 Fountain Hill, Stiles Way and the Ballymena Road from the Stiles Roundabout (at Junction 1) will be closed from 9.30am on that day.
The Antrim Times recently reported on how councillors were horrified at news the route will not go through the town centre after a veto by the PSNI.
Councillor Adrian Watson told members at last Thursday's Development and Leisure Committee that this means that residents will essentially be trapped in their homes on that date from that time.
Watson said the route should've came through the town instead, "I can't get out of my home at all come half nine. I do not understand the logic in this not going through the town, we wouldn't have this problem for over 100 homes," he said.
Cllr. Watson then asked if these residents would be informed of the traffic measures in place on that day.
He added: "We have four developments here (affected) how do we communicate this for these people?
"Are we making sure that somebody does that?"
Director of Development, Leisure and Borough Services Geraldine Girvan said: "Police and Roads Service are doing this jointly, signs will go up on the road eight days before the event and flyers will be delivered through doors in this area.
Meanwhile the Council have agreed to allow use of the Civic Centre as a 'spectator hub' on the Saturday.
Members agreed to allow the facility to be used for car parking (subject to the closure of Stiles Way from 9.30am)
The public would also get access to the building with the possibility of family entertainment and refreshments provided for spectators waiting for cyclists to arrive.


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2 men suspected in South Seattle shoot-out arrested
Police have arrested two suspects in the attempted robbery of a marijuana seller at a South Seattle home last week.
Detectives are still searching for a third suspect involved in the robbery, which turned into a shoot-out with one of the men in the house, according to the Seattle Police Department.
On the night of Nov. 29, the suspects came to the home near 23rd Avenue South and South College Street and asked to buy marijuana from a 19-year-old man inside. Once they were admitted, one of the suspects punched the 19-year-old, pulled out a handgun and fired one round, police say.
When he heard the commotion, a 24-year-old man at the home ran out the back with a shotgun and ended up in a shootout with the suspects. Police say at least six rounds were fired at the 24-year-old, who was shot in the thigh during the attack.
Detectives arrested the first suspect, a 25-year-old, in Auburn on Dec. 3. A 28-year-old suspect was found two days later in Renton through a coordinated effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigations and SPD's robbery, gang and SWAT units.
Both men are in King County jail for investigation of robbery.
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I was going to help a friend with extracting from a hot hive. WOW they came at us and wouldn't stop. We will go back next week and try again. Is there anything else other than smoke that I can use to calm them down?
I was going to help a friend with extracting from a hot hive. WOW they came at us and wouldn't stop. We will go back next week and try again. Is there anything else other than smoke that I can use to calm them down?
I don't know of anything other than smoke though some people say the a spay of sugar water works in lieu of smoke.
My strategy would be the same as if I was trying to requeen this colony - divide and conquer.
If your nights are cool this should work although it will involve an initial bout of dealing with a multitude of bees.
Set a bottom board with reduced entrance near the hive you want to remove supers from. Place an escape board (triangular). Shift the honey supers from the hive in question to the new bottom board. Get a cover on the parent hive quickly. Get a cover on the stack of supers.
Come back and retrieve the supers after dark and it has begun to cool down for the night. Presuming there is no brood in the supers, the bees will leave the supers as the air temp begins to cool. Since you have the escape board on, the bees can't get back to the honey to rob it out.
I'm off now to rob a hive that last year treated me as a marauding bear!
One of my hives tried to kill me this weekend. I was taking off full supers of my 2 remaining honey-bound hives so I could replace them with empty drawn comb for brood expansion. First hive was fine. The second one, four inches to the left, mobbed me so badly I had to run away with the top box left about an inch askew, abandoning tools, smoker, and open honey box. (Covered that, and all the hives, with sheets after dark, as the sprayers were coming through.) Got about 3 dozen stings. Removed sheets the next morning - all quiet, but ran away again. That evening I tried to fix the open hive and retrieve the honey box and they took out after me instantly - no waiting - and got me really badly. First time I ever had them find a way into the veil, and am now sporting a lovely puffy eye (I tell people at work my husband beats me). So, about 50-60 stings over 2 days, itching like mad, peering at the world through drunkenly-swollen eyes. This hive has always been a bit testy this year, but what got into them this weekend? End-of-summer hoarding? Gossip? Queenless? If it's the latter, they're on their own - I ain't a-goin' back in there with anything but miticide strips, and maybe replacement honey if they need it later.
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I don't find this behavior rare at this time of year around here. I have been beekeeping for 20 years and I still don't enjoy opening powerful hives in September/October. We don't have a fall flow and I find my home bee yard to be in a state of nervous tension this time of year. I think that robbers constantly test the other hives. A few years ago I had 8 hives with new queens that I hadn't marked yet around the first of September. You can't really mark queens with gloves. These were docile hives all year so far. I smoked the first hive, waited a minute and cracked the inner cover. I never got the cover completely off by the time I took 5-10 stings to the hands. I decided that she didn't need to be marked. The same thing with the next 3 hives. So I decided to wait until April to mark them.
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We have a goldenrod flow in late summer, and I still see lots of sunflowers blooming, but I have no idea what mine may actually be finding out there. Might they be calmer if I were feeding them? It will take a while for me to become philosophical about bee stings again.
I HEAR but can't really confirm, that lemongrass oil or spearmint oil on clothing, gloves, etc. has a calming effect. Wasn't using it this weekend.
My hives are HOT here in Oregon too. One that has always been a bit testy will send at least 50 bees at my face when I open the brood chamber. Smoke has no effect. Even my more mellow hives head-butt when I open them to fill frame feeders. Got a sting right on the throat when a bee squeezed between the veil and suit. Would have had at least 20 without the veil.
I figure that the folks who don't wear veils either don't have hives like mine or don't have a late-summer dearth.
If it's the dearth that has them wound up, why aren't they sweeter when you've been feeding them? They miss their exercise or what?
If smoke doesn't do much is there perhaps a better time to extract? I really don't want to go back anytime soon as they were not very happy and even with my suit and gloves I had about 5 stings. Does anyone have experience with waiting until cooler weather about October or so?
I would guess they might be even hotter, since it's too late in the season for them to gather food and brew up babies. They might be desperate to hang onto what they have. But I don't know - only a relatively new beek here.
I agree with Andrew Dewey as a way to get the honey from them. Hot hives can be a real challenge to get things done with sometimes. Practically all my hives are hard to deal with right now, normally they are easy, they are having to defend against robbers from other hives and yellow jackets from sunup to sundown. When you open up their hive they get pissy real quick, doesn't matter if it is a beautiful day, doesn't matter if you use lots of smoke, actually smoke has the reverse effect lately and irritates them even more. I wouldn't even think of going into my hives with less than a full bee suit and gloves just for a quick inspection, let alone stealing their honey. John
So back to my first question. Is there a way to go into the hives or is there a time frame perhaps the first frost or later so I can extract my supers? I hate to give up without a plan or in this case a fight. Come to think of it I don't want another fight, they outnumber me.
use a fume board, with bee go or I prefer Fishers bee quick
Divide and conquer might help. I would go for the space suit approach. Pick a day in the low 60s (warm enough to open the hive but cool enough to wear extra clothes). Put on a long sleeve shirt, sweater, and heavy jeans under your suit. Wear liners inside your gloves or use tough leather gloves. Duct tape all potential openings, especially around your veil. Then let the bees get mad. Use plenty of smoke if only to minimize the number that commit suicide by sting.
Unless they are Africanized they shouldn't follow you more than 200 feet or so from the hive, so brush off the bees, put the supers in a sealed box, close up the hive and get the *&$% out of there...
I gave up on my smoker for a few years due to dealing with scorned women with every visit. I found long sleeve cotton knit shirts and jeans under the bee suit worked best. The extra layer is hot, but makes it near impossible for the girls to reach you.
I concur. Extra layers under the suit (and my suit is a size too big on purpose), I wear boots, my jeans are inside the high boots, suit down over and zipped tight at ankle. I wear heavy chemical handling gloves from home depot, hot and sweaty but sting proof as long as I duct tape glove to suit (and I have glove OUTSIDE suit - or the heavy gloves create a bee visiting channel.)
Mine have been pissy since the fall dearth started, been about a month since rain, shb came up but flow didn't. Only non-ornery bees are the nuc with the new swarm, I think I got them defended when I took them comb yesterday. They are alive..
Stuck in Texas. Learning Permaculture in drought, flood and strange weather. The bees are still alive.
Hi Woodedareas,
I have a hot hive as well and do the double layer thing. Still a bit scary as they whack the veil. They have calmed down from this year, so just stick with it.
I am in Harvard Ma and would be glad to help you deal with your hot hive. I only have three years of experience, but I might be useful. mmintz at gmail
I am in Harvard Ma and would be glad to help you deal with your hot hive. I only have three years of experience, but I might be useful. mmintz at gmail[/QUOTE]
They seem to have self-soothed. I put in some mite strips this weekend and they tolerated it well - NO stings. I think the long-term solution is that that is the hive I will give away. LOL if they make it thru the winter.
Thank you for the offer. It still might come to that.


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Florida Republican Senate Candidate Marco Rubio released a statement today on the Arizona immigration law. This is the best statement by any politician of national stature covering in a few paragraphs the problem of a violent open border, the legitimate concerns of Arizonans, the issues with the Arizona law, the historic importance of legal immigration in America and the need for the federal government not to push amnesty for illegal aliens, but rather to secure the border and crack down on employers hiring illegal aliens.
"Our legal immigration system must continue to welcome those who seek to embrace America's blessings and abide by the legal and orderly system that is in place. The American people have every right to expect the federal government to secure our borders and prevent illegal immigration. It has become all too easy for some in Washington to ignore the desperation and urgency of those like the citizens of Arizona who are disproportionately wrestling with this problem as well as the violence, drug trafficking and lawlessness that spills over from across the border.
"States certainly have the right to enact policies to protect their citizens, but Arizona's policy shows the difficulty and limitations of states trying to act piecemeal to solve what is a serious federal problem. From what I have read in news reports, I do have concerns about this legislation. While I don't believe Arizona's policy was based on anything other than trying to get a handle on our broken borders, I think aspects of the law, especially that dealing with 'reasonable suspicion,' are going to put our law enforcement officers in an incredibly difficult position. It could also unreasonably single out people who are here legally, including many American citizens. Throughout American history and throughout this administration we have seen that when government is given an inch it takes a mile.
"I hope Congress and the Obama Administration will use the Arizona legislation not as an excuse to try and jam through amnesty legislation, but to finally act on border states' requests for help with security and fix the things about our immigration system that can be fixed right now – securing the border, reforming the visa and entry process, and cracking down on employers who exploit illegal immigrants."
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This year's competition attracted more entries than ever. New for 2006 were the Rising Stars categories, which were open to designers who have practiced 10 years or less. ASID designers from all across the Texas Chapter's region—which includes Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa and San Antonio—were eligible to participate.
The ASID Texas Chapter congratulates the winners, who will be honored by having photos of their projects appear on the home page of both ASID Texas Chapter Web sites: www.asidtx.org and its soon-to-be-renovated public counterpart, www.texas-designers.com. Currently, a listing of the winners and sponsors are available on the Legacy of Design page: www.asidtx.org/members/legacy.asp.
And the winners are….
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1st Place Michelle Roberts, AM Design Associates – Dallas
2nd Place Marla Bommarito-Crouch, The Bommarito Group – Austin
Corporate – small (< 15,000 total square feet)
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1st Place Marla Bommarito-Crouch, The Bommarito Group – Austin
2nd Place Tracey Overbeck Stead, Tracey Overbeck Stead Interior Design – Austin
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Veterans Among Those Arrested Thursday Protesting Drones at Hancock Air Field
UPDATE: 17 arrested, 4 released, 13 held on bail from $200 to $1000, and all 17 given a restraining order by Earl A Evans, base commander, banning them from the base. The "temporary order of protection" is for a year "protecting" the base commander from nonviolent protesters with posters. The 17 have been charged with trespass and disorderly conduct.
Once again nonviolent protesters of U.S. drone wars have been arrested at the gates of Hancock Air Field in New York State. Thursday morning, 19 people blocked the three gates to the base for a period of hours beginning at 8 a.m. Eventually, the front gate was opened after 11 people were arrested, including Elliott Adams of Veterans For Peace, as well as James Ricks, Bonny Mahoney, Paul Frazier, Ed Kinane, Mike Perry, Judy Bello, Andrea Levine, Dan Vergevin, Paki Weiland, and one other.
Signs held up to block the gates said: "Drone war crimes: extrajudicial killing," "Drone war crimes: killing civilians," "Drone war crimes: wars of aggression," "Drone war crimes: violations of national sovereignty," and "We will not be complicit in our government's war crimes."
Eight people continued to block two other gates after the first 11 arrests. Four of them were arrested at around 10:15 a.m., including Brian Hynes, Clare Grady, Mary Anne Grady, and Martha Henessy. Henessy is Dorothy Day's granddaughter. Adams is a descendant of Sam Adams, as well as being Past President of Veterans For Peace, and current Nonviolent Training Coordinator. Adams has been arrested repeatedly at Hancock. Adams told a judge earlier this year:
"I am proud to accept the consequences of my acts and any jail time. I do not want any suspended sentence. If you give me one, also please let me know how I can violate it before I leave the courtroom."
"It is outrageous," Adams remarked upon one of his arrests last April, "that on the other side of this fence people are being murdered, albeit at long distance, and the Sheriff will not even investigate. On this side of the fence we are arrested for a 'violation of permit requirement.'"
Present on Thursday were the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department, the DeWitt Police, and the New York State Police.
Veterans For Peace Members Arrested Protesting Drones
Veterans For Peace Among 33 Arrested Outside Drone Base in New York State
Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985 and has approximately 5,000 members in 150 chapters located in every U.S. state and several countries. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization recognized as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) by the United Nations, and is the only national veterans' organization calling for the abolishment of war.
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love these images. i loved my time living in Holland and still miss it to this day
This week's Weekly Photo Challenge is 'Urban'.
I live in a small town that once was a small village in the periphery of Leiden.
In time my village and other villages grew together with the urban area of Leiden.
Leiden is – for Dutch standards – a town (about 100.000 inhabitants) and has a long history.
I start my series with a picture taken on the old stronghold (De Burcht) of de Hooglandse Kerk.
Leiden has also the first university of Holland. The second picture is from its botanical gardens.
As most towns in The Netherlands Leiden has canals and therefore bridges (picture 3)
Canals are now being used for enjoyment and relaxation (picture 4).
The last picture shows the Witte Singel. It is the canal that used to surround the old city.
The city walls stood here.
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2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Hey guys well our 2011's lease is coming to an end very soon. Jeep already started harassing us about test driving a 14 model and sign a new lease. Jeep is mainly my wife's DD and she loves it but we both are very skeptical about the 14s. I read some horror stories about transmission issues and electrical gadget issues. Our 2011 is currently still flawless and has had 0 issues. So I am thinking of buying it out and drive it for another 5 years and then trade it back in. Truck has 42k miles on it. It's a Laredo with x package 3.6l
Honestly speaking , we hate going through the hassle of dealer and salesmen.
Please provide me with your opinion and insight.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Part of your decision should depend on what the buyout is... if it is a lot more than the current values of 2011 Laredo's, then it would not be a smart financial decision to buy it out.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Simple. If your wife is happy with it and doesn't want a new one keep what you have. As already mentioned, make sure you are buying it at a fair price. Sometimes, even if you pay a few dollars more than for one sitting on a used car lot, it may be worth it. Knowing what you have is worth something.
On the other hand, dealing with salesman shouldn't be a hassle, it should be fun. Just keep in mind that they want your money more than you want their product. Except for those new to the business, once a salesman hears you, respectfully but firmly, say no to something they propose you can have an intelligent conversation about your purchase. If that doesn't happen you just say 'thanks for your time' and walk.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
agreed with bill_d, if it is a hassle to deal with a salesman walk, you can turn your truck into pretty much any dealer, definitely any jeep dealership. To me car shopping is fun, I love the thrill of making a good deal and seeing what I can get which is in a sense what the salesman is thinking to. But always remember as a friend told me who is in the business... your in control at all times, you don't have to sign a thing nor accept the deal. Regarding keeping the truck I think if everything is lined up and you don't have any problems id hold on to it till all the bugs are worked out of the new jeep 14s which definitely needs more time IMHO. Just make sure you go in there with knowledge of what your buy out is and what your truck is worth.
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Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Thanks fellas. I appreciate the help and wise words. The private party value is 25,000 and my buy out is 18,000. I would not feel comfortable purchasing a used vehicle because of not knowing how it was treated by the previous owner. Only way i'd switch is by going into another new vehicle.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
what is the trade in value (should be on the same website)? it seems like you are definitely doing alright price and value wise. if I was you id def keep it unless you are having alot problems... buy an extended warranty and call it day and run it to 100,000.
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Yeah you'd be in great shape if you kept it! Do a search on auto trader and I doubt you could even find any Laredo base models for that amount much less Laredo X's! They are still in the upper 26-27k here in my area.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Hit enter too soon... You can always buy it and wait and see if the 2015's are more reliable as well.
Re: 2011 Jeep GC - lease end decision
Did you lease thru Ally and did they add that $2500 buy-out fee to the contract?
Why don't you list it for private sale and see if someone bites for the 25k? Then pay you buyout and then negotiate a new lease for a 14 totally separately. That's my plan with my 14 overland, and what I've done with my previous two acuras. Had positive equity in both and got some money back.
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Hi all,
New to RunnersWorld and kind of beginner runner, started jogging/running in March, but I have a challenge in front of me of the Scotland Coast to Coast in September this year.
My current training schedule is as follows:
Mon - gym (treadmill, x-trainer, step machine, swimming)
Tue - running on road
Wed - running at work on lunch hour & gym (same as above)
Thu - rest
Fri - cycling on road
Sat - golf & light gym session
Sun - rest
My primary goal at the moment is weight loss (i'm 6ft 2 & currently 119kg) whilst also getting as much running in as possible, the Coast to Coast has a 24km run/trail run on day 2 so I have about 4-5 months to build my distances up. I havent quite managed 5km yet as with the extra weight I'm carrying its proving harder than I thought, but I know what lies ahead!!
Had a training session with my boss yeaterday and attempted interval training (running 1 min then jogging 2 mins) yesterday and my achilles are not great this morning but I feel I may be partly to blame as I never stretch before or after training.
So, does anyone have any tips on stretching and training overall or as a fat lad have I bitten off more than I can chew? haha
Cheers for the reply.
The interval training was just my bosses way of showing off lol
Not a chance of me binning golf, its my only way of relaxing, only put it in my schedule as its extra calories burned I'd heard it was quite treacherous in parts but was also told trail shoes are not required? I've just bought a brand new pair of Asics as I was fitted for shoes at a running shop and I over pronate, so shelling out on loads of kit cant happen at the moment.
I've got a good mountain bike, nice & light, has plenty gears, disc brakes but i'm buying some slick road tyres to use day one and then i'm changing then to knobbly's for day 2.
I plan on bringing training carrying all my kit into my regime once weight comes off and running gets "easier" so to speak?
Food - i'm getting a load of carb gels, protein bars and pockets full of haribofor along the way, anymore tips?
Clothing - I've got a full set of golf thermals for my base layer and also a set of golf waterproofs which are both light but very waterproof, these will suffice I take it?
Enjoy it? I just want to finish it without collapsing lol
Point suly noted and I shall acquire some trail shoes definitely!
Yeah I will practice that, going to take my bike for a service and get it all ready for the day but I plan on doing pretend puncture repairs and all other manner of things beforehand.
Good shout about the bento, cheers
My jacket is quite breathable, i'll test it over the coming months and if its not suitable i'll get another one, cheers again.
hahaha, cant wait for that bit, sounds fun. I think my boss is planning for us to all have a go kayaking 1 weekend before the date.
Cheers for the advice
Now mild panic is setting in!!!
I've given myself 11hrs to complete day 2, starting @ 7am....as long as i cross the line no worse than 2nd last & alive, i'll be happy lol
Ben Nevis is a nightmare climb - especially the first half! It is very steep, rocky and bendy. If you have the time, definitely go up there and take a hike so that you are not surprised when you get to race day!
Good luck with training!
I did it 2 years ago (the 2 day) and loved it, signed up for this year! Trail shoes are great advantage although my mate did run it in normal trainers. I did about 60k per week on the bike and run 20k in the 10 weeks b4 to get me fit enough. Im 5.6" and weighed about 13 stone so also carry 2 much weight! Some blokes that we met used walking poles on the last section and they speed walked as fast as I ran. Im going to use them this year as take alot of the strain off your legs and help grip. I found some carbon ones on ebay for £17. I had to lay down on the paddle as it gives you cramps to sit up so dont fight it. I used lots of gels and some cliff bars and water with energy powders mixed in it along with dried fruits/nuts. Deffo get out and do some running down hill, you use lots of muscles you didnt know you have. I Used slicks on the first day which in training gave me about another 4 mph for the same effort. Hope that helps
Thanks Paul
Holy crap it sounds hard! I'm in with a friend for the single day. My main worries are reaching cut off at 4pm seems really hard to acheive. And I also normally run sockless in Merrell Trail Gloves and was planning on doing the running sections in these. Have bought some slightly more grippy Ascend gloves but they give me blisters so probably going to stick to trail gloves. Not sure they're going to cut it on last hill though. Wore them on RatRace 'The Wall' without any problems. Have done no-where near enough cycling so am panicking a little.
Thanks Cougie, you certainly are a good resource for this event, much appreciated. The terrain does look tough but will probably stick to Trail Gloves will pop some socks on though. I'm not sure risking blisters with my new trainers is a good idea, should have bought them a while ago I know.
Anyway thanks for the pics, really helpful although I hope we don't have the same weather!
Great link Cougie. Made a good read, great to help get focused on the main event. Although I did finally decide to stick with the hard tail mtb, played with tyres, pressures and bar angles so it's rolling well now on 26x1.5's. did 42 miles on it on Tuesday carrying kit including my trekking pole, in a respectable time which included 10 miles off road followed by a 7 miles run, all in hills (well as big as you get around here anyway). Feeling better about the whole race now, One main worry though every report I have read involves someone going the wrong way, is this down to poor signs or exhaustion? Do you need to take map and directions Or just be very aware?
Might be useful to others, contact rat race about the mandatory kit and the initial run, response was:Rat Race Adventure Sports
Hi Nick,
That's great to hear, in answer to your question there is a mandated kit list for both the bike sections and the run sections. These mandated items must be carried with you on bike and on foot at all times. The only time you will not need your mandated kit will be the first 10k run section. After that your kit should remain with you and relatively unchanged (You can get rid of any bike kit in your bag for the final run section if not all attached to your bike etc)
Hope that helps!