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I have some raw land which I bought and plan to build on in about a year. I have a "camp site" of sorts setup just to visit and enjoy on the weekends. Well, last weekend the rains came and my poor little Ford Ranger got stuck. So I'm curious what I could do to provide a place to park without the risk of getting stuck in the mud. I haven't worked out the details of where I'll be putting my house or the future parking area or anything so I'm not ready to pay for the dump trucks to bring in gravel and all that. Just want to keep from getting stuck again. I just need an area large enough to park my Ranger. Any ideas?
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Don't go up when it rains.
Call a tree trimmer or landscape outfit and tell them you will take all of the free wood chips that they have-----
Plant some grass. Buy a 4-wheel drive.
What would be perfect is to make up your mind on where this house is going and build the real driveway now. At least get the base for it laid.
You'll be sorry if you put it off and the huge trucks can not get to the site or the employees needed to build it are tearing up the whole yard trying to find a place to park.
Guess whos going to be paying for it if one of those trucks gets stuck?
I have seen old plywood scrape sheets used for this. It only takes a few sheets to make a parking pad.
Knock it around, 'n flatten it enough to park on....
In the future, when the real driveway is put in, the temporary spot's gravel can be reused, or left where ya have it put...
park in the road
Get some crushed concrete for the parking area and driveway to get there. You can always remove the crush after you decide where you want the house, an use it for base later for the drive when the house goes up.
Where are you located?
The reason I ask is because driving in mud is a lot like driving on ice and snow.
You may not need to create a parking area if you plan ahead. First, don't park so you have to begin by backing up. Parking in a spot you can pull straight out and get some momentum before having to turn your wheels is half the battle. If you're pointed downhill, that's another plus. And if you can find a spot that doesn't collect water you will probably be home free.
If you have enough room, create a loop you can drive around and park at the highest, driest point.
Sorry for my delayed reply. I think my reply email alerts are turned off or something. Anyway, a guy recommended crushed concrete. If I layed that down, could I move and reuse that later when the permanent spot is chosen?
Yes, just keep in mind that you end up scooping dirt when moving, but can be used for the base, when you go to lay the new base for your parking pad, or toy park area. Why let it go to waste, or cause you not to grow grass in that area later on.
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They did not have a good night at Southfork last night. The season two premiere of Dallas on TNT was down Monday almost 60% in terms of viewership from the reboot's season one debut last June. Starting at 9 PM, Dallas pulled in just 2.98 million viewers compared to the 6.9 million who welcomed the return of the Ewings in the less crowded summer. That's a series low for the new Dallas. Last night's two-hour premiere was also significantly down from the 4.3 million who watched the season one finale on August 8. Among Adults 18-49, the season two premiere brought in 1.02 million viewers, down 27% from its season one average. Dallas pulled in 1.22 million viewers in the Adults 25-54 demo on Monday. That was a big drop from the 2.5 million in the demographic who watched the series premiere on June 13, 2012. It was also a 32% fall from the season one average. For its first season, Dallas averaged 4.5 million viewers in live plus same day delivery, with 1.4 million adults 18-49 and 1.8 million adults 25-54. The second season of Dallas has a 15-episode run, much of which will likely be without its villain J.R. Ewing played by Larry Hagman. The actor passed away on November 23, 2012 while filming the second season in the Texas city. Hagman is expected to appear in only the first six or so episodes of Dallas' season two.
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Those numbers are very disturbing for such a show and can't fathom seeing this return once this second and possibly final season of the show bids adieu. They'll get a little mileage from the JR transition but that's about it. Look no further than 8 Simple Rules as an example. They never recovered after John Ritter passed away.
I agree they didn't promote this like they did last year, I almost missed it but found it when I flipping through the channels. I love this show, I will miss J.R. but will continue to watch it.
The best show on TV now is Dallas. Boo oh they have low ratings.
Also, they didn't promote it all. Last season, there were ads everywhere. This season, my DVR caught it but I had no idea it was starting up again. (Yes, I watch it. It's trashy fun.)
Yep, no promotion at all. I had no idea it was returning. I'll set my DVR now…maybe catch the season 2 premiere on a rerun during the week.
They also will rerun them on Saturday morning at 11 AM & 12 Noon eastern, I believe – you could check the TNT schedule.
Right! No promotion! I happened to see it on the cover of TV Guide the next day. I was really upset that I had missed it. I'm on the intertubes right now hoping I can watch it here. Trust me…next Monday I will be watching it on TV!!!
Watched it and loved it!! I don't think the people counting viewers took into account folks like my daughter and others who decided to watch it on demand.
the fact is it just isn't very good…i LOVED the classic Dallas episodes, looked forward to this reboot, and was mildly entertained as light"summer fare"…but there aren't many likeable characters (or even ones you love to hate.)…and it looks pretty low budget too. Will stick around though for the death of JR…
Well you gotta flow forward with the future. Anything BUT low budget, just unknown actors except for the leads. If you watched the first showings of Dallas, pretty soap-opera amatuerous too. But those characters (actors) seasoned quickly, and the chemistry between them had to develop. You can tell (and it's been explained by the producers) that they filmed a lot in Dallas itself, took advantage of HD technology, and are using real property sets, with a lot of action, and backdrop. Those things are not cheap. Nothing is ever as good as an original, because it's just different. And has to be accepted for what it is. How many major motion pictures out there have sequels? Probably all a step down from the first, but entertaining for what they are.
THe new actors on Dallas are exceptional. I think they are doing a tremendous job and I love this show and watch it every Monday night as do lots of my friends. Bobbi is great and the new JR is going to carry this and be just like his Dad. I hope they don't take this off the air as it is so nice to have a show from the past that so many people watched. The writers are also doing a really good job.
love the show but other than ken kercheval tweeting it was starting, i didnt know it was on. Also…i didnt know there were TWO episodes on..watched them backwards after the bachelor ended… All in all HORRIBLE MARKETING for the return.
What!!! Two episodes! Yikes! I'm really having to catch up now! :)
Too bad. Watched the first few eps and liked the show. Look for it to drop more as the weeks go on, especially after they run out of Hagman episodes. I wish the cast and crew well, though. Not a hater by any means.
It was fine for the summer when nothing else was on, but I'm guessing a lot of people have other (better) shows they'd rather watch right now.
Big difference premiering in-season v. summer. It's not unusual for cable original dramas to drop significantly when they shift from summer to in-season. Not sure why TNT made the change. Dallas 2.0 seemed like the perfect summer drama.
8 Simple Rules actually did recover, it got a full third season. It would have stayed on another couples seasons but ABC knew it would be a hard sell in rerun land.
The premiere of season 2 was HORRIBLE! Don't blame poor marketing for the drop this is all Cynthia Cidres fault and seems to be falling into line with all the other shows she's been attached to!
While your entitled to your opinion I thought it was better than last season (and I liked that one). I think the tweaking she did in the first 2 episodes made for a great show. It's up against stiff competition and performed better in the demo than most of TNT's other original programming airing in "prime" tv season. .8 isn't a bad 18-49 demo I was more suprised by the drop in 15-54 demo whic is suppose to be TNT's prime target. I'll enjoy it while it's here as cable ratingsdecisions are impossible to predict. The show could be cancelled by season's end or go another 3 or 4 seasons.
Agree with you but I now know there is no substitute for good marketing.
ITA. Cidre is clueless about Dallas. People watched for JR/SE and you wouldn't have even know they were THE couple if you just tuned in. Linda Gray was treated like some extra – even though they used her every chance they got to PROMOTE the damned thing.
Shoved boring Ann/Elena down viewers' throats. Thought the 20 minute birthing of a calf was 'an important plot development' so she cut scenes showing attempts at a reconcilliation between JR/SE.
Then claimed she 'didn't know' viewers wanted to see those two – um Dallas became a mega hit because of 'those two' – and she'd do better next time. (If you don't even have a clue who the stars are why do you have this job?)
Watched a few eps of the original and read poorly, inaccurate synopses as her knowledge base as did her writers and couldn't even get the locale or the BALL they all attended correct.
Woman NEVER should've been allowed near this once great show. I'm pretending Dallas ended Season 10 and am going to forget any of this happened.
I know Christopher is not technically a Ewing, but does any one find it strange that he is married and about to have children with his cousin ( through marriage)? The family lines become somewhat distorted at times. Just putting it out there.
The strangest thing on the show is Judith Light playing the mother of a guy she is actually 3 years older than and they didn't make her up to look older. Very Bizarre.
The industry has a history, regarding age casting. Nothing new. I agree, however, that she looks a bit young for this role. This character's mother could have been British, right? Hell – I would have really @#*# things up, and hired Joan Collins.
They didn't HAVE to make her look older. She's already "light" years beyond her dancing heydays in "Who's the Boss." But in this show she just looks creepy!!
Well noooo, not exactly. The storyline is convoluted but that's what makes it so fun for all the dedicated viewers. Here's the really fun part! Christopher is actually the son of JR and Kristen. You know? Mary Crosby or the one who shot JR in that famous episode. She tried to blackmail JR against Sue Ellen. And JR bought off her attempt. The baby got "rehomed" with Kirsten's deadbeat boyfriend, who tried the same thing, once Kristen was dead. Bobby learned about the baby's availability (but not necessarily that JR is the father. I believe only he knew). And Bobby adopted the baby in a personal adoption for money transaction, to make available to "Pamela" when she was in a deep depression about not being able to have children. So, that makes Christopher JR's blood son, blood brother to Jon Ross, and Bobby's Nephew. Enter Rebecca, the woman he is married too (as of Season II, Episode 2). Rebeccas is (supposedly) Cliff Barnes daughter by Afton Cooper (Audrey Landers) though viewers (apparently) have no proof of that. And I'm personally wondering how Sue Ellen figures in this, because of her (sort of) long term (but temporary) relationship with Cliff Barnes. Anyway, supposedly the Barnes and the Ewings are rivals, and of no relationship to one another (at least in terms of how the patriarchs of each family have been characterized). So no Cousin is married to any other Cousin that I know of. Yes, more than you needed to know I'm sure. But you're still welcomed!!
Christoper is the son of Kristin and her photographer/blackmailer boyfriend Jeff Farraday. She didn't carry to term the one JR supposedly fathered – whore was with so many men who knows who the REAL daddy was.
Christopher is Sue Ellen's bio nephew but NO bio relation to JR.
Christopher is NOT JR's son! They thought so because he had an affair with Kristen, but after she was dead the real father contacted Bobby and actually wanted to basically sell the baby. Bobby took him home to confront JR and Pam saw him before he could do that and they eventually adopted him.
Christopher is adopted. So she isn't his cousin. There's no blood between them.
Actually, Christopher and John Ross are related by blood. Christopher's birthmother was Kristen Shephard, Sue Ellen's younger sister. JR is not Christopher's father. He thought he was because Kristen was pregnant with his baby when she shot him. She later miscarried after she left town. Jeff Faraday was Christopher's birthfather.
Steve, what does THAT have to do with the price of cheese? NOTHING! (although that thought crossed my mind since last season's finale, of which the whole adopted-Ewing aspect neatly covers)
Anyway, we as fans of Classic TV have to cover up for TNT's poor media or timing and rally around this show, build its viewership, and boost ratings in an efort to save a multi-generational enjoyment and its future on-air!
All the true dallas fans, especially fans of the original dalllas, must stick together. I've watched tnt's dallas from the very beginning, and yes I will admit, it could be better. Chalk it up to poor script writing. Cynthia Cidre needs to wake up here and realize what is going on. But anyway, I honestly believe that it will take awhile for dallas to get off the ground. Let's all remember how it took the original dallas a couple of seasons before it got going. I believe tnt's dallas will find it's place…eventually. Don't give up all you true dallas fans out there. Give it time. It'll click.
Is there a more inept network (if that's the right term) than TNT? A big ole clown car, front to back.
You mean TNT is ACTUALLY a whole Network? Yikes. I thought it was just the home of re-treads like Castle and the Mentalist, ad nauseaum. And that the "New" Dallas got lost on it's way through the Cable Number line-up. Truth be told, I didn't even know TNT existed until Dallas started it's publicity campaign through the general media outlets. Now I see it's trying out a whole bunch of new shows. Wonder where it's getting all it's funding??? It sure isn't spending the money on publicity for it's own shows!!! Maybe it doesn't WANT to have to keep paying those mega-stars of the original cast. How sad.
The premiere episodes were fantastic and loved Julie Gonzalo and Judith Light! My suggestion: move it back to Wednesday, future seasons make it summer only: and Bring Back Pam: not a one episode stunt either. Bring Back Victoria Principal or recast with another top actress. Having the character back would be awesome!
Her character was "badly burned", when Principal exited the show, and temporarily replaced with another actress (eventually). I dunno – guess that they can forget the past…
My guess is doing that is part of the master plot line. When this kind of episodic TV is pitched and begins filming, the story line has already been written through to the end. Just like a novel. Not everyone knows all the details, so leaks won't happen. But every twist is leading towards an ultimate conclusion. My guess is that's why a few unresolved details were left in the original Dallas. Especially about Victoria Principle leaving, through the circumstances that became part of the story. The fact that she was affected in a fire, meant she wasn't killed off, but could return, portrayed by another actress, if enough "money" couldn't sway her to reprise the role. The perfect intertwining is happening because Ann's blood daughter has been raised by a mysterious woman (Judith Light) who may have sought to keep some distant (and I might add "sick") connection to Bobby & family. Hoping to reunite one day. Or maybe not? And maybe that's why they've lied to the daughter to alienate her so badly from Bobby & Ann. That's part of the intrigue of course. I hope other Dallas History Fans will post their own theories!!!
Also: Bring Donna Mills back as the new villan: Abby Ewing!!
A very good suggestion.
I also think Monday at 9pm is a bad night for it.
Poor ratings on Dallas = bittersweet news for a couple of different reasons. Still – can't stop smiling at this one.
I do agree that I think it has to do with winter. Look at most shows that air on summer (I'm looking at you USA) that premiere down when they return in winter (I'm still looking at you USA).
Poor Ratings, I for one did not watch it as i never knew it was on! Where was the advertising for season 2? The only reason I knew today was by tvbythenumbers website…………should HAVE been promoted!
Lack of promotion, and a bad night and time of year for the return killed the show. TNT goofed up this one.
Actually, this season has started out quite well, story-wise, and the show is produced with quite a bit of class, and money. It was not promoted well by TNT, perhaps in deference to Hagman's death. However, the media in general has been beating it to…….um, has been really "discussing" these final JR episodes.
TNT should have left it on Wed nights, where a lot of viewers probably thought it would be on its return. Monday is a tough night. And it's not yet avail on VOD here in Orange County, CA. DVD viewing should pump the numbers, but I would say move it back to Wed where it had an established following. Imagine the original Dallas if it had been on Mondays instead of Fridays!
People don't give up on Dallas The Show was very good. J.R. was still on the show and very he was excellent last night.
Hard to be up against Biggest Loser and The Bachelor. I kept flipping between them! The only reason I knew it was on because I saw Linda Grey promoting it that morning!
Are you kidding? That people would rather watch a bunch of losers whining about losing weight and saving their life? Ya, sure. Or another loser bachelor lamenting the fact he only has 20 ex-beauty pagent girls to have sex with? Where is anyone's sense of "drama" and classic "story-line" episodic TV? All TV is entertainment, even Reality (not) TV. So let's call it what it is, contrived, and give due to the product of honest creative process!!!


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At 6 p.m. last Friday, Old Town Bank on South Main Street in Waynesville closed as usual. By Monday morning, employees were greeting customers in their new building just a few hundred feet away.
A team of bank employees met Saturday over a 7 a.m. breakfast to review the moving plan details, and other teams reported at 8 and then 9 a.m. to help move files, supplies and equipment into the bank's new permanent home. By the end of the day, the work was done.
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The move happened ahead of schedule, something Umberger attributed to general contractor Clark and Leatherwood, who he said have been great to work with. Original plans called for the building to be completed by October, and that date was pushed to September as work progressed. Work went so quickly that a mid-August move-in date was possible, but there is still more work to do, Umberger said.
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Construction began less than a year ago on the two-story, $2.3 million project.
The building's rock column and brick exterior is complimented by earth-tone colors inside.
Lurissa Hendrix, Old Town's human resources/corporate secretary, worked with Carolyn Taylor, Shannon Putnam of Mountain Design and Kathryn Greeley of Kathryn Greeley Designs to put the finishing touches on the inside.
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The paint, furniture, flooring and fabrics are all in place, and the last piece of decorating is to place the artwork.
Hendrix said the bank already has a number of pieces created by Western North Carolina residents, and may need more to fill out the decorating scheme.
The move into its permanent building is something Umberger said is a giant step forward.
"It shows the community the Old Town Bank here to stay," he said. "We are committed to this community and we will be here for years and years to come."
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My kitchen works just fine for extracting.
My kitchen works just fine for extracting.
Mike Forbes
Red Dirt Apiaries
Thats great NP, but I would have to rip down the walls to just get the extractor in, let alone the rest. By the way, I believe you are in the city. Would you be interested in any prime yard locations just outside town? Not sure if your interested in expanding. If so, pm me, and I will help you out.
I will be in MS next week and AL the following, but will get back with you if interested.
Kind regards
I wonder...
Has anyone ever done any cultures on honey products? Honey is a unique food substance that doesn't spoil easily. The hive itself is not aseptic so contaminates are getting into the honey all the while the comb is being filled. Any other food we eat starts decomposing the minute it is picked or slaughtered. It would be interesting to have cultures done from honey processed in one of these spanking clean houses and some done of someones kitchen to compare.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
I will send you a sample in June when we start extracting. TED
Everyone has their own justification for what they are doing. Sometimes it is emotional and sometimes it is financial. The question or the concern is how far do you take it. It has become standard practice now for livestock to be feed antibiotics from birth knowing they will get sick in the future if you dont give it to them. You consume these antibiotics practically from birth because you are eating these livestock products. The more you consume the less effective the antibiotic becomes for the germs that you are trying to control. The end result is the antibiotic doesnt work anymore. So the next question becomes is this a good practice in the long run?My bees had diarrhea and I tried to make them feel better.
Is it better to let the livestock build up their own immunities to germs and destroy the ones that cant battle the germs on their own? You are obviously not going to do that with your own kids. However if you start off with a regiment of war on germs from birth the same thing will happen because your children have not built up any immunities to anything. You are seeing this right now. Allergists are making a killing because kids today are allergic to everything. Their immune system is totally messed up due to the war on germs and chemically treating for everything. So are we thinking short term or long term when it comes to treatments, bees and honey included?
People have the same view in other hobbies like model aircraft. Police themselves is pretty much a pipe dream. That is exactly the same thing as do what ever you want. Which most people like at first until something goes wrong.I would rather beeks police themselves to a high standard then have the govt. keeping things in check.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Myself and a great many cattle producers take great offense to this type of propoganda. Spouted off by people with little facts to back it up. As do sheep, pigs, goats, and what ever else have you.
It has become standard practice now for livestock to be feed antibiotics from birth knowing they will get sick in the future if you don't give it to them. You consume these antibiotics practically from birth because you are eating these livestock products. The more you consume the less effective the antibiotic becomes for the germs that you are trying to control. The end result is the antibiotic doesn't work anymore. So the next question becomes is this a good practice in the long run?
MIght want to try and get real facts from real producers instead of PETA propoganda
If i could quote ther whole post, I would. I would refute every last word. But that would be like beating a dead horse. Maybe those who believe what they read might want to actually visit some producers from each type of livestock group and see what really goes on.
My farm is open...how about yours?
Honey shack, I have taken great offense to this propaganda also. BUT it is not PETA propaganda. Peta is people for ethical treatment of animals.......these people would rather stand back and be CRUEL to another living creature on the planet thus they do not even make it to PETA standards. This is the reason why.. They, like ourselves, have chosen stewardship over another living creature--honeybees. With stewardship comes GREAT responsibility. They would rather see the bees die before their eyes due to mites or disease, when a little bit of treatment, just a few cents worth, would have saved their bees. SOMETHING that is VITAL AND PRECIOUS to the planet. So WHAT IS MY HONEY---HONEY!!! WHAT IS MY BEEHIVES---HEALTHY COLONIES OF BEES...My farm is like honey shacks--open for visiting. SO I WANT TO KNOW " WHAT IS IN YOUR WALLET" I will defend commercial beekeeping and commercial practices, it is where you people buy your bees from...COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS TED
Sorry to all I offended. This appears to be a hornets nest that I have stepped into. Those interested can get informed and make up their own minds on what is happening and why. I don't own a farm, I am not a commercial beek, I am not even a successful hobbyist and I did not intend to instill a riot.
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Most people are third and fourth generations removed from the farm lifestyle and what it all intails. And the truths that come with it.
Mass media hones in on the bad apple in each industry and propogates it until the mainstream public believes all farm operations are like this.
Peta, humane society (hard core), Ophra, hard core vegans, those who oppose the use of meat or production from meat are doing everything in there power ( and they all are very powerful) to reduce us to shreds. They have humanized animals to the point we give the animals human like traites and asperations (sp).
We the farming populations in North America are loosing ground to this. So many forget where the food comes from. To them is comes in a box or carton or frozen. The disconnect has hurt the back bone of our countries. Hurt our countries so much that we cannot produce enough for our own people and now import from countries with poorer standards than our own.
Soon, maybe not in my generation, but soon, famers in North America will be a memory. Our honey will come from overseas, our grains from cheaper producing countries and our beef and meat from brazil. A country who cannot feed their people are at the mercy of the world.
Check out this forum...Cattle today. A great many cattle producers from around the world. Read and you will see what i see. A great many people who love what they do. Take pride in their livestock and land. Men and women whose one goal is to have healthy animals to feed their country.
Those who believe what Acebird wrote previously, get out and meet some local farmers, commercial and such. See how much they care for their livestock....after all it is their paycheck and how they feed their family.
Listen to their stories. See how they treat their animals. See how much they are stewards of their land. Get connected. Realize how hard they work to put food on YOUR table. And then note how many have off farm jobs to put food on their tables.
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Acebird, you may have offended, but no one took offence. No worries.
My place is open for you to visit also. Find out first hand what the mindset of a commercial beekeeper is. Then compare it to what you have been told. When the two do not agree, go back and look for a motive for those that told you otherwise to cloud your thinking. What you are hearing here is first hand, from the source.
HAve there ever been any studies done that support your statements about human life span and health being effected by antibiotic residue? Do people in areas that antibiotic are not used live longer?
There is much antidotal evidence that beekeeping increases life spans. My father is 89.
Roland Diehnelt
Linden Apiary, Est. 1852
5th gen commercial, working with son Christian, 6th gen
No Ace, a hornets nest you created by making generalized statements from reading a bunch of crap published by folks with an agenda. So whats in your honey? Since you brought it up, Whats in your meat?
You state you have never been a farmer or a Commercial beek, yet you judge others based on NO experience. You should take up offers from those that will allow you to come visit. See first hand and then share what you witnessed.
I can truly say, I know whats in my meat. I know the farmer who raises the cattle. I talk to him and visit anytime I wish. Its a relationship. I can't have that relationship at Walmart. If you would look around, there's a huge movement afoot bridging the producer-consumer gap. Its called sustainable local foods.
I am concerned that some groups are oversimplifying this choice and trying to create consumer misconceptions about one segment of the food producing population or another.
Kind regards
ACE, you have stated you are not even a SUCCESSFUL hobbyist. Well, we the people that have posted back in defense of Commercial beekeeping would like to change that. We would like to make you successful. Any of these guys that wrote you back would be more than willing to take you and show you beekeeping on a commercial scale. You will learn MORE about beekeeping in a day or two working with large numbers of colonies then you will learn in years working small numbers of colonies of yours and your friends. You are always welcome here at my farm, because I do train beekeepers. They come here to get certified that they worked with a commercial beekeeper for a week so they can become master beekeepers-- Alabama requirement, master beekeeper program. Something to remember, we the commercial people are lifers at this business, we must be pretty good beeks to still be at it. As we have survived every pestilence that has been thrown at us. Look at Roland-6 generations into it. Most commercial beekeeping operations do not survive the three generational curse. Ace, get educated, go work with a commercail beek for a couple of days. TK
Ace, please stick around and listen to ALL sides of what arguments/discussions happen on beesource.com. We can learn from each other. Some of us learn what others believe and others learn what some of us know.
Mark Berninghausen
I'll stick around but what am I going to learn if a newbee has to walk on eggshells?Ace, please stick around and listen to ALL sides of what arguments/discussions happen on beesource.com. We can learn from each other.
I don't think I said anything that isn't well spoken about today. People are concerned about what is in their beef, what is in their pork, what is in their chicken, what is in their green leafy vegetables, and what is in their honey that wasn't there before. When I grew up nobody was concerned about what was in his or her food, today that is not the case. If you are a farmer or a commercial beek and you are not part of this problem then why the huge reaction? Today people will flock to you if you got nothing to hide.
My wife was a vegetarian for over 30 years and now she is so scared that she now eats meat! Meat that is pasture raised from people that are local and we personally know. She first started with venison because what could be more natural. She was pretty sure it wasn't feed antibiotics, ever. We grow as much as we can of our own vegetables and raise chickens. We can even tell the difference between super market Organic eggs and our own. We are fumbling around trying to lean how to be successful hobby beeks yet in doing so those that have done it for many years said to our face that ours taste better than theirs. To me that was quite a complement. Was it a fluke? I guess we will hope for the best and see next season.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
None of the commercial beeks that have posted have nothing to hide. Go and visit a commercial beek and spend a day with him. You will learn. I am always amazed at how hobbyist want to criticize commerical beekeepers but they are unwilling to go see for themselves how beekeeping is done on a large scale. It is almost like they are scared to have their eyes opened. TK
Mark Berninghausen
Acebird - I do not think anyone offended you, or reacted in an offensive matter, no need to be walking on egg shells.
Do you really want to go back to the way it was 30 years ago??? What they don't tell you was that many hives had AFB, and that sulfa drugs where used quite a bit, as well as cyanide. I can remember the warning as a small child "Son, see that small can under the seat , DO NOT PLAY WITH THAT!!!". Do you think cyanide left residues?
Todays standards are much higher.
No one talked about what went on 30 years ago.
So when will you stop by?
Roland Diehnelt
Linden Apairy, Est. 1852
I would love to stop by but my wife is not much for traveling in a car and the airlines today are torture. My wife has an obligation to the business she runs and we are hostage to the micro farm that we live on. It is a major deal to get away for a week or two. I think most small time farmers would understand this predicament.So when will you stop by?
Yes, and you can be sure that those standards didn't come about by people policing themselves.Todays standards are much higher.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Ace, Mark aka SQKCRK is a commercial beekeeper/fellow New Yorker like yourself and lives in Brasher Falls, NY. I am sure he would let you spend a day with him to learn. He must be within just a few hours driving distance. TK
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Actually, I believe it was the testing methods that improved the standards. You can not set a standard for something you do not have equipment to measure.


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Calgary Comic Expo Art Dump!
Okay, well, I don't have a lot of time to write a nice CCEE report, because I still have about 3 more commissions to finish before I fly off to Vegas on Friday. Oh yeah. I also have to do the comic. Anyway, I learned a lot, mostly that I need more things to sell (we had a few requests for things that we will have next time!) and that I need to take less commissions! I did get most of them done, check them out after the cut!
So these are mostly "quicky" drawings. They take between 2-4 hours to do depending on the detail level I go into. Got asked to do a couple of non-wow commissions as well, like Link unmasking Sheik and her being a bit embarrassed about it, as well as a Hellboy sketch which I haven't had the chance to do yet (but its next!)
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We thought the Redhawk was the best in this test by virtue of its accuracy and easy shooting. S&W�s 629 gets an �F� for mechanical problems. The Taurus 444MULTI needed tweaking.
When new revolvers are introduced, they don�t get the fanfare afforded the latest semi-auto. That�s why you might have missed out on the latest crop of big-bore wheelguns.
In this test we will try to make up for it by pitting two steel-framed forty-fours against an ultra-lightweight revolver of the same caliber � Taurus�s 444MULTI, $666 � that could make carrying a bigger gun more inviting. The stainless-steel guns are the $916 Smith & Wesson Model 629 No. 163603 and Ruger�s $780 Redhawk KRH-444.
[IMGCAP(1)]If there is any comparison to be drawn between these revolvers and the world of semi-automatic pistols, it is perhaps the appeal of the big bullet. The small-bore high-capacity frenzy seems to have abated, and now it seems that every manufacturer is making a 45-caliber pistol. With the release of more .44s, revolver makers may also be saying when capacity is limited, why not chamber a larger caliber? But when that thinking includes .44 Magnum/.44 Special ammo, two important questions remain: Will the Magnum ammunition prove too punishing?, and will the .44 Specials be accurate enough?
To answer these questions we tested from a distance of 25 yards with two loads of .44 Remington Magnum and two loads of .44 S&W Special. They were 240-grain Federal Fusion .44 Magnum No. F44FS1, 240-grain American Eagle .44 Magnum jacketed hollow points No. AE44A, 200-grain Winchester .44 Special Silvertip HP No. X44STHPS2, and Winchester�s 246-grain lead roundnose ammunition No. X44SP.
Before testing each gun, we lubricated it with BreakFree CLP. Lubrication points on the revolvers were the barrel and chamber bores, the ratchet lugs, and the bushing in front of the cylinder. We also pulled back the hammer and placed a few drops of oil inside the frame. Whenever we transitioned from the Special to the Magnum loads, we scrubbed inside each chamber. This is because the shorter Special rounds can deposit debris at the hotspot where the tip of each case empties into the chambers. A buildup of debris can reduce the volume of the chamber and increase pressure. In extreme conditions, such as when it becomes necessary to push the longer magnum rounds into place, the extra pressure can be dangerous.
To collect accuracy data, all shots from the bench were fired single action only from a distance of 25 yards. Repeat fire was tested using the double-action trigger at shorter distances. We didn�t expect to be able to shoot the magnum ammunition quickly, but we wondered about the .44 Special loads. Was there enough stopping power from each round to justify a shorter recovery time between each shot? Let�s see how our six shooters measured up.


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A few months ago I posted a blog entry entitled: "Containerization vs. Application Wrapping: The Tale Of The Tape." Well... the bout is finally over and a winner has been decided. Using a virtual tape measure, I analyzed the mobile application technology spectrum to determine which technologies are better suited to deployment in the enterprise and why. The results were about what I expected. The fight went right down to the wire and nobody scored a knockout with the winner being decided with a slim margin over the 8 rounds. Here is the judge's score card:
You can read all about the data behind the analysis and the justification for the results in my latest report: "In The Mobile Security Bout Of the Year, App Wrapping Beats Containerization On Points."
Posted by Tyler Shields on the Security & Risk Professionals Blog on January 28, 2014
"But until a person can say deeply and honestly, 'I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,' that person cannot say, 'I choose otherwise.'"
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
"Privacy is a decision best left in the hands of the professionals."
- Tyler Shields, Senior Analyst Forrester Research
This posting is in reference to the recent Snowden revelations that mobile applications are a conduit for governments to spy on citizens. New York Times article HERE.


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Ok, maybe this is a complete shot in the dark but what are the chances of getting a NY meet together? I'm feeling really inspired after checking out the meet in Seattle.
Seattle Mini-Meet at Alki video!
I'm talking a meet like the size they had, not three guys sitting in a parking lot. I know there are quite a lot of WRX's around here so I'm sure there would be plenty of interest. Please dont let this be a half-ass attempt! Respond if you're interested in organizing something.


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How is the sightings lately on this stretch of road? Some visitors have been very lucky on this road I read here We have never seen many animals on this road mainly impala, elephants, a few buffalo and some Kudus and many birds. The changing landscapes are very impressive on this road. Never seen any predators on this road although we have driven it many times. Maybe upcoming May ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Forest Whitaker is hotly tipped to win an Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of Idi Amin in the movie The Last King of Scotland.
But for the former tyrant's son Jaffar, the performance failed to capture the tall, powerful man he still describes as his "Big Daddy." The Amin family has shunned the media for over two decades, but now that the film has put the Ugandan dictator back into the spotlight, his son wants to set the record straight.
"Dad is the only person that has ever been accused and sentenced, incarcerated by opinion, without it ever reaching any courthouse," Jaffar Amin said in an interview with the Associated Press, calling for a truth and reconciliation committee to investigate that dark period in Uganda's history.
Jaffar Amin, a 40-year-old father of five with broad shoulders, confident demeanor and rich baritone voice, bears a striking resemblance to his father.
Though he doesn't deny the atrocities attributed to his father during his reign of terror, he says the film will compound many of the negative images on which he is now trying to shed light.
He acknowledges he faces a difficult battle trying to humanize Idi Amin.
"Dad's image cannot be changed," he sighed. "If I bring an understanding, it will be very little because he's in a compartment and getting him out of there will take a thousand years. But I believe my father would take it on the chin whatever they say about him."
Jaffar Amin has broken the family's vow of silence and is writing a book to counter his father's reputation as a brutal buffoon and cruel eccentric.
Rights groups estimate that up to 500,000 people disappeared under Amin's eight year regime. His secret police force was notorious for torturing and killing Ugandans they believed to be political opponents.
"I don't want to fight what has been written, but I want to show another side. I want to show a parent, I want to show my father," he said.
He is the tenth of Amin's 40 official children by seven official wives. "Father had quite an appetite for women," he said simply. "It's very African actually."
At six foot one he is also the shortest of Amin's sons.
"My father was 6 foot 4 but most of his male children towered over him. He used to joke that we would make a great basketball team," Jaffar recalled with a smile.
The Last King of Scotland premiered in Uganda last week and goes on general release Friday. Oscar-nominated Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy and director Kevin MacDonald attended the grand-opening along with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.
None of the Amin family attended the premiere, but Jaffar has since watched a DVD of the film.
"A lot of the mannerisms were right. But the problem was the walk — Forest didn't get that. My father strides and his hands would go like a paddle because of his wide shoulders. Whitaker is knock-kneed — my father was bow-legged."
Jaffar Amin's main complaint about The Last King of Scotland, however, was the portrayal of Kay Amin — the dictator's forth wife — a woman he lived with at one of Amin's official state residences and whom he describes as a second mother to him.
In the film, Kay is killed for having an affair with Dr. Garrigan, Amin's physician, who Jaffar Amin also met. Her body is mutilated in the morgue — her arms stitched to where her legs should be and vice versa.
"The most painful part for me is degrading the character of one of our blessed mothers," he said visibly distressed. "She had a tragic death and they turned her into what she wasn't, she was a decent lady. She wouldn't have an extramarital affair the way it's claimed."
But he is vague about the circumstances of her death, describing it as a "sensitive issue." He adds that Kay's father cleared Idi Amin of any wrongdoing in his daughter's death.
The Amin family fled Uganda when Idi Amin was ousted by Tanzanian-backed Ugandan rebels in 1979. They lived in exile in Saudi Arabia, where many of the family remain to this day.
The family was given a huge monthly allowance that allowed them to live an opulent lifestyle; in return Amin was asked to stay out of politics and remain silent. It was a promise he kept up his death in August 2003 at age 78.
Jaffar Amin, an animated, open man, punctuates his conversation with impersonations of his father and shows pictures of his own five children, one of whom he has named Idi Amin and describes as a "carbon-copy" of his notorious grandfather.
"I point at a picture and I say to my children 'that's your grandfather. He used to be the leader of this country,'" he said.
Jaffar Amin returned to Uganda in 1990 and worked for a courier company. He now does voice overs for advertisements.
"I'd ask dad, what happened? He'd look at me and say 'people fought me, I fought them but I never killed innocent people. God will be the one to judge me."
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By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when we might fold up our large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.
The Korean electronics company provided a glimpse of such a device at a keynote speech Wednesday at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas.
Brian Berkeley, head of Samsung Electronics's display lab in San Jose, demonstrated a phone that consists of a matchbox-sized hard enclosure, with a paper-thin, flexible colour screen attached to one end.
The screen doesn't appear flexible enough to fold in half like a piece of paper, but it could bend into a tube.
The company also showed a video of a future concept, with a phone-sized device that opens up like a book, revealing a tablet-sized screen inside.
The screen uses organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs.
Only a thin layer of these chemicals is needed to produce a bright, colourful screen.
OLEDs used in many Samsung phones already, though with glass screens.
For the bendable phone, Samsung laid the chemicals over thin plastic instead of glass. That's a trick you can't pull off with liquid crystals in standard displays.
You could pack a bigger screen in your pocket.
In a more conventional application, Berkeley demonstrated a phone with a display that's rigid, but bent around the edges of the device, so it can show incoming messages even with a cover over the main screen.
In short, OLEDs free designers to make gadgets with curved screens.
It's tough to use a touch screen if it bends away from your finger. Flexible OLED screens have been demonstrated for years, but the OLED chemicals are extremely sensitive to oxygen, so they need to be completely sealed off from the air.
Volume production of flexible displays that remain airtight has so far stumped engineers. Samsung's screens aren't yet flexible enough to fold, just bend.
Samsung didn't say anything about when flexible displays might be commercialised.


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President Barack Obama says it would be wrong to boycott the Winter Olympics in Sochi despite frustrations with Russia. At a White House news conference Friday, Obama said that American athletes are training hard and it wouldn't be fair to deny them the chance to compete in the Games next February. Obama says he has been offended by Russia's new law cracking down on gay rights activism that sports officials have said would be enforced during the Games. Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has roiled the already uneasy U.S.-Russia relationship.
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One minute she was full of life. Playing with a friend on Monday afternoon, she was skipping and running like she did on her school's track, with dreams of competing in the Olympic games alive in her mind. Then she was struck and killed by a "dollar van" on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
The day after, the stunned family members of Emani Lewis, 12, gathered at her mother's Hammels apartment at 84-10 Rockaway Beach Boulevard to grieve.
The girl's mother, Tykeisha Nock, sat leaning back in a black office chair in her living room. Her stare was blank, like the rest of the faces that surrounded her. Visitors sat on a brown leather couch, some of them, beneath pictures of Emani – next to her collection of athletic trophies displayed on an end table.
"She was an angel on earth and I know she's one in Heaven," said Monique Bratton, a cousin who spoke on Nock's behalf. The family, she said, was just beginning to plan a funeral for Emani with the help of Reverend Larry Shell of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church on Beach 86 Street, and long time family friend Reverend Evan Gray of Macedonia Baptist Church in Arverne.
Emani was playing with a friend on the boulevard at about 4:20 p.m. Monday when she began crossing the street northbound. She was hit by a 1998 Ford van headed east, according to a police report. Emani was taken to Peninsula Hospital Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
A bus driver who witnessed the accident said she was devastated by what she saw. "She was happy – skipping and all that," said Irma Martinez, who was en route to Yeshiva Darchei Torah and saw Emani as she entered the street. The girl, Martinez said, crossed in front of her bus and was looking east for oncoming traffic. Emani could not have seen the van as it came from the west.
"He hit her so hard she flew up in the air," Emani's grief-stricken granduncle, Russell Bratton, told The Wave. "When her mother got there she was laying there lifeless like a rag doll."
"She was very energetic, very fast. She wanted to be a track star, to go to the Olympics," Russell said. "She was a beautiful child, a beautiful spirit. She would always spot me first," he recalled, taking a moment as he struggled to hold back tears.
But his memory of Emani's voice – how she would greet him by saying, "Hey Uncle Russell," brought his emotions to the surface, and he cried.
Police allege the driver of the van, 18-year-old Jeremy Mitchell, was not licensed to operate the vehicle. Martinez said he swerved into oncoming traffic but could not avoid hitting the girl. Mitchell was issued three summonses, according to police.
Emani's family continued to make funeral arrangements as The Wave went to press.