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COACH SWINNEY: Good to be with you guys today. We are getting ready to play a Maryland team this week that's playing with a lot of confidence, 4-1, off to an excellent start, and have had an open date to get ready for us.
So we've had to quickly put that last one to bed. We've had some tough losses here and we're trying to get back on the winning track this week. I have been real pleased with our guys. They've had the right attitudes and have practiced the right way. The leadership has been really good. So I feel good where we are right now; going into this Wednesday practice.
But we're going to have to play a very good football game to beat this team. And what they do offensively, defensively and special teams; they're very sound and very well-coached.
Q. If we could go back to last year for a second, how did you guys all have so much success against Middle Tennessee quarterback Terrell Dasher? What did you guys do?
COACH SWINNEY: We played really good on defense up front, in particular. We got after him up front and, if I remember correctly, we had some success and we scored a lot of points on offense. We had some big plays, kind of kept them off the field.
But I remember very well that ball game, saying, 'Hey, that guy is a good player.' I really felt like they were going to win a lot of games last year and I think they ended up winning ten of them. But for us, we just hit some big plays on them and we kept the ball on offense and played good, tough defense up front.
Q. Having played Georgia Tech twice last season -- and I'm sure you have watched that film quite a few times -- was there anything that they did on offense that you kind of bookmarked and said, "That's something that we should try that would work with our personnel in upcoming games"?
COACH SWINNEY: No.
Q. Three straight games now you have scored 24 points or less. What's the key to getting the offense revved up this week?
COACH SWINNEY: We've got to finish some drives, just like in the North Carolina game. Well, the Miami game we -- you know, we turned it over six times and just didn't make the rhythm. I think down there at Auburn we had an opportunity to win that game. They are a very good team obviously.
Miami, we had the turnovers and then we go up to North Carolina and really put together some good drives. I mean, eight plays, nine plays, ten plays; had an 11-play drive where we got no points. So we've just got to finish some of our drives a little bit better and focus on every play. Every play is that critical play.
But, it all starts with our running game. And we've got to be a good running football team to be able to have the success that we want to have this year.
You know, we did not run the ball as well as I would have liked us to at North Carolina. And I think that contributed. And then the biggest thing is we only had the ball for three quarters. Fourth quarter at North Carolina we had the ball one minute and 45 seconds. So we pretty much played three quarters of football. So we've got to make sure that we have the possession time. And then when we get it, finish the drives.
Q. I wanted to ask you about pass protection. You guys lead the ACC in sacks against -- or least sacks against. And, yet, it is like one sack for every 30 pass attempts, close to that. What are the factors that make good pass protection? Is that something you expect every year?
COACH SWINNEY: Good players, number one. You got to have good players up front. And, you know, a couple years ago really with the same players, we weren't very good. But they were a bunch of freshmen then. And now we have got a bunch of juniors, veterans; guys that have played. We got one senior on our offensive line. But they have played a lot of football.
They just understand, you know, what our problems are and then you have to have a quarterback that's very smart in being able to check certain protections, you know, read defenses, know where his thoughts are, getting rid of the ball, being able to work the pocket effectively, when to step up, when to flush out. All of those things are a part of good pass protection.
We have got a very savvy quarterback that doesn't take very many sacks, and we have an offensive line that's playing very, very well for us. It is a shame our record is not better than what it is right now, because our offensive line has been the most consistent group on our football team. And hopefully that will continue. They're doing a good job and they take a lot of pride in our pass protection, and that's going to have to stay that way for us to get back on track.
Q. Is it a different skill set for an offensive lineman, the guys that are good in pass protection aren't necessarily good in run?
COACH SWINNEY: No, no, no, no. We have got a good running football team. o our guys are doing a good job, run blocking and pass protection. Andre Ellington is near the top of the league, and we are pretty good at rushing the football.
So we have the skill set to do both, but you look for certain things. There is no doubt about it. If you are a balanced football team, you have to be able to do both. But your tackles, you would like for those guys to be long and they have got to be athletic; be able to really move their feet and redirect because you see so much speed coming off the edge. And then your guards, those are big, powerful guys that can; they've got to be able to handle those 300-plus pounders that play nose tackle and three technique.
So you are looking for size, mass, footwork, athleticism. And, you know, we've got a bunch of guys on our offensive line that are just good players and take a lot of pride. They're well-coached and know what they're doing.
Q. Just wondering what the difficulties were in defending a back like Johnny White who runs so hard and catches the ball so well coming out of the back field?
COACH SWINNEY: Well, that was one of the frustrating things about that game, is we did an excellent job of rush defense. I think they only rushed for, like, 90 yards the whole game and most of that came right there at the end of the game. So we did a good job. It is the best we have done all year against the rush.
And, you know, it was our best game total offense. They had 255 yards total offense. And you lose the game. That was the very frustrating part of it because we did some of the things we felt like we needed to do to win the game but yet lost.
A lot is attributed to all the penalties that we had. We had a bunch of penalties. But Johnny White is the guy. He had the big touchdown run against us and he broke a tackle. I mean, he is a powerful back. He runs very, very well behind his pads. He's quicker than you would think. And he runs determined. He is a very determined runner.
So you've got to wrap him up to get him tackled and the one big play he had on the 26-yard touchdown. We had a guy come in and just hit him hard, but he didn't wrap up. Johnny bounced off and he kept his feet. He's got good balance. So he is a good back.
I said that going into the game. I thought he was as good as anybody we played. I still feel the same. I think we did a good job for the most part in the game.
Q. You alluded earlier to your running game. I was wondering, do you have a specific plan as to how you use Ellington or Harper or do you go with the hot hand kind of situation?
COACH SWINNEY: Well, Andre is the starter. We came into the season with -- based on where they were in practice because. Both of them had great camps and really played well. Jamie was the leading rusher in the first game. And they will get tired and tap themselves out and rotate, and we were kind of trying to keep it fairly balanced.
But over the last couple games, Andre Ellington has been more productive. So he'll have more opportunities to touch the ball moving forward. Now, that doesn't mean Jamie is not going to play. Jamie Harper has to play and help us win. He has just got to be a little more productive with his touches than he has been in the last couple games.
So this game will be more slanted toward Andre Ellington, and we'll go from there.
Q. When you have two guys like that, is it tough to juggle in playing time to keep a rhythm? Some guys -- I don't know if either one of your two guys are -- need to carry the ball 20, 25 times to get that rhythm and get into the game.
COACH SWINNEY: Most teams nowadays, they play more than one back. But I think Andre is a guy that with whatever reps he gets, he's productive. Whether it is 14 or it is 25 or whatever, he has just been very productive. And that's the main thing to me, is the guy that's producing the most should get the most opportunities.
You know, we went into it with an idea of, "hey, let's keep it balanced" because we felt like they were both performing well. And, you know, I do think that if you get in the game and one of them gets the hot hand, even if it is Jamie, then that's who you go with. So everything can change at any time.
But we'll go into it this week with our plan, making sure that Ellington is the featured guy.
COACH FRIEDGEN: We are preparing for a very talented team in Clemson. They've had three very tough games, but they have a wealth of talent and are playing very, very well and we're expecting a very tough game. We'll open it up to questions.
Q. I wanted to ask, coming off an off week, how did you put that to use? And do you think, you know -- was there anything you needed to correct that you did correct?
COACH FRIEDGEN: Well, we tried to correct it. We'll find out if things are corrected. We spent a lot of time on fundamentals because we were fairly beat up. I had to get kids well, and, yet, we still had to get better. That was the task.
And so I didn't do a lot of physical stuff, but I did a lot of individual fundamental work with positions and we did work some against each other: We worked on kickoff returns, which needs to get better. We tried to focus in on third down; things that we're not doing as well as I think we should and try to improve in those areas.
Q. You won against Duke because you won the turnover battle and you made the big plays in the kicking game but were outgained by 100 yards or so. Is that a game that's easier to build on and fix things than one where you physically dominate and just control?
COACH FRIEDGEN: I knew Duke was a very good team. Especially, I thought they were an excellent team offensively. I thought they played very well against us, like I knew they would. I have a lot of respect for Coach Cutcliffe and his program.
One of the things I thought we did, though, in the last two games, that we didn't do last year is we were able to finish games and compete. And so I think you take that from the game, too.
I didn't think we played our best, especially in the first half. And any time you're not playing your best, and still come away with a win, that's a good night. Those were the things I was pleased about.
We've got to continue to keep our turnover ratio going the way it's going. I think that's a very big factor in winning football games.
Q. What's your plan for how you are going to use your quarterbacks this week?
COACH FRIEDGAN: Well, both will play. We haven't decided on who will start yet, but both will play.
Q. Are you looking at this Clemson game -- I mean, are you curious just how good your team is this year, and do you learn that this week?
COACH FRIEDGEN: Well, you know, the last time we were away, we didn't do very well against West Virginia. And I am hopeful we will handle the crowd noise better than we did then; hopefully we will learn from that experience.
I think we will find just where we are, going against a Clemson team that I know will be ready to play. It is a very important game for them as it is for us.
Q. You said a couple questions ago how one thing you didn't do last year, that you are doing the last couple weeks is finishing these games. What's the difference? What's the different ingredient this team has that's allowed you to win some of these close games that you weren't winning last year? I know it was a point of emphasis before the season. But what's the difference allowing you to finish?
COACH FRIEDGEN: I hope some of it is maturity. I think it is confidence, the fact that you do push through and are able to win the game like we did at Navy and Florida International and then
at Duke. So I think that's a learning process.
Last year we didn't do it, and this year we are. We are also not turning the ball over like we did, especially in the early part of last year. The first half of last season, we lost a lot of games by that.
Q. Kind of a follow-up from the last question. Ralph, you hear people talking about teams having to learn how to win. Do you subscribe to that? And if so, how close is your team to learning to win?
COACH FRIEDGEN: You know, I think each game is a learning experience. You know, when you have positive learning experiences, I think it accelerates the learning curve. When you have a negative one, I think it delays it.
Every good team that I have been associated with has had a confidence that good things were going to happen to you down the stretch. And sometimes you got to make that happen with how well you play.
But to me, if you don't do the things that get yourself beat--penalties, turnovers, sacks, dropped passes--then you give yourself a chance to win and that's how confidence is built, in my opinion.
Q. Do you feel like your team is starting to get to that point now?
COACH FRIEDGEN: I think we're in another stage right now. We got to learn how to win on the road. I think that's a very important part if you are going to have a good football season. And we are going to get a very big test of that this week and next week when we go to Boston College. So, I think we need to be able to take strides when that happens. Then, we will start to grow as a football team.
Q. What kind of coverage is Torrey Smith drawing and what is he doing to beat that? He is averaging almost 24 yards a catch.
COACH FRIEDGEN: Well, Torrey has been getting a lot of double coverages. When he made a couple big plans up at West Virginia, they started what we call clouding the coverage or rolling the corner up and putting a safety behind him.
We are trying to move him around some to make that a little more difficult. But they are going to be able to double him. It is a matter of other guys making plays to help offset that.
Q. Coach, you've had some success with big plays this year. Does that become self-fulfilling? Does it create a momentum in guys just trying to outdo each other? Or has it just been one of those flukey things?
COACH FRIEDGEN: I think we have some weapons, guys that make plays, guys on both sides of the ball. I think what we need to be better at is maintaining the momentum and making the easy plays; keeping us away from third and extra long and try to build some drives. If we do that and we're on the field longer, then we'll get more big plays because we'll have more opportunities.
But right now we haven't done a very good job of time of possession and our time on the field is limited. And, yet, we're still making big plays. If we can correct that other part, I think we can have a lot of big plays.
Q. You have had some success against these guys in recent years. What do you think, is there any trend there or anything that you have figured out about them?
COACH FRIEDGEN: No. (Chuckles).
We have been very fortunate. I think it is a tough place to play, but I think it is a great place to play also. I think the fans are very enthusiastic, but I think they are good fans. I know the people that go and travel to the game are always -- say how well they are treated and, yet, they are very supportive of their team.
And it is just -- you know, we have just been fairly fortunate to eek out a win. It has always been a close game. I hope we can keep it going, but it won't be easy.
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Yesterday our family engaged in a yearly tradition that is not exactly timeless—we purchased our 2016 calendars.
As I browsed the mall kiosk I wondered what I wanted to spend the next year looking at. Obviously a calendar is great for keeping one organized, but the pictures have a way of thematically inspiring that organization. I wanted a series of pictures or themes that would correlate with what I want to do or be about this year. But what theme would help me bide my time and steer my year?
I ignored the calendars of swimsuit models; fantasies, especially corrupting ones, are not a good way to start a year fresh. Since cars are depreciating transportation boxes, I ignored the car calendars also. If I want to look at a dog, I would purchase a bulldog and name him Winston; so no dog calendars. And having a movie calendar is a great way to eventually hate the movie, so I wasted no time there, either.
I did, however, spend some time considering the location calendars. Perhaps one of Ireland to wet my thirst for the Emerald Isle; or possibly one of Germany to appreciate my ancestral heritage. Maybe the Wisconsin calendar to keep connected to home; or the Milwaukee calendar for a mixture of home and heritage. Maybe the Great Lakes calendar to remember my Michigan roots. Or perhaps just a calendar of America's most scenic landscapes.
Though I most leaned toward the Ireland calendar, ultimately these location themes weren't doing it for me. Like Gandalf said, "The world is not in your books and maps [or calendars]; it's out there." If I want to see places, I'll try to visit them. If I want 2016 to be a year of substance, it will depend on what I do.
The calendar I eventually chose featured a fine selection of Vincent Van Gogh paintings; he's my favorite painter. I chose it because I want 2016 to be a year of creativity. Every time I see it this year, I want to be reminded that life and beauty is significantly seen in what we make. Van Gogh took everyday scenes and depicted them in a way that, um, made an impression. He showed how the average is astounding.
Whether creativity lets us bring something to life or awaken others to life, it certainly enables us to encounter life. I want to fill my 2016 with that kind of creativity.
I don't know what theme will steer your year, but get one, because life is not about nothing. I hope your theme moves you to dig deep into yourself, mining for golden treasures just waiting to be discovered and shared.
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I Like Batman because I am just a man. I don't have Superpowers, industry contacts or big fancy equipment to tell my story...I have the story.
I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in my early twenties. Half of me lives in a dark cave beneath my home.
Back in 1989, I was a shy twelve year old boy who's parents were getting divorced. I had no friends, played no sports and wasn't really all that good in school. Like so many other fans, the first film was a big deal to me. It was the first movie I had ever seen in a theater and the first time I can remember being intrigued, amazed, and well...interested in anything.
Looking back, I think what attracted me to the film was the way Michael Keaton played the character. I identified with the battle that was going on inside of Bruce Wayne. He seemed neurotic, distracted, obsessed and lost. He had no friends and blamed himself for the loss of his family. I was young, but I recognized all of that immediately...it was me.
Without medication, my mind goes so fast that my thoughts have thoughts of their own and my body is frantically along for the ride. Whether it's days or weeks, sooner or later, somehow reality always manages to get out front of me and build a nice big wall for me to run into. I always hit it.
Even with pills I often feel cloudy and heavy. My arms and legs ache and I can't concentrate or think straight. Sometimes I have a very hard time getting out of bed and I have absolutely no motivation to do anything at all.
From Batman, I learned to turn a defect into a virtue. Bruce Wayne uses his anger and fear to do something positive with his life and give it meaning. Batman has said "The world only makes sense when you force it to."
I now produce my own offbeat educational videos about mental illness, like this one. I am a patient who wants those who are suffering to know that they are not alone.
Like bats, there are many negative portrayals of people with Bipolar Disorder on TV and in the media. Neither of us are blind, or rodents, or a menace to society. Bats are necessary for the environment by killing pests and pollinating plants, and some of the worlds most famous entertainers are manic depressives. These include Frank Sinatra, Jim Carey, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Burgess Meredith, who played The Penguin.
Like the 14 mile drive from The Batcave to Gotham City, the road to stability and understanding is not a short one and at thirty- five years old, I'm still on it.
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TORONTO — Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Pascal Siakam added 14 points and a career-high six assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks 113-88 on Thursday night.
New York played its first game since losing All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis to a torn left ACL in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee.
Serge Ibaka and Jakob Poeltl scored 13 points, Delon Wright and C.J. Miles each had 11, and Fred VanVleet added 10 as the Raptors won their fifth straight home meeting with the Knicks. Michael Beasley scored 21 points for New York.
MAGIC 100, HAWKS 98: Evan Fournier scored 22 points, D.J. Augustin added 16 points and nine assists, and Orlando held on to beat visiting Atlanta.
Marreese Speights added 14 points and Jonathon Simmons had 13 for the Magic.
Maurean Prince and Dennis Schroder led the Hawks with 19 points apiece.
MAVERICKS: Guard Seth Curry underwent season-ending surgery for a stress fracture in his lower left leg and is expected to resume full activities within three months.
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JACOPO DA PONTE BASSANO (1510-1592), Venetian painter, was born at Bassano. He was educated by his father, who was himself an artist, and then completed his studies at Venice. On the death of his father he returned to Bassano and settled there. His subjects were generally peasants and villagers, cattle and landscapes, with some portraits and historical designs. His figures are well designed, and his animals and landscapes have an agreeable air of simple nature. His compositions, though they have not much eloquence or grandeur, have abundance of force and truth; the local colours are well observed, the flesh-tints are fresh and brilliant, and his chiaroscuro and perspective are unexceptionable. He is said to have finished a great number of pictures; but his genuine works are somewhat Tare and valuable—many of those which are called originals being copies either by the sons of Bassano or by others. Bassano's style varied considerably during his lifetime. He naturally was at first a copier of his father, but his productions in this style are not of great value. He was then strongly attracted by the lightness and beautiful colouring of Titian, and finally adopted the style which is recognized as his own. Although he painted few great pictures, and preferred humble subjects, yet his altar-piece of the Nativity at Bassano is estimated highly by the best judges, and in Lanzi's opinion is the finest work of its class.End of Article: JACOPO DA PONTE BASSANO (1510-1592)
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John McDonnell has come under fire after reading out a quote from the founder of communist China during his response to George Osborne's Spending Review.
The shadow chancellor brandished a copy of Chairman Mao Tse-tung's Little Red Book as he criticised the statement in the House of Commons.
The stunt by the veteran left-winger, who admitted that the tome was "rarely" deployed in the chamber, was greeted with dismay by Labour figures.
Backbencher John Woodcock referenced the lyrics to the Beatles song Revolution, tweeting: "If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao ... "
The next line is: "You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow."
Former home office minister Tony McNulty appeared similarly unimpressed: "Whoever said 'I know, let's see if we can get a quote from Mao's little Red Book to accentuate point' probably shouldn't have done. Really?"
Taking to the despatch box in the wake of Mr Osborne's joint Spending Review and Autumn Statement, Mr McDonnell joked about the sale of public assets to the Chinese government.
"To assist Comrade Osborne about dealing with his new found comrades, I have brought him along Mao's Little Red Book," he went on.
"Let me quote from Mao, rarely done in this chamber, 'We must learn to do economic work from all who know how'.
"'No matter who they are, we must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously. But we must not pretend to know what we do not know'."
"I thought it would come in handy for you in your new relationship."
Amid roars from Tory MPs, Mr Osborne said: "So the shadow chancellor literally stood at the Despatch Box and read out from Mao's Little Red Book."
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Sip with lime on the side no salt for something this special. I have never seen this tequila in the states this was purchased on vacation in Pueto Vallarta. Flavor? Very agave - if that is a description :)
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Hello everyone---What a great year this has been so far for most of us here in Texas. Our bees have prospered and are healthy. We have had good rains this year to provide an abundance of flora for the bees. If the condition can hold out, then we can hope for a good fall crop that will take our bees through the winter months.
During this month we should be making sure that our hives are strong. We should also be taking a mite count to ensure that the hives are healthy. If need be, powdered sugar dusting should be done once a week for a minimum of 3 weeks to cover the entire brood cycle. If done during the first week of this month, you will be completed by the start of the fall flow. Have a great month and be sure to contact me if you have any questions or any "good" news you would like me too share with the other members. Dennis
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We have a special treat this month for all the members. "Michael Young" who is one of our members and is located in "Northern Ireland" has written a brief history of beekeeping in his country and in his bee yard. He has also sent us a few pictures which have been posted below. Enjoy the presentation and if you have any questions or comments about the contents please email Michael. His info is listed on the club membership list. Give him a big "Thank You" for all his efforts.
Michael Young
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Well Dennis I had a great day today with my bees this afternoon dodging between showers under the trees, what weather we have had these last few days. There is an old English custom "if it rains on the 15th July we will have showers for 40 days, so far it has. My humblest and greetings to you all my chemical free beekeeper friends this is coming from Michael across the big pond, up here in the North of Ireland. As I write to you my bees are foraging for nectar from the lime trees and some are working the Himalayan Balsam. I know you have Lime (Linden) or is it known as bass wood in your parts. I am not sure if you have Himalayan Balsam though. Both excellent honeys we all know how good the Lime is it would be one of my favourites the Balsam is truly another great honey tastes a little like vanilla ice cream. This plant is an invasive species nick name (Policeman's Helmet or poor mans orchid) introduced many, many years ago in the United Kingdomand Irelandby those Victorian travellers. Grows everywhere, mind you it's not as bad as your Kudzu that stuff is worse than Orson Welles traffics that grows everywhere even in your hair!, I do believe the horses are fed up with eating the stuff there so much of it. I have had the pleasure of tasting the honey given to me from a beekeeper Jimmy Carmack who lives in Alabama. Kudzu is another of my favourite flavours and a stunning colour at the edges.
Ireland has not many commercial beekeepers I think two only the rest are all hobbyists. Around 1500 beekeepers in the North of Ireland and you could easily double that number in the South. The last few years we have been averaging 50lb per hive maximum due to the awful wet weather we have had. The dominated bee is black and as wicked as my mother in law. The Irish Native bee was not always wicked I believe its only happened this last 25 years or so possible for reasons of in breeding purely just to the fact that that this island is very small and over the years its only natural that the bees have become to close over a matter of time. It's also my belief that we don't have many beekeepers who breed queens and with only just one serious queen breeder. Unfortunately the island has been saturated with this line for over 30 years and we all know what happens to a line of species that is bred after 20 yrs don't we! Bobs your Uncle you guessed it "to close of a family and a very weak gene pool". It is most interesting to see that one of the side effects of a weak gene pool is chalk brood and it is in strong evidence. Imports have started coming in to Irelandand again once we get the Native Irish bee crossed with a Carnolian or such "wow you better hide". On the brighter side I do believe the best bees in Ireland are from Donegal right at the North end of Ireland. Know they are really good bees, I am lucky to have a blood line from them.
I keep my bees chemical free however most beekeepers are using Apistan, Bavoral and Apivar for medication and control of the mite. Some are using essential oils and oxalic acid you can actually smell the Apistan, Bavoral when you enter an apiary that these medications are being used. Quite a number of mites are resistance to these chemicals anyhow so they don't really have too much effect on the mite.
We have the usual diseases AFB, EFB, Varroasis. Varroa Jacobonsi as it was known then arrived in the early 90's. There is not so much of the CCD like you have the closest to that is when the Varroa arrived we had lots of the Marie Celeste syndrome. Varroa Destructor as it is known today is still hard on our heels and the bees seem to be able to tolerate it a little better than at first but still our number one threat.
AFB these past few years has popped up more than usual. I truly believe that this is due to a weakness in our bees' small genetic gene pool. This will certainly add to the bees inability of being more resistant to fighting off diseases. Plus the fact that there are a few beekeepers out there who still think they can cure AFB with a magic wand or asking the fairies to do it by putting a cauldron of milk under the hive!.
My apiary is situated at the Malone Golf Club were I work in the evening and most weekends as the Executive Chef for my sins or my four lovely daughters. I teach Hospitality in the day at the Belfast Metropolitan College. The apiary is in a prime location for nectar with beautiful surroundings. I kept them in the open field perfectly set and disciplined like a regiment of soldiers the way I like it. The apiary was near the tow path of the local river where many people walk up and down waving as they passed and shouting "how are the bees". A beautiful spot where the sun warms the hives up every morning and stays with them all day.
For a year they were fine there minding there own business living in pure harmony, until one day they were vandalised by being kicked over,I managed to get them back together but after that mishap I moved them into a wooden glen 600 yards away, mind you I had to take them home for a week and back. Well I must say they are in there under the trees in this beautiful setting rough, rugged and pure nature. Nothing is the way it is supposed to be. Nothing is the way we are told how to keep bees. If you walk without care you will trip over a root or something and break your neck. Turn around to quick and you get snacked in the face by a branch. Yet it is the first time in my beekeeping career that I have noticed the bees are truly happy in amongst all those trees.
It's the strangest feeling. I can sit and watch them for hours "oh only if I had time".
I keep my bees in Langstroth hives I do prefer the eight frames Langstroth hives though. Incidentally so do the bees. I have tried every hive available and the Langstroth wins thumbs up. Unfortunately if you want a fight at any beekeeping club talk over here just whisper that the Langstroth hive being the best, its unlikely you will get out alive, in fact my advice would be to make your will before you do. I think there are only ten of us beekeepers in Irelandusing the Langstroth hives, and very few in UK. So it just shows you who the real beekeepers are doesn't it. The rest use the National Bee Hive. A horrid little hive, I used them for four years until I wised up. It is worth having AFB in one of these hives just to burn them. I can't stand these hives, cumbersome small and horrible to work with, yet 90% of UKbeekeepers use them, so sad.
I will be at the Eastern Apicultural Society conference held in Boone in August. The greatest beekeeping show on earth well worth a visit the programme is stunning. The programme boasts some of the finest speakers in the world on the latest and up to date topics on apiculture. See http://www.easternapiculture.org/ I will be talking on mead. I love mead so much that I am addicted to the stuff at the moment I have about 300 gallons I can't stop making it. Today I made 20 litres of Coffee mead and 20ltrs of Kiwi, one of my best mead I made was liquorice, a real cracker I had the pleasure to be invited to His Royal Highness Prince Charles Banquet where one of my students poached some rhubarb in the liquorice mead and it tasted just like heaven.
The Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers conference is held in October we always have a wonderful time and all of you are more than welcome to join us, so come on and put your feet up, but I must warn you bring your wellies and umbrellas, see inibeekeepers.com
Me working my bees.
Me preparing to move the bees.
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I was wondering what you all do to get rid of wax moth. I cleaned the super/brood chamber & frames with hot water with a very small amount of Clorox. Will this be enough or is there something else that needs to be done. we are hoping to rescue a local bee hive and need to use these components for the hive to place the rescued hive into, but did not want to endanger rescued hive.
Thanks for you input.
Terria Schmidt
Corpus Christi, Tx
Hello Terria,
The easiest and safest way to take care of wax moths in a few frames would be to place the hive parts in a freezer for 24 hours. This will kill the larva and eggs. Then you can place these parts into a hive and the bees will clean it out for you. How did you find us here at Lone Star Farms? Dennis
I pulled my sticky boards this morning to get a final mite count. My conclusion is this;
For the powdered sugar dusting to be most effective, you should dust once a week for 3 weeks instead of every 2 weeks for 6 weeks like the books tell you to do. When you dust once a week for 3 weeks you are able to cover all the hatching brood during that period. This will catch most of the new mites before they move into a ready to cap cell. If the queen laid eggs for a couple of days and then stopped for a few days, then the dusting every 2 week period would be more effective. But as we all know, the queen lays all day every day so dusting once a week for 3 weeks will cover the whole brood cycle thus eliminating more of the mite population.
My experiment was too find out if powdered sugar was really effective and I found that if it is applied once a week for 3 weeks then it is effective. However, here at Lone Star Farms we are all about raising bees that can take care of themselves without any chemical treatments or any extra work. So we are convinced that using a hygienic queen from the start and making sure that the queens are marked so that we know the queen we placed into the hive is the right queen is the way to go. If the bees replace the queen or if the hive swarms then we replace the new queen with a hygienic queen. Dennis
Hey Dennis,
How are your bees?
I got booted off the organic beekeeping discussion group for insisting that AHB is real and not invented by the media. For what it's worth, this group informs me that the second generation of Russian hybrids are known to be highly defensive when open mated with any bee, not just AHB. It infuriated me that most of these people raised bees in areas that never have and never will see AHB, yet they kept insisting that AHB was either made up by a conspiracy or otherwise not a factor. They are dogmatic about feral breeding and don't want to know anything that would make that incompatible with reality.
Well I took the shallow back off a week or so ago. They seemed to have stopped drawing, and they were continuing to mine the foundation from the shallow. I dug through and found several frames they had not drawn out in the deeps. Something like two frames undrawn in the bottom deep and another in the top deep. Lots of honey in the top deep, lots of pollen, and lots of older brood. Also lots of empty cells in the central brood frames. I didn't have enough light to check for eggs but I'm sure those cells have eggs. But it has been a while since I've seen my queen.
I need to conduct a thorough search because they have really changed temperament. Their movements are fast and jittery, just itching to sting. That put me in mind to start back with the sugar water. Despite the rain from Alex and now this next depression, we are not in a real flow at this point. I still see plenty of pollen going in, but I think nectar is less prevalent with the heat and humidity. According to the NASA web site, there is plenty of forage—alfalfa May-September, Bee Balm May-August, Mesquite May-July, Tamarisk May-August, clover through October, vetch through September, mimosa, etc. But my eyes tell me either the bees aren't finding much or they are cranky for another reason.
So anyway, yesterday I cooked up a new batch of sugar syrup and attempted to put the feeder on. As has been my practice lately, I did not fire up the smoker, I just put on the suit and cracked it open. I was only taking the outer cover off and adding the hive-top feeder, and thought surely I didn't need to smoke for that. The bees thought differently. I wasn't wearing gloves, and as soon as I opened the cover (before I could even set it down) I had three stings on my hands. I actually ran, and I was chased. I lost them about 300 yards away and came back. Then I put on gloves and finished the job. My hands are really swollen and itchy today.
Something else is that I saw the same watery brown cells in the honey comb. Looks like cola with little maggots in it. Will try to take a picture. I think it could be SHB larvae but don't know what that looks like. Do you have a good picture of their larval stage?
Will report what I find. Hope you are doing well… --Jim
Hello Jim,
Good to hear from you. My bees are doing very well. I have been doing some requeening. That African hive was broken down into 3 parts each given a new queen. Two parts stuck but one part didn't so I stacked it on top of a hive that needed a little boost. I used the newspaper system. Did you see the picture of the stingers in my boots? Sorry you got booted off the organic beekeeping club. There is a lot of diversity in the beekeeping world and people should learn too be more open minded and not try to make everyone conform to their way of thinking and their bad habits. If you want to believe that there are African bees in the USA, it's ok with me because for one thing, I believe it as well. If I didn't believe it then that should be ok to.
Sounds like your hive has requeened itself. Right now in mid July would be a great time to requeen your hive. You would have a young queen that would take the hive through winter and spring.
It is somewhat unusual that you would have to feed your bees at this time. You didn't remove any honey from the hive this season. Sounds more like to me that your location is short on good foliage for the bees. They should have filled up several boxes with brood and honey by now.
Have you seen any SHB running around in your hive? You should not be seeing the condition you are seeing if the hive was strong. Dennis
Hi Dennis,
I just took down my swarm traps and only 1 had a very small swarm (less than 100 bees) I moved them to a hive reduced in size inside but the left anyway. I did not even see any swarms this year the drought in the spring I guess. A Brazilian beekeeper I know has moved to CA but, he was telling me that in Brazil some beekeepers add egg yolk (good source of protein) to their sugar syrup when starting a new hive, have you heard of that and do you know anyone who does this? I haven't extracted yet this year I'm still waiting for at least a week with no chance of rain. Stephen Magyar
Hello Stephen,
I picked up several swarms this year. Several more than past years. I think the feral bees are finally making a return. I have not heard of using an egg yoke. I either leave on or feed honey back to my bees. My location also offers the bees a lot of pollen sources. How did your bees do this year as far as honey surplus goes? How are your honey sales going? Dennis
Hi Dennis:
I have been really surprised by the number of "help me" emails that various beekeeping clubs I belong to have been getting this June and July. Some are for swarms, but most are for colonies found in hollow trees and structures. I helped a neighbor remove a hive from a hollow inside his eaves last week. It was filled with beautiful comb, healthy bees and tons of honey. Unfortunately, I was unable to save the bees – though I got most of them out, they did not survive the move and I never did find the queen. Mostly, the drones survived to the very end! Do you know of any way to use such bees and messed up comb to start a new hive?
The homeowner did extract some honey by essentially draining the comb.
This is obviously not a priority, though I got two calls today from friends who have natural hives they want removed. I'm hesitant to help them try to save the bees when I really don't know how.
Thanks, Molly
Hello Molly,
I received your class registration a moment ago. You will enjoy this class. It is good to hear that so many people are seeing or finding feral bees. I think that the feral bee population is slowly coming back. That is a good sign.
I would always advise and agree for you to pick up swarms but I won't agree with picking up established hives. ( colonies with comb. ) There is always a risk of bringing diseases home to your hives. Most bee diseases are associated with brood comb. I personally don't bring any brood comb into my bee yard unless I am absolutely sure that the comb is disease free. That is the most likely way a beekeeper can spread bee diseases into and around their yard.
My advise to you would be to stick with swarms and leave the established hive out of your bee yard. If you ever work anybody else's/feral hives with your hive tool or gloves, you should shove your hive tool into your hot smoker and scorch it real good. Your gloves should be at the very least cleaned with soap/bleach water solution. It is best to have an extra set of tools/equipment that you use outside your own yard. Dennis
Thank you for asking. I had a new package I installed the 1st of May. I ran into a wax moth issue about a month ago. I did everything I could, from freezing frames and checking the hive every other day to get rid of moths and larvae. A week ago they completely left the hive and took all the honey with them. I understand what happened and realize now what not to do the next time. Still on a learning curve and looking for a new hive.
Sincerely, Linda
Sorry to hear that. Any time you have a problem or a question please contact me. I will help you if I can. It sounds like your hive got weak for some reason. If you can, try to make it to some of my classes. I have a real important class coming up on August 7 if you can make it. Check the website often for information. Dennis
Where are you located and again what is the web site? Yes it did get weak. I misunderstood a group of beekeepers talking about moving frames around in the hive. Being a new bee keeper I moved the brood frames (thinking they were honey only) to the outside of the hive placing the center with empty. It was right after that I saw wax moths. I think I stressed them out and they could not protect the entrance as well, thus leaving it vulnerable to predators. I also had a 2 supers that were with frames in them so a lot of the bees were up there patrolling. I was feeding my bees so I know starvation was not a problem. I guess, I had to learn the hard way, but none the less, a lesson well learned. May this lesson may help another new one like me. Do you know anyone that wants bees removed? I will do a cut out. I do so not want to do a trap because I do not know how to do that. Thank you, Linda
The website is www.lonestarfarms.net. The classes and the directions are all listed. I would recommend that you buy an established hive from someone that you can trust not to have disease. Whenever you remove bees you never know weather or not they have disease. The best way is to buy a package because it doesn't contain any comb. Most diseases are located in the comb and not on the bees themselves. It is too late to start a hive this way at this time of the year.
I would recommend that you spend the rest of this year learning as much as you can about beekeeping and getting your hives and equipment ready for the spring. If at any time you have questions or concerns, you should contact me. That is why I started this club of which you are a member. Members helping members. Take a look at the membership list and locate other members in your area and contact them. They will be agood resource. Dennis
Hey Guy's,
How are those Magnolia bees doing? Did they make any honey for you this year? Dennis
Hi Dennis.
Yes, our bees did us proud. For our first honey extraction ever, we were able to garner about 45 lbs from two honey supers. We were so pleased. The honey is delicious and we can't give it to our friends fast enough - they LOVE it.
It was a lot of work, but we worked together and got it done in an afternoon. I don't know that we would have wanted to do any more than two honey supers with our two-frame extractor . . . But our capping tank served us well; everything worked splendidly.
We are SOO grateful that we came across your class and that Stephen was able to attend. He came home with so much useful knowledge that truly eased our extracting experience.
Thank you so much for checking in. I am sure Stephen will see you again. He mentioned wanting to eventually attend your ReQueening class. Take care, Jennifer and Stephen Richardson
You did do well on your first time. I am real happy that your bees are doing so good. Keep enjoying those bees. Dennis
Hey Dennis,
I just wanted to show you some bees that I went to get last night from a bird house that someone had called in. I decided to leave them in the bird house and build a box around them later with a hive and frames on top. Any way they decided that they wanted to come out on the porch and see what was going on. I hope that they are not trying to swarm on me. They have been like this all day. They are on top of a 3" circle hole. No telling how many are inside. The box weighed about 40-50 lbs.
Check out the attached pictures. What is your opinion? Are they trying to swarm? They were balled up about a third this size before I pulled them out of the tree and moved them. I smoked them to get them to go back inside and moved them after dark hoping all would be home.
Mark Hunt
This is a great picture. I am not sure if the bird house is sitting in the chair or if the chair is sitting on the bird house. I guess it depends on which end you put up. I will post this one on the "Cub News" tomorrow evening.
You will know if they like this arrangement in a couple of days. Thanks for sharing. Dennis
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Snap-Dragon-Fly is a Chain with a Legal Contract to The General that chased after Oz and Alice (in her B-Rabbit form) when they infiltrated Pandora's Headquarters by mistake.
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Oz and Alice (in her B-Rabbit form) are teleported to Pandora's Headquarters rather than the Rainsworth estate by Equus. When they arrive, they find themselves standing on a table in the center of the meeting room between The Four Great Dukes, with many Pandora members now protecting the Dukes. Duke Bernard Nightray steps forward and accuses Oz and Alice of being assassins sent to eliminate the Four Great Dukes, subsequently ordering members of Pandora not to let them get away.
The General leads this front, summoning Snap-Dragon-Fly alongside him as the numerous members of Pandora chase Oz and Alice through Pandora's Headquarters. When Oz and Alice are cornered, The General stands by with Snap-Dragon-Fly, as does another member of Pandora and their Chain, Rocking-Horse-Fly. Oz notes how terrifying the two Chains look, and Alice suggests just killing them, but Oz absolutely forbids it because he's afraid of making matters worse. A voice within Oz's head tells him to change Alice back to her human form so that their opponents would fear them less, reminding Oz that he had done exactly this before when facing William West and Grim. Oz tells the voice that he was only desperate back then, but when The General hears this, he tells Oz to stop mumbling to himself, having Snap-Dragon-Fly spew forth violet flames, which narrowly miss Oz and Alice because Alice pulled Oz out of the way. Snap-Dragon-Fly recoils after the attack, then The General tells Oz and Alice that they are fools for trying to take the lives of the Four Great Dukes, once again sending Snap-Dragon-Fly over his head to attack Oz and Alice.
The voice within Oz's head materializes and pushes Oz back so that he could take charge of the situation. Meanwhile, Alice has become fed up with Oz's order not to hurt their attackers, and vows to make them all the victims of her scythe. The voice simply tells Alice no and changes her back into her human form. This spreads confusion among the ranks of Pandora who had laid witness to Alice's transformation, even Snap-Dragon-Fly appears to be confused as it has stopped dead in its tracks and no longer proceeds with its attack. However The General is not convinced, telling the other Pandora members that even though her appearance had changed, she was still the dreaded B-Rabbit. The General runs up the stairs that Oz was on, intending to restrain both him and Alice as soon as possible. Unfortunately for The General, the voice within Oz's head had taken over his body at this point, and orders The General not to touch him before kicking The General down the flight of stairs. The voice within Oz's head announces to the Pandora members before him that he was Jack Vessalius, spreading awe throughout the crowd. Sometime before this, Snap-Dragon-Fly has appeared to fade back into the body of its contractor.
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- The General makes no kind of indications that Snap-Dragon-Fly was his Chain, unlike in the manga where it is seen taking orders only from The General.
- What would have been The General's Snap-Dragon-Fly is killed by Alice before Jack projected himself through Oz, alongside Rocking-Horse-Fly.
- Snap-Dragon-Fly is a generic Chain species in the Anime with contracts to all generic Pandora members, as shown in Episode 24: Kyrie when numerous Snap-Dragon-Flies and Rocking-Horse-Flies save Gilbert Nightray, Sharon Rainsworth and Xerxes Break during the Chain invasion, as well as attempt to aid in the attack on Jabberwock when it appears. Unfortunately, Jabberwock kills all of the Snap-Dragon-Flies and Rocking-Horse-Flies before they can attack.
Snap-Dragon-Fly appears to be identical to the insect species which it was inspired by (see Trivia for more information). The thorax of the Chain appears to be made iut of plum pudding, with six jagged green wings that are remniscent of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy. It also has a long serpentine tail, which doesn't resemble its Wonderland counterpart's stem-like tail.
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- Shooting out streams of violet flames.
- The Snap-Dragon-Fly Chain was based off of an insect species, called 'Snap-Dragon-Fly', from "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There", and it appears to be identical in appearance to its inspiration.
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|Gilbert Nightray • Alice • Sharon Rainsworth • Reim Lunettes • The General • Turner
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"A New Direction"
Christy Reclined" Oil 15"x24"
For a long time now I have wanted to do more figurative work, I used to drive to Tulsa on Thursday evening's to attend life drawing. I loved it, but it's at night 45 miles away and ok, I did it for years, but boy, it gets tough. So I hired a model to come to me. I may be a little tentative in this piece but I am pleased with it. What do you think? I welcome your coments.
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OMG, Anne, this painting is lovely. Well done. Sure glad I know you!
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It's beautiful!
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Generally, patients who experience blurry vision within days of taking metformin report of no similar cases after a month as they disappear.
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In 1938 Hilda Morris moved to Spokane to work in the sculpture department of the WPA Art Center. She headed the Federal Art Project in Seattle in 1940-1941 where she met and married a young painter, Carl Morris. By this time she had gained international fame as a sculptor. They moved to Portland in 1941 and she joined the staff of the Museum Art School where she taught until 1943. She began exhibiting paintings including watercolors that served as studies for sculpture. The importance of angle and stroke was demonstrated both in her sculpture and her painting. Her later sumi ink work shows strong Asian influence. "What counts is the initial gesture." She favored root-like shapes and the circle as subjects. Titles "ancient" and "primal" often appear. She and her husband Carl won the Governor's Award for the Arts in 1985.
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We don't recommend mandating gifts or parties, but Boss's Day is a good time to acknowledge a simple truth: Being the boss can suck.
An elevated title usually comes with elevated pressure. Research from Columbia University showed that managers were 50 percent more likely than blue-collar workers to report symptoms of depression. A study of 3,000 managers in Norway identified their four most significant stressors to the position:
- The job itself – the work requirements facing the manager;
- The emotional strain – anxiety and fatigue;
- How to handle increasingly challenging work – more projects, harder projects or longer hours;
- Conflicts between the demands of work and family/leisure.
From our experience, we'd add a few more to the list:
- Management is lonely. You can't get too close to your direct reports, so depending on the size of the organization, managers may lack friendships or social bonds at work.
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It's no wonder, then, that two-thirds of workers say they don't want to be in management.
Being the boss is hard, depressing, lonely and nonstop. So forget the balloons and cake: What should we do, on Boss's Day and every day, to acknowledge the individuals we have entrusted to lead us?
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"Game of Thrones" Season 7 has been packed with first-time meetings and awkward reunions, and it sounds like another return may be happening in Episode 5, "Eastwatch."
We've been waiting to see Gendry again after he was left rowing -- and rowing, and rowing -- in the Season 3 finale. Actor Joe Dempsie was seen in Belfast during Season 7 filming, and he showed up to the Season 7 premiere to confirm his return this year, so his Gendry has been expected on screen at any time.
IMDb posted his name in the credits for Episode 5, leaving some fans to think that's when Gendry returns. Dempsie's listing has been deleted, but here's a screen cap from Cosmo:
Anyone can edit IMDb, so it's not an official confirmation, but considering all of the leaks out there -- from months ago to just recently -- it's possible that someone added his name to Episode 5 because they read spoilers that he'd arrive that week. It could still be wrong, but considering we only have Episode 5, Episode 6, and Episode 7 left to the entire season (sniff), it's gonna be one of those weeks. And now we're hoping/expecting Gendry to show up in the August 13 episode.
Last year, the "Game of Thrones" showrunners joked about Gendry still rowing -- "He's coming up on Florida," "He's getting in great shape" -- because fans are constantly asking about Gendry. He had a role in Arya's storyline, then had his own plot as King Robert Baratheon's son, which led Davos to send him on that rowboat to save him from Melisandre.
Arya has had a few reunions so far this year -- some awkward, some sweet -- and we're looking forward to seeing her reunite with Gendry (and, of course, Jon).
"Eastwatch" airs Sunday, Aug. 13 at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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