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James Hubert "Jim" Ashton
Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2021 1:55 pm
James Hubert "Jim" Ashton, 95, of Peoria, passed away Thursday,
Dec. 31, 2020, at Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria, Ill., following a short final illness.
Jim was born on April 12, 1925, in Whiting, Iowa, the son of William P. Ashton and Martha (Barry) Ashton. He married Virginia Fountain on May 28,1950, in her hometown of Missouri Valley, Iowa. She preceded him in death on April 17, 2010. He was also preceded in death by his parents; his sister: Lavon McCullough; an infant daughter: Jennifer Ashton; and an infant great-grandson: Isaac Gottlieb.
He is survived by one son: Jim (Jean) Ashton of Peoria; two daughters: Peggy (Tim) Buck of Champaign and Beth (Michael) Vrba of Portland, Maine; ten grandchildren: Chris Ashton and Tim Ashton, both of St. Paul, Minn., Stephanie Ashton of Peoria, Amanda (Derek) Gottlieb of Madison, Ala., Rachel (Alex) Bakunas of Oak Park, Katie (Chris) Pelz of Fisher, Sarah (Juan) Perez of Joliet, James Buck of Champaign, and Jackie Vrba and Ross Vrba, both of Portland, Maine; six great-grandchildren: Addy and Nora Gottlieb, and Eli, Theo, Zach and Evie Pelz; and several nieces and nephews.
Before he started school, Jim's family relocated to Lone Tree, Iowa, where he spent his youth. Following high school, Jim enrolled at the University of Iowa. After his freshman year, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force, spending time toward the end of World War II on Morotai Island in the Pacific Theater. Following his military service, Jim returned to the University of Iowa, where he met the love of his life, Virginia, a nursing student, on a blind date arranged by one of his roommates. Jim later claimed that, following that first date, his schoolwork suffered, but his personal life improved immensely. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering.
Jim entered the College Graduate Training Program at Caterpillar in 1949. He spent his entire working career at Caterpillar, where he had several interesting assignments and made many life-long friends. Most of his career at Caterpillar was spent working in the Peoria area, but he had two assignments away from Peoria. He and his family lived three years each in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Toronto, Ontario, before returning to Peoria in 1965. Later, his work provided Jim several opportunities for international travel.
After retirement, Jim and Virginia traveled extensively throughout the United States, including a trip to Hawaii and a motorhome trip with friends to Alaska, where they experienced the extended daylight of the Summer Solstice. They also had trips to Europe and the British Isles. While they were still able to travel, Jim and Virginia were "snow birds" and spent the colder months in Green Valley, Ariz.
Jim had wide-ranging interests. He and Virginia were members of several bridge groups. He had a good sense of humor and loved a good prank. Jim and Virginia enjoyed antiques. He enjoyed playing golf. Jim loved children and felt a responsibility to look after those in need.
Jim had a life-long love of music, especially jazz. While a student at the University of Iowa, he and his roommate developed a radio station that operated out of their dormitory room and broadcast through the building's electrical system. He enjoyed live music; he also enjoyed listening to his collection of recorded music.
Jim enjoyed writing and, especially after Virginia passed away, he spent much of his time composing short stories. Most often his stories examined personal relationships and the importance of marriage, and no matter what happened to his characters as a story developed, since Jim controlled how the story ended, there invariably was a happy ending.
His faith was an important part of Jim's life. Since moving back to Peoria, he has been a member of First Baptist Church in Peoria. He studied the Bible, and, prior to his passing, was attempting to understand the Book of Revelation. There were several instances over the course of his life when Jim believed a guardian angel was watching over and protecting him and his family. He believed his greatest achievement was his marriage and family, and he hoped that he had achieved God's plan for his life.
In 2006, Jim and Virginia moved to Lutheran Hillside Village retirement community in Peoria. Their family would like to thank the many staff and caregivers at Lutheran Hillside Village who assisted and cared for Jim and Virginia over the years. Your kindness was greatly appreciated.
Jim was a man of intelligence, humor, honor, stamina, and courage. He was a friend to many. He cherished his family and will be sorely missed by all who knew him. The world is a better place for his having been in it.
Private family services will be held. Dr. Rob Collins will officiate. To attend via livestream, please visit https://m.facebook.com/WoolseyWilton/.
Entombment will be in the Chapel of Peace in Parkview Cemetery in Peoria. Davison-Fulton Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The family plans to have a celebration of Jim's life at a later date. Memorials may be made to his church, to Lutheran Hillside Village, to The Children's Home Association of Illinois, to the Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service, or to the charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be made at www.woolsey-wilton.com.
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Right after high school, I was a bit of a shutterbug. Forgoing college for a few years, I traveled the world, always packing small autofocus cameras and large stashes of film. I took hundreds of shots of varying quality that captured these amazing times. Through several moves and a couple decades, these photos ended up in a Wheaties box stashed deep in my folks' crawlspace. A few years ago, I selected a couple hundred of my favorite photos from this Wheaties box and put them into another box that once held a Motorola Razr–these became effectively all of my non-digital photos (the Wheaties box is somewhere in the crawlspace I suppose).
I still have an emotional attachment to these captured moments, but not a physical attachment to the paper photos themselves. I planned to digitize them long ago, but never got around to it. I finally decided to do it, using ScanMyPhotos.com–the decision based on a post I did about photo digitization (full disclosure: they offered me a promotional box when I asked for one). What appealed to me about ScanMyPhotos was their flatrate package. They send you a preposted, medium-sized USPS Priority Mail box, which you stuff with as many photos as you can. My photos only filled up a fraction of the box, but ScanMyPhotos president Mitch Goldstone said the box can easily handle 1800 photos. They receive the photos and send back the originals and a DVD with the digital image files. For those, like me, who don't have an optical drive, they'll send a thumb-drive for an extra $13. This whole process only takes 5-10 business days (mine took 5).
You can get the images scanned in either 300 or 600 dpi resolution ($145 and $235 per box respectively). They hooked me up with the 600 dpi service, but truth be told, if I were spending my own money, I would have opted for 300 dpi; 600 is really only needed if you're blowing something up to very large size.
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Edwards, Langfelder spar on crime, economic development
Brenden Moore Staff Writer @brendenmoore13
Before giving closing statements in their third debate, the two candidates for mayor of Springfield were asked what they would change about themselves.
Answering first, challenger Frank Edwards said, "I kind of like myself, really."
"I'm a product of my parents and my grandparents," Edwards elaborated. "They're the designers, with God's help, they made me the kind of the way I am and it's not up to me to wish to be something else other than what I am."
Answering second, Mayor Jim Langfelder made reference to his large family preparing him for dealing with the city council.
"I'm big on self-critique. I don't take things personally," Langfelder said. "I've had people call me names right there at city council. It's all about discussing the issues and not getting personal. I let things brush off."
With each candidate having said their piece, debate co-moderator Jim Leach of WMAY deadpanned, "having determined that both candidates liked themselves pretty well, we go to our closing statements."
It was a moment of levity at the end of a debate that featured the candidates sparring on several heavy topics, from economic development in the capital city, efforts to reduce crime and how fiscally responsible Langfelder's administration has been.
The debate, co-hosted by The State Journal-Register and WMAY radio, came just hours after Edwards received another endorsement, this time from the Springfield Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit No. 5.
It exposed the continued fracture between Langfelder and labor unions, who largely backed him four years ago. Throughout the debate, Langfelder made a point to defend police chief Kenny Winslow and other city department heads who have allegedly caused an issue with labor.
"Let's talk about the unions. You cannot let the tail wag the dog," Langfelder said. "And that's especially tough when one of your major supporters goes the other direction. That's not easy to do, but I did it. And the reason I did it is because it was in the best interest of the city of Springfield."
As mayor, Langfelder said it's his responsibility to do what is in the best interests of the whole community, not necessarily just a segment.
Both candidates said they would hold the line on tax hikes in the coming years.
"I can't see us raising taxes," Edwards said. "I think the real question you're asking is: is Springfield fiscally responsible? And from my vantage point, I don't see that it is."
Langfelder, who supported three tax increases during his term to help fill holes in the city budget, said those measure were necessary. But he pledged that there would be no more increases if elected to a second term.
"We've taken that corrective action," Langfelder said. "... So I don't see any need to raise any further taxes because I've done the heavy lift where others would not."
Langfelder said property tax relief could even be a possibility if the services of Capital Township get consolidated with the city and/or county.
Edwards, on the other hand, questioned Langfelder's fiscal stewardship of the city, pointing to purchases such as the Sonrise Donuts sign for $22,000.
"Those are things that you can't do and expect to be fiscally responsible," Edwards said. "Those are things that when you raise taxes on people, they question why."
In terms of areas to cut spending, Edwards said he would do a job audit when taking office, as he did when he was interim mayor following the death of former Mayor Tim Davlin.
Langfelder, however, said the city is operating at a 20-year employee headcount low. But, he also said the city was saving money by getting rid of duplicated services across city departments.
The candidates also sparred about the future of Route 66 and whether there's a plan to bring the Springfield section of the corridor to life. Edwards expressed frustration, saying he hasn't seen a plan.
"We use the tourism budget as a candy jar just to buy things that make no sense," Edwards said.
But Langfelder said there is a plan to have the corridor ready for the Route 66 centennial in 2026 and that there should be fewer studies and more action.
"It's a matter of let's put plans into action," he said. "And that's what I've been focused on. As mayor, I don't worry about who gets the credit, I want to get things done. And that's what we've done in a number of ways."
On the issue of crime, Langfelder said the city is following an evidence-based process of "focused deterrence" to work with the community to combat crime. The city has also partnered with area hospitals for the use of ShotSpotter technology.
"One thing I think we can all agree on is Springfield is not more dangerous than Chicago," Langfelder said. "I mean that's what some of the reports say, which is not true."
Edwards said greater buy-in is needed from the police department to really address the city's crime issues. He will introduce a crime prevention plan on Tuesday.
"It can't just be the city, it can't just be the citizens, it has to be the police and the police union," Edwards said. "We talked about that and the end result is, they thought we could do a better job. And the police union endorsed us."
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how do bees make honey from pollen
Why Do Honey Bees Need Pollen? As she sucks the nectar from the flower, it is stored in her special honey stomach ready to be transferred to the honey-making bees in the hive. Honey has a lot of useful skills and everybody knows about it, but if anyone wondered what it is, how do bees make honey, or, for example, why do the bees are making honey. Nectar is the major energy source while pollen contains protein. Nectar and pollen play vital roles in the success of honey bees. Several groups form a bee colony. Bees live in groups. This is the case with the honey bees. But they store them both separately in their hive. Spread on toast? Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. Bees collect pollen because it … This nectar/enzyme mix is stored in hexagonal wax honey comb until the water content has been reduced to around 17%. What Do Honey Bees Collect? It is not known exactly why bees do this or how it benefits them. Her extra special job? Once the honey is gooey enough, the bees seal off the cell of the honeycomb with a plug of wax. For instance, it's a well-known fact that bees produce honey.The following provides information on the details of how bees make honey as well as some other interesting facts about them. Bees do not change pollen into honey. When the time is just right, beekeepers open these "honey pantries" to collect the extra honey — and we collect combs to … Also called bee bread, or ambrosia, it is stored in brood cells, mixed with saliva, and sealed with a drop of honey. It collects pollen only from bell flowers. Several groups form a bee colony. Nectar is delivered to one of the indoor bees and is then passed mouth-to-mouth from bee to bee until its moisture content is reduced from about 70% to 20%. The most obvious differences are: Bees collect pollen while wasps do not. Typically, these flowers will be located within 4 miles (6.43 kilometers) from the hive. This is perfectly hygienic as the nectar never enters their digestive system. When it's ready, they seal the cell with a wax lid to keep it clean. The best forage attracts 100 times more pollinators than the worst, with a single honey bee typically visiting around 7,000 flowers a day! On average, a hive contains 40,000 bees. This is the case with the honey bees. Forager bees start out from the hive for blossom patches when three weeks old. Honey bee colonies can get all of their resources from flowers. Bees take the pollen and nectar back to their hives and put it into the honeycomb, six-sided cells they have built out with wax. Nectar — a sugary liquid — is extracted from flowers using a bee's long, tube-shaped tongue and stored in its extra stomach, or "crop." Where bees live and the different types of bees that live in the bee colony, such as the worker bees, drones and the queen bee; How bees communicate to each other using the waggle dance; What pollination is and how bees do this when they transfer pollen from flower to flower; How bees make honey and honeycombs; What bees eat Bringing back that all-important pollen to feed the bees and of course the nectar that she, with her wonderful workforce, will convert into honey and store until it's fully ripened, ready for us to enjoy. As a nation we're increasingly curious about where our food comes from. Pollination is the result of bees carrying genetic material in the form of pollen from one flower to another. They use their straw-like tongues (called proboscis) to suck the nectar out of the flowers and they store it in their stomachs and carry it to the beehive. One hardworking honey bee produces one 12th of a teaspoon in its entire lifetime (which can last from 36 days in peak summer to 3-4 months in winter). Nectar is very high in water, so the honey bees collectively flap their wings to drive off the water until its moisture content is reduced from approximately 90% to 18% at most — though this can vary. By using good judgment, a beekeeper should be able to collect pollen without harming the colony [3]. Also, there's a list of websites for people who wish to learn more about the intriguing lives of bees. Drizzled over pancakes? How do bees turn pollen into honey? They mix it with their own spit Most bees gather only pollen or nectar. It has been said that except for man, nowhere in the world is there anything to compare with the incredible efficiency of the industry of the honeybee. Some do massage with honey in the so-called "tophus". First, bees need to obtain the key ingredient for making honey — flower nectar. Inside the beehive each bee has a special job to do and the whole process runs smoothly. As the day goes on, these cells are gradually filled. The honey is stored until it is eaten. Bees will appear on islands with a large quantity of flowers.If the bees like the island enough, they'll create a Bee Hive on trees.When a bee has collected pollen 7-10 times the player is able to harvest Honeycomb that can be turned into a Jar of Honey via a Honey Press.Do note that bees are only attracted by flowers, meaning that Croci and Daffodils won't work. Bees do not use pollen to make honey. A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia but spread to four other continents by human beings. not because she is vain but so she can work more efficiently. However, bees do collect pollen. Most bees gather only pollen or nectar. Bees need two different kinds of food. It is a vital protein source needed to rear baby bees. When her nectar "sacs" are full, the honeybee returns to the hive. Whilst bees do make use of the pollen that they collect, the most important role for us (humans) of their collection of pollen is the process of pollination. Finn, age 7, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. For honey particularly, Google receives a staggering 2,900 monthly searches for 'How do bees make honey?' The meticulous process of pollination to plate is an evolutionary masterpiece, highlighting the power of instinct, community and biology. "Pollen is like protein, one of the building blocks of the animal bodies," John Hayden explains. Bees collect nectar and pollen to make honey to feed the hive. Where do bees make honey? The pollen they carry mixes with a specialized enzyme, which is then transferred from their tongues to other bees' tongues. The queen then returns to the hive and, having been impregnated for life, may never emerge from it again – unless she swarms. To best utilize pollen patties, an understanding of pollen's use in the hive is in order. Bees live in groups. In this Curious Kids series, children have their questions answered by experts.Finn, age 7, from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, wants to know how bees make honey. Incredibly, there are over 250 bee species in the UK. A thick, golden liquid produced by industrious bees, honey is made using the nectar of flowering plants and is saved inside the beehive for eating during times of scarcity. Simply put, a honey bee sucks the nectar through their proboscis — a straw-like tongue — which traverses down into their 'honey stomach'. Once back at the hectic hive, the honey bee passes the nectar to another bee. B ees start making honey, which is their food, by visiting flowers. We will explain this in 5 simple steps: 1. They collect a sugary juice called nectar from the blossom by sucking it out with their tongues. Their reward for success is bittersweet, as they lose half their bodies in the process, drawing their lives to an end. As they eat honey, their bodies make wax. Honey without pollen is still honey nutritionally and in flavor, and that is why the U.S. Department of Agriculture identifies it as such. A baby bee needs food rich in protein if the bee community is to flourish. From Bloom to Bottle — How Bees Make Honey The differences in anatomy make it easier for bees to use nectar to make honey as opposed to wasps. The bee bread is then stored in honey combs, and even helps to add a … A fabulous and faithful female, she builds and cleans the honeycomb; feeds the young bees, Her Royal Hive-ness the queen and drones; and guards the hive. Chewing this wax with a little more honey, the bees build combs. Bee pollen is a ball or pellet of field-gathered flower pollen packed by worker honeybees, and used as the primary food source for the hive.It consists of simple sugars, protein, minerals and vitamins, fatty acids, and a small percentage of other components. Once back at the hectic hive, the honey bee passes the nectar to another bee. The bees make the nectar dry even faster by fanning it with their wings. The vast majority of honey bees in a colony are workers, whose purpose it is to gather the nectar. The natural varieties of honey make it even more exquisite — and it's all thanks to our buzzing friends. Honey, being already digested bee pollen, keeps for much longer and feeds the bees in the hive. Once the bees are satisfied that they have successfully dehydrated the nectar, the honey ripens and they seal the cell with beeswax. As she sucks the nectar from the flower, it is stored in her special honey stomach ready to be transferred to the honey-making bees in the hive. Pollen is again crucial for honey bee brood development, and is made into bee bread. First, bees need to obtain the key ingredient for making honey — flower nectar. Using a long straw-like tongue called a proboscis, honey … The wonderous worker bee then returns to the hive so honey production can bee-gin. Each has a special role in helping the hive thrive, but only one type forages for nectar and produces honey — the worker bees. The yellow fuzzy honey bee is just one of over 20,000 bee species in the world. The vast majority of honey bees in a colony are workers, whose purpose it … But these incredible creatures instinctively know when the nectar is sufficiently dry enough to create the perfect consistency of honey. But no, bees do not directly use pollen to make honey. Let us go with the honeybee from her flower to the hive and see what happens. For example, nectar collected from the Robinia Pseudoacacia tree aka the Acacia tree, results in a light Acacia honey that tastes bee-autifully fruity with delicate vanilla back notes. Honey bees collect pollen and nectar as food for the entire colony, and as they do, they pollinate plants. ... but it is not used by honey bees to make honey. Developing bee larvae also eat honey to grow strong and mature. Do you know. They then turn the nectar into honey by drying it out by flapping their wings to make warm wind. They make honey from flower nectar through partial digestion of sugars in the nectar and evaporating water off the liquid to make it thicker and less apt to allow growth of bacteria or fungi (mostly molds and yeasts). Where do honey bees store pollen? The wonderous worker bee then returns to the hive so honey production can bee-gin. How Do Bees Make Honey? Pollen is also a good food source for bees. How do bees make honey? By: Cristina Diaconu. Though they both belong to the order Hymenoptera, they have many differences between them. Just as honey bees make excess honey (enough for us to harvest) they also collect excess pollen. Once the honey has dried, the house bees put a lid over the honey cell using fresh beeswax. A honeybee starts the honey making process by visiting a flower and gathering some of its nectar.Many plants use nectar as a way of encouraging insects (bees, wasps, butterflies, etc.) Pollen is mixed with nectar to make "bee bread" and is fed to the larvae. Brandi's goal is to produce honey with different flavors. They keep pollen almost exactly as it was, except for cramming it into cells in their hive. Crucially, conveying where they have collected food from helps sustain a healthy colony. Worker bees will go out and harvest the pollen and nectar from a variety of flowering vegetation within a 4-mile radius from their hive. And, so do Bumble Bees to a lesser extent. Once hatched from her queen cell, she goes on one or two mating flights where drones from numerous hives then compete to mate with her. In fact, about one-third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees. Using a long straw-like tongue called a proboscis, honey bees suck up nectar droplets from the flower's special nectar-making organ, called the nectary.. This iconic ingredient truly takes any tasty treat to the next level and is so naturally moreish, there's no doubt you'd devour that honey-laden loveliness in seconds. The practice, however, makes pollinating flowers rather easy as the bees transport just one kind of pollen. While most foraging bees are dedicated to collecting nectar for the production of honey, about 15 to 30 percent of the foragers are collecting pollen on their flights out from the hive. A honey bee colony does need an ample supply of pollen in order to produce a good honey crop. Honey Wasps versus Honey Bees. But they also need pollen for protein. These worker bees will use their proboscis to suck the food from the foraging bee's second stomach. Also called bee bread, or ambrosia, it is stored in brood cells, mixed with saliva, and sealed with a drop of honey. Made by worker honey bees when they land on flowers to gather their nectar, bee pollen is transported back to the hive where is packed into honeycomb cells and, after being covered with honey and bee wax, provides nourishment for the whole colony. There will be many other bees working at the same time, and the air will be noisy with their droning. Honey bees don't forage in the winter when the plants are not producing nectar and pollen. The subtle flavours we enjoy in different honeys depend on the plants visited. So by transferring pollen between flowers, bees also help pollinate flowers. As they live to be only six or seven weeks old they have much work to do and little time in which to do it. These collaborative creatures even perform a 'waggle dance' on the honeycombs in the hive to communicate the direction and distance to top quality forage to fellow workers. Bees do NOT change pollen into honey. Honey is also necessary for survival during the winter months. Colony Life of a Honey BeeLife in the colony is entirely dependent upon the time of year. There are three types of honey bee in a hive: the queen bee, drone bees and worker bees. Bee pollen is composed of about 55 percent carbs and 30 percent protein, which makes it a better protein source than honey. It takes 300 bees about three weeks to gather 450 g of honey. How Do Bees Make Honey? In one year, a colony of bees eats between 120 and 200 pounds of honey. Just as in human diets, bees need a carbohydrate source and a protein source. Throughout her life cycle, the bee will work tirelessly collecting pollen, bringing it back to the hive, cleaning herself, then setting out for more pollen. Bees require the nectar produced by flowers to make honey, which is a primary source of food for the overwintering colony. Bees are attracted to different plants for a variety of reasons, from high sugar content to an alluring scent. Honey bees consume processed nectar (honey) and pollen (bee bread), both of which are provided by flowers (Figure 1). Here's how they keep them gripped tight. Before returning to the flower again for more pollen, the bee combs, cleans and cares for herself ? In this episode of Good to Grow Scott McGillivray takes Sabrina and the girls to visit a honey bee farm where they learn all about how bees make honey. The pollen is mixed with water and nectar from the bee's mouth, which causes the pollen granules to 'grow'. She can carry a payload of nectar or pollen close to her own weight. In this episode of Good to Grow Scott McGillivray takes Sabrina and the girls to visit a honey bee farm where they learn all about how bees make honey. The bees that can collect their pollen from a very wide range of types and colours of flowers are called polylectic. CATCH THE BUZZ- Pollination Levy on Beekeepers in Australia?. At this point, the nectar becomes honey, which workers store in the cells of the honeycomb. They go into the center of flowers and collect nectar, a sugary water. The pollen is mixed with water and nectar from the bee's mouth, which causes the pollen granules to 'grow'. Sometimes the nectar is stored at once in cells in the honeycomb before the mouth-to-mouth working because some evaporation is caused by the 32.5°C temperature inside the hive. While many are pollinators, only one produces excess honey, believed to be created especially for us to eat! Honey bees collect pollen and nectar in the spring when most flowers and plants are in bloom. What's ultra-impressive is that it's all thanks to a lifetime of work by a tiny — but incredibly talented — creature: the honey bee. The Basics of Pollination. Read more about How honey bees make the pollen pellets. The pollen is generally stored around their brood, and the honey is mostly stored on the top portion of their hive. Bee pollen is considered one of nature's most nourishing foods! Some do massage with honey in the so-called "tophus". Honey has a lot of useful skills and everybody knows about it, but if anyone wondered what it is, how do bees make honey, or, for example, why do the bees are making honey. How Do Bees Make Honey? These often turn into the seeds of the fruits. Both substances provide food and energy for honey bees that allow them to do … This process enables the nectar to be evaporated to later become honey. Nectar is the main ingredient for honey and also the main source of energy for bees. Once collected, you have the choice of eating it, selling it, or saving it for bee feed—so many options. House bees pack the nectar into hexagon-shaped beeswax honey cells. And who better to spotlight the extraordinary efforts these pollinators pour into producing honey than the UK's favourite honey brand Rowse? This creates a substance called "bee bread" which is then fed to worker bee larvae. This is perfectly hygienic as the nectar never enters their digestive system. How do you like your honey? And, this is, for example, the Small Scissor Bee. But how do bees make honey? Converting Nectar to Honey The glands of the worker bees convert the sugar contents of honey into wax. Made by worker honey bees when they land on flowers to gather their nectar, bee pollen is transported back to the hive where is packed into honeycomb cells and, after being covered with honey and bee wax, provides nourishment for the whole colony. Nectar, which bees convert to honey, serves as the primary source of carbohydrates for the bees. Once taken back to the hive, the bees continue to alter the pollen. For the plant to reproduce* and make fruit and seeds, the pollen needs to reach the female parts of a plant or a separate plant that is female. How to Obtain & Use. The new group of worker bees will chew up the nectar and pollen and place it into empty honeycomb cells, shaped like a hexagon. Through its Hives For Lives programme of vital initiatives, Rowse is on an inspiring mission to protect the bees and improve livelihoods through beekeeping. Also, they don't make honey from pollen. Bees utilize the protein by mixing pollen with digestive enzymes and a bit of nectar or honey. From Bloom to Bottle — How Bees Make Honey, ________________________________________________________________________________, CATCH THE BUZZ- Murder Hornet Nest in Washington State. Nectar is the main ingredient for honey and also the main source of energy for bees. The bee is a marvelous flying machine. This second bee sucks up the freshly shared nectar then passes it to another bee, who passes it on again. Bees need carbohydrates for optimal health. Generally, honey bees do not make honey during the winter. With more protein per gram than any animal product and packed with B-vitamins, and all 22 known essential nutritional elements, it is a favorite among those leading an on-the-go lifestyle or anyone that is looking for an all natural energy and vitamin boost. Honey is rich in sugar, which can be broken down into carbohydrates. Bees need carbohydrates for optimal health. to stop at the flower.In the process of gathering nectar, the insect transfers pollen grains from one flower to another and pollinates the flower. They store it … When it's time to put the honey supers on, the feeding stops and the bees make honey from just what they harvest. Copyright © 2020 honeybee.org.au The characteristics and habits of bees are interesting topics of study. They add enzymes to keep it from deteriorating, and then digest the pollen to turn it into honey. Bees take nectar, which is a sweet sticky substance exuded by most flowers and some insects (honeydew), and mix it with enzymes from glands in their mouths. Bees make honey as a food source for the bee colony. Just as flowers have different colours, so do their pollen. Further afield in Greece, bees foraging in forests produce delectable Greek honey that's contrastingly rich in colour with an earthy, herbal flavour punctuated by bold notes of liquorice, aniseed and malt. You guessed it — the hardworking honey bee. Worker bees will go out and harvest the pollen and nectar from a variety of flowering vegetation within a 4-mile radius from their hive. Terms and Conditions, Code of Practice & National Bee Biosecurity Program, B-Qual Australia September 2020 Newsletter. Pollen can also move in the wind, but that's not as accurate as being carried by a bee. Pollen only contributes to honey production in that it supports having a healthy, strong workforce. 2. Nectar stored within their stomachs is passed from one worker to the next until the water within it diminishes. Why Do Bees Make Honey? A yummy spoonful of honey stirred into porridge or a smoothie can brighten up breakfast time but take a moment with every mouthful to appreciate their un-bee-lievable dedication. For bees, carbs come from honey and/or sugar syrup. The Mating Flight. Honey is rich in sugar, which can be broken down into carbohydrates. Developing bee larvae also eat honey to grow strong and mature. Read more about How honey bees make the pollen … It provides energy for flight, colony maintenance, and general daily activities. They spend their mornings collecting pollen, and they're well-equipped to do so, with three million hairs that help them trap the grains. Then, there's the wonderous worker bee. Bee Pollen - The How-To Guide. Finally, the honey is placed in storage cells and capped with beeswax in readiness for the arrival of newborn baby bees. Consequently, the nectar is broken down into natural sugars. A honeybee starts the honey making process by visiting a flower and gathering some of its nectar.Many plants use nectar as a way of encouraging insects (bees, wasps, butterflies, etc.) If hungry she opens a valve in the nectar "sac" and a portion of the payload passes through to her own stomach to be converted to energy for her own needs. At this point, the nectar becomes honey, which workers store in the cells of the honeycomb. The foraging bees will bring back the pollen and nectar and meet with other worker bees. Every spring honey bees start to build up their work force in preparation for the bloom of spring flowers. The pollination process is un-bee-lievably fascinating and complicated. As they forage, fluffy pollen gathers on their body and is packed in 'baskets' on their rear legs, which are striking when full. to stop at the flower.In the process of gathering nectar, the insect transfers pollen grains from one flower to another and pollinates the flower. It's when they faithfully visit just one kind of flower in the garden for days or even weeks at a time. Next, comes the mating flight. The pollen is used to make beebread, the bees' main source of dietary protein. For more information on how bees make honey, check out these blog posts from D-Tek Live Bee Removal: How Bees Make Honey. The pollen also provides bees with fats, vitamins, and minerals. Humans have been drooling over its honey and taking advantage of its pollination powers for thousands of years. One is honey made from nectar, the sugary juice that collects in the heart of the flowers. If the water content is too high, the honey will ferment. Pollen is again crucial for honey bee brood development, and is made into bee bread. Honey bees collect pollen and nectar as food for the entire colony, and as they do, they pollinate plants. Bee Pollen and Honey – The Difference! Honey bees fill 'saddlebags' with pollen. Sugar water is fed to the bees if their honey stores are low (for sure--whenever a new hive is started) and when they're working on their brood boxes--if stored, it is basically stored as sugar water. Honey is … For example, bee pollen is called the bread of the hive, while honey is referred to as the milk. Nectar is the major energy source while pollen contains protein. An expert in bees explains. Well, when we talk about "bees", we're usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is Apis Mellifera). The bees that can collect their pollen from a very wide range of types and colours of flowers are called polylectic. Simply put, a honey bee sucks the nectar through their proboscis — a straw-like tongue — which traverses down into their 'honey stomach'. These hardworking heroes usually have a radius of three miles, though this depends on the time of year and type of forage. The other comes from the anthers of flowers, which contain numerous small grains called pollen. The queen bee's royal duty is producing more bees (she lays up to 2,000 eggs a day in her prime). How Do Bees Make Honey? Next, it's flown up to the top of the hive, where cells called 'super boxes' are located. Kids love honey as much as they love to ask adults this question -- How do bees make honey? Bees collect both, nectar and pollen. The first step in the process of making honey is for the honey bees to go out and harvest nectar from flowers. A queen cell that has hatched is called a virgin … This is how a beekeeper identifies ripened honey; they pull out a frame and, if sealed, it's ready to harvest for us to squeeze, spread and swirl in our favourite foods. A bee deposits a tiny droplet of honey into one of the honeycomb cells. Honey bees make honey from plant nectar. It collects pollen only from bell flowers. As they forage, fluffy pollen gathers on their body and is packed in 'baskets' on their rear legs, which are striking when full. All bees during their life have different roles, depending on how old they are.To make honey, worker honey bees fly up to 5km searching for flowers and their sweet nectar. Bees make honey out of nectar, a highly sugary liquid found in the deepest wells of the flower. This changes the nectar into honey. This equates to 12 honey bees producing that single teaspoon. The first step in the process of making honey is for the honey bees to go out and harvest nectar from flowers. Bees make honey as a food source for the bee colony. As a result, the life cycle of the colony follows the life cycle of flowering plants in the environment. Bees make honey with nectar they collect in the afternoon. Hi Finn, that's a sweet question! And, this is, for example, the Small Scissor Bee. How Do Bees Make Honey? Swirled in a smoothie? Typically, these flowers will be located within 4 miles (6.43 kilometers) from the hive.
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I thought it was fitting to review the film Young Victoria on this Victoria Day. We celebrate that holiday here in Canada. It's known as May 2-4 (beer comes in a "2-4", that is 2 dozen cases) around here.
Alrighty. Young Victoria stars Emily Blunt as, well, young Victoria. She's supposedly 18ish in the movie. The movie focuses on the first years of her reign and her romance with Prince Albert (Rupert Friend). It also stars my favorite Paul Bettany as Lord Melbourne. I thought this was a good one to watch sans husband since it looked quite girly. And it was.
Victoria is lonely and bullied by her Mom and 'advisor' Sir John Conroy played by Mark Strong. (He also played Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes. He knows how to play the baddy well.) Victoria is pretty miserable but sticks to her guns. She will be Queen and have her own way. And then she does. In the meantime, Albert comes a courtin' but finds he's getting blocked by Lord Melbourne. Will he win her hand?
Spoiler alert, he does and they have 9 kids together. The End.
I enjoyed Young Victoria though I had a hard time thinking of The Queen as young and so in love. Those Victorians were so uptight, right? Albert was so cool next to all her bluster. I loved him, especially during their "fight" scene. I thought that was so funny. I wasn't so in love with Emily Blunt but that's okay.
The costumes and the scenery were amazing. It's worth watching just for that. And Paul Bettany.
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Rebecca Reid May 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Yeay! I just watched this this weekend as well. How fun that it was in honor of Victoria and I didn't even know it. (I'm in Chicago, where it is NOT a holiday.)
I just loved this movie just because I'm fascinated by Victoria. I have much to learn.
I enjoyed watching this movie, but it's been a while since I've seen it. I couldn't help but compare it to "The Duchess" and "Marie Antoinette", although I really disliked the latter. I had a hard time picturing Victoria as a young girl at first too. I always imagine her as an older women.
I just watched this one this weekend too and loved it! But it felt too short. I wanted more. I wanted more romance-y stuff too, but oh, well. Loved the guy that played Albert. I made me want to learn more about Victoria's life. She sounds fascinating.
Hannah Stoneham May 24, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Sounds like a fun film and I would love to see it. I know that everyone was young once, but I find it hard to imagine Queen Victoria as anything other than an elderly grumpy mound of black skirts - but then I guess that it was because Albert died that she spent most of her reign in that condition...
Thank you for a lovely review and hope you had a great Victoria Day
Marg May 25, 2010 at 12:33 AM
I have this out from the library at the moment. Hopefully I will get to watch it before the due date!


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Personally, I think the designs look great. Looking forward to seeing these guys textured.
with the lack of feedback from the first DR mod i am putting this project on hold till further notice .
That's a shame, would you at least consider releasing whatever you have done, so that others who enjoyed the first mod have at least some part of the second.


High performance in the workplace is something that every company and employee strives to attain. However, every individual is different, with varied capabilities.
"We have a lot of individual characteristics that make up for 50% of our personality, such as intelligence, socio-economic background, looks and upbringing that we really cannot change," said Marc Effron, President of the Talent Strategy Group, speaking at the recently concluded SHRM India Annual Conference and Expo 2018.
"They either contribute or detract from performance levels. However, the other 50% is controllable and employees should focus on these to be able to perform better than others," he added.
It is said that a man is as strong as his mind. The same holds true for high performers. If you have the mindset to perform and excel, then the odds are good that you can attain it. However, Effron says that this would involve working much harder than others, maybe burning the midnight oil and sacrificing certain activities that are dear to you, such as a hobby or time with family.
Also, high performers need to understand that performance is relative and will always be compared to others. So if you work with this mindset, you will surely outperform yourself and also others. To be a high performer is a conscious choice an individual needs to make, and if you make the choice, you need to work towards being effective. Here are 8 steps that can help you climb that ladder faster, according to Effron.
Set big goals - The key to attaining high performance is to set fewer but bigger goals. There is a lot of science proving that humans respond better to bigger goals with more effort and higher results than many smaller goals. "If you set bigger goals, it will propel you to get bigger results. However, you need to choose your goals and only focus on the ones that are important," says Effron. Prioritization is the keyword to better performance. Bring in clarity of thought while setting goals by asking yourself: what would it take to deliver double the target you attained last year, and what activities do you need to include to produce those goals? This exercise will help you focus on the right things and eliminate the unwanted rubbish that deters you from attaining your goals.
Behave to perform - Understand the behaviors you should engage in to juice up your performance. It is not about being a good corporate citizen, but more about focusing on individual failures and converting them into successes because the latter will take care of it. To be able to outperform yourself and others, it is important to identify your derailers or weaknesses and work on them. They would generally depend on your core personality and would appear in stressful situations. Remove those derailers to follow a leadership and behavioral model that will increase performance.
Grow yourself - Growth is the ultimate goal for a company as it should be for each individual performer. Usually, experiences help us grow faster, but often diversity, adversity and visibility are what truly help you grow. "Try to understand what are the functional and management experiences that will add value to your growth and indulge in those," says Effron. For instance, ask yourself what the building blocks you need to be successful. "A planned and conscious approach to experiences is going to help grow yourself faster that will, in turn, allow you to be a high performer," he says.
Connecting or networking - Science shows that connecting or reaching out matters both inside and beyond the organization. Within the organization, planned networking is the most efficient way of understanding the strength of the relationship with your peers and bosses. So if you are building a strong network then you are increasing the reputation value you have in the organization. Peers and subordinates will be more comfortable working with you and will have good things to say about you, while your bosses will offer new experiences that are given only to trusted performers. Similarly, connecting with competitors and colleagues outside the organization will enhance your network. A structured way of doing this is to assess the strength of your relationship with key people inside and outside the organization. This will give you a fair idea of the quality of your network and how much you need to work on it.
Today, there are a lot of new ways of networking that are helpful especially for introverts. Use tools like LinkedIn and Twitter to reach out to peers outside the organization.
Maximize your fit - Companies are changing and evolving much faster than their employees, which means that expectations, demands and capability needs are also changing. As an employee, if you do not keep track of where the company is going and what it requires of you moving forward, you will not be an effective leader and a high performer. "Just because you are great at something today does not mean that those some same capabilities are going to lead to you performing better in the future. To be high a performer, you need to keep evolving and be the perfect fit that companies need you to be," says Effron.
Fake it - Most often people take this important step to attaining high performance contrary to their growth and productivity. Effron says that faking does not mean you are going to become a fake person or permanently change who you are. It merely means that the company might have a unique requirement that demands you to behave in a certain manner for a short span. So if you want t do your job well and be a higher performer, you may need to fake that behavior for a while. For instance, if you are a calm and relaxed person who has worked in a laid-back environment so far, but your company is expanding and needs aggressive marketing and management to make tough decisions, and needs you to lead people in a more aggressive manner, you will need to fake those behaviors to attain that goal, or else be satisfied with low performance.
To fake means to adapt to the situation in order to improve productivity and profitability in the organization and be a higher performer. "Sometimes you need to play a different role in a certain situation because you know that it is a more effective way to behave," says Effron. "So fake behavior does not mean a bad you but a different you to be able to be an effective you."
Commit your body - Most people feel that exercise is the key to keeping fit, to feel happy and motivated, which results in better productivity at work. However, sleep is equally important. Also, it is not the quantity of sleep that helps but the quality of sleep that matters. In fact, digital tools like sleep trackers have shown that it is the quality of sleep that contributes to high performance. You might not always get 8 perfect hours of sleep each night due to compelling reasons at work and home, but it has been scientifically proven that even if you can take 10-minute naps during the day, it is enough to improve performance. So give a boost to your body with those short naps.
Avoid distractions - We all get distracted easily by inconsequential matters that deter us from attaining our goals. It is best to do those tasks that are important and work towards them in a systematic and diligent manner. Effron says, "Be a careful consumer. It will hold you in good stead always."
To know more about the ways to be become a high performer, watch the session on THRIVING in the New World of Frontline Leadership Development by Marc Effron, the author of the book 8 Steps to High Performance.


About as good as you can get for a call center job.
The available PTO is great!
Health insurance was pretty cheap for a single person if you kept up on the wellness requirements and health coaching (phone conversations with an outside wellness company) if necessary. Free Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance is also offered.
Best benefit is company matching 401k. Worst benefit is health, they don't offer many plans and they are very expensive for what you get.
Love that our PTO rolls over year to year. 401k Match is great.
Start earning PTO right away, benefits for full time are good and cheap for employees only. Family packages are higher but they cover almost everything.
As an intern, I did not receive full-time employee benefits. However, I did get an employee discount.
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Birmingham company hopes latest executive order leads to a boom in jobs, production
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Updated: Thu 3:52 PM, Jan 31, 2019
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- "Buy American" is, yet again, the message at the White House. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that urges the use of American products for infrastructure projects.
It is an executive order that Birmingham-based McWane Incorporated is praising. The company sent employees to the White House for the signing ceremony.
Menzo Parker fixes fire hydrants for M&H Valve Company that operates as part of McWane. He says he never expected to get an invite to the oval office.
"It's been just a whirlwind. I can't believe it. I'm sitting up here near Martin Luther King's bust. That's amazing to me," said Parker.
He says he appreciates the administration's commitment to workers and its pressure on companies to buy American and hire American.
"Hey, it will keep my family fed. And that's very important to me," said Parker.
He expects to see a boom in the number of coworkers he has in Alabama because of the announcement. Department of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta says the order encourages companies using federal grants for infrastructure projects to use American products. But encouraging companies is not the same as forcing them to do so.
"Well the executive order says you should buy when feasible. It's not always feasible. It's not always possible. But where you can, you should prefer American made goods," said Acosta.
A McWane official says the company is on the verge of announcing more job opportunities and more production. They are hoping the executive order expedites that process.
Others are reacting to the president's latest executive order including outspoken administration critic Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL).
"I'm supportive of policies that put hardworking Alabamians to work and a strong manufacturing sector is crucial for our nation's economic growth and prosperity," said Sewell.
Alabama Rep. Sewell drops a minimum wage increase bill as a "practical approach"
Pratt and Whitney shows of new 'Geared Turbofan' on Capitol Hill
Michigan congressman spearheads repeal of Obama-era federal contract regulation
Sen. Peters pushing companies to employ American with Outsourcing Accountability Act


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Harry Reid memorial in Las Vegas draws nation's top Democrats
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Two American presidents joined other Democratic leaders from around the country Saturday in commemorating former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who rose from childhood poverty and deprivation in Nevada to become one of the nation's most powerful elected officials.
The turnout at Reid's Las Vegas memorial service testified to Reid's impact on some of the most consequential legislation of the 21st century. President Biden escorted Reid's widow, Landra Reid, to her seat at the outset of services, before an honor guard bore a flag-draped casket to the well of a hushed auditorium.
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Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who described Reid to mourners Saturday as a "truly honest and original character," were speaking during an invitation-only memorial for the longtime Senate leader. Former President Obama, who credits Reid for his rise to the White House, was delivering the eulogy. Vice President Kamala Harris also attended.
Reid died Dec. 28 at home in Henderson, Nev., at 82 of complications from pancreatic cancer.
Biden served for two decades with Reid in the Senate and worked with him for eight years when Biden was vice president. Biden believed Reid was "one of the greatest leaders in Senate history," White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday.
Schumer on Saturday mentioned the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington and the bravery shown by Capitol Police officers, harkening to Reid's days as a Capitol Police officer during his studies at George Washington University.
"In so many ways, Harry was a guardian and steward of the Senate, literally and figuratively," Schumer said.
Reid's son, Leif, recalled his father's well-known habit of abruptly hanging up on telephone conversations without saying goodbye, sometimes leaving the other person — whether powerful politicians or close family — chatting away for several minutes before they realized he was no longer there.
Leif Reid said it was "part of the narrative" of his father's life, and tried to explain that the gesture was more about Reid preserving time for family.
"When he hung up on you, maybe so quickly, it isn't as much about him being brusque as it is about him being devoted to my mom," Leif Reid said.
Obama, in a letter to Reid before his death, recalled their close relationship, their different backgrounds and Reid's climb from an impoverished former gold mining town in the Mojave Desert to leadership in Congress.
"Not bad for a skinny, poor kid from Searchlight," Obama wrote. "I wouldn't have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and I wouldn't have got most of what I got done without your skill and determination."
Reid served for 34 years in Washington and led the Senate through a crippling recession and the Republican takeover of the House after the 2010 elections.
He muscled Obama's signature healthcare act through the Senate; blocked plans for a national nuclear waste repository in the Nevada desert; was author of a 1986 bill that created Great Basin National Park; and was credited with helping casino company MGM Mirage get financial backing to complete a multibillion-dollar project on the Strip during the Great Recession.
Harry Mason Reid hitchhiked 40 miles to high school and was an amateur boxer before he was elected to the Nevada state Assembly at age 28. He had graduated from Utah State University and worked nights as a U.S. Capitol Police officer while attending George Washington University Law School in Washington.
In 1970, at age 30, he was elected state lieutenant governor with Democratic Gov. Mike O'Callaghan. Reid was elected to the House in 1982 and the Senate in 1986.
He built a political machine in Nevada that for years helped Democrats win key elections. When he retired in 2016 after an exercise accident at home left him blind in one eye, he picked former Nevada Atty. Gen. Catherine Cortez Masto to replace him.
Cortez Masto became the first woman from Nevada and the first Latina ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
"Most of all, you've been a good friend," Obama told Reid in his letter. "As different as we are, I think we both saw something of ourselves in each other — a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy."
Singer-songwriter and environmentalist Carole King and Brandon Flowers, lead singer of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers, were performing during the memorial.
Flowers, a longtime friend, shares the Reids' Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faith and has been a headliner at events including a Lake Tahoe Summit that Harry Reid founded in 1997 to draw attention to the ecology of the lake, and the National Clean Energy Summit that Reid helped launch in 2008 in Las Vegas.
Those flying to Las Vegas will arrive at the newly renamed Harry Reid International Airport. It was previously named for Pat McCarran, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Nevada who once owned the airfield and whose legacy is clouded by racism and antisemitism.
A Chinese immigrant who was attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, police said Saturday.
Yao Pan Ma, 61, died Dec. 31, police said. His attack drew national attention as part of a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in New York and around the country. The investigation continues.
Jarrod Powell, 49, of New York City, was previously charged with attempted murder, felony assault and hate crime charges in the case. The Legal Aid Society, which previously represented Powell, said he is no longer a client. A message was left seeking comment with another attorney listed in court records as Powell's lawyer.
Powell attacked Ma from behind, knocking him to the ground and repeatedly kicking his head before fleeing the scene, prosecutors say. Surveillance video released by police appears to show an attacker stomping on Ma's head.
A police detective said in a criminal complaint that Powell admitted attacking an Asian man at the approximate time and location of the attack on Ma, stating he did so because the man had robbed him the day before.
News organizations reported Ma was a former restaurant worker who had lost his job because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was collecting cans to make ends meet. Ma's wife has told reporters he was a citizen of China who came to the U.S. in 2019.
The United Nations said Saturday it would hold talks in Sudan aimed at salvaging a fragile democratic transition amid a grinding stalemate following an October coup and the prime minister's resignation last week.
Volker Perthes, the U.N. envoy for Sudan, said in a statement the U.N.-facilitated political process would seek a "sustainable path forward towards democracy and peace" in the country. It wasn't immediately clear when discussions might begin.
"It is time to end the violence and enter into a constructive process. This process will be inclusive," he said.
Perthes said key players in Sudan, including the military, rebel groups, political parties and protest movements will be invited to take part in the process, as well as civil society and women's groups.
There was no immediate comment from the military on the U.N. effort.
The pro-democracy movement said it has yet to receive details of the U.N. initiative, adding that it would continue street demonstrations until "the establishment of a fully civilian government to lead the transition."
The position of the Sudanese Professionals Assn. and the Resistance Committees, however, would be crucial, given that both groups are the backbone of the anti-coup protests and have insisted on transfer of power to civilians.
Polish forces use tear gas
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Poland's Defence Ministry said its soldiers and other border forces were attacked with stones and other objects and that Belarusian forces tried to destroy fencing along the common border. Polish border guards estimate up to 4,000 migrants are currently camped out on the border between Poland and Belarus. (AP) Polish forces have fired tear gas […]
South African president tests positive for COVID, mildly ill
Posted on December 13, 2021 December 13, 2021 Author DavidJhon
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease Sunday, his office said. Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced. He is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service, the […]
Sudan's ousted PM returns home as world opinion grows against coup
Posted on October 26, 2021 October 26, 2021 Author DavidJhon
From UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the US and European powers, several leaders are demanding the restoration of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's government. Top General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's declaration of a state of emergency and dissolution of the government provoked an international backlash. (AFP) Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife have been […]
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Tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it's like a power-up for terminal programming. You can manage several terminals under a session, split terminal screens, detach and re-attach sessions and much more. If you do most of your programming at the command line, you'll find using a terminal multiplexer invaluable.
If the file doesn't exist, create it. This configuration instructs your local machine for all user ssh sessions to send a server alive message every 300 seconds to keep the ssh session alive. If the local machine sends 3 unanswered messages, it will disconnect the session. You should tweak these settings to suit your needs: for instance by restricting the host to specific domains you can have different settings per domain. If you have a slow or unreliable internet connection, consider changing ServerAliveInterval to a lower number to send more frequent messages.
Ctrl-b is the prefix combination. Press the Ctrl key AND the letter b at the same time. When inside a Tmux session, the prefix is nearly always pressed before the shortcut key to trigger a command.
The prefix combination is really important. Once you get the hang of the prefix combination, you can pretty much bootstrap yourself into learning Tmux with just one command. To display a list of Tmux commands, type: Ctrl-b ?
bind-key          $ command-prompt -I #S "rename-session '%%'"
bind-key          ' command-prompt -p index "select-window -t ':%%'"
bind-key          , command-prompt -I #W "rename-window '%%'"
bind-key          . command-prompt "move-window -t '%%'"
bind-key          f command-prompt "find-window '%%'"
You can also change the prefix combination (see the Config options section). If you do that, remember to use your prefix combination instead of Ctrl-b in the examples below.
Let's look at a key Tmux feature: windows. They're similar to tabs in browsers. Each one is a different terminal from where you can run different commands at the same time. To create a new window pressCtrl-b c. You can cycle between windows: Ctrl-b n for the next window and Ctrl-b p takes you to the prior window. Ctrl-b w list all windows in a session and let's you select which one to active (using the arrow keys and enter).
If you know the window number you can also jump straight to it with Ctrl-b # replacing "#" with the window number. By default they begin at 0, not 1!
You might be wondering what's the benefit of using Tmux windows over tabbed terminals. First, with regular terminals if the window manager crashes, you'll lose the terminals as well. This won't happen with Tmux: it will keep the terminals running in the background and you can re-attach a new terminal to them at any time. Windows can also be subdivided into panes, all running pseudo-terminals. Let's look at them now.
Now you can read the man page and code at the same time; you can even copy and paste between the two panes. Much more convenient!
The arrows ←↑→↓ represent the arrow keys, just use one of these. For example to jump to a pane on the right, you'd press Ctrl-b →. The change pane size controls are a little different. To make that work you first have to have more than one pane. Next press Ctrl-b and keep the control key held down. Now you can repeatedly press an arrow key to change the pane size.
Ctrl-b ! is one of my favorite features. It pops the current pane out of the window and moves it to its own window. This is wonderful if you find yourself doing some unrelated activity in one pane and want to re-organize your setup.
If you can master scrolling and copy/paste in Tmux, you can master anything. I won't lie, this is the clunkiest feature. But it's really useful. The interface is modal, so start by entering scroll mode by typing Ctrl-b [.
Pressing esc will exit scroll mode. You should know you're in scroll mode because an orange line count appears in the top-right corner of the pane.
Once you're in scroll mode, you can move the cursor using the arrow keys and page up and down. By default Tmux doesn't retain much history, but you can change that (see the Config options section).
You can copy and paste in scroll mode. This is useful when you have split screens as a regular highlight and copy using the mouse won't work across vertically split panes.
To copy, position the cursor where you want to start copying. Press Ctrl-space to begin highlighting the text to copy. Press Alt-w to copy the highlighted text. Pressing Ctrl-b ] will paste the copied text. There are ways to make copy and paste easier: Tmux has a "vim like" copy mode (see the Config options section and the man page for details).
Shortcut You can jump into scroll mode and page up in one fell swoop with Ctrl-b PgUp (thanks to Ludovic Tolhurst for the tip).
If you took the time to learn scroll mode, you deserve something extra, something special. Here is your prize: you can search the Tmux buffer! Just enter scroll mode with Ctrl-b [ and then press Ctrl-r. Type your search text and press enter. Tmux will jump to the last match it finds. You can press n to jump to the next match or Shift-n to jump back one match.
There is also Ctrl-s to search down the buffer, but I hardly ever use it.
Sessions are one of the most useful features of Tmux. They let you group multiple terminal processes into a single Tmux session which can be worked on (attached), put into the background (detached) and discarded as you see fit. Programmers will often have different sessions for different projects. Because Tmux operates under a client-server architecture, even if the original terminal that started Tmux dies or your desktop GUI crashes, the Tmux session will be preserved, along with all of the terminal sessions in it.
Detach your Tmux session with Ctrl-b d. This will return you to a regular terminal prompt.
Tmux starts with a tiny scroll history, so I like to bump that up. The modern encoding and colors are there to jive with my terminal setup - they may even be the default Tmux settings by now. By default Tmux uses a login shell, so every new pane will execute .bash_profile. I prefer to disable that behavior and just launch regular non-login shells.
Tmux has hundreds more options: many users will switch to a different shell like zsh, enable pane switching with the trackpad, display custom data in the Tmux footer (like weather info!) and so on. Copying other programmers' conf files is a great way to learn and experiment.
To reload your .tmux.conf within a Tmux session, type: Ctrl-b : then source-file ~/.tmux.conf.
The official Tmux website is a good starting point with summary information, a changelog, downloads and a link to the extensive man page. The Arch Linux tmux documentation covers advanced features and troubleshooting tips. The book tmux - Productive Mouse-Free Development by Pragmatic Bookshelf is thorough introduction to Tmux.
GNU Screen is another terminal multiplexer program. It's older than Tmux and a little bit crufty, but it has most of the features Tmux has. The controls for Screen and Tmux are similar enough that if you know one of them you can get by using the other. The Tmux FAQ lists the differences between them.


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Photo of school bus caught under LI railroad crossing gate raises safety concerns
Posted: 10:58 PM, Dec 29, 2016
By: Arnold Diaz
A PIX11 viewer sent photos of a school bus in Hewlett, Long Island caught on the crossing gate right before the train came whizzing by. PIX11`s Arnold Diaz investigates.
HEWLETT, Long Island — School bus safety has been a big topic since the Tennessee school bus crash that killed six in November, and on Long Island a school bus incident a PIX11 viewer captured raises concerns.
The school bus crash in Chattanooga that killed six children in November placed a spotlight on school bus safety. Police said the driver of the bus was speeding, going 50 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Soon after, a PIX11 viewer sent photos of a school bus in Hewlett, Long Island close to the railroad tracks. It was so close that the front of the school bus got caught under the crossing gate right before the train came whizzing by.
"Apparently the driver of the bus tried to beat the railroad crossing , but couldn't. The train was just inches away from the front of the bus. Please post these pics so that parents can see how much danger their children are potentially in," the viewer wrote in an email.
The bus, which did not have any children on board, belonged to the Veteran's Transportation Company in Valley Stream.
PIX11 News went to the company's headquarters and spoke with an employee who did not disclose his name.
"He wasn't trying to beat it. He was stopped on the line, inching up and then the crossing gate came down on the bus," the employee said when asked about the bus photos sent by the viewer.
"He was doing what he was supposed to do by law, inching up and then the train was coming. He was stopped and then the gate came down," the employee continued.
When asked if he was too close, he said: "He was doing his job , everything he was supposed to do."
According to New York State law, "the driver of any school us..shall stop not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail."
The safety director for Veteran's Transportation said the driver did stop within 15 feet, where the white line is, but then started to roll forward.
"When he heard the bell ringing and saw the gate coming down, he stopped again," the safety director said.
The company insisted the driver was still outside the "danger zone," which is six feet or less from the train.
Nevertheless, the driver was later required to undergo retraining in the railroad crossing procedure. PIX11 News reached out to the nearby school districts that use Veteran's Transportation's buses, but there was no comment. What a Shame!
If you've got a story idea, email whatashame@pix11.com or contact on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #PIX11shame.


'The Hunter' is active and stalks his prey. He searches for the right prey, the right moment and the right spot to strike. In terms of street photography I am talking about photographers like Bruce Gilden, Garry Winogrand etc. These people are crouched in crowds of people using a flash to get stunning, gritty street portraits.
'The Fisherman' on the other hand, meticulously searched for a nice river bank to setup. He knows there river is full of fish, he knows what fish he wants. To make sense of this in relation to street photography think of the master Henri Cartier-Bresson or Alex Webb. These guys find a scene, study the light and then wait for the right subject to enter the frame – like a man waiting for a fish to bite.
More thought about the message of the photograph and the bigger picture of a project etc.
Of course, we know these two 'personalities' are not completely clear cut. Nearly all street photographers combine both of these approaches. However, from my personal experience, I can say that some of us favour one approach over the other – for me its 'The Fisherman' however I am actively trying to explore into the other approach which proves how I think that neither approach is better than the other and most people will agree with this. After all who can deny the beauty of Cartier-Bresson's surrealism and the thoughtful complexity of Alex Webb's compositions, while loving Gilden's raw flash work and Gary Winogrand's ability to pack a frame with beauty at a 28mm focal length. Both approaches are great, you can produce great work with either so choose and experiment with both whenever you can. I mean, just think of the images you could craft with Gilden's 'courage' combined with Bresson's eye for the intricate. So all in all, I need to get out anf get shooting!
Please share anything you have to say about this in the comments!
I know this has already been discussed a lot, I just wanted to include my two cents on a topic that I find very interesting.
very informative thankyou, I'll look up some of the mentioned artists. I've missed many good shots because of fear on the street, I just don't want to upset people, but I prefer natural unconscious shots rather than posed most of the time so you just have to be bold and maybe a bit insensitive i dont know. It's history after all and they'll thank me for it in 30 years time.
Exactly the same as me! I feel like I miss shots everyday because of fear, but I guess the only way to get over it is to do it more and more (easier said than done). I guess you will just have to wait and see !
P.s thanks for your time and the follow! Means a lot!


I just want to go on making movies, and some of them will be completely meaningless, except, of course, to me.
The neck starts to go at 43, and that's that.
Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.
When you're young, you think that clothes are almost magical, and that if you wear the right thing - to school, to the prom, on the date, etc. - something's going to happen. Black, it's the anti-magical thing. It comes from the recognition that it is not going to be 'the' dress.
I don't think there was ever a dish that changed my life. I certainly remember a constant series of things that I had for the first time and thought, 'Where has this been all my life?' One was brie. I mean, oh my God! One was my first soft-shell crabs.
If only I had grown up worshipping Julia Child. I was already grown up - thank you very much - when Julia Child's book was published. When I moved to New York in 1962, you had to own it.
Food was supposed to be a slightly bigger part of 'Heartburn,' and it actually didn't turn out to be because of me. I just didn't find a way to make it a bigger part of the movie as I should have, and we cut several scenes in which food was a major character.
In California, of course, they never break up couples at dinner for fear of what might happen if someone's husband were seated next to someone else's very young girlfriend. But dinners with couples seated next to one another are always deadly dull, which is why there are almost no good dinner parties in the entire state of California.
The truth is that most marriages have food as a major player in them, and certainly mine does.
I buy a lot of cookbooks. Some of them you just kind of read, and you try one recipe, and it doesn't really work. So then you don't go back to it. The new Ina Garten cookbook, which is called 'Back to Basics,' I have not had a failure with. It is the most fantastic cookbook. I think I bought 20 copies of it for friends.
The one thing my mother did make was what was known at the time as lox and onions and eggs. Now, no one makes it with lox; they make it with nova. That was my mother's specialty, which she cooked on New Year's Day for the Rose Bowl games, which we had a party for every year. It took her about an hour to make scrambled eggs.
I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.
I'm religious about salted butter. I don't understand how it happened that everyone thought we should all have sweet butter. I blame the French.
Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.
I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.
We're saved somewhat by Google. You can - when you're all sitting around the table desperately snapping your fingers in the hopes of remembering the name of that movie that you can't remember the name of - you can make people think that you are not as old as you actually are because you have the technology to find the answer.
I have been forgetting things for years - at least since I was in my 30s. I know this because I wrote something about it at the time; I have proof. Of course I can't remember exactly where I wrote about it or when, but I could probably hunt it up if I had to.
I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.
Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job.
Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, 'Is that all there is?' You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself.
Writing is what I do. It's like breathing to me at a certain point, but if I couldn't write, I do like cooking.
Your hair doesn't need to be washed every day any more than your black pants have to be dry-cleaned every time you wear them.
At the age of 55, you will get a saggy roll just above your waist, even if you are painfully thin.
My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else.
The best divorce is the kind where there are no children. That was my first divorce. You walk out the door and you never look back.
One good thing I'd like to say about divorce is that it sometimes makes it possible for you to be a much better wife to your next husband because you have a place for your anger - it's not directed at the person you're currently with.
I have now been married to my third husband for more than 20 years. But when you've had children with someone you're divorced from, divorce defines everything; it's the lurking fact, a slice of anger in the pie of your brain.
'Sleepless' was a script that had been written by three or four other writers before me, and it never really worked, but it had this amazing ending on the top of the Empire State Building that just worked, no matter what came before it.
Here are some questions I am constantly fretting over: Do you splurge, or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live 20 more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long?
I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.


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THE MOVIE ANARCHIST
Reviews and Rants by Anon E. Muss
Thumbsucker (2005)
Thumbsucker is a quirky indie film about a high school kid (Lou Taylor Pucci) who still sucks his thumb at age 17. Clearly this is a problem that needs a remedy, but the film is just as much about the fact that everyone else has some type of disorder that needs fixing. It's comical because his mother, father, orthodontist, and even his girl friend, are more dysfunctional than he is; but of course, he's the only one who receives treatment. Just as "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," the more obvious problem gets the treatment.
Not surprisingly, the treatments is worse than the "illness." A steady dose of Ritalin does the trick, at least for a while.
The film is slow-paced, and not "laugh out loud" funny, but the comedy is more in the quirkiness of the characters. It's worth seeing not only because Pucci is commendable in the lead role, but he gets a lot of help from his terrific supporting cast, including Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves, and Benjamin Bratt.
Critics v. The Rest of Us
The Cost of the War on Drugs
The Genius of Ricky Gervais
The Libertarian Purity Test
Tweeted Reviews
Reviews and More
My Rules of Movie Making
Ratings in a Nutshell
Source Code (2011)
Made In Dagenham (2010)
The New World (2005)
Blue Valentine (2010)
The "Eyes Wide Shut" Test
Somewhere (2010)
Mrs. Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room (2011)
Passion Play (2010)
Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Wicker Park (2004)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Secretariat (2010)
A Serious Man (2009)
Stand by Me (1986)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Disgrace (2008)
The Rite (2011)
Fucked Up Politics
The Hunters (2011)
The Timeslip (2011)
In Time (2011)
The White Ribbon (2009)


The Judicial Wing was founded in 2006 in Bucharest during INSOL Europe's Annual Congress. The Chair of the Judicial Wing is Prof. Dr. Heinz Vallender, Head of the Insolvency Court, Cologne. In 2006 it consisted of five judges from five different European States. The judges made it their challenge to discuss the problems of cross border insolvency proceedings and search for practical solutions during their annual meeting. The Judicial Wing meets in conjunction with the Annual Congress with previous meetings held in Bucharest (2006), Monaco (2007), Barcelona (2008), Stockholm (2009), Vienna (2010), Venice (2011), Brussels (2012), Paris (2013), Istanbul (2014), Berlin (2015) and Cascais (2016).
The minutes from the most recent Judicial Wing meeting, Warsaw (Poland) in October 2017 can be found on the Documents page.
The Report on the Judicial Wing 2018 can be found on the Documents page.