Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Man Covers Himself With Thousands Of Bees to set a new world record

 

Man Covers Himself With Thousands Of Bees
NBC30.com - Hartford,CT,USA
BUCARAMANGA, Columbia -- A Colombian man claims he has set a new world record by being covered with hundreds of thousands of bees. ... 
 
Hoteliers want compensation for collecting VAT
GhanaWeb - Accra,Ghana
... of the Hoteliers Association, Heifer International-Ghana, an NGO, which operates in the country and focuses on livestock and bee-keeping production, as part of ...

IFAD trains 447 persons in intervention programmes
The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria
... operation. Gari said IFAD had so far offered training in the areas of bee keeping, soap making and pump maintenance. Others are ...

My story: Sweet and local
BBC News - UK
... Now I have eight hives. Bee keeping starts in the Spring, around the end of March or the beginning of April. I inspect the bees ...

Wyalusing corn maze takes visitors through four miles of twists ...
Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
... products art and crafts, and in another building are interesting educational displays about various aspects of agriculture from bee keeping and dairy farming ...

Role of cooperative education
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinigar,India
... conditions. We can form cooperatives in the sectors of fisheries, tourism, silk rearing, bee-keeping, herbal plants and so on. This ...  

Aussie bees may be headed for Mars
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The National Space Science Conference dinner in Melbourne this week heard of a plan to send stingless native bees on a Russian space mission to the ...

Bees attack in Phelan
Victorville Daily Press - Victorville,CA,USA
By MIGUEL GONZALEZ. PHELAN -- Neighbors here report bees attacked and stung at least five people and three horses. Phelan resident ...  

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Check Your Phone Bill for Fake Charges from OAN and Nationwide Connections

Check Your Phone Bill for Fake Charges from OAN and Nationwide Connections, Inc.
 
OAN, Billview.com, Billingconcepts.com, Nationwide Connections, inc., oanweb.com, Qwest are all involved, but make it very hard to trace back to the source of the bogus phone bill charges
 
In looking over my phone bill this month I discover a charge for $6.25. Now, you would think I would remember a collect a call from Spearfish, SD from last month, right? Well it's a bogus charge and I also discovered we had one on our bill from last February that was supposed to have been made in December 2004. That one was from Michigan and also for $6.25.
 
The numbers they provide in the bills will take you to Nationwide Connections whose supposedly bill on behalf of OAN, whatever those letters mean. All the numbers they give you at Nationwide Connections for OAN just take you back to Nationwide Connections. OAN really does not want to be contacted by you...!
 
The good thing is that Nationwide Connections readily gives you credit or in the case of my old charge says they will send a voucher that can be used against our phone bill for credit. We'll see if we really get one.
 
The message here is to check your phone bill every month and question any funny-looking charges.
 
Do some searches in Google for oan scam and billview scan and you will find it ain't just me.
 
Here's one blog entry that I found that confirms what I've seen:
 
(hris

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Swarm of bees take over intersection, attack officers

 

Swarm of bees take over intersection, attack officers
KRQE - Albuquerque,NM,USA
ARTESIA, NM -- A swarm of thousands of angry bees took over an intersection in southeast New Mexico and went into attack mode. Police ...  
 
Student Film Premiere
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... Keara Castaldo and Simmy Willemann. She practices a number of crafts including bee keeping, quilting, painting and furniture caning. ...  

Wicker Man director is flaming furious over Hollywood remake
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
HE gave the world arguably the most iconic Scottish film ever made but a US remake which adds a swarm of killer bees and changes the sex of a pagan lord has ...

Honey Festival has tastes for everyone
Parkersburg News - Parkersburg,WV,USA
... The festival is an event started to allow people to have a fun way to learn about bees. ... "Keeping bees is a great way to get connected to the earth. ...   

Jigawa inches towards market-oriented agriculture
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... Technology Development Programmes, The promotion of Mass Production of Industrial Crops, Orchards Establishment, Introduction of Modern Bee Keeping Tech nology ...  

That's one honey of a honey Honeys may have as many distinctive ...
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... questions. Arnott, whose bee-keeping tasks can feel too solitary at times, has a sociable side and loves talking about his trade. ...

NGO presents 165 beehives to 50 farmers
GhanaWeb - Accra,Ghana
14, GNA - Heifer International, Ghana, an NGO focusing on livestock and bee-keeping production to help reduce poverty in deprived communities has presented 165 ...  

Aussie bees to help Mars space mission
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... Department head keeper Patrick Honan told the National Space Science Conference in Melbourne last night he wants to send stingless native bees to the ...

Left unmowed, power-line land might suit bees
Christian Science Monitor - USA
... Bees are one of the most important transporters of pollen, which helps plants reproduce. Bees pollinate many flowering plants, fruits ...

Flowers that glow green to attract the bees
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Some brightly-coloured flowers appear to use a green glow to attract bees and bats to pollinate them, according to a study published yesterday. ...

Bees swarm Artesia police
KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USA
A swarm of what officials say might have been so-called ‘killer" bees attacked six people including three police officers in Artesia Wednesday. ...  

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

DO NOT install the Windows Authenticode Certified "Secure service pack" if prompted!!!

This site, http://www.placementpower.org/ seems to be the one behind the distribution of a browser add-in that has nothing to do with security except to violate yours. It really adds the ability to server ads to you that you may or may not want. It may do other harmful things, but this has not been verified. Don't trust something that has to hide what it really is and what it really does to your computer.
 
They also offer Surf Speak surfspeak.com and Voice command browser. If you are considering these, look for the same thing somewhere else, or make sure you read all about what the do to your computer and what rights you give up by doing so.
 
They also say they are Windows Authenticode Certified which they may or may not be, I don't know what it takes to be able to claim that, but it does NOT mean that Microsoft approves of what they are doing. If they do, let me know and I'll print that. They also try to make you think that the Secure Service Pack is something important like Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Quicktime Player and they mention those products on their site and on the phone if you call them.
 
Don't be suckered in and tell everyone you know that it's a another scam to use you to generate advertising revenue for them. What do you get? Nothing, or maybe some software you could get elsewhere without the spy ware/adware.

Placement Power, Inc.
43264 Business Park Dr. Suite 106
Temecula, CA 92590
Telephone: (951)506-3500
FAX: (951)506-3509
 
Email: info@placementpower.com
 
DO NOT install the Windows Authenticode Certified, "Secure service pack"!
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