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Nutritional Guidance from...Lobbyists?
Let's pretend, for a moment, that you're the parent of a two-year-old, and you want to make sure you're buying your toddler the most nutritious food possible, so she will grow healthy and strong. You're looking for advice. Whom would you turn to? Maybe a doctor? A nutritionist? Or a lobbyist?
Most people would pick the doctor or nutritionist, but it seems that some members of Congress would be inclined to go with the lobbyist.
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are currently embroiled in a debate about the nutritional value of one of America's favorite foods—the white potato.
Potato growers have recently voiced outrage over the exclusion of the white potato from the approved list of food that can be bought with Women Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program benefits. WIC provides healthy food to pregnant women and young children, allowing families to buy certain items deemed nutritious by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Milk and fruit are on the list, as are vegetables—save for white potatoes. USDA guidelines exclude white potatoes from WIC because, according to its dietary data, no Americans, rich or poor, are eating too few white potatoes in any form—in fact, we are eating too many. Potato growers maintain, as anyone with a financial stake in selling more potatoes might do, that white spuds are a nutritional powerhouse that should be available to WIC beneficiaries.
Today, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee sided with potato growers, voting during its agriculture appropriations committee markup process to examine the issue more closely but, in the meantime, add white potatoes to the list of approved WIC foods.
Allowing a powerful special interest to have any say in determining guidelines for federal child nutrition programs sets a dangerous precedent. The move opens the door for lobbyists and special interests to begin promoting their foods. Luckily, there is still time to fix it! You can still contact your senators and tell them that the WIC foods program must address the nutritional needs of children, not the interests of the most powerful lobbies.
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman has written a piece on the potato battle, and what seems to be a trend toward members of Congress throwing science out the window and considering the profits and needs of special interests, to the detriment of children. It doesn't stop with Congress caving to the demands of potato growers—a recent House bill proposed allowing schools to ignore healthy eating guidelines for school lunches if they find that ridding their cafeterias of junk means they're making less money from food sales.
This week, a large group of national, state, and local organizations penned a sign-on letter to Congress, asking them to continue to let science-based decisions govern federal nutrition programs, whether deciding what foods can be purchased with WIC benefits, or what nutritional guidelines school lunches should follow. Hopefully, members of Congress will realize that science, not special interests, should be determining what is considered the most nutritious food for growing children.
Posted by Bread on May 22, 2014 in Hunger in the News, Maternal and Child Nutrition, WIC / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Hunger in the News: Poverty and Boomer Immigrants, SNAP, Can Fasting Affect Climate Change?
A regular, non-comprehensive roundup of current news links on hunger and poverty issues from around the Web.
"For Many Boomer Immigrants, Rough Times Ahead," by Chris Farrell, PBS Next Avenue. "On average, aging immigrant boomers own fewer assets, earn less income and have little savings set aside for their elder years than their native-born peers. They also tend to work longer, well into the traditional retirement years."
"Congress shifts food aid funds into shipping costs," The Olympian (editorial). "A month ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, which increased transportation costs of U.S.-sourced food aid by $75 million annually. A coalition of humanitarian groups estimates that diverting this money from food to shipping costs will deprive about 2 million vulnerable people of access to life-saving food."
"What I Realized When I Finally Decided to Sign Up for Food Stamps," by Dennis Powers, Huffington Post. "What it has let me do is purchase better quality foods. Low sodium canned products, more fruit and fresh vegetables and slightly better cuts of meat instead of just the cheapest. I still need to be frugal but I no longer need to defer a food purchase in order to fill my gas tank, pay my phone bill or buy medication. There is still a lot of stress from my financial situation but I never realized how much of it or how insidious it was to maintain the balancing act of paying bills or buying food."
"Who Gets to Graduate?" by Paul Tough, New York Times. "[W]hether a student graduates or not seems to depend today almost entirely on just one factor — how much money his or her parents make. To put it in blunt terms: Rich kids graduate; poor and working-class kids don't. Or to put it more statistically: About a quarter of college freshmen born into the bottom half of the income distribution will manage to collect a bachelor's degree by age 24, while almost 90 percent of freshmen born into families in the top income quartile will go on to finish their degree."
"Here's Something You Can Do About Climate Change: Don't Eat," by Jason Best, Takepart.com. "Could fasting once a month make a difference when it comes to climate change? That's the question behind a growing global movement coalescing around the hashtag #fastfortheclimate."
Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2014/05/15/3133254/congress-shifts-food-aid-funds.html#storylink=cpy
Posted by Bread on May 19, 2014 in Hunger in the News / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Hunger in the News: Poverty in America, Income Inequality, School Lunches Around the World
A regular, non-comprehensive roundup of current news links on hunger and poverty issues from around the Web.
"The Changing Picture Of Poverty: Hard Work Is 'Just Not Enough,'" by Pam Fessler, NPR. "There are 46 million poor people in the U.S., and millions more hover right above the poverty line — but go into many of their homes, and you might find a flat-screen TV, a computer or the latest sneakers.And that raises a question: What does it mean to be poor in America today?"
"Mapping Three Decades of Income Inequality, State by State," by Richard Florida, Atlantic Cities. "Income inequality has risen considerably in the United States and across the entire advanced world. Most research has focused on growing inequality within and across nations. What's less clear is to what degree income inequality has grown across different parts of the U.S."
"One in five rely on food stamps in five states," by Jennifer Liberto, CNN Money. Nearly one in five people are on food stamps in five states—Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, New Mexico and Louisiana—a stark reminder that the Great Recession continues to be a drag on the nation's poorest.
"A taste of school lunches around world," by Donna Gordon Blankinship, AP. The Associated Press sent photographers to Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America to see what kids around the globe eat for lunch.
"Where Do Food Stamps Go the Furthest? At the Farmers Market," by Willy Blackmore, TakePart.com. Despite the cuts to SNAP (formerly food stamps) brought about by the new farm bill, a $2.5 million grant from First 5 L.A. will make SNAP recipients' food assistance go twice as far at farmers markets across the Southland.
Posted by Bread on May 12, 2014 in Hunger in the News / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Policy Focus: House Must Act on Immigration Reform
With one-third of unauthorized immigrants living in poverty and reports showing that legalization and citizenship would increase immigrants' earnings 13 percent or more, immigration reform is an important hunger issue. Moreover, the biblical mandate to "welcome the stranger" implores us as Christians to seek reform of our country's immigration system. The Hebrew word for immigrant — ger — appears 92 times in the Bible.
It has been nearly a year since the Senate passed S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. Despite widespread support for advancing some sort of immigration reform, the House has yet to act as a whole. However, significant movement has taken place behind the scenes.
The Senate passed one large comprehensive immigration bill, but the House decided to take a piecemeal approach, opting instead to pass a number of separate bills dealing with different aspects of our immigration system. The House Judiciary Committee has passed five bordersecurity measures. More importantly, three other bills lie in the wings as representatives negotiate final details and prepare for the proper moment to introduce their legislation. These bills focus on granting citizenship to DREAMERS (undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as young children by their parents or relatives and who have lived most of their lives here), providing a path to legalization for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S., and addressing low-skilled workers.
For Congress to carry out comprehensive immigration reforms, the House must act. The votes exist. Speaker John Boehner needs only to bring legislation to the floor of the House for a vote. Many House Republicans, including many within the leadership, have made strong statements indicating their support for passing reforms this year.
There are two periods when immigration reform has its best chance of passing out of the House: the next couple of months and early this fall. A number of House Republicans wanted to delay voting for reforms, scared off by potential primary challengers. Now that the primaries are ending, a short window of opportunity exists before the August recess. Another short window of opportunity exists in September, after the August recess but before members return to their districts for the final campaign spree before the November elections.
Members of Congress must feel political pressure to act. They must feel there is a political cost in their November elections if they are seen as not acting on immigration reform. This is not a question of policy. It is a question of politics and members hearing from their constituents. Members of Congress need to be going to leadership, urging them to bring immigration bills up for a vote in the House because they are feeling too much pressure back home not to do so.
During Bread's 2014 Lobby Day (June 10 — see Bread Slices for more information), we will be increasing this pressure. One of the "asks" or topics during Lobby Day will be urging House members to press for votes on immigration reform, primarily those bills that will have a measurable impact in reducing hunger.
Photo: Advocates gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on June 27, 2013, to pray for compassionate, comprehensive immigration reform. (Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World)
[This article originally appeared in the May 2014 edition of Bread for the World's e-newsletter.]
Posted by Bread on May 05, 2014 in Hunger in the News, Immigration / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Salvaging Food: Creating Compost in Santa Fe
[This is the last post in a four-part series on salvaging food, reprinted with permission from the Bread New Mexico blog. Part 1 looked at restaurants and food waste; part 2 explored the barriers schools face in donating excess food; and part 3 looked at a chef-founded program that helps restaurants donate their excess food.]
By Carlos Navarro
How many of us who grow a garden every summer create our own compost with banana peels, egg shells, coffee grounds, dated celery, and badly-bruised apples? While those are common ingredients in homemade compost, almost all foods are fair game if you have the right tools and equipment.
The City of Santa Fe, in partnership with Reunity Resources, has a plan to create compost on a larger scale from food waste collected at restaurants, hotels, and schools. This is a common practice in other cities around the country, particularly in California, including Monterey and Laguna Hills.
Under the Santa Fe plan, Reunity Resources—a New Mexico based non-profit committed to building community partnerships and implementing zero-waste programs—will collect the food waste and bring it to Payne's Organic Soil Yard, which will then process it into nutrient-rich compost. The compost will be available for purchase from Payne's.
Reunity Resources will provide clients with bins, bags, labels, and 64-gallon wheeled carts for collection once, twice, or three times a week. "Our goal is to make food scraps/organics separation as simple as possible for our restaurant clients, and to make a seamless transition from trash to treasure," said Reunity Resources.
If you're interested in learning more about innovative ways in which restaurants are composting, check out this New York Times article about the challenges composting restaurants face, and watch a video on a Chicago restaurant that has managed to go completely trash free.
Carlos Navarro has been a Bread member for over 20 years and has led Bread's presence in New Mexico for the last decade. He maintains the Bread for the World New Mexico website and blog, and serves on the Bread for the World board of directors.
Posted by Bread on May 02, 2014 in Hunger in the News / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Salvaging Food: The Food Brigade
This 2009 photo of a dumpster behind N.Y.C. Bagel shows how much food restaurants and grocery stores can waste. Programs like Santa Fe's Food Depot make sure excess food from retailers is instead used to feed hungry people. (Sachi Yoshitsugu/Wikimedia Commons)
[This is the third in a four-part series on salvaging food, reprinted with permission from the Bread New Mexico blog. Part 1 looked at restaurants and food waste, and part 2 explored the barriers schools face in donating excess food.]
By Carlos Navarro
Chef Katherine Kagel moved to Santa Fe, N.M., from northern California in 1978 to open Cafe Pasqual's. The restaurant has been a fixture near the Santa Fe Plaza for more than 35 years, but it isn't Chef Kagel only important contribution to Santa Fe: she created the Food Brigade, an all-volunteer organization that collected excess foods from grocers and restaurants and delivered them to Santa Fe's feeding programs and shelters. The Food Brigade was a natural step for Chef Kagel, who helped found Foodchain, the international association of prepared and perishable food rescue programs.
The Food Brigade evolved into the Food Depot, a food bank that serves Santa Fe and nine northern counties through 10 satellite food banks. Foodchain followed a similar path, becoming part of the operations of America's Second Harvest, which is now Feeding America.
The Food Depot now serves some 125 northern New Mexico social service agencies with perishable and non-perishable foods. "The Food Brigade, along with a few other nonprofits, recognized the need for a more complete food rescue in Santa Fe, so they formed the Food Depot," says Sherry Hooper, the director of the food bank.
Food Depot in Santa Fe
The Food Depot serves the traditional role of a food bank,which is to provide packaged foods and fresh produce to pantries and feeding sites, but the Santa Fe food bank is to some extent continuing the mission of the Food Brigades (even though prepared foods are not as readily available in the current restaurant environment). "Most restaurants prepare as ordered so they don't have a lot of leftover food," says Food Depot director Sherry Hooper. "Plus, in Santa Fe there is not a great demand for prepared food so, while we are available to pick up and distribute prepared food, we are rarely called upon to do so."
Still, there are opportunities to pick up leftover food at a handful of eateries and bakeries in our state capital. "We collect from a few restaurants, such as Olive Garden, and some bakeries," says Hopper. "We pick up at all grocery stores, bakeries, a few restaurants, the Farmers Market, etc. Restaurants call us when they have donations to make. We get deli and prepared foods from the grocery stores."
The restaurants that currently have an arrangement with Food Depot are Starbucks, Olive Garden, Café Pasquals, Panera, Momo & Co, Sage Bakehouse, Tribes Coffeehouse, and Walter Burke Catering.
Hopper also says Food Depot will also direct a donation of prepared food directly to one of its partner agencies—a homeless shelter, for example—to get the food more quickly to an agency and served, since it is so highly perishable. She adds, however, that meals are prepared or brought in by volunteers at many agencies or shelters, so the demand for prepared foods is not as high.
Posted by Bread on May 01, 2014 in Hunger in the News / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Salvaging Food: Restaurants and Food Waste
[This is the first in a four-part series on salvaging food, reprinted with permission from the Bread New Mexico blog.]
The issue of household food waste has grabbed a lot of headlines in recent months, but restaurant food waste is a problem not talked about as frequently. I started putting together this blog post to highlight how the City of Santa Fe and anti-waste nonprofit Reunity Resources developed a pilot progam to convert food scraps to compost. As I was conducting research on how restaurants deal with leftover food, I came across a very interesting and comprehensive guide, put together by the National Restaurant Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture), for restaurants to donate their leftover meals to food-salvage operations.
So, I decided to look at the issue in a four-part series. Part 1 offers excerpts from the guide; part 2 will provide excerpts from a memorial passed by the New Mexico state legislature to encourage the state's public schools to donate excess food; part 3 describes how food salvage got its start in Santa Fe; and part 4 looks at the operation that turns food scraps into compost.
Here are a few excerpts from the report "Food Donation: A Restauranteur's Guide."
Food Donation
Of the many methods employed to fight the problem of hunger in America, food recovery may be one of the best because it makes use of wholesome food that would otherwise be discarded. A June 1997 study by the US. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that more than one-quarter of all food produced in the nation is wasted. The study, conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service, is the first of its kind in 20 years to examine and quantify food loss. The study found that, in 1995, about 96 billion pounds of food-or 27 percent of the 356 billion pounds of food available for human consumption in the United States-were lost at retail, consumer and foodservice levels... With little effort, [restauranteurs] can make a huge difference in the lives of children, the elderly, the home- less and even the working poor in their communities by doing something that is already second nature to most restaurant professionals-feeding people.
Rescuing Fresh Produce
Restaurateurs should begin their search for donation items by looking at the food they have in storage, such as fresh produce that will spoil before it can be used. While no one would want to eat anything that is moldy, there are many occasions when perfectly edible fruits and vegetables are thrown out because they have passed the point of restaurant quality or freshness or are discovered to have bruises or to be soft so that the produce cannot be served to customers.
Protection from Liability
One of the biggest obstacles to donating food to hunger programs has always been the prospective donor's fear of liability. However, everyone involved in the fight against hunger is now breathing easier since the passage of the Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act in October 1996. The coverage provided by this law-in combination with proper food-safety practices and thorough documentation-will go a long way toward protecting restaurants from liability in the unlikely case of a lawsuit involving donated food.
Carlos Navarro has been a Bread member for over 20 years and has led Bread's presence in New Mexico for the last decade. He maintains the Bread for the World New Mexico website and blog, and serves on the Bread for the World board of directors.
Photo: A trash bag full of vegetables in a dumpster. (Flickr user Gabriel Amadeus)
Posted by Bread on April 28, 2014 in Hunger in the News, Hunger Resources, U.S. Hunger / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
What Does Food Insecurity Look Like in Your Community?
A woman serves dinner at a soup kitchen. (Screen shot from A Place at the Table, courtesy of Participant Media)
"I just want my kids to be fed," Jaime Grimes of Lincoln, Neb., recently told NBC News. The former teacher and mother of four visits food pantries, grows food in a community garden, and receives food stamps (SNAP); her children participate in a variety of nutrition programs, from school lunches to a backpack program that sends them home with food once a week. Still, it's not enough.
Although the effects of the Great Recession are fading for some, many families are still struggling to put food on the table. Feeding America's 2014 Map the Meal Gap report, released earlier this week, shows that food insecurity continues to touch every county in the nation, and that children are at especially great risk of experiencing hunger.
According to the report, even in the most food-secure state—which is Nebraska, where Grimes and her children live—more than 1 in 10 children struggles with hunger.
(View the map, and see the food insecurity rate in your state and county.)
"We haven't really seen increases in food insecurity [since the recession], which is a good thing. The downside of that is there are still way too many food insecure people," said Bread for the World policy analyst Christine Melendez Ashley, in the same NBC News piece.
The Map the Meal Gap report does note that federal nutrition programs and the emergency food system "weave a comprehensive nutrition safety net, reaching food-insecure individuals at different levels of poverty," Still, there is a need to "strengthen anti-hunger programs and policies to ensure food-insecure individuals are eligible and have access to adequate levels of assistance."
Some key finding from Map the Meal Gap include:
- 324 counties in the United States are high food-insecurity counties; minorities are disproportionately affected
- In every state, children are at a higher risk of food insecurity compared to the overall population.
- Of the counties with food insecurity rates in the highest 10 percent, 51.5 percent were rural, even though rural counties represent only 42.5 percent of all counties in the United States.
What does hunger look like in your community? How many people live below the SNAP threshold? What is the average cost of a meal? Whether you live in Nebraska, with its low rate of food insecurity, or Mississippi—the state with the highest number of people struggling with hunger—viewing the map reminds us of the need to advocate to strengthen our country's safety net and ensure that all are fed.
Posted by Bread on April 23, 2014 in Hunger in the News, Poverty, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
UConn Player: "We Do Have Hungry Nights"
On Monday night, the University of Connecticut won its fourth national men's basketball title—the UConn Huskies beat the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54. "You're looking at the hungry Huskies," UConn player Shabazz Napier said after the win, a reference to the team's unstoppable determination to bring home the title.
But last week, Napier used his platform as a star college basketball player to bring attention to a different kind of hunger. "Sometimes there's hungry nights when I'm not able to eat, but I still gotta play up to my capabilities," he told news reporters. "[Student athletes] are definitely blessed to get a scholarship to our universities, but, at the end of the day, that doesn't cover everything. We do have hungry nights....there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I'm starving."
Napier made the remarks after being asked his opinion of college athletes unionizing, the latest development in the ongoing debate over whether college sports players should be considered employees and receive some of the profits they help pull in for their schools. A few outlets (and a lot of their commenters and social media followers) are discussing whether it's possible for Napier to be hungry. Some have pointed out that he has a meal plan as part of his scholarship package, and that most colleges go to great lengths to ensure their top-tier athletes are well-fueled. Others countered that student athletes who burn thousands of calories each day may require extra sustenance, and long practices and frequent road trips may mean grabbing dinner at a campus dining hall before a 7 p.m. closing time isn't always feasible.
Although Napier's story has sparked some heated debate, everyone seems to agree that no college student should ever have to worry about having enough to eat.
We've written about college hunger before. As the economy limps toward recovery, and the cost of higher education continues to skyrocket, students are increasingly seeking out food stamps (SNAP), food banks, and other community resources in order to feed themselves. While college isn't a particularly flush time for most, there's a difference between being a "broke" student subsisting on ramen noodles and iced coffee, and being a student dealing with chronic food insecurity and even homelessness.
Unfortunately, most students don't qualify for SNAP benefits, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the program, notes that there are quite a few exceptions. And while it's heartbreaking to think of college students needing them, food pantries that cater to students are becoming more common on campuses. Still, the fact that university students, young people seen by so many as having "made it," are facing hunger and food insecurity shows just how pervasive the problem of hunger is in this country. It also underscores the need to strengthen and expand safety net programs, so that students can focus on acing their midterms, and winning championship titles, instead of wondering where they'll find their next meal.
Posted by Bread on April 09, 2014 in Hunger in the News, U.S. Hunger / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Borlaug
"Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world," —Norman Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009)
Dr. Norman Borlaug—scientist, father of the Green Revolution, and Nobel Peace Prize receipient— would've been 100 years old today.
Borlaug's work transformed modern agriculture and fed billions of people in the process. His development of high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat and other crops doubled the world's food production, prevented famine across the globe, and showed the world that ending hunger is within our reach.
In honor of Borlaug's great achievements , there will be celebrations of his life around the world today, including the unveiling of a Borlaug statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The state of Iowa, Borlaug's birthplace, commissioned a 7-ft. bronze statue in his likeness to be displayed in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Borlaug had special ties to Bread for the World, and served as an early board member of the organization. "No single person has contributed more to relieving world hunger than our friend, the late Norman Borlaug,"said Bread for the World President David Beckmann, in 2009. "Norman was truly the man who fed the world, saving up to a billion people from hunger and starvation."
The World Food Prize, which Borlaug founded, is collecting pledges from people around the world, who have vowed to continue Borlaug's work, in ways both big and small. Some have said they will reduce their personal food waste, others have said they will work with small-scale farmers.
"Nothing could pay greater homage to the life's work of Norman Borlaug and his Green Revolution than to eradicate hunger around the world,"said Beckmann, who received the World Food Prize in 2010.
While the number of hungry people has dropped significantly over the past two decades, 842 million people continue to struggle with hunger every day. So, advocacy on any scale, whether calling your member of Congress and asking him or her to protect domestic nutrition programs, or sending handwritten letters in support of U.S. food aid reform, is an important, worthy tribute to Borlaug's legacy.
Photo: Norman Borlaug in 1964, scoring wheat plants for rust resistance in wheat breeding plots near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, northern Mexico. (The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center/CIMMYT)
Posted by Bread on March 25, 2014 in Advocacy, Global Hunger, Hunger in the News / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
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I absolutely loved this jacket until it arrived for one reason and that was because of the color. I ordered it in red which it appears in the photo, but it is actually a pink/salmon color. The jacket is awesome, built in face mask, tons of pockets, really legit jacket that i considered keeping it. but i am just not a pink girl and had to let it go. Would have been great in red!
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- Posted by LauraRobichaud 5b Mass. (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 11:04
Ryan, love the tutorials. Thanks for all your help! (btw...I haven't killed any of my lithops...yet. Most are all splitting right now) |
- Posted by Beachplants Z11 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 11:28
Nice informative set! |
- Posted by rosemariero z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 15:31
Great tutorial, Ryan...visually & otherwise! =) One thing, though...I have/have these Haworthias...and used to think they were H. mutica (var. mutica). When Rudolf Shultz' book came out (Haworthia for the Collector), I found it listed as "a compact form of H. retusa var. retusa. The have tiny cilia on leaf edges, whereas mutica does not. |
Love your photo-illustrated how-to lessons! As a lurker who is trying to learn before buying and killing C&S plants, can you explain why you put the leaves in dry soil (I root other types of plants in moist mix)? |
Love your photo-illustrated how-to lessons! As a lurker who is trying to learn before buying and killing C&S plants, can you explain why you put the leaves in dry soil (I root other types of plants in moist mix)? |
Wondrous experiment. Inspired, I did the same thing today, but with a good dozen different Haw leaves. Also was happy to see that a H. pygmaea leaf I accidentally knocked off my one little plant about two weeks ago already has a tiny root developing. I was wondering about the var. mutica--versus retusa thing, RoRo, because I'm pretty sure I have this same variety (and I removed pup leaves from it today). |
- Posted by Microthrix 9 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 19:16
Keep me updated with this guys. I need to make sure it 100% works. Id love to experiment, but i dont have an abundance of haworthias, or a very large one. |
- Posted by salt_creep 10 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 0:18
When it works, the results are so delightful! |
^ Oh, what a great reward alright! I'll be so thrilled if I have success. |
- Posted by salt_creep 10 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 0:45
Check out this video on Haworthia Propagation |
- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 12:01
Very nice hansrobo. Also, Very interesting video. One cuts the oposite side of the stem from the main body of leaf. The leaf must make a ring around the stem. I do not know german. Does any one know what "drug zand" is? I gather some kind of sand. It is surprising that one gets multiple babes off of one leaf. |
- Posted by rosemariero z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 12:29
Neat-O info! Thanks for the link to the video, Ken. Mara, in Dutch... in droog zand of eerst laten drogen translates to: |
Thanks everybody, for the comments! Thanks also for the photo and great video, Ken! That's very helpful. The H. limifolia he uses for the vid, though, has tougher leaf edges... less likely to crack when you pull on them like he's doing. I only see one question from Donna... |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 19:12
Well, Ryan, now the bug has bitten me, too. I just have to wait until some warmer weather happens around here. then I will have the room in the greenhouse and a better chance of something positive happening! I know you'll keep this going with your progress because we all want to see the results.... |
Here's an update! One leaf survived, I moved it to a shared pot with some other leaves a few months ago. It's the only thing left in the pot. |
The leaves from Howard's H. comptoniana are doing very well! Only one pup so far but all the leaves are rooted. |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Sun, Nov 3, 13 at 15:20
Looks great... I must really be over the hill, Ryan, because I don't recall sending that one to you. |
Thanks, Howard! Yes, it was you who offered it up and I was the lucky recipient. It recently bloomed and I was able to cross it with a maughanii that technically belongs to Jeff. I guess that means you two are parents! |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Sun, Nov 3, 13 at 15:43
Ahhh to be a grandparent...again! So does it look like you're going to have pods? Sounds like an interesting cross... round windows with great markings. Oh, and don't ask me to babysit... at my age, I'm having a hard enough time caring for myself!!!! |
This post was edited by bikerdoc5968 on Sun, Nov 3, 13 at 16:20
Hey, y'all! I just wanted to share some progress on these puppies. Here are the H. comptoniana from Howard. We have 3 new plants so far! It's nice because I don't think this plant will offset on its own. |
... and, here are the offspring from Howard's H.comptoniana X Jeff's H. maughanii who's just here on vacation and got knocked up. Small yet, but full of potential, as with all children of love. |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 21:55
Ryan, the cross is VERY exciting, indeed! I didn't realize you had crossed the plants... So do the grandparents get to have visitors????? LOL I wonder if the new offsets for the H.comptoniana will be large leafed as the parent plant and how this will impact the cross???? |
- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 22:53
'knocked up on vacation' - I wonder how you know my plans so well. I never did do the leaf propagation before, so it's great to get a primer on it - wait, how do I get SouCal weather in January..... Great status report, Ryno, and the crosses are exciting. |
A beginner question: I read that I should lay a succulent leaf on the ground and not to stuck it in. Here I see that you put the leaf tip into the ground Is the latter is the preferred method for any succulent plant? |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 10:11
O this is cool. TY for posting it! |
- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 11:52
Tneomi, With Gasteria and Haworthia leaves, it's better to insert them slightly into the soil. With leaves of Crassula Family members, you can either lay them on the surface or insert them slightly. |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 12:04
If anyone is interested, this is what Ryan's H.comptoniana looked like prior to removing some leaves. Mine is in a 4" pot. Ryan, how is your "mother" plant looking? |
Thanks a lot cactusmcharris |
Thanks guys! Howard, I doubt any of the offspring will be as big as the colossus, comptoniana. It will take years but it could be very interesting to select the biggest of the offspring and cross that back with a standard maughanii. In a few generations, we might be able to develop a HUGE maughanii! That would be something. I've seen a photo of a really big one in Japan, I think it was called 'Mammoth'. Jeff, you know things are extra fertile around here. Hide your kids, hide your wife. Here are both parents. Mine is also in a 4" pot and has beefed up nicely. It's in bloom right now and I'm crossing it with another very nice Haworthia that I've had lots of trouble IDing. |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 17:00
I can understand how hard it is to ID these, especially when there can be variation from plant to plant.... I have two plants both named H. emeylae that look nothing like one another. So maybe one is mislabeled. Whatever your plant is, the cross should be exciting. Thanks |
Ryan what a great nursery. So good to see follow-up. You can always be counted on with your great pictorials. Good looking plants Howard, whatever they are. |
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- Posted by rosemariero z10/24 SDiego areaCA (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 11:52
Howard, plant in your top pic, I believe is Haworthia pygmaea f. crystallina (I have also found some list as Haworthia pygmaea var. pygmaea). I'll have a look at ideas for your other --or Ryan's mystery a bit later. Have to run to ranch now. Horse with a torn tendon-ouch! Nice plants, all! Great pictorial! Yes, you guys are funny! Keep it up!! =) |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 12:25
Just a pic of a possible ID for the unknown????? H. rubicunda or maybe a clone of a retusa or maybe H. mutica v mutica???????? BTW: This is NOT my picture. |
This post was edited by bikerdoc5968 on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 15:35
Thanks, Howard and Ro. I feel like I'm so close! It's funny because this was an Altman's plant and there had to be a bunch of them that were distributed. I bought it at Lowe's and there were a bunch of them that season... never saw them again. Also, forgot to save the ID. It probably said Haworthia sp. anyway. |
Rina, Thanks for your encouragement. It's really nice to know that people are enjoying this stuff. As for matchmaking, I makes what I can gets! -Ryan |
- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 22:32
And he can gets a lot, Rina. Ryan doesn't know it, but he's going to get another Moneyii to Monkey with. |
- Posted by rosemariero z10/24 SDiego areaCA (My Page) on Wed, Jan 22, 14 at 23:12
I believe Ryan's that "and here's what I'm crossing the comptoniana with now. Any ID suggestions would be helpful" plant & Howard's (as well as one I have, are all Haworthia emelyae (an old form). |
You're having just way too much success, Ryan. It's great. :) |
- Posted by rosemariero z10/24 SDiego areaCA (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 12:38
Thanks, Colleen:) Oddly, it's been a great winter for growing. Ro, thank you for putting so much effort into the ID! I think I remember seeking this ID before so I'm sorry if this is the second time I've put you through this. Your plant does look just like mine, with more sun. I could only find on other image with that title - link below. The TusconGardener person says they bought it at Home Depot. I bought mine at Lowe's and I would guess that yours is an Alman's plant as well, if it was labeled the same way. Every other image I can find of H. mirabilis var. badia looks like a different plant, like the H. badia I'm familiar with - a very distinguishable form. I'm also still leaning towards H. emelyae, but what form??? I really want a proper ID on this because I've already sown some of its seed and now I'm making more. |
Here is a link that might be useful: H. mirabilis var. badia
and here's another link to a post by Paul with the same plant! It looks like it was tagged H. emelyae. |
Here is a link that might be useful: September, 2010
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Sun, Jan 26, 14 at 8:37
Ryan, I trust you won't be upset but I happened upon this article and thought it of interest as a side line to your propagation project. There are two articles: http://www.gerhardmarx.com/2013_02_01_archive.html |
Howard, I already have that page bookmarked. Gerhard Marx is considered by many to be the greatest grower of Haworthias in the world. I tend to agree with that. |
I figured it out, you guys! I randomly - figured - it - out! My mystery Haworthia pictured above is H. magnifica var. acuminata, not a doubt in my mind. What a relief, I tell you. Now both parents are accounted for. I have 2 Haworthia seedlings that are my only successes from my first attempt at Haworthia from seed. One of them is H. magnifica var. acuminata. I looked it up to see what my plant should look like when it's grown up, and presto! There it is. |
- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Fri, Feb 7, 14 at 23:05
I believe you meant to say, sir, 'Whoop, there it is'. And so there it was. Vancouver J |
- Posted by rosemariero z10/24 SDiego areaCA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 13:37
Yay, Ryan! I will just say what I found in my Haw book: Bayer (2008) suggested the magnifica varieties acuminata, dekenahii & splendens be put into H. pygmaea. So (I see the flecking better now) yours should be H. pygmaea v. acuminata. |
Haha, whoomp indeed! Ro, thanks for the additional info. I do have to say, not everyone follows Bruce's suggestions. I don't know enough to find myself on either side of the fence but the question is worth further inquiry. Now that I have some names I can ask Señor Martillo next time I see him. |
- Posted by bikerdoc5968 6 SE MI (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 17:58
Ryan, I meant to ask you how old the two seedlings are? I know your growing conditions can make a BIG difference as compared to mine. |
Howard, these seedlings are 2.5 years. If I knew then what I know now, they'd probably be twice as big. I'm pretty sure I can get the same development in 1 year now. We'll find out in a few months. |
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so we were planting plugs of sedum this morning and i found aver a dozen of these little guys in one plug. i pretty sure its a Centipede but not 100%. also is it good or bad, or just ugly and cant do anything. thanks guys and gals here are some of the pics. these photos were take at about 55x so keep in mind, there tiny
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Looks more like a millipede. Millipedes always have two pair of legs per body segment, which is what I believe I see in the last image. Millipedes also coil themselves up routinely, and centipedes do not. Unfortunately, millipedes will feed on small plant roots if they don't have ample sources of decaying organic matter on which to feast. Centipedes are predatory animals. In my opinion, this would be a good situation in which to use diatomaceous earth (horticultural/food grade). |
Rhizo, what does the Diatomaceous earth do? these plugs are fulled with a healthy mix of organic material. |
Food/horticultural grade DE is very effective at scratching the exoskeletons of such critters, causing dessication. It would be especially successful with such young animals as your millipedes. You'll need to address the bigger picture, however. Where did these little guys come from? Do you have a greenhouse (or similiar) where they are breeding? If you are planting your sedum plugs outside in the real world, I don't think I'd worry about the centipedes too much. But in the confines of a greenhouse.... |
Millipedes, "thousand legged worms", generally cause so little damage to living plants that seldom does any control measure need to be taken, except in unhealthy soils. Since Millipeds prefer to eat decaying organic matter those soils that have ample quantities of OM in the soil generally do not see problmes with them. |
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Back in June, Google announced Android was destined to gain 64-bit support in the coming L release. A few weeks later, Revision 10 of the Native Development Kit (NDK) was posted with support for the three 64-bit architectures that would be able to run the new version of Android: arm64-v8a, x86_64, and mips64. As we close in on the official release of Android L, Google has updated the NDK to revision 10b and added an emulator image developers can use to prepare their apps to run on devices built with Intel's 64-bit chips.
Google TV is the project no one in Mountain View likes to talk about. It was announced with much fanfare, but the platform has languished on an ancient version of Android 3.2 Honeycomb for far too long. Well, Google didn't see fit to mention it at the keynote, but Google TV is getting a fresh coat of paint with an Android 4.2.2 update.
The update should appear on compatible Google TV devices in the next few months and bring new core functionality and support for newer builds of Google Chrome.
Today, with the official release of the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and Nexus 7 HSPA+, Google has released the Android 4.2 SDK, "a new and improved Jelly Bean."
Along with the SDK release, Google has made available SDK Tools r21, the Android NDK, and of course some helpful API documents. Highlighting some of the benefits of the new SDK (and, by extension, Android 4.2), Google touts "Renderscript computation directly in the GPU" for the Nexus 10, "a first for any mobile computation platform," lock screen widgets, Daydream, incredibly enhanced support for external displays, and optimizations for international users.
As an Android developer, I like to keep tabs on the tools I use every day, especially ones as important as ADT for Eclipse and SDK Tools. As was the case several times before, the Android team in charge of both of them posted previews of upcoming releases of ADT 20 and SDK Tools r20, available for manual download ahead of the final releases.
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The moment we've been waiting for so many months - it's finally here! I can hardly contain my excitement as I'm writing this, but both Gingerbread and the Samsung Nexus S were officially announced 30 minutes ago. As expected, the new OS bears the version number 2.3 and brings updates to the SDK and the NDK as well SDK tools and the Eclipse ADT plugin.
As expected, a lot of the OS improvements are under-the-hood, which will result in better gaming, responsiveness, and overall Android experience.
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I'm sure this has been discussed before and is probably common knowledge for a lot of you, but I've only recently started in homebrewing beer and thinking about winemaking. Is the usual 100 gallon legal limit for winemaking (200 in a household with two or more adults) distinct from the limit for beer? In other words, if my household brews 200 gallons of beer within a year, can we also make 200 gallons of wine in addition to the beer?
I believe they are separate. The limits for each are specified in different sections of the code, and state "wine" and "beer" in their respective sections with regards to the limits.
Does anyone know where I can actually find this information (preferably the legal documents themselves)? Googling is proving a very ineffective research method.
Oh gawd, be careful talking about that stuff on here. Panties get twisted very quickly once legal matters start flying around... DUCK!
"Good people drink good beer." -HST
Perhaps, but the position I think many of us take is: We are not legal experts and any advice we may offer is not a recommendation, suggestion, or definition of the actual law, and that we advise that you consult your lawyer in regards to any laws that may affect you, and that because we are not giving legal advice, that we are not liable for any or all results that may be brought against "you" defined as the person looking at said statements and that what we say in no way defines our interpretation of such laws, and that we are in no way advising to produce more than what is defined by said law. However, my interpretation, which in no manner is a legal definition, or has resulted in me producing greater than the stated amount, is that I would have on hand, no more than 100 gallons of any alcoholic substance produced in my place of residence which in no way defines me as having produced greater than, or less than the stated amount per us law.
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+1 Yuri Also sometimes it is not about what you can get away with. It is about taking a stand and doing what is right. Just because you can do a thing does not mean you should do a thing.
I personally keep my home stuff under the legal limits. 200 for beer and 200 for wine. The reason for that is two fold. 1) I am a professional, my books are checked regularly. If I was to cross my books somehow, I would be in big trouble. I also keep a record book at home so they can see where each batch comes from if needed. 2) I want to distill spirits in the near future, and if questioned, I want my books to reflect all of my stock, distilled or not.
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To answer your question regarding the limit and cellaring, there isn't any hard and fast proof of how much wine/beer was made in any given year, unless of course you are posting up videos of yourself making every batch. This whole thing basically works on the honor system. Personally, I keep records of every batch I make along with tasting notes, etc. So it is very easy to look at my brew log and figure out how many gallons I've made in any year.


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A friend asked me what the Metric setting should be for his chain saw engine spark plug.
I told him i just eyeball them and either that or use a US feeler guage, as i don't think there is much difference in the width of the gap, being it is so small. But, to ease his mind, i told him i would see if somebody here would or could send the chart showing the conversion settings, to metric, from our good old tried and true method! He also asked me how to set the gap between coil and flywheel on larger lawn tractor engines. I showed him the strip of birthday card i use. I think he thinks i'm nutty, but it works for me! He also asked if i have a tool to reset spark plug gaps. I told him no, i just tap the side electrode on something hard to close the gap, and a small screw-driver to open it up. (I also showed him the coin-like tool for setting gaps.) Any help will be appreciated! Thanks: Rusty Jones |
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One inch equals 25.4mm. The math is easy with a handheld calculator. If you start with inches, say 0.020", multiply by 25.4 to get the metric equivalent in millimeters, 0.020"=0.508mm. If you are starting with a metric value, say 1.35mm, divide by 25.4 to obtain equivalent inches, using a calculator. 1.35mm = 0.053" |
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- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Sat, Jan 3, 09 at 15:22
1MM = .03937" Call it .040" So a plug gap of .75MM would be .030" etc. |
Well, Thanks, fellers! Very helpful! But----clear as mud to me! I guess my use of U.S. measurements over the years has removed any chance of changing to metric now! But, i'll keep the link you sent, and convey it to my friend, who is as much "in the dark" about metric measuring. And, i'll continue on using my US tools to reset spark plug gaps, and points! And, the cardboard strip for coil gaps! |
Pocket calculators are cheap, reliable, and powerful. But like any tool, you have to use it a while before it becomes comfortable second nature. I use mine to calculate miles per gallon on trips, and a few other routine chores. It seems easy to me, because I can't remember what it was like to learn how to use the thing, back in the 1960's. But I can remember learning how to use a computer, back around 1988, and that wasn't easy at all! |
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rusty if buy new feller guage it have mm on guage I think it was 25 years ago they start putting mm on guage blades. |
- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Mon, Jan 5, 09 at 15:39
Bit Rusty is an old feeler! |
Sounds like the pot callin' the kettle "black"! Bill, i did auto body work most of my working years, about 60 years or so, and we didn't get into the metrics, until we had to buy new sockets and hand tools to work on the newer vehicles. I didn't do engine repairs, or any of that kind of mechanical work when i was employed, just the removal of body parts, etc., and when they went to metrics, i had to buy a bunch of metric sets of hand tools, such as sockets and wrenches, etc. And, thats why i'm having trouble with metric measurements for spark plug gaps, point gaps, and the like. At 84 yoa, it is mind boggling! I accessed a web site that somebody here gave me, but its all greek to me. I'm going to let my friend look at it, so he'll understand why i told him to "Eyeball it" and don't worry! I can download some facts from one site, so if my friend wants it, i'll do it. But, when i tried to understand it---my mind did a flop, so i gave it up! Too old to change now, i am! |
- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Mon, Jan 5, 09 at 19:27
It's really not that hard- 1MM = .040" .75 MM = 75/100MM = 3/4MM = .030" OR .040" times .75 = .030" .8MM = .040" times .8 = .032". .6MM = .040" times .6 = .024". |
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Anyone have any tips for releasing them once they are trapped. My husband didn't think this one out far enough and the trap just went off. We just want him out our yard. Thanks. |
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Did he spray when the trap went off? You may want to call animal control... skunks are one of the most common rabies carriers... and rabies is not something that you want to be exposed to... If you don't want to call animal control, I would wear gloves, cover the trap with a blanket or tarp before moving it. |
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The New York Mets have scratched starting pitcher Jacob deGrom from his scheduled start on Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field. deGrom will be snt back to New York for an exam on his right shoulder tomorrow, ESPN New York's Adam Rubin reports. deGrom first reported soreness in his shoulder on Friday while throwing a side session after his start against the Nationals on Thursday.
For his part, deGrom says he is not concerned about the injury. deGrom indicated he could probably pitch through the discomfort if necessary, but feels that he is probably better off playing it safe and skipping this start. deGrom has already undergone Tommy John surgery in his career, so he is more used to playing it safe with injuries than other young pitchers.
The Mets have not announced who will start for deGrom on Tuesday, and a lot will depend on the results of the MRI. If it appears as if deGrom will miss only one start, the Mets will likely use Carlos Torres as a spot starter. If deGrom could miss more than one start, the Mets will likely put him on the disabled list and recall a pitcher from the minor leagues to fill in for him. Both of the Mets' top minor league pitching prospects, Rafael Montero and Noah Syndergaard, could be available to make that start if necessary. Montero is scheduled to start for Las Vegas tomorrow, but could be skipped if the Mets need him. Syndergaard is scheduled to start Tuesday, which would line him up perfectly for deGrom's rotation spot. One man who won't be in the mix for Tuesday is Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is close to returning from the disabled list but is scheduled for a rehab appearance on Monday.
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Gran Turismo 4 demonstrates smoother frame rates and, in places, greater environmental detail than its super-powered sequel, Gran Turismo 5 in a recent tech comparison.
A detriment to the stunning achievements of the PS2 classic, or telling of shortfalls in the current game depending on how you look at it (we say it's the former), a cleverly synced comparison video from tech man Digital Foundry reveals interesting graphical advantages in GT4 over its younger brother - the introduction of HD 1080p resolutions and ridiculously high-detail cars clearly showing its strain on the current-gen console.
"Gran Turismo 4 ran at a relatively meagre 632x448, so the leap to 1280x720, let alone 1280x1080, is vast enough in its own right. Factor in the superior lighting, longer draw distances and more highly refined art and it is clear that GT5 is the generational leap we were hoping for," says DF.
But "frame-rates on GT4 are undoubtedly higher and tearing, although present, is nowhere near as pronounced as it is in GT5," it notes.
"The modelling of the environments has changed significantly, perhaps for technical as well as artistic reasons. In terms of the actual make-up of the scenes, there are areas where the PS2 game actually features more environmental objects, though of course detail is much more simplistic compared to the new game."
The handling actually looks remarkably similar too. GT4 truly was a masterpiece. Head through the source link to see the video.
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Press Release: Mobile Gambling Wagers to Surpass $48bn by 2015, Spurred By Chinese Lottery Deployments, Juniper Research Finds
Mobile lotteries in emerging markets dominate short term growth while deregulation of remote gambling also key to future expansion
Hampshire, UK – 2nd September 2010: A new report published today by Juniper Research has found that a combination of mobile casino, lottery and betting service launches in major emerging markets led by China allied to liberalisation of remote gambling legislation across the US and Europe will see the scale of annual wagers on mobile gambling exceed $48bn by 2015.
The report studies gambling services on a country-by-country basis. It finds that, in recent years, the Japan Racing Association's iPAT service had been responsible for the bulk of global mobile gambling transactions, with casino/betting services in the UK accounting for much of the remainder. However, the sharp surge in adoption of the mobile lottery service launched by VODone will help propel China into third place in terms of mobile gambling transactions.
Meanwhile, the US market is also poised to see the introduction of its first mobile lottery services. According to report author Dr Windsor Holden, "State lottery providers are anxious to explore new distribution channels, with US lottery sales from traditional outlets in decline. The upshot is that several lotteries are in the latter stages of discussion with mobile technology providers with a view to launching mobile lottery services in 2011." In addition, the report observes that impending legislative changes in the US may herald an opportunity for mobile casino operators in the medium term.
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VERY weird rumors regarding no push email available
Has anyone heard anything about push email (not exchange - BIS) apart from BGR's review? The reason I state that it's weird is because I had a meeting at CES this year with Jeff Gadway and I specifically asked him how will the emails work in comparison to the old devices and he told me that the email functionality will be the same, just adding ActiveSync. He told me that each device will still have some sort of PIN.
I'm very worried about this. It would be a complete dealbreaker if I can't use my GMail account and mac mail. Any truth to this rumor from BGR?
So gmail and mac mail won't be push? Is that for real? I really wanna drop my iphone but if this is true...
"Push" is a term coined for rim's BIS service.. so no, BB10 devices are not "Push" but your email will still be delivered to your device exactly the same as your used to. Gmail supports a variant of the IMAP protocol called IMAP IDLE or P-IMAP depending on who you ask, which will work with BB10 and that is the very same protocol iphones use to access email..
The way it happens in the background is different, but the end result is the same. You will still receive instant email on your device.
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