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Genuine counter-cyclical fiscal policy is difficult to achieve in large part by politicians trying to please a population of myopic voters...
Given Chile's (horrific but otherwise silver-lined) history under Pinoche and the "the Chicago boys," it is not surprising that acceptance of fiscal restraint during periods of economic expansion has become part of their political-economic culture.
The answer is for third world countries not to borrow, especially as this is in "Hard currency". Once they run up foreign debt, their economies are completely open to victimization by the first world banking system. While the "going is good", the first world gets cheap commodities and their investors reap huge profits from third world stock market bubbles. When the bubble collapses, the IMF forces those indebted countries to drastically cut social programs, and increase exports, often priced in devalued local currency, so as to generate "foreign exchange" to pay interest on their now ballooning debts (in local currency terms), thus gouging the local population in order to enrich those who benefit from the first world financial system. It's a perfect neo-colonial scheme perpetrated through finance. Loans are often made to very corrupt third world governments where most of the money goes straight into the pockets of politicians rather than to the people, with the knowledge and connivance of banks in the West (so much was admitted in the 70s after third world countries defaulted on much of the debt, and bankers told in the aftermath of flying to Central and South American countries with suitcases full of cash, with the interest being paid from the capital).So much comment has been made in the West of China's accumulation of foreign exchange, and refusal to completely float its currency. I asked the question early on as to how much money the government would need to actually prevent an attack on the Yuan by hedge funds and financiers like George Soros were the country one day to float its currency. A poor country cannot afford wild swings in currency as the poor would not be able to whether much higher fuel and other imports, which raised the price of food and other essentials. The British government tried to fight an attack on its currency years ago and lost 4 billion pounds overnight. Would 2 trillion be enough to deter the pirates? As long as the government can afford to buy up whatever speculators try to sell, it would make everyone think twice before attacking a currency. Of course, the surplus is useful for stimulus in just such a contingency as this current financial crisis. 2 trillion does not sound so much when it is divided per capita and then compared to the reserves of other countries in the region.Unfortunately, most third world debts are run up by corrupt politicians in corrupt governments. This is difficult for the population to prevent, and sets the stage for the continued mass exploitation of poor countries by the West.
"Rich countries can afford to treat their currencies with benign neglect. Emerging economies cannot."I don't think so UK for example cannot afford to be neglect with sterling else its entire financial sector will collapse and foreign debt will be impossible to be repaid. As its happen in any nation foreign investment will fly away when currencies are devaluated because erodes their profits.China has more opportunity to be neglect with its currency than any other country in the world for its huge reserves and its strong industrial sector.In fact china is continuing receiving investment from abroad while in USA and UK capital is flying a way.
For small countries with no internationally traded currency the value of national currency is extremely important especially if most of the lending have been done in euros or dollars (like in the Baltic states). Currency devaluation in the given situation will cause enrmous defaults.
Just one point, regarding exchange rate risk. For countries like Malaysia - rightly resorting to counter cyclcal policies -there in no risk as Ringgit is not an internationally traded currency. During the 1998 crisis Malaysia rejected IMF economic prescription (that included floating the Ringgit) and was heavily critised but was later vindicated, including even the "I Am Finished" IMF. I think the pun was coined by the Indonesians (who accepted the bitter IMF medicine).
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It depends on! Countries like china with huge trade surplus and foreign reserves, obviously stimulating packes help. On the other hand, indebted countries like India, stimulating economy will work like Ponzi from future. Stimulating economy means more imports, which means more foreign borrowing, which means more mounting debts. Can India afford the future?
Unless countries have huge trade surplus and reserves, they should be very careful. Remember Argentina still struggling from the 70s' and 80s' debts!
Always people complicate the issue!We live in a dual existense, 'yin-yang.'Know that the concept of enantiodromia (opposites attract), controls our existence, the 'pendulum phenomenon!'Things always go to their extreme, before going in the opposite direction.This is what we're talking about when we discuss cycles.There will always be, and you cannot eliminate.The solution:Try to stay in the middle, where things are balanced!Right now, the world, way out of balance!
imf should be considered the expert in successfull and botched crisis rescues. For too long their neo-liberal perscription was the same in each case. no matter what: curb spending, open markets, drop currency controls. strange that most of the developing countries that follow this perscription end up asking for the most loans afterwards. could it be that perhaps a more tailored approach (say i don't know a case-by-case basis) is the most appropriate.
Mr Rogoff ignores a basic rule of thumb: a company has to pay back its debt, conversely a state is often immortal, can raise taxes, can influence international politics. I will add that the economist has a bigot approach of monetary policy – even a religious one – putting pump priming forward in most cases as a sin, or in extreme cases as the lesser of the two evils.
I think that in wobbly-markets times' investor are more than willing to eat cakes, and since July 2007 they are hungry of state bonds.
One should not have the religion of public spending, but it doesn't imply be phobic of it.
The two important keys to sustainable shock proof economic system are: Strictly Monitored Price Fluctuation and Overall Affordibility through a judicious balancing of consumer and producer, user and investor-friendly policies without tilt in favor of any one of the two.
What we seen during the present crisis is governments' total lack of concern about the highly objectionable increase in oil price from US$26 to US$147 resulting in across the board increase in prices of more than 400 major commodities, product and services creating big holes in the pockets and balance sheets of the individual and commercial consumers. Ultimately, the intelligent consumer had to curtail the urge to spend money on luxury, comfort and even necessity. Now they have learned their lesson to live within their means and to save as much as they can for the rainy days. I fail to see that the same conclusion has been drawn by the regulators and pro-consumption media controlling tycoons too who earn their bread and butter through ad revenues.
The bottom line therefore is to focus on the word: AFFORDABLE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS. REST WILL BECOME HISTORY.
All that the report says is simple: What is sauce for geese is not sauce for gander. At best is a fallacy; at worst,it is pure prejudice and not surprising coming from ardent devotess of 'globalisation.' However, those who advocate development per se will view it differently.
If approaches towards 'fiscal deficits' and pump priming to boost economies have theoretical validity and relevance, how can they be different for developing countries? Was Keynesian remedies applicable only to advanced economies? The major premise, as it emerges from the arguments in the piece, is that emerging markets would become 'suspect' in the eyes of foreign investors to hold bonds, etc. So much the better. They are in flight and let them continue to flee. We have had enough of talk on foreign capital inflows and the mannas which they shower on developing countries. China has clearly shown that development need not depend on foreign capital and can be financed by drawing on domestic savings through national banks and financil institutions. Too much dependence on foreign inflows has reduced the policy making autonomy of countries like India.When there are 'sudden stops', they pay a heavy - more that disporportionate - price which puts back years of progress and threatens the livelihoods of the people.
The current crisis has created an opportunity to change the older mindeset which is betrayed in this article. It shows the need to think differently so that emerging economies need not remain dependent vassals of western investors. It may mean lower rates of growth - but it will be stable and also ensure ditributive justice.
It seems a little dated after what we have seen for the past many months to correlate wisdom in policymaking with GDP.Increasingly unfettered markets, led on by New York and London, have landed the whole world in a right fine mess, where US and Western Europe are printing money helter skelter. Inflation we are informed is not the primary concern, rather the principal worry is the "meltdown" of the "system". The presumption is that the "meltdown" can be avoided if enough money is thrown at it. And then perhaps it would be happy days again. I dont mind hearing this sort of talk, for one hears all kinds of stuff; but I for one do remain skeptical about this formulation as good sensible policy!
You highlighted a very useful nuance when you state that emerging economies cannot afford to treat their currencies with benign neglect. But you should also have continued the nuance, small and open emerging economies still suffer from the "fear of floating" and they cannot afford to float, unless they have a solid institutional back-up like Singapore, they could resort to a strongly managed floating currency.
Sound reasonable. That's why USD appreciate so much in US. recession period in contrary to the emerging economy's recession.
The theory of the hot cakes makes perfect sense if governments are credible enough in a context of global consumer and corporate retrenching. For the first time in many years, global business cycles syncronized and if governments try to balance their fiscal accounts simultaneously , this will trigger the most horrific race to the bottom ever.
The 1930 Depression might seem a party by contrast.
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text: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "Faithfulness in Christian Higher Education" first appeared in the Fall 1992 issue of Touchstone. Faithfulness in Christian Higher Educationby Michael Scanlan A number of years ago I was given an honorary degree by my undergraduate alma mater, Williams College. Williams has a long tradition of producing ministers and missionaries. While there I picked up the school newspaper. The burning issue among the students was whether the chapel, one of the most impressive buildings on campus, should be converted into a swimming pool or a billiards hall. This was my first warning that Williams had changed. That evening we had a symposium on the college's direction and curriculum. I said that we needed to consider our heritage and reputation for having prepared more ministers for its size than any other New England liberal arts college of the Ivy League flavor. Predictably the response was bafflement about why we should be committed to what we've done before or to "what our monuments were." When I returned home I began to look carefully at literature sent by my other alma mater, Harvard. The seal on all of Harvard's stationery bears the legend, "For Christ and Church." It is Latin, so perhaps its religious message goes down more easily at that thoroughly secular institution. Underneath is the word veritas. That might well be translated "truth," but at Harvard's founding it had a religious meaning. The secularization of such schools is striking and representative of what has happened and is still happening in many colleges founded for Christian purposes. I am not denigrating these institutions or to question their right to develop their purposes. In fact, I would like to say in their favor that they no longer affirm that they are Christian or carry a Christian label. The more serious problem in Christian higher education today is rather those institutions that carry the Christian label but have secularized. Integrity in Christian higher education requires that we be what we say we are. Over just this point there is a crisis in Christian higher education today. A Call and a Proposal The university that I represent, the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, is a small one, founded in 1946. It has 13 major buildings and approximately 1,800 students, of whom over 700 are residents. It is fully accredited by all the relevant regional and professional accrediting associations. It has master's programs in theology, business administration, education, and counseling, as well as a school of nursing. It operates on a $20 million budget. In 1974 I was invited to consider becoming president of the then College of Steubenville. I saw a deep secularization in the college. At the time enrollment was down. Two of the college's dormitories were empty. Morale was low. It was in financial straits. I said to the search committee and the board of trustees that the only way I could come to Steubenville—the only good I could do for it—would be to stand for the Christian values, the spiritual values, of its founding. I saw the need to put those values first. This would mean a change in priorities in the administration, in the budget, in the college's general operating principles. I rushed headlong into the responsibilities of the job without knowing what I was going to do. I had a lot of bold statements, but no plans. But I was confident that the renewal of the College of Steubenville was something that God wanted and that God was calling me to do. I just didn't know how I was going to do it. One thing I knew. Matthew 25 says the Lord judges by a standard of faithful service. Mother Teresa was once asked why she is so successful. She said, "I worry about faithfulness, not success." I wasn't sure what I was going to be successful at, but I was determined to make faithfulness to the Lord my first priority. Clarity of Purpose Likewise, a Christian institution must be faithful to the Lord. In liberal arts education, maturity is the primary goal, and competency for a profession or vocational field is secondary. A Christian college or university is called to go further, to give explicit priority to Jesus Christ, who is "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). The teaching should be based first on revealed truth, and then be guided in its development by objective truth. Theology should be, as John Henry Newman said in The Idea of a University, the queen of the sciences, so that there is a rudder for all studies, so that the validation of truth and lack of truth is based on God's word and empowered by the Holy Spirit, so that its life is based on the hope of eternal life, the overriding value. To carry the Christian label, a college must stand for the values of Jesus Christ. He cannot be just an addition, an ancillary ministry program, or a few required theology courses. The Christian college or university must be part of the church, an extension of the church. It is a faith community involved in the teaching mission of the body of Christ. Pastoral Responsibility Now, if a college or university is church, there need to be pastors and teachers. Ephesians 4 says that God gives pastors and teachers so that the body of Christ may build itself up in love. A Christian college must have someone who clearly has the authority and responsibility to pastor the Christian life there and to direct the teaching. Shortly after I arrived at Franciscan University, I was presented with a number of demands. The students demanded open dorms and free visitation between men and women, and the student life office said that since people slept in so late on Sunday mornings, why not eliminate the Sunday morning liturgy and hold it in the evening? I realized that I would have to be pastor of the campus. I would have to foster Christian values in every area of university life. I would have to personally preside and peach at the Sunday morning liturgy. And, instead of opening the residence halls, I would have to reorganize them into "faith households." Shortly thereafter I submitted to the board of trustees an amendment to the bylaws, which they approved, stating that the president shall be not only the chief executive officer, but also the pastor. Although I went through a lot of anguish fulfilling the job of pastor, I could never back off. A pastor has to offer a vision for Christian life and teach how to live it. A pastor has to address basic and practical questions: What is the normal Christian life? What does Christian culture mean? What does dating mean in Christian life? How are men to be men, women to be women? What about the use of alcohol? What about rock music? How do you move toward marriage? All these issues are part of the Christian educational and personal development programs on campus. Being Church If the purpose of Christian education is to bring students to the Lord Jesus Christ and to their proper roles as church members, they need to be drawn into church. Evangelization results in belonging to Christ and to his body, to the ecclesia. The Christian college or university trains and prepares men and women for roles of leadership and ministry in that body. We are clearly Franciscan and hence Roman Catholic. As such we submit to and stand for the Magisterium, or teaching authority, of the Roman Catholic church and to Pope John Paul II. At the same time we live out an ecumenical commitment of Vatican II. We stand strongly for the salvation in Jesus Christ and the membership in the body of Christ that goes beyond the visible boundaries of the Church. Strategy Having offered these Christian purposes, what strategy can you follow to achieve them? From our experience, I offer the following: First, there needs to be an environment reflecting a life lived in Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Without an environment of faith, structures of faith become legalism. How can we build a faith environment? We have to have it in one place first before we build it somewhere else. We established an environment of faith through a Christian Renewal Center. We set aside our largest building on campus to establish a committed Christian environment. From that base we dealt with the whole situation. We drew together willing lay faculty, priests, and religious sisters to help us establish a faith environment. Second, campus structures should establish a common way of life consistent with Christian morality and holiness. We established small units of Christian life, called "households." Third, you should promulgate a consensus commitment on the critical values. Those who have authority, those who make decisions, those who teach must be brought into a clear, united statement of what the institution stands for. Three years after I came to Franciscan University we put together such a statement, and four years later we developed it to encompass all of university life. The faculty, the student body, and the board of trustees then unanimously approved it. In it we expressed the basic values of the institution. That gave us something to build on. From then on, the statement guided us in evaluating and hiring faculty members and in continuing, replacing, or initiating activities. I interview each faculty member before hiring to ascertain that he or she is committed to our mission. The following is an abridgement of that statement: Fourth, there must be ongoing discernment about what to keep, convert, or replace and when to do it. If we are going to renew an institution, rather than destroy it and build a new one, we have to have some sense of when to act. It does not work simply and suddenly to announce that we are going to have a whole new university. What is retrievable? What is built on the word of God, what is consonant with Christian tradition, what is in harmony with truth—and what is not? All teaching should center on truth; it should be based on and consistent with Christian revelation. This involves an examination of all academic departments and all teaching. What is built on sand must be scheduled for dismantling and separation from the university. What is built on rock needs to be retrieved, converted, strengthened, or deepened. At the Franciscan University of Steubenville—and here I refer to faculty situations that have since changed—we found some very serious anti-Christian teaching going on. Atheistic Marxism was taught in the political science department. In psychology, we found a faculty situation that was very anti-Christian in its approach. In sociology, we found a humanism that did not allow for the rule of God and his providence. In student personnel administration, we found a kind of skepticism regarding eternal values and absolute truths. In drama, we found an attitude of art for art's sake, rather than a commitment to serving the glory of God. We had to gradually deal with all these faculty and curriculum situations. To some I had to say, "There are many universities and colleges that would want to reward what you are doing, but I don't. I think you ought to move to an institution that matches your values. How can we work it out together?" There is a sifting out of those unwilling or incapable of supporting the mission. If a person is not competent for the job, he cannot do it, no matter how good his value system. And if a person has the full competence but cannot be brought in line with the full mission, he cannot do the job either. Consequently there is a lot of attrition in the process of renewal. Fifth, you must develop allies. We brought in groups that stood for the values we stood for. First was the St. Francis Association for Catholic Evangelism, the ministry of Father John Bertolucci. Then there was FIRE, a Catholic alliance for Faith, Intercession, Repentance, and Evangelism that puts on evangelistic and follow-up programs throughout the country. New Covenant magazine, the magazine of the Catholic charismatic renewal, established its headquarters on our campus. The Human Life Center, which was the first and most prominent of the organizations in the anti-abortion fight within the Catholic church in the United States, located its headquarters on our campus. They supported our values. They brought in new people, some of whom could then be hired, promoted, and brought up throughout the university system. Prayer When I arrived at the Franciscan University of Steubenville I prayed fervently for things, especially when I was in desperate need. And I was in a lot of desperate need, including financial. Some mornings I would stay in prayer three to four hours before going to the office, asking the Lord what to do. Why go the office when you don't know what to do? I thought I ought to find out what I was to do first in prayer, and then go and do it. I find that most people who take on the leadership of Christian institutions do not ask the hard questions of God. "Lord, how am I going to get the money? Lord, where am I going to get the academic dean? Lord, I need a theologian who's really going to be loyal and orthodox. Lord, where, how, what should I do?" In the depth of our prayer we ought to ask God the nitty-gritty questions. Sometimes we will receive a great breakthrough. At other times, we will receive just enough light to see the next step or two down the line according to God's plan. We should understand the need for ongoing intercession, for continuing to pray for what we do not have until we do have it or until God changes our mind and tells us we prayed for the wrong thing. (I used to pray for too many students in the early days. I finally got as many as I prayed for, and we almost capsized. We could not take on so many new ones at once without overwhelming our resources to teach a Christian way of life. I found out that God was smarter than I was. He knew I initially could not have taken all those students.) We must recognize that prayer is our weapon in spiritual warfare. Satan is involved in the struggle for the integrity of Christian institutions. There are strongholds of Satan within faculties, within the university. They have to be broken in prayer. They have to be confronted. Personally, as leaders, we need a Christian prayer community to support our own lives. For me, it has been the Franciscan community to which I belong. It all finally comes down to personal honesty, institutional integrity, and faithfulness. Leading a Christian college is a matter of being who we say we are and sticking to it, and depending on the Lord for guidance and resources. This article is adapted from a talk given in England on faithfulness in Catholic Higher Education. Rev. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., is the president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He is also a noted leader in the Catholic charismatic renewal movement, ecumenist, author and Catholic evangelist. 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"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", or simply "Loch Lomond" for short, is a well-known traditional Scottish song (Roud No. 9598) first published in 1841 in Vocal Melodies of Scotland.[1][2] (Loch Lomond is the largest Scottish loch, located between the counties of Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire.) In Scotland, the song is often the final piece of music played during an evening of revelry (a dance party or dinner, etc.).
The song has been recorded by many performers over the years, including the rock band AC/DC, jazz singer Maxine Sullivan (for whom it was a career-defining hit), the Mudmen, and Scottish-Canadian punk band The Real McKenzies.[citation needed] Both Runrig and Quadriga Consort used to perform Loch Lomond as their concert's final song.[citation needed]
The original composer is unknown, as is definitive information on any traditional lyrics.
There are many theories about the meaning of the song, most of which are connected to the Jacobite Uprising of 1745. One interpretation based on the lyrics is that the song is sung by the lover of a captured Jacobite rebel set to be executed in London following a show trial. The heads of the executed rebels were then set upon pikes and exhibited in all of the towns between London and Edinburgh in a procession along the "high road" (the most important road), while the relatives of the rebels walked back along the "low road" (the ordinary road travelled by peasants and commoners).[3]
Another interpretation of the 'Low Road' is that it refers to the traditional underground route taken by the 'fairies' or 'little people' who were reputed to transport the soul of a dead Scot who died in a foreign land - in this case, England - back to his homeland to rest in peace.[4][3]
Another similar interpretation also attributes it to a Jacobite Highlander captured after the 1745 rising. The Hanoverian British victors were known to play cruel games on the captured Jacobites, and would supposedly find a pair of either brothers or friends and tell them one could live and the other would be executed, and it was up to the pair to decide. Thus the interpretation here is that the song is sung by the brother or friend who chose or was chosen to die. He is therefore telling his friend that they will both go back to Scotland, but he will go on the 'low road', his body being paraded along the main road controlled by the Duke of Cumberland's forces, whereas his friend will have to head for the hilltops, taking longer to get back. Another supporting feature of this is that he states he will never meet his love again in the temporal world, on Loch Lomond. Some believe that this version is written entirely to a lover who lived near the loch.[3][5]
A related interpretation holds that a professional soldier and a volunteer were captured by the English in one of the small wars between the countries in the couple of hundred years prior to 1746. Volunteers could accept parole, a release contingent on the volunteer's refusal to rejoin the fighting, but regulars could not and so could face execution. The volunteer would take the high road that linked London and Edinburgh while the soul of the executed regular would return along the "low road" and would get back to Scotland first.[3]
About 1876, the Scottish poet and folklorist Andrew Lang wrote a poem based on the song titled "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond". The title sometimes has the date "1746" appended[6][7]—the year of the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion and the hanging of some of his captured supporters. Lang's poem begins:
Morag—great one in Gaelic—referred to Bonnie Prince Charlie, who fled to France after his forces were defeated.[8] Lawing means reckoning in Scots. The poem continues:
Wuddy means hangman´s rope, according to Lang's own notes on the poem; dawing is dawn.[9] The poem continues with the song's well-known chorus, then explains why the narrator and his true love will never meet again:
The poem's narrator vows to take violent revenge on the English:
"Sergeant Môr" is John Du Cameron, a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie who continued fighting as an outlaw until he was hanged in 1753.[9]
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"Loch Lomond" has been arranged and recorded by many composers and performers over the years, in styles ranging from traditional Scottish folk to barbershop to rock and roll.
Other performers include: Paul Robeson, with Harriet Wingreen on piano; John Barrowman; The Corries; Matt McGinn, John McDermott; Moira Kerr[12] and the King's Singers.
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The Irish variant of the song is called "Red Is the Rose" and is sung with the same melody but different (although similarly themed) lyrics.[13] It was popularized by Irish folk musician Tommy Makem. Even though many people mistakenly believe that Makem wrote "Red is the Rose", it is a traditional Irish folk song.[14]
The chorus of "Red Is the Rose" is:
This version was also reworked by the Scottish Musician Alastair McDonald, who set it by Loch Lomond, too. This chorus was:
Come over the hill, my bonnie Irish lass
Come over the hill to your darling
You chose a rose love and I have made a vow
Thet she'll be my true love forever
T'was down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
And the moon and the stars they were shining
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
And she swore she'd be my love forever.
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
It's not for the grief of my mother
It is all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
That my heart is breaking forever.


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I just whipped up a batch of a clone Amherst brewery anniversary ale, which called for the use of only Columbus hops, which included .75 oz at 5 min and 1 oz at knockout. Afterwards I realized the alpha % is about 15% or so and I read this is a pretty pugent hop. I plan on adding 2 oz of Amarillo as a dry hop, but does anyone see a problem with using this this bittering hop at the end of the boil as flavor and aroma?
Thanks for the input
Columbus is a good aroma hop. Excellent for IPAs.
Thanks, I've been looking forward to it but have always heard the high alpha hops are not good for flavor/aroma, only for bittering.
Columbus is one of my favorite hop... I do an all Columbus wheat that is one of my favorites. I am sure you'll be fine, and I'd actually be interest in your recipe.
11.9 lbs pale malt 1.16 lbs carafoam malt 1.16 lbs crystal 20 .58 lbs weyerman melanoiden malt .5 oz Columbus (60 min) .75 oz Columbus (45 min) .75 oz Columbus (5 min) 1 oz Columbus (0 min) WLP California ale Give it a try. Sounded good to me. Hope it turns out well.


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Alright, I have to admit I read all the threads on here where people pondered the idea of growing hops successfully indoors and the space constraints and I became intriqued. I have an apt. with a loft bedroom that overlooks the livingroom so I have LOTS of vertical space. So I started a jumbo cascade rhizome in a big, big pot and put two twine lines up to the bedroom. In two weeks they have gotten 2-3 feet up the twine and are headed for the bedroom. I have plant lights on timers clamped on the twine about 2 ft above each bine. Two Questions: 1) As the light moves up and up above each bine (it will be up roughly 10-12 feet above the pot at its highest) do I need to add another grow light on the plant towards the middle or bottom so that part of the plant gets enough light too? 2) I've read references to flowering and red light frequencies...at some point do I need to expose the plant to a different kind of light to flower or will shortening the daylight be able to trigger the plant to flower? I have cascade, willamette, and sterling outdoors at a relative's house, but I'm the curious/obsessive type and so I found it hard to stop myself from experimenting with trying these indoors where I could maintain them more closely. If it doesn't work, no harm done, and I've wasted $50 on supplies...oh well. Thanks for your tips! UPDATE: Here's some photos of the setup. The second and the third pic show the plant as of today (just over 5' high).
To answer these question you might have to study indoor cultivation of the hops closest relative as I doubt anyone here has any knowledge of indoor hop growing application, light cycles or frequency. But hey, ya' never know.
In my experience with trying to grow things that you want to fruit or flower indoors (even with lots of sunlight) it is tough. But good luck! Hops seem to be pretty vigorous. Either way I want to see some pics!
I have given this a lot of thought. I think that 4 foot flourescents hung VERTICALLY are the only way to go. Ideally you would hang a cord from a swivel bracket and put the pot on a slowly rotating...thing. But that is probably a lot to ask for! Just some simple training here & there would mostly make up for a lack of rotation. The more light the better. Can't wait to see pics!
Yeah, I joked to a friend about making the light rotate around the twine, but the bines are doing pretty well on their own making it up the line. The funny thing is that this crazy setup is visible from a big window in the living room and I'm just waiting for my Apt. mgmt. to come and ask me what the heck I'm doing! The vertical flourescent is an interesting idea. I may have to try that if it seems like the rest of the plant isn't getting enough light. I'm gonna officially join the board and put up some pictures over the weekend so you guys can see the extent of my madness!!
I am sure that you would either need the long flourescents, or a BUNCH of horizontal lights. Hops are like peppers, they want full sun. Indoors, my peppers lose their lower leaves after a couple of months due to lack of light. Plus flourescents are relatively cheap!
I think the real question will be light intensity. Fluorescents in many cases will not put out enough power to produce significant fruit/oils.
This place really went to hell. Follow the OF standard stout. Bye.
I appreciate all the input....and WOW...it looks like I have gotten myself in way over my head since I don't have much gardening experience, but I'm pretty sure I will learn a lot.
Horizontal lights are the way to go, but you're not going to have enough light with those long fluorescents...you'll need to keep them 3" from the plant to get any use from them, so you can imagine how many you'll need. If you really want to go this route, build a roundish frame where you can mount the lights on the inside, ringing the plant, two 4' rigs high. Make sure the bottom of the lights aren't illuminating the pot, but the bottom of the plant. If you use 10 lights per level, for a total of 20 lights, you might get enough lumens. You wouldn't need to turn on the top level until the bines are 75% of the way to the middle. Don't forget to build a door so you can get inside the rig to water/harvest. Here's a terribly poor sketch showing what I mean. The plant would go in the center, with all the lights facing inward.
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What Should Lavars New Nickname be?
I hear that he won't be %100 again this year. I'm a big fan but who knows what will become of all that potential. What is the name that suits him best?
Am I bored? Yes...lol |
any one got a pic of him with the giants. i heard he had a weird facemask.
One of the giant fans has it in their sig.
Mr. overthehill.
Lavar "Kneeds help" Arrington
He can't be Double Nickels. That was Seau's when he was in SD.
I like his rap name 55 Per-- Cent...lol
Mr. Trashoverthehill
The Rock: Whats your name?
Lavar: What? The Rock: Whats your name? Lavar: Lav..... The Rock: IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS |
I think we should stick to calling him Lavar! And jsagan, you sent me a pm a while back, but I couldnt answer because "the man" wont let me pm. Anyway, I dont know who she is. I got the avatar from hardhitz56.
Ewwwww. |
I'm not sure about him never being 100%. I think he is trying too much too quickly. Other guys who had surgeries and things over the offseason are limited to practice once a day and seem to be doing fine. I wish they would have done with with Lavar.
He is about to start putting blame on other people so i hope you are ready for it. |
I dont see how that is relevant. |
He is still lavar arrington meaning its all about him, so its not his fault his knee is hurt. In Lavar's mind the giants didnt give him enough rest. The giants knew that he was only gonna be a 20-25 plays a game guy when they got him though. |
Jughead, why are the Giants playing Lavar at SLB and Emmons at WLB? Makes no sense to me at all.
Lavar's salary is largely performance based, so if he does wind up being injured it won't effect the Giants much, they protected themselves in that regard. I for one, was not hysterical when we got him, I think he will be a nice addition, but anyone expecting LT like results is being foolish.
If healthy he can be a great rushbacker, and he seems poised to have a good year. However, I am not too surprised that he's fallen into injury troubles already. Apparently he claims he is fine and can play if he wants, but the staff is taking a precautionary approach to him and making sure he is ready for the season. The scary thing about that is....didn't we hear this before in Washington? Lavar wanting to play...Washington telling him to sit...could be a tell tale sign. But for now, all is well. He seems to be always taking subliminal shots at Washington and saying that the Giants are approaching it much better. Ill give him the benefit of the doubt and won't rip into him until he gives me justifiable reasons to do so. From what we've heard and know at this point, he seems determined to have a career year, is working very hard at achieving that goal, has no problems with the staff or organization, and is getting along great with his teammates. Only time will tell if the Giants got a steal or not, and the smart thing to do is hold off judgement until then. |
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Ryan McBride/Staff photographer Ryan Swain plays the flute recently during a Dover Community Band rehearsal at City Hall in Dover.
DOVER — Michele Boulanger has been associated with music in Dover for more than 30 years.Though much of it has been at Dover High School, one of her true loves is the Dover Community Band.The Community Band has been extant for 17 years and Boulanger has been at its helm that entire period."We are made up of many of my current and past students," she said, "and a number of local residents who keep their toes tapping out of a love for music and performing."During a recent rehearsal at Dover City Hall, Boulanger had an assemblage of approximately 30 musicians, more than half the complement available to her. A community band is made up of volunteers and most have other things that occasionally take precedence in their lives. This night the band was working on its portfolio for the upcoming summer programs at which they will be performing.With Boulanger sitting on the stage, and the band in front of her, she put them through their paces.Most of the music is familiar to the average American and is an amalgam of John Philip Sousa compositions, show tunes and ethnic music.
Ryan McBride/Staff photographer Michele Boulanger, who has led the Dover Community Band for 17 years, directs the band during a recent rehearsal at City Hall in Dover.
Ryan McBride/Staff photographer Dover Community Band members perform during a recent rehearsal at Dover City Hall.