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The MIone multi-box robotic milking system from GEA Farm Technologies has been adapted to meet the demands of the North American dairy market and to meet the quality standards and guidelines set forth by industry regulatory agencies. The udder prep process used by the MIone has been AMDERC (Atlantic-Midwest Dairy Equipment Review Committee) approved and therefore FDA and state inspector accepted.
"Milk safety and milk quality are No. 1 priorities at GEA Farm Technologies," said Steve Pretz, GEA Farm Technologies U.S. National Sales Manager for Milking and Cooling products. "We are the first company to complete the AMDERC process on a robotic milking system, and we continue to pour great efforts into obtaining important regulatory approvals. Our customers can be confident that milk harvested from our equipment is of the highest quality possible."
The MIone sets itself apart from other milking robots because it utilizes one robotic application arm to service up to five milking boxes providing the highest capacity for the investment cost. The MIone also features revolutionary cow milking technology. A 3D camera simultaneously "sees" the teat cup and teat, for precise attachment. Once the teat cups are attached, teat cleaning, pre-dipping, drying, a milk quality check, stimulation, and milk harvest are executed in sequence - within the teat cup. This single attachment process saves time and prevents any system contamination.
"Today's dairymen face heavy pressure to produce milk at the lowest possible cost per CWT whether they milk robotically or conventionally," adds Pretz. "The milking procedures utilized with the MIone multi-box system most closely mirror the milking practices utilized on conventional operations. These are the practices that have been proven over many years to yield the most milk and preserve milk quality. Many other robotic systems ask dairy producers to sacrifice important management protocols to accommodate the robot function. The MIone is no compromise milking."
The MIone prep process includes teat cleaning and pre-dipping, practices that other robotic systems may not perform. Also, the design of the MIone milking rack allows for trouble-free manual attachment of the teat cups when required, which is not possible on competitive robots. Lastly, only the MIone uses patented Stimopuls technology to optimize teat stimulation, enhancing milk let down.
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Maoridom cannot sustain two political parties. United, they might turn a Labour run on the seats.
Maori political movements arise upon a huge up-welling of support around charismatic leaders in pursuit of a just cause. Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples were the twin pillars of that equation in 2004.
Such movements also have short lives. Original causes pass. Great leaders retire. Tribes prioritise local imperatives over national unities. Maori communities struggle to sustain such efforts, until the next great cause.
As with Pakeha, internecine battles erupt over meaningful issues of no consequence. And, the Crown ignores them, plays Maori off against each other or seduces the canoe of unity along the shallow waters of over-compromise upon which they founder.
The 1850s Kingitanga fell away after Crown threats at the 1860 Kohimarama Conference. Tribes decided to fight the Crown, fight for them or not fight at all.
The 1890s Kotahitanga Movement faded when Pakeha MPs, after walking out of the House at the first reading of the Native Rights Bill, returned to offer minimally autonomous boards and councils that eventually alienated significant tracts of Maori land to Pakeha.
The unity of the 1990s Maori Congress opposing the Fiscal Envelope declined when Tainui and Ngai Tahu decided to settle with the Crown. Mana Motuhake split itself asunder, one on each side, then imploded for reasons only the protagonists remember.
What future for the Maori Party? Retiring doyenne, Tariana Turia, wants a younger leadership to forge fresh direction; sensible thinking given the disappointments of the last three years.
Te Ururoa Flavell wants to be one of those leaders. So too Rahui Katene.
Others tout Kaapua Smith. Sharples is staying. Some suggest breaking the two-gender leadership to accommodate Flavell. Fatal: the mana wahine vote is too important.
The party will be wise to retain Sharples. Katene and Flavell are tireless, Smith highly intelligent, but none has the charisma of Turia or Sharples.
Sharples' presence may be the difference between survival and obliteration in 2014.
A possible compromise is Flavell as leader, with Sharples tagged as Minister of Maori Affairs if post-election arrangements allow. The assiduous Flavell would flourish in Health or Education.
There is talk about reunification with Mana. Sharples is open to a korero.
Maoridom cannot sustain two Maori parties. United, they might turn a Labour run on the seats.
Wolfish Hone Harawira has offered to lead the flock. Turia, Flavell and hit-man Pem Bird want none of that. The three were guilty of some reprehensible trickery in dealing to Harawira.
However, Harawira needs to bear some responsibility; at the last election he was every inch the dignified politician Turia always wished him to be.
A possible Labour-Greens coalition will include the party whether they need the numbers or not, bicultural liberals not wanting to be outdone by John Key.
However, partnership with Harawira could be difficult. The questioning conscience, he is by nature oppositional. Difficult to see him in a ministerial role; although Minister of Waitangi Day Celebrations has a certain ring.
The Maori Party is being heavily criticised; some is justified, most is not.
Matt McCarten (Herald on Sunday December 16), conveniently ignoring the impact of a world-wide recession, points out Maori are much worse off than before the agreement with National.
True, but without the Maori Party it could be much worse. Maori unemployment is half the level it reached in the wake of Labour Rogernomics.
McCarten paints Sharples as overly wedded to National.
However, Sharples has always been clear about working for Maori regardless of whoever forms government.
Chris Trotter (Dominion Post January 4) has levelled the extraordinarily Brash-like accusation that the party's fundamental flaw is being Maori.
Nonsense. The party stands for Maori human rights, not ethnicity, and in that way is no different to the parliamentary wing of Sinn Fein representing downtrodden Irish Catholics and the Scottish National Party now pushing for independence.
Contrary to what Trotter argues, indigenous and ethnic minority struggles for justice are more numerous in history than any others.
The left wing accuses the Maori Party of betraying the 80-year Ratana accord. David Shearer wants to re-claim the Maori seats. The fact is a majority of Maori favoured breaking with the apron strings of Labour because of a record of slow change, undermining 1980s Treaty claims, the foreshore betrayal and the underutilisation of Maori MPs subsumed within a Pakeha dominated caucus.
An external Maori partner may do more to liberate the talents of Shane Jones, Nanaia Mahuta and their colleagues than Shearer ever will.
Maori also supported going with National because we must work with all governments.
Sure, the Takutai Moana Act was an over-compromise and the Harawira ejection immensely damaging. With two seats already lost and the vote halved, the party may not survive the next election. But not because they are anaemic and dysfunctional as blogger Morgan Godfrey claims (Maui Street, January 24) but because the tide of history ebbs against them.
Harawira may be the only survivor of the 2008 National partnership in the next election, but more by fortune than foresight. Those who laud him over Turia and Sharples might reflect that he wanted to stay with the party.
The party deserves more respect. Together their MPs have given 150 years of service to Maori. Sharples and Turia are the best Maori politicians of our generation. They have made kaupapa Maori acceptable in mainstream. They probably saved the Maori seats by having them removed from the MMP referendum. The grossly underfunded Whanau Ora suite of programmes have established new principals in Maori community engagement a future left coalition can extrapolate. There is a useful Constitutional Review.
Turia is the best ever Maori MP on institutional racism - that most repellent of subjects for Pakeha. Her malefic critics say she will leave in shame. But, when Tariana walks into the sunset of her career she can do so with her head held high.
Rawiri Taonui is Professor of Indigenous Studies (Adjunct - AUT University).

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"Upon being notified of the pertinent facts by Mr. Crewdson himself, the state has suspended his concealed carry license, and rightfully so. The State of Florida issues concealed carry licenses to eligible law-abiding citizens, and in attempting to discredit the proposed National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, Mr. Crewdson has possibly shown himself to be unworthy of holding such a license."
the best parts are left unsaid ... the system DOES work, his license was pulled AND he will not be able to get a ccw anywhere else because he has had a ccw revoked (unless he lies again) .... NICE!!!!


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By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
Ensuring that the millions of FDA-regulated products that flood into the U.S. from 150 foreign countries every year are safe and effective can be daunting task. That's why it was heartening for me to sign two cooperative arrangements this week with some of our international partners that will make this task a little easier. The arrangements also represent encouraging developments in the quest for a global safety net created through international cooperation.
One arrangement, a "Statement of Cooperation" with FDA's counterpart in Brazil, outlines procedures for enhanced collaboration between our nations on common regulatory issues. The arrangement is particularly critical at a time when Brazil is dramatically increasing its trade with the U.S. The U.S.imported $31.4 billion worth of products (both FDA-regulated and not regulated) from Brazil last year — an increase of 126% from 2000.
The second arrangement, a "Statement of Cooperation" is between the FDA and our regulatory counterparts in Australia, Brazil and Canada. The arrangement creates stronger regulatory oversight that is less burdensome for both industry and regulators as we pool resources to cover a larger global array of medical device manufacturers.
I signed both arrangements while in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon River basin. The heads of counterpart regulatory agencies from around the world had come together to collaborate on ways to help better ensure the safety of products in all countries—an approach we refer to as the global safety net. Thus, this summit was a particularly appropriate occasion for signing these two arrangements.
The already difficult job of ensuring the safety of FDA-regulated products has grown exponentially due to two megatrends: the expansion of global trade, and the need for ever-greater expertise from regulators as innovations bring increasingly sophisticated products to market.
Our strategy is to create coalitions of regulators that bring together the best minds from around the world to work on the common goal of improving product safety and quality. As I outlined in a keynote address I delivered at the conference, we need to develop a strategy that moves us towards routine regulatory coherence and mutual reliance with our regulatory counterparts. While maintaining national sovereignty and individual agency decision-making responsibility, we can do much more to share regulatory information, strategies and resources.
The arrangements I signed while in Brazil stood as concrete examples of the broader concepts discussed at the conference.
The arrangement between the FDA and regulatory agencies in Australia, Brazil and Canada provides for the creation of a single audit program for medical device quality management systems. The four countries, in accordance with their respective legal authorities, would develop a plan to audit, or inspect, a device facility and then the other countries would utilize the regulatory findings.
The four countries also pledged to promote greater global alignment of regulatory approaches and technical requirements.
Standardized oversight procedures will bring more consistency, predictability and transparency to the regulatory process.
The broad arrangement between Brazil and the U.S. includes a number of provisions. Both countries will consider exchanging information collected during investigations or facility inspections. They will also identify research that supports the scientific basis for regulations and actions.
What is expected is increased understanding of each other's regulatory systems and an opportunity to explore how to leverage each country's resources to expand the safety net for both countries.
The arrangements, and the conference, are steps towards a future with better outcomes through global cooperation. I was pleased to be a part of it.
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., is Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


text: funny Stuck open the last two games with some nice short jumpers to get the Pistons started ...but in the second half he seems to try to do to much and likes to just run into traffic. Problem is, it looks like defenses already know his m~o and are ready for the block. Bynum tries the same ole stuff and is probably more successful, but still these guys don't have the Wade or Kobe or even the Billups rep to get that call yet... Lets face it, Stuckey cannot be the man or got to guy in crunch time. Will won for us last night but he can't be the man either... Stuckey took darn near as many shots as Gordon took and he played 10 minutes less sitting out most of the second qtr... The next question is wtf happen to the defense in the second qtr?? 44 pts?? I checked the game log the raptors scored 18 pts in the last 4 mins with Wilcox, Jonas and C Vill in there with Bynum and Gordon....don't think we can play that group[ together again...unless they can put in some practice time between games still got to be impressed with the back to back comeback effort after being down by 17.... Rip where ya at dude??


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In a former article I've talked about the XMPP:Jingle protocol to find a good replacement for Skype.
Some people asked me about Ekiga, is this a good software or not ? and how you can use it ?
Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source SoftPhone, Video Conferencing and Instant Messenger application over the Internet.
It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality.
It is interoperable with many other standard compliant softwares, hardwares and service providers as it uses both the major telephony standards (SIP and H.323).
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The United States has been in existence for 237 year you would think that we would have all the "laws" we could ever need the congress should have nothing to do.
when "LAWS" win, "FREEDOM' loses!
According to the Guiness Book of Records, The united States has more laws on the books than any other country in the world! During the last few decades the American people have been buried beneath an avalanche of legislation - the bulk of which is to control the people! Various strata of government - city, county, state and federal - are working full time to push through a never-ending list of laws. And, we call ourselves FREE!
I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said that "The government that rules the best, rules the least." But, today there are so many laws and rules that it is impossible for anybody to not run afoul of some law every day.
How does so much of this heinous legislation get passed? Well, a common trick by America's Legislooters is to attach a bunch of rotten bills to a bill that has favor with more people. For example, there may be a spending bill proposed to keep the government running. This may have popular support. Thus it is, that Senator Wynnbagg wants to push his anti-gun law through, but, is finding little support for it. So, he attaches it to the Spending Bill. And, if Congressman Foghorn doesn't want to vote for the Bill because of its gun control attachment, the Media will accuse him of wanting to "shut down the Government." So he votes for the money bill and that bill drags the gun-grabbing bill through, too. This is every day "Business as Usual" policy in Washington, DC (District of Criminals). And, of course, the Commander in Thief will never veto any Bill that has a gun grab in it. Thus we have to live under more and more repressive laws.
Can this rotten type of activity ever be stopped? Only if every single piece of Legislation has to pass or fail on its own MERITS! It should be required that this be the proper way of doing business in all locations where laws are passed that affect the RIGHTS of Americans to be FREE! Otherwise "AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE - REST IN PEACE!
The United States has been in existence for 237 year you would think that we would have all the "laws" we could ever need the congress should have nothing to do.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows that as a government grows, LIBERTY DECREASES."
Thomas Jefferson
This is no surprise. After traveling to numerous other countries, it was like a slap in the face how much hand-holding goes on here.


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A.B. Princeton University
M.F.A. New York University
Marc Fields is a writer/producer/director of arts and cultural documentaries and the winner of five regional Emmys for his work on PBS. In November 2011, his 90-minute music history Give Me the Banjo (narrated by Steve Martin) had its national PBS premiere. Previously, he wrote the scripts for two episodes of the landmark six-part PBS series, Broadway: The American Musical.
His production credits include four years as a Series Producer for State of the Arts, a weekly arts magazine on New Jersey Public Television. He is the co-author of the award-winning biography/theater history From the Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theater, (Oxford University Press, 1993), and is a frequent consultant for programs about American popular entertainment. He previously taught screenwriting and production at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, the New School and at Concord Academy.


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History is the study of the complex forces in the past that precipitate change in the human environment. These forces include ideas, political and economic developments and social and cultural conditions. Historical investigation demands logical thinking and critical analysis as well as imagination and intuition. Students of history learn to recognize the significance of the sequential nature of events and to bring order to apparently random facts. Historical knowledge fosters an appreciation of human diversity, a global perspective and a rich comprehension of the contemporary world and one's own experience.
The Bachelor of Arts degree is offered in history.
The major consists of 32 credit hours (eight courses). No more than two of these courses may be at the 100-level, while one must be at the 300-level, and one must be the HIST 400 Seminar. The remainder of the courses may be at the 200- or 300-level. An Historical Perspectives course taught by the Department of History faculty counts toward the major requirements.
Students may choose an area of historical specialization but must take at least one course in each of the following three geographical areas: United States, Europe and non-Western (e.g., Asia, Africa or Latin America). In addition, they must take one course focusing on history before 1800 and one course focusing on history after 1800, in order to ensure a breadth of chronological knowledge.
The capstone course for the major is HIST 400 Research Seminar, recommended to be taken in the junior year, particularly for students planning to complete a two-semester thesis. It is required of all students majoring in history and is generally taught in the evening every semester. As preparation for this research, students must take at least two courses at the 200-level prior to taking the seminar. It is strongly advised to take a history course at the 300-level prior to taking the seminar course.
To develop their understanding of how historical knowledge relates to other academic disciplines, students may take one course taught by a faculty member outside the Department of History, provided that the course has been approved for the major by the department in advance (e.g., ECON 302 Economic History of the U.S.).
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Say it ain't so, Virgin Atlantic.
Comes word this morning that Virgin Atlantic has become the first British airline to allow in-flight cell phone calls. The AeroMobile service — which debuted Tuesday on Virgin's New York to London service — is available on the airline's A330-300's to fliers who get their phone service through O2, Vodaphone and T-Mobile.
According to ABC News, the airline said this likely annoyance is "intended for use in exceptional situations, when passengers need to send a [text], make a quick call or access an e-mail on a Blackberry." Due to bandwidth issues, only six passengers can use their phones at one time, though it's unclear who or what will regulate who the lucky six are.
Top Five Airlines for In-Flight Entertainment
The airline isn't charging extra for the service, though the Associated Press notes that callers will be subjected to the usual jaw-dropping roaming rates. Virgin joins a tiny minority of carriers that allow cell phone usage, including Dubai-based Emirates (the first carrier to break the barrier in 2008), Oman Air and Royal Jordanian. (The service is not yet available on any U.S. airlines, as the Federal Aviation Administration does not allow cell phones to be used in flight unless they're in "airplane mode," which allows fliers to play games but not make calls or send texts.)
I know what you're thinking, so let's let George Hobica, president of Airfarewatchdog.com, say what's on your mind. As he told ABC: "The airline cabin is the last refuge for those who wish to be out of earshot of someone yelling into a mobile phone, so I imagine that many passengers are not going to welcome this. I can just imagine sitting next to someone gabbing about nothing at the top of his or her lungs for hours on end. I predict a number of mobile phones will be snatched out of hands and stomped on. Just what we need, with all the other in-flight hostilities that passengers deal with."
Amen, George. Using phones on takeoff and landing will remain off-limits (and we've all seen those who've flouted those rules — we're talking about you, Alec Baldwin), but once you turn on those electronic devices … watch out. I've got a bad feeling that this won't be the last airline to allow in-flight calls, so it's not hard to imagine a blabby future where passengers from every angle are catching up with family and friends at 32,000 feet.
What do you think? Is allowing in-flight cell phone usage a godsend or an unimaginable evil?
— written by John Deiner
Editor's Note: IndependentTraveler.com is published by The Independent Traveler, Inc., a member of the TripAdvisor Media Network, which also owns Airfarewatchdog.com.


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Uh oh: Witness found to Cain incidents?
posted at 1:25 pm on November 2, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
So far, neither of the two alleged complainants from Herman Cain's tenure at the National Restaurant Association have come forward publicly, although it appears at least one would like NRA to release her from her confidentiality agreement to do so. However, a pollster who worked for NRA at the time told KTOK in Oklahoma that he witnessed both incidents — and that if the women talk, Cain's candidacy would be over:
Interviewed today on KTOK's Mullins in the Morning, [Chris] Wilson, of Wilson-Perkins-Allen Opinion Research headquartered in Washington, D.C. explained he was a witness to the incident. "I was the pollster at the National Restaurant Association when Herman Cain was head of it and I was around a couple of times when this happened and anyone who was involved with the NRA at the time, knew that this was gonna come up."
Wilson described the woman as a low level staffer who was maybe two years out of college. "This occurred at a restaurant in Crystal City (Virginia) and everybody was aware of it," he continued. "It was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place, so many people were aware of her situation, the fact she left—everybody knew with the campaign that this would eventually come up."
Wilson claims that he also can't discuss the specifics, for legal reasons. I'm not quite clear as to what that might be. He may have signed a broad non-disclosure agreement with NRA to get the polling work, but if that's the case, he just violated it with this statement today. Unless he also participated in the settlement/severance agreements with the women, he's as free to discuss the details as the fact that he witnessed them. And it's difficult to see how Wilson would have been involved in a settlement between NRA and the two employees.
However, Wilson isn't only linked to NRA and Cain from years gone by. His firm has conducted polling in this presidential race for the Make Us Great Again PAC. And guess which candidate is favored by MUGA-PAC? Why, none other than … Rick Perry. The PAC has no formal connection to Perry's campaign, but it's certainly boosting Perry as the Republican nominee in the primary.
Could Wilson be more than just a witness in this story? Could he be a source? It could just be a coincidence that a witness to these alleged incidents did work for an organization pushing Perry, and that the story mysteriously got to Politico as Cain took support away from Perry in mid-October. If he is the source, then conducting an interview on the topic has to be one of the dumber political moves I've seen.
Update: Some are saying that this indicates Romney as the source of the leak, but I'm not terribly convinced that a one-time donation means much. Romney has less to fear with Cain as his main opponent than others in the race, and besides, no one knows whether Anderson ever knew about the incidents at all. Other board members say they didn't. YMMV, however.
Update II: There have been plenty of developments that we have covered in other posts, but this development should be noted here:
Wilson emails THE WEEKLY STANDRD: "To be clear, and you can ask any of the reporters covering this story, I had nothing to do with leaking this in any way, and I've never discussed or shared this story with any of my clients – period."
I'm pretty sure Politico won't confirm or deny on any speculation on sources, but Wilson's denial should be noted on this post. However, John McCormack notes that Wilson has another indirect connection to the Perry campaign:
But pollster Tony Fabrizio, who was Wilson's boss at Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates at the time of the alleged incidents, was hired by the Perry campaign in October.
Although Wilson claims that "anyone who was involved with the NRA at the time knew that this [incident with Cain] was gonna come up," Fabrizio says he didn't now that Cain was accused of sexual harassment.
"Our firm worked for the NRA prior to Herman Cain's ascendancy there, during his presidency, and even for a little bit after that," Fabrizio tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD. "But I was never witness to any of what Chris is saying, or at least what I've read as the account of what he's saying."
But did Wilson ever tell his boss about any of these incidents or allegations? "No, not that I recall, no," says Fabrizio.
We'll see.
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- Report: Third Former Employee Claims Sexual Harassment By Herman Cain
- Is There Another Connection to the Cain Story? « Mark America
- GOP Pollster Who Accused Cain Has Ties to Pro-Perry PAC | The American Pundit
- Freedom's Lighthouse » Man Who Does Polling for Rick Perry Campaign Claims He Witnessed Cain Harassment Incidents in the 1990′s
- Freedom's Lighthouse » Pollster Whose Firm has Done Work for Pro-Perry PAC Claims He Witnessed Cain Harassment Incidents in the 1990′s – Audio – 11/2/11
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- Mid Week Round Up
- Good-Bye, Vanuatu? Perry-Linked Witness Predicts: If Cain Accuser Speaks Publicly, 'It'll Probably Be the End of His Campaign." : The Other McCain
- Good-Bye, Vanuatu? Perry-Linked Witness Predicts: If Cain Accuser Speaks, 'Probably Be the End of His Campaign" | Herman Cain PAC
- President Obama's Super PAC "Priorities USA" Launches Another Round of Attacks on Mitt Romney | Mitt Romney Central
- Cain allegations tied to Perry camp | PoliticalDerby.com
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- Does It Matter WHO Leaked Cain Story? | imNsho
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- Circular Firing Squad Forms Over Who Leaked the Cain Story | Con Games
- Cain 3rd Accuser: Rahm Emanuel Suspected Leaker: Two Perry Supporters Suspected Leakers | Maggie's Notebook
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Ph: (09) 377 0228.
What a splendid job the Auckland Council has made of the so-called "shared spaces" in the CBD: in Elliot and Darby Sts, in Lorne St outside the library, and downtown in Fort St, it looks suspiciously like a grown-up city. They've even got a bit in New Lynn, though it's a bit hard to see what you are walking to and from when you walk on it.
They call it shared space because cars have to share it. With pedestrians. A pedestrian, of course, knows how to share space, but a driver (a pedestrian behind the wheel of a car) has no idea. If you're not actually standing on a pedestrian crossing in a high-vis jacket, pushing a stroller and waving, a driver will mow you down, then clamber out from behind the wheel and say, "Bloody drivers, eh? Think they own the road."
In Darby St, more people stroll past than drive past so it's a good place to open a cafe. This is what Khaled Masroujeh has done. A Palestinian of Jordanian nationality, he was half of Ima/Ibn, a Fort St eatery that served Middle Eastern cuisine.
The other half was Israeli Yael Shochat. "Ima" means "mum" in Hebrew; "ibn" means "son" in Arabic and their story did the rounds as a heartwarming example of how the love of food can transcend deep-seated historical animosity.
Alas, Ima/Ibn is no more. Shochat is still there, trading under the name Ima Bistro but she and Masroujeh have parted company. I understand the parting was not a happy one, but had nothing to do with political differences.
Masroujeh has been away for a while, but recently took over the space occupied by Zaytoon Mediterranean Cafe, whose closure, as far as I can gather, was not widely mourned.
There are only a handful of tables downstairs - one big one is pushed unwelcomingly against a wall as if awaiting the arrival of a group large enough to justify its deployment and the smaller ones are occupied, perhaps too regularly, by young men who peck at their cellphones and jiggle their legs.
My friend Dimitri, a Greek foodie, alerted me to Celine. He has an eye for a good feed, and when he suggests somewhere for lunch, I make a habit of listening carefully to his instructions. We shared
a shawarma (spit-roasted lamb) and falafel (chick-pea fritters) in pita pockets and both were great. The lamb was real meat, not that compressed stuff that tastes like wet particle board, and the patties fat and moist. The accompanying sauces - a faintly spicy yoghurt for the lamb, a zesty chilli jam for the chickpea - were perfect.
So we were a bit distressed when we turned up the next night with three mates, determined to eat everything on the menu and no chilli came with the falafel. "I just made a new kind," said Masroujeh, who delivered some of the food to our upstairs table, "but it's very hot." He leant on the "very" as though drawing a finger suggestively across his neck.
"What do you think we are? Sissies?" we chorused and urged him to bring it on. He was not exaggerating - the chilli was in the high tabasco range on the Scoville scale - but, judiciously applied, it turned
a good dish into a memorable one.
It was one of several. One, called "Sleep with the fish" (an inexplicable hijacking of a Sicilian Mafia term) had prawns, calamari and chunks of seared snapper drowning in olive oil infused with garlic and chilli; the big rubbery chunks of haloumi were of high quality; a slab of steak came in a creamy parmesan mushroom sauce; a mixed grill plate of that excellent lamb and chicken was so large that it defeated our combined appetites.
It was all absurdly cheap (the bill for five barely topped $100) and, washed down with mint tea (Celine is not licensed), most convivial. Masroujeh did, however, fail to convince me about that Turkish-style coffee which I have always thought indistinguishable from monsoon mud.
The service stuttered slightly. Dishes came without serving spoons even though we'd made it plain we wanted to share them and we had to ask repeatedly for more bread. But this was a solid taste of eastern Mediterranean cuisine which is more often done quickly than well in this country. They even have shisha (water pipes) for a post-prandial puff.
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I checked my stand last week and found all the grease had slid out of the cups and it was laying on the ground. It wasn't the exact brand you had used. So I got some MasterPro grease from O'Rielly's Auto and repacked them. Hopefully the new grease will stay put..
I tried several different grease types and MasterPro does not run.
$11.00 per pound here, I hope it works this time!
I have four built so far and am counting on them to get all my nucs through the pending ant attacks.
Thanks Charlie.
No ants yet!
A not so clear pic of one of my stands and 10 inches of snow yesterday..
That's a fine looking hive stand. You'll be ant free with that. Just check the grease every couple of months to clear any debris stuck on it so they can't use it as a bridge. Only takes a couple of minutes.
Brilliant Charlie! So I'm going to tap you for suggestions for my persistent red ants (yes they must be mine since they have taken so many of my hives!!). I already have VERY sturdy stands cemented into the ground so your solution wouldnt work without me excavating,,, very costly!! Any suggestions? Something is forming in my head but not taking shape just yet.
(the left is the bottom and the right is the top that fits reversed on the bottom)
He had them built in stainless steal, they're about 10x10cm, so should be a pretty sturdy base. I know that two other important bits of the construction are:
- When it's assembled the gap between top and bottom is small enough that a bee can't get through, in case they're atracted by the oil for some reason
- The top (on the right here) is built with a wider part at the end so that when you set it over the bottom it can't slide around.
I can do a more precise 3d model if you want.
Send me a photo of your stand. I bet I can come up with something for you.
I dont think I'm going to risk betting you. Its not exactly in my back yard so will do so as soon as...
Thanks in advance!
Thanks this is creative! The problem is *unless I dont get it fully) I cant get the foot of my stands in these bases as they are already firmly cemeted in the ground. Like I have promised Charlie I will send a picture. Maybe I can find one
Hey I did find a picture! Here goes...
Hope you can open it, if not please let me know
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Get some tuna or soup cans. Using tin snips, cut through half the can leaving an "L" cut at the bottom of the can in the shape of your stand legs. Open it up slightly like a claim shell and fit it through each leg of your stand near the top. Make sure the can is upside down. Close the can up using flex ties or large hose rings wrapped around it tight.
If there is a gap fill in with weather proof caulking or roof patch. Fill in with High Temp Bearing Grease just enough to cover the interior of the can. You don't have to fill in the entire can as it will cause it to be to heavy and may slip down the leg of the stand.
It may take several attempts to make the right cuts on the cans so eat plenty of tuna and have plenty of cans available!
Sounds good! Two things..
Do you think plastic containers would work? I have zillons of those.
Also, I'm wondering if I should use some glue to prevent the can from dropping down
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Plastic would work as well. Instead of glue, you could try outdoor construction adhesive.
I suggested using metal cans because you could tighten them up snug where the cut of the can and the legs come together with a big hose or plumbing clamp.
Another variation on the theme (a GREAT idea!)...
I tried to do this for even less money...
Using a single length of 1" galvanized conduit EMT ($7) cut into 10" sections, a pressure treated 4x4 ($9) cut into 10" sections, and four NDS 4 in. PVC DWV Drain Caps ($2 ea.)
I made these legs for my hive stand and sat them on four pieces of flat stone I already had.
A 1-1/8" spade bit is the correct size for the holes in the 4x4, but you have to "router" it around a little to get the pipe to drive into the wood
This seems really good, although I'm not as handy with tools as you clearly are, I will refer it to a more tool oriented friend. Thanks for the contribution. Oh just out of curiousity, arent your boxes a bit low (toads etc.)??
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The Canadiens have announced Michel Therrien as their new head coach. Team announcement here.
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Therrien had a 77-77-23-13 record with the Habs his first go-around behind the bench, between November 2000 and a little more than midway through the 2002-03 season, when he was replaced by Claude Julien. Therrien was 6-6 in the playoffs as Canadiens coach.
Everything suggested the Habs coaching race was a two-man sprint to the finish between Therrien and Marc Crawford, with Patrick Roy having slipped off GM Marc Bergevin's radar the past few days. Sports Illustrated's Mike Farber says on Twitter this morning that Crawford was informed Monday night that he was out of the running.
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text: I have been reading all I can about beekeeping and In reading lots of these threads I am amazed at how much honey the "backyard / hobbyist" beek's are getting. What do you do with it all? Are most people selling / giving it away? I would guess , on a heavy year we might eat or use in baking maybe 5 pounds and I dont really know , if I was to get 50-75 pounds , that I could find a place for it or if I want to go through the rules and regs to get set up to sell a food product.


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I, for one, admire the stream-of-consciousness thinking that brings us cars like the BMW Gran Coupe. I have no objection whatsoever to BMW calling it a four-door coupe.
Why not? Such a thing is entirely possible, even to those obsessed with the etymology of the word. Coupe, meaning "cut down", came into general use in the mid-18th century to describe a modified coach with an enclosed seat for passengers, with the driver seated outside. Coupes were usually for two passengers, but there were larger models for four.
So, a four-door coupe is perfectly OK, even if you're a pedant. Cars like the Gran Coupe, Mercedes-Benz CLS and Audi A7 may even be closer to the true meaning of coupe than any two-door sports car, because the original intention was passenger comfort first. It was never really about the driver.
The Gran Coupe pleases both passengers and driver. It's not necessarily about space: it has a low roofline, which cuts into rear headroom.
But there's a very obvious feeling of opulence when you're stretched out in the back, in a cosseting chair of leather.
While the dashboard is lifted from the 6 Series two-door, the door trims are unique to the Gran Coupe. BMW says the interior design is inspired by the interior of a luxury speedboat, which sounds laughable but does resonate when you're in it.
BMW hasn't fallen into the trap of making the Gran a four-seater only. There's a long centre console that runs right back to the rear seat, so there's no legroom for a centre passenger. But there is still a seatbelt there for emergencies. So you get the look and feel of a luxury four-seater, but without being completely impractical.
Oh, did I mention the 650i Gran Coupe is outrageously fast and handles like a sports car? In $224,500 twin-turbo V8 petrol form, as tested here, it boasts 330kW/650Nm and rockets to 100km/h in 4.6 seconds, which is seriously quick. There's also a 230kW/630Nm 640d diesel model that's not exactly slow (5.4sec). But the V8 is in the big leagues.
The Gran Coupe has a fundamentally fantastic chassis, bolstered by every driver aid you can think of. Standard are Adaptive Drive anti-roll bars, Dynamic Damper Control and Driver Experience Control, which lets you tailor the drivetrain and suspension behaviours to your will.
Almost everything else is standard, too, including Surround View parking cameras, Head-Up Display, Lane Warning systems (change/departure) and automatic parking. Although BMW will always give you high-priced options if you want them - such as our test car's $7000 "frozen" matte paint.
The only nagging doubt is how that stream-of-consciousness thinking led BMW around in such a big circle. Being a coupe, it belongs to the 6-series family. The two-door 6-series is based on the 5-series sedan so, essentially, the Grand Coupe is a four-door version of a two-door car based on a four-door car. That's funny. But perhaps irrelevant when it looks so much more sexy and elegant than the two-door and is arguably the most beautiful thing in BMW's range right now.
Besides, for a fashion statement, this is one car that's about much more than looks.
Is it a coupe or cool sedan? There's no need to decide: Gran Coupe looks awesome and can give any BMW M-car a run for its money performance-wise


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Johan Huizinga (December 7, 1872 – February 1, 1945) was a Dutch historian, and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
- The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.
- Life and Thought in America, ch. 2 (1972).
- Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it.
- Life and Thought in America, ch. 2 (1972).
In the Shadow of Tomorrow (1936)Edit
- Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.
- Ch. 2.
- These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution.
- Ch. 11.
- History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
- De historie kan niets voorspellen, behalve één ding: dat geen groote wending in de menschelijke verhoudingen ooit uitkomt in den vorm, waarin vroeger levenden zich haar hebben kunnen verbeeld.
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Q: I have noticed a number of letters regarding relationship property.
I had been told by an expert that the three years of a relationship starts from the date you are regarded as a couple. That is when you receive invitations to "Jane and John", rather than Jane and partner. They said that you don't have to be living together and need never live together.
Is this the case? (Seems very dangerous ground and maybe a case for the country being celibate!)
A: You're quite right that it's possible for two people who each have their own home to be regarded as a de facto couple. But let's not get carried away. There's no way that the wording on a "Come to my party" invite alone could lead to your losing half your house.
Still, this is tricky stuff. "When people commence a relationship by marriage it is very obvious what the start date of the relationship is," says Deborah Hollings Chambers, QC.
"The commencement of de facto relationships can be much more difficult to ascertain. There is no public record of de facto relationships.
"The Property Relationships Act defines a de facto relationship as a relationship between two persons over 18 who live together as a couple.
"In deciding whether or not a couple live together the court looks at all of the circumstances including duration of the relationship, whether or not a sexual relationship exists, the degree of financial intermingling and dependence, ownership of property, degree of mutual commitment to a shared life, care and support of children, performance of household duties, the reputation and public aspects of the relationship. It also takes into account the nature and extent of common residence."
That's quite a list. But you don't have to answer "yes" to each item. For example, as already mentioned, you don't necessarily have to be living together.
"A couple may be in a de facto relationship where each party has a residence but they spend some time living in each other's houses and periodically return to their own residence," says Hollings Chambers.
"The court looks at all the circumstances of the relationship. And if there is enough evidence which, when viewed cumulatively and through the application of common sense and proper reasoning, shows that the parties are living together as a couple, then the court will find a de facto relationship."
She adds that there's lots of litigation about whether people are living in a de facto relationship. "In most cases of course it's obvious, it is when they move in together. However, in other relationships it is much more difficult to define and involves a great deal of marshalling of evidence of all of the things listed above."
I guess that evidence could include the wording on an invitation.
Because of the uncertainty around this issue, "lawyers sometimes are instructed to do agreements contracting out of the act stating that the couple do not believe they are in a de facto relationship. But if at some future stage a court declares that they were legally in such a relationship, or if they move into a de facto relationship, then they agree the following [...] in regard to property.
"I have done that for couples who do not live in the same home all the time and are concerned that the act might apply to them."
We don't want to return to the bad old intolerant and inflexible days. But this issue was certainly simpler when the vast majority of long-term couples - or at least heterosexual couples - got married.
KiwiSaver quandary
Q: I am self-employed. My accountant told me there is no "advantage" to join KiwiSaver (possibly in the context that we are "supercharging our mortgage payments" right now, and KiwiSaver would take from the money used for that).
However, I would really like to do it and get the $1000 kick-start. I am 44 with no retirement savings and we own our own $350,000 home with a mortgage of about $120,000.
My husband is 50, employed and in KiwiSaver. Even if my business has to put in my employer's contribution, surely it would be worth it.
A: This makes me cross. After nearly six years it's about time accountants who give advice about KiwiSaver knew the basics of the scheme.
How can your accountant argue against your getting the $1000 kick-start?
As a non-employee, you can join the scheme, get that money and never contribute anything.
However, generally the best strategy for non-employees is to contribute $1043 a year - perhaps in the form of $87 a month - to get the maximum tax credit. As a self-employed person, there's no need to make employer contributions. They would apply only if you had employees.
The waters are muddied a bit, though, by the fact that you have a mortgage.
Is it better for you to make contributions to KiwiSaver - after having joined - or to make extra payments off the mortgage?
The answer isn't clear cut. It depends on whether the total return in your KiwiSaver account - including tax credits but after fees and tax - will be higher than your mortgage interest rate. And nobody can know that in advance. So how do you decide?
If you had a huge mortgage, close to the value of your home, I would probably go for mortgage repayment to reduce your risk. But generally I think it's better to go with KiwiSaver. It gives you diversification away from just your house. If the property market falls but shares and bonds grow, you will be glad of the spread.
Also, there's nothing like being "in the market" to learn about investing, with all its ups and downs.
Retirement plan
Q: I have lived in my house in an inner Auckland suburb for almost 30 years and hope to stay here for many years more. The valuation (and rates!) have soared but I love my home and have many friends in the community.
I am 61, with two young adult children who are not quite fully financially independent. Single parenting and renovating/maintaining an old villa mean I still have a reasonable mortgage. I budget carefully and joined KiwiSaver early so I will have enough in my account to pay off my mortgage at retirement age (probably 68).
My questions are: to fund post-retirement expenses would it be better to save - outside KiwiSaver - some of the money I currently put into extra mortgage repayments? And when I retire, would it be better to delay the final mortgage payment by not withdrawing my KiwiSaver amount? Probably not, and probably not.
A: As I said above, KiwiSaver tends to beat mortgage repayment for non-employees. And for employees it will almost certainly be better because they also get employer contributions. But you're wondering about non-KiwiSaver savings.
Your question, then, is whether the after-tax and after-fees return on those other savings will be higher than your mortgage interest rate. Because you won't receive tax credits or employer contributions on the savings, it's quite likely that the return won't be higher. I would therefore stick with the mortgage repayment now. It has the added advantages of being a risk-free "investment" and one that you don't need to research.
What about in retirement? From the point at which you can withdraw KiwiSaver money, you will no longer receive tax credits and your employer no longer has to make contributions.
That makes your KiwiSaver savings much the same as any other savings. So, once again, the returns probably won't top the mortgage interest rate. I suggest at that stage you pay off the loan.
Overseas graduates
Q: I read with interest the first letter in last week's column. The family are right to feel that the result for their son is unjust - in other words that he is deemed a New Zealand tax resident by the IRD, while being deemed to be an overseas-based borrower for student loan purposes.
The good news is that there may be hope. Under section 25 of the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 a borrower can apply to be treated as being New Zealand-based on the basis that this is fair and reasonable. Being required to be overseas because of one's employment is one of the grounds that the borrower can advance.
In the case of your correspondent they should definitely look at making such an application. There is nothing to lose, and potentially much to gain, by doing so.
A: Thanks. There's more info about this from Inland Revenue, and how to apply, and the section of the act itself is here.
If that doesn't work for you, read on.
More on student loans
Q: On the New Zealand tax resident musician with a loan, I sympathise with your correspondent regarding the son, still a New Zealand tax resident, but incurring student loan interest because work takes him overseas beyond the threshold six-month period.
I strongly support your suggestion that the son write to his MP and I suggest that he also write to the Minister of Revenue, Hon Peter Dunne. I do so because my earlier correspondence with the minister led to a student loan law change that advantaged my son (and others in a similar position to him) when faced with a roughly similar circumstance too complex to outline in this column. Go for it.
A: I can only echo the "go for it" - knowing that you might also help out others.
Loan repayment
Q: Good on your correspondent last week for incentivising their son to graduate before paying down the student debt.
However, although it is now too late, there was an alternative solution available to obtain the 10 per cent early repayment bonus while maintaining the incentive.
The parents could have loaned the son the current value of the student loan rather than simply paying off the student loan. That way, the son could have paid off the student loan, received the early repayment bonus, and still owed the money to the parents, with that loan being written off on successful completion of the degree.
A missed opportunity and a reminder to constantly think laterally around family finances.
A: Good idea, but with a potential flaw. Let's say the son dropped out of uni. If he then had a student loan to repay, the repayment would happen automatically if he stayed in New Zealand, with money coming out of his earnings.
And if he went overseas, there would still be that formal debt - his responsibility.
On the other hand, if he owed the money to his parents, they might have found it hard to get it back. In some family relationships, these things work fine. But not always.
• Mary Holm is a freelance journalist, part-time university lecturer, member of the Financial Markets Authority board, director of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, seminar presenter and bestselling author on personal finance. Her opinions are personal, and do not reflect the position of any organisation in which she holds office. Mary's advice is of a general nature, and she is not responsible for any loss that any reader may suffer from following it.
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UM center receives funding to coordinate national renal data
The University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center in Ann Arbor is fast on its way to becoming the nation's largest research and data collection system for renal failure.
The center has received two federal grants in the past six months totaling $26.1 million.
This week it received a five-year, $8.5 million federal contract to serve as the coordinating center for the United States Renal Data System.
Because of an aging and overweight population, end-stage renal disease – a condition in which the kidneys stop working and can't remove excess waste from the body – is one of the nation's fastest growing chronic diseases.
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#1 Tue 09 Mar 10 7:12pm
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Leggy Coriander
My coriander is about 3 inches tall with it's seedling leaves and it's first 'proper' leaves coming through now. They've gone leggy and are falling over. They have plenty of light and water and all my other herbs are growing fine. Anything I can do to help them?
#2 Tue 09 Mar 10 7:17pm
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Re: Leggy Coriander
Put some sticks around it an tie them around it with some string?
#3 Tue 09 Mar 10 7:43pm
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Ease off on the water, there should be plenty in the potting compost to keep them, if they get too wet/damp around the base they can "damp off" and unless they come back after a couple of days with no water they may not come back at all. With seedlings it is best to water from the bottom, as in water the saucer or tray where the potting compost and seeds are planted. Too much water is as bad as too little. If we think about how tiny the seeds are, it might give an indication of how much water they need. Barely damp is the best. Hopefully they'll come back, I don't know about tying them up this early, the stems are very fragile just now. Even when transplanting we are told not to handle the roots or the stems, just gently to use one leaf. A few pea sticks maybe, or tiny twigs to prop them gently. Perhaps a little shade... Someone else will probably know about the light.
I hope something works for you. Let us know how you get on.
#4 Tue 09 Mar 10 8:25pm
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Morning light and some afternoon shade is ideal. Soil temps at 70F or over will cause them to bolt. Sounds like damping off is the problem or a fungal disease. If that's the case, time to start over, use well-drained soil, sanitize containers and use sanitized or sterilized soil when starting seeds. Avoid touching the stems of seedlings.
#5 Wed 10 Mar 10 10:23am
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You say they have 'plenty of light', but is it direct sunlight? In the UK this shouldn't be too harsh for them.
As soon as any of my seeds germinate, I take them out of the shadecloth protection and expose them to morning sun for a few hours. Unless you do this they will get thin, leggy, and fall over. I am in Western Australia, where the temps have been around 32-36C for weeks, and it's not too much for new seedlings, as long as you give them enough water.
I won't be planting my coriander till it cools down - it bolts to seed too quickly if I plant too early.
#6 Sun 15 Apr 12 7:37pm
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Hi! I have the same problem! It seems to be perfectly healthy apart from the fact that it's too tall and leggy to stand up on its own. It isn't damping off as it's been like this for a couple of weeks now and doesn't have the tell tale sign of a little narrow bit at the stem. Someone said to me that maybe It is bolting and maybe I have kept it too warm? I have had it in our conservatory but it's old and not very warm at the best of times due to the bottom of the door being bitten off by a rotweiler...long story! But I did keep it on a windowsil near a radiator for the first few weeks after it has sprouted. It's my first time growing anything so would love advice aswell. I also read that coriander hates being transfered to new pots and they get stressed or bolt because of this? Mine is about a month old, how old is yours?
#7 Sun 15 Apr 12 8:50pm
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Truth is that if they are started off from seed indoors & somewhere too warm, & they are allowed to grow beyond their strength to remain sturdy, no amount of daylight will help them.
A cool(ish), frost-free place with good light (out of sunshine if under glass or next to windows) should make for thicker, slower growing stems.
If they are in a overly warm indoor environment they grow too quickly, making them weak & spindly.
If they are already spindly, don't dispair..........move them to a cooler (though not cold) place & only water sparingly from below. The compost should be damp, not wet..........warm & wet is what causes 'damping off'.
You may lose them still, but maybe not.
Good Luck.
#8 Sun 15 Apr 12 8:58pm
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minni, i wanted to ask you why onion stalks... the upper leaves fold in two and seem to almost break...
My husband wanted me to ask this question and i told him to wait for you to be here
#9 Tue 17 Apr 12 11:57am
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Thanks for your advice Minerva. Is it best to move the seedlings to a cooler place the moment they come up or is it best to leave them in the warm for just a few days whilst they are tiny? They are looking surprisingly healthy in their new cooler home. They have folded over but are resting on a thicker part of the stem. Will have to get some trays so I can pour water in for them to drink from the bottom. When I used this method before it seemed to make the soil really wet and led to damping off in a few tomatoes I had growing. Is there anything I can do to avoid this?
#10 Tue 17 Apr 12 8:48pm
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kye in france wrote:
minni, i wanted to ask you why onion stalks... the upper leaves fold in two and seem to almost break...
They fold in two because the leaves are too long for them to stay rigid enough, the leaves themselves being 'sappy' inside as opposed to being 'woody' enough to stand up straight & tall. (cut a leaf across, & look at it in cross-section & you will see what I mean).
The seeming to almost break is due to this sappiness too, once the leaf has folded over it starts to cut off the sap supply to the top part of the leaf causing it to bruise & ultimately to die back.
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To everything there is a season....
What were your legitimate questions?
Mike I did see this one...
>>>My next question then is... How can you be certain that FGMO/Thymol is NOT the "Silver Bullet"? I personally think it should be critically tested and either confirmed or eliminated from the list of effective treatments against "CCD"
And your point?
My comments on the cyclone and charlie harpers comments are real and valid, and should be given as much wieght as this piece on FGMO. Sorry if you dissagree.
I personally feel that its backwards to research FGMO based on someone claiming to have the answer as to the solution based on not seeing it in hives fogged with FGMO. I added the examples to show that there are others making the same claim. I see no reason to waste research dollars and effort when finding the cause is better than seeking a solution and then trying to find what your not seeing to begin with.
Hows that. Straight forward and to the point. Now I hope you can respect my and other's opinions without your comments of "jerks".
Mike, one more thing.
Can you please list and post this "list of effective treatments against CCD."
I am really interested in this particular comment of yours.
Last edited by Mike Gillmore; 09-14-2007 at 04:50 PM.
To everything there is a season....
It is well established at this point that thymol is an effective weapon against varroa. The commercially available products that utilize it have been tested and found effective.
Whether the concentrations in the FGMO/Thymol fogging mixture are as effective as the commercial products is open for debate. My bottom line is that I am convinced it helps. But like any treatment, colonies have to be monitored.
Mike G...... your points are good ones. Not knowing much of anything about "CCD" clouds the issue. Until it is nailed down anything is purely conjecture. I am convinced that FGMO/Thymol fogged is very helpful for many things, grooming, tracheal mites, varroa, molds, fungus, etc.
It is cheap, fast, easy and IMO effective at some level.
Closing in on retirement.......
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Last edited by Mike Gillmore; 09-14-2007 at 04:50 PM.
To everything there is a season....
I fog with fgmo and thymol for v-mites and t-mites. I have healthy hives. That is enough for me. No scientific data, no control hives, just a happy beek.
If I don't have ccd because it isn't in this area, or the fgmo/thymol, or the water savings of going in the yard, it doesn't really matter to me. I just like healthy hives and no contaminated wax or honey. I will continue to fog.
I actually was upset after the very first post. Its full of presumptions, broad strokes of prejudice, self promotion, fear-mongering, pandering, among others.
Or did you mean to read further than that?.....
Thats ok mike, you can call me a jerk if you want.
Keith now, you should know better. Nobody is suggesting that we chase down every cockamammy(forgive me, I'm not sure if I ever tried to spell this word before) suggestion. Just this one!
I only wish some were as willing to break down the first post as they are everyone elses posts. That opening post is a doozy to say the least.
I am always amazed when people get ripping mad that no one wants to invest time energy and money into their pet theorem.
PS - weirdly, cockamamie is in the spell checker - go figure!
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Ok, Lets see....
We have a possible virus that may be responsible for CCD or a result of CCD. But at least that seems where the research is headed.
And Dr. R thinks FGMO treatments are the reason for not having CCD. Although I'm not sure whether his hives have ever been exposed to such viruses, and he never mentions the fact, he is quite sure FGMO is the treatment for CCD, and is campaigning for research.
If you were a researcher, what questions would need to be asked? Esxample-How does the virus spread? Food sources, egg laying or other? What vectors could be effected by FGMO and how would this defend against the virus or limit the effects.
I'm guessing some basic questions would be asked, then models set up to test such ideas.
Other then getting some CCD hives and begin treating with FGMO, what models or concepts should be given consideration.
I asked before last weeks news about a virus, how would FGMO defend against a virus, earlier in this thread. Nobody made any comments.
Through past research, some knowledge on vectors, treatment impacts, and desease characteristics are known. Basic test models are based on such common sense and knowledge. So using this, how can one see FGMO being tested? How would FGMO be effective in "theory" that would giude you in testing if you were the researcher?
It's raining today. Someone humor me......
What is rain?
>>>What is rain?
Gods tears from laughing so hard after reading some of the ridiculous crap in this thread.....
You're right! I've removed "my" ridiculous crap.
I'm better now.
To everything there is a season....
>I asked before last weeks news about a virus, how would FGMO defend against a virus, earlier in this thread. Nobody made any comments.
It is commonly know that a virus is a miniscule organism that attacks organic cells of the host it has invaded. So when following the very exacting protocols of the famous dr R, the fgmo is vaporized into a very fine droplet the size of a virus. These tiny droplets of vaporized oil are then bombarded upon the virus making the virus very slippery and unable to adhere to or attack the cells therefore making them inert and of no danger to the host.
Bullseye Bill in The Scenic Flint Hills , KS
Bill do you have an idea whether the oil smoke will kill AFB? I never had it, but just in cast. How much oil must be blown in the hive to make the AFB spores slippery?
Everybody likes a little.................
Nobody likes a wise................
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