Oh my.... a recipe for Cotlets!!! I have loved those since I lived in Washington state for a short time back in the ‘70’s!!<<<
Good, I am glad that you like the recipe, you have missed a wild collection of posts, while you were hard at work in the garden, but they will still be here, when time slows down for you.
>>>but they will still be here, when time slows down for you.<<<
That is, if I can read fast enough to keep up with current and catch up at the same time!
Seed sales growing as garden boom hits B.C.
Several B.C. seed and plant retailers say business is blooming this year, and the
recession, rising food prices and star power may be feeding British Columbians’
growing enthusiasm for gardening.
West Coast Seeds owner Jeanette McCall told CBC News she had expected a busy year
at the Delta facility, shipping vegetable and flower seeds to customers, but not
this busy.
Stocks of packaged seeds that were supposed to last all season were running out
before March.
Earth Day at the Vancouver Compost Garden - Honda’s Insight Introduced in Canada
Garry Sowerby, who is in the “Guinness Book of World Records” for the record time
of driving around the world, visited us at the Vancouver Compost Garden this Earth
Day morning, as part of his cross-country trip to introduce the country to Honda’s
‘greenest’ car, the Insight.
Gary says, “We are doing an environmental program called Insight into Canada that
hinges on a month-long environmental journey across Canada starting on April 21
in Victoria. The drive will be implemented in a new Honda Insight Hybrid and will
see 25 teams of journalists hand the car off over 25 legs on the trek.”
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Americans Oppose Most Farm Subsidies
Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF)
As the Obama administration has sought to cut farm subsidies for next year’s budget they have encountered strong resistance, especially in farm states. However a new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that the American public, including in farm states, would favor eliminating most farm subsidies.
(Photo: Eric Allix Rogers)
Eighty percent of US subsidies go to large farming businesses, however only 36 percent of Americans favor such subsidies while 61 percent oppose them. Opposition to subsidies for large farms was not substantively or statistically different among Republicans (62%), Democrats (60%), and independents (59%).
Seventy-seven percent of Americans do, however, favor providing subsidies to small farms (i.e. farms under 500 acres). Support is highest among Democrats (82%), followed by Republicans (73%) and then Independents (69%). Most small farms do not receive subsidies.
The public in farm states has views of farm subsidies that are little different than residents of non-farm states. In the 17 states that receive the largest amount of farm subsidies, just 35 percent of the public favors subsidies to large farming businesses, compared to 37 percent in non-farm states. There is support for subsidies for small farms in both farm states (79%) and non-farm states (75%).
Americans are also at odds with the way that farm subsidies are provided. Most subsidies are provided on a regular annual basis, independent of whether it was a good year or a bad year for the farmer. However only minorities of Americans think that subsidies should be provided on a regular annual basis, whether for small farms (37%) or large farms (15%).
Here again views in farm states are not significantly different from the rest of the country. Only minorities approve of providing subsidies on a regular annual basis to small farms (39%) or large farms (13%).
Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org comments, “Clearly, US policy on farm subsidies is far out of step with the preferences of the American public. The vast majority of US subsidies go to large farming businesses on a regular annual basis. However only one in three Americans approve of subsidies to large farming businesses and less than one in six approve doing so on a regular annual basis.”
US farm subsidies have been a major stumbling block in trade negotiations, with developing countries refusing to open their markets any further as long as the US and other developed countries continue to give their farmers the advantage of subsidies. Steven Kull comments, “While the public would oppose eliminating all farm subsidies, the scope of subsidies the public supports is so much narrower than is currently provided that, if the public’s preferences were followed, this would largely remove the current obstacle in trade negotiations.”
The poll was conducted with a nationwide sample of 765 from March 25 to April 6, 2009. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.7 percent.
The poll was fielded by Knowledge Networks using its nationwide panel, which is randomly selected from the entire adult population and subsequently provided Internet access. For more information about this methodology, go to www.knowledgenetworks.com/ganp.
WorldPublicOpinion.org is a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. Funding for this research was provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Calvert Foundation.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/602.php?nid=&id=&pnt=602&lb=
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EdF strikers cut power to French homes
Times Online ^ | April 23, 2009 | Not Specified
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:32:39 AM by wafflehouse
At an electricity substation on a bleak industrial estate north of Paris a masked union militant is preparing to deprive a neighbourhood of power. His colleague is outside, dragging nervously on a roll-up cigarette while keeping a lookout for police or security guards. “Get a move on,” he says. “And then let’s get out of here.” A switch is pulled down, the door of the sabotaged transformer is locked and the two activists — employees of EdF, the French state electricity supplier — drive off.
In their wake hundreds of houses and a handful of businesses in Montigny-lès-Cormeilles are left without electricity for much of the morning. It was the second time in a week that blackouts had hit the Paris region as striking gas and electricity workers adopted radical tactics to support their call for a 10 per cent pay rise and an end to outsourcing of jobs.
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Counterfeit Pesticide Products for Dogs and Cats (Frontline, Advantage)
EPA ^ | 04/22/2009 | EPA
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:35:41 AM by LongElegantLegs
EPA, in cooperation with its state and regional regulatory partners, is announcing the issuance of stop sale, use, and removal orders to retailers and other distributors of certain counterfeit pesticide products for control of fleas and ticks on dogs and cats. The stop sale, use, and removal orders are intended to disrupt an effort to distribute counterfeit pet pesticides. The counterfeit pesticides appear to have been unlawfully imported and were packaged in cartons designed to look like legitimately registered pesticides available in the U.S. under the trade names “Advantage” and “Frontline.” The orders prohibit retailers and other distributors from distributing or selling the counterfeit pesticide products and require their proper disposal.
(Excerpt) Read more at epa.gov ...
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Pharmacy says it goofed in making drugs for horses
Associated Press ^ | April 23, 2009
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:33:09 AM by Free ThinkerNY
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida pharmacy has told The Associated Press it incorrectly prepared a medication for 21 polo horses that died over the weekend while preparing to play in a championship match.
Jennifer Beckett of Franck’s Pharmacy in Ocala, Fla., told the AP in a statement the business conducted in internal investigation that found “the strength of an ingredient in the medication was incorrect.
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April 21, KMBC 9 Kansas City – (National) 6 stolen refrigerated trucks found in KC.
Six stolen refrigerated tractor-trailers were recovered in Kansas City, Missouri near Truman Road and Jackson Avenue on Tuesday. The trucks held hundreds of thousands of pounds of chicken and ribs, most of which is now missing.
Police and U.S. Department of Agriculture are investigating. Authorities are concerned that the meat may be spoiled and was sold to unsuspecting vendors. The trucks were taken from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas. Simmons Foods, an Arkansas-based company, was able to find one of its trucks by using a GPS device attached to it. “It’s a hidden device. Not everybody knows about it. But it works very well,” said Simmons Foods.
“We’re talking about $50,000 trucks each and then the loads on them. The one with a pallet left on it, it was about $60,000 worth of chicken stolen. And all that’s out there on the streets,” a police officer said. Police said mainstream grocers typically buy direct from manufacturers, so it is unlikely they bought the stolen meat. Source:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/19241728/detail.html
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/DHS_Daily_Report_2009-04-23.pdf
Several interesting reports in the daily report:
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LOS ANGELES CALCO, INC. RECALLS ALFALFA SPROUTS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE SALMONELLA CONTAMINATION
Contact:
Yue-Shen Hsiao
Tel: 626-930-1988
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Los Angeles Calco of Arcadia, CA is recalling their Los Angeles Calco brand of Alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated withsalmonella.
Product was distributed to three cash and carry wholesalers in California:
Brostoff Celle. 1601 E Olympic Blvd # 505, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Tel: 213-623-5263
Banana Company : 1601 E Olympic Blvd. # 325, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Tel: 213-327-2188
Ingardia : 2120 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa, CA 90021
Tel: 949-645-1365
Products are packaged in 4 ounce, clear flexible clam-shell plastic containers. Containers are 4 x 4 x 4 inches cubic plastic boxes and have perforated bottom (9 holes, about 1/4 inch in diameter each).
Products have the label on top with characters in green, identifying the product by the name: Alfalfa Sprouts, and name and address of Distributor (Los Angeles Calco, Inc.), and Sell By Dates: April 23, 2009 and May 2, 2009..
No illnesses have been reported to date.
Los Angeles Calco is recalling because routine testing detected Samonella in alfalfa sprouts. Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Consumers with the above symptoms should consult their physician.
Consumers who have purchased Los Angeles Calco Alfalfa Sprouts are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at (626) 930-1988.
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2009
Release #09-199
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (866) 927-4810
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Toaster Oven/Broilers Recalled by Haier America Due to Burn or Electrical Shock Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Toaster Oven/Broilers
Units: About 106,000
Importer: Haier America Trading L.L.C., of New York, N.Y.
Manufacturer: Lun Dar Electric Ind. Ltd., of Taiwan
Hazard: Electrical connections in the toaster oven/broilers can become loose, posing electrical shock and burn hazards.
Incidents/Injuries: Haier America has received two reports of minor burns and one report of a minor electrical shock to consumers, and one report of minor property damage.
Description: This recall involves toaster oven/broilers with model number RTO1400SS. The units are stainless steel and black plastic. “Haier” is printed on the front and the model number is printed on a label on the back of the toaster oven/broilers.
Sold at: Mass merchandisers and specialty retailers nationwide from September 2006 through January 2009 for approximately $20 to $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled toaster oven/broilers and contact Haier America to receive a free replacement toaster oven/broiler.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Haier America at (866) 927-4810 anytime, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.haieramerica.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including a picture of the recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09199.html
Cyber Security Tip ST06-003
Staying Safe on Social Network Sites
The popularity of social networking sites continues to increase, especially
among teenagers and young adults. The nature of these sites introduces
security risks, so you should take certain precautions.
What are social networking sites?
Social networking sites, sometimes referred to as “friend-of-a-friend”
sites, build upon the concept of traditional social networks where you are
connected to new people through people you already know. The purpose of some
networking sites may be purely social, allowing users to establish
friendships or romantic relationships, while others may focus on
establishing business connections.
Although the features of social networking sites differ, they all allow you
to provide information about yourself and offer some type of communication
mechanism (forums, chat rooms, email, instant messenger) that enables you to
connect with other users. On some sites, you can browse for people based on
certain criteria, while other sites require that you be “introduced” to new
people through a connection you share. Many of the sites have communities or
subgroups that may be based on a particular interest.
What security implications do these sites present?
Social networking sites rely on connections and communication, so they
encourage you to provide a certain amount of personal information. When
deciding how much information to reveal, people may not exercise the same
amount of caution as they would when meeting someone in person because
* the internet provides a sense of anonymity
* the lack of physical interaction provides a false sense of security
* they tailor the information for their friends to read, forgetting that
others may see it
* they want to offer insights to impress potential friends or associates
While the majority of people using these sites do not pose a threat,
malicious people may be drawn to them because of the accessibility and
amount of personal information that’s available. The more information
malicious people have about you, the easier it is for them to take advantage
of you. Predators may form relationships online and then convince
unsuspecting individuals to meet them in person. That could lead to a
dangerous situation. The personal information can also be used to conduct a
social engineering attack (see Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing
Attacks for more information). Using information that you provide about your
location, hobbies, interests, and friends, a malicious person could
impersonate a trusted friend or convince you that they have the authority to
access other personal or financial data.
Additionally, because of the popularity of these sites, attackers may use
them to distribute malicious code. Sites that offer applications developed
by third parties are particularly susceptible. Attackers may be able to
create customized applications that appear to be innocent while infecting
your computer without your knowledge.
How can you protect yourself?
* Limit the amount of personal information you post - Do not post
information that would make you vulnerable, such as your address or
information about your schedule or routine. If your connections post
information about you, make sure the combined information is not more
than you would be comfortable with strangers knowing. Also be
considerate when posting information, including photos, about your
connections.
* Remember that the internet is a public resource - Only post information
you are comfortable with anyone seeing. This includes information and
photos in your profile and in blogs and other forums. Also, once you
post information online, you can’t retract it. Even if you remove the
information from a site, saved or cached versions may still exist on
other people’s machines (see Guidelines for Publishing Information
Online for more information).
* Be wary of strangers - The internet makes it easy for people to
misrepresent their identities and motives (see Using Instant Messaging
and Chat Rooms Safely for more information). Consider limiting the
people who are allowed to contact you on these sites. If you interact
with people you do not know, be cautious about the amount of information
you reveal or agreeing to meet them in person.
* Be skeptical - Don’t believe everything you read online. People may post
false or misleading information about various topics, including their
own identities. This is not necessarily done with malicious intent; it
could be unintentional, an exaggeration, or a joke. Take appropriate
precautions, though, and try to verify the authenticity of any
information before taking any action.
* Evaluate your settings - Take advantage of a site’s privacy settings.
The default settings for some sites may allow anyone to see your
profile. You can customize your settings to restrict access to only
certain people. However, there is a risk that even this private
information could be exposed, so don’t post anything that you wouldn’t
want the public to see. Also, be cautious when deciding which
applications to enable, and check your settings to see what information
the applications will be able to access.
* Use strong passwords - Protect your account with passwords that cannot
easily be guessed (see Choosing and Protecting Passwords for more
information). If your password is compromised, someone else may be able
to access your account and pretend to be you.
* Check privacy policies - Some sites may share information such as email
addresses or user preferences with other companies. This may lead to an
increase in spam (see Reducing Spam for more information). Also, try to
locate the policy for handling referrals to make sure that you do not
unintentionally sign your friends up for spam. Some sites will continue
to send email messages to anyone you refer until they join.
* Use and maintain anti-virus software - Anti-virus software recognizes
most known viruses and protects your computer against them, so you may
be able to detect and remove the virus before it can do any damage (see
Understanding Anti-Virus Software for more information). Because
attackers are continually writing new viruses, it is important to keep
your definitions up to date.
Children are especially susceptible to the threats that social networking
sites present. Although many of these sites have age restrictions, children
may misrepresent their ages so that they can join. By teaching children
about internet safety, being aware of their online habits, and guiding them
to appropriate sites, parents can make sure that the children become safe
and responsible users (see Keeping Children Safe Online for more
information).
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WEATHER BUREAU.
WEATHER FOLK-LORE
AND
LOCAL WEATHER SIGNS.
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PROFESSOR OF METEOROLOGY.
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