Aquaponics Digest - Thu 05/13/99
Message 1: Creating "Cyber" Community
from Dave Miller
Message 2: Browsing made easy
from SCHUCH IVAN
Message 3: Agroforestry newsletter
from S & S Aqua Farm
Message 4: Re: drippers
from Jeff
Message 5: adjustable drippers
from LC543119
Message 6: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
from Paul Wilson
Message 7: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
from "Marc S. Nameth"
Message 8: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
from Tvoivozhd
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Subject: Creating "Cyber" Community
From: Dave Miller
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 02:19:10 -0400
Aquaponics members and others you pass this on to:
"Community" has become a buzz word for good reason. When you grew up,
you knew your neighbors and left your door unlocked, you borrowed a cup
of sugar or a handtool and you helped shovel snow from an elders'
driveway. Some neighbors co-planted their landscape, watched a pet or
housesat when someone was away on vacation. You knew your neighbors and
prevented crime. At Halloween you were not concerned about poisoned
candy. Interestingly enough, as kids, your closest neighbors could scold
you when you were out of line and you could go there for school lunch
when mom could not be home. There were also the town functions,
fund-raising events, sports, PTA and other activities and of course the
parades.
Rather than ask the obvious, "Where did it all go?", I would rather
redirect the focus on how we are recreating safe, positive community. As
we have seen, the sense of community was important in how we were
raised. I can still go to my hometown and name the names of most of the
neighbors in my block. Can you do that today where you live now?
Community has changed:
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As a restorative effort, the meaning of community has changed and we
have had to find community in today's terms. First, many of us are going
back to our physical neighbors and replanting the seed of knowing and
watching each other. Borrowing a ladder or asking who painted their
house or fixed their furnace is also returning. But several new types of
community have also emerged.
Cyber Community:
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With the advent of the computer, e-mail and the internet, "virtual
communities" have emerged. You can be part of an aquaponics list online.
Want to exchange recipes, or ask for help with your automobile? Be part
of a list serve or do a search. No you can't borrow a virtual cup of
sugar but if you don't have a handy mechanic on your block, you do have
one online. I personally offer help to a plumbing help line and
receive/give gardening and other helpful tips from the lists I signed
up for. There are self-help groups, town resources, restaurant guides,
holistic help, swap/exchange clubs, free advice and many services
similar to the local community, all at the fingertips and usually for no
charge which is what is at the heart of being neighborly. I have sent
and received e-mails from faceless persons that I feel warmly about and
whom make be smile. :>
Other Community:
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In terms of redirecting whom we trust as our friends and neighbors when
we may not know the person who lives 3 doors down, we ARE refocusing
into groups of "kindred folk". This means simply that we are applying
our awareness and desire for the safety of community by the friends we
keep and trust AND whom our friends' contacts recommend.
In a sense, we are going back to the days of "barn-raising" and
bartering services. I can get all kinds of help from health, healing and
bodywork, music, repairs, food, legal, physical, editing, hydroponics,
computer services, etc. through my new "community". These kindred folks
I trust and co-create a renewed sense of community much like I grew up
in - yet more. This is not by accident, we all desire harmonious
surroundings in the tense and busy world we live in and most of all we
desire a sense of safety. I would certainly appreciate your thoughts on
this topic and will reprint if you desire. Feel free to reprint my own
thoughts in part or whole as long as you acknowledge my authorship -
Dave Miller
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A kindred believer in community
A "green" home remodeler
A father of 2 cockatiels
An organic farmer
A veggie drummer/keyboardist
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Subject: Browsing made easy
From: SCHUCH IVAN
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:37:27 +0200
Best browser ive seen is Copernic 99.
Download from http://www.copernic.com
It covers various search engines and is very simple to operate. The demo
gives you search on the web, newsgroups and emails. No need to purchase the
whole program.
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Subject: Agroforestry newsletter
From: S & S Aqua Farm
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:56:15 -0500
"H. Allen Sylvester" has forwarded a newsletter of
possible interest to group members. The lead comments are listed below,
along with subscription information. If you'd like a full copy of the
newsletter, please let me know at Paula
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Subject: The Overstory #33--Mushrooms in Agroforestry
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 09:07:38 -1000
From: "The Overstory"
Welcome to The Overstory! This free e-mail newsletter serves people and
organizations working with tropical agroforestry, forestry and
sustainable development. Each issue presents a key concept for designing
sustainable, tree-based agricultural systems, and resources to help put the
concept into practice.
If this is your first issue, Aloha! We invite you to let others know
about The Overstory. The Overstory now reaches subscribers in over 90
countries.
To subscribe (or unsubscribe), please see message at the end of this
e-mail.
Information and comments:
~~~ The Overstory #33--Mushrooms in Agroforestry ~~~
Contents:
~~ Mushrooms in Agroforestry ~~
~~ Permaculture with a Mycological Twist by Paul Stamets ~~
~~ Reference ~~
~~ Web Links ~~
~~ Publisher Notes ~~
Past editions of The Overstory:
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Subject: Re: drippers
From: Jeff
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:30:26 -0600
LC543119 wrote:
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> Adriana, Mark Creaser (son of Gordon Creaser) has been given the rights to
> distribute the adjustable dripper in the American continent for use in
> hydroponic and aquaponic systems
> Gordon
Could you explain the advantages of these(or get Mark to) and where one
can buy them?
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Subject: adjustable drippers
From: LC543119
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 20:47:22 EDT
JEFF, my father has used these drippers in many of the systems he installes
around the world and found them to be the most reliable for controling
nutrient from flow to drip they also make it possible to isolate trays in
multiple tray systems,if you send me your adress private I will send you a
sample
Mark Creaser
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Subject: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
From: Paul Wilson
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:07:43 -0500
Dave, the neighborhood is about to dry up and blow away if this stuff sees
the light of day in the Congress!!!!
Dear Internet Subscriber:
Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and
continue using email: The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in
the Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through
legislation that will affect your use of the Internet. Under proposed
legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email users
out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to
charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing Internet
Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by
the ISP. Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to
prevent this legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is
claiming that
lost revenue due to the proliferation of email iscosting nearly $230,000,000
in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign "There is
nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces
of email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an
additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond
their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to
the U.S. PostalService for a service they do not even provide. The whole
point of the Internet is democracy and
non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to tamper with our
liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You
are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureacratic
efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
from New York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker
with email, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United
States. One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty to
forty dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond
the government's proposed email charges. Note that most of the major
newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the
Washingtonian which called the idea of email surcharge "a useful concept
who's time has come" March 6th 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch
yourfreedoms erode away!
Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell your friends and
relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. Kate
Turner Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law
216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va.
Contact your Congressman at the following address:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Just click on your state, zip code and they will give you the address of
your Congressman and e mail ready address.
The power of government rests squarely on its ability to deceive
Dave Miller wrote:
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Subject: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
From: "Marc S. Nameth"
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 20:52:31 -0700
You may want to see:
http://www.canoe.ca/TechNews9904/21_hoax.html
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Subject: Re: Creating "Cyber" Community
From: Tvoivozhd
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:40:46 -0400
Paul Wilson wrote:
> Dave, the neighborhood is about to dry up and blow away if this stuff
> sees the light of day in the Congress!!!!
> Dear Internet Subscriber:
>
> Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and
> continue using email: The last few months have revealed an alarming
> trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly
> push through legislation that will affect your use of the Internet.
> Under proposed legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be attempting
> to bilk email users out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will
> permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email
> delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The
> consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C.
> lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
> legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming
> that
> lost revenue due to the proliferation of email iscosting nearly
> $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad
> campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen
> received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the
> typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over
> $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs.
> Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. PostalService
> for a service they do not even provide. The whole point of the
> Internet is democracy and
> non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to tamper
> with our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it
> will end. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail
> because of bureacratic efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for
> a letter to be delivered from New York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal
> Service is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the
> "free" Internet in the United States. One congressman, Tony Schnell
> (r) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month surcharge
> on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's proposed
> email charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the
> story, the only exception being the Washingtonian which called the
> idea of email surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" March
> 6th 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch yourfreedoms erode away!
>
> Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell your friends
> and relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill
> 602P. Kate Turner Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman
> Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va.
> Contact your Congressman at the following address:
> http://www.house.gov/writerep/
> Just click on your state, zip code and they will give you the address
> of your Congressman and e mail ready address.
>
>>>tvoivozhd---another fecocephalic trying to spread a fecocephalic
hoax. Is there a real Paul Wilson who is as stupid as the above crap
indicates"
http://www.cfc.dnd.ca/emailtax.html
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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