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The Ester Republic: Irregulars for the Republic
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Irregulars for the Republic. Contributors and staff of the Ester Republic Press are known informally as the Republic's Irregulars. The biographies below are intended to give you a feel for the character of the people running the show at the Press. For more formal staff contact and duties, please see our website's staff page (coming soon). And the University of Alaska Press. Or 907.479.3368. Mired in ...
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The Ester Republic: Breeding Workshop: trials, selections, breeding methods
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Breeding Workshop: trials, selections, breeding methods. Variety Trials: breeding to see what works (and what doesn't). As an example of the kind of information breeders need to know and develop. He explained that it was important for:. Getting to know the crop. Expanding market potential, attracting new customers. From the Organic Seed Alliance. Observation trials are okay f...
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The Ester Republic: Christmas lights on the Internet
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Christmas lights on the Internet. Courtesy Ken and Rebecca-Ellen Woods, everyone out there in Internet-land is invited to play with their Christmas lights via the Internet. I am re-posting that invitation here:. As part of our Christmas tradition, Rebecca-Ellen and I have once. Again connected our Christmas lights to the internet. This year we're. While for the site to l...
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The Ester Republic: Guest Opinion: Les Gara on Medicaid
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Guest Opinion: Les Gara on Medicaid. Walker Is Right: We Need Medicaid Expansion. By Rep. Les Gara (D-Anchorage). I agree with the governor that we can’t afford to turn up our noses at $28 million in budget savings over the next four years. Yet, under Medicaid expansion we can provide treatment to people who are ill and can’t afford. It, and bring over $130,000,000/year ...
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The Ester Republic: Letter to the Editor: A is for Armed
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Saturday, March 08, 2014. Letter to the Editor: A is for Armed. March 6, 2014. In the news is “ Campus gun bill before committee. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Steaming the Republic from Facebook. Cartoon North: Sequential Art in Alaska. Inside, Outside, Morningside. The Local Et Cetera. Mired in the Health Care Morass. 8226; (see also the author's blog). Nuggets and It's Gonna Be A Long Winter.
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The Ester Republic: From Tyrannovibos moschatus to mild-mannered tundra hippie
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Thursday, May 31, 2007. From Tyrannovibos moschatus to mild-mannered tundra hippie. From the Scholastic entry on muskoxen, An Arctic Survivor. There are not a lot of animals in the Arctic that would satisfy the musk-ox's appetite, so it has evolved into a plant-eating animal. But wait, there's more! SoI guess the Musk Ox Farm. And the Large Animal Research Station. And Windy Valley Farm. And the last...
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The Ester Republic: Day One at the SARE Conference: High Latitude No-Tillage
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Day One at the SARE Conference: High Latitude No-Tillage. Bryce Wrigley: High-Latitude No-Tillage in Grain Production in Delta Junction. Bryce Wrigley owns and operates Wrigley Family Farms and the Alaska Flour Company. In Delta Junction. He is the president of the Alaska Farm Bureau. Other companies seemed to all reference against this company). Grass control is harder.
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The Ester Republic: A spike in viewership
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Monday, July 07, 2014. A spike in viewership. Hmmm Judging by the spike in the number of viewers on July 3rd, it looks like a lot of people were checking this page to see if and when Ester was going to hold its parade and picnic! Right—and then occasionally I read a book. For a few pages. Oh, but my review did get published: " Seeding a culture of remembering: a review of Saving More Than Seeds.
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The Ester Republic: Zarqawi: the incredible dying man
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Monday, June 12, 2006. Zarqawi: the incredible dying man. When I heard the news about Zarqawi's death on Friday, my first thought was, "What- not again. Al-Zarqawi has been killed more times than any man alive- uh, dead- um- well, never mind. Then I heard that they had identified him not just by the clothes on the body, and the appearence of the remains, and the fingerprints, but by DNA testing!
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The Ester Republic: Conference Workshop: On tomatoes and breeding lines: purple, yellow, rose
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Bloggy bits and news from the publisher and a couple of other troublemakers. Irregulars for the Republic. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Conference Workshop: On tomatoes and breeding lines: purple, yellow, rose. Jim Myers has worked on several species and varieties, but lately has caused a stir in the gardening world for his work with the Indigo Rose purple tomato, released by Oregon State University in 2012. Managing and selecting self-pollinated crops:. Eliminate progeny rows with high frequency of off-types.
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