Cornell Maple webinars

[Gary R]

By chance tonight I was looking to see what's going on at Cornell. They are going to have a series of webinars dedicated to maple information. The first one starts in three days, August 5th. It is titled "The latest in tubing research". The link to the site is this:

http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/webinar.html

For those that have never "attended" a webinar, it is simple. I have not attended a Cornell webinar, but I have for PennState. It is free. You may have to register and get a password to participate in the webinar. If you want to participate they have a scheduled time it will be broadcasted. You need a fairly good connection speed. Usually slides are shown and a speaker explains everything. You have the capability to "ask" questions. Usually the speaker will answer all of them. The other good thing is for those that are shy or can't make the time. They record all of these. Anyone (without registering) can go online and replay the entire webinar. Usually there are accompanying files that can be downloaded also.

So give it a try! Another great place for traders to get the latest in Maple research.

[maple flats]

No passwords needed. Just enter your name under guest and enter. From there they usually ask you to enter your county and state. I have attended many of Dr Peter Smallage's webinars for forestry. Very good. Since Peter is in charge also of the Cornell Maple ptogram, these may well be under his wing too.
Dave

[brookledge]

I never knew about this I'm not sure I can be on during that time but I'm going to try
Keith

[Gary R]

Dave, were you and I the only traders on the webinar?

A good reaffirmation of the benifits of the check valve. The last few minutes were of great interest. Losses of vacuum in mainline due to friction. Not sure what it all means. Looks like if you have a lot of pipe, you don't have a lot of vacuum no matter how big of pump you have. Were talking of only hundreds of feet, not thousands.

[maple flats]

The webinar was very good. I only saw about 10-12 names of participants. Seems like more would take the time. However, all is not lost. In a day or 2 it will be available from the recorded session tonight.
Steve Childs covered his research on tubing, new check valves vs. old, in every combination. He also covered results from the silver spouts and one included a silver drop. He tested both vac and gravity and showed parallel test results (trees had 2 taps, one of one description and a second of something else each on separate laterals, with each lat having 5-6 taps and then into a collection canister, all on vacuum. The gravity set ups were into plastic drums, one per lateral. Some very interesting results and some good knowledge for making more profit. He gave a cost vs increased income for many tests. Check it out.
I now have re affirmed I will use all new check valves AND new drops on the vac but for gravity the jury is out. I might even do the silver for gravity.

[Paddymountain]

I participated in the webinair last night, although I was trying to eat supper at the same time. it looked very interesting, and I'm going back to watch it again when I can. I saw the future dates are posted on their web,and I'll try
to participate on them, I'm not sure about everything with the chat,and things,but like every thing computer, I 'll just keep trying.

[chipa]

I participated also.Good research on the hot topic over the past year or so:check valves and the antimicrobial spiles.Nice to go to class without leaving the house!