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Eggs of the Large White or Cabbage White. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 26 Apr 2009 10:00pm Watch out for the eggs of the Large White or Cabbage White (Latin Name - Pieris brassicae ) butterfly. The eggs are laid on the underside of brassica leaves. So check your cabbage, sprouts, broccoli etc. regularly. The female butterfly lays batches of 20 to 100 yellow eggs underneath the leaves of the plants. cabbage-white-eggs If seen the eggs Read on »

Small White butterfly attack Swedes. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 14 Aug 2009 4:23pm swedes looking ragged. damaged-swede There are two types of cabbage white: * the Large White butterfly – Pieris brassicae * the Small White butterfly – Pieris rapae. We were so busy watching out for the Large White on the sprouts that we did not notice the Small White butterfly attack the Swedes! Related posts: Cabbage White Butterfly Read on »

Cabbage White Butterfly in the Vegetable Garden by TopVeg !. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 23 Feb 2009 9:30pm Prevention and control of the Cabbage White Butterfly is a concern of all vegetable gardeners. The first Cabbage White Butterfly of the year was spotted in the vegetable garden today. There are two types of cabbage white: * the Large White butterfly - Pieris brassicae * the Small White butterfly - Pieris rapae. The cabbage white butterflies Read on »

a good white butterfly! by Rob Carlyle Patient Expert

Posted Tue 11 Aug 2009 12:06pm Not all white caterpillars are baddies! The large white (pieris brassicae) is the rascal who lays its eggs on members of the cabbage family and whose caterpillars decimate our calabrese and Brussels sprouts. It has a smaller, less bold cousin, the green veined white (pieris napi) whose appetite is for crussifers and not brassicas. It may Read on »

Six White Boomers by Angie O. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:56pm inquired about the kangaroo. In Australia, large white Kangaroos carry Santa's sleigh, 6 White Boomers, to be exact. Reindeer apparently only prefer the cooler Northern Hemisphere Read on »

Eastern White Pines by Robert Folzenlogen Posted Mon 06 Dec 2010 12:00am It is during the winter, when the deciduous trees are bare, that we pay most attention to the conifers. But, since I park by pickup beneath a large white pine at our... and heaps of yellowing pine needles surround the pickup in mid autumn. Eastern white pines, the largest conifers in eastern North America, are native to southern Canada, New Read on »

Health Insurers Sending Big Dollars to the GOP–The Folks Who Largely Lack General Consumer Digital Literacy And Health IT by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 Oct 2010 10:36am is, it’s not always so, and telling the difference is a challenge today. I think this is a good book for anyone to read as this is the reality of what is happening today, and in large part... largely split its political donations between the two parties, according to federal election filings. The largest insurers also are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars Read on »

How Big Are Private Equity Investments in Healthcare – Large Enough to Create a “Non-Profit” Trade Association by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 May 2010 12:06pm This is moving pretty rapidly in healthcare with private equity. I just posted about a related story a couple days ago, HealthcareofToday, a big grouping of investors adding a medical tourism company to their group. With such investors too, we get layers, in other words this company is a subsidiary of company B who is a subsidiary of company ... Read on »

How big (or small) is large? by Carrie A. Patient Expert

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Posted Tue 17 Mar 2009 3:06pm It's no secret that clothing sizes are somewhat random. Although I do mostly wear one size (let's say X), I do own several pairs of pants in size Y, and several in size W. Furthermore, even in the same brand, all pairs of size X pants are not the same size. Finding clothes is pretty much a crap shoot- and I'm lucky. I wear "standard" size cloth ... Read on »

Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display Configurator – New York Presbyterian Hospital by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 04 Apr 2010 10:21pm This is fascinating to watch how the imaging works right in the OR. Cross sectional images are no problem. The video states they have two units, but the updated article here states they have 3 more of the Siemens Artis Zeego units. When you watch the video it is pretty mind blowing to watch the “claw” looking type arm just to be able to r ... Read on »