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I just joined this forum to run this idea past you guys and to get some feed back on a indoor pond idea I have.
I was thinking about buying an rectangular framed paddling pool to put in my basement, roughly 400 US G (vary in size) placing a layer of blankets on the inside and some thermal insulation and then covering it with a pond liner so I have a well insulated framed above ground pond (that wont break and instantly flood my basement). Next I was planning on using two pumps e.g. 8000 l/h (depending on the type of fish I am planning on keeping / turnover rates needed) to go to two plastic 4 draw towers (draws) which will have holes drilled in each draw 3 layers and the 4th will just be used to gather the water to return to the pond. Instead of using a overflow (since I cant drill a hole in the side of the paddling pool) I was planning to set up the dry filters (plastic draws) next to the tank so they return instantly via water fall. The first layer will contain my pre filter, considering sponge and underneath poly fill to catch the smaller particles. The second layer will be my dry biological filtration in which I am uncertain of the media at the moment as I cannot find any plastic pot scrubbers in the UK (all stainless steel) (And bio balls don't have enough surface area for a larger filter). The final (3rd) I was considering carbon filtration until I read that it wasn't necessary unless treating fish with meds, so was considering a wet biological media such as ceramic rings. Finally would be heating it with a few 500w heaters.
I know its quite a paragraph, and I thank you for your time, any feed back would be much appreciated whether its a stupid idea, tweaks or suggestions.
- Stray
P.S. Planning on keeping a shoal of tinfoil's, a few A. cichlids, and a possible grow out for a paroon. (I know a pond lacks the sideways display of a glass tank, however I think birds eye / diagonal view combined with active fish with swimming space is just as satisfying)
Can't see any reason your approach won't work but kind'a lost why you want a small pond like that - glass sides offer a vastly superior view and for us, that is the only point. Might get old seeing only the most uninteresting part of a fish but, to each their own. Breeding, however, (esp. large, valuable fish like discus) work well with tiny pond like tanks in a house. Lighting will be an issue (fish do need light) and evaporation will be serious and dirt/dust will be a problem - as will fish jumping out - unless you somehow cover the 'tank'. Otherwise, you have most issues addressed.
As for plastic 'bio-balls', these are vastly inferior to ceramic noodles/rings; just use all ceramic bio-media (besides a fine fiber system to help remove larger solids.) Vacuuming waste will be more difficult (gravity siphoning will be very difficult in that situation) but that too will need to be addressed as will water changes. You should consider a large algae scrubber system to help address both the water change issue (a large volume, otherwise) and purity. I assume your water has chlorine compounds and that will be a bear to treat; so a scrubber would make great sense to reduce that cost.
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Any suggestions for young dog trainers in the midwest? Currently have a 12 wk old puppy and trying to plan ahead. My main focus would be in hunt tests.
Any suggestions for young dog trainers in the midwest? Currently have a 12 wk old puppy and trying to plan ahead. My main focus would be in hunt tests.
Find some good amateur's or a pro in the Hunt Test game and through birds for them watch, ask questions etc
it will be very beneficial to you and your pup
Do you want someone to train your puppy for hunt tests or do you want help training your own pup for test if you want help training your own pup if you're willing to help me throw Birds I can help you train your own pup.
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I am in the same boat and have done a lot of networking. Every pro trainer has said to keep it fun and short for the pup! Especially while he is real young. Have fun and i know I am!
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Also Tim Springer, Dynamic Retrievers. He's located near Hugo, MN in the summer just north of the metro. He does an excellent young dog program. He's transitioned to more trial stuff than hunt tests but they're all in the same if you're looking to just have the basics done and take the dog from there yourself.
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Last month, a team of scientists from Berkeley called the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) group released results from research they did on the Earth surface temperature record. Though there have been numerous studies and time series created on surface temperature, they wanted to take an independent look at the data and create a new temperature record. What they found was surprising to some in the "skeptic" community, though not surprising to most climate scientists.
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-- Creating a new global temperature record
-- To provide not only the raw data and the resulting record, but also the code and tools used to get there, making the process as transparent as possible
Figure 1. Locations of the the 39,028 temperature stations in the Berkeley Earth data set (blue). Stations classified as rural are plotted on top in black.
The BEST project collaborators combined data from 15 sources that, wherever possible, did not include the tried and true data that the "big three" (NASA, NOAA, or HadCRU) used in their analyses, mainly the GHCN Monthly dataset, which is widely used because of its requirements that the each station in the data set have plenty of observations, no gaps, and no erroneous data. However, the BEST project was born to create a new global surface temperature record, and to "see what you get" if you use observations that other institutions have weeded out. BEST looked at data from 39,028 different temperature measurement stations from around the globe (Figure 1), and developed an averaging process to merge the stations into one record, which you see below in comparison to previous records that have been constructed.
Figure 2. Temperature time series from the big three: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Science (NASA GISS, blue), NOAA (green), and the Hadley Centre and Climate Research Unit of East Anglia (HadCRU, red) along with the results from the BEST project (black).
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The addition of another (eventually) peer-reviewed temperature series is good, and more eyes looking at the data is good, but the result is not surprising. However, it might have changed the minds of some skeptics who have been wanting to see an analysis from scientists that they find trustworthy. I think Dr. Muller sums their results up nicely in his Wall Street Journal opinion article:
When we began our study, we felt that skeptics had raised legitimate issues, and we didn't know what we'd find. Our results turned out to be close to those published by prior groups. We think that means that those groups had truly been very careful in their work, despite their inability to convince some skeptics of that.
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Keith Richards Discusses the Making of The Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main St.'
"I brushed a little acoustic guitar," he says. "I can't even remember on which song now. The original guitar track sort of stuttered and fell apart halfway through, so Don said, 'Well, we better replace that.' But that's all I did really. As I said to Don, these tracks already are Exile, because they come out of that dusty basement. You can't really screw around with them that much. Just tack them on. They are what they are, right from the same place."
For Richards, the project triggered fond memories of those who have since departed the Stones, including original bassist Bill Wyman, and those who have since departed this life, such as session piano great Nicky Hopkins. "To hear Nicky Hopkins' piano on 'Sophia Loren' was a treasure," he says quietly. "And Bill's solid as a rock, man. What a bass player! I'm actually more and more impressed with him, listening to this. You can get used to a guy, but listening back, going over this stuff to make this record, I'd say, 'Jesus Christ, he's better than I thought!' "
Richards also speaks fondly of his former Stones co-guitarist Mick Taylor, who joined in 1969 as a replacement for founding member Brian Jones. But Richards denies murmurings that Taylor, who left the band in late 1974, contributed overdubs to the reissue package. "That's a rumor, babe," he says. "If he was on there, I would know. We've had no contact with Mick for a long time."
Hearsay seems to be dogging Richards' footsteps these days. There's another story going around that he has completely forsworn alcohol and all other intoxicants. "That'll be the day, honey," he says. The remark is punctuated by one of those long, slow Keef laughs, a groundswell that starts as a faint rumble in the nicotine-coated larynx and terminates in a rheumy expulsion of breath. "Let me put it this way: the rumors of my sobriety are greatly exaggerated. Hey, I cut down a little."
Perhaps these suspicions of temperance are fueled by the disciplined rigor of the guitarist's schedule these days. Along with preparations for the Exile reissue and DVD, Richards has been the subject of a new film biography directed by his longtime friend—and most dead-on impersonator—Johnny Depp. Keef is also completing a book-length autobiography, due out in October, with co-writer James Fox. "It's the story so far, so to speak," he says. "James has really put me down memory lane. It's weird, man, trying to remember everything, and then reliving it as the memory comes back. Like, 'Oh God, I gotta go through this thing twice!' "
But one life experience that Richards doesn't seem to mind reliving is the making of Exile on Main St. It would be difficult to overstate the album's importance in the great scheme of rock music. It is the climax of the Stones' four-album winning streak that began with 1968's Beggars Banquet and continued to gain momentum through the superb Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers, as the Sixties gave way to the Seventies. On Exile, the Stones attained a perfect balance between the American roots genres that had inspired them all along: blues, country, R&B, early rock and roll, and gospel. In this regard, Exile is almost like an Olympian athletic feat, one of those rare moments when nature, human effort and sheer random happenstance all come into graceful cosmic alignment.
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At that point, I had neither seen nor heard of any other blogs with a focus on genealogy. It didn't take long, though, before I realized I couldn't possibly be the only one with this idea, and I looked around for others. If I remember correctly, Dana Huff's Our Family History was the first one I discovered. Her participation in the Carnival of Genealogy led me to Creative Gene, and from there I found myself part of a small community which, since then, has grown large enough to have considerable influence in the genealogy industry.
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Before My Time is written essentially for an audience that doesn't quite exist--family members who don't read it, ancestors who are dead and don't care, descendants who haven't been born yet. I also write it for myself, as a way of working with the materials I've gathered, organizing my thoughts, and writing them down so I won't forget what I've figured out and what I'm still wondering about.
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Cheryl and I made Randy's Best of the Genea-Blogs list this week with the series In Search of the Schulte Line. I've already read most of his other picks for the week, and I am honored to be included in such excellent company! Thanks, Randy! And Cheryl, thanks for being half of The Superpower of Two!
Including this one, I've posted 13 times this month. That's twice my overall average (to compute, I included only months in which I had at least one post).
Most of this month's efforts were part of the Schulte series, for which Cheryl and I found a good number of new documents.
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Welcome to Hiking With Impunity, this is our new site that we have been working on for awhile now. Unfortunately it is not complete yet. We are working on it diligently every day and it will be done very soon, just keep checking back for updates and more information every day.
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You're also supposed to be able to paddle up to the waves, which should not exceed one metre or, at the most, not rise further than your chest.
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Only when you are skilled at this technique will you be able to progress to other types of manoeuvres such as the off-the-lip, the cutback and floater, and other manoeuvres.
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Drug Testing -
The department has a comprehensive, random drug testing program to monitor offenders drug usage while on community supervision Testing is used as both an identification and screening tool and a monitoring technique. The following is a description of the drug testing methodologies used by the department:
On-Site Urinalysis
The advantages of this testing methodology are that the results are known immediately, it is cost effective, and it is a useful intervention and confrontation tool. On-site urinalysis is only a screening test. Therefore, if an offender denies a positive test, a second confirmation (laboratory) test must be conducted on the urine sample prior to any court hearing.
Laboratory Urinalysis
The laboratory is certified by the federal, Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA). The laboratory conducts an initial screening test on a urine sample, the retest a positive result using a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) confirmation test. The laboratory tests a specimen for multiple drugs, and the laboratory urinalysis is more expensive than the on-site test.
Breath Alcohol
The breath alcohol on-site measures at a .02 percent level within 30 seconds when an offender blows into it. The screening test is a cost-effective test with immediate results.
- Court ordered offenders receive a substance abuse assessment that includes drug history, treatment history, profile and recommendations. The assessment determines the presence or severity of a substance abuse problem and makes a clinical decision regarding the level of treatment an offender requires.
- An integral part of intervention programs is Treatment Alternative to Street Crime (TASC). TASC agencies primarily service substance abusers involved in the criminal justice system. TASC services including screening, case identification, court liaison, offender referral and tracking.
Nonresidential Treatment Programs
Outpatient treatment provides therapeutic activities for offenders while they maintain residence and employment in the community. The focus of the programs is on treatment and the provision of ancillary services. Outpatient services are provided to offenders on a variety of intensity levels statewide (i.e., education classes, outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and day or night treatment).
Drug Education Group
- Structured education course (i.e., usually weekly group meeting for approximately 12 weeks). This service allows offenders to receive drug education, and also serves as a screening tool to identify offenders who have a substance abuse problem.
Outpatient Treatment
- Therapeutic treatment activities for offenders in a nonresidential setting with a minimum of one individual, group or family session every two weeks. The program generally consists of 16 weeks of weekly group sessions. Outpatient services allow offenders to receive drug treatment with minimal disruption to daily life activities.
Intensive outpatient Treatment
- A treatment program that includes two or more group, individual or family sessions per week. The program is approximately sixteen weeks in length. This treatment modality provides services at a level that is more intense than outpatient treatment but less restrictive than day or night treatment.
Day/Night Treatment
- An intensive nonresidential program offering treatment activities during the day or night, which allows offenders to reside at home, maintain full time employment or attend an educational program. The program provides for consecutive hours of treatment activities at minimum frequency of four days per week, for a period of four weeks. Each offender has a minimum of six hours per week of individual, group or family counseling. The Day/Night treatment program may also include four weeks of reentry treatment where the required treatment activities are gradually decreased. This program is appropriate for those offenders not adapting well in less restrictive treatment and who requires a higher intensity of services.
Residential Treatment Programs
Residential treatment involves a structured, live-in, non-hospital environment, focusing upon all aspects of substance abuse rehabilitation including ancillary services such as vocation and education programs.
- Provides medical and non-medical, detox treatment services, and or psychosocial treatment procedures in conjunction with counseling, to assist the offender to withdraw from the physiological effects of substance abuse. These services can occur in a residential or nonresidential setting.
Low Intensity
- Inpatient therapy for up to 60 days.
Nonsecure Treatment Program
- A six month medium intensity residential program, which consists of a two month intensive treatment component followed by a four month employment /reentry component. This treatment modality targets offenders diverted from the state prison system. The program is appropriate for offenders who failed outpatient or day/night treatment, or who were evaluated as needing this level of structured environment.
Long Term (Secure) Treatment Program -
A high intensity residential treatment program which limits access of the offender in and out of the facility. This treatment program is nine to eighteen months in length, and it is appropriate for extreme substance abuse cases. Generally, these individuals have had several treatment failures and need long term rehabilitation in a controlled environment.
Psychological Treatment Programs
Intervention and Assessment Programs
Program Screening
- The program screens offenders for their appropriateness for the program.
Nonresidential Treatment Programs
Group Counseling -
Structured, open ended group counseling programs for various clinical issues, based on the specific needs of the offenders referred for treatment (i.e., living skills, sexual addictions, anger management, parenting, family counseling, etc.). Groups consist of a minimum of five and maximum of ten individuals and each session lasting a minimum of ninety minutes.
Individual Counseling
- Individual counseling session may be provided to offenders as needed; at a maximum of one time weekly, one hour per session and a maximum of six sessions per offender. All individual counseling must be approved in advance.
Specialized Treatment Programs
Intervention and Assessment Programs
Mental Health Assessment
- A simple mental health screening that consists of an interview and application of basic assessment instruments.
Individual Counseling
- A standard depth evaluation consisting of an interview and full battery of assessment tools. The psychological evaluation is reserved for those offenders who are screened and need a complete evaluation.
Nonresidential Treatment Programs
Education and Employment Program
- A structured, nonresidential program which may provide: intensive education and vocational testing services, GED or liaison with GED programs, job preparedness, job readiness and employment counseling, job placement services, basic life skills, self-help or self-esteem skill building. The program length is a minimum of eight weeks and maximum of eight weeks and maximum of six months. Toward completion, the program gradually reduces its intensity. The purpose of the program is to provide education and vocational growth and development of offenders, too enhance their adjustment in the work place and respond effectively to supervision.
Youthful Offender Program
- A specialized program designed to provide a comprehensive array of services to youthful offenders sentenced in adult felony court. The program is based on the philosophy that in order to achieve and maintain a drug and crime-free lifestyle, youthful offenders need specialized targeted services that provide the skills and resources required to function successfully in society. The program includes an intensive assessment and development of an individualized treatment program that lasts approximately six months. Preferably, offenders should be court ordered into the program.
Female Offender Program
- A program providing treatment and ancillary services that are designed to address the specific needs of female offenders in order to reduce the community supervision revocation rate for this group, and divert them from prison. The program provides a comprehensive, community-based, holistic, individualized, continuum of treatment services for female offenders.
Domestic Violence Program
- A program which offers a variety and continuum of intervention and treatment services for offenders who have committed domestic violence offenses an are court ordered or volunteer to participate in a domestic violence treatment program. Treatment services that are offered are assessments, low-risk programs, medium and high-risk programs.
Sex Offender Treatment Program -
A treatment program structured for sex offenders to provide treatment for their deviant sexual behavior. Sex offender treatment is either court ordered or the releasing authority mandates it. Specially trained professionals provide treatment utilizing universal treatment modalities that have been approved by the department and the court.
Residential Treatment Programs
Probation Restitution Center (PRC) & Diversion Programs
- A medium intensity residential program for selected offenders on probation or community control whom requires more supervision. The program length is approximately four months. The PRC offers an alternative to incarceration, providing a highly structured environment, which stresses employment and restitution to the victim, community service work, as well as academic and vocational education, group and individual counseling, and other opportunities for self-improvement. In addition, the PRC has a substance abuse treatment program "overlay" for offenders requiring this service. All offenders in the PRC receive a substance abuse evaluation. If treatment is needed it is provided at the PRC facility.
Jail Incarceration Program
- A prison diversion program wherein non-violent offenders serve up to 22 months in the county jail as a condition of supervision in lieu of a state prison sentence. Programs may include work release or other self-improvement programs as directed by the sheriff's whose presumptive prison sentence may have been one year to 22 months in prison. If the above criteria are met the program can also be utilized for failures in the nonsecure or secure drug treatment program, and diversion centers.
Overview of Treatment Programs
There were over 45,000 offenders' treatments in FY 98-99. These are treatments that individuals received while sentenced to community sanctions such as probation, administrative probation, drug offender probation, community control, and pretrial intervention. The following pages provide an overview of the treatment programs available in each of the twenty (20) judicial circuits.
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R. Mayo Hodges
Hodges, R Mayo formerly of Racine, died February 6, 2013 at University Hospital-Madison at an advanced age. Born in Texas, Mayo was a Midwesterner at heart having lived in Madison, Rockford and, for over 50 years, in Racine. Her gardens were a work of art and love. She showered that same love on her parrot, Paco, for 45 years. His life was chronicled in her book Paco, My Protégé, one of the four books she wrote after 2000 and the loss of her husband and hearing.
A woman of indomitable spirit and strength, she is survived by her daughter, Lynn, of Middleton, granddaughter, Jessica (Rob) Brandenburg of Chicago, granddaughter, Deana (Bryan) Condra of Madison as well as her four-month-old great-granddaughter, Courtney Paige Condra.
Mayo was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence, with whom she traveled the world.
A heartfelt thank you from Lynn to Dr. Tyler Steward, Dr. Sara Johnson and Nurses Brie and Michaela.


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After Wisconsin treats you all so neighborly by letting all our neighbors buy all the turkey tags they want at $15 each. Minnesota comes along and raises the NR fee to $96 for a 5 day one bird hunt?! $100 with "convenience fee"
Sure hope there is a good weather guarantee included in this price.
Where did the MN nice go?


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Our Raw Organic Mangosteen Powder, which includes the outer rind/pericarp is a natural source of powerful antioxidants, antibiotic compounds and may help to support a healthy inflammation response. Scientific research shows that Mangosteen contains a class of naturally occurring polyphenol compounds known as xanthones. These xanthones are found in the ripe dark purple rind (called pericarp) of the fruit. The rind of partially ripe Mangosteen fruit yields a polyhydroxy-xanthone derivative termed mangostin, also beta-mangostin. Fully ripe fruits contains the xanthones gartanin, beta-disoxygartanin and normangostin.
According to research reported in professional journals such as Free Radical Research and the Journal of Pharmacology, these amazing Xanthones may have a remarkably beneficial effects in supporting cardiovascular health. They also have properties which help to support the body's ability to protect against cellular damage by free radicals and support a healthy aging process. Xanthones also demonstrate the most powerful antioxidative properties found in nature as well as possibly supporting a healthy immune system and inflammation response.
For hundreds of years the people of Southeast Asia have traditionally used the Mangosteen, especially the rind (called the pericarp) to possibly support the body's ability to ward off infections, support a healthy pain response and support a healthy immune response. The pericarp can also be made into an ointment and applied to support healthy skin.
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● Phytochemicals: Proanthocyanidins, Catechins, Flavonoids, Polysaccharides, Sterols
● Xanthones: A-Mangostin, B-MANGOSTIN, 3-iSOMANGOSTIN, 9-hYDROXYCALABAXANTHONE, Gartanin, 8-Desoxygartanin
● Fatty Acids: Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, Palmitoleic acid, Oleic acid, Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid, Arachidic acid, Gadoleic acid, Eicosadienoic acid
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Botanical Name: Garcinia mangostana L.
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Commencement set for June 5
Posted May 29, 2001; 01:02 p.m.
The University's 254th commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, on the lawn in front of Nassau Hall (Jadwin Gymnasium in case of severe weather).
President Shapiro will be the commencement speaker. In addition to the awarding of degrees to undergraduate and graduate students, the ceremony will include brief addresses by the valedictorians and salutatorian and the presentation of honorary degrees, teaching awards for Princeton faculty and awards to four New Jersey secondary school teachers.
Admission is by ticket only. The ceremony will be simulcast in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall; no tickets are required at the simulcast site.
The ceremony also will be Webcast live. To view it, click here .
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Fireworks and Myrtle Beach Pelicans Baseball GameLocation: TicketReturn.com Baseball Field
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Minor League Baseball Team will be playing various games in Myrtle Beach this summer with fireworks following these select games, weather permitting. Bring the whole family out for an evening of fun! Enjoy the game and stay for the free fireworks show after.
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Your TV watching experience isn't complete without a big bowl of popcorn on our lap. If you haven't been watching television and movies this way, we're not saying you've been doing it wrong, we're just sweetly suggesting that your life might be lacking in that regard. No worries! We have solved that problem for you.
In honor of National Popcorn Day, we have matched your favorite Thursday night shows with appropriate popcorn options. All the recipes are really easy and just involve some popcorn and extra spices. You may be thinking that butter and salt are the only way to go when it comes to such a snack, but you really can't say that for sure until you give these other flavors a try.
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Healthy eating is a key component of successful diabetes self-management. In urban, low-income neighborhoods, the obstacles to adopting healthy eating practices include access to healthy, affordable food, knowledge of what constitutes a healthy meal, and difficulties consistently preparing and choosing healthy menu items. We propose testing the feasibility of expanding an existing diabetes education program with additional interactive healthy meal planning/cooking classes in a medical center serving a low-income, diverse, uninsured population combined with additional culinary/wellness training and improved healthy food access in community grocery stores. Outcomes include healthy weight changes, metabolic control, and eating indicators
"Education helps decision-making for affordable, healthy food and control" [2] Diabetes Voice, June 2014
Project ended November 2014
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Serves 6 to 8
This Mexican stew featuring chiles and hominy is perfect party food: it feeds a crowd and the toppings passed around the table add to the festive nature of the dish. It's traditional to serve the chicken in whole pieces, but you can also pull the cooked chicken off the bone and add the meat back to the stew, as you might for a chili.
Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and heat the oven to 500°F (or heat a toaster oven). Cut a small X through the skin on the bottom of each tomato. Put the tomatoes on a small, rimmed baking sheet lined with foil and roast until tender and well charred, 20 to 25 minutes. When they're cool enough to handle, pull off and discard the skin.
Meanwhile, stem the chiles and cut them open lengthwise with scissors or a knife. Remove the seeds and any large ribs.
Heat a comal, a griddle, or a heavy-duty skillet over medium-low heat until hot. Toast half of the guajillo chiles, flipping and pressing them down with tongs or a spatula until fragrant and slightly darkened, about 1 minute. Transfer to a medium bowl. Repeat with the remaining chiles. Cover the chiles with cold water and soak until softened, about 30 minutes.
While the chiles soak, toast the garlic and onion on the comal over medium-low heat until just tender, turning the garlic as needed and flipping the onion slices once, until golden-brown with some blackened spots, about 8 minutes for the garlic and 15 minutes for the onion.
Drain the chiles and put them in a blender along with the tomatoes and any juice, the garlic, onion, cloves, and allspice. Purée, adding up to 1/2 cup water a little at a time as necessary, until very smooth, about 2 minutes.
In a 6-quart Dutch oven or other heavy-duty pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the purée (it will splatter), reduce the heat to low and fry, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, until slightly thicker, about 5 minutes. Add 1 cup water, raise the heat to medium high, and bring to a boil. Stir in the vinegar, sugar, and 1 Tbs. salt. Reduce the heat to a simmer, partially cover the pot, and cook, stirring occasionally and adding a little water as needed to keep the sauce more or less at the same consistency, for 30 minutes.
If you have a gas stove, turn two burners to high and char the poblanos directly over the flame, turning them with tongs as soon as each side becomes fully blackened, about 6 minutes. If you don't have a gas stove, char the poblanos on a foil-lined baking sheet under the broiler. Immediately put them in a bowl, cover, and let steam for 15 minutes to loosen the skins. When they're cool enough to handle, peel, seed, and slice them into 1/4 x 2-inch strips.
Add the chicken, chicken broth, oregano, and 1 Tbs. salt to the pot of chile sauce and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Tie the cilantro and mint together with kitchen string. Add the herb bouquet and the hominy to the pot and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through (cut into a piece to check), about 20 minutes. Remove and discard the herbs, then stir in the poblanos and cook until just heated through, about 5 minutes.
To serve, divide the chicken legs and thighs among warm, large bowls. Ladle the pozole over the chicken. Garnish with the toppings or pass them at the table.
The chile sauce can be made up to 2 days ahead. Let cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate. Reheat gently before proceeding.
You can also make the stew start to finish the day before and reheat it just before serving.
To add to the feast-like feel of the dish, serve with tostadas topped with mashed black beans for munching on between bites of pozole.
nutrition information (per serving):
570, Fat
21, Fat Calories
190, Saturated Fat
4.5, Protein
46, Monounsaturated Fat
8, Carbohydrates
46, Polyunsaturated Fat
6, Sodium
1500, Cholesterol
210, Fiber
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Posted on 17 Nov 2010 by Jonathan Wasserman.
It finally arrived- 24 straight hours of college basketball, and an opportunity to see some of the top prospects in the country go to work, whether it's their first year on the job or forth. Throughout the year I'll be updating you about some of the nation's elite college basketball players, and their individual status as an NBA prospect. Who's Poppin': Jared Sullinger- PF/C, Ohio State Sulli...


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Could they all really be UGH Lukes though?
Could they all really be UGH Lukes though?
If anyone has an extra TAC UGH Galactic Marine for trade or for sale, plmk. I need one to complete my UGHs.
Looks like I won't be going to ComiCon afterall- my escrow closes that week, so I'll be moving, which means I'll finally have my Star Wars room! Bring on the Detolfs!
Guys, help Speck out so he can go to Comic-Con! He just completed my collection of all the items I had outstanding over the past 10 years. He can't wait to part with his old stuff. If you've got something you're looking for, let him know.
Thanks for helping me out, JS!
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
You might have to jump though a few hoops because the Pro Registration period ended in May, but if you email them and play nice, you'll probably still get in.
On site professional registration is always available, but they'll charge around $20 for it. I've had friends register with something as simple as a business card. It really depends on who you registers you when you get there.


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Family: Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers view all from this family
Description ADULT Has very pale gray (nearly white) head, pale gray back and breast. Wings are blackish with white feather margins and tail is deeply forked, the outer feather long and streamerlike. Underparts are whitish, but flushed pinkish orange on belly, undertail, and underwing coverts; note the deep red axillaries ("armpits"). JUVENILE Much paler than adult with only faint pinkish flush on underparts. Tail is forked and relatively long, but outer feathers are not so long and streamerlike.
Dimensions Length: 14" (36 cm)
Habitat Locally common summer visitor (mainly Apr-Aug) to Texas, Louisiana, and adjacent states. Favors open country and farmland. Winters mainly in Central America.
Observation Tips Easy to see and tolerant of people.
Range Western Canada, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, New England, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Plains, Texas, California, Southwest, Eastern Canada
Voice Utters a sharp wip or more chattering wip-k'prrr.
Discussion Long, forked tail makes identification of all birds easy, and adult's long tail streamers are unmistakable. All birds feed on insects, typically caught in aerial sorties; often perches on overhead wires. Male performs spectacular courtship display in flight. Sexes are similar, but male's tail streamers are longer than female's.


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Experienced the full might of the Empire's powerful warship with LEGO's upcoming Ultimate Collectors series Imperial Star Destroyer set. With over 3,000 bricks, this is the biggest LEGO kit ever sold. When completed, the Star Destroyer is almost a meter (three feet) long. The set comes complete with a display stand and placard.
Based on the design of the Devastator, Darth Vader's Star Destroyer in Episode IV, the vessel includes a mini-model of the Tantive IV, Princess Leia's Rebel blockade runner seen at the start of A New Hope. The blockade runner, only available with the Star Destroyer, is the first of an upcoming collection of similar-sized mini-vehicles.
The introductory launch price of this set is $269.99, and it is available for pre-order at LEGO's official site here for release in November. Act now, as this launch price only lasts until January.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:55 PM GMT on October 22, 2011
A region of disturbed weather in the Western Caribbean (Invest 96L) is bringing heavy rains to coastal Nicaragua and Honduras, and has the potential to develop into a tropical depression Sunday or Monday. Visible satellite loops show that 96L has changed little in organization since yesterday. Some rotation is apparent, but the heavy thunderstorm activity is quite limited due to a large region of dry air to the east, as seen on water vapor satellite loops. There are no signs of a surface circulation. Surface pressures have been falling since Thursday at San Andres Island, near the center of 96L. Wind shear is a moderate 10 - 20 knots in the region, and is expected remain in the moderate range through Tuesday. Water temperatures are very warm, 29 - 30°C, and these warm waters extend to great depth.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of 96L.
Forecast for 96L
The moderate wind shear and warm waters should allow for some development of 96L over the next few days, though this will be slowed by the dry air to the storm's east, and perhaps by proximity to the land areas of Nicaragua and Honduras. The models are less enthusiastic today about developing 96L into a tropical depression than they were yesterday. The ECMWF no longer predicts development, and the GFS and NOGAPS predict only weak development before 96L moves ashore over Honduras on Tuesday. On Wednesday, a strong trough of low pressure will be passing over the Eastern U.S., and this trough has the potential to turn 96L northwards into Western Cuba. This is more likely to happen if 96L is stronger and deeper, and thus able to "feel" the upper-level winds the trough will bring. The UKMET model predicts 96L will develop into a tropical storm that moves through the Yucatan Channel between Cuba and Mexico on Thursday. If 96L remains a weak and shallow system, though, it is more likely to stay trapped in the Western Caribbean and make landfall in Nicaragua or Honduras. NHC gave 96L a 60% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Monday in their 8 am Tropical Weather Outlook today. The hurricane hunter mission scheduled for today was cancelled due to the lack of development of 96L; the mission has been re-scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
A broad region of low pressure near 10°N, 57°W, about 400 hundred miles east of Trinidad (Invest 97L), is moving slowly west-northwest towards the Lesser Antilles Islands. This low has very limited heavy thunderstorm activity, due to dry air to the northwest. NHC is giving 97L just a 10% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Monday. 97L is under a moderate 10 - 20 knots of wind shear, and this shear is expected to drop to the low range, less than 10 knots, by Monday, when the storm will be in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. By the time 97L approaches Jamaica in the Central Caribbean in 5 - 6 days, the storm should find a moister environment, and there is a chance for 97L to develop into a tropical depression, as predicted by the NOGAPS model.
Figure 2. Rainfall in El Salvador for the 10-day period ending on Friday, October 21, at 8 am EDT. At Huizucar, an astonishing 1.513 meters (4.96 feet) of rain fell during those ten days. Image credit: Hydrological Service of El Salvador.
Death toll from Central American rains rises to 105
"I want to tell the world that El Salvador is going through one of the most dramatic disasters in its history," President Mauricio Funes said on national radio and television Wednesday night, as he appealed for international aid. A week of torrential rains across Central America have triggered extreme floods and landslides that have killed 105 people, according to media reports. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have declared states of emergency due to the disaster. El Salvador and Guatemala have seen the worst flooding, with 34 and 38 people killed, respectively. Another 18 have died in Honduras, 13 in Nicaragua, and 5 in Costa Rica. The rains were due to a large area of low pressure that was moistened by the landfall of Tropical Depression 12-E near the Mexico/Guatemala border last week. Contributing to the record-intensity rains were ocean temperatures off the coast of El Salvador that were 0.5 - 1°C above average during the first half of October, allowing more water vapor than usual to evaporate into the air. Over the past ten days, rainfall amounts of over a meter (39.4") have fallen over a large area of southwest El Salvador (Figure 2.) At Huizucar, an astonishing 1.513 meters (4.96 feet) of rain fell in the past ten days.
I'll have a new post on Sunday.
Jeff Masters
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State cites Edgerton Hospital for staffing violations
State officials say hospital has corrected issues
EDGERTON, Wis. - Edgerton Hospital has been cited for a number of state and federal violations.
The state started investigating after an incident earlier this year when the emergency room at the hospital was left unstaffed because of an emergency in a different department.
A 62-page state report outlines a number critical state and federal violations.
The state began its investigation after an anonymous complaint about what the hospital called a rare incident on Aug. 9.
"We had two codes that went on simultaneously. We had a patient in our swing bed that started coding, and, at the same time, a member of our code team started coding," said Caryn Oleston, vice president of patient services at Edgerton Hospital.
Because of the two simultaneous emergencies, which involved a patient and a staff member who weren't breathing, hospital staff members were pulled from the ER to help, leaving no trained staff in the ER to monitor two patients.
"When you have patients that have life-threatening incidents going on, you send your resources to those areas. The patients in the emergency department were stable," Oleston said.
But it was against the hospital's own policies, and the investigation shed light on other instances in which the hospital violated its own staffing policies.17673070
"This is very serious," said Otis Woods, of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. "In the emergency room, having the appropriately trained staff available to provide services to patients with emergency care -- that's very substantial."
Hospital administrators said they're taking this very seriously but insisted that no patients were ever in any danger because of the staffing issues.
"We are a much stronger organization now because of it, and we continue to work on the plan of correction and monitor it through performance improvement and quality assurance," Oleston said.
The report also went into some training issues with staff members at Edgerton Hospital. Officials said those issues have all been corrected.
A plan of correction was submitted to the state, and after a visit to check things out again, all of the violations had been corrected, according to officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The state said that because of the seriousness of the violations, the hospital will be more closely monitored. If there are violations in the future, the state said it can and will consider taking away the hospital's license, in essence shutting it down.
For now, the hospital has been cleared and is up to state and federal quality standards.
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The BSA just rolled out a new patch for the Centennial celebration. I was down at the local Scout Shop and saw this new emblem. I was surprised that I had not heard much about this even though I am a Scoutmaster for the National Jamboree contingent. Anyway…
The new patch is a ring that is sewn around the World Scout Crest Patch.
We all can start wearing it right away.. and I encourage it! It is not a must.. but 100 years of Scouting in America is something to celebrate. So lets celebrate with a new patch.. after all we all love patches!!
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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I received an email from one of my favorite owner/trainer/handlers this weekend, and am anxious to share. Chris Hatch has done a fantastic job with Saber. He's been cleaning house! Below is a note he sent me on the 30th.
"Visited your website and thought an update in order. 2013 Saber (FC-AFC Teal Creek Patton's Saber) had another double header win and 6 other wins for a total of 8 ALL Age wins and 48.5 points this tear so far. He has qualified for 9 Nationals. Feel free to use this on your site. I appreciate the help you gave me via a phone consultation. Best, Chris "
Hats off to a great team!