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Some family photos, ala carte
Last weekend was Julie's wedding – it was fah-bu-luhs! They held it at the pear orchard where her dad lives near Hood River. Amazing venue btw, I think I may have to steal the idea … (read, I will steal the idea for next summer – mark your calendars 7-13-13)
While the professional photographer was taking her traditional shots near some large fruit boxes, Briana asked me to come over and get some family shots with her husband, Ben, and her two children.
Her son Addison's smirk cracks me up. He did it in nearly all the shots. Scroll to the bottom to see the slideshow.
I love how these turned out!
Here's a few of Adam and me and our puppers.
Super duper moon
Yay, super duper moon tonight. I thought we'd miss it entirely, but around 7 p.m. the clouds that had blanketed Corvallis all day lift, lucky me!
I'm not prepared – figuring the clouds would foil me as they did when I wanted to shoot the last lunar eclipse – so I didn't wander around town today looking for a good spot to shoot like I thought I would. With the moonrise coming (scheduled for 8:24p), I talk Adam into going out to Bald Hill farm with our bikes and Yoshi at 7:15.
We bike the path until I find a nice hill ( I worried it was on someone's property, but went ahead and set up, anyway). Then I check my compas, set up the tripod to that.
And am ready to go, it's 7:50.
Then I check my iPhone Star Walk app, and it says the moon is actually a little more north – I move and set up again. Am ready to go … again … by 8:10.
Then we wait. It's pretty darn cold out here. Yoshi's even getting cold; course, he had a haircut Monday, so he's practically naked. I'd be cold, too.
The moon's supposed to come up at 8:24. By 8:30, I'm like wtf is up? I check Star Walk, it says it's coming up? What gives?
THEN, I notice the semitransparent, nearly not there, huge as hell half circle coming up about 30 degrees south from where Star Walk says the moon is.
Thanks for nothing Star Walk app.
Here's how ghostly the moon was first coming up. We missed the first half of it coming up because we weren't looking in the right direction and it was barely there anyway. Maybe that's a result of the haze? It was so big I wasn't even sure it WAS the moon, thinking it was a cloud that just happened to be in a perfect circle (dur!)
Here's my best close up. We were treated to a beautiful pink orb.
Because it was so barely there (isn't this moon supposed to be 30 percent brighter than normal? It sure wasn't putting that face on for us tonight) I had to drop down the shutter speed to get in more light , which means the moon has some movement so it's not as completely crisp as I would have preferred (darn atmosphere!). But the purpose of tonight's trip was to capture the horizon illusion, and I think I did – that was fun! In this one, notice Reser Stadium in the lower left corner.
Here's a bunch o cold crazies!
3 miles up, 3 miles down
Oy, with my new camera, it sure is easy to fill up hard drive space and memory cards. The ability to take 4 photos a second when the setting is set to burst is also highly addictive with a fast moving pupper who's full of energy. I think the hardest part for me will be to learn that it's OK to delete 9 of the 10 photos in a burst – they're all pretty much the same photo and I'm not making a movie here.
One of the best things about burst is it allows me to for sure get one in focus shot of Yoyo as he's moving or playing. These are from Marys Peak from a couple weeks ago.
We were lucky for this day, we had wonderful weather.
In this shot, notice the view we had up there, we could see several mountains clearly, yes several. We tried to figure it out as we were up there but I'm confident we could see Rainer, Mount St. Helens, some other peak, the Three Sisters and Mount Hood, which you can see behind Yoshi in this photo.
We didn't have a sled so we improvised with our butts.
Yoyo was WORN OUT by the end of the day.
(For serious, our dog is too damn cute)
I have more photos to share from this day, but this'll do for now.
I lub this.
Marys Peak in the snow
Yesterday, Adam and I tried again to hike to the top of Marys Peak. We did a few weeks ago but didn't set out early enough and quickly realized it was too much of a hike for Dewey. So this time we left the house earlier, left Dewey at home and brought snow gear to wear.
I'm glad I always carry chains in the winter. We didn't make it a half mile up Marys Peak road before the tires lost grip and we had to chain up.
Here's how the roads were:
Here's the car at Conner's Campground:
I have lots of wonderful photos to edit through, but first I need to find some space on my hard drive =X
My new 2 TB external from Best Buy should help me solve that issue.
So I'll save those for another post.
Here's what we saw as we were heading off the mountain:
A couple of cars pulled off where we did to catch the gorgeous colors. As we were getting back in the car, a car pulled in behind us that slid some on the ice and the driver slightly lost control (they didn't have chains). As we were pulling out of the parking lot to leave, that car ended up pulling out a couple hundred yards behind us. I was cruising at, oh, 5 mph because of the chains and ice and gravity – being cautious. That car quickly caught up with us and I pulled to the side to let them pass (I didn't want unsafe driver bashing into me on the way down). As they sped past me, I turned to Adam, "How much you want to bet we'll pass them spun out on the side of the road before we get to the bottom?)
2 miles later …
Their car was sideways with their trunk INCHES from a cliff.
We pulled off and offered to help them out. After assessing the situation, we figured we *might* have a chance to push the car back on the pavement – and hopefully it wouldn't slide back anymore. Another driver pulled over to help push and, between the 4 of us, we managed to push it back up and all ended well. But wow, I wish I had gotten a photo – this guy's car was so close to tumbling over into a ravine. Adam said from the trail of their tire tracks, they'd slid back quite a bit trying to salvage the situation before we arrived.
So please people!
1) carry traction when you're in conditions and
2) don't drive like you're on the freeway when you're driving on an inch of ice with an 8 percent downgrade.
Back and forth
I can giggle at this all day.
Trip up Marys Peak
Adam and I took a hike on the East Ridge Trail on Saturday. We only made it to the first switch back before we realized we weren't wearing the right gear for hiking in snow (we passed a group of guys coming down the trail who were carrying snow shoes).
It was beautiful up there.

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Webcast Premiere of American Road
"American Road" is a 7 minute film completed a few years ago by Peter Shapiro (Wetlands, All Access, The Jammys, general scene stalwart, etc.). This film which was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival presents images from all 48 of the continental United States set to Phish's "You Enjoy Myself." Pete offers up some comments himself. You'll only have a month to see it so be sure to check it out.


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Election fever is sizzling both on-campus and online among Canadian university students.
Here at Athabasca University the wave of momentum is due to a unique collaboration between our two student union bodies—Athabasca University Students' Union (AUSU), and Athabasca University Graduate Students' Association (AUGSA).
The duo teamed up with their national advocacy group—the Canadian Alliance of Students Association (CASA)—for the September 1st launch of the latter's gung-ho, grassroots Get Out The Vote campaign designed to encourage Canadian students to get involved and active when it comes to casting their ballots in the 2015 federal election.
CASA, whose home base is in Ottawa, represents 22 student union member universities across Canada—including the two at AU.
"CASA launched the non-partisan Get Out The Vote campaign this election season to really encourage student involvement in the federal election and create awareness and excitement around the electoral process," says AUSU President Shawna Wasylyshyn.
Wasylyshyn's main goal is to get AU students to the election polls Oct. 19.
"We really want to drive AU students to our Get Out the Vote website," she says.
"CASA created this campaign with the belief that students can and will be the game changer this election and have their voice heard. Spread the word and be sure to pledge to vote!"
~Matthew Rios, CASA, government and stakeholder relations, Ottawa
AUSU and AUGSA realized it was more efficient to join forces as opposed to running two separate campaigns for the same AU student body.
It also punctuates the campaign's non-partisan approach.
"Everything we've done for the campaign is non-partisan–from the colour schemes to the resources we've put out there," says Wasylyshyn.
"We've maintained non-partisanship as well within our union representation. We don't want to diminish the message we're trying to promote which is 'it's not up to us who you vote for; we don't care who you vote for. Just get out and vote.'"
CASA's Matthew Rios concurs: "This election will be decided by a handful of ridings which, in turn, will be decided by a handful of votes–and because of that reality, every vote really does matter."
This union team-up makes Athabasca University unique among the 21 universities participating in the Get Out The Vote Campaign. We're the only university in Canada where both a graduate and an undergraduate student association pulled together to champion this campaign with CASA.
AUGSA President Cynthia Gordon says partnering with AUSU "catches all of our students together as opposed to dividing them between grad- and undergrad student categories."
"There's no purpose for that in this important campaign," she says.
Another AU fun fact: we're the only online university participating in the campaign that has representation coast-to-coast. That fact, corroborated by CASA's data, has AUSU's Wasylyshyn very excited.
"We're the only university in the country with pledges from every province and two of the territories in Canada; we have people pledging to vote from Whitehorse to St. John's! No other university in Canada can say that, " she says.
Come election time, that makes AU truly representative of the Canadian population.
"Everyone else is a bricks-and-mortar school and students pledge right from their campus. We're online and yet a big part of what's so exciting about this campaign is we have presence in almost every riding in Canada," Wasylyshyn adds.
By pledging to vote in the Canada-wide Get Out The Vote campaign, Athabasca University President Peter MacKinnon says he's pleased AU students are exercising their "fundamental right of any Canadian adult citizen."
I'm delighted to see the efforts being made by both AUGSA and AUSU to get their members –our students– to exercise their democratic responsibility,"
~Peter MacKinnon, President, Athabasca University
"It's wonderful to see the success they've had so far, and I wish them even greater success as we head into the final week of the campaign," MacKinnon remarks.
So far the joint effort is working wonders.
Wasylyshyn says the AU campaign didn't kick into high gear until Sept. 28 when both AUSU and AUGSA blasted their members with information via newsletters and a creative social media campaign, complete with a contest where winners that pledge to vote and tweet the hashtag #GOTV along with either the AUGSA or AUSU Twitter handle, have a chance to claim a gift certificate of up to $100 for any retailer of their choice.
It's no surprise the campaign ramp-up was also when AUSA/AUSA started to see the bulk of the pledges come in.
Says Wasylyshyn: "As of yesterday, we've hit the 800-plus mark for pledges coast-to-coast. Since we launched the campaign on September 1, pledges are just consistently rolling in from across Canada."
She notes the majority of the pledges are from Alberta and Ontario.
Gordon points out that a robust voter turnout representative of all Canadians also wields political clout for student unions when it comes time to lobby on policies affecting AU students.
"It's really important that everyone gets out and votes—regardless of outcome—because then at least the parliament we get reflects what people actually want. And, really, student needs are the same regardless of who's in power."
She explains the best outcome for students is when their lobbying power is bolstered by that collective electorate.
"Whenever there's an issue we need to lobby on, we can say 'AU is a national university and we have engaged students across the country—so pay attention to us because what we have to say matters,'" Gordon asserts.
The AUGSA president notes one of the best possible outcomes the new government could secure AU Students with in the near future is a university-wide, high-quality IT infrastructure "with internet access available across the country so that students can participate at optimal capacity in their online university courses."
The campaign and its contest is running until election day. It's free for AU students to pledge to vote but you have to be a member of AUSU or AUGSA.
This week both Wasylyshyn and Gordon will remain busy promoting the campaign and sharing message about the impact of students' votes. They say they look forward to share the results of the AU student pledges next week after the polls close.
"We're excited to share with students the success of our campaign at Athabasca University, –and to really explore the impact of having such a widespread base of pledges," Wasylyshyn says.
Or visit the websites of AUGSA or AUSU or CASA (augsa.com; ausu.org; casa-acae.com)
You can also visit the website of Elections Canada for more general information about the electoral process, where to vote etc.


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After announcing campaign, Lindsey Graham heads to Iowa
After announcing campaign, Lindsey Graham heads to Iowa
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa —
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke to a crowd of about 100 people in West Des Moines Friday morning.
Graham, a Republican Senator from South Carolina, officially entered the presidential race on Monday.
Graham told the crowd that if he becomes president, he will rebuild the military that is "being destroyed in front of our eyes."
Graham is also planning stops in Waterloo, Boone and Bettendorf this weekend.


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San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds testified yesterday before a federal grand jury investigating a suspected illegal steroid ring allegedly involving his personal trainer and his nutritionist, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Bond credited the two men for helping him when he broke baseball's single-season home- run record.
Bonds spent more than five hours behind closed doors, saying when it was over that the session had gone "fine." Former Giants catcher Benito Santiago testified later.
Bonds, who hit 73 home runs in 2001 to break the record, is the most prominent of 18 elite athletes known to have been summoned before the grand jury in a widening federal investigation of sports doping. Bonds has publicly denied using steroids. Since October, the grand jury has been investigating a Burlingame, Ca., nutritional supplements company called BALCO, its founder, self- taught scientist Victor Conte, and Greg Anderson, Bonds' personal weight trainer.
Sources told the Chronicle that Conte and Anderson are suspected of having supplied elite athletes with illegal performance-enhancing drugs intended to make them bigger, stronger and faster. In a raid on BALCO on Sept. 3, sources said, investigators seized containers of suspected human growth hormone and suspected steroids.
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As the length of the received codeword was unknown, the codeword of equal length to the generated DNA barcodes was used. For small genomes or fraction of larger genomes, DNA samples can be mixed and loaded together on the same sequencing track. Publications (Hamady et al., 2008) Error-correcting barcoded primers for pyrosequencing hundreds of samples in multiplex. Designs Codes Cryptography. 2001, 23 (3): 333-342. 10.1023/A:1011275112159. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1011275112159]View ArticleGoogle ScholarWagner RA, Fischer MJ: The string-to-string correction problem. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439997/
J., et al . 2011. ISME J. 4:642–647. T-RFLP was also conducted for three replicate DNA extractions (using the same extraction protocol) from the same homogenized sample in order to compare barcode-induced variation to a known source of technical CrossRefMedlineGoogle Scholar Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology.
Figure1(E) depicts an example code with d L min = 3 that corrects 1 insertion, deletion, or substitution error when not in context of other DNA. Every base was equally likely to be inserted. To decode this example, we calculate the distance between the word "TCCATGCATA" and the words "TTCC", "ACAC", "CGAA", and "TAGG" with the results in Table2. The dashed line indicates a difference of zero.
Conversely, we could increase the robustness of the code to 2 correctable errors and generate 90 11-nt-long barcodes. One-Dimensional barcodes can only handle words (only in English) and numbers, while 2D barcodes can hold such information as numbers, different languages, pictures, binary information and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators). Login via your institution Login via OpenAthens Log in Email: Password: save your password What happens if I save my password Forgotten your password You can request this document from a BMC Genomics. 2011, 12: 106-10.1186/1471-2164-12-106. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/106]PubMed CentralView ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarGilles A, Meglecz E, Pech N, Ferreira S, Malausa T, Martin JF: Accuracy and quality assessment of 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing.
TB and LVB wrote the manuscript. Since a DNA sequence with an embedded barcode is essentially one continuous long word, application of the classical Levenshtein algorithm is problematic. This protocol, which we refer to as "2-step bcPCR" to distinguish it from standard "1-step" bcPCR, produces barcoded amplicons that can be directly used for pyrosequencing. In the worst case, any barcode embedded in the sequence read will be surrounded by the sample sequence such that it decreases its distance to other sequences in the set.
Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Sep 12.Published in final edited form as:Nat Methods. 2008 Mar; 5(3): 235–237. http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v5/n3/abs/nmeth.1184.html Navigate This Article Top ABSTRACT TEXT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOOTNOTES REFERENCES current issue October 2016, volume 82, issue 20 Spotlights in the Current Issue Dual Chromosomal Expression of Antigens against Anthrax and Botulism Genome Res. 2010, 20 (2): 249-256. 10.1101/gr.097956.109. [http://genome.cshlp.org/content/20/2/249.abstract]PubMed CentralView ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarVan Tassell CP, Smith TPL, Matukumalli LK, Taylor JF, Schnabel RD, Lawley CT, Haudenschild CD, Moore SS, Warren WC, Sonstegard TS: A scanner is purely intended to try to read and decode a barcode – not to advise the user of how much of the error correction was used just in order
Each primer variant out of 11 randomly selected barcoded primers was tested in triplicate using T-RFLP (for details, see the supplemental material). click site Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors. Pace NR. It follows, that the distance between A and B is 0 if A is a prefix of B (and vice versa).
Inf Process Lett. 1992, 43 (4): 207-212. 10.1016/0020-0190(92)90202-7. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-0190(92)90202-7]View ArticleGoogle ScholarClarke W, Ferreira H: Coding for synchronous, fixed length decoding windows in the presence of insertion/deletion errors. The column "operations" is the listing of the possible operations that corrupted the barcode. In order to test specifically whether bcPCR affects surveys of genetic diversity, we designed barcoded primers comprised of the Titanium FLX sequencing adapters, randomly selected 8-nucleotide barcode sequences from a published news Mol.
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Bystrykh was partially supported by an HEM-ID grant (http://www.hemid.eu/) and NIRM grants (http://www.nirm.nl/). Distances need to be calculated repeatedly if the complete distance matrix cannot be held in memory. We have used these barcodes to process 16S ribosomal DNA sequences representing 286 microbial communities, correct 92% of sample assignment errors, and nearly double the known 16S rRNA sequences. Systematic artifacts in metagenomes from complex microbial communities.
The same was true for the comparison of Sequence-Levenshtein codes with minimal distances d SL min = 5 and d SL min = 3 . Two-dimensional barcodes help to streamline and optimize your supply chain with more accuracy and more capacity for qualification and organizations. PLURIBUS utilizes multiple manifestations of an error in the trie to accurately identify errors and suggest corrections. More about the author This barcoding strategy increases the total number of correctly identified samples, thus improving overall sequencing efficiency.
For comparison purposes, we also added the number of barcodes of the classical Levenshtein code with a distance d L min = 3 that does not guarantee to correct at least doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-272.Levenshtein error-correcting barcodes for multiplexed DNA sequencing.Buschmann T1, Bystrykh LV.Author information1Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry (IMB), Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.REVIEWSTarget-enrichment strategies for next-generation sequencingNature Methods Review (01 Feb 2010)RESEARCHMetabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Okinawa, JapanKidney SHREC can identify… Quake OMIC_01106 A package to correct substitution sequencing errors in experiments with deep… Fiona OMIC_05471 An accurate parameter-free read error-correction method that can be run on… Accurate C…


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Guaranteed to waken your senses. Visit spice plantations where you will have the opportunity to pick, smell & savour fruit & spices that you have probably never seen on the supermarket shelf. Commencing at the ruins of the Maruhubi Palace, via the site of David Livingston's house (one of Africa's greatest explorers) the journey continues north toward the Kidichi Persian Baths. From here we continue to the rural areas where local farmers live & produce some of the world's most exotic fruit and spices. Cloves, star fruit, 'bulls heart', tangerine trees, lemon grass, mangosteen and lip-stick trees, to name but a few, are what you can expect to see – according to the seasons. Perhaps you will fancy buying a basket of freshly picked spices to take home with you!
Jozani Forest lies about 35 km southeast of Zanzibar township in Zanzibar's South Region. It is the only remaining natural forest on Unguja Island (which along with Pemba make up the islands of Zanzibar). The forest which covers an area of 10 sq km consists of woodland, swamp forest and evergreen forest. It provides an important refuge for the remaining Ungula fauna such as the rare red colobus monkey, small Zanzibar leopard and two antelope species: the Zanzibar duicker and sunni.
In 1879, Bawe Island was given by Seyid Barghash bin Seyid, 3rd Omani Sultan of Zanzibar, to the Eastern Telegraph Company to be used as the operations station for the underwater telegraphic cable linking Cape Town with Zanzibar, Seychelles and Aden. The agreement was extended ten years later, in 1889, by the next Sultan, Seyid Khalifa bin Seyid. To accommodate the Cable & Wireless staff, Bungalows were built on the island, which were used also to host weekend parties when other town-based staff would visit and enjoy the beach with their families. Bawe is renowned for its breathtaking marine life, making it a popular site for both snorkelling and scuba diving.
This half day tour takes you to kizimkazi along south-west coast of Zanzibar, upon arrival at the fishing village Kizimkazi you will have a brief talk about the behaviors and different types of dolphins before proceeding to the dolphins locations with 80% chances to see them. There is a fair chance you will get to play and swim with them, returning to the sea shore in the afternoon. Several bottle-nose dolphins stay at Kizimkazi all year-round. There are also rather shyer humpback dolphins that put in an appearance here, although their schedule is a little more erratic.
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This tour starts an hour before sunset. You are picked up from your hotel and transferred to the drop off point at the sea front, where you then board the dhow. The skilled crew on board take the dhow about 1 km from the shore by means of an engine. Once out at sea the engine is shut off and during a tense moment the skillful crew hoist the sail, then you can sit and relax enjoying the peacefulness of the ocean as the dhow glides through the water. You can watch the wonder of the fiery golden sun setting beyond the horizon, whilst savouring a glass of chilled wine.
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You may be wondering why I decided to name my blog the "Overachieving Nurse" so I should probably tell you a little bit about how I got to this point in my life…
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Old codgers. You gotta love them. At least I hope that is the case, because I think I am rapidly becoming one. But, that is another story.
I visited with a couple of older, senior citizen type gentlemen this summer, who both shared something in common.
They had once lived in Blue Earth, or at least the Blue Earth area. I think one might have grown up in Frost or Elmore. But, both had moved far away.
And they also shared something else in common. I think it could be called "The Good Old Days Syndrome."
They talked a lot about how wonderful Blue Earth used to be. How many different kinds of stores there were downtown restaurants, car dealerships, clothing stores, shoe stores, a Penneys, Gambles and grocery, drug and hardware stores and so much more. Gas stations so numerous they could not even recall exactly how many were operating at one time. It sounded like there must have been one on every corner.
I agreed with them, to a point, as I have seen the old photos of downtown Blue Earth. It was something terrific, for sure.
But they added a few comments that were along the line of how Blue Earth has been on a downward slide since those heydays of the 1950s and 1960s.
That is where I disagreed with them.
It was on a slide for a long time, maybe, but in the last few years it is has been on an upward climb. Or so I think, anyway.
It will never be what it once was. Nothing will be. The world is changing at a dizzyingly fast rate. Brick and mortar stores everywhere are feeling the pinch of online shopping, Amazon is becoming the shopping behemoth as young and old both browse the Internet for the things they want to buy.
I confess, I have done the same thing myself.
But I digress.
Both of the gentlemen had left Blue Earth years ago. So they hold memories of what it once was. I moved to town 10 years ago, so my memory of it began then. And, as I have written before, I think the city has made a lot of improvement since then.
There is a lot of new infrastructure. A new park (Steinberg) has been built, new pool, water tower, county jail, city safety building, and more.
Many of the bad streets I noticed when I moved here have been replaced, with more to come.
And downtown? It looks so much better than it did 10 years ago. Some old buildings have been removed and those that are left have been improved and look good. Most are filled with businesses, too.
Sure, Walmart is shutting down, and that is a blow to the city and business community. Hopefully it will be filled with a business soon. Ditto for those three lonely sisters downtown.
And when they are, it will be another step of progress for the community.
So will things like the new Chamber of Commerce building that will soon get underway. Like many others I am excited to see what it will look like.
Blue Earth Chamber of Commerce director Cindy Lyon relates how she had an out-of-town visitor come here this past summer and gushed about how wonderful the city looks. That person had never been here before, so she did not have the memories of what it once looked like, just what it looks like now.
It all depends on your perspective I guess. And your attitude. Is the glass half empty, or is it half full - and is the milk still being poured?
When I shared my thoughts about Blue Earth with one of the gentlemen, he disagreed with me, but he did say he admired those who have such a positive attitude and wished us a lot of luck.
I wish him a lot of luck as well. When he left Blue Earth he moved down south as a lot of folks do, and his community just got hammered by a hurricane.
Maybe there is no perfect place to live. But wherever one lives, supporting your community is vitally important.
I totally agree with the letter to the editor writer in this week's Register. Mr. Malchow makes a very valid point, and it is one I?have tried to make in this space before.
We need to support every one of the small towns in Faribault County, just as much as we possibly can. We should consider all of Faribault County as our community.
Think of that next time you leave the county to shop or dine. You are supporting the community where you spend your money.
All of our local businesses do an awful lot to support our towns, schools and organizations. We should certainly support them as much as we possibly can.


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1. having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
2. odorous or smelling (usually followed by of): redolent of garlic.
3. suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of): verse redolent of Shakespeare.
"voices can be redolent with threats."
"stylings can be redolent of ages."
"rooms can be redolent of eras."
"rooms can be redolent of decays."
"rooms can be redolent of dampnesses."
Late Middle English (in the sense 'fragrant'): from Old French, or from Latin redolent- 'giving out a strong smell', from re(d)- 'back, again' + olere 'to smell'.
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When I first became a pup parent to my Golden, I trusted my breeder's recommendation of dog food insisting that Royal Canin was the best. I had my pup only 2 weeks and he began to experience itchy skin and developed a sensitive stomach. It was heart wrenching to see him suffer and not knowing what to feed him. So I decided to research an alternative and looked up multiple sites and the consensus was to seek a limited ingredient diet but with all the right nutrition levels. That was no easy task! There was some serious debating surrounding food allergies vs. food intolerance and found that most hypoallergenic dog foods contained a high carb to protein ratio and commanding a high price.
I hope our research and personal experience will give you a head start based on the information and results we've found over the years and which seemed to have worked for our Golden, a breed that is more allergy-prone than other breeds. Let's get started!
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Out of all the different types of allergies that dogs can suffer from, about 10% of them are food related. That's why it is important as owners to be careful what we feed our furry companions if we want them to live a long and healthy life. Inexpensive dog food brands often contain a lot of harmful ingredients that cause allergic reactions in dogs.
Clearing up a dog's allergy symptoms can really be as easy as changing the food they eat to a better brand, making sure to take a close look at the ingredients before buying. You should remember that the higher an ingredient is on the list, the more of that ingredient there is in the dogs' food.
Luckily, a lot of information is available on the types of foods that tend to trigger allergies in dogs and how to find out what is really contributing to a dog's allergies.
It is never fun for as pet parents to watch our pets suffer from allergy symptoms. Sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint what is causing the dog's allergies, and it can take some time until the problem is resolved. That's because a lot of allergy symptoms can also be related to other health concerns. Diagnosing a dog's symptoms as allergies usually requires ruling other causes out first.
Dogs can develop allergies at any age. The main symptom that is seen in most dogs with food allergies is itchy, dry skin and loss of fur. You should pay close attention if your dog spends a lot of time scratching their anus, face, ears, feet, and legs. Frequent ear infections and gastro-intestinal problems like diarrhea and vomiting are two other common indicators of food allergies in dogs.
There are several well-known food culprits that are responsible for most food related allergies in dogs. A few of the main ones are corn, wheat, and soy ingredients. Others include common protein sources like beef, lamb, chicken, chicken eggs, and fish. Unfortunately, it just happens that these ingredients are frequently found in commercial dog food, especially inexpensive brands.
Luckily, there are plenty of grain-free dog food options that don't contain wheat, corn, or soy products. Several premium dog food brands offer unique protein options like duck, rabbit, venison or kangaroo and limited ingredients to avoid common allergy triggers. Brands like Wellness, Blue Buffalo, and Nature's Variety focus on using fresh, healthy, sustainable ingredients instead of fillers and chemicals that have no business in a dog's diet.
Food allergies and intolerances in dogs are both unpleasant, but there is a distinction between the two that you should be aware of. Food allergies result in a reaction from the immune system and can affect several of the body's organs, like the skin, heart, liver, and bowels. Food allergies can be life threatening and produce a long list of symptoms.
In comparison, a food intolerance is usually much less severe and limited to one area. Food intolerances generally lead to digestion problems in dogs like bloating, vomiting, and diarrhea but not much more. If you notice your dogs' sensitivities are mostly related to their digestion, you can try to isolate the ingredient causing the intolerance and adjust your dogs' diet accordingly.
Food allergies can require more work to identify and fix. Since allergies are often worse and can lead to a lot of issues if they are left untreated, you should consult with your vet and act quickly when you first suspect that your pup is suffering from allergies.
A food trial is a two-step process for pinpointing the source of a dog's allergies. Putting a dog on an elimination diet is the first step of a food trial, followed by provocative testing.
Starting with an elimination diet, you must feed your dog only hypoallergenic dog food for 12 weeks. This means no chew toys, other treats, flavored medication, table food, or food of any kind. It can be hard for some owners to keep their dogs on such a strict diet, especially if they are usually liberal with feeding their dog scraps and treats. The truth is that it will be a lot healthier for dogs this way and it will make identifying the allergy source much easier.
To choose a suitable hypoallergenic dog food, you should find a source of protein that you dog hasn't been exposed to before. Lamb is a popular option, but since it is more common in dog food now it can also be a cause of allergies. Rabbit and kangaroo are two other, less common options. The second main ingredient in hypoallergenic dog food is generally a source of carbs like rice, oats, or potato.
You should keep your dog on this hypoallergenic food until their allergy symptoms disappear completely. Once your dog is doing better, you should slowly start to re-introduce ingredients into your dog's diet to test what might be causing the allergies. This way, owners can avoid that food in the future and regain the ability to feed their dogs other acceptable foods. Some dogs have food allergies that are severe enough that owners need to make them home-cooked meals, which should to be carefully planned with the help of a veterinarian.
Blue Buffalo Wilderness is a 100% grain free, holistic dry dog food that provides dogs with a natural diet based on the omnivore diet of wolves. This blend is high in protein, with salmon as its main source because it is less common in dog food and therefore less likely to trigger allergies.
What I like most about this food is its decent protein levels with three quality sources at the top of the ingredients list which only gives it more credibility as being one of the best dog food for dogs with allergies that doesn't compromise on nutrition.
Like all Blue Buffalo recipes, Wilderness contains special LifeSource bits formulated with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to cover all of dogs' health needs. BLUE proudly uses only the best ingredients in their recipes, with no chicken or poultry by-product meals, corn, wheat, soy, or artificial preservatives, flavors, and colors.
Some of the main ingredients in this blend are deboned salmon, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, cranberries, and blueberries. Blue Wilderness is made with a precise blend of carbohydrates for energy and protein for healthy muscle development. Calcium and phosphorus are present in this blend to give dogs strong bones and teeth, while glucosamine is used to promote healthy joints. It's easy to see why I recommend this formula for your dog as the best dog food for skin allergies.
Acana is produced by Champion Petfoods, a Canadian food manufacturer that also make Orijen. That bodes very well, as I consider Orijen one of my top-rated foods and something I'm very happy to feed my dog with.
This review is for the Duck and Pear flavor which is a grain free, limited ingredient dry dog food that uses duck as its single source of unique animal protein. Since duck is rarely used in dog foods, it is less likely to trigger allergic reactions. Animal lovers will be pleased to hear that this dry dog food recipe uses only cage-free Canadian duck, with a balance of 50% duck ingredients and 50% healthy fruits and vegetables. This is what you would expect to see rom such a reputable company which prides itself on using quality and fresh ingredients.
This recipe is infused with freeze-dried duck liver to give dogs more of the flavor that they love. Acana is great for dogs from all types of breeds and ages (that includes puppies). Some of the main ingredients in this blend include Bartlett pears, whole pumpkins, chicory, and ginger root.
The ingredients included in this recipe are specially selected to support dogs' healthy digestion and help make sure that their stools are nice and firm. Owners who have dogs with allergy symptoms including loose stools, frequent bowel movements, and itchy fur have seen almost immediate improvements after switching their dogs to Acana. This is a pricier formula if you can afford it and is by far one of the best dog food for allergies.
Wellness Simple is a family-owned brand that uses limited ingredients specially chosen to avoid causing allergic reactions, sensitivities, or intolerances in dogs. This recipe's two main ingredients are salmon for protein and potato for carbohydrates.
I'm not overly impressed that potatoes are included so high up on ingredient list, especially since they are reported to being a common food allergen.
This recipe though should be easy to digest, due to the addition of prebiotics and probiotics so that's good for dogs with gastro-intestinal problems. Flaxseed is great for your dogs' skin and coat health and canola oil as its source of healthy fatty acids.
What's more, they are attentive to using Omega fatty acids which promotes healthy heart and if that wasn't enough, the array of vitamins and minerals is plentiful.
Wellness Simple makes it on the hypoallergenic dog food list because it is grain free, with no meat by-products, dairy, eggs, wheat, gluten, corn soy, or artificial colors and flavors. This is a good choice of dog food for sensitive stomach and skin allergies due to the limited use of ingredients that's worth a try.
Nature's Variety Instinct is a grain free, limited ingredient dry dog food that uses turkey meal as its only source of animal protein. To avoid triggering allergies, this recipe doesn't include any of the common food allergy culprits such as corn, wheat, soy, beef, chicken, dairy, eggs, gluten, potato, or fish. You should feel confident feeding this blend to dogs with food allergies.It's all life stages, so suits a puppy, adult or senior dog.
Nature's Variety is a trusted dog food brand that specializes in all natural raw pet food and it's another good safe bet! They offer their customers a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so customers who aren't happy with their dog's food can return the unused portion and the receipt for a full refund or replacement.
On top of using only the best ingredients, the Instinct recipe includes Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids to help give dogs shiny coats and healthy skin. The kibble is coated with green tea extract to give it a unique taste that dogs love. You can feel even better knowing that Instinct donates over 1 million meals to dogs via its partner, Best Friends Animal Society. Now that's hypoallergenic dog food brand with a conscience. If you are looking for the best limited ingredient dog food reading the rave reviews this brand receives, you won't go wrong if you want to test it on your pup.
Nutro Natural Choice Venison flavor is a limited ingredient diet recipe that is specially designed to reduce the main food allergies symptoms that dogs suffer from, including bad digestion, itchy skin, and poor coat health. Nutro uses New Ζealand venison meal as its source of unique animal protein that is not used by most dog food brands. This is great to see, as it gives me confidence that the manufacturer is putting in some effort and differentiating themselves unlike so many other big companies.
One thing I am not seeing in this food brand are fruits and vegetables and thus lacking in the natural occurrence of vitamins and fiber. They do however substitute sunflower oil for lineolic acid this is great for promoting healthy skin and coat and that's a solid ingredient.
Nutro's Natural Choice recipe is fortified with highly soluble fiber to ease digestion and antioxidants to promote a healthy immune system. We that see that vitamins and minerals have been added to make sure that dogs with allergies and sensitivities are having all their dietary needs met.
The company ensures owners complete satisfaction or their money back. As an owner, it is reassuring to see that. This dry dog food is also recommended by veterinarians for dogs with allergies. Your dogs' symptoms should improve significantly after switching to Nutro. Numerous owners claim that even the pickiest of dogs love this hypoallergenic dog food brand.
Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets is made with lamb meal as its unique source of protein and brown rice as its source of carbohydrates to provide dogs with energy throughout the day. This dry kibble is great for dogs with allergies, regardless of their age or breed. Natural Balance is made with highly digestible ingredients that won't cause stomach issues in sensitive dogs. There are no by-products to be found.
Natural Balance focuses on providing dogs with complete nutrition while limiting the ingredients that they are exposed to and avoiding artificial flavors, colors, bleached ingredients, and preservatives. Canola oil is used as this blend's source of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, which help give dogs healthy skin and a shiny coat.
Natural Balance is a trusted pet food brand that has been around since 1989 tied to actor Dick Van Patten. They state they make sure that dogs' safety is a top priority by testing all of their dog food for nine known contaminants before they are distributed and sold to customers. They too offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on their products.
It's another good choice for the money and you won't find any trouble locating it either as it's for sale all major pet food stores.
Overall another great choice of dog food for dogs with allergies for your arsenal that you can try on your puppy also since the formula is suitable for both.
Dog allergies can be tricky. Sometimes it takes owners switching from brand to brand until they find something that works. The thing is, if you know how dog allergies work and stick to a strict food trial starting with a 12-week elimination diet, you can find the source of your dogs' allergies and clear up those symptoms.
All the brands mentioned above use unique protein sources and carbohydrates that are less likely to trigger allergies in dogs and would work well in an elimination diet. Most of these recipes are suitable for all breeds and ages since they focus on whole, natural ingredients to give dogs the best nutrition possible.
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