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the answer is it will not, but we will be able to show our computer skills here on RTF & discuss phantom judging & testing scenarios. & we will be able to spend a couple of weekends watching a couple of other folks, take an open book test & receive the blessing of the powers that be as an accredited member of the judging pool .
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As has been stated before, if you're having fun with your dog, in any capacity who's to say what is right or wrong, good or bad. Yes we need more folks in the sport but unless you commit time and resources it can be daunting. I don't care about pro's running against me and I'll tell you why. Nothing is more satisfying then beating a pro at their own game. They bring out the best in me and I relish the competition. Doesn't mean I'll win, place or even finish but to be the best you've got to beat the best and with our training group we've got some pretty heavy hitters. Seeing that confidence and approach to the game gives others in our group a good perspective on how to train/compete within this venue. Yeah more disappointments than rewards but man when you place against a tough field, you just can't beat that feeling. My goals, title my dog (AFC), qualify for a national (30 days late this year, damn). I, like Ted, told Cherylon that I wanted to qualify for a national and I didn't have a clue what that actually required when I said it. I do now and that is where I'd like to be someday. I love this sport, really enjoy my training group and frankly it's like a drug I can't get enough of.
Hopelessly hooked regards.
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Running a dog in minor stakes will not deepen the judging pool, unless of course you are just looking for minor stake judges. The requirements for judging an AA stake are not just take a test any more. Yes we can hope those who handle in the minor stakes get the bug and will continue on to the AA level, but let's be realistic the rate of new people coming up through the ranks is about 2-3 per year if the sport is lucky and then they go on to the AA level, get their rears handed to them one too many times and quit. This game is not for the faint of heart...
Someone told me once the average life expectancy of a FTer wannabe is about 5 years....if a person can make it past 5 they are generally hooked, anything less and they may or may not survive, more than likely they pack up their toys and go home.
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I agree with John M. as long as folks and dogs are enjoying themselves what is the problem. Those that have no intrest in running their own dog most likley wont become a judge either.
I dont train with a group of heavy hitters and dont even get to train Ft stuff all that often with my own dogs. I do however enjoy going to a trial where the top young dog trucks are entered to see if I can beat them. If I come with one dog and run against their 10 or more and do well I can then speak to the talent and training of my dog. That gives me reason to travel to the few field trials I get to run each year. I have nothing against these ft pros, I have great respect for them which is why it means so much to me to do well while running against them.
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I think it is fine to encourage people to run their dog. On the other hand, it is a competition, and some people don't like to compete. I know several people who have/had the goal of owning a titled dog. Some had no desire to run the dogs, and some said they wanted to wait til the dog was successful, or even titled before they ran the dog. If thats what they want, thats ok with me.
If someone really wants to participate in field trials, they will. If that means running in the minors, all the way through AA, Good. If that means running AA stakes once the dog gets there, again, Good. If they don't want to participate, and just pay a pro, well, thats fine too. You can't make people want to compete.
Well, this started off as a really interesting thread. Too bad we couldn't keep it that way. (Rick_C 2009, Classic RTF)
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Take what you get and thank them (the Judges) afterwards no matter what the outcome. (Moira Sheehan)
It's not so much about "competing" as it is starting at a level that will bring and keep new people in the sport.
I hate rude behavior in a man, won't tolerate it. Captain Woodrow Call
If only amateurs can be judges, the way to deepen the pool is for new amateurs get into the sport. And hopefully for that amateur to have experience training their own dog and to run their own dog in the minor and major stakes. How else can you have the necessary experience to be a knowledgeable judge who keeps the sport solid, for lack of a better word.
If all the amateur did was watch the pro train his or her dog, then watch the pro run the dog up through AA with only an occasional time at bat, how is that amateur going to be a good judge?
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Change is in the air in Grand Rapids, MI, Beer City USA 2013. The crisp, cool West Michigan mornings have local brewers ditching their citrusy summer concoctions, topped with wedges of fruit, and turning their attention towards crafting heartier beer to warm chilly crowds.
At The B.O.B, brewer John Svoboda is looking forward to some substantially darker, deeper caramel malts this fall, rolling out his Oktoberfest beer, and taking advantage of seasonal crops. "In Michigan, we've got some wonderful fresh hops at this time, so we can incorporate those into brewing," he explains. "They're going to pick them in the morning and I'm going to use them that afternoon."
But don't come in looking just for hoppier, darker beer. As the season progresses, think about spices, too, like nutmeg, apple, and cinnamon. "We try to look at it from a more culinary perspective," says Svoboda. He describes the fun he has making a small batch of apple cinnamon beer, for example. "What you would do in the kitchen, we try to do in the brewery."
Brewer Rob Wanhatalo (Wob), at The Mitten Brewing Company, is also shifting his focus this fall. "It's not necessarily a color shift, but a shift to something a little more warming, like a stout or a porter," he says. For example, they've got a Scottish ale coming up that's more malt forward. He says customers are likely to see their Country Strong IPA and Triple Crown Brown throughout the fall, as well as a rotating stout and something more seasonal. "Last year I did a pumpkin beer," he says.
Over at Harmony Brewing Company, co-head brewer Barry VanDyke is considering a pumpkin beer, too. "Ours was made with real pumpkins," he says, describing the beer they brewed last year in collaboration with other local breweries. They used ginger to spice it, rather than traditional pie spices, which he says gave it a bit of a bite.
VanDyke is also looking forward to Jackson's Joy, an amber colored Oktoberfest-style ale. (His brother, Jackson, is the other head-brewer.) "It's really rich," he says, "It almost smells like falling leaves to me. It's a style of beer that plays perfectly with the change of the season."
In Grand Rapids, there's no shortage of breweries for locals and visitors to peruse, regardless of season. With the recent opening of Osgood Brewing and Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply, the number of area breweries jumps to almost 40 (22 in the Grand Rapids area, 16 more within an hour and a half drive).
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To get a taste of several Grand Rapids' craft beers, paired with fantastic food, join the Beer Romp on Saturday, October 19 from 12:00pm – 5:00pm. The Romp will include stops at 15+ local restaurants, including HopCat and Grand Rapids Brewing Company. Tickets are $40 in advance ($50 the day of) and include beer and food samples at each stop. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the local charity, Kids Food Basket.
If all of this sounds so tempting that you want to visit Grand Rapids for a few days, you can indulge yourself with a stay at the JW Marriott, whose Beer City USA hotel package includes 4 local beers served to your room upon arrival.
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Kirsetin Morello is a writer, author, and blogger who's called Grand Rapids home for more than a decade. She's enthusiastic about yoga, basketball and travel, and is a reluctant runner. Kirsetin, her husband, and their three children love to explore everything West Michigan has to offer. You can find her online at www.KirsetinMorello.com.
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All ASG did in 2009 was post its seventh consecutive record year of revenue growth. Even in the toughest of times, this thriving regional provider — SSI's 2010 Installer of the Year — stands as a testament to the power of shrewd management and relentless drive.
By Scott Goldfine · June 30, 2010
On March 27, 2010, an altercation between two male employees at the Lancaster, Pa., YMCA resulted in one being shot in the head and torso. Police identified and caught the gunman thanks to the mortally wounded man's description of the killer combined with video surveillance from the scene. The perpetrator is presently awaiting his homicide trial.
When this incident occurred, the operations team of Beltsville, Md.-based ASG Security — which installed, monitors and maintains the Y's intrusion, fire and surveillance systems — worked diligently with detectives to retrieve video evidence from the onsite DVR. "From ASG's perspective, this is a stark reminder of what we do every day — the protection of lives and property," says ASG President/CEO Joe Nuccio.
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ASG, then known as Alarm Security Group Monitoring Inc., was founded in 1999 and within three years had branch operations in Dallas, Houston and Baltimore. In July 2002, private equity companies Waud Capital Partners LLC and Northwest Capital Appreciation Inc. acquired the company and appointed a top-notch management team led by Nuccio.
In November 2007 ASG was recapitalized with Parthenon Capital LLC, providing long-term growth capital for the business. Today, jointly owned by Parthenon and ASG's senior management team, the company continues to build itself as a super-regional top 10 U.S. security operator.
"We have a very, very experienced management team," says Nuccio. "Our team operates from the perspective that we are all partners in a business, not employees. Everybody wears a lot of hats and we place tremendous emphasis on each team member producing original work. Most importantly, we love to barb and jab each other and have a good time."
Other members of the executive team, which has toiled shoulder to shoulder for more than seven years and been involved in 55 acquisitions, include: CFO Ralph Masino; Senior Vice President, Operations William Rose; Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Robert Ryan; and Vice President, IT & Corporate Services Glenn Seaburg.
ASG's principal operations are in the Mid-Atlantic region, Texas and New England, including branch offices in Boston, New Jersey, western Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. The firm has 130,000 customers, half residential and half consisting of commercial, government and national accounts. ASG generates $5.5 million of recurring monthly revenue (RMR) from its McAllen, Texas-based CSAA Five Diamond central monitoring station.
"Our goal is to achieve market density in larger growth-oriented cities through a balanced plan of acquisitions and steady organic growth," says Ryan. "Our primary market and strategic emphasis is on the mid to large security systems market, where we promote intrusion, fire, video surveillance and access control solutions."
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Meta-mecanique (Meta-Herbin) 1954 is one of a group of related works made by Tinguely in 1954-55 and given the umbrella title of Meta-mechanical sculpture. This name was provided by Pontus Hulten who recalls:
The question as to what Tinguely's machines ought to be called had arisen with his first exhibition. None of the names that had been suggested — automata, mechanical sculptures, mobiles — was really satisfactory; the last was too closely associated with Calder. My suggestion was 'meta-mechanical', by analogy with 'metaphysical', and on one of my daily visits to the Bibliothèque Nationale I was able to check in the Grand Dictionnaire Larousse that 'meta' can be used to mean 'with' and 'after' — which seemed just right. Also the association of ideas with words like 'metaphor' and 'metamorphosis' seemed to me to be very appropriate.1
The broad label of Meta-mechanical sculpture encompasses a smaller series of works, the Meta-Herbins of which the sculpture in the Australian National Gallery collection is a typical example. In all, there are six sculptures sub-titled Meta-Herbin, characterised by a tripod stand, wire braces and cog wheels, painted sheet-metal elements and a small electric motor providing the motive power.2
The title of this group refers to the French artist Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) and, like the series named Meta-Malevich and Meta-Kandinsky, also made at this time, pays homage — if rather mischievously — to an early exponent of abstract art. The reference to Herbin's work is apparent in the brightly painted triangular and circular shapes of the sculpture, which rotate as the sculpture moves, forming different configurations or 'compositions'. 'I was trying to get away from the imperative, the power of these artists …', said Tinguely; 'I began to use movement simply to make a recreation. It was a way of doing a painting so that it would become infinite — it would go on making new compositions with the help of the physical and mechanical movements I gave it. Then I gradually understood that movement was an expressive possibility in itself'.3
The movement of Meta-mecanique (Meta-Herbin), as with most of Tinguely's machines, is a deliberate travesty of mechanical precision; the sire sprockets bend and jump the cogs, the machine moves in unpredictable shudders. It would certainly destroy itself — simply fall apart — if run continuously.
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The Princeton University Orchestra will present concerts featuring the music of Sergei Prokofiev, Ludwig van Beethoven and Princeton composer Michael Early at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
The program will open with "gathering wind," a work written for the orchestra by Early, a fourth-year Ph.D. composition fellow. "Early's work is, in turn, eerily atmospheric, witty and eventually truly rocking" said Michael Pratt, conductor of the orchestra. "We are pleased to bring an exceptionally gifted young composer's music to our audience."
The orchestra will then move to the music of Russian master Prokofiev, presenting a suite from his most popular work, the ballet "Romeo and Juliet." "This 'Romeo and Juliet' is with a fascinating twist," Pratt said. "We will include, along with some familiar parts of the score, some music by Prokofiev in the original version that was discovered in the composer's archives by my colleague and renowned Prokofiev scholar, Professor Simon Morrison."
"The music was first heard this past summer at the Bard Festival in the acclaimed production by Mark Morris," he continued. "We are performing music from the end of the score, which, in Prokofiev's vision, does not end tragically. Juliet revives, and she and Romeo end the ballet in a radiantly beautiful pas de deux." Composer Gregory Spears, who earned his Ph.D. from Princeton in 2007, completed the orchestration from Prokofiev's sketches.
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JACKSON – All three of the state's education entities would receive the same funding next fiscal year as this year under the budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by legislative leaders.
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The 14-member Legislative Budget Committee approved a $5.52 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts July 1. The proposal is $32.2 million, or 0.5 percent, less than passed during the 2012 session for the current fiscal year. It will be used as a guideline when the Legislature convenes in January.
House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, said the proposal reduces one-time money to fund recurring expenses and holds open about 2,000 vacant positions.
Gunn said the budget does not have dollars earmarked – as Gov. Phil Bryant's budget plan does – for education proposals supported by the governor and other Republican leaders, including merit pay for teachers and funds for early childhood education.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who presides over the Senate, said education funding issues could be addressed during the session. Some funding may come, he said, by redirecting funds from programs that aren't working.
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This year budget leaders opted to provide budgeted funds instead. Last year counties did not get any money for bridge repairs because an agreement could not be reached on a bond package.
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NETTLETON – Three weeks ago, MariAnna Young was sitting on the infield dirt at Mooreville, holding her injured right knee and crying.
"I figured my season was over … that I was out," said Nettleton's junior pitcher, who suffered a torn knee ligament (ACL).
Young, pitching with her injured leg braced from mid-thigh to mid-calf, scattered five hits, recorded three strikeouts and walked one batter over seven innings Friday in the Lady Tigers' 7-2 victory against South Pontotoc in Game 1 of their Class 3A fastpitch state playoff second-round best-of-three series.
It was her first full game in the circle since the injury. She had pitched four innings in an earlier game against Mantachie.
"My doctor told me I could play as long as it didn't bother me," Young said. "The brace doesn't allow the knee to move around. It doesn't bother me."
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Young, who faces surgery this summer, admits she's not full strength just yet. "I'm getting there," she said.
Lady Tigers coach Dana Rhea knew his ace would return to the lineup if cleared.
"She's got a heart the size of Texas," he said. "She's a gamer."
Nettleton (19-6) plays at 1 p.m. today at South Pontotoc (15-13) in Game 2. A third game, if necessary, would follow.
If today's games are postponed by rain, they will be played at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Kaleigh Tackett's solo homer in the first highlighted a two-run Nettleton inning. Chelsea Tucker doubled and scored in the second.
The Lady Tigers added single runs in the third and fourth, and clinched it with two more in the sixth.
South Pontotoc helped its cause by committing three errors, two of which led to unearned runs.
"We had a couple of big hits early and capitalized on a couple of their miscues early," Rhea noted.
South Pontotoc's MacKenzie Denton was the lone Lady Cougar to figure Young out. She singled, doubled and tripled.


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ODESSA, Wash. - A Whidbey Island-based EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft has gone down in Lincoln County and the Navy has confirmed all three personnel on board were killed in the crash.
Commander, Naval Air Forces, headquartered at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif. confirmed the deaths of the aircrew. The names of the Navy personnel killed in the crash will not be released until 24 hours after family members have been informed.
The aircraft involved was assigned to VAQ-129 "Vikings," the Navy's training squadron that teaches new aircrew from both the Navy and Marine Corps in flight operations of both the Prowler and the EA-18G Growler.
The Prowler typically has a four-person aircrew consisting of a pilot and up to three electronic countermeasures officers.
The Prowler reportedly went down just after 9 a.m., near Coffee Pot Lake Road and Duck Lake Lamona Road west of Harrington and northeast of Odessa, according to Scott McGowan, fire chief for Lincoln County Fire District No. 6.
HaLee Walter lives near the scene where the aircraft went down and said she heard what she described as a sonic boom and then her whole house shook.
"My kids and my dog ran upstairs, and then I had gone outside and I could hear another a military aircraft because they fly all the time down here and they're very loud and we're used to them, and I could hear the aircraft and I'm like 'Oh you know maybe it was just a sonic boom,'" she said.Prowler crash
"I called my husband and I'm like 'Did you just feel that? Did you hear that?' and he's like yeah, he's like 'I think an airplane just went down, I just saw a huge plume of smoke north of the house.'"
"I went outside and of course I could see the smoke and then I took my son and we drove other there because it didn't look like it was very far from our house, and the ambulance and police and fire trucks were all there and [the] plane had gone down and there was still another military aircraft circling," she added.
A crew from the National Transportation Safety Board is heading to the scene and should be there around 11 a.m.
Whidbey Island NAS is home to the U.S. Navy's tactical electronic warfare squadrons, which fly the EA-6B Prowler and the EA-18G Growler. The Growler is based on the F/A-18 Hornet fighter attack aircraft and carries a two-person crew. The Growler is being phased into service to replace the Prowler, which carries a four-person crew.
Navy aircrews fly across Eastern Washington for training exercises, according to Kim Martin, a public information officer for Whidbey Island, who confirmed an overflight of two pair of Growlers over the Spokane area in September 2011.
"It was a routine training session. That's a designated military training route part of their flight training curriculum," Martin said in 2011.
In addition to being home to the Navy's electronic warfare squadrons, the Navy's Electronic Attack Weapons School is based at Whidbey Island NAS. The school trains aircrews in the tactical operations of the Navy's Prowlers and Growlers.FlyNavy Embedded Tweet
The last mishap involving an EA-6B Prowler in our area was in March 2006, when a Prowler with VAQ-135 "Black Ravens" went down during a training exercise in a remote area of Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. All four crewmen aboard the aircraft ejected safely.
KXLY's Aaron Luna reports that crews at the crash scene are also dealing with hazardous materials from the rockets that propel the aircrew's ejection seats. The EA-6B is equipped with the Martin-Baker GRUEA-7 ejection seat, which allows the aircrew to eject from the aircraft from zero altitude and a minimum of 80 knots. The seats contain explosive cartridges and rockets which fire the seats through the canopy of the aircraft.
The Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler is based on the A-6 Intruder platform and was first introduced into the fleet in 1970. While they have served in combat in conflicts ranging from Vietnam to Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, none have ever been lost in combat.
However, numerous EA-6Bs have been lost during peacetime, In 1998, Whidbey Island NAS dedicated a memorial to 44 aircrew who have died in Prowler crashes. Monday's crash is the first fatal mishap involving a Prowler since 1998.
One of the most significant peacetime mishaps involving a Prowler was in 1998, when a Marine EA-6B flying low over terrain cut the cable line for a gondola in Cavalese, Italy. Twenty civilians in the gondola were killed when the cable snapped. The aircraft sustained damage but was able to return to Aviano Air Base in Italy.
Video: Footage from front cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler on the first half of the VR-1355 low-level route through the Cascade Mountains in Western Washington. Aircraft is flying 500 feet above the ground at an average speed of 420 kts.Prowler low level flight
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Music is much more than a physical phenomenon, it is a spiritual process - an expression of the most lofty and soulful human experiences inspired by God. Beethoven's music fits this definition in every way, posing enormous challenges for me, the performer. It presses me to the limits of my expressive abilities, prodding me to think beyond the ordinary to the transcendent.....
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Educated at Harvard, Yale and Juilliard, Mia Chung won First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild New York International Competition in 1993. She was the first pianist to earn this distinction in five years. Ms. Chung also won the Competition's special U.S. Trust Artist Award as well as the ITT Corporation Prize. Other awards include first prizes in the J. S. Bach International Piano Competition (Preparatory division) in 1981, and the Third Missouri Southern International Competition in 1990. Ms. Chung has been receiving the highest praise for her interpretations of Beethoven's Sonatas. Of her performance of Beethoven at her New York recital debut the New York Times wrote, "Uncommonly insightful, individualistic and lively ..... She found balances and rhythmic emphases that made the work's drama seen fresh ..... her playing was dazzling." She made her orchestral debut at the age of twelve as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and her highly praised recital debut at the age of eighteen at the Hall of the Americas in Washington, D.C.. In addition to a re-engagement with the Baltimore Symphony, she has been soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared in frequent recitals in Washington, Boston and New Haven. Chosen as an Artistic Ambassador by the U. S. Information Agency in 1993, Ms. Chung toured throughout Southeast Asia and the former Soviet Union. Capping off the 1994 season was Ms. Chung's New York recital debut, presented by Concert Artists Guild at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Festival appearances include the Flagstaff Festival in Arizona, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival in Massachusetts and de C.A.G.'s San Juan Islands Chamber Music Festival. The 1994 season Ms. Chung made her Chicago debut at Pick-Staiger Hall. She has also been re-engaged by the Gardner Museum in Boston, and will be heard in recital at the Toledo Museum of Art, Jacksonville University, the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach and on tour throughout the Northeast and South. She will also perform as guest artist with the Miami String Quartet at the New School in New York City this season. In 1996 Mia Chung will premiere a new work by Lee Hyla, commissioned by C. A. G. for Ms. Chung. Mia Chung was born in Madison (Wisconsin) in 1964, and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. She holds a bachelor degree from Harvard College, a master's degree from Yale University and a doctorate from the Juilliard School. Her teachers have included Peter Serkin, Boris Berman, Raymond and Anne Hanson, and George Manos. Ms. Chung is currently Artist-in-Residence at Gordon College in Wenham (Mass.). She lives in Cambridge, where she is a resident tutor at Harvard College.
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No bake | Dark Chocolate & Kumquat Creme Pots … In Season with Kumquats
"Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food."
Michael Levine
Dark Chocolate & Kumquat Creme Pots … these were decadent. Delicious, bowl scraping good and soul satisfying. The season and the colours of the humble little kumquat, a sour citrus fruit that was until a few years ago just an ornamental plant, all inspire creativity. This dessert was the result of one such inspired moment!
We always referred to kumquats as Chinese oranges or tangerines. Food blogging threw up new names. So many references to a similar fruit by the name of kumquat, and then the Google Gods demystified it. These are round kumquats, the Asian cousins of the elliptical round ones that colour the web every now and then.The boughs are hanging heavy with fruit, ready for picking, and more buds and green kumquats are already showing up. My mothers shrub too is full with fruit too. This seems to be a good year for this tart citrus fruit.
I've done lots with these beauties this season … Kumquat & Strawberry Tiramisu Charlotte, Kumquat Marmalade, and No Bake Cheesecake Pots. My mind works overtime thinking of how much more we can do with kumquats.
I had serious dark chocolate and orange cravings one day. Two years ago I had made Dark chocolate & sour orange tartlets. My blog was hacked shortly after that and some posts disappeared. I didn't have the time to check then. Recently when I looked for the tartlets high and low, I drew a blank on PAB.
The pictures are still firmly etched in my head. Googling led me to FoodGawker and I was relieved to see I had indeed made the tartlets, only that the recipe post has been lost forever. I have attempted to recreate it. I remember cooking the whole fruit then.If I wasn't inspired enough by the fruit of the season, I was even more fortunate that day. Look at these beautiful little ceramic cups and single serve creamers that I got from Urban Dazzle. Adorable!! Love at first sight, it brought out the inner child in me. Took me back to when we were little girls, playing with miniature tea sets. How could I not be inspired?
There's something about white ceramic bakeware. It holds so much promise. These little round ramekins are one of the best additions to my bursting bakeware collection. There is so much you can do in them … cream caramels, panna cotta, ice cream in summer, chocolate custard pots, lime possets. Do you have any more ideas dear readers? What would you make in these little beauties?
One look at them as I unpacked them, smooth ceramic, neat, clean edges, aesthetically designed and my imagination took wing. There was no time to bake so I took the fast track to dessert. A winning combination of sour orange and dark chocolate, topped with a light white chocolate cream sauce. We were back in business! Dark chocolate from Thorntons married a bittersweet sour orange puree to make thick custard like pastry cream. A light cream chocolate sauce made with melt in the mouth white chocolate made it sublime. Candied kumquats tied the flavours together with some white chocolate garnishing. All we heard after dinner was 'scrape, scrape, scrape'.
You cannot go wrong with good quality chocolate. The pots were bowl licking good as might be the case with the kids. They too fell in love with the little 'baby' creamers, so charming and so unreal in this world which is in so much of a hurry sometimes. It was wonderful to sit back and enjoy the petite servings.
In the days to come I will try and find more ways to use the bounty of nature, i.e. kumquats in full strength. Bitter Kumquat Marmalade has been made; distributed too! I bottled some Kumquat Liqueur a few days ago in a decanter my Mum gave me. The colours are so pretty!
A few thoughts before I take you to the recipe. Do use good quality chocolate as that is what makes simple desserts like these absolutely shine! Also, if you prefer a smoother texture, you can always skip the almond meal. I just like to add 'nuts' in any form to my food.
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[print_this]Recipe: Dark Chocolate & Kumquat Creme Pots
Summary: Delicious, bowl scraping good and soul satisfying, these no bake Dark Chocolate & Kumquat Creme Pots are inspired by fruit in season. The very tart and colourful kumquats lend deep 'orangey' flavour to the dark chocolate, and colour to the presentation.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Kumquat Puree {Your require a few tbsps. Store the ramainder in a jar in the fridge}
- 250g kumquats, halved, seeds removed
- 250g sugar
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- Creme Pots
- 100g kumquat puree {recipe follows}
- 250g dark chocolate
- 25g raw sugar {or regular}
- 20g cornflour
- 200ml low fat cream
- 3 egg yolks
- 100ml milk 2%
- 1/2 vanilla bean, scraped
- 25g almond meal
- White chocolate cream
- 100ml low fat cream
- 25g white chocolate, grated
- 25g white chocolate for garnishing if desired
- Candied Kumquats
- 100g kumquats, sliced, seeds removed
- 200g sugar
- 200ml water
- Candied Kumquats
- Place sugar, water and sliced kumqauts in a saucepan. Simmer for about 15-20 minutes until the kumquats become translucent Handle gently and strain the kumquats and reserve in a bowl.
- Return the syrup to the pan and reduce to about 2/3rd amount. Return the sliced candied kumquats to the syrup, cool and refrigerate until required.
- Kumquat puree
- Thermomix:
- Place all ingredients in bowl of TM, cook on 100, reverse speed 2 for 8 minutes. Blend until smooth.
- Stove Top:
- Place kumquats, sugar and vanilla bean in a saucepan. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until the kumquat peel is soft. Remove bean {or leave in as I did}. Puree until smooth.
- Place 100g kumquat puree with the dark chooclate and melt over a bain marie, or in the microwave.
- White chocolate cream
- Gently heat the cream, and pour over the white chocolate. Mix until smooth. Cool.
For the pastry cream:
- Thermomix:
- Place 100g kumquat puree with the dark chocolate in TM bowl and run at speed 4, 10 seconds.
- Place remaining ingredients except almond meal. Cook at 90C, speed 4, 7 minutes. Add the almond meal and run at speed 6 for 30 seconds.
Stove Top:
Mix together the sugar, cornflour, cream and vanilla extract in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. To this add the egg yolks and whisk until smooth.
Now place the saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring constantly to prevent the mixture from curdling.Add the milk a little at a time, still stirring constantly. After about 10-12 minutes the mixture will be thick, free of lumps and beginning to bubble. {If you have a few lumps, don't worry. You can push the cream through a fine-mesh strainer}
Fold in the dark chocolate-kumquat puree, and then uniformly stir in the almond meal.
Transfer the cream to serving bowls immediately, tap gently to level out, and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate at least 2-3 hours before serving.
- Assemble
- Top each bowl with 1-2 tbsp of white chocolate cream, some candied kumquats and white chocolate scrolls. Serve immediately or chill until required.
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Ten years after retiring its "I Am Canadian" tagline, Molson has brought the tagline in a 90 second video entitled The Beer Fridge. In the video, we see Refrigerators full of Molson being placed in locales all over the world including Northern France, Brussels, London, Canterbury, Cassel and Belgium.
But, the refrigerators are locked and can only be opened by inserting a Canadian passport. All manner of Canadian pride ensues. A :30 version of the video ran during game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs Monday night.
The campaign was created by Rethink and video was directed by Jonty Toosey of Partners Film.
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Wow! It's been kind of "quiet" here the past few days.
It's going to be quiet this weekend as well as I suspect quite a few of us will be at SDCC.
Just got back from preview night at SDCC and it was packed. Hasbro Toy Shop was a joke. They capped it a couple minutes after the convention opened. There's just way to many people. The aisles by the Hasbro booth were just clogged with tons of people.
Found a McFett at SD Mission Valley Target this morning. I didn't even know they were still shipping it in case packs. Nothing else worth mentioning though.
I was at Preview Night as well. I got totally shut out of Hasbro. I can't imagine what they will do when the real crowds start showing up.
They were selling the Ultimate Bumblebee there though. That was a surprise.
Ugh... not looking forward to the lines tomorrow then! Although last year, Saturday afternoon actually had really decent lines. I waited about 20 minutes tops to get my 501st Stormies & Nemesis Prime. All the crazy lines were from people wanting to get their stuff first, before it sold out... and it DID sell out Thursday and Friday long before closing, I think. Hopefully they've got as much stock this time around.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow's Comic-Con adventure, but I I just hope I can get everything I want since because of work changes I can only go Friday out of my 4 day pass! Oh well, Never been, and still going to have fun. Hopefully not in Hasbro's line all day!
I did go to the NEW Glendale Galleria Target this afternoon. Soft opening was yesterday, grand opening Sunday.
Toy aisles look to be the the reset. They had Battle Packs out again for 19.99 - Tantive VI, Geonosis, etc. There was 1 Jawa amid a few regular wave 2 and 3 and a bunch of legends. Didn't stash the Jawa since it is a new store and I'm sure going to be insane this weekend. Nothing else new that I noticed.
Yesterday, Panorama City Wal-Mart had tons of Legends figures, all of wave 1. There had to be at least 12 cases worth or more.
Hopefully we will see those quantities when the other figures I really want are out like the Sandcrwler droid, all the pitdroid variations, and other Battle droid variants.


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Description ADULT MALE Has blackish brown plumage overall. Upperparts are finely marked with fine black and whitish lines (looks like tree bark); throat is white and underparts have dark brown barring on pale background. Note white band across primaries in resting birds and in flight. Tail has white subterminal band, only obvious in flight. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but throat patch is buff, wing patch is less striking and white tail band is typically absent. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 10" (25 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly May-Sep) to open areas such as forest openings.
Observation Tips Roosting birds often perch conspicuously; sometimes hawks for insects around streetlights.
Range Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, California, Plains, Florida, Great Lakes, Western Canada, Northwest, Alaska, New England, Texas, Eastern Canada, Rocky Mountains, Southwest
Voice Male's call is a strangled, rather froglike we-ert or pe-ert, uttered in flight.
Similar Species Lesser Nighthawk C. acutipennis (L 8-9.5 in) is smaller with relatively shorter wings and tail. Plumage is more rufous and intricate with square-ended tail. Male's call is a trilling whistle. Summer visitor; mainly western range extends to arid areas of southern Texas.
Discussion Our most familiar nighthawk. Feeds mostly after dark (sometimes at dusk) catching flying insects in huge mouth. Often roosts on tree branch or post. In flight, looks long-winged with white wing patches and long, forked tail. Sexes are separable.


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Family: Emberizidae, New World Sparrows view all from this family
Description ADULT Pacific ssp. belli ("Bell's") has gray-brown back, rump, and tail, brown wings with buff feather margins, and mostly dark gray nape and crown; note the white eyering and spot in front of eye. Cheeks are gray, and note white "mustache," black malar stripe, and mostly white throat and underparts, except for black central breast spot and light streaks on flanks. Interior ssp. nevadensis is similar, but paler overall; in particular, dark gray elements of head pattern are pale gray. JUVENILE Similar, but duller overall and heavily streaked.
Dimensions Length: 5-6" (13-15 cm)
Endangered Status The San Clemente Sage Sparrow, a subspecies of the Sage Sparrow, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as threatened in California. This species lives only on San Clemente Island, in the Channel Islands. Its numbers declined rapidly when feral goats and pigs, introduced to the island, destroyed vegetation that the bird lives in. The feral grazers have been removed and the island vegetation is slowly recovering. The sparrow's numbers appear to have begun to climb slowly as a result of these recovery efforts.
Habitat Fairly common in scrubby habitats; belli is resident in coastal chaparral while nevadensis is a summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to sagebrush habitats in north of range, moving south and into Mexico in winter.
Observation Tips Easy to see in suitable habitats.
Range Texas, Southwest, Northwest, California, Rocky Mountains
Voice Song is a short burst (2 secs or so) of tuneful tinkly notes, with longer pause between phrases; call is a thin, sharp tsip, tsipÖ.
Discussion Dry-country sparrow with understated plumage. Often cocks tail when running or feeding and flicks tail in agitated manner at other times. Forms small flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are similar, but two reasonably distinct subspecies occur.


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We love eight-year-olds! They're just the right age for all kinds of fun. They still love the pretend play they've been enjoying for years, yet they're also ready to move ahead into more advanced toys and learning. All of these toys and activities will appeal to their natural sense of fun and wonder.
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Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's latest installment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Hardcover containing 224 pages.
Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation.
An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley the odd man out. But a lot can happen in one night, and in the end, you never know who's going to be lucky in love.
Learn all about how the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was turned into 3 major motion pictures! Complete with 4-colour illustrations by Jeff Kinney, photos, storyboard sketches, costume designs and more, this revised and expanded Wimpy Kid Movie Diary explores all 3 movies, including the new 2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. The perfect companion to the bestselling series!
With over 27 million copies in print and 3 live-action films, the beloved series is a New York Times #1 bestseller, and has appeared on bestseller lists in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal!
Hardcover containing 256 pages.
Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
Greg is on summer vacation with his family
It's summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn.
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As part of WEEI.com's coverage of the 2013 NBA draft, here is one in a series of profiles of players who could be available to the Celtics [1] when they make their lone selection at No. 16.
Position: Small forward
Team: Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA Development League); previously at Georgia Tech
Age: 22
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 211 pounds
Achievements: ACC All-Academic team (2010)
Key 2012-13 stats: 14.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists
What he brings: Rice's marquee asset is his jump shot, which he had working particularly well in the latter part of the D-League season. Rice also shot 37.9 percent from beyond the arc this year, and since it was in pro ball he has the advantage of having already played with the NBA-style 3-point line. He can let his athleticism take over defensively, even if the intensity isn't always there. He averaged about a block and a steal in the D-League in 2012-13.
The biggest concern with Rice is with his maturity and makeup. He had been suspended on multiple occasions by two different coaches at Georgia Tech prior to his dismissal in March 2012 following charges stemming from a shooting incident [2] at an Atlanta nightclub.
Notes: Rice was averaging only 6.6 minutes per game with Rio Grande through mid-January before breaking out and helping the Valley Vipers to the D-League championship. He averaged 29 points and 11.5 boards in the finals. '¦ Should Rice get taken sooner rather than later Thursday, he could earn the rare distinction of being selected higher in the NBA draft than in the D-League draft. Rio Grande picked him in the fourth round (55th overall) last year. '¦ Rice is the son of Glen Rice, who played 1,000 games in 15 NBA seasons with six teams.
Recent articles:
NBA.com: D-League stop helps college washout revive his NBA dream [3]
Marietta Daily Journal: Glen Rice Jr. may be first-round selection in NBA draft [4]
Associated Press: D-League changed Glen Rice Jr. [5]
Video: Here is a short video showcasing some of Rice's highlights from his Georgia Tech days [6]:


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West Africa: IDPs and refugees still need assistance, Kampala Convention needs to be ratified
In West and Central Africa, the daily numbers of migrants returning from Libya have fallen since the end of June. According to IOM, by 5 July, an estimated 188,000 people from 19 countries in West and Central Africa, especially from Niger and Chad, have now returned to their countries of origin.
Population movements continue due to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. Although the situation was relatively calm in June, a significant number of people have continued to look for safety, crossing borders into neighboring Liberia.
According to the OCHA June 2011 Humanitarian Information Bulletin, the numbers of Ivorian refugees registered in Liberia have fallen again after a verification exercise by UNHCR in Nimba county at the end of June, but there are still people arriving. Other verification exercises were ongoing in Grand Geddah county where 74,038 refugees were registered, and River Gee and Maryland counties where respectively 3,180 and 24,173 refugees were registered. Currently, It is estimated that there are currently nearly 145,000 refugees in Liberia
WFP and its partners have provided food assistance to 149,000 people, both refugees and members of host communities in Nimba, Grand Geddah, River Gee, and Maryland counties. By the end of June, FAO had carried out 65% of their planned distributions of rice seeds to these communities.
The rainy season has arrived in several countries in West Africa. While in some places the rains have caused localized tragedies, in general they haven't caused any major flooding yet. However, the African Centre for Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) has predicted the high probability of above average rains from July to September 2011 in many areas in West Africa, including western Chad, eastern Niger and northern Nigeria.
The need for clothing, mosquito nets and drinkable water has become more urgent, and there is also a greater risk of water-borne diseases. However, continuous rains have made it difficult to deliver humanitarian assistance to IDPs and refugees, especially in Liberia, in places where roads and bridges are in poor condition.
Following its first Ministerial Conference on humanitarian assistance and internal displacement in West Africa on 7 July, ECOWAS Ministers adopted a communiqué, calling upon its member states to sign, ratify and implement the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons, also known as the Kampala Convention, which was adopted in 2009.
The Convention is an important tool to ensure better protection and assistance for IDPs. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria delivered a statement on behalf of USG Valerie Amos during last week's Conference, underscoring her support for the Convention and also calling on African Member States to ratify and implement it. The ECOWAS Ministers committed to continue their partnership with all humanitarian actors and to ensure unhindered access to affected populations.
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Try this take on Italian cacciatore, sandwich-style, made with slow-cooked turkey. Serve hot, on a roll slathered in pesto and topped with mozzarella.
A few drops of red pepper sauce would add zing to this sandwich meat.
Basil pesto, a traditional Italian sauce, is made from fresh basil, garlic, Parmesan cheese and pine nuts. Look for it in the dairy section or near the pasta sauces. You also can make it from scratch.
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OK, am I the only one that thinks that a lot of crap that is going on is being ignored by the lame stream media because of the election and the lame stream media's pro Obama bias? Would many things be ignored if a republican was running for re election?
UI power crews are being attacked in Bridgeport CT (the armpit of CT) and need police protection to restore power. Where is the outrage?


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Sauvignon blanc put New Zealand wine on the world stage and, despite grumbles from Australian winemakers, there by and large is where it deserves to stay, say New Zealand experts.
"New Zealand should be proud. If you pick up any wine book, anywhere in the world and look up sauvignon blanc, it'll say Marlborough, New Zealand. It's carved out its own unique style," says the owner of The Grove restaurant, and wine expert, Michael Dearth.
"It's put New Zealand on the world stage."
New Zealand's sauvignon blanc exploded on to the wine scene in the 1990s after well-known critic, Oz Clarke, wrote it was "arguably the best in the world".
The Queen's cellar experts selected 40 cases of Villa Maria Estate's private bin sauvignon blanc and 30 cases of Palliser Estate Wine's Pencarrow sauvignon blanc 2010 for inclusion in her 5000-bottle wine cellar.
Yesterday it emerged that British ministers and officials worked their way through 5000 bottles of wine from the Government's wine cellars and though French wine was most popular, they drank four times as much New Zealand wine as Australian.
But Mr Dearth says some sauvignons are getting a bit of a reputation.
"People often shop for price, or shop on looks - what the bottle looks like - and they can find that, 'oh, that's a bit too acidic', or, 'oh, I don't really like that one'," he says.
"But there are some truly excellent ones out there."
The wine's image hasn't been helped by a recent attack from the Australian wine industry.
James Agnew, who has a family-run vineyard in NSW's Hunter Valley and is the former chair of the NSW Wine Strategy, was recently reported as saying New Zealand's savs are "the McDonald's of wines".
Mr Dearth doesn't agree - he loves a good local sauvignon, especially on a hot afternoon with a couple of oysters.
It's opened a lot of doors for other New Zealand wines, such as syrah, riesling and gruner veltliner.
Sommelier at The Oyster Inn on Waiheke Island, Claire Dunleavy, says because New Zealanders have grown so accustomed to drinking savignon blanc, they are more open to trying other varieties.
"Excuse the pun, but we're becoming much more savvy with our savies. People ask for different regions and can tell the difference," she says.
"They're also asking for wines like viognier. That wasn't happening before."
But Ms Dunleavy says our sauvignon blanc is as high quality as ever.
"I wouldn't say for a second that the quality of our sav could be called into question."
What Aussies said
*It's the McDonald's of wines. You can go all over the world but a Big Mac is still a Big Mac. James Agnew, who has a family-run vineyard in NSW's Hunter Valley and former chair of the NSW Wine Strategy.
*It's become homogenised, obvious, generic. Christina Tulloch, general manager of Tulloch Wines.
*Acid ... passionfruit ... body odour ... cat's pee ... lantana."Bruce Tyrrell, of Tyrrell's Wines.
Australian winegrowers attack New Zealand sauvignon blancs in the Sydney Morning Herald.


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LFS Mentioned these to me, what are your opinions
Looking for a smaller fish that will eat algae (I don't have anything major) but I have always liked plecos etc. I will supplement with algae waffers. Had wanted pitbull pleco, but they are seeming hard to find, impossible locally. Reason I leaned that way was since they eat algae, hardier than otos, and didn't destroy wood.
I understand some eat wood, but is it going to just be a little, or will my piece of driftwood disappear quickly?
LFS recommended:
Reticulated Hillstream Loach: I like it, stays small, only concern is that I don't have a fast current... (also, do they need to school?)
Whiptail Cats: 4.7" max - anyone with experience or info on these guys?
Rhino / Clown Pleco - don't really care for both, rhino too big, and clown really doesn't eat algae
11-15-2012, 06:49 PM #2Senior Member Red tailed catfish
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Please - only buy a fish you like - not to eat algae - it's up to the tank owner to clean algae and determine what is causing it in the 1st place so it doesn't continue growing. Yes, loaches need a group and some plecos grow very large.
I think what you are looking to add to your tank (what I see in your signature) will be overstocking it if you get everything listed there, plus I don't know how compatible the gouramis are going to be with what you already have in there - corys are fine as long as you get a group
I don't plan to get a fish just to clean algae, needs to be something I like, but would just like one that will occasionally nibble on the stuff growing on the tank decor.
The mickey mouse platys #s are high b/c 16 of them are fry (less than 1/2"). Once they start getting larger I plan to pick about 10 of them to keep and send the rest to a friend / LFS
The male DG has been good with everyone so far, kinda plays the grampa of the tank, when the little ones go in what we call his cave, even if he isn't in it, he swims over and sits in the cave. Doesn't bother the little ones just "this is my cave, get your own" - in grumbly old granmpa voice lol
Aqadvisor image using the pitbulls (however those are what I am looking to replace)
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I dont' use aquadvisor - there are some on the forum who don't like using it because it doesn't advise about compatibility - I question about having several gouramis in a community tank as they grow larger (considering aggression and/or breeding behavior).
My understanding of plecos is that they need wood for digestion purposes - I don't know how much they actually eat though.
**Dwarf Gourami :) typically max size 2-3". And I know multiple males is a no go
I don't know much about the whiptails, but they sure do look cool. I have been thinking about trying them myself. As far as the reticulated, I don't think they are as group dependent as other loaches, but they really do need a fast current. Also another kind much like them that i really like are the Tweedies loach. They look like little birds. As far as the play goes eating the wood, it is not enough that you will ever notice. They merely needed to aid digestion, and they eat the microfilm that grows on it. But it's not enough that you will notice anything missing.
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+1 to this over and over again.
Your one DG may be fine, but I wouldn't recommend more than 2 in that tank, and ONLY 2 if you have it heavily planted/sectioned off for each get their own area.
It is how those fish are-they need area to have as their own and other gourami's invading it-they will kill each other.
Gourami's offer no resistance to the tetras/smaller fish because they get out of the way when needed.
algae is in the tank due to an incorrect balance of your set up-ferts/lights/food/ will cause algae.
if you never fix this issue, it'll never go away
all my fish peck at the algae every once in a while in my tank, but never eat it steadily.
question for the drift wood-they munch on it. but nothing more.
i've had my pieces of wood in the tank for near a year, and you can't even tell if the pleco has ate stuff or not-it would take decades for a pleco to eat that much. lol. they need the wood for nutritional/digestive purposes.
I agree with Andrea about aquadvisor, I don't use it either, you realy need to reasearch the different fish youself.Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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How about some otto's that will eat the algae off everything? Pleco's will not eat algae off plant leaves and they need to be fed more than algae pellets.


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What's it like to put a face on the dead?
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On the south end of Neyland Stadium in a little corner of the osteology lab is the "desk of last resort." It's there that Joanna Hughes ('02) works with human skulls, hoping they will give up their secrets as she molds clay around mouths, chins, and cheekbones. Continue reading


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For the first time since the World Bank's creation at the end of World War II, the United States is facing a real challenge over the bank's leadership. Leaders of some developing and emerging economies have refused to support President Obama's unexpected choice of Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College, to lead the bank.
As the bank's executive board prepares to vote on April 18, the Americans are likely to get their way, since an 85 percent supermajority of the bank's voting shares are needed to appoint a president, and the United States is the largest shareholder. But the controversy is not going away. The Economist and Financial Times have endorsed Dr. Kim's main competitor, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an economist who is Nigeria's finance minister and a former managing director of the bank. José Antonio Ocampo, a former Colombian finance minister and high-ranking United Nations official, has also been put forward as an alternative. Petitions are circulating among former bank officials and economists supporting the alternatives to Dr. Kim.


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