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Twitter Adds Own Shortener Twt.tl To Combat Spam
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsIn an effort to combat phishing and spam, which has been an unsolved issue for Twitter for the past years, the micro-blogging platform yesterday said in a blog post that they have rolled out its own URL shortener called Twt.tl to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.Today, we're launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks. By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter. Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we'll be able keep that user safe.
Twitter's 10 Billionth Tweet Posted
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments(and counting) While the micro-blogging site Twitter won't continue to gain in popularity forever, it has certainly shown us that a site can become big. And I mean BIG. How big? Well, the 10 billionth tweet has been posted by an anonymous user who protected his tweets. To keep track of how many tweets have been posted, I recommend you use GigaTweet. It isn't exact, it only predicts how many tweets there are based on the current amount of tweets being posted, and Twitter have played around with the tweet numbers a few times. -
Stephen Fry: "I Can Take Down An Entire Site With A Single Tweet"
Posted on March 3, 2010 | No CommentsBritish comedian and author Stephen Fry revealed in an interview with .net magazine how he frequently takes down sites with around 3,000 requests per second as a result of him tweeting a link to his massive 1.3 million followers. "When I tweet a link it usually gets around two or three thousand requests a second. Especially if I word it in a way where I really want people to go to a site," he said in the interview. In an effort to prevent websites from crashing due to the sheer volume of traffic generated by his large number of followers, he first try to warn site owners to get prepared for the worst by purchasing extra bandwidth to withstand the sudden spike in traffic. "I just have to be very specific, and say: 'Please go to your web guys and your host and tell them this is the kind of traffic you could get," Fry explains. "Fifty per cent of the time the site is down in seconds – even when we've contacted site owners and they've told us everything will be fine. It's often an unprecedented amount of traffic, and they don't have the required capacity." -
New Version Of Windows Live Messenger To Get Facebook & Twitter Integration
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsWindows Live Messenger is set to receive a major revamp, and "social" will be its main highlight. With social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter getting more popular than ever, it appears that the Windows Live team at Microsoft will integrate these social sites and blogging platforms such as Wordpress into its upcoming Windows Live Messenger, beyond its current chat functionality. The latest leaked screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 2010 Beta or better known as Wave 4 have started surfacing on the web showing its improved interface and some new impressive social features. From the screenshots taken by Chinese site cnbeta, the "Social" view allows users to "connect" to Windows Live and Facebook, including Twitter and Wordpress. As both Twitter and Wordpress do not support IM services, it is too early to determine how Windows Live Messenger will be "linked" with the two platforms. It could be similar to the current Web Activities after all. -
Top 8 Richest Billionaires on Twitter (UPDATED)
Posted on February 19, 2010 | No CommentsOne obvious reason why many billionaires choose not to set up an account on Facebook or Twitter is because these sites don't help them make money at all! They feel that it's a waste of time to connect with people around the world on social networking sites, which doesn't help them boost their wealth significantly. Of course, a large majority of billionaires out there don't concern themselves with trivial things like decorating their houses or what's the latest trend on Wall Street. Instead they focus on the same principals that have made him money most of his adult life and blocks out everything else. However, despite the fact that social networking websites don't benefit them at all, there are still a small number of rich people who still use them. You can check them out in the list which I've compiled below. Great thanks to Wikipedia and Forbes! -
HOW-TO: Send Direct Messages To Mulitple Twitter Users
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsBy default, Twitter doesn't allow users to post direct messages to multiple accounts due to users misusing it as a tool to send spam to others. But what if you've no such intention and merely want to thank your friends who have sent you birthday greetings via public tweets? Well, there's a handy tool out there that helps you do so. Created by a South Korean guy named Chris Kwon, TweetGuru enables you to message up to 12 Twitter users with one go. To start, simply head over to the site and authenticate the app with your Twitter account. Punch in the usernames of people (separated by commas) and your desired message in the respective fields, and you're good to go! -
Of course Al Qaeda's founder Osama Bin Laden neither has a genuine Facebook page nor a Twitter profile page. If we ordinary citizens were to know about it before the United States Counter-terrorism committee freezes all his social networking accounts, then it would be doomsday for the Obama administration. Anyway, a United Kingdom man with the YouTube name fellonthedoorproject imagines what will Osama tweet about if he were to own a Twitter account, and puts his ideas into an awesome video clip. It's quite funny though. Enjoy! (Watch the video after the break)" title="If Osama Bin Laden Had A Twitter Account [VIDEO]" />
If Osama Bin Laden Had A Twitter Account [VIDEO]
Posted on February 10, 2010 | No CommentsOf course Al Qaeda's founder Osama Bin Laden neither has a genuine Facebook page nor a Twitter profile page. If we ordinary citizens were to know about it before the United States Counter-terrorism committee freezes all his social networking accounts, then it would be doomsday for the Obama administration. Anyway, a United Kingdom man with the YouTube name fellonthedoorproject imagines what will Osama tweet about if he were to own a Twitter account, and puts his ideas into an awesome video clip. It's quite funny though. Enjoy! (Watch the video after the break)


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An Ohio woman was ordered to spend five Christmases in jail as part of her sentence for giving out ID cards and driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. A judge ordered Betina Young to spend three days in a jail each year during the holidays. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) says that's not the weirdest sentence he's ever heard!
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No. I'd just rather not go.
"We're all just a little humble of our urge to have sex"
"There is no excuse for being miserable."
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
I don't THINK there is... I dunno, actually. I can't imagine there'd be on in a po-dunk town in DeleWHERE anyways.
"A Soul-"
I just Googled it, and there are quite a few in my area. I live in a pretty big city. I would probably go if I had anyone to drive me. Considering I'm not out yet, and I don't have a Drivers License, it would look pretty weird if I asked my mom to drive me.
As I'm not out, I never go there and even if i did, the peopel there are mostly stereotypical people who are into fashion and shit like that, so even if i could, i wouldn't go.
-Mental wounds not healing, driving me insane, i'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train- the ozzman
There is rarely a poll anymore where I have an actual option. Yes, there is a community center near me. I don't visit it, but mainly because it is all support groups and such splinter groups (wiccans, trans, lesbian movie nights) as to not interest me. So, it is there, it is fine for people who want the service they provide. I just happen to not be one of them.
Hmm I've heard there's one somewhere near the city at my place. I just haven't gone and visited yet :O


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This last ACM meeting we got to have some real talk with Dr. Baas as he explained to us, "What is Computer Science really?" The way he described it was algorithms! Although simple in principle, all of computer science involves the analysis and solutions of problems through algorithms. Of course, he also talked about the limitations of computers as well. An example being the inability to detect if a program will terminate or continue on infinitely. But to give somewhat of an idea of what Computer Science truly encompasses we have the following list:
- Algorithms and Complexity
- Architecture and Organization
- Computational Science
- Discrete Structures
- Graphics and Visual Computing
- Human-Computing Interaction
- Information Assurance and Security
- Information Management
- Intelligent Systems
- Networking and Communications
- Operating Systems
- Platform-based Development
- Parallel and Distributed Computing
- etc:..
Yeah, there is a lot. But to help guide you on your way to learning more about computer science, here is a website that Dr. Baas highly recommended us for future use.
Daniel Rothfus, our ACM President, also gave a short demonstration on how genetic algorithms work and their relative simplicity. Some examples of genetic algorithms at work can be found here: [1] [2]
Well it appears we have run out of space, but there is still so much more content that is available at the meetings themselves, so partake of the weekly communal or you shall find yourself a quadrate! Until next time, ACM out!


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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-zhang-ipsecme-multi-path-ipsec-02.txt
This document presents one approach to enhance data protection when transmitting IPsec datagrams across the insecure networks. The method affords the stronger protection to the traffic by splitting it among a set of sub-tunnels. All the Security Associations (SAs) are set up independently for all sub-tunnels. Both the sending and receiving entity combine all the sub-tunnels to one clustered tunnel. As different sub-tunnel uses different crypto key materials and processing parameters, it may achieve the stronger protection of the traffic across the insecure networks. In addition, it could possibly bring more benefits in terms of the network control.
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Nice Newer 1200 square foot Ranch located in the Country Oak subdivision by Scott Air Force Base and Schnucks grocery Store, and Interstate 64. This home has a large fenced back yard with a shed for a mower or other items. It also has an attached 2 car garage. The rooms are very large. The master has a walk in Closet as well. Kitchen and living room are vaulted. Large kitchen with lots of cabinets and a door that walk out to the back patio. All appliances are included, including the washer and dryer. This home does not have a basement.No smoking in home. Master also has a separate vanity for another sink for someone to use if someone is in the shower and 2 people are getting ready at the same time. Located on a quite cul de sac street. Pets are allowed with a pet deposit. Rent is $1150 and the Deposit is $1150. Deposit can be paid over 2 months.
Rental Home Details
$1,150 Rent
2 Bedrooms
1200 SqFt Square Footage
Rental Home Features
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A. Microsoft has a utility which can add printers from the command line but its only available to OEM suppliers. Another option is by directly manipulating the printui.dll dynamic link library.
For example to add a HP DeskJet 970Cxi on LPT1: on Windows 2000 use the following:
%windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r "lpt1:" /m "HP DeskJet 970Cxi"
Other options are:
/b\[name\] base printer name
/c\[name\] unc machine name if the action is on a remote machine
/dl delete local printer
/dn delete network printer connection
/dd delete printer driver
/e display printing preferences
/f\[file\] either inf file or output file
/ga add per machine printer connections
/ge enum per machine printer connections
/gd delete per machine printer connections
/h\[arch\] driver architecture one of the following, Alpha | Intel | Mips | PowerPC
/ia install printer driver using inf file
/id install printer driver using add printer driver wizard
/if install printer using inf file
/ii install printer using add printer wizard with an inf file
/il install printer using add printer wizard
/in add network printer connection
/j\[provider\] print provider name
/k print test page to specified printer, cannot be combined with command when installing a printer
/l\[path\] printer driver source path
/m\[model\] printer driver model name
/n\[name\] printer name
/o display printer queue view
/p display printer properties
/q quiet mode, do not display error messages>
/r\[port\] port name
/s display server properties
/Ss Store printer settings into a file
/Sr Restore printer settings from a file
Store or restore printer settings option flags that must be placed at the end of command:
c Color Profile
d PrinterData
s Security descriptor
g Global DevMode
m Minimal settings>
u User DevMode
r Resolve name conflicts>
f Force name
p Resolve port
/u use the existing printer driver if it's already installed
/t \[#\] zero based index page to start on
/v \[version\] driver version one of the following,
Windows 95 or 98 | Windows NT 3.1 | Windows NT 3.5 or 3.51 |
Windows NT 3.51 | Windows NT 4.0 | Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 | Windows 2000
/w prompt the user for a driver if specified driver is not found in the inf
/y set printer as the default
/Xg get printer settings
/Xs set printer settings
/z do not auto share this printer
/Z share this printer, can only be used with the /if option
/? help this message
@\[file\] command line argument file
Run server properties:
Run printer properties:
Run add printer wizard localy:
Run add printer wizard on \\machine:
Run queue view:
Run inf install:
Run add printer wizard using inf:
Add per machine printer connection:
Delete per machine printer connection:
Enumerate per machine printer connections:
Add printer driver using inf:
Remove printer driver:
Set printer as default:
Set printer comment:
Get printer settings:
Get printer settings saving results in a file:
Set printer settings command usage:
Store all printer settings into a file:
Restore all printer settings from a file:
Store printer information on level 2 into a file :
Restore from a file printer security descriptor:
Restore from a file printer global devmode and printer data:
Restore from a file minimum settings and resolve port name:
Also see Knowledge Base article Q189105 (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/1/05.ASP)
Another option is to use the START command:
The first time the system asks if you want to install the new printer to your system. No wizards and no questions to answer. The driver is directly downloaded from the printer server.


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As I Lay Dying Religion Quotes
How we cite our quotes:
Quote #1
Riches is nothing in the face of the Lord, for He can see into the heart. (2.5)
Religion offers solace for the Bundrens.
Quote #2
Now and then a fellow gets to thinking about it. Not often, though. Which is a good thing. For the Lord aimed for him to do and not to spend too much time thinking, because his brain it's like a piece of machinery: it won't stand a whole lot of racking. It's best when it all runs along the same, doing the day's work and not no one part used no more than needful. (16.22)
Vernon uses the idea of God to give authority to his own opinions.
Quote #3
"I can't get nothing outen him except about a fish," she says. "It's a judgment on them. I see the hand of the Lord upon this boy for Anse Bundren's judgment and warning." (16.24)
Cora does the same as her husband – uses religion to back her own beliefs.


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This company has a current market cap of $50 million and an enterprise value of $21 million. This is a cash-rich company, with $30 million in cash on its balance sheet and zero debt. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on June 21 that it would not approve Nanosphere's Plavix Metabolism diagnostic test until the company submits additional data. Following that news, the stock plunged from around $2.30 to its current price of $1.80 a share.
A director just bought 285,000 shares, or $459,201 worth of stock, at $1.57 to $1.64 per share. This same director also bought 2,700,000 shares, or $5.94 million worth of stock, at $2.20 back on May 10. From a technical standpoint, this stock has been crushed so far this year, falling from a high of $5.54 to its current level of $1.80 a share. This stock is now trading below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, which is bearish. That said, NSPH recently hit a short-term bottom at $1.46, and upside volume has been expanding dramatically. One big up day last week saw volume of 6.4 million, which is well above the three-month average volume of 489,000 shares. >>Practice your stock trading strategies and win cash in our stock game. If you're looking to buy this stock, I would add this name on any weakness with a stop just below $1.46 a share. I would only add to a long position if you see NSPH trade back above its 50-day moving average of $2.37 a share on strong volume. It's worth noting that NSPH has a reasonable short interest of 7.7% of the float. The bears have increased their bets from the last reporting period by 5.4%, or by around 109,000 shares.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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This morning my son and his girlfriend of 18 months broke up. He says it was mutual.
With my mother's intuition, I knew it was coming. I could just feel it in my bones, as surely as I feel my arthritic left knee when a weather change is about. Yesterday at Walgreen's, I bought him a Charlie Brown Hallmark card, one of those that "says the very best" without saying much, Charlie Brown getting a hug from Snoopy after the proverbial football is kicked out from under him.
I liked the girl. I'm sad for both of them. But I am mostly sad for him. He isn't ready to get married by any means, so he says. But I could hear the hurt in his voice across the miles, and I could feel his pain so much it was almost visible, like a shimmering neon-green laser pulse out of the phone.
His father talked to him for a few minutes and told him what his late mother told him when his first love ended.
There are more fish in the sea, son.
Never a truer, possibly unhelpful word was spoken, though our son is the result of that first one jumping off the boat, and the subsequent replacement by me. But he doesn't want to hear that.
And frankly, I had nothing better to say to him.
I want to scoop him up in my arms like I did when he was three and fell down the stairs. After I looked him over to make sure he was fine, I held him tightly just to let him know he was safe, secure, and loved. It's a little bit harder to do when he is almost 22 years old and lives a thousand miles away.
But this I can't fix. The "first love" is something common to almost everyone. I was twenty and was unceremoniously dumped in my dorm room. I came in from class and was surprised to see my boyfriend there, sitting backwards on my wooden desk chair. The conversation he was having with my roommate abruptly stopped when I came in.He lived in town, but attended a college two hours away. Seeing him unannounced was a shock.
I immediately, and I mean immediately, picked up on an intimacy between them that I hadn't noticed before. I never really learned whether I was right about it, but my intuition usually isn't wrong. She left the room and he said, "we have to talk."
I don't know the gritty details of my son's relationship; it is not something a young man shares with (or should) with his mother. I do know she made him happy, but she wasn't happy anymore.
I choose to believe there are more fish in the sea.
I read that you are hitched up.
You ever consider a divorce?
Love whoever you are with.
There are more porpoises.
No marry a halibut fish.
They smell very stinky.
We all raise the Life Mirror.
We look and reflect a`Image.
If we smash what we do sea.
We see
Ah! world
Life as usual
All goes on/on
As usual. Life.
Well it did get better and she got married and is happy now. A few years ago she confided in me that my words did indeed help....that was priceless to me.
One of my unwritten job descriptions is to sit in my office with 2-3 students per semester who have just broken up with the only person they will ever love. I hand them kleenex and listen as they tell me how they will never ever find anyone else like Felix or Alice. The number of times they say that they will be alone forever seems to be in direct relation to the number of months until I see them hand in hand with their new fish. Ah, youth.
David, you were SO helpful. I sent him an email with your EXACT text. Who is better than Torman to give advice? So I took it.
Muse -- our jobs as parents never ends!
Greenheron -- wish I had you as a teacher when my own heart was broken for the first time. I held it in for years which I think is why my child's heartbreak is bothering me so much.
Rita -- what a nice thing to say.
Alysa -- your comments are so helpful.


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My friends at The Coca-Cola Company and Family Dollar asked me to provide 10 tips that I hope inspire and motivate you to try to live a healthier and more active lifestyle:
- Walk and talk. Everyone loves to catch up with friends and family on the phone. Why not walk and talk? Grab your cell phone and hit the pavement. Walk through a nice nature trail, your neighborhood or even throughout your house. Add walking up and down your stairs for an added cardio workout.
- We all have to shop, so when you head out to stores, choose a parking spot further from the store's door. You can also take stairs instead of an elevator or take an extra lap around the store before you leave. Those added strides will give you a little more movement each and every day.
- Who doesn't love watching her favorite T.V. show? During commercials, choose to get up and move. You can do some jumping jacks, lunges, sit ups, push-ups, walk around your home, go up and down the stairs – just keep moving until your show comes back on. Make a commitment to get in 10, 15 or 20 reps so that you have a goal that you're shooting for. Commercials are usually between 3-5 minutes and during an hour show you could easily get a good 20 minutes of movement in.
- Stay hydrated! All beverages hydrate so grab anything from water, tea, coffee or a soft drink. For people looking to manage their calorie intake, choose a low- and no-caloric version of your favorite beverage.
- When it comes to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, all calories count, whatever food or beverage they come from, including those from caloric beverages. Portion-controlled snack packs and 12 fl. oz. packages of Coca-Cola brand beverages are an easy and convenient way to enjoy your favorites in moderation on the go.
- When ordering out at your favorite restaurant, try starting with a green salad or clear-based soup. Follow that up with a grilled or baked main dish like chicken or fish. And don't forget a side – a baked potato and side vegetables are both delicious options. Finish your meal up with fresh fruit for a sweet ending. For beverages, consider low- and no-calorie beverages, including water.
- Snacking is a good way to keep your metabolism working. Keep fresh cut veggies like carrots and sliced peppers, fruit, nuts, granola bars and other snacks in your sight and not solely in the pantry. Packing a few "to go" snacks in your bag or car helps you be prepared when hunger strikes no matter where you are.
Get and Stay Motivated
- Develop a support system. It can be your family members, friends and/or a co-worker. Set up a buddy system and hold each other accountable. Show each other support and avoid criticizing or being a negative example to the other person. When you develop a team, it will make this journey to living an active, healthy lifestyle so much easier.
- To accomplish your goals and to make a change in life, it's imperative you write those goals down in a journal, on a notecard or a sticky note. Keep it visible so that you will constantly be reminded of this new commitment. A notecard by your bedside, a sticky note on your bathroom mirror or a daily alarm on your phone is a great way to stay motivated. Add some positive saying like, "I Can Do All Things" or "I Believe I Can Achieve." You're going to need these daily reminders and inspirational sayings to keep you motivated when you don't feel like staying committed to your goal.
- Know your purpose. Ask yourself, why do I want to make a commitment to living an active, healthy lifestyle? Remember, it's not about vanity. At the end of the day, fitting into a smaller size pair of pants or wearing a bathing suit this summer is not going to make you happier in life. However, feeling good physically and emotionally, having the energy to spend more time with your friends and family or to be able to partake in more extracurricular activities will! It's about vitality. Living life to the fullest will make you happier and developing that vitality starts with making these small healthy lifestyle choices on a daily basis, so go for it. You have nothing to lose but pounds.
Dominique Dawes is a paid spokesperson for The Coca-Cola Company.


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Dot Rotten is playing live in London this week and we have a handfull of tickets to give away.
The 'Keep It On A Low' star is on his way to joining the likes of Tinie Tempah and Wretch 32 as grime artists who have broken out and gone worldwide with their music. He has already tasted chart success with his debut single and looks set to make an even bigger impact with the next one, 'Are You Not Entertained'.
Dot will be performing in London on Thursday night (January 26th) at the legendary 100 Club. Support on the night comes from electronic producer Starslinger.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to this concert - simplt answer this question.
Q: What is the name of Dot Rotten's debut single?
A) On A Level
B) Keep It On A Low
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Warcraft movie to finally start filming in early 2014
It's been a long time coming, but the Warcraft movie may finally be filming in the first quarter of 2014. Producer Charles Roven told Slashfilm of the 2014 date, so there's a good chance we'll see Warcraft on the big screen by 2015 -- the release date that was floating around when Duncan Jones was announced as the movie's director early this year.
As to the details of story or casting, no one knows anything for sure -- but with filming starting in 2014, we're bound to find out more details soon.
Thanks to readers Craig and Timothy for the tip!
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Do you eat tomatoes chewed on by mice?
The mice are horrible in my garden this year, chewing on beans and tomatoes. I'm trying to pick the Roma tomatoes before they even turn red, so the mice get less of them.
The mice take a bite or two out of the tomatoes, and then move on to the next tomato.
It gives me the creeps to think about cutting off a portion of the tomato with the mice bites in it and using the rest. I just don't know how far their saliva travels!
How about the rest of you? What would you do?
I had same problem with rats biting into all my tomatoes. I know some
people don't like the idea of using poison, but I worked so hard preparing
my garden beds. I was not going to let the rats get them all. I put rat
poison by my tomatoes at night and early in the morning before sunset,
I put them away. The 1st day they were not touched. The 2nd some was
eaten. I did this for 1 week. The reason I did not leave the poison out all
day is because I have 3 little dogs, and I was worried about birds eating it.
It was worth it in the end because I have tomatoes to eat now. I know there
are still a couple more rats. I'll deal with them soon before they become
an army.
There was a stray cat in the spring that ate the baby bunnies in the garden. I wish he'd spend more time in there now!
We live in the middle of woods, so there will always be mice. Anyone have any ideas on how to protect the plants from them? They would fit through chicken wire, chew through bird netting, and dig down under any kind of fencing.
And it wouldn't help to leave less than perfect tomatoes lying in the paths, because they pick the ones they want to eat! (the perfect ones).
I don't have as much trouble with my taller tomatoes. Do they make a tall growing Roma? Mine are always so close to the ground.
I have terrible troubles with rats eating my tomatoes. We apparently have similar tastes as they seem to love my Mr. Stripey.
I have tried traps with really no success. The best approach I found is to be vigilant in picking them just when they start to turn like you see to be.
As for eating them, I still eat my tomatoes, depending on how much the rat has eaten, I just wash them really well and I just cut off a big chunk around the bite. I have yet to get sick as a result.
Would you feed them to your children or your mother?
Honestly, if a nursing home fed vermin-chewed food to its clients they would be out of business and the directors arrested.
How would you feel if your favorite restaurant chopped up mouse-chewed tomatoes and sprinkled them over your salad?
If you found out your local school was feeding rat and mouse chewed food to your children what would you feel? Joyous that they were doing this, or simply revolted and outraged that they would serve contaminated food? Do you think the next school board meeting would have the spirit of a strawberry social or look like the mob scene from Frankenstein?
Get a cat or a terrier and toss the contaminated food in the trash.
I certainly assume you would never do this, but some folks just might do it from desperation, giving up, or foolishness.
Hantavirus is spread through vermin, as well as so many other horrid illnesses. Eating vermin-tainted food is playing russian-roulette with physical health. It has the potential for profoundly injurious effects.
Well, I've usually had a good track record of getting my points across. I would think that a lot of people would feel the same.
Mice and rats are disgusting, they can have parasites which carry harmful pathogens. I'm blessed with two excellent mousers. The only mice I see are the "gifts" which are left on the doorstep by the little cat. The BIG cat leaves me shredded bunsters on the garden paths. How sweet. Ick.
Today was my last day for the season teaching at an ecology camp, there's a CSA Farm there. One of the things we do stress is that natural is nice, but natural still isn't clean. Food has to be washed and questionable food is composted or trashed. When in doubt, throw it out. So definitely, because I taught this very thing to children today, I stress the lesson. I know that someone above posted that they carve off the bitten-parts, but wow, eewww, that's a huge risk. Huge Risk. HUGE.
BTW, my husband works undergound in the NYC subways, he's a signal specialist. There are some areas which are so badly infested that they need to call in the "Rat Squad" before his tean can safely work--not that job isn't dangerous enough--but rat bites and rat saliva equal disease. Somedays, when he gets home, I make him stip off his clothes in front of the washer. I pick his clothes up with tongs, lol. Extra ick.
Here is a link that might be useful:
I feel the same way Trudi.
I thought I'd deal with not having a garage or enough storage space for alot of my outside things for the chicken coop/water gardens, etc. So I bought several of those big deck boxes. Well guess who lives in them???? Its disgusting.
So I'm having to think of alternatives.
Unfortunately, our shed is packed full with various things, and its become a mouse condo. We'll have to clean it out with respirators on. YUK.
This is the first year ever I have had damage from mice. On my beans and cukes. Still waiting for tomatoes. maybe mice are in their 7 year cycle. LOL I live on 5 acres and have 1 stray cat that lives here, but never have seen the damage that I have this year. I don't think I will eat the food, unless it comes down to that one tomatoe that survived this weather, Hmm....what to do?LOL
My sister puts mice poison in pvc pipe that is several feet long and pushes it in to the middle. I have rats in my barn and I will not use poison because my rats will move the poison. I found a nest with sticks, pencils, assorted little items, dog food and rat poison. If my dog found this, it would eat the dog food and get poisoned so you have to be really careful. My cats catch rats and mice, but are not good at catching voles. If it is voles you can buy some castor oil stuff that is supposed to repel them.
I put rat poison by my tomatoes.
By leaving poison in the garden, Roper runs the risk of poisoning his own dogs, when they find a dead mouse, rat, skunk, coon, or other annimal, and eats it. If that sad thing should happen, the dogs will suffer an unimaginable painful, slow death like the poisoned wild annimal did. And in trying to save the poisoned dog(s), the vet bills will be substantial.....
To rid the garden of vermin, try some other means, like snap traps, or some of the slew of traps seen on HD's shelves.
For years, we were inundated with chipmunks. The munks destroyed all tomatoes, squash, fruits, seeds, & berries. We never got to harvest anything except for pole beans. It crawled with them; you'd look out the windows, and there'd be five or ten running about collecting food.
One day, I noticed some small annimals hopping and chirping on the lawn near a chipmunk burrow. The chirping and exuberant jumping up in the air reminded me of ferrets. All of a sudden, all the chipmunks are gone, so I assume the indigenous weasels have returned and restored a natural balance. Now my fear is that someone, like Roper, will be shortsighted and put out poisons against some vermin problem, and that the poison will kill many annimals in succession, including the weasels, and we'll be back to another 10-year chipmunk infestation.
If you don't have a mousing cat or dog, the best way to safely kill rats and mice is to take a 5 gallon (or taller) bucket and put a few inches of grain in the bottom of it. Angle a furring strip in the bucket to go from one corner to the top of the other side and have furring strip that goes from that side to the ground. Once the mice and rats have been "trained" that there is free food for the taking in the bucket, remove the furring strip and grain from inside the bucket, fill the bucket about half full of water and sprinkle bran on the top. They will climb the ramp on the outside and see the bran and jump in to eat the "free food" and drown. Much safer all around and pretty effective.
I would never put poison in the garden either. Too many animals/insects down the food chain could be hurt.
I have this problem of not being able to kill things. I just can't do it. I suppose if our lives depended on the garden, I'd have a different attitude. But I just can't.
(Although if I'd caught the coon that killed my chickens, I think I would have done some damage.)
I guess we need an outside cat to do the deed.
There's a mouse in the chicken coop, and I keep thinking the chickens will get it, but they're scaredy cats. haha
I also think it is because they are looking for water. I have been in a dry pocket, which is why I think they are so bad this year. I don't or wouldn't use poisons either, we caught a woodchuck twice this year with a live trap and let him loose because he was too cute (until he then demolished my broccoli)so I don't know how I'll handle it. I try to accomadate the wildlife because they don't have much space anymore in this world. As far as the mice/moles/voles I think I am going to try to set up at traps at the tunnels and see if this works.
I picked a bunch of pink Romas yesterday, to let them ripen inside (to keep the mice from chewing on them as they ripen). But what I discovered is that some of them had healed wounds on them. So I guess I need to assume that a mouse chewed that early on and it healed???
Maybe I'm just being too anal and paranoid. I just don't want to eat mouse saliva!
For me, I know because lately I've never seen squirrels or rabbits in there, but alot of mice. And they tend to chew on the tomatoes close to the ground.
But for you, it might be squirrels or rabbits. Although I don't think I've ever seen a squirrel in my garden.
Is it damage in general or rat/mice damage in particular that is so risky? Should any tomato with the slightest flaw be composted? Tiny hornworm bite? bird peck? Bruise from cage? Unknown damage? Catfacing?
I'll use slightly damaged tomatoes (well trimmed) in chili and other recipes that cook for a long time. Is this dangerous? Gross?
Some years I'd be hard pressed to find many perfect tomatoes. There wouldn't be much to harvest at all, but I guess the compost pile would cook nicely.
I was wondering the same thing naturegirl, as I was finding alot of healed wounds on the tomatoes.
I think for the most part, I will toss the ones that are obviously chewed on by mice. I'm thinking the ones with healed spots weren't mouse bites, as the mouse bites seem to open it for infection and it rots.
I guess we just have to decide for ourselves what we're willing to eat. Like I said earlier, I'm learning (at least with my low growing Romas) to pick them early, before they are juicy for the mice.
And who knows....maybe eating some "bad" stuff actually helps our immune systems!
My Rutgers this year are perfect. I have a couple weeds growing among them and the weeds are covered with aphids. I thought of pulling them out, and then thought "maybe in the grand scheme of things, the aphids somehow have contributed to my Rutgers being perfect"........so I'm leaving them alone! As they say....if it ain't broke....
I'm not necessarily willing to be a full time myth buster but being a natural contrariam, I just can't help myself sometimes :-)
I'm not advocating the use for human consumption of anything obviously damaged by any type of vermin or the use of poisons but thought I'd interject a couple of thoughts.
While there is some human inspection of mass produced toms. The mechanical pickers don't recognize rat bites, healed or otherwise. Dilution and cooking would of course change the stats compared to fresh eating of a higher percentage.
If your dog or cat eats one poisoned mouse, it is extremely unlikely that you will not notice ANY distress. Do the math. The amount of poison the mouse could eat prior to death, compared to the body weight of the dog or cat is minimal.
We use bait bar type poison on occaison. When you live in the woods, it is a fact of life that there will be mice around. A brand new house will have a high likelyhood of at least some mice occupying the structure prior to final weather proofing. Its not a matter of cleanlyness, its a matter of their numbers, adaptability and breeding cycle duration and how flat they can get their little bodies into any crevice.
My 90 lb lab ate 2 whole bait bars once before I could stop him. I freaked and called the vet. He explained the weight issue and told me not to worry. Said I could force hydrogen peroxide (I think, I remember what ever it was, foamed a lot) down him to induce vomiting which we did. Other than the very strange looks the poor guy gave us that night, there were no ill effects.
Not a reason to be sloppy and smaller animals would have a higher risk, as would repeated doses and certainly the doses unknown to you but the point is, how many dead mice would it take to equal 2, whole bait bars, and what would the likelyhood be of finding a stash that large for immediate consumption?
Most wild predators would prefer live targets, so while I'm not saying a hawk, fox or weasel might not befall some damage, my guess is that carrion eaters and flys would consume a vastly higher percentage of poisoned vermin.
"If your dog or cat eats one poisoned mouse, it is extremely unlikely that you will not notice ANY distress."
Should say,
"If your dog or cat eats one poisoned mouse, it is extremely unlikely that you will notice ANY distress."
Being coy on this is silly. There's a huge difference between rat bites and catfacing. Catfacing isn't the issue, consuming contaminated food is.
Hey, it's your body, go and eat if you want. But don't feed tomatoes you know have been contaminated by vermin or any other possibly disease-bearing creature to your children or grandparents because they're immune systems aren't as strong as yours.
Honest to goodness, why would anyone want to do that? Well, maybe someone looking to win a Darwin Award.
What I can't figure out is why the mice/rats/voles AREN'T eating my tantalizing tomatoes! We live just far out enough in horse/faux wine country (our town's motto is, "Country Living; City Style") that vermin is a fact of life. Some years they are few in number, others they reach horror show population. Ah, the country life!
Snuggled into this bubonic bucolic beauty is our vegetable garden, framed by a purely decorative lattice fence and chock full of ripe, juicy produce. Located on the other side of the fence is our (open) compost box, full of nicely rotting and otherwise animal-friendly produce and garden clippings. Do we have vermin in our veggies? Mais non! Ours are busy chewing the bumper of our BMW, plundering the plastic pellets used in rock tumbling and -- get this -- licking the labels off the bottles in our wine cellar (What kind of wine would you like for dinner tonight, dear? Our choices are unknown white or unidentifiable red)! Basically, they go about consuming all kinds of nonconsumables. How wierd is that?
It would definitely creep me out to knowingly eat something my rat sisters have snacked upon. Setting out water makes sense, although I would worry that it would just attract more of the pests. Making sure the tomato plants are well staked or cutting off the lower tomatoes before the vermin get a taste for 'mates strikes me as a better way to go.
Counting her blessings,
LOL Rain!
One time, we had something chew through our plastic gas container in the barn. A lady at the farm store said that there are soybeans used in the processing of the plastic, and they are after that. Maybe that's the case with your mice??
I'm thinking they're using the wine labels for their nesting material. hahaha.....what fun it must be guessing what wine you're drinking......but never knowing for sure!
At least they're not drinking the wine. Although we have had the foil and corks chewed on a bit on our bottles in the basement.
I clicked on this post to see how such a question could create 31 responses, and I thought I would see comments like "Sure" or "Yuck", but Hanta virus? Wow!
If a person can't personally stomach the idea of eating a tomato touched by mice, then that's your preference, but going on to say you could get Hanta virus from a mouse-bitten-tomato is simply misinformation.
First of all, Hanta cannot be spread by food (google it!).
Second of all, even if it COULD be, if you cut away the bitten part, and peel the skin, and cook it, it would take care of it, because Hanta virus is not going to spread through the whole tomato, it would stay where the mouse touched.
Finally, do you seriously think the tomato paste/ sauce/ juice you buy in the store has never been touched by a mouse in the field and/or the processing plant? Heck, it probably has whole mice IN it! The FDA has allowable parts per million of vermin in all food. It's simply part of life, we in America just put shutters on our eyes about it. We cannot sanitize the whole world, and if we did, scientists know our chain of life would actually end, because all those "nasties" have evolved as parts of the whole. Many scientists think over-sanitization in the last few decades is why asthma cases have now skyrocketed.
And if you haven't guessed by now, sure, I eat fruit and veggies all the time that aren't perfect, I just cut away the affected parts. And if in doubt, I don't eat it raw, I cook it to kill any pathogens.
Carla in Sac
How is a person infected with a hantavirus?
Humans contract a hantavirus infection by breathing dust contaminated by the urine, saliva or feces of an infected rodent. Infection also may occur if contaminated material or dust gets into broken skin or a mucous membrane, such as the eye. Ingesting food or water tainted by an infected rodent may cause illness, too. Hantaviruses also can be transmitted by the bite of an infected rodent. Person-to-person transmission has not been demonstrated in the United States.
The above is from Illinois Department of Public Health.
Here is a link that might be useful: Hantavirus
But again, I hate to tell you, you are ALREADY eating "rodent filth", unless you personally make all the food you eat. Here's the list of what is allowed in the food we all buy, which is the most sterile food in the world.
Carla in Sac
Here is a link that might be useful: FDA acceptable
Carla, I wash my food well.
The difference is in the knowing. If you KNOW that in your hand is a tomato that's been vermin-contaminated and you willingly eat it that is your choice.
AFAIC, it's all about minimalizing risk vs. increasing risk.
Well, eat up and enjoy Carla, if you know you're eating mouse-spit food and you're into that sort of thing I'm not going to interfere.
I'm losing my appetite. haha
Carla....you bring up a good point. Along a different line, when my daughter got mono when she was 18, I read up on it, and found out that so many of our teens get it because they haven't been exposed to enough germs when they were young.
I don't like being affected by gross things, but I can't help it. I am trying to be less fussy about things, but its hard when it comes to food.
There has to be a happy, reasonable medium somewhere.
And our different reactions to mice/rats could very well depend on our experiences with them. Trudi, it sounds like you might have a more intense experience with them (as you mentioned about your hubby's work in the NYC subway). I live out in the country, and the mice in my garden have probably never seen another human being. Its not like they have traveled all over a crowded city, and then chew on my tomatoes. So maybe that explains your more intense reaction to them.
There just has to be a reasonable medium here, or we'd be giving up on all gardening.
It is interesting that someone mentioned water. For years I have always had a pedestal type of birdbath in my garden, along with another tray of water that I place on the ground for the squirrels and other small animals to drink from.
It is rare for me to find a chewed veggie. When I do find a chunk out of my tomatoes, I have usually attributed this to birds.
Could it be that all these years the mice have actually been quenching their thirst from my ground-level tray?
I think what nibbles my tomatoes (hey, I think i could use that to replace "what kinks my hose" as an expression of annoyance!) are voles, those weird little short-tailed things that the cats drag in but won't eat cause they taste nasty.
I got plenty mice, too, but i think they get a good living from the chicken house in the middle of the garden. I think voles also eat insects. I dunno if they carry hantavirus, i doubt it. Still, i'll just give the holey fruit to the chickens.
Here is a link that might be useful: voles
so does anyone have a non-poison fix?
A couple of points. My katrina-rescue cat nearly died this Spring from cumadin-type rat poison ingestion (he's a great hunter) (this was an $800 vet bill and alot of Vitamin K) so I absolutely would not put poison down and I'm angry with my neighbors for putting poison down - why not leave it to the cats?
Having said that - I no longer let him outside at night and am reluctant to get additional cats. There are fewer cats on my block this year and I think that's a big part of the problem.
Just sayin'. Anyway, this is a bit OT but the loss of my heirloom tomatoes is breaking my heart, and I'd love to hear if anyone has a fix
The thing about cats is that if you turn them loose to face all the dangers of the world, there are a lot of dangers out there.
The only way to keep a cat safe is to keep it indoors. If you don't want to keep the cat in, it takes it's chances with cars, disease, poison, antifreeze, predators, and neighbors who don't like cats ( and there are a lot of people who do not like someone else's cat doing damage to their property-- not everybody likes your cat)
Bait bars can be wired inside small plastic boxes, with a mouse size hole cut in one end. The mice will go in to eat and can not pull the bar out where other animals can get it.
If mice are chewing your food, it is a pretty safe bet that they are also peeing on your food. If they are in your garden, they will soon be in your house, maybe even chewing on the electrical wire and burning your house down.
Either mice or voles can be easily caught in snap traps baited with almond butter or peanut butter. It's hard to trap them all out, but once you've caught a few you'll know what you have. I was able to end an awful vole problem by trenching in a sturdy fence. Mice are probably better climbers, but they've never caused a big problem in my garden.
Voles also often leave telltale "trails" of bitten-down grass, or dig networks of holes. If you see paths about 1½" wide here and there, chances are it's voles.
Just read Jane's question ... my first attempt was ¼" mesh hardware cloth, trenched in 6-8", which the voles tunneled under and bit through. I don't know what gauge it was, but biting through galvanized steel  seriously?! All the fresh produce they ate must have turned them into super-voles! I lost a couple of seasons this way. Finally I pulled that out and trenched in heavier-duty stainless steel mesh, also ¼", bent in an L shape. It extends 2' above ground, 1' down, and 1' out underground. Some serious work to put in, but no voles this year.
Thanks for the replies.
I live in the historic district of Buffalo, NY and I think we're talking rats.
The outdoor cat population on my block has been significantly lowered this summer - people moving, etc.
There's no evidence of rodents in the house - in addition to the two cats, both my dogs are hunters.
I don't want to use poison because the rodent predators are ultimately exposed - I think this is what happened to my cat - sick from one too many kills.
I have no issue with killing the rodents, per se. In fact I'm into it.
Oregon - how do the rodents die with your method? Are the bait bars poisonous? I'll research.
With the snap traps there's the possibility that a cat or dog will set it off.
My garden is pretty darn clean. I am, however, wondering about the squash beds - the dogs seem to think there is something there - and the hostas.
The next door neighbor are gone for the summer and their backyard is a jungle.
There seem to be two possible avenues 1) a contraption that will trap/kill the rodents but won't impact dogs/cats; 2) more cats.
I really appreciate your comments. The tomatoes are otherwise so friggin' gorgeous - well, I preach to the choir.
The attached link shows the damage to a Julia Child. I've put zip lock baggies on the healthy fruit - someone suggested this on another forum. Also (not for the faint of heart) used cat litter at the plant base (not feces - urine).
One more question - my collards were badly damaged this year - I thought it was cabbage moths and/or beetles, but I'm now thinking it might be the rats. duh. Do rodents eat cabbage-type plants?
Here is a link that might be useful: rodent damaged tomato
"My garden is pretty darn clean. I am, however, wondering about the squash beds - the dogs seem to think there is something there - and the hostas. "
Yep - my terrier is a great indicator of "activity" - and he runs to the compost bin every time I let him out.
Also - a wood pile in the yard gets his undivided attention from time to time, so another 'hot spot' I need to work on.
I know that the city puts out poison - and there have been many rats int he alleys, so I need to get these cleaned up.
I agree that the situation would be much improved by letting the natural order predominate a little more - cats and dogs controlling these varmints, but most people don't see this. They want everything contained - no cats out and about - and everything sanitized.
The more they sanitize, the worse the backlash. Hopefully, we are coming into more enlightened times, but in the meantime, I find my terrier to be far more of a deterrent than the cat. He has completely eliminated the squirrel menace, and I think if I make my beds and compost a little more secure, and rethink the woodpile, he can keep the perimeter for us.
I have 12 inch tall beds - I don't think the mice go in the ones that are secure (no gaps in the joints, etc) but I'm not sure.....
Can mice climb up a side like a squirrel? anyone know?
If you cut off the bitten and then some and then cook the remaining tomato at a high temperature I cannot think of any boogeyman disease that could still hurt you unless they were mafia mice infected with mad cow disease and one mouse blew another mouse's brains out all over your tomatoes while the "stoolie" was in mid-bite. Those prions can survive cooking; viruses and bacteria? Not so much. I guess some would say why risk it but ultimately I don't think there would really be any significant risk remaining. If you looked into the food prep practices at any number of restaurants you go to, I bet you would find a lot of things that are far worse. Your call if it is worth it but I would turn those fruits into a marinara that was in the pot for a long time. Heat kills. Reality>paranoia.
janecc, your photo is private, but I can imagine the damage.
Mice, rats, and probably voles could find their way into 1' raised beds. The little snap traps, for mice and voles, can be put inside a section of PVC pipe to keep them away from cats, dogs, and birds. Rat snap traps are bigger (and likelier to injure a cat). You could try these.
Sorry for the privacy setting - I change it to a public photo. I have to admit I'd like some props for those tomatoes - assuming they survive - I could barely fit one into a quart bag.
Anyway - nygardener - I looked at the zapper device - and its tempting. My concern is my pets - a small, curious dog and a small cat. I don't think I'm willing to take the risk - but it otherwise seems like a great device.
I don't see any evidence of chewing on the ziplock bags or underlying tomatoes - so maybe that's the solution, along with some other smell deterrants. I am more broadly concerned about the rodent issues.
t-bird - I'm thinking I'll write a letter to my neighbors regarding the issue - with suggestions on how to control the population without the use of poison. I strongly believe its the decrease in cats that have led to this years increase in rodents.
Thanks, generally, for your kind replies.
Here is a link that might be useful: Tomato Rodent Set
I have a tiny little 4 acres and totally garden organically.
When I first bought this place it had sat empty for years and the grass was up to my kneck. Since I had to basically clear it all by hand, it did take a while to get all the tall grass gone. That first year I had rats and mice by the score because the tall grass came right up against the barn, house and veggie garden. Seems they don't like to travel in open spaces, but used the tall grass as a highway to cover themselves from preditors. As I was clearing the tall grass, I came apon nest after nest of mice and rats, it's amazing how many there are in a small area of tall grass. Once I cleared the tall grass, the rat/mouse problem next to disapeared.
I still get a mouse or two in the barn, all that livestock food is too tempting, but have never had them in the veggie garden since clearing the fields around it. So basically, don't give them a road to where you don't want them. I seriously clear all grass, even pulling what grows around the fence I put up around the veggie garden and keeping any weed from getting more than a inch tall.
But if all else fails, here's a tip. Find someone who has ferrets, not hard to do, they are a popular pet. Take the ferret droppings and scatter them on the outskirts of your veggie garden. The mice, rats, and rabbits will head for the hills, that is a major preditor smell. I start putting down the droppings from my ferret as soon as the garden goes in, the critters want no part of my plants, lol. You don't need a lot, a little here and there does the trick, it's mostly a matter of getting that peditor smell in your gardens.
To update. I've had success by 1) mowing; 2) placing used cat litter at the base of the plants; and 3) (most importantly) putting ziplock bags (the cheap ones) with one corner cut off so condensation can be released) over the tomatoes. the rodents -whatever they are - haven't bothered the bags or the tomatoes after taking these steps.
I have, at my side, a lunch of beautiful golden tomatoes and chinese cucumber and I am most grateful.
Here is a link that might be useful: tomatoes on the sill
So, here's a related question: Has anybody ever had an issue with a mouse or similar rodent killing their just planted seedlings?
This spring, I planted my seedlings and within or day or two they started to get cut off at the stem. Since this has NEVER happened to me, and I had cutworm protection on the stems (the seedlings were getting cut off right above the standard 2-3 inch wrapping) so I assumed it was a rabbit. Just to be sure, I later replaced the wrappings with 4 inch lengths of vinyl tubing, which just moved the knawing-off problem higher on the stem. If it had been a groundhog, I would have noticed a large hole in the garden fence, not to mention, groundhogs generally don't eat one or two at a time. So, I wrapped up the cages (I have them in Concrete Wire cages) with a 1 inch plastic rabbit fence two feet up each cage.
I kept loosing seedlings.
So now I was completely baffled but thought perhaps this small rabbit was able to squeeze under my cages because there was an inch or two of straw mulch that perhaps created a way for them to get in. I sprayed the plants with the absolutely disgusting rabbit/deer spray. The very next morning, two more seedlings were gone, although one was just laying next to where it was cut off.
I reapplied, hoping that maybe the animal finally got the idea that the plants were distasteful. The next morning, two more gone, but this time I found something strange. I found that the seedling had been cut off and dragged halfway under the straw mulch next to where it had been cut off. So, whatever it was that was killing my seedlings was actually coming up from under the mulch.
When I posted this story earlier this year in the pest forum, it was suggested that it is probably a mouse.
Has anybody else ever experienced something like this, and if so, how on earth should I sheild my plants from this problem next year? My dad suggested cutting off soda cans and sticking them into the ground around the seedlings. I think that might work, but I also think the mouse could just go right over it. Then again, the freak mouse that did it this year will almost certainly be dead by this time next year. They just don't live that long.
HI Catherinet... Here is how to kill all rats and mice in 3 days..find a flat piece of wood or heavy plastic , place one sliced of bread on it then put on gloves and sprinkle red bull lye all over the top of the bread , then pour corn syrup over the lye making sure you cover all the lye..then place in your garden...to make sure that your dog or cats don't get in it place bricks about 2 feet from the bait in each corner then place a piece of plywood on top of the bricks then place many brickes on top of plywood so that the pets can't move it ...this way the rats can get under it to get to the bait but your pets can't.I found this in an old Herters book that said it would kill every rat on your farm in 3 days and I did this a couple years ago an it really works...Richard


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Rick C. - Palmer
From the first second you walk into Alaska's Harvest B&B you feel like your right at home. The attention to detail is obvious and its authentic, like your host Joe and Collette. From my first conversation with them to saying our final goodbye Joe and Collette made you feel like family. This B&B is 5 star all the way, do not hesitate you will not regret it. OH yeah, the view off the back deck with your morning coffee, "priceless". I will recommend this B&B to everyone, thanks again to Joe and Collette for a wonderful time.
Garry V. Kear - Tennessee
Alaska's Harvest will always be remembered as one of the high points in our trip to Alaska! A beautiful place to relax and remember why we love to travel...
Daniel & Jeff Stewart - Saskatchewan & Florida - Former Olympic coach for the US Equestrian Team
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful home with us. My father and I have traveled through much of the world and your B&B is the BEST we've ever seen. We will surely be back and will definitely tell our friends about you!
Linda, Tim & Betty - Columbus, OH
After a few bad experiences with Bed & Breakfast places up north, we were very fearful as to what we would find here... but we then pull up our car to the B&B Taj Majal! The food was plentiful, room was huge, beds were great and we enjoyed your book collection and maps of sights in the community. Thanks so much for making the end of our trip pleasant and peaceful, you truly have the gift of hospitality. P.S. We saw the top of Mt. McKinley!
Michael Olesen - WI
PERFECT! This was absolutely wonderful. The drive up from the South had been stressful due to a fatal accident and freeway closure. The tension melted away almost immediately
after I entered Alaska's harvest. I've already told a number of people to stay here and I
haven't even left yet! Clean, quiet, peaceful, private, spacious and a view to sooth
any troubled mind. I give it a 10!
Richard Eder - Hurst, TX
This place has been quite the refuge for our health related hassles. I can't imagine anyone's hospitality exceeding that of my hosts. We have been made to feel completely at home at every turn. We certainly hope to return very soon!
Ed & Kathy Osborne - Salem, OR
Your home is absolutely a "bit of heaven", a sanctuary of quiet retreat. I have taken a zillion pictures even through the windows. I will send you some. The soothing Christian music as we entered makes us feel so at home. Thank you so much for sharing your home.
Leslie & Ed O'Donnell
What a piece of heaven! We couldn't have asked for a nicer way to spend our honeymoon. We were awestruck at the beauty. Thanks for going out of your way to make our stay very enjoyable. We will definitely recommend you to anyone we know who might be coming to Alaska - and we'll try to come back again ourselves!
The Staples, FL
We have been to many B&Bs and this is the most beautiful and welcoming place we have ever stayed! We travel a great deal and we will be back!
Leon and Dorothy, IN
Your bed and breakfast is so wonderful! I am going to tell our travel agent to direct all her business your way.
Gaby, Germany
In the summer of 2003 I spent three wonderful weeks of vacation at the Alaska's Harvest Bed & Breakfast. Coming over from Germany I found a really unique treasure. The house with its charming rooms is gorgeous and the view of the spectacular surrounding mountains is breathtaking. The owners, Joe and Collette Hand, extended me a heartfelt welcome. Their warm hospitality was overwhelming. I made friends with them and shared their beautiful home again, for three months in 2004. I felt at home 8000 miles away from home,it was an especially memorable time. I enjoyed the beauty,serenity and recreation this place has to offer. Meanwhile I got married and I'm living in Washington State. My husband and I are looking forward to spending an unforgettable vacation at this Bed & Breakfast in the near future. It's not just a place to live, it's a place to love!
Hack and Jodie Kent, AK
You really have outdone yourselves. This place is absolutely breath taking! The view is so beautiful and the warm atmosphere makes you feel right at home. It is hard to say goodbye to such a beautiful place. Thank you so much for everything in making our stay here so enjoyable and memorable. We will most definitely be recommending you to others! God bless you.
The Chopa's
We were here last week in a different room. Last night we had reservations at a different B&B in Seward. BUT we all wanted to come back here so badly that we even paid a cancellation fee to change our plans. We love it here!! We are from New Jersey and travel all over the world. This is among our most favorite places so far!! If you're ever in New Jersey, please come stay with us.
Derek Harbula, NY
We had a great trip and stay at your place. When visiting anywhere within 200 miles of Anchorage, we wouldnt think of staying anywhere else!
Conya Gilmore, Washington, DC
Absolutely wonderful! Thanks for all the warm hospitality, warm bed and delicious food. After a great day of glacier hiking and ice climbing it was wonderful to fall into a warm room for the night.
Robin, LA, CA
Beautiful home and breathtaking view. I really enjoyed my stay here. This is by far the most beautiful B&B I've stayed in! I love all of the extra touches you've added to the rooms. I feels like I am truly a special guest in your home.
Rita and Klaus Felser, Germany
We can't tell you how much we enjoyed staying in your wonderful home and great suite! This is by far one of the best and most beautiful places we have seen. We never will forget it.
Daryl and Dorothy Blythe, Williamsburg, Iowa
What a wonderful and beautiful place to spend our 40th anniversary vacation! It made us feel just like home! Thank you for your thoughtfulness of adding all the extras. We will certainly recommend your B&B to any of our family and friends who may be traveling to Alaska.
Richard and Linda
My husband surprised me with this incredible night of "escape". Thank you for the beauty and serenity of your Christian home. God bless you.
Larry and Michele Adams-Thompson, Wahiawa, HI
This has been the greatest relaxation and spoiling since I returned from Afghanistan. Thank you so much for sharing "your" Alaska with us. The house has such attention to detail and care for everyone's comfort. This was great. I truly hope we can do it again. We have savored every moment of this visit. It's been literally more than we dared hoped or dreamed. Alaska~~ what to say? The beauty everywhere just shouts God's glory and love! Your home is a peaceful, joyful respite. So beautiful in every detail. Thank you
Ida and Helmuk Mayr, Austria
This is the nicest B&B that we have been to on any of our journeys around the globe. We were overwhelmed by the friendliness, hospitality, charm and generosity. With deep appreciation and many thanks.
Patty and Dick Brumgard, New Middleton, OH
This stay will be the highlight of our trip! Accommodations were certainly above our expectations. Mountain view was wonderful! Thank you for allowing us to stay. We pray God's blessing on your family and home.
Anonymous - Mt. Pleasant, MI
Coming in late last night we felt as though we'd come home. This is so comfortable and relaxed, restful and peaceful. AHHHH!


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On Meet the Press yesterday, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan weighs in on an interesting and important issue: what the president promised the public when it came to firing anyone in his administration who leaked Valerie Plame's identity to the media.
This gets into parsing and such. But let's go back to the transcripts.
On Sept. 30, 2003, President Bush said, "if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of. …If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action."
Those are vague promises. But at the same time McClellan was more definitive.
On September 28, 2003, McClellan told reporters, "the President has set high standards, the highest of standards, for people in his administration. If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."
Note the difference. Bush's promises of action are vague: He will take appropriate action; the person will be taken care of. Bush's definitions of the offense are quite specific: leaking classified information; violating the law.
McClellan is more broad: any involvement, the person is gone.
But then, in June 2004, the president was asked "given recent developments in the CIA leak case, particularly Vice President Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, a suggestion that it might be difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name?
Responded the president, "That's up to — "
Continued the reporter, "and, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so?"
"Yes," said the president. "And that's up to the U.S. Attorney to find the facts."
This gets murky, allies of the White House say. The reporter mischaracterized the president's pledge — firing anyone who leaked the agent's name. But the president agreed with this mistaken characterization.
It gets even trickier when you consider the fact that Karl Rove insists that he never precisely leaked Plame's name itself. (Rather, he seems to have confirmed that he'd heard that former Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife worked for the CIA, not that he named her. With the cover of such weasel words indictments are dodged.)
Then in July 2005, the president said, "if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."
Democrats pounced, saying the president had moved the bar.
And McClellan apparently agrees.
McClellan told Tim Russert (watch HERE) that in his view, the president's promise was broad, and Rove should have been fired.
"I think he should have stood by his word," McClellan said. "I think the president should have stood by the word that we said, which was that if you were involved in this in any way, then you would no longer be in this administration. And Karl was involved in it. That would be a tough decision. I don't know if any there was any crime committed. I say I just don't know that at the book…but we had higher standards at the White House. The president said he was going to restore honor and integrity, he said we were going to set the highest of standards. We didn't live up to that. When it became known that his top adviser had been involved, then the bar was moved, and the bar was moved to 'if anyone was indicted' then they would no longer be here."
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Kevin asks:
Sometimes when I am taking a poop, I reach what I call "poop out". Don't ask, just a weird thing. Anyway, this poop out is basically when I defecate until I can't go anymore. Sometimes I do this before a meeting or any other type of event that will not allow me to have instant access to a bathroom.
The couple times that I do this, once I reach "poop out", no more poop is coming out. Even with all my might, no solid poop will come out. Instead, a thick yellowish foamy liquid substance comes out of my anus. I am wondering if this is normal or healthy. Thank you.
Dear Kevin,
Thanks for the question.
"Thick yellow butt foam"--healthy or not?
Methinks NOT, friend. Brown is the color of good poo, and it should never be foamy. Your diet is probably in need of a good overhaul, and you shouldn't be "pooping with all your might". Relax, let it come, and pinch off when you feel mostly empty.
Don't try to get it all out, man. Save something for later.
Please be advised that I am only a Poonurse. I am NOT a medical doctor. Any advice I give should be taken moderate skepticism. Please consult a REAL medical doctor if you feel you have a serious medical condition.
-- Poonurse
Poonurse is an RN with 25 years experience in labor and delivery. Her qualifications include seeing a lot of poop, and owning a computer. Also, she works in Michigan, which she calls the asshole of the universe, so that's another bit of credibility.
Got a question for her?
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Maybe your butt foam will make a good chrome cleaner. Try it sometime. If it works, bottle the stuff and sell it on e-bay.
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
I think you should stop trying to push too hard.
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
help.i dont know what to do.i am only between the age of 9-11.i havent started my period yet either.i keep having this yellowy foam stuff come out from my butt followedwith a little bit of blood.is this normal?is it a sign of my period?tell me plz!! i am scared!
Anonymous girl, please talk to your mom and/or dad about the discharge. Because of additives and food processing practices, and dietary changes in the U.S., girls are beginning their menses at significantly earlier ages than they did 50 years ago.
If the discharge is from your bottom and not your vaginal area, I would venture to say it is not at all related to a "period".
keeping the whack in tally-ho...
randomly today after eating a "kids cuisine" and drinking a "rockstar" ((the orange one mixed with juice)) i had this yellow slimy yuck thing come out of my butt. this has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. i just turned 13 april 11th (last wednesday) and im super freaked. it reminds me of like fish poop or something..and is followed by TINY TINY TINNY peices of poop. i push hard and nothing but a fart. then randomly a fart and butt slime..ah. whats going on? help! am i dying?!?! IM FREAKED THE F*** OUT!!!!
Been having an unusual amount of gas lately after eating and since I'm at work I have to hold it in until I get to the bathroom. There is no stomach pain, just slight bloating. Once in the bathroom I let loose. The farts are so long and rumbling that if I was in the privacy of my home I'd probably be laughing hysterically. The kicker is that the gas build up shoots small poop out like a cannon. When I am finally empty I'm still farting out foam. What the hell is that?
i have been farting out white foam all day. it doesn't stink and it may be related to drink large amounts of alcohol because I'm in college. has this ever happened before? any suggestions? and i cant poop
i am 5 months pregnant and i started having the same symptoms almost like my husband got me in the "back door" when i go to the bathroom i just assumed it was related to the pregnancy kinda embarresed to talk to the dr abt it kinda wierd just interesed if you are pregnant?
Kelly, if you're pregnant, then I think it's fair to say that your husband got you in the "front door."
As for pregnancy advice, I have nothing helpful for you. Sorry.
I have extremely thick and kinda hard poop, ive tried pooping it out but it hurts and when i tried it seems to reach the door, but be too fat to get through. I need some sort of solution please!
I woke up on sunday morning and puked my guts up five times. The whole time I had these intense, tight feeting pains in the lower part of my stomach. I thought i might be constapated because thats happened alot before, so I took six laxatives/stoolsofteners over the past two days. Today was when my bowels finally started moving and I had diereeah(sp?). And just now I was upstairs and I let a fart out and I felt wetness on my butt. I went to the bathroom to check it out and there was clear goop on the bottom of my pajamas. Anyone haave any idea what this could be? I'm really starting to freak out. Oh and if it helps, i'm a sixteen year old girl
Ok... so I've been having problems going poop for the last year! Actually it's always been something that hasn't been fun for me but for the last 6 months sometimes blood comes out with the poop or on the toliet paper, and other times it's completely fine and better than ever. It almost feels like theres a little cut on the inside of my anus that won't heal. what could it be? I can't bring myself to go to the doctor... so any advice other than that? If it helps, i'm an 18 year old girl.
Just remember, Anonymous, if your eyes or ears were bleeding, you'd see a doctor. I know it sounds horrifying to have someone look up your butt, and I know because I had to have it done at your age. However, your doctor has seen butts before.
It could be a hemmorrhoid, or a little tear that keeps on getting torn open, or the beginning of an anal fissure.
Keep to a diet rich in fruits and bran, and try to get your guts up to ask mom to take you to the doctor. If not mom, maybe a female family member you trust.
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
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I guess the toilet looked like a well poured pint of Guinness.
Sir Lanceapoops, silly boy, we are not random strangers. We are all members of a large inbred family from Hazard county Kentucky. You, sir need to see your poop doctor. You appear delusional.
That's gnarly. I'm going to suggest you had a lot of air in your bowels, and when you downloaded, the air escaped and caused your poo to look like it had moved.
Or you ate an alien. Either one.
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
Or, Christopher, your foam was very much like soap froths, which are known to move around as the liquid partitions between the bubbles undergo changes. Next time you have this condition, get in the bathtub and stage a naval battle between equal amounts of soap and shit suds. Guaranteed publishable story.
if poo is struggling to get out your bum &seems too big to get out the hole this is known as 'faecal impaction' you can buy sachets of movicol which may push things along a bit. if you're in extreme pain ring a doc &they can remove the blockage painlessly (dont be embarrassed they see all different bums/willys/vaginas/poops on a daily basis!)lastly,a little trick-wash &lube your finger &slide it in your bum say2 inches just for a couple of secs-this can stimulate your anal muscles to push the poo out
hey, i have an issue. One day i felt i had to take a really bad crap and when i crapped the poop in the toliet it was infested with little maggot looking things!!! Is this normal? what the hell is going on? This is was the first time it happened.
Kevin, You drink too much.
the 'maggots' your talking about are probably pin worms. it's a fairly common parasite infection, especially among children. it's relatively harmless and more annoying than anything. i think your butt hole should be itchy or something. in my disease class we never really got as far as curing it... sorry. the foamy clear stuff is probably mucus. oh, and the pin worms crawl out of your butt at night. so there. thought i'd try extra hard to gross you out :)
AC, you're right, these partying little night owls do crawl out of your ass at night. I suggest using some small sticks and your shoe laces to set up some snares on your ass. You should be able to catch most of them.
Someone has to help me. Im an average 15 year old male but ive been having some strange problems for almost a year now. Its almost like i have no control of my bowels. I find myself shitting in my pants more times than i make it to the toilet. This is highly embarassing, especially in school. Sometimes when i stand up after laying an uncontrollable shit in my pants, the chair is soaking wet, with a top layer of foam. it smells somewhat like vinegar. What is it?? What should i do?? i dont want to get made fun of anymore
Nick! You poor guy! Please talk to your school nurse. Please. I don't know how you feel about talking to your mother and father - if they're cool, go for it. Remember, as a minor in this country, you are entitled to health care; and if you are denied health care, it can be considered neglect. As a teenage boy, you should not be losing control of your bowels. It might be a symptom of a bigger problem. I know there are disorders that center around an absence of messages sent from the colon/anal spincter/rectum to the brain, and you might be suffering from something of that nature.
The smell of vinegar might mean you've got some type of bacteria/virus, too. This is more than enough of a reason to see a doctor/maybe an endocrinologist.
You're going to have to ask for help to get it at your age, being a minor. I know it might be hard, but remember - this is one part of your life, and you have a long, long life left ahead of you. In years to come, this will be done with.
Good luck.
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
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Nick i understand what you are going through because i have the same problem.once, it happened to me almost the same thing but fortunately i had just left from school. i went to a doctor and he diagnosed me with IBS but i'm afraid it's more than that. now i'm waiting for further investigations. i'm getting a treatment, i'm feeling a little better[at least i'm able to control my bowels] but some days i still have a foamy poo or diarrhea, my belly hurts, especially when i'm stressed or don't get enough sleep. i have to be careful of my diet, too. contact me if you want to know how the things will develop. I hope you'll be getting better. b'bye
The foam is all related to diet (the Kid cuisine and monster energy drink comment was my favorite) and your large intestine trying to push out waste. It's all normal. If this is accompanied with a bright red blood than it's a minor form of colitis or external injury. If the blood is dark or in the waste then I would see a doctor
ok one time i was taking a large shit and when it went out i noticed this orange yellow and even a little bit iof green fluidy goo come out of my ass im 67 years old and i drink alot of alcohol im reallyy worried pleas tell me what this is
You either shit a pineapple daiquiri, or a Midori sour. I'm not sure.
My son has had a great deal of gas today, and later he started having frothy stuff coming out. It doesn't smell like anything and is almost colorless...about a month ago, his stools were almost eggshell in color! His stool color has gotten darker, but now this frothy/foam gas. Has anyone had this happen to them? We're going to the doctor next week.
ALPHA DOGG.........The slimy goo is what your cranium is stuffed with in lieu of brains.
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on!
pooper man. you appear to be as mature as a 14 yr old. Are you sure you are 67? Mom in CO. It sounds like his liver is not functioning. Is he getting yellow on his skin or in the whites of his eyes? Don't give him any Acetaminphen until you see the doctor. oops! I think I just poopped my diaper. I thought it was gas! Gotta go!
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
Hello, i have been having gas the last few weeks, and I have just had as poop then, and it was normal, then a little bit with foam covering it. I told my mum and family and they said they didnt know what it was. Maybe you will? please help. Im an 11 year old girl.
P.S My tummy has been felling a bit loose latley too, if that helps?
Koopa, having gas at times is normal. As a matter of fact that alone makes me very normal. Also some out of the ordinary poops should not be cause to worry unless it gets worse or lasts a while. I'm just guessing here, but you may (at 11) be at the start of some female changes. I would be the last one to advise you about that, but I am sure we have plenty of wonderful women here that can.
In any case, go to your doctor if you are worried. It can't hurt.
Poopa Koopa, is it still happening? If so, then ask your mom for an appt at the pediatrician. We, here, can only speculate and you really need assurance from your doctor that you are ok.
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
I think you're right poopeater. Bottoms up!
today in the morning when i was going to take a shower i farted and i felt something in my anus i checked with toilet paper and it was some slimy yellow stuff with blood in it this happened 3 times within 5 minutes any help please
Use a lot of soap.
AC, make an appointment with a gastroenteologist.
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
Well, there you go again SP, giving out all kinds of meaningful advice and ruining my perfectly good wiseass comment.
Your wiseass comment is still good. AC needed to use alot of soap anyway. So your wiseass comment was useful as well.
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
I have a problem somewhat like this.
I'm farting s lot, and peeing a LOT, but I'm constipated. I've eaten tons of "non-constipating" foods to combat it, and it's made my poo softer, but I'm still having tons of trouble getting it out. It's like there's something there stopping it from coming out, and it really hurts! Instead, this gross yellow-orange goop comes out, with bits of blood in it! When I fart it shoots out, too. Someone please help! (And I'm a 17 year old girl, by the way.)
Netsrik take a day off from school and drink two bottles of magnesium citrate back to back and plenty of clear liquids. That should clear up the sludge poo.
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
...And their flesh like dung. Zeph. 1:17
I too have been experiencing orange/yellow ass buggers. They say I have IBS with an awesome bacterial overgrowth in my small intestine that are anti-biotic resistant...those lucky basterds. So for now that orange/yellow butt pus and mucus will remain, until i starve it to death!!


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