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Just found this forum today and I hope it will be a good source of information.
I have been searching the web for a while now looking for good nutrition information for marathon training and of course, the push is for carbo loading. I might as well eat a candy bar if I followed that advice the sugar reading would be the same. I have done 2 half marathons in the past year along with some other races, and am now training for my first full one in November.
Our local nutritionists at my hospital are not a good resource as they do not understand marathon training, because the focus of the patient population around here is more to an older, more sedentary group and I really don't have the time or resources to go travelling. I function mainly on a lower carb diet, but recently have cut out gluten to see if that will help get my sugars under better control.
All the sites I've been able to find focus on insulin dependent diabetics, not Type 2 diabetics. That is like comparing apples to oranges.
I do understand the disease process extremely well, I just need some guidance on the nutrition aspects. The last half I did a couple of weeks ago, my pre-race feast of a nice steak with broccoli, mushrooms and a small portion of broiled potatoes seemed to work VERY well for my energy levels, but my sugars are still running around 200. I need to get it down.
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I know of at least one type 2 here that runs marathons
THANK YOU!!! Should I repost this on that group page? Not sure how this forum is set up yet.
wow I found the site yesterday for the same reasons.. I am glad I am not alone in this search...
We even picked the same decorations. I hope we can get the answers we need.
well, we don't allow multiple postings of the same discussion, but certainly join and comment in the "comment area" over there that you're looking for other type2s who run marathons, and their eating habits. I'll try and find that one member I was thinking about for you.
In this case it would be a beginner's accident since I posted to the wrong forum the first time. SOrry.
I think eating "normally" is a good idea? I have been cutting carbs back for a few years and haven't "run" into too many issues w/ running out of gas, I eat a light breakfast and try to clear out the insulin "on board" by eating it 2 hours before I "blast off" so that most of the insulin is gone and the food is still sort of starting to deploy? I've only run one marathon and have T1 but I don't think it matters whether you are T1 or T2 or are "straight" w/ no diabetes, you want to eat fairly normally? I usually skip dinner the night before a race as I want to skip the portapotties during the race but I eat a bigger than normal lunch to make up for it and then a pretty normal breakfast the day of the race.
Insulin dependent diabetes and "Type 2" diabetes (even ones that require insulin) are completely different creatures so the nutrition would be different. It's all in the metabolism. I'm trying to balance the energy requirements with glucose control which has not been going well. Such as when I am running more than 4 miles I HAVE to take a supplement every 30 minutes or I will hit a wall and it is not pretty, but then my sugars go out of whack.
I think this really does need to be discussed on the marathon one since my workouts consist of 3-4 miles/day 3-4 times a week, and a long run on the weekend.
Ah, I get it, the no insulin would perhaps make it a bit tricky I would think you'd need some carbs/ gatorade, etc. but it would be hard to balance that w/ a longer race? There are a few electrolyte sources like Propel that I drink a lot of most of the time to help w/ electrolytes and b/c I like them? There's also this stuff called Nuun that's like a big pill that dissolves which might not be super convenient but it's pretty low carb and has electrolytes too. The best solution might be to get a moderate BG (120-150?) to start a run and run and see how much your BG falls during a run to get an idea how much carb replacement your BG can tolerate? I agree you'd probably need some carbs during a race but I have no idea if like a little metformin would help or not or if you can even get smaller "denominations" of Met?
i know im type 1, but whenever i race, having high numbers is a good thing and only temporary. If you spike and maintain a higher number, does this mean its harder for your bs to come down as a type 2? If so, and i presume it is because you dont have the 'luxury' of jabbing insulin (i assume your not on it), then i hazard a guess its a lot of trial and error on low GI carbs and in moderate dosage. You might want to try Chocolate #9, its a gel which uses agave. Team type 1 use it during triathlons etc, its 80 cals and a low GI carb. Kudos for running marathons, as a type 2 no less. It must be hard to nail the nutrition to have enough carbs on board to fuel your run, but not too much to spike you beyond oblivion.
I'll have to look up that Chocolate #9, thanks!
I take Glucaphage and Byetta. Finding that taking the Byetta just before my half marathons helps me metabolize the supplements better and I seem to have more energy running them.
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A few days ago, I went for my annual Gyno exam. This is the appointment that I dread. As much as I like my gynecologist, who is one of the nicest doctors that I have ever had, I fear this appointment. I always have the 'what if' mentality when it comes to this appointment. What if my doctor finds a breast lump? What if they find cancerous cells in my pap smear? What if there is a cyst in my ovary? Too many 'what if's' going through my mind. The other day … my what if question turned into "What could the lump be?"
During the breast exam, my doctor found a lump on my right breast. I asked the doctor "Could it be cancer?" My doctor said, "I am not worried about it. It feels more like a cyst. I'll order you an ultrasound just to make sure." She felt my anxiety intensify and just told me to make sure that I get the ultrasound done as soon as possible just to rule out that the lump can be anything else. At the end of my exam, my doctor then handed me an ultrasound order with a picture of a breast with a circle, indicating where the lump was and that it measured 1.5 cm. I called the diagnostic center and made my appointment. To my disappointment, the next appointment was on Tuesday at 2 p.m. It was only Friday. I knew the entire weekend I was going to worry incessantly about this lump.
I then preceded to Google everything that I could find about breast lumps and breast cancer. I am thirty-three years old. My sister died from cancer at thirty-three, so I was not taking any chances. Cancer can affect any age. It does not discriminate. I wanted to educate myself and be prepared for anything. However, in the process of educating myself, I was only adding to my fear. I started thinking about how if it was cancer, how would this affect my life? My husband and I are trying to have children. Would I be able to have kids? How would I tell my mom? I don't want her to go through another daughter having cancer and fear she would lose me too. So many thoughts ran through my mind. So many scary thoughts.
Through my research, I found many positive posts. I read that 80 percent of breast lumps that are found are benign, which means that they are not cancer. However, it is important to check out any changes in your breast tissue. I also read that your breasts go through various changes and a benign lump can be a cyst, which is a fluid filled sac, a fibradenoma, an intraductal papilloma, traumatic fat necrosis, or a potential breast infection.
On Tuesday, I went for the Ultrasound. I asked the tech how long it would take to get the results. She said I would get the results that day. As I lay on the exam bed, the nice tech applied the gel on my breast and started moving the wand in the area where the doctor found the lump. She asked me if I could feel the lump. I told her that I tried to find it in the shower, but was not successful. I told her that my breast did feel sore, but I said I am on my menstrual period. The tech then told me that she could not find anything or see anything on the screen. She said that my breast tissue was dense. She continued to move the wand around to continue to try to find anything, and still did not locate any lump. She said, because my breast tissue is dense, it could be that the doctor may have felt what she thought was a lump, which was not. Not convinced, I asked her if she could send the radiologist in to speak with me just to verify what was on the test. When the radiologist came in, she confirmed what the tech has said. They did not see anything on the ultrasound that was suspicious. She did not see anything at all.
I wanted to cry tears of joy. I felt so fortunate that nothing was found. I felt so thankful, so happy, and so lucky. I have learned a lot during this experience. It is important to be aware of any breast changes, and to be proactive about checking yourself every month, being aware of any changes to your breasts, and making sure that you follow up on any recommended tests by your doctor. I have read many brave stories of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Women of all ages, even in their early twenties. I admire the strength, courage, and determination that these women possess. I pray and hope that a cure is found.
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SOA is as relevant in growth economies as anywhere else
When researching the economies covered by this study, a clear relationship was apparent between certain contextual criteria and an organisations affinity to adopt SOA. Notably, we see positive relationships between how IT aligns with the business, the organisations willingness to embrace change, and the acceptance and/or adoption of SOA. This is a similar picture to that we have seen in more established economies such as in Western Europe.
The principle of SOA is sound, but the practice is still relatively immature
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Early adopters see SOA as more about improving IT systems, than impacting the business
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The project was a co-op game, which used client-server architecture to communicate over the network.
Most of the logic was conducted in the Player class, Game class and the Board class.
The game and board handling where everything on the board was, and holding meta data about the current game.
My logic to check if the player was able to move or not was in the players class, ie. The player knows if it can move in a certain direction or not, this required player to hold the board as a field.
My Question being, Is this an ok design?, If not why not and where would a better place to have the logic be?
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Obscenity-laden, gun-toting videos by 'scariest police chief' in U.S. may cost him his job
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GILBERTON, PA.—Police Chief Mark Kessler expects to be fired for posting incendiary videos in which he ranted obscenely about the Second Amendment and liberals while spraying machine-gun fire with borough-owned weapons.
But Kessler, whose pro-gun videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of views online, has no intention of going away quietly.
With an Internet radio show, speaking invitations to gun rallies around the country, and a newly formed "Constitution Security Force" that he claims already has chapters in 45 states, the 41-year-old coal miner-turned-cop said his message — that the federal government is too big, too powerful and wants to grab guns — is resonating with a segment of the public that believes as he does.
"The support has been overwhelming, both national and international," he said. "I find it truly amazing how many people finally said, 'You know what? This guy's right.'"
Friday is the last day of Kessler's 30-day suspension over what the Gilberton council has said was unauthorized use of the weapons. The council could decide his fate Friday night.
But if Kessler's worried about losing job, he's not showing it.
"If that's the price I got to pay for standing up for what I believe in, apparently for what a lot of Americans believe in, I'm willing to pay that price," said Kessler, speaking to The Associated Press at a gun range near Gilberton in northeast Pennsylvania.
If anything, his rhetoric has grown even more menacing.
This week, Kessler posted another potty-mouthed video in which he displayed paper targets with scary-looking clowns on them, dubbed "Eric" and "Danny." Those happen to be the first names of Council President Daniel Malloy and Vice-President Eric Boxer, whom he has attacked on his website.
Patting an assault rifle, Kessler said, "This is the friend that Eric's going to meet today." After firing a volley at the target, he said, "Eric got a couple rounds to the head."
In an earlier video, Kessler savaged Secretary of State John Kerry as a "traitor" over a U.S.-backed international arms treaty. "COME AND TAKE IT!" he screamed, firing a machine-gun.
Kessler said he posted that video and others like it partly out of frustration, and partly in an effort to get people to pay attention to an issue he holds dear: The erosion of Second Amendment and other constitutional rights.
"It was shock and awe," he said. "I could have went out there and did a nice video . and nobody would've gave it a second look."
Now that he's achieved a measure of notoriety for his obscenity-filled rants against government tyranny and people he calls "libtards," Kessler said he worries the federal government will try to silence him. He predicted chaos if that happens.
"God help them if something should happen to me," he said. "I believe that could spark the next American Revolution."
Kessler insisted he's "not calling for anybody to take up arms against our government."
But he also warned the government would be in a fight if it ever tried to take away his guns.
"I would resist," he said. "I'd fight for freedom, and if it cost me my life, then so be it."
The FBI said it's aware of the police chief and his videos.
Kessler said he decided to speak out after the administration of President Barack Obama began a push for new gun laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Most Gilberton residents approached by the AP this week declined to speak on the record.
But some, like Bill Yohn, said it's hard to reconcile the lawman they know with the profane, provocative figure on the videos.
"If I had a problem, he was quick to come," Yohn said. "He was completely different from how he appeared on the videos. It was like night and day."
Kessler, who is married with four children and two grandchildren, acknowledged how the videos portray him.
"I kind of look scary," he said. "I've been labeled the scariest police chief in the country."
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#Cassette Express
The short version: CI friendly Javascript asset bundling for those of us who don't want to rewrite our client side Javascript as CommonJS modules
The long version:
- Reference a Javascript file in your template. Get it, and all dependencies, in the right order, in the page.
- CI Friendly. No separate build process. No command line tools.
- Declare dependencies as comments, i.e,
// @reference ../lib/jquery.1.7.2.js
- Reference entire directories instead of individual files with
// @reference ../lib
- Production mode bundles all javascript into a single minified download using Uglify.
Because this isn't a CommonJS based system, you can use all the same javascript libraries and files you're already using. You can even use it with Ender, too, by referencing the unminified version, ie.,
// @reference ../lib/ender.js.
Working, unstable
- Some test coverage for debug and production mode specific behaviours not there yet
- Insufficient documentation.
Cassette-Express is an adaptation of Andrew Davey's Cassette (https://github.com/andrewdavey/cassette), a .net package which helps developers manage CSS, Javascript, Coffeescript assets. It is pretty bloody useful.
npm install cassette-express
cd node_modules/cassette-express
npm install
##Typical Implementation
In typical ExpressJS app.js file, assuming you're still using the default /public/javascripts
// debug mode, every request the files are checked for changes & individual file downloads.
var cassette = require('cassette-express')();
// or production mode, generated once per restart. One single minified download.
var cassette = require('cassette-express')({ mode : 'production' });
A little later on in app.js we make sure we have access to Cassette inside the templates..
app.set('view options', {
assets : cassette.middleware()
Then in our template, i.e, layout.jade:
!= assets.useAsset('/app/client-app.js')
Which, in debug mode, would output something like...
<script src="/javascripts/lib/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/lib/jquery-someplugin.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/lib/jquery-some-other-plugin.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/lib/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/lib/my-own-library-stuff.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/app/app-namespace.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/app/features/navigator.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/app/features/content.js"></script>
<script src="/javascripts/app/client-app.js"></script>
And in production mode all those scripts are merged, minified and then you get...
<script src="/javascripts/cassette/AEEE546E7B7C7BCEBC.min.js"></script>
By default the compiled files are put in /public/javascripts/cassette.
The gathering and sorting of dependencies is done automatically. In debug mode bundles are reassembled if there are any changes to teh sources. In production mode, node must be restarted before a new minified bundle is generated.
Differences between Cassette-Express and Cassette MVC
- Bundles are automatically generated by requesting any particular resource inside templates. You don't need to pre-reference them.
- Bundles will always be one single file in production mode, not multiple files depending on how they were pre-referenced.
- No automagic coffeescript compiling. Poor Coffeescript.
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THE WAR IS BEGINNING! Cool ,wait for the next chapter, one piece 679, the fight must be fierce!
One Piece 678 was a boring chapter.No advancement whatsoever.
But funny dialogues made up for lack of action a bit.I read it with a smile on my face.
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Tumor while this is great and wonderful and even appreciated, I for one, Feel no sympathy, I'm sorry but I won't. I spent 16 years in the military, Did the First Desert Storm where my routine day was 18-20 hours. Holidays, birthdays, Births deaths and everything else meant nothing. I had a job to do. Nothing or no one could stop it.
I currently work in Law enforcement, Routinely work the holidays, go without lunch, work for 16 hours straight, get 5 hours of sleep and work again. While I think the dedication you show by coming and staying late is admirable I'm sorry but I won't give you any sort of props for it, The Folks who deserve that, Never ask for it.
Your service is appreciated, but not even remotely comparable. When it comes to the military and law enforcement people's lives are at stake. That is not the case when you make video games. So while it may in fact be common and even expected for people to go above and beyond the call of duty when they are fighting for people's lives, there is no such expectation in "normal" jobs because the stakes arent the same.


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Saccharomyces unisporus: Biotechnological Potential and Present Status
Article first published online: 12 JUN 2013
© 2013 Institute of Food Technologists®
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
Volume 12, Issue 4, pages 353–363, July 2013
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How to Cite
Bhattacharya, I., Yan, S., Yadav, J. S. S., Tyagi, R.D. and Surampalli, R.Y. (2013), Saccharomyces unisporus: Biotechnological Potential and Present Status. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 12: 353–363. doi: 10.1111/1541-4337.12016
Publication History
- Issue published online: 12 JUN 2013
- Article first published online: 12 JUN 2013
- Manuscript Accepted: 28 FEB 2013
- Manuscript Received: 12 MAY 2012
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The yeast species of the Saccharomyces genus have a long history of traditional applications and beneficial effects. Among these presence of the Saccharomyces unisporus has been documented in various dairy products and has become a subject of interest and great importance. S. unisporus has shown a significant role in the ripening of cheese and production of fermented milk products such as kefir and koumiss. The absence of pseudohyphae during the life cycle of S. unisporus is an indication of nonpathogenicity. Significance has been laid on the presence of S. unisporus in food-grade products and a close proximity of S. unisporus to S. florentinus and both of these species are accepted by the International Dairy Federation and the European Food and Feed Cultures Association for food and feed applications. Since over the years, S. unisporus has already become a part of various dairy products, S. unisporus can be considered as a potential candidate for generally regarded as safe status. S. unisporus has the capacity to convert ketoisophorone to levodione, which is an important pharmaceutical precursor. S. unisporus are considered as the potential producers of farnesol which eventually controls filamentation of pathogenic microorganisms. Apart from that, S. unisporus produces certain omega unsaturated fatty acids which combat diseases. Henceforth, the areas which S. unisporus can be possibly exploited for its useful intermediates are the enzymes and fatty acids it produces. In this context, this review attempts to describe and discuss the ubiquity of S. unisporus in food products, cellular composition, regulatory pathways, and its synthesis of fatty acids and enzymes.


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It's 1:12 a.m. and I'm at my desk trying to finish a story I should have written earlier today but couldn't because I got stuck with a musicians' union story that ultimately went nowhere and didn't even get close to the real goings on because nobody would talk about it. Oh well.
Well....no houseguest. At least my house is tidy....ish.
Crap, I just realized that I have a houseguest on Saturday night (a certain Vancouver accordion player of Jewish extraction) who will likely be passed out on a hide-a-bed in the very vicinity of where mini-Cineswac would be taking place.
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Got back from Celtic Colours at 3:30 a.m. I considered driving back to the Gaelic College in St. Ann's after the concert in Judique, but then thought that the hour-and-a-half it would take to drive there could be better put to use getting me halfway towards putting me in my own bed. As it was, I wound up going to The Red Shoe for an hour or so (I confess, Sabra MacGillivray twisted my rubber arm) to hear Troy MacGillivray (on fiddle, not piano, at which he is a whiz) and Allan Dewar, plus a cameo by the great Brenda Stubbert.
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Simon sent me a link to a fun Now profile of my good friend Frank. BTW, I gave him the Witchiepoo ring. Thank Yahweh I found two of them (and two Banana Splits rings).
I still find it kind of hard to believe The Rolling Stones are going to be performing more or less two blocks from my front door.
This one's for robotropolis.
I have lots of friends in Montreal, and I love the city, so when something like yesterday's shooting rampage at Dawson College takes place, it's naturally quite alarming and my first thoughts are of those close to me and hopes that they were out of harm's way. Then you think the odds of someone you know being directly in the path of something like this as being fairly slim in a city of millions.
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Question I am getting ready to brew an Imperial Dark IPA. And because I don't have a way to regulate temp. I need a heat tolerant yeast. My house at times gets to be 78-80 degrees. Can I use a Belgian yeast to make an IPA?.
If your house is near 80, your beer will be near 90 at points, and it will get a krausen a foot deep (or more). So you're going to want to use a carboy that's plenty big, or preferably a bucket with plenty of headspace.
You need a saison yeast. Since you're just starting, I suggest Danstar Belle Saison. It will tend to make for a dry beer.
You should still regulate temperature as well you can, especially for the first five days. Get a rubbermaid and fill it with water, and place your fermenter in the water. This will conduct the internal heat away and keep temperature closer to ambient. Next place frozen bottles of water in the tote whenever you think about it, or whenever the last ones melt--this will keep you down in the 70s.
At higher temperatures saison yeast (and other belgian yeast) will produce a lot of fruit esters, which may not go so well in a black IPA, which already has a lot going on. It's a matter of taste, but it seems like you'd have to tread a fine line to make that work, and minimizing esters by keeping things cool is your best bet. Danstar Belle Saison is pretty mildly fruity as saison yeasts go, with relatively little "funk" at normal temperatures, so I think it's a good choice for you.
Primary: 1/2bbl Session Saison
I recently worked through a 6 pack Riptide IPA by Heavy Seas. Belgian Yeast, American Hops, some peppery/citrus spices thrown in.
It's sounds similar to what you want to do. They call it an IPA (probably the marketing department's decision). Was it? I didn't think so. That said it was a decent beer.
Fearwig had some very good advice in using an ice bath to regulate temp. I personally use our spare bathtub and frozen water bottles which will hold nearly any ale temp with minimal work (since there is so much water). I currently have a batch in there bubbling away at 66F and I haven't needed to touch it in 2 days. If you can do something like this then you can just use 1056 or 001 or whatever other clean yeast you want.
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Unless you really want that belgian funk, I'd start looking for a little dorm fridge. It would open up a world of different beers you can do. With a dorm fridge and a temp controller you can make anything.
I love belgians, but I want a clean IPA, crisp german pils, and a malty english beer too.
Thanks everyone for your input.
I just brewed up a Belgian IIPA on a recommendation I feel like it is a citrussy fruity bitter mess. I would consider hunting CL for a cheap fridge freezer before throwing a belgian yeast into a Dark IIPA.
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Also remember that the attempt to make an imperial dark IPA means more fermentable sugars. High sugar environments stress yeast and can create fusel alcohols, giving the beer bite and a hot feeling on the tongue. Keeping temps down can help keep this from happening. Warmth can be great but you don't want your beer smelling like cheap vodka.
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The life of an Israeli artist has been wrecked by a group of Polish squatters who broke into and occupied his home twice, stripping it of his work and possessions.
Ya'akov Boussidan was initially left with bills of hundreds of pounds for telephone calls and utilities, as well as repairs for the damage they caused at his house — once the home of the actress Marie Lloyd — in Lewisham, south London.
While he was trying to regain possession of his home, he fell ill and spent three weeks in hospital.
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Sir Paul McCartney has followed the success of his first Israeli concert last year by joining the conflict-resolution organisation, OneVoice.
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A collection of artworks by the daughter of a prominent Nazi-era German Jewish political activist, which was found in a trunk in a London attic, is to be auctioned next month.
They are 22 drawings and paintings by Dodo Burgner, most of which may have been published by Ulk magazine, a satirical publication edited by her father, Theodor Wolff. He was an eminent Jewish art critic and editor who founded the German Liberal Democrat Party in 1918.
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The contestant who dropped out of The Apprentice because he could not face being apart from his wife and young children for up to three months has said the decision to leave was the hardest one he has ever made.
Adam Freeman, 31, who lives in Chigwell, Essex, with his wife Joanna and their daughters, Sienna and Peyton, was due to be one of 16 candidates in the current series of the hit BBC1 reality TV show which began on Wednesday.
The Manchester Jewish Representative Council has protested against the proposed sale of a local church to the breakaway Catholic sect to which Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson belongs.
Council president Barbara Goldstone said allowing the Society for Saint Pius X (SSPX) to buy St George's, a disused Anglican church in Gorton, would "only destroy the religious harmony in the city of which we are very proud".
Israel's ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, should be expelled from Britain until Israel "shows it is not above international law", according to members of the Scottish Parliament.
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Topped by 2 giant swans, the aptly named Walt Disney World Swan in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, is a massive resort stocked with endless amenities and convenient guest services. Guests can take a short riverboat ride from the hotel to Disney's Hollywood Studios™, Epcot® and Disney's Boardwalk entertainment area. A short walk across the street lands guests at Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf, where even the smallest guests can putt with small plastic clubs. Guests enjoy complimentary scheduled shuttle service to Walt Disney World® Theme Parks and attractions. The resort also includes exclusive Disney Resort benefits such as Extra Magic hours at select theme parks and FASTPASS+ access to reserve some experiences up to 60 days in advance.
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The hotel shares recreational activities with Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort, including a swimming complex suitably coined The Grotto. This 3-acre water playground is complete with waterfalls, slides, water volleyball, and spa tubs. Active guests can enjoy 4 tennis courts, a basketball court, and a jogging path. Guests can paddle along Crescent Lake, or play volleyball on the hotel's private, white-sand beach. Horse riding, a boat launch, and fishing are nearby.
The hotel also features enormous convention facilities, a conference center, and exhibit space. 84 meeting rooms of assorted sizes total 329,000 sq feet (30565 sq meters) of available space. The property offers various gift shops and a children's camp with arts and crafts, movies and video games. Free babysitting and childcare services can be arranged. Dining options include the Garden Grove Café, traditional Italian fare at Il Mulino New York Trattoria, and Japanese sushi at Kimonos. For lighter fare, guests can visit the poolside café, Splash Grill.
Convenient amenities include complimentary theme park shuttles, computer rentals, ATM, laundry facilities, valet parking (surcharge), concierge services, and currency exchange.
Sophisticated guestrooms, designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, include views of the resort, Crescent Lake or the pools. All rooms measure 340 sq feet (31 sq meters). Guests can enjoy refrigerators and in-room safes. Westin Heavenly Beds feature down blankets and pillowtop mattresses. If guests need food reheated they can contact the hotel's room service and they will be able to assist for a fee.
Great hotel with easy access to Disney's Boardwalk. The hotel has a definite business…
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Self parking costs USD 18 per night with in/out privileges
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What would you do?
I'm at my wits end with them.
Security lights don't bother them.
Ultrasonic noise doesn't bother them.
I put down Sevin every 2 months, label says every 3.
I do have a Bayer product with Imidacloprid to try.
I recently dug up some Bermuda grass and found grubs not beetles and put Sevin down again.
Maybe they found them all and won't be back for a while.
I have order nightgard lights.
Maybe I should try Renee's crow sprinkler sensor.
I know its only grass and it could be worse, could have dug plants or freesia bulbs up...like a small mouse or something is doing which is too smart for traps.
They don't do this that often but I never know when they are coming of course. If I did I would put out red pepper.
They have also chewed up patio furniture covers and electrical cord to waterfall pump.
Hmmm. I would be unhappy. The Scarecrow would be my next purchase. I have used 'Grub-away" nematodes in the past, and it appeared to have helped, but it might just be that the grubs went into hibernation. The poison is not worth it.
We got a large dog. Then we left the back door open for a few nights. No more raccoons. Mikey used to enjoy hosing them out of the trees with the power nozzle, but he has to content himself with oppossum-hosing now.
I would love a large labrador but not enough property fenced in for him/her to exercise and be protected from the wild creatures just beyond the fence.
I did read last night grubs hatch in fall.
But a lab would love the water from scarecrow thats for sure. It's be going off all the time. lol
The raccoons are hungry. Lucky they do not eat humans though they should as humans are probably the reason that they are forced to browse in human yards since those yards are now where the raccoons natural range was at one time!
How about buying a large bag of dry cat food and putting out a bowl with a large bowl of water. Maybe they will stop grubbing when they discover that cat food is good too and easier to get at. Of course you will hve to change the water after they are present as they are really into washing their hands or washing the food to get it soft.
I know. Got a family of 4 that visits: this past week 4 nites in a row! And I live almost in the heart of a city!!
Our yard looks just like yours if not worse!! At first we thoght it was racoons as well.I spke to and showed it to our yard guy and he said racoons and skunks both do tat kind of damage.We found out the hard way that our problem is skunks~~~~~~~~~~~How did we figure that out,you ask?? DS came over with his german shepard and the dog saw the skunk and chased it~~~~~~~~~~and yup his dog got skunked.Then with time we were smelling the skunks everynight,and that is a smell you don't want to have!! It made my throat hurt,and we had to close up all the windows everynight as soon as it got dark.
We tried everything as well,with no luck.
Finally i told dh i was going to home depot and get whatever it took to get rid of them.We try not to use harsh chemicals,but i couldn't stand what was happening to my yard that i worked so hard to keep looking good.
I came home with 5 bags of spectracide,and sinc we saw 2 places in the front yard,i put some down out there.
Within a couple of weeks we used up all 5 bags,We have no animals and our yard is fenced.
Finally this week we havn't smelled them as much as parts of the yard is trying to recover,but we have to go buy some more topsoil and seed.We've been keeping the yard very wet,per our yard guys instructions.
The smells seem to be dissappating as well.At least we can go in the backyard without being greeted with those nasty smells.
We have been in this house over 40 years and this is the first time we ever had this problem,and i hope the last.There is a canyon behind our backfence,so let them all go down there and congregate.!!!!
Kathi, I found out Bayer Advanced makes a product called Grub control. Grubs hatch and become worse in the fall. I've been dug up before but never like this. I have seen the family of raccoons and so have neighbors. They can actually walk across the top of the black wrought iron fence 1 inch wide! I heard them one night and sprayed the hose at them. 2 weeks later was when they chewed up patio furniture covers. Then a year later the power cord for a $150 waterfall pump. They live in the storm drains. I'm familiar with skunks from camping as a child and our dogs got into them now and then. Give them a bath in tomato juice helps.
I've got coyotes and bobcats around also but no trouble from them. Bunnies also but they can't get in the back and in front they like the neighbors yards better.
I could pay someone to trap them, but another family will just move in.
Well the spectracide and lots of water seems to be doing the job!! No sign of the skunks for a week now,thank goodness.So i guess in the next few weeks i'll have to go get some topsoil and grass seed to try and repair the lawn.I'll also look for the bayer stuff you mentioned.
I used the rest of the Bayer insecticide (not the grub control stuff) I had which was enough to do over 4000 sq feet. I only have about 500 sqr feet in back. I also put down more Sevin. The coons struck again this past monday night but not near as bad. I can't believe any insect could still possibly be alive after all that insecticide.
I'm thinking of maybe creeping thyme but no guarantee they won't tear that up also.
An electric fence would work, but I'm afraid they'd jump from the wall and then get trapped inside...then I'd have a bigger problem...
I can sympathize. We have a construction project going in my neighborhood, and last night we had 5 raccoons in the yard. They must have been displaced by the construction because we have not had them until recently. They did not tear up the lawn, but they are messing up our fish pond. I suspect they poop in the water. I think an electric wire would deter them, but not sure if it's possible. I feel sorry for them, they are displaced. We can trap them and the Humane Society will come get them. They say they relocate, but I wonder......
Have you tried beneficial nematodes to kill the grubs? seems your best bet, skunk or raccoon. I caught one in a humane trap, its mate sat in the sewer grate for hours until I released it.
Bad drought coming in SoCal, food will be scarce for wildlife and they know it, Hard to blame them for stocking up, but still damned annoying when it happens. I've lost about 4 tomatoes, 10 garlic, 25 onions, a few cauliflower and some cilantro to grub diggers this springs, so I feel your pain.
Yep, we've got trouble with them again this year raiding the fish pond. Not sure what they are doing in the pond, but it fouls the water badly. Stinky, but fish seem to be ok.
The Humane Society said trapping is really useless because there are more raccoons that will take the places of the trapped ones. I cannot stand them but don't want to kill them. Just want them to go away. Humane Society suggested automatic sprinkler, elec. fence, whatever it takes to keep them out.
Last night I saw one and yelled at him to get off the wall, and he did.
We have a small terrier who has the personality but not the size to take on a raccoon, so I have to take pup out on a leash at night. I'm sure a 'coon could hurt a small dog or pass on disease.
I've seen an older male successfully take on a full-grown German Shepard, dog needed the vet while angry raccoon just strolled away, hissing up a storm. I've seen an idiot try and pet one, then have to punch it's teeth off his index finger, then go to the doc first for the wound sterilization & taping, then all the rabies shots.
The hose usually is enough to chase them, but I'd never close to within 5 feet of them without a baseball bat or 9 iron, those bastards will rake you to the bone if they're mad enough and you let them get close enough to try. A camera flash is usually my 2nd choice after the hose, they are hilarious when night blinded -- from a distance.
I've hosed them also and a month later they came back and tore up patio cushion covers. Six months later they chewed on the power cord of the waterfall pump and right at the base of the cord so no rewiring!
I have some new grub stuff to put out this fall and have a ultrasonic noise emitter which I can hear sometimes so not sure how good it is. They'll probably just laugh at it.
Think I'll try this from Amazon, see link.
I have this fantasy of setting up a LOUD motion-activated recording of Michael Jackson singing "Beat It."
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What about some special cat fencing that keeps stray cats out? I have raccoons too and my neighbors spent 800.00 at the vets when his dog fought one. Not worth it. The cat fencing is a bent wire guard that keeps cats from climbing in or out. I saw it in cat fancy magazine. Raccoons are so smart and even if you relocate them, more will come. I put a big pile of loose mulch for them to go through. They still dig in the beds but it's not as bad. You might try a thicker grass that forms a dense layer. They will tear right through soft fine rooted grass. They will play with anything you leave out. I got some dog toys and they seem to prefer that to my stuff. I never had them chew cords. I would buy some rawhide for them and tie it to the farthest edge away from your cords.
Raccoon are probably the worst pest you can have. The broke into my attic once and when I reinforce the area, they attempted to rip out my siding. They rip through my neighbor's vent fan and ate his koi's. They carry dangerous ring worms.
Raccoons are intelligent and can avoid most obstacles. LIke the other poster said, they are probably digging for worms, so treating the worm should make the problems go away.
Have you consider perhaps laying down some chicken wire over the area until the you eradicate the worms? It may prevent them from digging.
I have motion-triggered sprinklers that work. I also lay concrete reinforcing wire on top of my veggie bed soil before I plant, so that they can't dig up all of the plants. I have a four foot wide bridge over my pond where it is three feet deep, and the fish hide there at night.
Raccoons will kill a small dog and seriously injure large ones, but they don't like dogs and the locals high-tail it out of the yard when my lab starts barking at them.
Mikey and Sam the Dog treed one in the front Locust tree last Friday at 3 am, and he slept there all day during the garden tour at our house on Saturday, so everyone got a good daytime view of his sharp little claws. We periodically hosed him down to make his life miserable, and the jays and crows harassed him all day, so it may be a month or two before he returns. I can always hope, anyway.
Wow Renee, you really provided some extra entertainment for your guests! Very good! Yes, that 'coon had a bad day, but even if he never comes back, there are 10 lined Jo to take his place.
My raccoons climb up inside a hedge to get on a wall then climb down the waterfall to the pond. I was thinking of putting that bird netting on the wall which they might not to walk on but have a vision of a mad raccoon tangled in the netting. Then I thought of alum foil which would probably fall off. Maybe chicken wire?


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Dr. Angela Agboli-Esedebe encourages her students to share their own professional stories as a way to stimulate classroom discussions.
October 24, 2012
Strayer University Welcomes 14th President
Strayer University celebrated another major milestone in its rich history by investing Dr. Michael Plater as the University's 14th president. Dr.
October 17, 2012
Strayer University Opens New Campuses in Chicago Area
Brings 120-Year Legacy of Quality Adult Higher Education
September 26, 2012
Stay Tuned With ReelStrayer
Strayer University offers many resources outside the classroom to help students on their educational journey.