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Tottenham have reportedly given up their pursuit of Internacional striker Leandro Damiao - for now.
Spurs rekindled their interest in Damiao towards the latter stages of the transfer window after it emerged Jermain Defoe was struggling with a pelvic injury.
With his other only recognised hitman Emmanuel Adebayor away at the African Nations Cup, manager Andre Villas-Boas was thought to be interested in adding another striker to his squad.
Tottenham reopened negotiations with Internacional over the potential transfer of long-term target Damiao, but the Brazilian club do not want to sell the 23-year-old, who was top scorer at last year's Olympics, and it is now understood no deal will be struck before the transfer deadline.
Spurs have a partnership with the club, however, and they could return with a fresh bid for the star this summer.
Lewis Holtby and Zeki Fryers have been the only two arrivals at White Hart Lane this month, but given Spurs' history of late activity in the transfer market, chairman Daniel Levy could make one last swoop before the window shuts.
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A Glimpse of the Past : Lost Trades and Woollen Mills : Overnights 15th and17th March
On Overnights over the weekend we had a glimpse of Australia in the 'olden days' when Rod discussed lost trades - from chair making to black smiths - and Trevor Chappell went back into the history of Australlia's woollen mills, once a feature of so many country towns and suburbs.
In Rod Quinn's Talking point he explored the trades and crafts of the past that are in danger of being lost forever . There are very few practitioners in these days of mass imports. How important were they in our history and should they be supported? Rod discussed with Glenn Rundell, who is the Organiser of the recent Lost Trades Fair - and a Chair-maker
Then Trevor Chappell looked at the history of Australian Woollen Mills. There used to be Mills in most country trowns and in the city, now only a few survive. Trevor spoke with Boaz Herszfeld from the Creswick Woollen Mill about the history of the mill that his Grandfather began in the 1940s, and how they have managed to survive tarriff deregulation and global competition.
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Redwood City, CA. – July 10th 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) today confirmed that it has a new game in development for next generation consoles and the PC at its EA DICE studio in Stockholm. Mirror's Edge is a revolutionary new take on the First Person Action Adventure category.
Patrick Soderlund, General Manager of EA DICE, commented: "We are a studio that believes in taking risks and taking games in new directions. We made the sandbox experience viable and enjoyable in Battlefield and now, we are looking to do something radical with the traditional established mechanics of first person movement."
Senior producer, Owen O'Brien, commented: "We want to change the way that players are able to move in first person. No more restrictions, no more being blocked by simple barriers such as walls and fences. We want to enable the player to move like a real person, with the ability to run, jump, vault and slide in a way that has never been seen before in a first person game."
Mirror's Edge will ship in calendar year 2008 for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system and for the PC and is being developed at EA DICE in Stockholm, Sweden. This product is not yet rated by PEGI or ESRB. For more information on EA DICE, please visit www.dice.se or www.ea.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS, EA, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.


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Here is my entry to River Cottage Rocks! And the theme this month is Christmas. I have been going through lots of turkey this week, like many of you and to finish off the last of the turkey, I decided to make a curry. I have blogged my curry recipe on here before. However, as the family was coming round I decided I wanted to make something to go with it. I settled on this lentil Dhal from River Cottage Veg Everyday. My recipe does not change much from Hugh's recipe except that I did not soak the lentils and I added garam Marsala and ground coriander to the spice mix. My whole family loved this dish and I am sure I will make it again!
Did you make anything from River Cottage this festive season? Don't forget to enter it into River Cottage Rocks! All you need to do is blog about it, add the badge below and let me know about it and I will add you into the round up. 🙂


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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star family-friendly hotel near Six Flags Great America
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly Gurnee hotel is located in the entertainment district, within 2 mi (3 km) of Six Flags Great America and Gurnee Mills. Gold Pyramid House is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) away.
Hotel Features
6 restaurants, a full-service spa, and free water park access are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free area shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a poolside bar, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 414 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and iPod docks. For a bit of entertainment, flat-screen TVs come with cable channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like sofa beds and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort features a complimentary water park and a waterslide. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 6 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 6800 square feet (632 square meters) include conference space. This family-friendly hotel also offers a children's pool, a spa tub, and spa services. A complimentary area shuttle within 2 mi is available for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 414
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Waterslide
- Free water park access
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Conference space size (meters) - 632
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Year Built 2008
- Free area shuttle
- Number of restaurants - 6
- Conference space size (feet) - 6800
- Free self parking
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Television in common areas
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Water park access (complimentary)
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Arcade/game room
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free dial-up Internet access
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- iPod docking station
- Partially open bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
Where to Eat
KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort has 6 restaurants serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
A children's pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a complimentary water park.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
Spa Services
The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Deposit: USD 150.00 per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 3 and USD 10 per person (approximately)
- Early check-in fee: USD 59.95
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark
- KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Gurnee
- KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort
- KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort Gurnee
- KeyLime Cove Waterpark Resort
- Keylime Cove Gurnee
- Keylime Cove Resort And Water Park Hotel Gurnee
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Gestational Diabetes
What is gestational diabetes?
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. Diabetes means your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Your body uses glucose for energy. Too much glucose in your blood is not good for you or your baby.
Gestational diabetes is usually diagnosed during late pregnancy. If you are diagnosed with diabetes earlier in your pregnancy, you may have had diabetes before you became pregnant.
Treating gestational diabetes can help both you and your baby stay healthy. You can protect your baby and yourself by taking action right away to control your blood glucose levels.
If you have gestational diabetes, a health care team will likely be part of your care. In addition to your obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB/GYN—the doctor who will deliver your baby—your team might include a doctor who treats diabetes, a diabetes educator, and a dietitian to help you plan meals.
For Women with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes
If you already have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and are thinking about having a baby, talk with your doctor before you get pregnant. Untreated or poorly controlled diabetes can cause serious problems for your baby. More information is provided in the NIDDK health topic, What I need to know about Preparing for Pregnancy if I Have Diabetes or call 1–800–860–8747 and request a copy.
What causes gestational diabetes?
Gestational diabetes happens when your body can't make enough insulin during pregnancy. Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, an organ located behind your stomach. Insulin helps your body use glucose for energy and helps control your blood glucose levels.
During pregnancy, your body makes more hormones and goes through other changes, such as weight gain. These changes cause your body's cells to use insulin less effectively, a condition called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance increases your body's need for insulin. If your pancreas can't make enough insulin, you will have gestational diabetes.
All pregnant women have some insulin resistance during late pregnancy. However, some women have insulin resistance even before they get pregnant, usually because they are overweight. These women start pregnancy with an increased need for insulin and are more likely to have gestational diabetes.
What are my chances of getting gestational diabetes?
Your chances of getting gestational diabetes are higher if you
- are overweight
- have had gestational diabetes before
- have given birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
- have a parent, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes
- have prediabetes, meaning your blood glucose levels are higher than normal yet not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes
- are African American, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic/Latina, or Pacific Islander American
- have a hormonal disorder called polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS
How can I lower my chances of getting gestational diabetes?
If you are thinking about getting pregnant and are overweight, you can lower your chances of getting gestational diabetes by
- losing extra weight
- increasing your physical activity level before you get pregnant
Taking these steps can improve how your body uses insulin and help your blood glucose levels stay normal.
Once you are pregnant, you should not try to lose weight. You need to gain some weight for your baby to be healthy. However, gaining too much weight too quickly may increase your chances of getting gestational diabetes. Your doctor will tell you how much weight gain and physical activity during pregnancy are right for you.
When will I be tested for gestational diabetes?
You will probably be tested for gestational diabetes between weeks 24 and 28 of your pregnancy.
If you have a higher chance of getting gestational diabetes, your doctor may test for diabetes during the first visit after you become pregnant. If your blood glucose level is above normal at that time, you may be diagnosed with diabetes rather than gestational diabetes.
How is gestational diabetes diagnosed?
Doctors use blood tests to diagnose gestational diabetes. All diabetes blood tests involve drawing blood at a doctor's office or a commercial facility. Blood samples are sent to a lab for analysis.
Screening Glucose Challenge Test
For this test, you will drink a sugary beverage and have your blood glucose level checked an hour later. This test can be done at any time of the day. If the results are above normal, you may need to have an oral glucose tolerance test.
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
You will need to fast for at least 8 hours before the test. Fasting means having nothing to eat or drink except water. Your doctor will give you other instructions to follow before the test.
Your fasting blood glucose level will be checked before the test begins. Then you will drink a sugary beverage. Your blood glucose levels will be checked 1 hour, 2 hours, and possibly 3 hours later. Your doctor will use your test results to find out whether you have gestational diabetes.
How will gestational diabetes affect my baby?
If you have high blood glucose levels because your gestational diabetes is not under control, your baby will also have high blood glucose. Your baby's pancreas will have to make extra insulin to control the high blood glucose. The extra glucose in your baby's blood is stored as fat.
Untreated or uncontrolled gestational diabetes can cause problems for your baby, such as
- being born with a larger than normal body—a condition called macrosomia—which can make delivery difficult and more dangerous for your baby
- having low blood glucose, also called hypoglycemia, right after birth
- having breathing problems, a condition called respiratory distress syndrome
- having a higher chance of dying before or soon after birth
Your baby also might be born with jaundice. Jaundice is more common in newborns of mothers who had diabetes during their pregnancy. With jaundice, the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow. Jaundice usually goes away, but your baby may need to be placed under special lights to help. Making sure your baby gets plenty of milk from breastfeeding will also help the jaundice go away.
Your baby will be more likely to become overweight and develop type 2 diabetes as he or she grows up.
Will I need extra tests during pregnancy to check my baby's health?
If you have gestational diabetes, your doctor may recommend that you have some extra tests to check your baby's health, such as
- ultrasound exams, which use sound waves to make images that show your baby's growth and whether your baby is larger than normal
- a nonstress test, which uses a monitor placed on your abdomen to check whether your baby's heart rate increases as it should when your baby is active
- kick counts to check the time between your baby's movements
How will gestational diabetes affect me?
Gestational diabetes may increase your chances of
- having high blood pressure and too much protein in the urine, a condition called preeclampsia
- having surgery—called a cesarean section or c-section—to deliver your baby because your baby may be large
- becoming depressed
- developing type 2 diabetes and the problems that can come with this disease
Preeclampsia occurs during the second half of pregnancy. If not treated, preeclampsia can cause problems for you and your baby that could cause death. The only cure for preeclampsia is to give birth. If you develop preeclampsia late in your pregnancy, you may need to have a cesarean section to deliver your baby early. If you develop preeclampsia earlier, you may need bed rest and medicines, or you may have to be hospitalized to allow your baby to develop as much as possible before delivery.
Depression can make you too tired to manage your diabetes and care for your baby. If during or after your pregnancy you feel anxious, sad, or unable to cope with the changes you are facing, talk with your health care team. Depression can be treated. Your health care team may suggest ways you can get support and help to feel better. Remember, in order to take care of your baby, you must first take care of yourself.
Keep up with your checkups. "Feeling fine" does not mean you should skip any appointments. Women with gestational diabetes often have no symptoms. Your health care team will be on the lookout for any problems from gestational diabetes.
After Giving Birth
Your diabetes will probably go away after your baby is born. However, even if your diabetes goes away after the birth, you
- may have gestational diabetes if you get pregnant again
- will be more likely to have type 2 diabetes later in your life
How is gestational diabetes treated?
Treating gestational diabetes means taking steps to keep your blood glucose levels in a target range. Targets are numbers you aim for. Your doctor will help you set your targets. You will learn how to control your blood glucose using
- healthy eating
- physical activity
- insulin shots, if needed
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
Your health care team will help you make a healthy eating plan with food choices that are good for both you and your baby. These choices are good for you to follow throughout pregnancy and after, as you raise your family.
Using a healthy eating plan will help your blood glucose stay in your target range. The plan will help you know which foods to eat, how much to eat, and when to eat. Food choices, amounts, and timing are all important in keeping your blood glucose levels in your target range.
More information is provided in the NIDDK health topic, What I need to know about Eating and Diabetes.
Physical Activity
Physical activity can help you reach your blood glucose targets. Talk with your doctor about the type of activity that is best for you. If you are already active, tell your doctor what you do. Being physically active will also help lower your chances of having type 2 diabetes—and its problems—in the future. Now is the time to develop good habits for you and your baby.
- Be as physically active as you can. Aim for at least 30 minutes most days of the week.
- Do aerobic activities, which use your large muscles to make your heart beat faster. Try brisk walking, swimming, dancing, or low-impact aerobics.
- Ask your doctor if you may continue some higher intensity sports to strengthen muscles and bone if you were already doing them before becoming pregnant, such as lifting weights or jogging.
- Avoid activities in which you can get hit in the stomach, such as basketball or soccer.
- Avoid activities that may cause you to fall, such as horseback riding or downhill skiing.
- Do not exercise on your back after the first trimester. This kind of physical activity can put too much pressure on an important vein and limit blood flow to your baby.
For more information about physical activity and pregnancy, visit www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy.
Insulin Shots
If you have trouble meeting your blood glucose targets, you may need to take a medicine called insulin, along with following a healthy meal plan and being physically active. Your health care team will show you how to give yourself insulin shots. Insulin will not harm your baby.
How will I know whether my blood glucose levels are on target?
Your health care team may ask you to use a small device called a blood glucose meter to check your blood glucose levels on your own. You will learn
- how to use the meter
- how to prick your finger to obtain a drop of blood
- what your blood glucose target range is
- when to check your blood glucose
You may be asked to check your blood glucose
- when you wake up
- just before meals
- 1 or 2 hours after breakfast
- 1 or 2 hours after lunch
- 1 or 2 hours after dinner
This chart shows target blood glucose numbers for women who have gestational diabetes.
|Target Blood Glucose Numbers (mg/dL) for Women with Gestational Diabetes
|Time of Day
|Before meals and when you wake up
|95 or lower
|1 hour after eating
|140 or lower
|2 hours after eating
|120 or lower
Ask your doctor whether these targets are right for you.
Each time you check your blood glucose, write down the results in a record book. Ask your health care team for a blood glucose record book or use an electronic blood glucose tracking system on the Internet or on your cell phone. Always bring your blood glucose meter and your record book to your checkups so you can talk with your health care team about reaching your target blood glucose levels.
Will I need to do other tests on my own?
Your health care team may teach you how to test for chemicals called ketones in your morning urine or in your blood. High levels of ketones are a sign that your body is using your body fat for energy instead of the food you eat. Using fat for energy is not recommended during pregnancy. Ketones may be harmful for your baby.
If your ketone levels are high, your doctor may suggest that you change the type or amount of food you eat. Or you may need to change your meal or snack times.
After I have my baby, how can I find out whether I still have diabetes?
You will need to visit your doctor to have a blood glucose test 6 to 12 weeks after your baby is born to see whether you still have diabetes. For most women, blood glucose levels return to normal after pregnancy. However, in 5 to 10 percent of women with gestational diabetes, blood glucose levels do not return to normal. Testing shows that these women have diabetes, usually type 2 diabetes. They will need to manage their diabetes through diet, physical activity, and medicines if needed.
Even if your blood glucose levels return to normal after your pregnancy, your chances of having diabetes—usually type 2 diabetes—later in life are high. Therefore, you should be tested at least every 3 years for diabetes or prediabetes.
How can I prevent or delay type 2 diabetes later in life?
You can do a lot to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes by making these lifestyle changes:
- Reach and stay at a healthy weight. Try to reach your prepregnancy weight 6 to 12 months after your baby is born. Then, if you still weigh too much, work to lose at least 5 to 7 percent of your body weight and keep it off. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds, losing 10 to 14 pounds can greatly reduce your chance of getting diabetes.
- Be physically active for at least 30 minutes most days of the week.
- Follow a healthy eating plan. Eat more grains, fruits, and vegetables. Cut down on fat and calories. Your health care team can help you design a meal plan.
- Ask your doctor if you should take the diabetes medicine metformin. Metformin can lower your chances of having type 2 diabetes, especially if you are younger and heavier and have prediabetes or if you have had gestational diabetes.
These changes can help you enjoy a longer, healthier life. Your health care team can give you information and support to help you make these changes.
By delaying or preventing type 2 diabetes, you will also lower your chances of having heart and blood vessel disease and other problems as you get older.
Talk with your doctor if you are thinking about having another baby. For the safety of your baby, your blood glucose needs to be at healthy levels before you get pregnant again. Your doctor can help ensure you are ready for your next child.
How can I give my baby a healthy start?
You can give your baby a healthy start by breastfeeding. Breast milk provides the best nutrition for your baby and protection against certain illnesses.
To help prepare for breastfeeding,
- talk with your health care team about your plans to breastfeed. Ask if the place where you plan to deliver your baby has the staff and setup to support successful breastfeeding.
- take a breastfeeding class. Pregnant women who learn about how to breastfeed are more likely to be successful than those who do not.
- ask your doctor to recommend a lactation consultant to help you with breastfeeding. A lactation consultant is trained to help with breastfeeding.
- talk with friends who have breastfed or consider joining a breastfeeding support group.
After you have your baby, these steps can help you get off to a great start:
- Breastfeed as soon as possible after birth. The sucking instinct is very strong within the first hour of life.
- If you don't already have a lactation consultant, ask for one at the hospital to come help you.
- Ask the hospital staff not to give your baby other food or formula, unless it is medically necessary.
- Allow your baby to stay in your hospital room all day and night so that you can breastfeed often. Or, ask the nurses to bring you your baby for feedings.
- Try to avoid giving your baby any pacifiers or artificial nipples so your baby gets used to latching onto just your breast.
Many leading health organizations suggest that your baby should not have any foods or liquids other than breast milk for the first 6 months. After the first 6 months, babies can begin to eat other foods along with breast milk.
How can I help my child be healthy in the future?
You can help your child be healthy by showing your child how to make healthy lifestyle choices, including being physically active, limiting screen time in front of the TV or video games, eating a healthy diet, and staying at a healthy weight.
More information about helping your child learn healthy habits is provided in the NIDDK health topic, Helping Your Child, Tips for Parents.
More information about Managing Diabetes is provided in the NIDDK health topics:
- What I need to know about Diabetes Medicines
- What I need to know about Eating and Diabetes
- What I need to know about Physical Activity and Diabetes
- Your Guide to Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2
More information about Preventing Type 2 Diabetes is provided in the NIDDK health topic:
The National Diabetes Education Program's publications include a tip sheet for women with a history of gestational diabetes, available at ndep.nih.gov or by calling 1–888–693–NDEP (1–888–693–6337):
Points to Remember
- Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. Diabetes means your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.
- Gestational diabetes happens when your body can't make enough insulin during pregnancy. Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, an organ located behind your stomach. Insulin helps your body use glucose for energy and helps control your blood glucose levels.
- You will probably be tested for gestational diabetes between weeks 24 and 28 of your pregnancy. If you have a higher chance of getting gestational diabetes, your doctor may test you for diabetes during your first visit after you become pregnant.
- If you have high blood glucose levels because your gestational diabetes is not under control, your baby will also have high blood glucose.
- Untreated or uncontrolled gestational diabetes can cause problems for your baby.
- Treating gestational diabetes means taking steps to keep your blood glucose levels in a target range.
- Even if your blood glucose levels return to normal after your pregnancy, your chances of getting diabetes—usually type 2 diabetes—later in life are high. Therefore, you should be tested at least every 3 years for diabetes or prediabetes.
- You can give your baby a healthy start by breastfeeding.
- You can help your child be healthy by showing your child how to make healthy lifestyle choices, including being physically active, limiting screen time in front of the TV or video games, eating a healthy diet, and staying at a healthy weight.
Clinical Trials
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conduct and support research into many diseases and conditions.
What are clinical trials, and are they right for you?
Clinical trials are part of clinical research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. Find out if clinical trials are right for you.
What clinical trials are open?
Clinical trials that are currently open and are recruiting can be viewed at www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Challenges for the Protection of Critical ICT-Based Financial Infrastructures for the Next 5 Years:
"Protection of Massively Distributed Critical Financial Services" and "Trust in New Value Added Business Chains"
Workshop in Frankfurt, 24-25 September 2007
(special invitation only)
The rapid growth and deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that we are experiencing today is having profound impact on the financial service industry. On the one hand, the ICT infrastructures over which critical financial services are being delivered are becoming ever more interconnected, open and ubiquitous, but at the same time, ever more fragile and vulnerable to failure and cyber-attacks. On the other hand, over the coming few years, it is expected that in the financial sector, the level of self-service will become significantly higher than today, with ubiquitous and mobile banking becoming strong market drivers. Industrialisation, outsourcing and number of intervening actors in the service value creation chain will further increase, changing the way financial services will be composed and delivered, while continuing to guarantee their very high-level of trustworthiness. This in turn, would require: increased readiness of service providers or banks and new levels of trust in the value chain, with severe constraints over business continuity management. And, security and privacy in both the clients and the client advisors behaviour will be a key success factor for banking and more broadly, for the financial industry.
In view of the above, the aim of this specific workshop is to provide a platform for a structured strategic dialogue between stakeholders from the financial industry and distinguished experts from ICT security and trust. The focus will be on:
- Debating how the situation in the European financial sector will evolve over the next 5 years in the two main themes of the workshop: protection of massively distributed critical financial infrastructures; and, trust in new added value business chains;
- Developing joint scenarios and consequent strategic plans and research directions on how future trustworthy financial services could be constructed and delivered over critical ICT-based service infrastructures and how these latter could be protected from any kind of cyber-threat.
The workshop will address issues that span beyond a single financial institution or national market. It will address specifically cross boarder and multi member state issues and correlations which may impact or destabilize critical ICT-based financial infrastructures of the European economy.
The expected workshop outcomes are twofold:
- Nurture the dialogue between the relevant actors and stimulate the creation of potential consortia in view of the EU's FP7 call for R&D proposals in the area of critical infrastructure protection, including the protection of ICT-based critical financial infrastructures (see http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/critinfpro/home_en.html );
- Provide input to future strategic research directions that the European Commission will support in its next work programme for ICT Research, for the period 2009-2010.
The workshop will benefit from similar work that was initiated by the European Commission in the ICT and energy sector (the CIIRCO research action – see the European Research Agenda it delivered on critical information infrastructure protection available on: http://www.ci2rco.org/downloadMaterial/IST-2004-15818%20-%20D12%20(Final).pdf .
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Here's a version of chicken tortilla soup that's both super-easy and delicious. To make it even quicker, use crumbled baked tortilla chips in place of the homemade tortilla strips and skip Steps 1-2. Serve with vinegary coleslaw, lime wedges and hot sauce.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
High Potassium
Low Calorie
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Serves 6
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 45 min.
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Step 2
Spread tortilla strips in an even layer on a baking sheet and coat with cooking spray. Bake until browned and crispy, 12 to 15 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add peppers and onion and cook, stirring, until the onion begins to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Add cumin and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add chicken, broth, tomatoes and their juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in lime juice. Serve each portion topped with some of the baked tortilla strips, Cheddar and cilantro.
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Heroin use increases across Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The head of southwest Montana's Missouri River Drug Task Force says heroin use is on the rise.
Lt. Jake Wagner says the increase is because changing prescription drug formulas are harder to melt down and shoot up. Their chemical properties make them difficult to redesign.
"With the changes the composition of those pills, now make it harder," Wagner explained.
According to Wagner, in the past drug users could crush up prescription pain medication, melt it down and inject it into their bodies.
"The abuser is not able to melt that pill and get it into a syringe for an injection," he explained.
Wagner told NBC Montana there is a direct relationship between pharmaceutical abuse and heroin -- more users are turning to heroin as they run out of other options.
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text: Yes he would. If you're going to bring Ben Gordon off the bench to carry the bulk of your scoring load from the SG position then the guy starting ahead of him needs to be a token starter. Token starters are guys lie Keith Bogans and Thabo Sefolosha, guys who can hit spot up treys and defend, playing 16-20 mpg, AA can thrive in that role. Truthfully Rodney would be a waste of talent and millions of salary cap space in that role.


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Drone Victims Take on Washington DC
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Faisal bin Ali Gaber is a soft-spoken engineer from Yemen who lost his cousin and brother-in-law in a drone strike in August 2012. He published an open letter to President Obama and Yemeni President Hadi. Now Faisal Gaber will get a chance to appeal directly to the American people.
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Chris Kendall also known as crabstickz is a 26 year old (northern) British youtuber . He started making videos in 2008 and he has over 528,000 subscribers! (Yay go Chris). He is also a member of 'the fantastic foursome' which is a group of friends that sometimes make amazing videos together (dan, phil, pj and him). Chris has an amazing sense of humor that some people may find frightening but I think it's awesome! People often ship Chris and pj together because of jokes they make... however they are straight (probably). Chris often dresses up like different people on his channel; like becca or Enrique. He is also extremely attractive.
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Something I'm working on. I started it sometime last year and forgot about it due to lack of time from work, happened to find it a few days ago and decided to try to finish it while I don't have work until January. :3
Something I'm working on. I started it sometime last year and forgot about it due to lack of time from work, happened to find it a few days ago and decided to try to finish it while I don't have work until January. :3
red panda red panda red panda!
To Asera^
Looks very nice so far, can't wait to see what it looks like colored in (:
wow that looks awesome so far asera, nice job
From left to right - Deathwingz, or Sherion, my warlock, an attempt at designing Atramedes's humanform, and Ortheka under Yogg-Saron's influence. I think I'm getting better at human and human-like faces...
I keep forgetting to post my stuff. :P
Deviantart: http://hitsujifox.deviantart.com/gallery/
*The top three sketches are redesigns of an older Argus critter of mine. I didn't include the cerata/tentacles on the coloured version because I was lazy.
*The coloured one under those sketches is another Argus animal. It's what you'd get if you crossed a hydrothermal worm and a giant sloth. I can't decide if I want it to have 4 or 6 legs.
*Beside that one is some random sloth/armadillo, and a parrot/turtle thing.
*Below are two concept sketches of the Quel'dorei Steed. I went with a more primitive, vicious look. The elves need more dangerous looking steeds. Blizz toned them down too much.
*A quick little netherdrake, based off of a manta ray, and other ray species.
*Beside that are the two rough sketches of my tattoo idea.
Most of my male worgen designs have barely made it past the sketch phase. I just lost interest. I couldn't find a good design, but I finally did with this guy.
I am so damn pleased with how he turned out.
His name will be Basil.
(I added a little tail for fun. At first I was kind of peeved at all the people begging for worgen tails, but then I felt that a little bob-tail wouldn't hurt. It still peeves me though when I see worgen with huge fox tails, they're too distracting.)
After I finished him up I took an old sketch of Kieran (my orc/worgen cross) and fixed it up a bit and added some colours and censor undies (high waisted/antique undies are amazingly hard to get right ).
I think I'm going to go ahead with the whole sex-shifter concept. If druids can change their body structure to that of bears, cats, and birds, then sex-shifting is fair game.
(*Please don't bawww over Kieran's ribs. You can absolutely have big ol' milkers and have your ribs showing. Ribs showing does not mean a person has an eating disorder.)
Another update for The Houndmistress.
I fixed up Tully's face and belly, gave Honey her spots and colour corrected her (her pink skin was too muted).
(You can tell I'm starting to get lazy with those censor bikinis :P)
A quick and fun Gigeresque portrait of Damla that I did after watching the Prometheus trailers. Giger has apparently come back to work on Prometheus with Ridley Scott. I'm all excited! You can't have a movie set in the ALIEN universe without including Giger, you just can't (yes, ALIENS was good but the rest were...ergh).
If you don't know who H.R. Giger is, look him up. You won't be disappointed, unless you are a prude.
Giger paints/airbrushes some of the most beautiful females.
This last one looks fa nominal. I like the veins through the lighted parts!
Yeah, the warlock is the one on the left. I want to transmog her in some white robes set. I think they'll look nice with her skin and hair. Or I'm going to get her Naxxramas warlock tier and impersonate Faerlina, 'cause my lock has the same face as her.
Some Twilight's Hammer stuff for you.
This was born in a conversation with my friend, so the credit for the idea goes to her =) I'm just keeping up with my Ascendant stuff =)
And again - the link to my DA is in my sig.
1st: Happy Holidays to everyone :-)
2nd: Sheesh, Rachel: http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...ox-d4hscdp.png
Please message me on DA and "learn me" to paint with colors like that! So beautiful, I just love it.
3rd: I "finished" the sketch of Sindragosa I had started and I think shared with you all a while back:
She began her life as an 11" x 14" traditional sketch and then was completed in CS5 on my new Cintiq 24HD!!!!!! I was a VERY good girl this year ;-)
Will be inking and coloring soonish, however if you are a colorist and want to have a go at it let me know and I can send you a .psd file to work with.
Cheers all!
Gosh, it's been quite a few months since I last really graced a good visit here. There's been so much good art here it's ridiculous, and there's no way I could comment for all of them (wondering about taking a re-read of the whole thing some time soon, as I find myself with increasingly more free time in the future). Roughly a month ago I felt a surge of inspiration again, however, and started to draw with my tablet again. I'm still not very good at it, and I certainly still have a lot to learn, but I feel that I already have progressed if only a little bit.
The result of some reading and practice are these two, which I am unable to link at my current post numbers if I recall correctly. They are what I made to be a present for certain important friend of mine .
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While I'm not that fond of how the colored version ended up looking, it does hold the credit that it was my first attempt at coloring something like that on GIMP. And making these already taught me a few things to keep in mind for future attempts. First, prepare a bigger image and space for more detail to fit in accurately, second, make sure the reference material is high quality, so you don't end up "reproducing" from "low quality" source... *cough*, and Thirdly, I need to discover a better coloring method with a tablet, or learn to draw cleaner pictures so fill in tool will work better. Regardless, there are never too many tauren ladies there, are there?
That aside, I do feel like they are an upgrade to some of my past works . I was influenced a lot by certain skilled tauren artists in the webs, particularly used Shalinka's Female Tauren tutorial to get the hoofs and legs really working again! (I still need work with it, and to add a bit of my own flair to things, once I learn how the bodyshapes work, maybe read up a few anatomy books with the inevitable time taken recovering.)
^^ love it in colour
I thought about what you guys had said for the piece Tony would color, and honestly.. I haven't done anything for myself in a long time. All the inks I had were commissions, and I just didn't have anything that I could say was for me..
So I did this:
Trying my hand at one of my favorite styles: Art Nouveau.. Well, more specifically -- Alphonse Mucha.
Other than that it looks very nice. Wish I could draw hair half so well.
Nah, you're fine!
I have seen a lot of artists do something similar with horns on models, and I liked the way it looked rather than keeping the same angle of the closest horn.
If you load the Blizz dragon models into WMV, many of them have a similar thing going on with their horns when viewed from the side. . . something with the curve of the horns I guess.
Thanks for the comment, though. . . critique is always welcomed :-)
Alex has similar horns to what you're going for. I can see what you're trying to do with the way her further horn looks like it comes out the top of her head, it just feels like you could tweak your version a bit.
I can't necessarily teach you, but I can put up a process image with explanations. No one can actually teach another how to do art. You can go through anatomy books and study how professionals paint, but you have to teach yourself. Practice, practice and practice some more. Don't worry about style, it'll develop as you learn.
I hate saying this, but when trying to figure out the anatomy of something, always consult anatomy books and photo references first, then look at how other artists stylize. Never reference an artist for anatomy unless you already know what your doing and you're just looking for stylization techniques.
I've actually had to tell a few people in the past not to use my stuff as reference since I make mistakes. I do have a draenei leg tutorial thingy, but that was just to point out the comparative anatomy between human and unguligrade limbs. I still encourage people to look at photos and anatomy books first.
You can absolutely teach people how to create art. . . I went through 4 years of it :-P Technique is taught, composition, how to think about a piece, how to see color. I never took any of the digital art classes because I just couldn't fit them into my schedule. . . which is why I try to learn from people I admire online now ;-)
With digital art, it is very helpful to know what programs and brushes people use, how the opacity and fill options are set, etc. Then you can use that as a basis to experiment and get your own techniques down, that's what I'm really curious about. Your color work is very vibrant and painterly, and I really enjoy that. Do you use Photoshop of Painter?
I have been playing around in Painter and it is a powerful program and quite awesome, but for some reason I am more comfortable with Photoshop.
Keep up the nice pandaren work. . . I like the variety in the sizes of all your models.
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Faith Column: How do You Respond to the Resurrection
Matthew 28.1-15
There was nothing that Satan or his demons could do to prevent the Resurrection from happening. What must have seemed to be the ultimate victory on Friday now could only be seen as a moment in time, for the open, empty tomb of Jesus signified that the battle was over and Christ had won the victory for Adam's fallen seed, for YOU and ME!
For a few brief minutes, I want us to think about a few of the characters that were involved in the scenes of the morning found in the biblical account and how they responded to the Resurrection.
THE ANGELS: When Christ hung on the cross on Friday, I imagine that the darkness that covered the earth also cast its shadow over the hosts of heaven as they watch the Son of God die. But, I can also imagine the adulation when Christ rose from the dead!
Can you imagine how the angel must have felt when he was given the order to move the stone from in front of the tomb? That which we were told was "sealed" by man was now rocked by an earthquake, due to the presence of this angel of the Lord.
The stone was removed, rolled away and the glorified and resurrected Christ came forth. Imagine how this one would have felt having beheld the Lamb's glory before His incarnation, and now, to behold the Lamb in His Resurrection glory. Truly this angelic being must have rejoiced exceedingly as Christ came from the tomb.
I believe this messenger could not wait to tell of the good news of the resurrection.
THE GUARDS & THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS: It is interesting to note that those who first heard the report of the Roman soldiers did not question the "veracity of their report, but called the Sanhedrin." The story contrived to explain the event was that the disciples came and took the body at night while the guard slept.
PROBLEMS: 1. It took a large sum of money to silence the soldiers from telling their story. What they could tell undermined all that the leaders had sought to say about Jesus.
2. How could they have known that the disciples came and took the body if they were asleep?
3. A soldier asleep at his post was punishable by death. The leaders convinced them they would take care of the governor if he should hear of the story.
4. Does it seem realistic to believe that a group that had fled in fright a few nights earlier would now come and challenge a Roman guard?
5. Why would the women have returned to the tomb in the morning if the body had been stolen the night before by the disciples? Surely they would have known of such an undertaking.
6. Could the disciples have kept such an act secret? Would they have gone to their deaths for a "Savior" they knew to be dead and buried somewhere else? (I think someone, somewhere would have slipped!)
The bottom line for the religious leaders is that any reason to deny who Christ was, was good enough. They absolutely did not want to recognize Jesus for who He was. Consequently, they destined themselves and many others to eternal separation from God.
OUR RESPONSE: What is our response to the Resurrection of Jesus? Are we like the angels of the Lord? Is it our delight to proclaim the message of the glorious resurrection? Is it something that we can't wait to proclaim?
Or are we like the Roman soldiers? Have we been silenced by the "hush money" offered by the world to keep one silent about the resurrected Lord? Or are we like the religious leaders? Do we flatly deny Jesus and the power of His resurrection because we feel He threatens our position, power and security?
I would pray today that we would understand that we have everything in the resurrected Lord and nothing without Him.
May we be like those of the Lord from the angelic realm, and proclaim with great excitement, "He is not here, He is risen!"


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This special property of base 3 attracted the notice of early computer designers. On the hypothesis that a computer's component count would be roughly proportional both to the width and to the depth of the numbers being processed, they suggested that rw might be a good predictor of hardware cost, and so ternary notation would make the most efficient use of hardware resources. The earliest published discussion of this idea I've been able to find appears in the 1950 book High-speed Computing Devices, a survey of computer technologies compiled on behalf of the U.S. Navy by the staff of Engineering Research Associates.
At about the same time as the ERA survey, Herbert R. J. Grosch proposed a ternary architecture for the Whirlwind computer project at MIT. Whirlwind evolved into the control system for a military radar network, which stood vigil over North American airspace through 30 years of the Cold War. Whirlwind was also the proving ground for several novel computer technologies—including magnetic core memory—but ternary arithmetic was not among the innovations tested; Whirlwind and its successors were binary machines.
As it happens, the first working ternary computer was built on the other side of the Iron Curtain. The machine was designed by Nikolai P. Brusentsov and his colleagues at Moscow State University and was named Setun, for a river that flows near the university campus. Some 50 machines were built between 1958 and 1965. Setun operated on numbers composed of 18 ternary digits, or trits, giving the machine a numerical range of 387,420,489. A binary computer would need 29 bits to reach this capacity; in terms of rw, the ternary design wins 54 to 58.
Unfortunately, Setun did not realize the potential of base 3 to reduce component counts. Each trit was stored in a pair of magnetic cores, wired in tandem so that they had three stable states. A pair of cores could have held two binary bits, which amounts to more information than a single trit, and so the ternary advantage was squandered.
Along with ternary arithmetic, a computer built of base-3 hardware can also exploit ternary logic. Consider the task of comparing two numbers. In a machine based on binary logic, comparison is often a two-stage process. First you ask, "Is x less than y?"; depending on the answer, you may then have to ask a second question, such as "Is x equal to y?" Ternary logic simplifies the process: A single comparison can yield any of three possible outcomes: "less," "equal" and "greater."
Ternary computers were a fad that faded, though not quickly. In the 1960s there were several more projects to build ternary logic gates and memory cells, and to assemble these units into larger components such as adders. In 1973 Gideon Frieder and his colleagues at the State University of New York at Buffalo designed a complete base-3 machine they called ternac, and created a software emulator of it. Since then the idea of ternary computing has had occasional revivals, but you're not going to find a ternary minitower in stock at CompUSA.
Why did base 3 fail to catch on? One easy guess is that reliable three-state devices just didn't exist or were too hard to develop. And once binary technology became established, the tremendous investment in methods for fabricating binary chips would have overwhelmed any small theoretical advantage of other bases. Furthermore, it's only a hypothesis that such an advantage exists. Everything hinges on the assumption that rw is a proper measure of hardware complexity, or in other words that the incremental cost of increasing the radix is the same as the incremental cost of increasing the number of digits.
But even if ternary circuits don't find a home in computer hardware, the Goldilocks argument favoring base 3 may apply in other contexts. Suppose you are creating one of those dreadful telephone menu systems—Press 1 to be inconvenienced, Press 2 to be condescended to, and so forth. If there are many choices, what is the best way to organize them? Should you build a deep hierarchy with lots of little menus that each offer just a few options? Or is it better to flatten the structure into a few long menus? In this situation a reasonable goal is to minimize the number of options that the wretched caller must listen to before finally reaching his or her destination. The problem is analogous to that of representing an integer in positional notation: The number of items per menu corresponds to the radix r, and the number of menus is analogous to the width w. The average number of choices to be endured is minimized when there are three items per menu.
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i'm not sure. it could work i guess! i'd like to see a big SS brought in and have gibril at FS. however, the chances of that happening this year are slim. nothing ventured nothing gained I guess!


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Anyone else have them? I've read they might sit outside the hive and snack on bees and wanted to hear from others with experience. Thinking of getting a few in the spring to control the fire ant population.
Anyone else have them? I've read they might sit outside the hive and snack on bees and wanted to hear from others with experience. Thinking of getting a few in the spring to control the fire ant population.
They work great on ticks and other bugs. I would keep them out of a bee yard.
They are annoying and nervous.
"Annoying and nervous"
Friend has a few that run around. I hear they use them as guard animals in some places around the world because as soon as they spot some little oddity in the area they cause a big row.
My Guineas haven't shown any interest in my beehives, even now that there are few bugs around. I thought they might at least go after dead ones around the hive, but I haven't seen that either. They are noisy!
Wow I have not heard anyone use that term in a while and never about bee's but, I have lots of Guinea bee's a few named Guido as well as several Goombah's in each hive.
BeeSmart, we had guineas for a short time, they never bothered the bees but I must tell you that we through a celebration when we got rid of those birds, the noise was just too much to take.
Bill...in Southeast Ohio Zone 6A, Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up
no experience with guineas, but i have chickens that roam around my hives... the chickens will chase down a bee in flight and eat it - once!
then they learn !
We had guineas at the old house and yes, they are great to have around! They are noisy and will squawk at anything out of place! The chickens and them would hang around the hives but never bothered the bees that I noticed. They are tick eating machines though! Before guineas the dogs would be checked for ticks daily, after getting a dozen guineas the tick population got hammered around my house! But they are dumb birds and either got hit by cars or picked off by the owls at night and disappeared over time.
Coyote Creek Bees
I'm sorry, this thread puzzled me at first but now I noticed why I was confused.
Your talking about a bird, not beer!
Mine never bothered the bees. They bothered the dogs. They bothered the cats. They bothered me. They're gone.
Charlie...I love it. Just opened one because of you!!!!!!!!!
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
When living in East Texas, I noticed quite a few of the rural residents kept guineas. They are good watch animals and will let out really loud cackles when anyone or anything strange comes near them. Personally, they are not for me, although they eat huge amounts of bugs.
The fire ant infestation of most of Texas got rid of our ticks. Fire ants will get rid of all ticks, period. That's the only good thing I have been able to discern about the mean little ants.
I have a 2 1/2 year old who knows that ants "Bite you!" and will tell me quite loudly of the fact. Doesn't stop him from stepping in the ant hills though. I would rather get rid of them without treatments.
Someone on a bee forum posted that coffee grounds were a deterrent to fire ants. I saved my coffee grounds for a few days and sprinkled them around my bee hives. I did keep the fire ants away for weeks. It's now something that I do every month or so in warm weather. It has worked for me.
Now this is my opinion from raising chickens fro over 10 years....Throw those birds away....They do lay some good brown eggs but I dont understand why new people think they are so great. They are noisy and ugly lol.... I have had chickens for ages at my ranch and someone who is new to birds always comes to me with those **** things. Get some nice RIR Buffs or Austrolorp chickens way better than guineas. They wont mess with bees except to eat the dead ones. You will get large brown eggs use about 1/2 the food and have a chicken that only coos when they lay and gentle enough to eat the ticks off a dog. Literally they will eat off the dog and raid his food if they get the chance. They are also great left over disposals..got rice...corn....veg...meat...they will devour it... Plus they are mighty tasty come late fall when you kull back for the winter and hardy. I get an egg a day from each of my birds after about 4-6 months.
Kylemeinert...We've already had 25 free-range egg laying chickens for 3 years. I'm not too worried about ticks, but they don't do a thing for fire ants.
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UTSA football coach Larry Coker
UTSA announces summer youth football camps
By Kyle Stephens
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(May 12, 2009)--The UTSA football program has announced dates for a pair of camps to be held in San Antonio this summer.The inaugural Larry Coker/UTSA Youth Football Camp will be Thursday-Saturday, June 18-20 at the track and field complex infield on the UTSA Main Campus.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The youth camp is open to athletes entering grades nine and below and will operate 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first two days and beginning at noon on the final day. The entry fee is $125 per camper.
The inaugural Larry Coker/UTSA Advanced Football Camp will be Friday, July 17 at the Alamodome. The advanced camp is open to players entering grades 11 and 12 at a cost of $10 per camper. Rising juniors are asked to check in at 9 a.m. and rising seniors are to report at 2 p.m.
For more information on either camp, contact camp director David Ross at (210) 458-5014. Brochures, entry forms and waivers are available for download at the UTSA Athletics Web site. Select the Athletics Department pull-down menu, then click on "Camps."


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Whats the legality of selling a re-welding receiver? If I want to build a MG42 or MG34 and I have a 3 cut receiver for either can I sell it it after it has been rewelded?
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Cadillac Eldorado V-Series. 638hp LS9.
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Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 1:50 PM
By Cliff Seiber / American Press
Louisiana tourism professionals will get a good view of Southwest Louisiana during the annual Lieutenant Governor's Tourism Summit in Lake Charles next week.
The summit, organized by the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association, will be Tuesday-Thursday, Jan. 22-24, at L'Auberge Casino Resort.
"It will give us a chance to showplace our area to the rest of the state," said Shelly Johnson, executive director of the Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The event will include three familiarization tours. One will feature Jefferson Davis Parish — where, she said, visitors will see Louisiana Spirits, the rum distillery under construction at Lacassine; be photographed with baby alligators at the Jennings Oil and Gas Park; and have lunch at the Regatta Restaurant in Lake Arthur.
Another tour will take people on the Creole Nature Trail from Lake Charles down into Cameron Parish, and a third will concentrate on the history of Southwest Louisiana, including the Charpentier Historic District.
Both of these tours will include stops along the Southwest Louisiana Boudin Trail, with samples provided, Johnson said.
"The last time Lake Charles was host to the annual summit was 2006, when there were still a lot of blue roofs in the aftermath of 2005's Hurricane Rita," Johnson said. "It will be a totally different picture of Southwest Louisiana."
Travel counselors from all over the state will be at the conference, she said. Included in the massive schedule of activities are exams for becoming a certified tourist counselor, which will attract people from throughout the state. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne will discuss the tourism business at a breakfast Wednesday. He will also talk about Louisiana Office of Tourism initiatives and legislative activities affecting tourism.
Roger Dow, president and CEO of the US Travel Association, will lead a discussion of what is going on nationally in tourism during Wednesday's luncheon.
The Louisiana Travel Fair will give visitors bureaus, attractions, hotels and other tourist businesses from around the state an opportunity to show off their products and services to others in the business.
The program will wind down with the Louisiana Tourism Industry awards luncheon at noon Thursday.


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New York's Endless Boogie - who played Auckland last year - might not seem to do very much but, like the Ramones, it's more than enough. The truth-in-packaging quartet nail down some sleazy-but-tight boogie riffs, while singer-guitarist Top Dollar yelps like Captain Beefheart or growls like John Lee Hooker and twists out white-knuckle psychedelic solos. They don't believe in any "hope you like our new direction" nonsense either, just get their heads into a groove. The opener, The Savagist, is well over 13 minutes; three others are over nine; and On Cryology and The Montgomery Manuscript tick in well past 10. EB are, however, more a drone-influenced psychedelic band than a relentlessly hardcore blues-boogie outfit and that's their strength. The nine-minute Artemus Ward is a slow, spooky piece teased out with deliciously insinuating guitar work in the manner of Tom Verlaine (of Television) and an increasing sense of tension, On Cryology has a slow-mo buzzsaw riff but is akin to tripped-out ZZ Top with post-Exile era Mick Taylor/Keith Richards guitar manoeuvres, and the 14-minute Montgomery Manuscript is a seriously engrossing slice of drone-minimalism with wah-wah and glistening, mercurial guitar lines. More than enough.
Stars: 4/5
Verdict: It ain't what you do it's the way that you boogie
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Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez: 10 Reasons They Should Stay Broken Up
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Some couples just don't work well together. No matter how hard they try, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez manage to break up with each other almost every other week! From flirty texts to hanging out with models to making revenge music videos, Justin, 18, and Selena, 20, have hurt each other in the most dramatic ways. We almost wish Taylor Swift would change the lyrics of her song to "You Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and present it to Justin and Selena. Click through the pics, see why we think Justin and Selena should stay broken up and tell us if you agree or disagree!
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Detroit Film Theatre
Friday, July 26, 2013
7:00 PM Detroit Film Theatre
What happens when documentary filmmakers – whose goal is to explore and reveal – take as their subject one of the world's great living magicians, whose art (and life) is all about deception and concealment? The subject in question is Ricky Jay, a world-renowned illusionist, author, historian, raconteur and actor (a memorable presence in David Mamet's House of Games and Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights and Magnolia). Told largely in Ricky's own, incomparable voice, Deceptive Practice traces the story of his remarkable achievement, beginning at age 4 with his grandfather, amateur magician Max Katz, as well as legendary professionals such as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini, Dai Vernon and the great Charlie Miller. Now in his sixties, Ricky Jay's one-man shows consistently draw rave reviews and sold-out houses; Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein's warm and deeply personal portrait of the artist offers a rare glimpse into the arduous demands of the magician's craft, and also celebrates the vibrant language and storytelling that remains the living, beating heart of this remarkable, centuries-old tradition. One of the year's most delightful surprises. (88 min.)
"««««! A great enchanter! A reminder that deception, in the best of cases, is a pathway to transcendence." –Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
"He puts on a smashing show. Whether on or off the stage, Mr. Jay is hugely entertaining." –Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
"Some of his illusions are so stunning that they leave audiences teary-eyed – out of amazement, or perhaps fear." –Robert Walzer, The Wall Street Journal
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The Museum of Modern Art's Party in the Garden, a benefit event on June 1, will honor collection artists Huma Bhabha, Mark Bradford, and Brice Marden, along with philanthropists Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman and Sally and Wynn Kramarsky.
Marble Machine built and composed by Martin Molin, filmed and edited by Hannes Knutsson
Barnes Foundation announced that the Barnes will offer free general admission on weekdays to all students. This expanded access was made possible by a $1 Million Match Opportunity, provided by an anonymous donor, which matches funds raised through increases in annual memberships and new memberships to the Barnes.
Twin Limb are type of nouveau Americana, enlisting all the roots-y singing and strings their part of the world has been known for since its inception, but stacking all the types of production tricks we've learned over the decades, bringing us to 2015.
The indie rock quintet Come Wind has debuted another track today from their upcoming full-length album Move in Place.
The Costume Institute's Fall 2015 exhibition, Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style, will focus on the internationally renowned style icon Countess Jacqueline de Ribes, whose originality and elegance established her as one of the most celebrated fashion personas of the 20th century.
Garis & Hahn will present the gallery's first solo exhibition of Berlin based artist, Christopher Winter. Virtual Being will debut 14 new works including mixed media paintings and one sculpture from the artist's "Speculative Realism" series that raises questions of alternate dimensions and the nature of reality.
From November 2015 through June 2016, the visual artist and educator Peter Hristoff—a 2015-16 artist in residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art—will engage with Museum visitors in a series of creative, multi-faceted public programs that demonstrate the vibrancy, diversity, and beauty of contemporary Islamic culture within the context of the Met's collection.
The film was made as a spontaneous declaration of love for the city of Los Angeles and its recent Renaissance. It starts with the narrative pretext of a storyline conceived around the idea of someone sending a letter from LA and it progresses into a more kaleidoscopic stream of consciousness of two young men living, working and dreaming in LA.
Directed by Elba Berganza, "The Devil's Shelter" features guest vocals by Alex Maas of The Black Angels.
British artist Cornelia Parker has been selected to create a site-specific installation atop the Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. The installation will be on view from May through October 2016, and will be the fourth in a series of site-specific commissions for the outdoor space.
A major exhibition focusing on Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas's (1834–1917) extraordinary and rarely seen monotypes and their impact on his wider practice, on view March 26 through July 24, 2016.
The years surrounding World War II posed a creative and existential crisis, as artists struggled to respond to human, social, and cultural conditions in the wake of the horrors of combat, images of concentration camps, and the aftermath of the atomic bomb.
Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired.
Italian illustrator Rubens Cantuni takes us on a trip of a lifetime, into the world of Tokyo Candies.
Paris based fashion illustrator Caroline Andrieu publishes a new series entitled 'Spring 2013 Couture' illustrating the familiar faces off the Spring 2013 Couture runway shows including Lindsey Wixson, Ruby Jean Wilson and Roberta Narciso for Prada as well as many others.
SFMOMA will present an off-site exhibition throughout the downtown commercial core of Los Altos, a town located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Featured artists include Jeremy Blake, Spencer Finch, Charles Garoian, Christian Jankowski, Chris Johanson, Mike Mills, Kateřina Ŝedá, Alec Soth, and Jessica Stockholder.
The icons of the New York Skyline will soon have a new companion. Located on Park Avenue between 56th and 57th streets, 432 Park Avenue will be the tallest residential tower in the Western Hempishere upon its completion in 2015.
Directed by filmmaker Dan Sully – who also created the video for the first album's single 'Come Closer'– this cinematic love letter to Liverpool offers a series of emotionally resonant vignettes shot in classic black and white.
Founded in Connecticut in 1975, Ghurka has served as a symbol of superior American leather craftsmanship for almost forty years.
A young, creative and very intelligent business-oriented gentleman. Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The GROUND Ryan Yoon discusses new and upcoming projects as he shares his personal views on the state of print media, life and inspiration.
We all knew her in high school.. the girl who seemed to be on the wrong side of the tracks. A rebel. The "wild child." She skipped class often, but when she was there we couldn't take our eyes off of her.
Boston-based music blog Big Old Big One produces and releases monthly music videos of national musical acts playing unplugged in various and unique locations.
The highly anticipated opening of Rehs Contemporary Galleries' exhibit, "The BIG Gamble," was beyond imagination.
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NMSU Survives Last Second Shot Agains Idaho
ABC-7's Paul Cicala has all the hiltes
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - New Mexico State sophomore guard Daniel Mullings sank two free throws with 14 seconds left in regulation to beat Idaho, 76-74. The Aggies won their 10th consecutive game (16-8, 10-2 WAC).
Mullings scored seven points and had four assists in 40 minutes of action. Freshman center Sim Bhullar led the Aggies in scoring with 20 points on an 8-of-8 performance from the field. Sophomore guard Terrel de Rouen had a career-high 12 points and a steal in the final 16 seconds of the game that set up the Mullings free throws. Junior forward Renaldo Dixon was also in double-digits with 12 points, which tied a season-high mark, and senior forward Bandja Sy recorded a career-high 15 rebounds and scored nine points.
The Aggies led for the majority of the second half until Idaho hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 74-74 with 1:00 to play. Following a missed free throw, the Vandals had the ball with 26 seconds left and de Rouen grabbed his lone steal of the game.
The Crimson and White had a strong start to the second half and hit its first 5-of-8 shots and had a nine-point lead halfway through the second half, 57-48. The Aggies shot 61.5 percent from the field in the second half (16-of-26).
Junior forward Kevin Aronis hit a pair of 3-pointers in an 8-2 run that gave NM State its only double-digit lead of the game, 67-56, at 6:14 that forced an Idaho timeout. Aronis finished the game with nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line.
NM State posted a 36-35 halftime advantage with a strong inside presence. Dixon led NM State with 12 points. Bhullar added nine points on a 3-of-3 shooting performance. As a team, the Aggies shot 46.7 percent from the field (14-of-30).
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Admission to Baccalaureate is by ticket only.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Jill Ver Steeg, who is a pastor at Meredith Drive Reformed Church inDes Moines,Iowa.
Ver Steeg is a teaching pastor and oversees adult discipleship and the youth ministry staff at Meredith Drive Reformed Church, where she has served since completing her Master of Divinity degree at Western Theological Seminary in 2003. A native ofDes Moines, she grew up worshiping and being discipled atMeredith Drive.
Her professional activities include serving on the Classis of Central Iowa Visioning Team and as a writer for the devotional booklet "Words of Hope." She is also a member of the Hope College Board of Trustees and is on the Leadership Alliance Board at Vermeer Corporation.
Prior to joining Meredith Drive Reformed Church, she served as a chaplain at Hope for three years while pursuing her M.Div. at the seminary.
Ver Steeg is a 1996 graduate ofNorthwesternCollegeinOrange City,Iowa, where she majored in religion and communication studies, and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Shane, who is a 1998 Hope graduate, have four sons, Samuel, Will, Owen and Wesley.


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#1 Wed 23 Jan 08 1:17am
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Best Simple Flapjack
This is my dads recipe, and it is the best I ever had:
250g Porridge Oats
125g Butter
125g Brown Sugar
2-3 Tablespoons Golden Syrup (Depends how gooey you want it)
Put it in a food processor, then put it in a tray and bake until golden brown (about 20 min). Simple as, and a great snack for cold day in the garden.
#2 Thu 24 Jan 08 3:23am
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
Sounds good. I'm just wondering if the food processor grinds the oats a bit too powdery though? I've always made it in a saucepan, melting the butter, sugar and syrup, then stirring in the oats before baking. Maybe I'll try your way next time I make it!
#3 Mon 18 May 09 6:34am
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This is my second batch of these - yummmmm. Great recipe, texture & flavour, I love the fact they are not greasy.
Fantastic - I will be using this from now on every week for my (very impressed) childrens' lunchboxes
#4 Mon 18 May 09 10:11am
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
Hello, questions from an ignoramus who thought flapjacks was another name for pikelets/drop scones.
How hot is the oven? How big is the tray? How thick is it when it goes in? How thick is it when it comes out. Then what do you do with it?
#5 Mon 18 May 09 10:14am
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
Mmmmm, sounds morish! My sister made something a couple of years ago that sounds very similar. I think it was a honey-oat slice, or something like that. Thatks for sharing your recipe.
#6 Mon 18 May 09 2:59pm
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
JoyYamDaisy, I normally bake flapjacks in my 26cm-long ceramic oven dish. You want it a good inch thick, so they stay a little gooey. Leave to cool in the dish, then cut into squares. Line the dish with baking parchment or they can me a 'mare to get out. Then: you eat! Good as a portable snack.
I Wiki'd flapjacks as I was curious to their international names and counterparts:
In the UK, a flapjack is a tray bake (or bar cookie) made from rolled oats, fat (typically butter), brown sugar and usually Golden syrup or honey. As well as being baked at home, they are widely available in shops, ready-packaged, often with extra ingredients such as chocolate, dried fruit, nuts, yoghurt and toffee pieces or coatings, either as individual servings or full unsliced trayfuls. Flapjacks are not a cake, but a lot of people consider them as such, they are usually an alternative to a biscuit (cookie) or cake, and textures range from soft and moist to dry and crisp. Because of the high levels of fat and calories in the original version, some 'diet' versions are available with lower fat and calorie content. Similar products are known in Australia as 'muesli bars'.
#7 Mon 18 May 09 3:02pm
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
Anna wrote:
Similar products are known in Australia as 'muesli bars'.
... or simply a 'chewy slice.'
#8 Tue 19 May 09 2:26am
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
Thanks for the info Anna, I will try them!
#9 Fri 21 Jan 11 1:18pm
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Here is a great version�with nice choc� banana twist!
Ingredients: (16 flapjacks)
250g organic rolled oat
100g butter
80g raw brown sugar
5 tbsp golden maple sirup
1 tbsp salt
1 banana, mashed
75g chocolate, melted
3 tbsp milk
1 handful of unsalted nuts, crushed
1. Melt the butter in a large non stick saucepan over a very low heat. Add sugar and sirup and mix well.
2. Stir in the oats, add the banana and the pinch of salt.
3. Spread the mixture over a sheet of baking paper in a baking tray and press flat. Place in the oven and cook for 15 min at 220 degrees or until it turns golden brown. Leave it to cool.
4. In the meantime, prepare the melted chocolate in a pan by adding chocolate chunks and milk on low temperature. Dip Half of your flapjacks in chocolate and sprinkle the crushed nuts over it, so that you can still hold it without touching the chocolate (see top picture). Place in the fridge for an hour or to allow for the chocolate to set hard.
Store in a air tight box in the fridge for up to a week and bring half of it to your work colleagues. For an even healthier version, you an replace part of the butter with margarine!
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#10 Fri 21 Jan 11 2:38pm
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Re: Best Simple Flapjack
In this part of the word, flapjacks are pancakes so I was a bit puzzled when I started reading the recipes.
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Governor orders flags at half-staff to honor Va. Tech
(April 18, 2007)--Gov. Rick Perry yesterday directed that flags be flown at half-staff to honor the lives of the victims of the Monday shootings at Virginia Tech University.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"Anita and I send our deepest condolences and prayers to the students, faculty and families affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech," Perry said. "The loss of these innocent lives weighs heavy on the hearts of Texans and all Americans."
The governor's directive applies to U.S. and state flags under the control of the state. Flags will be at half-staff on the state Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex, and on public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the state from Tuesday until sunset Sunday, April 22.
Individuals, businesses, municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.


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L-VIS 1990 is a boss. Night Slugs is the label he operates alongside fellow
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they've also netted bangers from Jacques Greene, Mosca, Kingdom, and a
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I was reading a thread about smokers and wondered how many knew about an Army Ammunition can that you can carry some, (certainly not all), smokers from one place to another with no odor and puts the fire out in about 2 minutes.
The can is called a "Fat 50", and the Army gets 5.56 linked ammunition in it. At Army Surplus stores, sells for about $12.00.
The can has an airtight lid, and when you place your smoker in the can, the fire will go out in about 2 minutes. The can is air, and water tight, so there is no odor if you carry your smoker from yard to yard in an SUV or car.
Find them on E-Bay, or Military Surplus Stores.