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It�s 3 a.m. the morning of the Kansas-Missouri game, and I get a call from a friend who asks me if I�d be interested in going to Arrowhead Stadium to watch ESPN�s �College Gameday.�
She failed to mention that it was spitting snow and the temperature was hovering just above the freezing mark in Kansas City.
I hesitated at first, because I had plans to spend what remained of the Thanksgiving holiday with my family, 270 miles away. But it was �College Gameday,� a show that I�ve probably watched every college football Saturday since junior high. I couldn�t pass up a chance to see Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso at work.
I arrived in Kansas City at 5 a.m. My nerves were jittery from all the coffee I had on the trip from Sedalia. As chilly as it was, when I saw Arrowhead Stadium, I felt an adrenaline rush through my body that instantly helped me out of any tiredness.
The sun was still an hour from rising, and fans were already beginning to gather around the Home Depot-decorated gates that enclosed the fan pits behind the Gameday stage.
As frigid as my toes were getting, I began wondering if the trip was worth it. Then, out of the November crisp air, a silver Lincoln pulled up yards away from our small gathering of Mizzou fans.
For some strange reason, everyone in the group stopped and turned to look at who was going to step out of the back of this luxury car.
The average height man, wearing a white dress shirt, black tie and blue jeans, hopped out of the backseat like a teenager going to his first prom. He still had sleep caked in his eyes, but his smile told us all he was ready to entertain and inform.
As Lee Corso approached us, I reached in my pullover pocket for my cell phone, hoping to get a picture. My phone battery only had one bar left and that meant no picture taking, so I simply stepped forward with my friend and shook Corso�s hand.
While shivering from the cold, he said to us, �You guys are crazy to be out here this early in this sort of weather. But, thank you.� He started walking toward his trailer, but stopped, turned, and gave us all a parting thumbs up and toothy smile.
An hour before air time, Mizzou and Kansas fans herded through the gates in unison, all trying to get the best spot up front with the hope of being on camera. Nasty signs were confiscated by security at the entrance. Mizzou fans brought an abundance of signs targeting Mark Mangino�s heft.
A few less crude examples include: �Mangino ate my baby,� �Mangino bleeds Ragu,� and most memorable a sign with Mangino�s head on a certain Austin Powers character�s body that read, �Arby�s, get in my belly!�
Tasteless, yes, but still funny.
As Gameday went live, Mizzou fans were rather unkind to the Kansas cheerleaders when they did their stunts behind Corso and Herbstreit. They would yell crude remarks like ... well, some things are best left unwritten. Kansas fans were pretty passive and reserved compared to Mizzou fans.
The highlight of the show comes at the end of the telecast when Lee Corso makes his game-winner prediction by putting on the mascot head of the winning team. What I had waited for a hundred Saturdays, watching on television, I was now seeing from the crowd�s perspective.
The Gameday crew rolls the mascot head, encased in a black box, down the divider of Kansas and Mizzou fans and takes it up on stage during the last commercial break. They put the box, draped with a black sheet, next to Corso. A crew member even hunkers down behind the show�s desk and holds the box level with the desk, choreographed so the audience at home sees the mascot head at the exact time the crowd does.
Corso picked the Tiger head, which set off an ear-piercing howl all around me. Corso was right.
As much as I�ve hated some of his picks in the past and his love for Notre Dame, from that Saturday morning on, Corso, an ESPN icon, will be forever cool in my book.


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When parity might equal
you want to beef about Ohio State being No. 1 in an
awful year for the Big Ten, I'll join the discussion. If
you want to dog the Big 12 for being awful, and Oklahoma
the flaky leader of the bunch, let's rap. If you want to
start ripping on the Pac 10, well, I can't help you if
Arizona State plays past your bedtime and you can't find
the Oregon games, but the league isn't the SEC. With
that said, there's no reason to just assume the top SEC
teams deserve any special consideration this year just
because they're in the SEC.
Yes, the SEC is the best conference in America, and it's
not even debatable. Why? From LSU to Ole Miss, there's
not a total dog among the 12. That's where the respect,
at least this year, has to stop. Just like you shouldn't
rip on Big Ten teams when they start beating on each
other, you can't over-inflate the SEC teams just because
they play classics week after week..
Everyone couldn't dump on South Florida fast enough
after it lost a tough, nationally televised road game
against Rutgers. Didn't the Bulls beat Auburn at Auburn?
Didn't Auburn lose to Mississippi State? Didn't the West
Virginia team USF beat just destroy Mississippi State?
Everyone has done a Peter Pan off the Cal bandwagon
after two straight losses to Oregon State and UCLA.
Didn't the Bears beat Tennessee rather easily?
Everyone has made it fashionable to dump on Florida
State after losses to Wake Forest and Miami. Isn't this
the same team that beat Alabama just a few weeks ago?
Stop making hotel arrangements for LSU for New Orleans
in the first week of January, like the loss to Kentucky
didn't exist. Yes, if LSU wins out, I'll be the first to
say it belongs in the national championship if no one
else is unbeaten, but the defense appears very, very
beatable by an above average offense. I'm sorry, but
it's Kentucky, not the 1995 Huskers. That's why, after
the win over UK, I don't want to hear any Florida
national title talk, and it's not just because of the
two losses. Who's the best win over, Tennessee?
Kentucky? Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Arkansas,
South Carolina … throw them all in a vat of the
above-average and move on.
With that said, next year, oh … my … goodness. Then
the SEC will be unbelievable. Then it'll be
time for everyone to get out the ChapStick for the
butt-kissing that'll be done from pillar-to-post when
most of these teams are more experienced. Until then, go
ahead and give the SEC its just due respect, again, it's
the best league in the nation by far, but don't just
assume the teams are all that much better than the top
teams from everywhere else.
Enjoy the 2007 LSU
thrill ride
Richard Cirminiello
Hollywood. You can keep your daytime soaps. No one these days is
capable of delivering more drama than the LSU Tigers, a program that's
played one of the wildest, most exhilarating three-game stretches in
college football history. Two weeks ago, the Tigers scored 14
unanswered points in the final quarter to beat Florida. A week ago,
they go down to Kentucky in a three-overtime thriller. And on Saturday,
they may have topped even themselves, spurning a potential game-tying
field goal in the waning seconds for a game-winning touchdown pass from
Matt Flynn to Demetrius Byrd, beating Auburn. The decision by Les Miles
to go for the jugular with a timeout left in the quiver was gutsy,
memorable, and borderline insane. It very likely, however, would not
have prevented LSU from getting a crack at a field goal after all.
While everyone is feeding you the fact that the Tigers scored with one
tick left in regulation, that's technically not accurate. Watch the
tape. Byrd is on his back in the rear of the end zone with the ball
secured with four seconds left on the clock. He rolls through the end
zone at three seconds, and is standing up at two ticks, saluting the
frenzied home crowd. The clock then moves to one second, but that was
long after the play had ended. Although Miles' call was curious and up
for a ton of scrutiny, even if Byrd briefly bobbled the ball, a review
almost certainly would have added time to the clock, giving Colt David
an opportunity to kick for the tie.
Now the Tigers can return to some degree of normalcy, right? Forget
it. After a well-deserved bye week, they'll head to Tuscaloosa to play
former boss Nick Saban and an Alabama team that's tied with LSU atop the
SEC West. Make a little more room in the 2007 time capsule…LSU and the
SEC might have another instant classic in store for a nation that's been
on the edge of its seat every time they've played over the last month.
Oh those zebras
3. It's hard in some sense to have a true respect for all that
college officials have to handle during a 60 minute highly intense
college football game, but this past week the officiating was as
blatantly bad as any week I've ever seen.
Start in the UConn win over Louisville on Friday night. How could seven
sets of eyes miss Larry Taylor wave his arms to signal a fair catch and
watch both Louisville and U Conn players stop playing once he caught the
ball, without blowing the whistle? One play doesn't determine the
outcome, but that one was a bit absurd. And, it wasn't an isolated
The LSU-Auburn had at
least three horrid calls. However, it was a non-call on the obvious
chop block on soon-to-be millionaire Glenn Dorsey that irritated me (and
I'm sure many others in purple and gold). Some nasty stuff goes on in
piles and scrums on the field, but this incident occurred right in front
of the umpire who was looking right at it and didn't call anything.
Costing a team a game is one thing (see U Conn/Louisville), but watching
a kid get blatantly chopped, a potentially career-ending move, and
nothing's called?!? That's horrible! The thing that is most bothersome
is that it's not like a ref needs to be a rocket scientist, especially
on the aforementioned missed calls.
People, it's just Notre Dame
No, no,
no, I know what you're thinking, and I know it's
tempting, but you're going to make the same mistake. Let
me stop you.
Don't fall for the Notre Dame opponent hype.
Ohio State beat the Irish with ease in the 2006 Fiesta
Bowl, and was basically anointed the number one spot in
the nation the following season because of it. LSU
obliterated the Irish 41-14 in the 2007 Sugar Bowl, and
now pollsters and media types are giving the Tigers the
benefit of every doubt ever since. Why? Because like it
or not, everyone watches Notre Dame.
Heck, Michigan has lived off the hype from the Notre
Dame wins over the past few years. Its 2006 season got
kickstarted by blowing out the overhyped, overrated
Irish 47-21, and everyone believed Michigan was a
juggernaut. The hype only snowballed against the average
Big Ten schedule until Ohio State and USC showed
It's happening again now. Michigan's craptacular season
turned around when Mike Hart guaranteed a win over the
Irish, which is sort of like guaranteeing you'll get run
over by Britney if you take pictures of her car long
enough. Penn State, Georgia Tech, Michigan State and
Purdue all got too much love after beating the Irish,
and now, people are starting to buy into USC again
because of a blowout win over the hapless South Benders.
USC might actually turn out to be USC again once it
starts to get healthy, but for the love of a Charlie
Weis haircut, don't start thinking the Trojans are
"back" off this win. Just one week ago, USC stunk it up
in a win over Arizona, and it was just two weeks ago
when it lost to Stanford.
At the moment, USC still has to be viewed as just
another team until it goes out and proves otherwise.
Winning at Oregon would do that. Now, if Navy breaks its
43-game losing streak to the Irish, then you can
hype it up all you want.
Oh those zebras, part two
5. To the people who run
college football, its respective conferences, and the replay system
throughout the sport, a very simple plea:
Starting next year, replay must be able to review anything and
everything, anytime and all the time, in every game, in every
situation. PERIOD.
After Friday's Louisville-Connecticut game, the need for complete
and unfettered replay jurisdiction (brought to national attention
the previous weekend by a string of replay controversies) has been
made obvious, if not more than obvious.
If you didn't see it or read about it, here's the play that should
reform replay jurisdiction/governance issues forever and ever in
college football:
Louisville punted to Connecticut. The return man clearly waved his
hand in the air to signal for a fair catch. The returner ran,
however, after catching the ball.
Delay of game penalty, right? Wrong. The officials missed the call.
Here's where it gets better: if you're a properly-trained kick cover
man, you're obviously not supposed to hit the return man if he
signals for a fair catch. Don't want to give up 15 cheap yards,
right? Well, that's exactly what Louisville's cover men did--they
refrained from making contact, as they were coached to do.
This meant that when the Connecticut return man started running, he
kept running and running... all the way to the end zone. Louisville
allowed the run to the end zone because... well... the runner made a
fair catch signal before catching the punt.
Still following this?
Here's the whopper: for some ridiculous and unexplained reason,
determining a fair catch signal on a punt isn't subject to replay
review. (Just who the hell makes these arbitrary rules, anyway?
Hopefully, they'll be dead and gone after this season.)
Connecticut, then, got a cheap touchdown--actually, a free
touchdown--while Louisville players and coaches did all the right
things. In fact, the touchdown occurred BECAUSE Louisville players
and coaches did all the right things. The replay setup in college
football--as currently structured--presided over one of the greatest
miscarriages of football justice ever seen in the sport's 138-year
Next year, replay must be able to review EVERYTHING at ALL TIMES.
Anything less would not just be uncivilized. Anything less would be
criminally unfair to all the people who play and coach college
football... and to the officials on the field who, if backed up by
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Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) has received notice to proceed for construction of the Pleasant Valley Wind Project in Mower and Dodge Counties in southeast Minnesota.
RES Americas is the developer and engineering, procurement and construction contractor of Pleasant Valley. The company successfully developed the project over a number of years in coordination with county and state officials and through the assembly of a landowner stakeholder committee to represent the community. Upon completion, RES Americas will transfer the project to Xcel Energy which will own and operate Pleasant Valley.
The 200 MW project is comprised of 100 V100-2.0 MW Vestas turbines, 88 of which will be in Mower County and 12 of which will be in Dodge County. During the planning phase, RES Americas selected the turbine locations so as to preserve the site's wetlands and other biological, natural and cultural resources. Construction of Pleasant Valley began in July 2014, with projected commercial operation in October 2015. The project is expected to employ up to 250 workers during peak construction.
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Safe Haven for Pets… For Animals
One of my dreams for quite some time has been to purchase land (in the US) and set up a temporary (and forever for some) haven for pets/animals. I would love to hire some computer wiz-kids to set up a national registry to connect all the shelters, rescues, etc. around the country so people looking for them, a particular pet can find them. Then set-up a network to transport the pets to the people who want them, their forever homes. And for those who need longer, they could come to us, to the center, until their forever home comes available or their forever parents find them.
I believe there is a forever home for every pet… for every animal and they we are all God's creatures, so need to work together.
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So this really touches my heart!!
Ayesha Chundrigar with an ACF shelter dog. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY: AYESHA CHUNDRIGAR FOUNDATION
Growing up in a house full of pets gave Ayesha Chundrigar an informal, intuitive education in empathy and respect for animals at a young age. She was only nine years old when she began volunteering at an orphanage during her summer holidays, and by the age of 15 she was teaching at various non-profit schools in katchi abadis around Islamabad, where she was living at the time. She was also helping at refugee camps in the city in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in the northern areas of Pakistan, but her true altruism shone through when she launched her NGO, the Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation (ACF), in Karachi, which among other things, aims at giving a voice to the voiceless – animals.
Apart from the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), ACF is now the second non-profit organisation which aims to rescue abandoned, abused or injured stray animals. Chundrigar who took up the challenge of managing and maintaining Edhi Foundation's animal shelter in Karachi, says that the place was in an abysmal state when she first visited it. "There were animal carcasses and dead puppies and donkeys lying in pools of blood. I still have nightmares about it," she says. "I found the number of a vet listed on a board close to the shelter and gave him a call saying he had to help me and that was it."
All animals coexist in perfect harmony at the shelter.
Chundrigar started with four dogs and some savings. The shelter now houses over 100 animals, including donkeys, dogs, cats, eagles and pigeons. Although she has used up all her savings, she finds her job truly worthwhile. ACF has rescued over 600 animals in Karachi and has long-term plans of opening its own animal sanctuary instead of only managing Edhi's animal shelter. "We have been given a piece of land for 10 years and we are ready to begin construction," informs Chundrigar, adding that the new shelter will be able to house over 300 animals, with designated sections for donkeys, cats, dogs and other rescued animals.
Although the current shelter lacks electricity and water supplies, the Edhi Foundation is making do. They are preparing to install a water tank and solar panels. The animals are fed fresh food every morning and there is a general atmosphere of hope and recovery. "Our cats and puppies eat together and play together," says Chundrigar. "I can stay and look at these sights forever."
But this is not always the case. "Dogs have come in a paralysed and crippled [state] or with horrific wounds, but I'm lucky enough to see miracles every day. These animals [eventually] become strong, loving creatures that shower you with unconditional love."
Dr Farid nurses the fore limbs of a donkey at one of the camps.
At the present, ACF's core team of seven members, including Chundrigar, volunteer. The only ones on a payroll are their three veterinarians: Dr Khalid Memon, ACF's senior vet who is a professor at the Baqai Veterinary College in Karachi, Ghulam Farid, a junior vet who is a final year veterinary student at Baqai, and Salman Wali, a manager and trainee vet at Baqai. Together they embrace the animals that society discards.
With the help of Edhi Foundation's service, ACF conducts most of its rescue missions around the city in an ambulance. Public transport, however, is also used by vets when the ambulance is unavailable. Once the injured animal has been rescued, its wounds are treated and then begins the long rehabilitation process.
Ayesha Chundrigar with her team at a recent donkey camp.
Although most rescue operations end on a happy note, some have tragic endings. When Chundrigar first saw the image of a female dog, with a disfigured face lying on the ground almost lifeless, on Facebook, she didn't just comment on the extreme sorrow she felt, instead she took a hands-on approach. "Five of her puppies were snuggled near her tummy [in the picture] and I sent my team to rescue them [from Chundrigar Road]," she says. "The wounds … were definitely a few days old, her eye sockets were empty and she was severely dehydrated and malnourished, but by some miracle she stayed alive to feed her babies. We bandaged her up and started her treatment," she says, adding that the puppies were fed formula milk although their mother was still determined to feed them herself. Although after a day the dog had gained enough strength to stand up on its own and take a few steps, she eventually succumbed to her injuries. "Unfortunately her wounds were too deep and after I petted her for hours and gently explained to her that I'd take care of her puppies, she let go."
But dampened spirits don't last at ACF for long as the team finds solace in the animals they have successfully rescued and rehabilitated. Bravo, a dog so thin and malnourished that he could barely lift his head, was nursed to health by Farid who was determined to see him stand on his feet. After several blood tests, X-rays and consistent monitoring, Bravo has not only regained its health but is currently ACF's guard dog. "[Bravo is the] biggest, strongest and healthiest dogs at the shelter," Chundrigar says proudly. "He gives me the warmest, most welcoming hugs every time I see him."
ACF also holds regular donkey camps. "The way donkeys are treated in this country kills me and I wanted to somehow change that," says Chundrigar. "The donkey camps started with literally just me and my senior vet standing on the roadside in [areas where donkey-carts are readily used], asking people to let us medically treat their donkeys for free." While initially Chundrigar's team was met with suspicion, with some cart owners believing that they were here to harm their sole source of income, they soon warmed up to them once they were convinced that the team was only there to help. Over 50 donkeys are fed and treated free of charge twice a month, in various parts of Karachi, including Sohrab Goth, Korangi and Nipa Chowrangi. ACF also conducted a 'hydration drive' last year when biscuits and chilled water bottles were distributed to people around the city.
Dr Farid gives one of the dogs eye treatment at the Edhi Foundation animal shelter along the highway.
Like PAWS, ACF relies heavily on social media to raise awareness about animal cruelty in Pakistan. "People see updates on our animal rescue activities and donkey camps and want to help out," says Chundrigar. And it was through Facebook that Chundrigar teamed up with Zain Mustafa, an architect and die-hard animal lover, who is now a part of ACF's core team. Many have even shown interest in adopting ACF's rescued animals. "The encouraging part is that people are positive towards something being done for animals in this country," she says. And while on the topic of showing compassion towards animals in the country, Mustafa adds, "It can be done by introducing the value of animals into our mainstream education system and curriculum at a very early age… By getting children to physically interact with a variety of animals and bridge the widening gap between 'us' and 'them'."
ACF's second project is also currently in the pipeline. It will aim to provide a therapeutic centre for healing that will focus on conducting individual counseling, art therapy and support groups. "We will be working with sexually and physically abused women, children and transgenders. [The project] will also include education for donkey-cart owners that, I believe, will gradually help change their behaviour towards the animals," says Chundrigar, who is training to become a certified counselor.
But with limited funding, the ACF can only do so much. Although people have been donating cash and tangibles such as food via the information provided to them on social media, the funds are trickling in slowly. "What we get is enough to manage our current animals' food and medical treatment," says Chundrigar, adding that the monthly cost for food and supplies at the shelter is well over Rs100,000 and keeps increasing as the organisation rescues more animals each day. "We still need help starting our new shelter, acquiring ambulances and starting an inner-city emergency unit."
Even though Chundrigar is positive about the path ahead for ACF, she admits that for Pakistan, animal welfare and charity is something quite "out of the ordinary," with people often mocking her work. "They said I was crazy to think I could do something for animals because the situation is too far gone. Also, it's an uphill battle explaining to people why animals deserve love and a chance at having a better life."
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Sonya Rehman is a writer/journalist based in Lahore. She tweets @sonyarehman
Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, June 15th, 2014.
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June 27, 2014 Posted by justonemorepet | Adopt Just One More Pet, Animal Abandonement, Animal or Pet Related Stories, Animal Rescues, animals, Dogs, Dogs, Fostering and Rescue, If Animlas Could Talk..., Just One More Pet, Man's Best Friend, NO KILL NATION, Outreach for Pets, Pet Friendship and Love, Pets, Political Change, Stop Animal Cruelty, Stop Euthenization, We Are All God's Creatures | 3 Comments
Under Obama Over 1,200 Military Dogs Put Down by Regime
Moonbattery: Eating dogs was bad enough. Killing over 1,200 faithful military dogs who were protecting American troops in Afghanistan is worse:
The heroic service dogs were euthanized because they were deemed too "dangerous" for civilian adoption or jobs with law enforcement agencies, as well as for medical reasons according to U.S. Air Force reports given to Congress.
The dogs were used as guards and to sniff out terrorist bombs.
It's not as if no homes could be found:
Currently more than 300 people are waiting to adopt a military dog, with an average waiting time of 18 months.
Betraying those who loyally served in Afghanistan and Iraq has been characteristic of the current administration.
Is there anything these people do right?
No wonder Bo is trying to get away from him!!
On a tip from Dragon's Lair.
*All but '1' of the dogs rescued from Mike Vick's fighting ring were rehabbed and re-homed without any problems!! This is horrible and ridiculous! Everyone of these military K-9's who served for us deserved better… a home and family to retire to after their service. And if after the ongoing VA scandal, anyone out there still believes that 'they' care any more about our 2-legged veterans than the 4-legged ones… Houston, We have a problem!!
June 23, 2014 Posted by justonemorepet | animal abuse, Animal or Pet Related Stories, Dogs, Dogs, Fostering and Rescue, If Animlas Could Talk..., Just One More Pet, Man's Best Friend, Pet Adoption, Pet and Animal Training, Pets, Political Change, Service and Military Animals, Stop Animal Cruelty, Stop Euthenization, Working and Military Dogs and Related | 7 Comments
Friends Do Not Make Friends Wait in Hot Cars
Don't think for a minute that dogs can survive in a hot car
K-9 dies after being left in hot patrol car
It Is So Hot Here… My Dog Is Melting!! ;-)
Car Sickness & Fear of Riding in Cars
June 7, 2014 Posted by justonemorepet | Animal Related Education, Animal Rights And Awareness, animals, Dogs, Dogs, If Animlas Could Talk..., Just One More Pet, Man's Best Friend, Outreach for Pets, Pet Friendship and Love, Pet Health, Pets, Political Change, responsible pet ownership, Stop Animal Cruelty, Toughen Animal Abuse Laws and Sentences, We Are All God's Creatures | animal activists, animal cruelty, Animals Lovers, Be Prepared, be proactive, common sense, Dog Deaths, for the love of a pet, get involved, Heat, Hot Cars, JOMP, Just One More Pet, Knowledge Is Power, man's best friend, pet deaths, pet safety, Stop Animal Cruelty, Summer | 4 Comments
Dogs of War – Photos From the Frontlines Revisited
Thursday's Awesome Photos From The Frontlines: The Dogs Of War – Pat Dollard
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Military dogs euthanized as 'equipment' under cruel law
Slain Marine's service dog dies.. (Sad story.. Pictures of Lex and Lee)
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Dog injured when tossed from moving car, run over in Chicopee
The T.J. O'Connor Animal Shelter is treating a year-old male Schnauzer-terrier mix that was injured when tossed from a car in Chicopee. (Submitted photo)
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CHICOPEE — A small dog that was tossed from a moving car and run over Wednesday morning is being treated for injuries after another motorist rescued the dog and brought him to the Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Adoption and Control Center for emergency care.
"He just scooped him off the street and brought him in," said Dr. Lauren Atkins, a veterinarian with the facility.
The dog, a year-old, unneutered male schnauzer-terrier mix, appeared to suffer a broken leg. He weighs about 7 pounds.
The dog was given fluids and medication to control the pain, she said.
Atkins said the dog is considered in stable condition and remains under watch at the O'Connor facility.
"The next 24 to 48 hours are critical," she said. The dog could have suffered internal bleeding, bruised lungs or other internal injuries that were not apparent in the initial examination. He is scheduled to go for X-rays on Thursday, she said.
"All things considering, he's pretty lucky," she said. "There's no head trauma or broken spine. In the grand scheme of things, he's lucky."
The good Samaritan who brought the dog to the shelter told staff that he was driving on Carew Street near East Street, just over the line from Springfield, when he saw the dog come sailing out the window. He landed on the road and was struck by one of the rear tires, Atkins said.
The man told staff he was not sure if the dog was run over deliberately, but said there is no question that he was thrown out of the car on purpose, Atkins said.
The Law Enforcement arm of the MSPCA has been contacted and has started an investigation, she said.
The car was described as a black Nissan Maxima.
In Massachusetts, the punishment for extreme animal cruelty is up to five years in a state prison, 2½ years in a county jail or a fine of up to $2,500.
If the dog recovers from his injuries, the O'Connor facility will put him up for adoption after holding onto him for seven days, which is the protocol, she said. The waiting period allows staff to gauge the dog's temperament to determine the most suitable environment for him.
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Hayden Law Repeal Bad News for CA Shelter Animals
UPDATE: On April 11 the California Senate budget subcommittee voted unanimously not to repeal certain provisions of the Hayden Law, just as the Assembly budget subcommittee did on March 13.
ilovedogs.com: While this is good news, the provisions could still be repealed. The next step is for the Assembly and Senate budget committees to review the subcommittees' reports and vote on their versions of the budget bill.
California pet parents should therefore continue to spread the word, sign the petition and let their legislators know how they feel.
When the Hayden Law was passed in 1998, it provided California shelter animals with protections including a holding period of four to six business days.
But now these protections are in danger of disappearing. To save the state what he says is $46 million annually (California currently faces a $9.2 billion deficit), Gov. Jerry Brown is considering repealing provisions of the Hayden Law, which means shelter animals could be euthanized after only 72 hours.
The three-day holding period would apply whether or not the shelter is open for business. As Francis Battista, co-founder of the Best Friends Animal Society, told NBC Los Angeles, "You could go away on Friday, your dog could get out. It's a long weekend and you don't get back until Tuesday and by then your dog is dead. Three days is not a long time to reclaim your animal."
The short holding period could result in less-adoptable pets, like senior dogs or dogs with health issues, being euthanized before they could be given a second chance by a rescue group or potential adopter. The 72-hour timeframe would make it difficult for rescues to arrange saving even young, healthy dogs.
"When we decide to save an animal, people don't realize the time it takes to get a plan together," Haze Lynn, founder of Take Me Home Rescue, told NBC Los Angeles. "By killing quickly, we won't be able to save anybody. This is a big problem for us because we need the time."
Not only would the repeal reduce the holding period, it would allow shelters to immediately euthanize rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, turtles, hamsters and other pets.
Also eliminated would be the requirement for shelters to provide sick or injured animals with veterinary care; to provide records of their animals; or to post lists of lost and found pets.
Back in 2004, when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was considering repealing the same provisions, the public outcry helped influence him to change his mind. Now Brown is facing a similar backlash.
Most animal welfare groups, among them the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society and Stray Cat Alliance, oppose the repeal.
More than 56,000 people have signed a Change.org petition started by attorney Marla Tauscher that asks Brown not to repeal any provisions of the Hayden Law. The Best Friends Animal Society is organizing a rally in Sacramento tomorrow, March 13, the day state budget subcommittee hearings begin. People are urged to spread awareness of the possible repeal via their social networks.
The law's creator and namesake, former state Sen. Tom Hayden, appears in a video urging Brown not to repeal his law.
"I wrote the legislation because I learned that 65,000 animals were put to death unnecessarily every year in Los Angeles County, and it was meant to avoid that from ever happening to another stray animal and their family," he says in the video.
"It's not a budget issue, because you can solve the problem with penalties or fees. It is a humane issue, and I urge you to look at your dog before you allow this bill which protects animals to die."
The dog Hayden is referring to is Sutter, Brown's 8-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi, who often accompanies his dog dad to government meetings. Sutter has even sat at the table during budget hearings.
A major argument for not letting the Hayden Law die is that it has actually been suspended since 2009 – meaning that for the past three years, the state has not paid municipal shelters to hold animals beyond 72 hours or provide animals with veterinary care. (Many shelters continue to do so anyway by relying on city or county funds.) Animal advocates say the law should continue to be suspended instead of permanently repealed so that when the economy recovers, the state can start compensating the shelters again.
"Since these requirements are already suspended, the Governor's repeal proposal is a policy decision, not a budget decision," said Jennifer Fearing, California's senior director for the HSUS, in a statement. "And the policy consequences of repeal are likely to be adverse for homeless animals' prospects – indeed repeal cannot possibly move California forward."
In defense of the repeal, the Brown administration says that local governments, not the state, should decide on the holding time for shelter animals.
But Taimie L. Bryant, a UCLA law professor who specializes in animal law, disagrees. She told Sutter's Friends, a Facebook group opposed to the repeal, "The Hayden Law established a few modest provisions that should be in place at the state level as a minimum standard of decent animal sheltering … We need consistency across jurisdictions on basic aspects of animal sheltering."
There is also a misconception that the state pays shelters to euthanize animals. H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the California Dept. of Finance, told KABC-TV, "So those local governments who are actually putting down more animals get more money from the state. That seems to be somewhat of a perverse fiscal incentive."
Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL), a nonprofit whose mission is to reduce pet overpopulation through legislation, clarifies the reimbursement formula on its website:
"The reimbursement formula does not create a perverse incentive to kill animals. Shelters' financial incentives are always aligned with saving lives because they can bring in revenues from adoption and owner redemption and will be spared the costs of killing (which are not reimbursed by the state). If they hold and kill, they will only get the small difference in excess of 72 hours reimbursed by the state. They will not get from the state the costs of killing or the foregone money from adoptions and owner redemptions."
Thanks in part to the Hayden Law, California has been at the forefront of shelter reform across the U.S.
"Once the law is gone, the reference point for other shelters to follow is also gone," Battista told NBC Los Angeles.
What You Can Do:
- Help spread awareness of the possible repeal on your social networks. Tell Brown you oppose it on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Sign the Change.org petition urging Brown not to repeal provisions of the law.
- Call Brown at 916-445-2841 or send a fax to 916-558-3160.
- Attend the rally starting at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, March 13, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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BLM Rounding Up Wild Horses, Sending To Slaughterhouse In Canada
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The Bureau of Land Management is clearly having an image problem.
The Bureau of Land Management is clearly having an image problem. As the outrage over its intimidating show of force during last week's showdown at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada proved, the federal agency is now caught up in a controversy originating in Wyoming.
According to recent reports, agents herded a large group of wild horses in the state before ceding control of the majestic animals to state authorities. At that point, Wyoming officials sold them off to a slaughterhouse in Canada.
Obviously, this development outraged countless advocates already incensed by accusations that BLM officers gunned down multiple cows at the Bundy Ranch.
Paula Todd King, a wild horse advocate with Colorado's Cloud Foundation, said it would have taken "very little to do this in a more effective way so that horses are not just sent off to slaughter indiscriminately."
Though wild horses, which have roamed throughout the American West for hundreds of years, are protected by federal law, the BLM contends these animals do not qualify for such protection. Instead, agency spokesperson Sarah Beckwith contends they are strays descended from rodeo horses from four decades ago.
King, however, wondered how such a distinction is made.
"How long does a horse have to live wild and free before it's considered wild?" she asked.
The roundup, which happened about a month ago, concluded with the sale of more than 40 horses to the Alberta-based slaughterhouse, bringing in a grand total of $1,640. Beckwith insisted the entire process was conducted in concert with existing laws, and notice of the sale was posted in local post offices.
BLM Senior Ranchland Management Specialist Robert Bolton, however, acknowledged this haul was much larger than usual.
"That's a pretty sizable number," he noted, explaining that "most of our impounds have been in the low numbers."
While the roundup is not unheard of, and went largely unnoticed by the national press for nearly a month, the perceived overreaction of the agency in responding to the Bundy Ranch in Nevada has understandably increased public scrutiny of the BLM. As most concerned Americans cited overreaches by federal departments such as the IRS and Homeland Security, the BLM generally flew under the radar. That seems to no longer be the case.
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Pros & Cons of Neutering–Really? There are Cons?
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By Amy Shojai at Amy Shojai's Bling, Bitches and Blood
Yes, actually, there are and that may surprise you. It did me. After all, we've heard from animal welfare advocates for years preaching the gospel of spay/neuter. Heck, I preached this myself and for the majority of dogs and cats (ESPECIALLY cats!), "the big fix" is the best thing that ever happens to them.
There's new evidence, though, that for dogs at least the pros and cons are not so black and white. While the University of Georgia's sample of 40,139 canine death records from the Veterinary Medical Database from 1984-2004 concluded that neutered dogs could be expected to live a year and a half longer (on average) than intact dogs, other studies point out potential increases in hip dysplasia or cancer. Oy.
So what's a responsible pet parent to do? One possible solution is a new non-surgical sterilization technique called Zeuterin from Ark Sciences, that renders the boy dogs incapable of fathering puppies but let's them keep about 50 percent of their testosterone that makes a beneficial health difference especially in certain breeds.
Read my newest article of Zeuterin and Pros/Cons of Neutering here. My best recommendation is to find out everything you can, consult with your vet, and only then make an informed decision. What do you think? Go ahead and comment–let 'er rip! *s*
Amy is so right, spay/neutering is not a cut and dry proposition… no pun intended! JOMP!
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Everyday we read or hear another story about pets and other animals being abandoned in record numbers while at the same time we regularly hear about crazy new rules and laws being passed limiting the amount of pets that people may have, even down to one or two… or worse yet, none.
Nobody is promoting hoarding pets or animals, but at a time when there are more pets and animals of all types being abandoned or being taken to shelters already bursting at the seams, there is nothing crazier than legislating away the ability of willing adoptive families to take in just one more pet!!
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KU:RIN sets speed record for compressed air cars
By Ben Coxworth
September 26, 2011
Although battery-powered cars may no longer be considered quirky and weird, automobiles propelled by compressed air are still perhaps thoughts of as a little ... fringy. The MDI Air Car looked promising, although development of the vehicle seems to have been at least temporarily suspended. Toyota Industries Corporation, however, recently brought some attention to the technology. On September 9th, its one-off KU:RIN set a new speed record for compressed air cars, at 129.2 km/h (80.3 mph). Read More
Two undergraduate students from Toronto's Ryerson University have created a prosthetic arm that is controlled by its wearer's brain signals, and powered by compressed air. Not only is the Artificial Muscle-Operated (AMO) Arm said to offer a greater range of movement than traditional prostheses, but it also doesn't require the amputee to undergo invasive surgery, is easy to learn to use, and it is relatively inexpensive to make. Read More
Air hybrid vehicles could halve fuel consumption
February 7, 2011
The most commonly used form of regenerative braking is where a vehicle's electric motor is used as an electric generator to capture the vehicle's kinetic energy, which is otherwise lost as heat when braking. The generator converts the kinetic energy into electricity that is then fed back into the vehicle's battery pack where it is stored for later use. New research suggests that pneumatic or air hybrids that instead store the energy as compressed air would be much cheaper to produce than the current crop of EVs and battery-electric hybrids and could halve the fuel consumption of ICE powered vehicles. Read More
Although electrical devices have evolved rapidly over the last few decades, the plants used to generate the electricity that power these devices are still dominated by the use of steam turbines that convert thermal energy, usually from the burning of fossil fuels, into mechanical energy. Even newer solar thermal power plants concentrate the sun's rays to heat water into high-pressure steam to drive a turbine. But with water not always readily available in locations suited to harnessing solar energy, such as deserts, a new type of solar thermal field, tower and research facility is being built in Australia that requires only air and the sun, making it ideal for parts of the world that receive minimal rainfall. Read More
Smart vehicle puts blind drivers behind the wheel
By Mick Webb
July 21, 2009
Recent technological developments are presenting increasing opportunities for blind and vision impaired people to interact with the world in ways not previously possible. However, many everyday acts we take for granted such as driving a car remain out of reach. That's well on the way to changing thanks to a development by a team of students at the Virginia Tech University, who have designed a car that allows blind and visually impaired people to take the wheel and drive unassisted. Read More
For more than 100 years people have been trying to come up with an engine design to supercede Nicolaus Otto's four-stroke internal combustion motor. Scuderi is the latest to take a stab, recently unveiling a prototype of a split-cycle engine that relegates the "suck" and "squeeze" strokes to one cylinder, and the "bang" and "blow" strokes to another - for a claimed efficiency improvement of up to 50%, emission reductions of up to 80% and a power density improvement of up to 70%. Meanwhile, it's also able to store large amounts of compressed air, allowing it to run as an air/petrol hybrid when cruising. President Obama's new national efficiency standards represent an opportunity for groups like Scuderi to pitch clever clean engine technology to major manufacturers - but has the split cycle engine got what it takes? Read More
Compressed air cars are well and truly on their way to mass production in India and America, among other places - although they seem to be taking their time. But the cheap, environmentally-neutral compressed air engine also lends itself to other interesting urban and industrial transport concepts like the AIRPod. Intended both as a personal 3-4 seater city commuter and as a getabout for airport, train station and municipal workers, the AIRPod is cute and easy to drive with a joystick instead of a steering wheel and pedals. The three-wheel transport weighs around the same as a touring motorcycle at 220kg, so it only needs 5 1/2 horsepower from its lightweight air engine to reach top speeds a little over 40mph. Best of all, cheap compressed air refilling will take as little as 90 seconds and cost about EU1.10 for the AIRPod's expected 220km range. Read More
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December 13, 2008
Researchers at the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech have designed a series of autonomous serpentine robots that are able to climb poles and inspect structures too dangerous or inaccessible for humans. The robots coil themselves around a beam and roll upward using an oscillating joint motion, gathering important structural data with cameras and sensors. Read More
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October 21, 2008
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April 15, 2008
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Melissa Malouf Belz
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division
I am a geographer with a focus on the cultural landscape, meaning landscapes that are shaped by people. I am interested in development, how and why places change, and why certain traditions endure. I study this mainly through vernacular architecture (traditional regional design). My recent research is based in the Indian Himalaya and explores what connections forest policy and cash crop markets have with the decline in architectural woodcarving and vernacular design. I hope to better understand how modernization and preservation can be balanced to sustain culturally distinct landscapes.
Previous to pursuing my Ph.D., I spent 10 years working in the field of architecture, blending interests in international development, sustainable construction, and preservation. I worked as a designer and spent several years in preservation and zoning in a National Historic District in Colorado. Additionally, I worked in the international development field with projects focused on appropriate and sustainable construction. Most of my work took place in Mexico's border region for U.S. based non-profits and in Mongolia for the United Nations Development Program.
I am thrilled to bring these experiences to my position as Assistant Teaching Professor in IGSD. Previously, I have taught courses in Human Geography, Geography of Tourism, and Environmental Geography. At WPI, I teach ID2050 (which prepares students for their IQP experience) and advise at various off-campus IQP project centers. It is very rewarding to work with students as they take on actual problems that matter in a community. I am particularly excited to be part of their experiences as they learn how their skills have broad application and can have a positive impact on society.
Research Interests
Vernacular Architecture and Cultural Landscape Change
The Role of Traditions in Modernizing Societies
Food Systems and Sustainability
BS, Environmental Design, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1995
MA, International Architectural Regeneration and Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England, 2000
PhD, Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2012
Featured Publications
Belz, Melissa. 2015. The Role of Decorative Features in the Endurance of Vernacular Architecture in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Geographical Review. Forthcoming April.
Belz, Melissa. 2014. Review of "Potent Landscapes: Place and Mobility in Eastern Indonesia" by Catherine Allerton. In Social and Cultural Geography. 15(6): 687-688.
Belz, Melissa. 2013. "Unconscious Landscapes: Identifying with a Changing Vernacular in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India." Material Culture Fall, 45(2): 1-27.
Belz, Melissa. 2013. Review of "Managing Cultural Landscapes" edited by Ken Taylor and Jane L. Lennon. Routledge: London. In The Journal of Cultural Geography 30(1): 156-158.
Malouf, Melissa. 2004. "Tell, Show, Do: Teacher Training Programs for Tomorrow's Housing Solutions." In Building Without Borders, Sustainable Construction for the Global Village. Edited by Joseph Kennedy, 109-117. Gabriola, B.C.: New Society Publishers.
Professional Highlights
Society of Women Geographers, Pruitt National Fellowship, 2011
Presidential Teaching Excellence Award, 2012 graduate student nominee, College of Arts and Science, Kansas State University
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) International Preservation Exchange, Jamaica, 2005


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I was sitting here going through my Scarlet Spider issues and the whole thing with Annabelle preventing Madame Webb warning Kaine about an impending danger surprised me. Previously to this issue I had always thought that Madame Webb was referring to the Queen. The Queen has a thing for Spider-men and Kaine was the one to kill her during Spider-Island.
However upon seeing what happened in Scarlet Spider 16 I was completely thrown. Annabelle has no reason to hide anything from Kaine that we know of so why would she burn a letter warning him?
Now what we need to take into account here is who Madame Webb would deem to be this kind of threat. Initially I took the "she's coming back" "shes coming back for Kaine" as a whole sentence meaning that whoever it was coming back wanted revenge however what if they were to completely different sentences. The first being that whoever it was has returned and the second being that their target is now Kaine not that the woman has any previous connection to Kaine!
You may be wondering where i'm going with this so i'll cut to the chase. We know that Yost has based Scarlet Spider heavily on JMS's run and with good reason as its awesome. We've seen the "Other" and we've seen Kaine using the "Other's" abilities. So what does this have to do with Annabelle? Well there is one character that was created by JMS as a prequel to the "Other" and Morlun. Someone almost on par with Morlun. Someone who hounded Peter mercilessly for days attacking him both personally and physically.
I am of course referring to Shathra!
You may think this is just a random thought with no basis but here is my reasoning!:
1. As I previously said Yost bases his stories on JMS's run and the "Other". Shathra was part of that saga being a totem eater like Morlun! As with Spider-man she was a prequel to Morlun's arrival it would make sense for Yost to want to use her prior to using Morlun.
2. It gives Annabelle a direct connection to the letter. Why would she burn a letter to Kaine warning him about a threat that wasn't directly linked to her? It makes no sense. She would have no reason to destroy the letter if it was warning Kaine about the Queen or Kraven's family. It makes no sense unless she herself is the threat to Kaine.
3. Shathra is a shape-shifter. It would not be hard for her to take on the appearance of Annabelle in order to get close to Kaine
4. Shathra likes to play games! Pretending to be Annabelle and toying with Kaine's emotions would be the ultimate game for her! Shes done it with Peter when she took up the guise of Sharon why shouldn't she do it with Kaine? Heck she even went as far as to say that she and Spider-man were lovers and publicly said a lot of lies about him in order to pull him out. I wouldn't put it past her to seduce Kaine in order to keep him in a position that she could kill him and toy with him any time she wanted.
5. She is only other threat that Madame Webb would ever take seriously aside from the Queen due to the fact Shathra is a natural predator to the Spider-totem and the Web of Life.
6. Peter stated that Shathra tried to bring out the Spider in him due to the fact it was the only part she could feed on effectively and guess what? Kaine recently succumbed to the "Other" fully embracing his Spider-side. That is exactly what Shathra wants to feed properly. She made Peter lose control in order to do this the fist time:
Kaine is far more brutal than Peter and far more in touch with his Spider-side. He has every single quality that Shathra desires to pull-out:
So it may sound slightly far-fetched but given Yost's love of the "Other" and JMS's run its a character that could be used. Not to mention quite a few of the signs are there!
So I put it to you. Annabelle = Shathra!