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- possibility of art space for studio
- new magazine
- gallery space
- new workshop room
- plonktomatic
veronica and mauri want art space to hire?
bill is not at this meeting.
action: bill / magda to contact these nice people. also, fill us in on things like: PRICES OF HIRING THE SPACE? £50 p/month was suggested. maybe one free month for helping to fix the place. i'd really like an update on this project and the screen printing room project when possible.
- new magazine:
danny authorized to print 80 a5 4 page magazine zines. good man.
- new workshop room.
how does it work? James? any
meeting to make it happen on wed. at 1.30. and thurs. at 1.30. (maybe veronica and maury will fix balconies then if bill / magda around.)
- plontomatic!
agreed that this is a pretty good idea and that we would very much like it.
action: ryan to look into cheaper prices.....
- darkroom progress:
key has been copied (by good - doers).
- YAZ was meant to do a book. She HAS NOT. ACTION REPERMAND!


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This 1870 fully updated brick Italianate farmhouse sits on 8 acres. The three-bedroom, 31/2-bath home features extensive wood trim, an expansive second-floor family room, a covered porch, a sauna, several fireplaces, a three-car garage and a storage building. Taxes on the home, in the South-Western school district, are $12,306. The home is listed by Stacey Long, with Cutler Real Estate.


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I know I am going to seriously **** some people off with this thread...however, if u keep the anger aside, I have a few points to make.
I was in love with the HTC 8S (still am) but there are many people saying the memory can be a major set-back, tomorrow if not today/now.
So, I did a bit of a research and I landed up looking at the 820. However, I am not convinced enough.
To begin with, I am guessing, on paper, the 8S has a better resolution than the 820, but how is it in reality?
HTC 8S has Beats and Nokia has Dolby. Which one is better?
Third, and this is totally subjective, but I just hate the Lumia 820's icons. HTC looks far sharper and crisper and better, IMHO.
Performance-wise, 820 houses a 1.5 GHz and a bigger memory, which is a HUGE PLUS (the only one so far).
Please correct me if I am wrong in anyway.
I just feel the HTC 8S is a better overall.
So what do you guys think?
PS: Also, what's up with the whole changeable clamp shell thing? I thought it was shipped with every box? Isn't it?
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you get one shell in the box, and you have to buy the others if you want to. for me, I didn't even consider the 8s because of the lack of a front facing camera. useless for Skype. and as someone that travels a lot for work and whats to chat to the family its pretty important. also, the nokia apps are better than the htc ones in my opinion. the screen on the 820 is fine you wont notice a difference with daily use. believe me the space on the phone gets chewed up quickly - id steer clear of the 8s - shame as its a good looking phone.
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I own a 820, it's great. Coming from Retina display, to the L800, the pixels were extremely discernable. However, when changing from 800 to 820, I can hardly discern the pixels. It's no retina, but it's great. Haven't seen the 8S, but just the memory kept me off. In the long run, you won't have enough memory for apps. Let's not forget OS updates once in a while too.
And IIRC, the RAM is only 512MB. I remember seeing somewhere that a user was unable to install a game due to lack of RAM.
If you really like the 8S that much, get it. In the future, don't look back and regret not getting the 8S just because we told you so. :-)
Edit: personally, the 8S is so pretty that I've thought of modifying my 820 to look like the 8S.
But yes, in a long run it just might pose a problem..
I have my iPad Mini anyways to do everything TBH...but a phone will always be a phone.
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I would pick the 820 over the 8S anyday mainly because of the FFC and NFC those two features will be important in the future also RAM, more storage, and Faster Processor would make your purchase more pleasant. If you can't afford a 820 well buy a 620 when it comes out it has a FFC. And NFC i think.
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The phone comes with a shell (may or may not be wireless charging enabled). You can buy other colors, with variations of wireless charging, and ruggedized shells, which provides your phone with more protection. 3rd party manufacturers will be making shells in the future too, I believe.
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XENOPHOS, I have never- NEVER- seen as indecisive of a man!!
Let me throw this out to you as I have seen you go back and forth on this: DO NOT BUY THE 8S!!! You are not convinced, and it has too many "what ifs" for you. WP8 is not going anywhere, and neither are you. Wait until you can get something a little more future proof for your needs. The 8S seems like a nice little device- but if it fit your needs, you would have already pulled the trigger. Wait until you can get your hands around an 820, or wait until the second generation of WP devices roll out.
Just my opinion based on what I have read of your posts, and you know we only have your best interest at heart...
Ok, first things first, the black 8S isn't available yet so I will have to wait.
Secondly, the 820 clearly overshadows the 8S spec wise.
Quick story: How I got my iPad Mini? I was all sold on the NeXus7. Until, I read a Tweet from a blogger saying the Mini will be for 22,000...WHOA!! my world changed...I waited for about a while and it was worth it...
Similarly, I've heard the 820 will be 22K. The 8S is 19k.
If that is the case...bam! Splat! I'm sold! I get the 820!
Why do I want WP8 so bad..? I hate Android and the slow sluggish of a crapware I hold. Plus, WP8 IS the future.
And..23 Jan IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! So...u know..wanna treat myself!
But thanks for your suggestions..always always appreciated!
EDIT: Just curious, why XENOPHOS & not Prof X?
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8627 - Lovely 3 BR Upper Upper East Side
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** Flat screen TV w/ basic cable
** High speed wireless internet
** Hardwood floors
** 1 sofa beds in living area
** Dining table for 6
** Stainless steel kitchen with marble countertop
** Kitchen includes coffee pot, refrigerator, etc.
** Linens provided free of charge
Location: Upper Upper East Side at 120th Street and Madison. Three minutes walk from the local 6 train, express 4 and 5 trains and 4 minutes walk from lines 2,3 at 125th street.. Central Park and 5th Avenue is also only a 5 minute walk. This apartment is also 8 minutes walk from central park.
House rulesNo loud parties
No smoking
There is a late fee for check ins after 6PM (40 dollars before 9 pm and
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Damage deposit = there is a 500 dollars damage deposit to be paid via paypal.
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Reviews of this property
The neighbourhood was alright and the apartment was fine as well, apart from one of the beds that almost fell apart. The biggest disappointment was that internet never worked, though we called them every day and were promised that it would be fixed immediately! Besides that the host "Mo" was very slow to respond to any issues. Not at all pleased with this stay!
Trois jours avant notre arrivée, Mo (l'agent) a modifié notre réservation et nous a attribué cet appartement.
Appartement spacieux, très bien situé, dans un quartier calme mais proche de tout. Supermaché à moins de 5 minutes, lignes de métro accessibles rapidement. L'appartement aurait cependant besoin d'un très grand coup de propre.
Internet ne fonctionnait pas, nous avons du nous déplacer à l'agence pour être entendu.
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the location is perfect. but absolutely no value for the money. we could not take a shower as the shower tab gave almost boiling water without the possibility to vary temperature. it was dangerous! and the apartment was rather dirty, in particular the kitchen, and the central light in the kitchen did not function so it was very dark inside. we complained immediately, and they promised to send someone, but it never happened. we asked for a partly refund of the rental, but no reaction. With a bit more effort this can be a great apartment on a perfect spot in the upperwest area, but it requires better management.
Fantastic apartment in a great location. Would love to stay there again.
Close to most sites. Apartment was very clean and comfy beds.
Very good location, close to theater district, high line, several subway lines.....rooms were as expected but sofa bed not. Arrangements to get into the apartment OK. Thanks Mo.
This property needs a bit of work. Good location
Arrived outside the apartment, no one there, called, oh since 2 days Rohrbruch, tantamount someone and brings us elsewhere.
Absolute Katarophe, bad location, window pane by a Rigibsplatte replaced (only reingestellt), dirty, no sheets for the sofa bed, shower tray only in a diving suit walked.
The next day, after countless phone calls to get another apartment.
Was slightly better, all the windows available, only,
was still inhabited, shower curtain with a lot of mold spores, had a sofa bed approx sensation 70 years old mattress, no air conditioning (30 degrees), window did not work, the front too loud) Ave. Rear odors through gastronomy. All in all we felt completely ripped off by the host and would never book in life again with him.
Vor dem Apartment angekommen, keiner da, angerufen, oh seit 2 Tagen Rohrbruch, kommt gleich jemand und bringt uns woanders unter.
Absolute Katarophe, schlecht Lage, Fensterscheibe durch eine Rigibsplatte ersetzt (nur reingestellt), dreckig, keine Bettwäsche für die Schlafcouch, Duschwanne nur im Taucheranzug begehbar.
Am nächsten Tag, nach unzähligen Telefonaten ein anderes Apartment bekommen.
War etwas besser, alle Fensterscheiben vorhanden, nur,
war noch bewohnt, Duschvorhang mit jeder Menge Schimmelsporen, Schlafcouch hatte eine ca. gefühlte 70 Jahre alte Matratze, keine Klimaanlage (30Grad), Fenster auf ging auch nicht, vorn zu laut ) Ave. hinten Gerüche durch Gastronomie. Alles in Allem fühlten wir uns durch den Gastgeber komplett verarscht und würde nie im Leben noch einmal bei ihm buchen.
The accommodation has complied with the images. I though it was not clean enough. We had to first clean the sanitary facilities and the kitchen. The beds were stained and there were some hairs on the bed sheet. The location is not Upper East Side but Harlem. That did not bother us as we found it nice in Harlem. For 6 days it was sufficient.
Die Unterkunft hat den Bildern entsprochen. Ich fand sie allerdings nicht sauber genug. Wir mussten erstmal den sanitär Bereich und die Küche putzen. Die Betten hatten Flecken und es waren teilweise Haare auf den Bettlaken. Die Lage ist auch nicht Upper East Side sondern Harlem. Das hat uns nicht gestört da wir es in Harlem nett fanden. Für 6 Tage War es ausreichend.
Although, despite the apartment he was in Harlem and on the Upper East Side as advertised, I can assure you that the 118 str. is a very quiet and well vivibile.L'appartamento but had some negativity is due to the extreme smallness of the bathroom, (when you sat on the toilet with your knees touched the sink also the hot shower was rusty) and to the second bedroom , given for double, even this extremely small so as not to be able to open the window. Also the apartment is on the second floor without elevator. Another negative point is the provision of crockery; in the kitchen is a microwave oven in place a site without an electrical outlet, there was a kettle with no filters and therefore unusable pots and the only available were two padelle.Altro grievance was the opportunity to store luggage in the office when we left the apartment. Avendoci not clear that we would have to tell, when we went to the office which is located on the third floor, we found the broken elevator and the office closed.
Anche se, nonostante l'appartamento si trovasse ad Harlem e non sull'Upper east side come pubblicizzato, posso assicurare che la 118 str. è un luogo tranquillissimo e ben vivibile.L'appartamento però aveva delle negatività dovute sia alla estrema piccolezza del bagno, (quando ci si sedeva sulla tazza con le ginocchia si toccava il lavandino inoltre la vasca della doccia era arrugginita) sia per la seconda camera, data per matrimoniale, anche questa estremamente piccola tanto da non poter aprire la finestra. Inoltre l'appartamento si trova al secondo piano senza ascensore. Altro punto negativo è la fornitura di stoviglie; nella cucina è presente un forno a microonde posto in un sito privo di presa elettrica, c'era un bollitore privo di filtri e quindi inutilizzabile e le uniche pentole a disposizione erano due padelle.Altro motivo di lagnanza è stata la possibilità di depositare i bagagli in ufficio quando abbiamo lasciato l'appartamento. Non avendoci precisato che avremmo dovuto avvisare, quando siamo andati presso l'ufficio che è posto al terzo piano, abbiamo trovato l'ascensore rotto e l'ufficio chiuso.
Apartment is in a good location. It is a bit small or much smaller than it looks like on photos. The service of the owners is horrible. They didn't have extra keys for us, once they brought it three days later they were wrong so I was stuck in the middle of the night without keys to enter the apartment. Plus the servicemen were giving us attitude. Need a lesson in hospitality business.
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It is not okay for cats to kill all the neighborhood birds.
I'm living next to a killer named Frankie. He's black-and-white and sweet as cats go; he's also a menace that nobody talks much about, though feral and free-roaming housecats like Frankie have become a tragic problem all over the world.
Every year in America, cats, many of them well-fed pets, kill about 12.3 billion mammals and 2.4 billion birds. When you open the door, your friendly furry feline transforms into a miniature terrorist. It's as if outdoor domestic cats are an invasive species, predators that are pampered and subsidized by doting owners.
Feral cats are an even bigger problem. In the United States, there are some 60 million unwanted cats. No wonder: With a survival rate of 2.8 kittens per litter with continued breeding, two cats can become 3,822 cats in just four years.
Frankie belongs to my neighbors. We live in a small southern Idaho community, surrounded by sagebrush foothills and lots of wildlife. A marsh hosts red-winged blackbirds and assorted ducks. Deer wander past my window daily, as well as the occasional red fox, and quail and pheasant calls fill the air. Red-tailed, Swainson's, sharp-shinned, and Cooper's hawks all share the sky with a golden eagle, though not at the same time. The Cooper's is a particular fixture; I occasionally see him dining on a finch but don't begrudge him his meal. After all, he's a native.
That's where Frankie comes in. His owner opens the door for this well-fed, neutered cat and the carnage begins. First, he digs up my flowerbed to relieve himself, then he hunts.
He bags about a bird a day. I saw him snatch a finch last week; the following day a quail succumbed to his ambush. Now that it's summer, the quail bring their fuzzy chicks to my yard, where I've scattered seeds for them. Last year, we had 36 chicks every day. But now the quail are afraid. I hear their alarm calls and always spot Frankie skulking in the bushes.
Of course, an easy solution exists for the house cat problem. Got a pet cat? Keep it in your house -- forever. The Humane Society says indoor cats live much longer and healthier lives than outdoor cats: 18–20 years, vs. 3–4 years. My indoor-only cat lived nearly 19 years. Outdoors, cats can be bitten by other cats, killed by vehicles or predators, infected by sick cats, stolen or simply lost. For all these reasons and more, animal welfare organizations urge all cat owners to keep their pets inside.
And what about being considerate or even neighborly? Frankie and friends know no property boundaries, yet their owners don't seem to care. Most dog owners know it's not right to let a dog poop in a neighbor's yard, and that includes even a very small dog.
So before you open the door to let your cat out -- wait. Think about the wildlife your cat kills. Think about your neighbor's yard. Get a litter box. Be responsible for your cat. You can't solve the feral cat problem alone, but each of us can solve the problem of the cats we own. Let's make it not OK to let your cat out so it runs loose.
Domestic animals by definition are not meant to run wild. We contain them behind fences or by other means, both for their protection and to promote civility. As fences cannot contain felines, a responsible cat owner keeps a cat in the house.
With the encouragement of my town council president, I've placed a letter on every doorstep in my neighborhood explaining why cats belong indoors, and informing cat owners that any cats on private property can be picked up and taken to the animal shelter. Frankie's not the only hunter in the neighborhood: About 25 pet cats hunt in our marsh or other backyards.
Despite phone calls, notes on the door and requests from the town council, however, Frankie's owners still let him out. So yesterday Frankie made his first trip to the animal shelter, purring in my lap. I admit I felt horrible doing this, but I also felt that his avian carnage must stop. His owners will now have to make the same hour-long drive that I did, plus pay about $40 to bail him out. I'm prepared to do this indefinitely so the wildlife here can live in peace. Today, as I type, six adult quail with perhaps 20 chicks are scurrying through the grass outside my window. Their feline stalker is away, at least for now.
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Scolding the neighbors with notes doesn't work, education does. But by your action you are trying to gain compliance through extortion: keep your cat indoors or I will kill it.
Oh, and hi there Woodsman. I see you are calling yourself Nature Advocate here--what's wrong, get banned again? I see you haven't gotten any therapy for your extreme ailurophobia.You really should get some help.
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I do not apologize for calling the writer a thief - she said it herself - or for questioning her credibility since she is feeding the birds and wondering why a cat is attracted to her yard.
You are not only a criminal, you are an idiot. TNR solves most of the "problems" you describe.
You know, my dear, I have had cats all of my life and have not had one go outdoors for over thirty years because I agree with you that it is not safe. What I do not agree with is that you did anything right here.
You feed birds which is also not natural when you seem so concerned about the protection of "native species". You have made them dependent on you and yet you complain about your neighbor allowing the neutered cat out when you are attracting the birds - prey animals - into your yard.
I am glad that the shelter contacted the owner. I do hope that the owner sues you however.
And I seem to have a much firmer grip on reality than you do and so do the other posters here with the exception of the one who was removed - Nature Advocate. We understand that you do not care about the animals and that you do not care that you publicly boasted about stealing a cat. It is theft regardless of what you did with that property.
You are a thief by your own admission.
You may have accomplished your goal of keeping this cat in by your actions - this time. But you have also now become infamous with pet lovers and animal rescues all over Facebook. I have a couple of FB friends in your part of the country and I would be willing to bet that others do as well.
Enjoy the fame and think about it carefully if you manage not to be sued this time.
Like so many others who have left comments, I strongly object to your course of action. You indicate that you reached out to your neighbor, but did you try any of the deterrents easily found online?
But, as I say, you've already gotten an earful of this. I would only add that, contrary to what you suggest here, you do not have science on your side.
Your claim that cats "kill about 12.3 billion mammals and 2.4 billion birds" annually is, of course, a reference to a paper published earlier this year by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A careful look at the work that went into this paper reveals significant flaws. Indeed, at its core, this was an agenda-driven, taxpayer-funded effort to undermine non-lethal methods for the management of free-roaming cats.
Although a detailed critique is beyond the scope of this letter, a brief overview of the more glaring weaknesses will, I think, make the point.
The 1.4–3.7 billion annual bird mortalities reported by the authors (which they describe throughout their paper as a conservative estimate) represent an astonishing 29–76 percent of the estimated 4.7 billion land birds IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA, a "contribution" that would very likely have led to the extinction of numerous bird species long ago. Even if, as some have suggested, "the total [population of land birds] could be 2 to 3 times higher in some regions," the implied impact due to predation by cats is simply not supported by existing data. Indeed, 57 of the 58 native bird species Loss et al claim are targeted by cats have been given a "Least Concern" conservation status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The one exception, the Northern Bobwhite, is considered "Near Threatened" due largely to widespread habitat fragmentation and extensive hunting. Moreover, the populations of at least 23 of those 58 species are, as indicated by nearly 45 years of North America Breeding Bird Survey data, stable or increasing.
While you might object to Frankie's "avian carnage," and even notice a difference in the behavior of the quail in his absence, please understand that there's no evidence to suggest that such predation affects bird species at the population level.
As researchers Dennis Turner and Mike Fitzgerald explained 13 years ago, after reviewing several dozen studies on the subject, "there are few, if any studies apart from island ones, that actually demonstrate that cats have reduced bird populations." Like all predators, cats tend to prey on the young, the old, the weak and unhealthy. At least two studies have investigated this in great detail, revealing that birds killed by cats are, on average, significantly less healthy than birds killed through non-predatory events (e.g., collisions with windows or cars). "Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK-wide," notes the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on its website. "It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations."
I don't know that this will deter you from taking matters into your own hands again in the future, but perhaps you'll have a more difficult time justifying it to yourself if you do.
Peter J. Wolf
Following is my lengthy write-up of what I found DID finally work after 15 YEARS of trying to be "nice" about it. Then looking around one day and realizing that there was absolutely NOTHING but cats and rodents left on my lands, the rodents then invading my home.
However, I found something that DOES work, works well, and works fast (relative to the years it takes trying to educate deceitful and lying cat-lickers that accomplishes ABSOLUTELY NOTHING). Where I live cat-lickers have learned that _ALL_ cats, stray and feral, collared or not, ear-tipped or not (because TNR con-artists now just clip cats' ears only, WITHOUT sterilizing or vaccinating them, to protect their hoarded cats from being trapped and euthanized), _ALL_ their cats are shot on sight and buried whenever found away from supervised confinement.
The ONLY thing that works is destroying any of their cats found outdoors off their property. They either learn to stop getting more cats that die under the wheels of cars or from animal attacks, or they finally learn how to be a responsible pet owner, respectful neighbor, and learn to keep their invasive species animal under confined supervision, as it should be. Win win win all around.
You can't train a cat to stay home but I found that, in time, you CAN train a cat-owner into being a responsible pet-owner and a respectable neighbor. Most of them are so phenomenally stupid, disrespectful, and criminally irresponsible though that you have to make at least 12-15 of their cats permanently disappear before they even start to figure out what they've been doing wrong all during their sorry, useless, and pathetic lives. (Though the ones by me who were adopting "barn cats" from "barn-cat programs" were uniquely cretinized and lobotomized. I had to shoot and bury many hundreds of their cats, to stop their cats from annihilating the very last of my native wildlife, before they started to learn.)
If you live where its not legal to use firearms then check into 700-1200fps air-rifles and pointed vermin-pellets. Many of the new ones come with their own sound-suppressor designs built-in, specifically designed for shooting vermin cats in urban areas, the demand is that great. Failing that, then there's always the SSS and TDSS Cat Management Programs that are exploding in popularity worldwide. Shoot, Shovel, & Shut-Up; or Trap, Drown, Shovel, & Shut-Up. Both methods are legal on every square foot of this earth. No local laws were violated if it never happened. (Where cats have already learned to evade all trapping methods, then inexpensive generic acetaminophen (overseas paracetamol) pain-relievers are a more species-specific vermin poison. But you really need to dispose of that cat safely so that wildlife won't die from the many deadly diseases cats spread even after their death.)
I don't see anyone dumping cats where I live anymore. They don't even adopt more than can be kept under lock & key 24/7. When driving through the area I don't see even one cat on anyone's doorsteps anymore. I always keep an eye out to see if there are more free-roaming cats that will have to be shot. And if I'll have to leave fish-oil trails on all the roadsides again, leading right to my IR surveillance system and laser-sighted rifle. (You can read some of the most effective methods I invented to rid my lands of hundreds of these vermin in only two seasons, posted here: americanhunter D0T org/blogs/arkansas-will-trap-feral-cats The eradication so complete and effective that cats are non-existent from my area for nearly 4 years now. Not seen a one.)
Leaving ANY of their invasive species cats outside in my area means certain death for that cat, their further existence can be counted in hours. You'd think everyone else could learn from this simple lesson. The quickest way to solve an unwanted animal and irresponsible pet-owner problem is to let everyone know that you will quickly and humanely destroy every last one of their unwanted, uncared-for, or unsupervised animals for them. They either grow up fast or, far more plausible, dump their animals elsewhere to become someone else's problem.
You just can't be an enabler of criminally irresponsible spineless and heartless idiots -- or they remain that way. (At least where you live, anyway.)
They are now licking their cats clean.
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Since they see a cat fighting back from being washed in water as animal abuse, but the cat not fighting if they use their tongues, they use their tongues instead to wash their cats.
It's just another one of the many aberrant and mentally-ill behaviors of "cat lickers".
I cannot, in all good conscience and honesty, EVER use the term "cat lover" again to describe these heartless and spineless cretins. People who love cats do not throw them under the wheels of moving cars, let them lap-up antifreeze in a gutter, force them to attack one another to fight for territory (no different than people who run dog-fight rings and are just as criminal of animal abuse), or let them be attacked by other animals by letting them roam free. "Cat Lover" is an extremely oxymoronic label. "Cat Licker" is the only one that accurately works today.
re: Susie Rabatine's cyber-bullying threats.
Just Google for: Loews Hotels Feral Cats
For but one example of hundreds in how these cat-lickers are hellbent on destroying the lives of anyone that wants cats off their lands.
Another replay of what these cat-licking sociopaths do, Google for: CATS VENICE COMPLEX REPRIEVE
A $150 million renovation project for low-income housing, put on hold, jobs lost, money lost, homeless still homeless, court costs and lawyers, just to save a few of their feral vermin c-Rats. And the saddest part of all, the vast majority of these TNR'ed cats had already died heinous inhumane deaths from TNR-practitioners' "death by attrition". (Road-kill, diseases, parasites, injuries, environmental poisons, cat & animal attacks, exposure, etc.)
Similar scenarios can be found by Googling for feral cats and churches, universities, hospitals, shopping centers, malls, apartment complexes, etc., etc. Cat-lickers delusionally believe that any land on which a cat has stepped-foot is their own property and they can manipulate and control the owners and all laws on it.
Cat-lickers (irresponsible and psychotic cat-fanatics) post any and all anti-cat news events on their web-sites, blogs, email-chains, etc. (I keep track of these to watch how they operate), then within 1 hour of the news over 50,000 of them from all over the world will descend on any site that is about some controversial cat issue, start up at least 3 international petitions, and then fire-off addresses (business and home), phone numbers (business and home), names, and even photos of everyone involved so they can then cyber-bully everyone into submission. (The more dedicated cat-lickers from organizations like Alley-Cat-ALL-LIES will then even fly cross-country or internationally to attend any protests and meetings to voice their warped views.)
This is precisely why everyone is learning to destroy all cats on their properties as quickly and quietly as possible. Telling nobody beforehand about the cats even being there. Long before these cat-licker psychotics get wind of the cats. Shoot cats first, tell no-one later. The only thing worse than feral cats, are feral cat-lickers. You can legally shoot the former, not the latter. You need to pay lawyers and courts to get rid of the latter. THEN you can get rid of their cats. And the sad part is, that's EXACTLY what happens, each and every time.
People are wising-up. If ANY cats are around they destroy every last one of them first, before they make any other move.
Should I do what they say? All the rest of them are doing it.
Now do you see what kind of underhanded cyber-bullying they pull on EVERYONE on the planet? No matter how slight the grievance is toward one of "THEIR" invasive species vermin cats, they will try to destroy your life.
Crista Worthy: They've already published your address and phone number all over the internet to scare you from ever doing such a dastardly thing again (you know, complaining about one of their cats and then telling others about it). You might want to contact some lawyers and have all these cat-lickers arrested and convicted of cyber-bullying charges. Some of these groups have deep pockets. A good lawyer would LOVE to drain them dry. :-)
JOHN SMYTH is the commenter also known as "Woodsman001" and "Nature_Advocate". He needs to make up new monikers because he gets banned for his rabid rants. This guy is a pathological cat hater. From a psychological perspective, I'd venture a guess that he was neglected by his mom and refused by all womankind (for good reason...). What expresses as cat hate is often rooted in deep misogyny. Cats are not the problem... his mental illness is. Sadly he has NO CLUE how sick he sounds to any healthy person.
He can be recognized by his excessive posting of hate-spewing rants, and obsessive use of the term "cat licker". What a hate machine, what a sick sad life.
Here is my one wish for you: may Karma find you.
In this country, domestic cats who wander about the neighborhood doing their cat business is -- like it or not -- ubiquitous. The cultural and social standards governing management of a pet cat are not the same as those governing management of a small dog. A dog is expected to be on a leash or confined in a yard at all times, but a cat? Not the same, by a long shot. The consequence is that if you are going to choose to live next to someone with a pet cat, you are likely going to have to deal with their pet cat entering your yard and occasionally killing the neighborhood bird.
There are many ways to deal with this and it seems to me that Ms Worthy's chosen response is fairly extreme. I'm not saying that what she's chosen to do is *illegal*. I am saying that her decisions seem fairly unusual and extreme. I obviously don't have data, but I'm betting that most outdoor cat owners reading this can't recall many of their neighbors who have campaigned as Ms Worthy has to keep a cat out of her yard and confined to the house.
The question is then, who is not being neighborly? I'd suggest it is Ms Worthy, at least in part. Is she wrong about having the legal right to exclude Frankie from her property? Almost certainly not, but neighborliness isn't defined strictly by legal property rights. An analogy is to loud music. Legally, I'm sure I have the right to tell my neighbor who occasionally has backyard parties in the evening to turn down their music. That I choose to forego all of my strict legal rights in order to allow my neighbor to enjoy hosting a party for their friends once in a while is what makes my behavior neighborly. Their behavior isn't unexpected or wildly unusual, and I did choose to buy a house within easy earshot of several other houses with yards where people live who presumably have friends and who predictably might want to host the occasional party.
So I overlook some nuisances once in a while, and we all manage to get along. Even though I have the legal right to complain bitterly to the police about my neighbor's loud music, I make the choice not to, because I want to be neighborly.
The issue of cats killing birds is a completely different issue because presumably Frankie isn't killing Ms. Worthy's birds. I don't know the science, but the information provided by Peter J. Wolf in this thread passes the sniff test for me. Birds have been preyed on by felines and other predators for a long time, and I find it hard to believe that we humans who have unquestionably eliminated many predators and destroyed bird habitat have harmed bird populations in any significant sense by letting our domestic cats roam.
As for longevity of cats, I do believe that you can keep a cat alive longer by confining it to the house forever. But cats are predators, and they do like to roam. Should you trade off longevity for quality-of-life as Ms Worthy suggests? That's a tough question for all cat owners, but I suggest that either choice is reasonable.
The science is unambiguous and long standing. Cats are a domestic, there is no wild variety of the housecat, only ferals, they've caused the extinction of numerous species. If you can imagine any other issue involved in bird mortality, lead bullets, wind power, buildings, they all pale in comparison to the sheer number and variety of birds killed by cats. Google is your friend.
That said there are many issues environmental much more profound and pressing. Climate change, loss of habitat, etc. But just as we make an effort not to burn too much carbon or grow too much blue grass, so too should we strive harm the wildlife surrounding us as little as possible. Being aware of, and possibly containing housecats, within our houses, is certainly something any aware and responsible environmentalist should consider.
I'm worried that the distinction between feral cats, on the one hand, and clearly domestic housecats who are allowed to roam outside is being elided. They are not the same.
I haven't done an exhaustive review, but many of the studies I find on a quick Google search address the problem of feral cats. The cat at issue here is not feral, he's a domestic outdoor cat. I'd like some data on the impact of domestic outdoor cats on bird populations. I suspect that it isn't catastrophic (no pun is intended, but it is a pretty good one, no?)
One can be in favor of reducing the number of feral cats by spaying/neutering housecats, and simultaneously be in favor of allowing pet cats to roam outside. That's the position I take. If there is persuasive evidence that domestic outdoor cats are the environmental threat that Ms Worthy thinks they are, I'm prepared to change my mind. Shouldn't be too hard to find links, if those studies exist.
Again, I take no position on the legality one way or the other of outdoor domestic house cats. That has no relevance to my argument. I speak only about social norms, which are a different thing. If you were to tell me that the social norm governing outdoor cats varies from town to town, I'd be skeptical but wouldn't reject it out of hand, since I haven't surveyed every town. I just haven't experienced any towns where the social norm is that pet cats be kept inside or confined to your yard.
Mr Cadwell writes "If you can imagine any other issue involved in bird mortality, lead bullets, wind power, buildings, they all pale in comparison to the sheer number and variety of birds killed by cats." Still not passing the sniff test. Happy to look at any links to studies you can post, though.
Regarding the danger to cats of letting them roam: as a child, our family had four cats, in succession. Each disappeared in about three years. One was hit by a car. The other three were "lost". They were probably killed by coyotes, as we lived near the hills where coyotes roamed. My girlfriend saw two coyotes come onto her driveway, catch her pet cat, and rip it in half right there, before running off with the pieces of her dead cat.
After college I worked for one year as a veterinary assistant. Almost every day, someone would bring in a very sick cat. Inevitably, the cat would have a large lump under its skin somewhere. We would examine it and find a puncture wound, mostly healed over, where the cat had been bitten by another cat. The tooth makes a narrow puncture and carries bacteria inside. Cats heal quickly, so the skin heals over, sealing the bacteria inside in an anaerobic environment. Then, it's off to the races as the bacteria multiply and form an abscess. Usually the owner wouldn't notice anything until the lump became large and the cat became listless, perhaps many days after the bite. By then the cat would be at death's door with an extremely high fever. Our only option to save the cat would be to operate. The vet would open the wound and drain it. On one cat we got slightly more than eight ounces of foul-smelling pus from one abscess. The vet would then insert a drain into the huge wound, after scraping away the necrotic tissue, and keep the cat hospitalized until it was well enough to remove the drain and go home. Sometimes the same cat would come in several times, with new bites in other areas. Cats are territorial. Put them outside, and even neutered cats will fight and sometimes get bitten. Can you imagine how bad the cat must feel, with a huge, pus-filled abscess like that? How would you feel?
When one of our veterinary clients gave me a kitten, I kept him inside. I wasn't going to subject him to cat fights, or some of the other things I had seen at the clinic. Would you like to see the inside of a cat that has been hit by a car and is still alive, as you try to put its insides back together while its owner is crying in the waiting room? Their organs look like you mixed them all around. Not my cat. He got lots of attention and lived happily indoors and died of old age in his sleep, a few months before his 19th birthday. The Humane Society says the average outdoor cat lives 3–4 years. Sure, there are exceptions. But the statistics overwhelmingly show that letting your cat out is likely to drastically shorten its life. Feel free to read this from the Humane Society: https://www.idahohumanesociety.org/[…]/Cats%20Indoor%20vs%20Outdoors.pdf
To those who accuse me of cat "theft" and sentencing "sweet Frankie to death" by taking him to the shelter, back up a minute and pay attention to what actually happened. Our neighborhood is surrounded by conservation easements. There are birds all over, not just on my property. We have a natural marsh, streams, and lots of open space. Signs posted near the marsh remind residents not to allow their dogs into the marsh to disturb wildlife. Our neighbors are very responsible with their dogs; they aren't left outside to bark all day, and, when their owners take them for a walk, the dogs are either leashed or walking right beside their owners. I have never seen a dog here running loose without its owner. The town council has also placed little boxes with plastic "Mutt Mitts", hand-shaped baggies, so that owners will pick up after their dogs when they poop. All good. By the way, 20-30 years ago, you almost never saw dog owners anywhere do such a thing. But now it is not OK to let your dog poop on your neighbor's front lawn and leave it there.
After moving here and noticing all the above, I also noticed a lot of loose cats wandering around. They were all in good health, with collars, so they were not feral cats. I occasionally wondered how many of them hunted in the marsh, which is full of nesting birds every spring and summer. Last year I began to notice a particular black and white cat in my yard, and chased him out a number of times. I work at home.
By this spring, the black and white cat was coming into my yard 6 or 7 times a day, digging up my flowers, defecating all over, and killing an average of one bird a day. I saw him kill perhaps a dozen, but most of the time I'd find the body in the grass somewhere, ripped open but mostly uneaten, and covered in yellowjackets (wasps). The yellowjackets attacked me if I tried to clean it up, so I had to wait until after dark to remove the mess, picking up the gross dead bird with one hand and holding a flashlight with the other. I knew the quail would soon have babies and I worried they would all be eaten. I tried several store-bought preparations that are supposed to deter cats from using your yard as a latrine; they didn't work and cost me a lot of money. People advised me to pepper spray the cat; I said no, that would be cruel to the cat. Others said I should pick him up and give him a 20-mile one-way car ride, and then open the door. That's just another version of the Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up policy many employ to rid their property of federally endangered species—a tactic I abhor.
Then, coincidentally, a postcard arrived in the mail from our town council, with a few sentences specifically asking all residents to keep their cats inside to protect birds nesting in the marsh. Now I knew they were concerned about cats. I contacted the town council president who told me it's been a real problem for years. I also learned it is a violation of our CCRs for any pet to leave its owner's property unless it is leashed. The council president said if I would photograph the cat on my property and obtain ID on it, that he would issue a CCR violation to the cat owner. So the next day, when the cat came into my yard, instead of chasing him away, I took photos of him, and then I picked him up to read his tag with his name, Frankie, and his owner's contact info.
(By the way, despite my having chased him away countless times, Frankie was obviously tame, friendly, and used to humans. For those of you who think your tame cat loses its hunting instinct or effectiveness, that's not true. )
Next, I called the owners on the phone; no answer. But I left a complete message about the problem, my name and number, and asked them to call me to discuss the situation. No response. I did this several times. After no response, I sent the photos to the town council president, who said he would immediately issue them a CCR violation. Still no response. Still more poop and dead animals.
I called the Humane Society for any suggestions they might have to solve this problem. They said I should bring the cat in. They said this cat had clearly developed a behavior pattern of using my yard as its toilet and hunting grounds, and was unlikely to stop. They said many people don't want to keep a litter box in their home. They don't want the hassle or the responsibility, so they essentially foist their cat's feces onto their neighbors. They said it is legal to bring in any animal on your private property, if you do not want it there (I also called the Sheriff to confirm this). Legally, the animal is trespassing. If the animal has ID, they will contact the owners and then explain the problem to the owners when they come to pick up their pet. They said that with unresponsive owners, sometimes this is the only thing that works.
I wrote a letter explaining in detail the problems of letting your cat out, both the damage cats cause to wildlife and the very real dangers that cats are exposed to. I put this letter on Frankie's owner's door and asked them to contact me, writing my number on it. I warned the owners that soon I would take the cat to the shelter if they did not respond. I also delivered the letter to all the neighbors.
The next day I saw Frankie chasing several quail and chased him away. Later, however, I found a dead adult mail quail on the side of the house. At this time the quail were all paired off and it would be around hatching time. I'd had enough. When Frankie arrived the following day I picked him up, put him in a box in the back seat, and we were off to the shelter. On the way, he got out of the box and came to the front and sat in my lap and began to purr. Clearly he wasn't upset. We proceeded. I carried him in, still calm, and handed him over. I gave the owner's contact info to the volunteer (he also had his collar on). I was assured the owners would be contacted right away. Before I left, I asked about him and they said he was calmly lying down in the back. I then walked through the area of cats up for "adoption", those tame enough to make good pets. I know the rest are killed. I also knew Frankie would be going home. I decided I would keep bringing him in if I had to. I also decided I would not bring in any other cats unless I knew their owner's contact info, to ensure that they would also go home.
When I got home, I called the shelter to check and was told the owners had been notified and would soon pick Frankie up. Now, finally, before they would be allowed to retrieve him, they would have to sit down and hear, straight from the Humane Society, what both I and the town council had been trying to tell them about their cat, but they had ignored.
Several days later, the town council president sent emails to the owners, offering to have a 3-way meeting to discuss the situation, but there was never a response. But you know what? So far anyway—it worked. I have no more cat poop in my yard. I have no more dead birds in my yard. I have no more Frankie in my yard. It has been almost two months.
Do I intend to remove any cat that comes near my house? Of course not. I waited nearly two years to take action on this problem cat, after all other avenues had been thoroughly exhausted. No other cats have gone to the shelter.
Even better: before I sent out the letter that was long enough to thoroughly explain the damage cats cause to wildlife, the fact that it is against our CCRs for cats to roam, the hazards to cats of being outside, and the un-neighborliness of allowing your cat to defecate in your neighbor's yard, I was seeing at least half a dozen cats walk through the neighborhood every day. Since people got the message, I have seen exactly one. Earlier, I said our neighbors are very conscientious about their dogs. I believe most of our cat owners simply hadn't really thought about these issues with regard to their cats. Once it was pointed out to them, that's what they did—think.
The people here do care about our wildlife. They value our open space. Many of them have National Wildlife "Certified Backyard Habitat" signs on their front lawns. I see bird feeders all over the place. And by the way, to the posters who chastised me for feeding birds: Not only are a few handfuls of seed on my property and a bird feeder my business, the National Wildlife Federation, Audubon Society, and a number of other conservation organizations encourage all Americans to provide food, water, and shelter to birds and other wildlife. Even people with small yards or just a window box can make a difference. Climate change, habitat destruction, toxic chemicals, high-rise buildings, and many other human-caused events have made survival difficult for many species; they need all the help they can get. Birdwatching is one of America's most popular recreational activities, something you can do on a trip or from inside your home. When your kids can see birds up close at a bird feeder, it can help ignite an interest in wildlife and the outdoors that can last forever. We need to take care of our wildlife, and we need to encourage the next generation to do so as well.
It is fairly accepted now in America that you do not allow your dog to roam on your neighbor's property, nor do you allow your dog to poop in your neighbor's yard. You pick up after your dog. You don't let your dog roam free, to be lost, injured, or killed by a car. What is the difference with a cat? It's time to start taking responsibility for all our pets. You alone can't solve the problem of feral cats, but YOU ALONE can solve the problem of YOUR CAT. I think it's high time we begin to change our attitude about free-roaming cats, and that's why I wrote this piece.
Christopher Howard - "a domesticated species of animal which serves no real purpose beyond companionship".
How invaluable do you consider this companionship? In addition to the enormous subjective value an animal has to its owner, I suggest you look into the positive effects of pet ownership on physical and psychological health. From teaching children responsibility and caring for others, to relieving the loneliness many senior citizens experience in this society... that's "no real purpose" to you?
The angry reaction of some, myself included, just shows how strong this human-animal bond is. Our companion animals are part of our society and have been for a long time, so it is naive to expect anything else.


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Ohio's higher-education Chancellor Jim Petro will continue to beat the drum about the importance of graduating more students at a conference focused just on that topic at Columbus State Community College today.
He'll also unveil a report that lists 20 recommendations on how the state's public college and universities can boost their student retention and graduation numbers to help make Ohio more competitive in a global economy while creating more financial opportunities for its citizens. Earlier this year, Petro charged a task force of college and other leaders to recommend practical ways that schools can increase their graduation rates.
Right now, less than half the students who enter an Ohio school earn their degree or credential/ Thirty-seven states are ahead of Ohio. Ohio's proportion of working adults with bachelor's degree also remains at the bottom quarter of states at 26 percent compared with 31 percent for the U.S.
"Our focus is to increase the number of Ohioans who complete college. To ensure a prosperous future, our students and our state need to see significant improvement in college completion," Petro said in a written statement.
The recommendations include a menu of offerings that schools can customize to their campus needs, including redesigning remedial education courses, particularly for working adults; expanding opportunities for students to earn college credit while they're still in high school; and developing orientation and first-year programs to support students, especially those who are the first in their families to go to college, succeed. All schools will be required to create their own university-specific plans.


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First row, left to right:Sarah Baird Slaven, Strunk, KYShelby Dobbs, Monticello, KYRebecca Thurman, Science Hill, KYTawana Eastridge, Campbellsville, KYAustin Thurman, Science Hill, KYEmily Miller, Mt. Vernon, KYBeth Romines, Somerset, KYKayla Jacobs, Manchester, KYBriana Allen, Monticello, KYCheyenne Stargle, Russell Springs, KYHolly Robinson, London, KYRusty Newman, Williamsburg, KY Wayne Foley, Eubank, KYStarla Roark, East Bernstadt, KYChelsea Sampson, Albany, KYDanielle Perkins, Somerset, KY
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Sowton is located within East Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of Wonford Hundred. It falls within Aylesbeare Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 318 in 1801 374 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website.
A parish history file is held in Pinhoe Library. You can look for other material on the community by using the place search on the main local studies database. Further historical information is also available on the Genuki website.
Maps: The image below is of the Sowton area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.
On the County Series Ordnance Survey mapping the area is to be found on 1:2,500 sheet 80/8 Six inch (1:10560) sheet 80NE
The National Grid reference for the centre of the area is SX977926. On the post 1945 National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping the sheets are: 1:10,000 (six inch to a mile: sheet SX99SE, 1:25,000 mapping: sheet Explorer 114, Landranger (1:50,000) mapping: sheet 192. Geological sheet 325 also covers the area.
Illustrations: The image below is of Sowton as included in the Library's illustrations catalogue. Other images can be searched for on the local studies catalogue.
Extract from Devon by W.G.Hoskins (1954), included by kind permission of the copyright holder:
SOWTON church (St. Michael) was wholly rebuilt in 1845, and is quite dull. Bishop's Court was formerly a palace of the Bishops of Exeter (called Clyst). Bishop Bronescombe bought the estate and had erected a palace and chapel here before 1276. Much medieval work remains, including the chapel (c. 1270) and 15th century barns and stables, but the house itself was "altered and improved" about 1863


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Guy brings back memories of what the Cavs will soon be like again...
"Mel Turpin, former Kentucky center and 6th overall pick of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, was found dead in Lexington on Thursday of an apparent suicide.
Turpin was initially traded by the Bullets to the Cavaliers, though he eventually ended his career in Washington after a stint with the Jazz."
Via Matt Jones/KySportsRadio
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2008-04-24 / Sterling News
Soccer signups now open
Log in to www.sterlingsoccer.org to register your player and pay the registration fee for Sterling Youth Soccer. Register by May 31 to be guaranteed a spot on a team and to avoid the late fees. Participation is open to all players ages 5-18, kindergarten through high school. Parent volunteers are encouraged to sign up to coach or help out in other ways. The league is looking to fill positions on the board including secretary and division coordinators. For more registration information, contact Diane Boutotte at sysaregistrar@ comcast.net or 978-422-0240.


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This kind of hairstyle is perfect if you have long brown golden hair. Full bangs are style and hair is curled from upper length down to the ends. This trend never goes out of style. You friendly old curler is just the key to achieve this look.
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When doing my fall decorating, I'm certain to set aside a few pumpkins for this unique dessert. It adds a festive touch to our Thanksgiving table. —Darlene Brenden, Salem, Oregon
Featured In: 7 Recipes for Baked Pumpkins
- 2 medium pie pumpkins (about 3 pounds each)
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 6 cups cubed crustless day-old bread
- 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup raisins
- Wash pumpkins; cut off tops and discard. Scoop out seeds and loose fibers (save seeds for another use if desired). In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg. Stir in the bread cubes, pineapple, walnuts and raisins. Spoon into pumpkin shells.
- Place on a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Loosely cover tops with foil. Bake at 350° for 1-1/4 hours. Uncover; bake 15-30 minutes longer or until pumpkin is soft and a knife inserted near the center of bread pudding comes out clean. To serve, scoop bread pudding and cooked pumpkin into dessert dishes. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Bread Pudding Pumpkin in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p137
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"This is the best bread pudding I have ever tasted. I carve a jack o lantern face, using relief carving, in it before baking and every one loves the look and the taste. Thanks for a great idea and a great recipe."


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This is the official CellPROM website. On this site you will find the latest CellPROM information and papers ready to download, as well as ways to contact the people behind CellPROM and links to other sources of CellPROM -related information.
The abbreviation »CellPROM« stands for »Cell Programming by nanoscaled devices« (Contract N° NMP4-CT-2004-500039)".
What is CellPROM?CellPROM - beginning March 2004 - is the largest Integrated Project within the NMP priority of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission.
CellPROM unites 27 academic and industrial researchers from 12 countries for a period of four years to achieve its main objective of non-invasive »reprogramming« of individual cells on an industrial scale.


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Alpine Skiing - Varsity Boys
Berkshire provides our students with a unique opportunity to maximize their ski race regimen while focused on a demanding academic curriculum. Our boys' varsity team competes in the Class A Division of the New England Private School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) and within the Brigham Ski League, named in 2012 for longtime Berkshire coach Bob Brigham. The team trains five days a week at Butternut Ski Area, located in nearby Great Barrington. In addition, the majority of our ski team members also compete in the United States Ski Association (USSA) and in FIS (International Ski Federation). Berkshire School is an official and fully licensed USSA & FIS Club Program.
Our licensed USSA staff coaches provide a dedicated daily training progression, including the support at all USSA and Scholastic competitions, assistance in equipment selection and tuning, video analysis, off season conditioning including summer and fall ski camps, and college guidance for those seeking to compete following their Berkshire experience.
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The Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication meets the needs of people who are interested in or who have prior learning/work experience in a communications-related field. These areas can include: advertising, journalism, graphic arts, marketing, multimedia, film, web design and radio/TV broadcasting.
Emphasis is placed on enhancing students' communication skills and competencies in the workplace. Coursework required for this degree path include:
In addition, there is a Professional Communication degree elective requirement that enables students to focus their major on their goals and interests.
Students who complete a degree in Professional Communication are better prepared to succeed in their fields of interest. Our graduates have an enhanced ability to express themselves orally and in writing. They are able to assess leadership styles and their role in developing effective supervisor/employee relationships. Having gained the ability to evaluate current communications, our students can gauge their effectiveness for an organization's health and productivity.In keeping with our mission at Siena, graduates are grounded in ethical communication skills that adapt to a variety of business situations.
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Ripley Tuition vote is courageous
It was not an easy choice, but Ripley voters made the right call.
On Tuesday night, school board President Robert Bentley announced that the proposal to tuition students in grades seven to 12 passed by 20 votes. The tuitioning will not lower the district tax rate, but it does something even more important: it gives Ripley students – all 300 of them – greater opportunities in their education.
Currently at the Ripley district, it is bare bones. These students are missing out on extracurricular activities, courses offered at other schools and athletic activities.
Residents, however, courageously agreed to end the status quo to better the opportunities for the students in their district.
It was unselfish. It was emotional. In the end, however, it is the correct decision.


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by Anton Shilov
Media Control GfK International, a media and entertainment tracking service, said that while sales of Blu-ray media titles increased rather dramatically in the first half of 2010 on the markets of Europe and Japan, sales of actual players showed recession.
According to Media Control GfK International research, based on actual point-of-sale retail data, consumer purchases of Blu-ray titles increased 107% in major markets in Western Europe/Japan during the first half of 2010 while the amount of combined DVD/Blu-ray players sold dropped modest 1.2%.
"The major retail markets for DVD and Blu-ray sales in Western Europe and Japan are showing positive signs of stabilization due to improving declines in DVD sales and growing consumer adoption of the Blu-ray format," said Brad Hackley, President of Media Control GfK USA.
Perhaps, the analyst is correct and sales of packaged media players are indeed stabilizing. However, this may well be the beginning of the end for the marker of disc players as customers are shifting towards digital content delivery services.


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See an urban melting pot of stand-up, music, poetry, performance and improv all in one scary night if you dare!
Hosted by Chicago comedian and Vocalo radio host, Brian Babylon, this one night "spooky edition" of uncensored acts features some of Chicago's best diverse voices in comedy and performance including comics Brandon "Hot Sauce" Glover, HBO Def Poet Shannon Matesky, sketch group 3 Peat, Latin comedy duo Dominizuelan, Burlesque performer Tamale Sepp and more.
A portion of ticket sales supports scholarships to emerging talent from Second City Outreach & Diversity.
Sunday, October 20 at 7pm
75 Minutes no intermission.
MC & featured Artists: Brian Babylon
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Companies jostle for position as bond trading goes electronic
The SIX Swiss Exchange is exploring the creation of a pan-European multilateral trading facility for fixed income, according to two people familiar with the project.
The exchange, which declined to comment, is in discussions with two European banks and a technology firm regarding the venture, one of the individuals said.
New regulations are likely to push more bond trading, which is traditionally done over the phone, on to electronic platforms.
Several firms are drawing up plans to profit from this "equitisation" of the fixed income markets, which experts believe will revolutionise how products are traded.
Financial News has also learnt of another venture for buyside bond trading, although it is in the very early stages.
Meanwhile, Vega-Chi, an international operator of convertible and high-yield debt trading platforms, is negotiating a multimillion-dollar investment from new and existing investors to fund expansion into new asset classes, according to two individuals with knowledge of the discussions.
Constantinos Antoniades, the firm's chief executive, declined to comment on the new funding, but said: "We have seen a sudden increasing interest in electronic fixed income trading over the past six months.
As banks have become less able to provide liquidity and constrained by capital requirements, institutions are now assessing which electronic solutions to support. This is a big difference from two years ago, when electronic was seen as a niche tool."
MarketAxess, a US-based operator of electronic bond trading platforms, is also on an expansion drive after its $42m acquisition of data firm Xtrakter earlier this month.
Speaking to analysts two weeks ago, Rich McVey, its chief executive, said: "If we can find other businesses that fit with our strategic vision and our service to clients we will continue to be very interested."
Structural shift
The platforms hope to capitalise on a structural shift in the US and European bond markets that are being reshaped by new regulations, including the Volcker Rule in the US and, in Europe, the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and newbank capital requirements ushered in under Basel III.
Mifid will force a slew of new instruments on to electronic order books in a bid to transform the over-the-counter markets into a transparent, exchange-like set up.
At the same time, new capital requirements have made it too expensive for banks to hold the fixed income inventory they need to support OTC marketmaking businesses.
Will Rhode, director of fixed income at Tabb Group, said: "There has been a fundamental shift in the OTC fixed income model driven by the growing cost of capital combined with low interest rates which have changed dealer attitudes towards inventories.
The fixed income business no longer makes economic sense, meaning the question of how to create alternative liquidity models is very much of the hour."
Dealers are "backing away from the market", according to one buyside trader, with US corporate bond inventories hitting a nine-year low this year, according to the Federal Reserve.
Many banks, along with fund managers, exchanges and independent platform providers, are exploring a range of electronic bond trading models to plug the liquidity gap left by the decline in traditional marketmaking.
These platforms aim to aggregate liquidity from multiple institutions in a single pool, bringing together buyers and sellers that would not otherwise find one another in the OTC markets.
Some ventures plan to aggregate liquidity from the sellside while others believe bypassing the dealers and targeting the buyside – the ultimate source of both supply and demand – is a more effective strategy.
The race for market share in electronic bond trading was kick-started by BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, which unveiled its Aladdin Trading Network for buyside firms, in April. Goldman Sachs also launched its buyside bond platform GSessions in June.
However, some buyside managers are sceptical and argue that the launch of so many new venues will fragment liquidity.
One fund manager said: "You may only have a bond that trades once a day or once a month. You can't have an active crossing network in these bonds. There is still a need for marketmakers."


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The rumor mills are heating up in response to Rusty Klesla being back on the shelf and a possible concussion to Kristian Huselius.
According to Puck Rakers and other blogs around the league, the Jackets are looking at Toronto, Ottawa, and Atlanta as possible trade partners. New GM Brian Burke in Toronto is looking to move some of the veterans and this includes Pavel Kubina and Tomas Kaberle. Both are sound offensive defensemen, but they also have no-trade clauses. Nik Antropov, a 6'6" centerman, has also had his name thrown about.
From Ottawa, Antoine Vermette is the name. Supposedly, Ottawa newspaper reporters have mentioned Kris Russell and draft picks as potential returns.
I'll be sure to keep this thread around as more news is found.


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Beef ranchers are complaining that the domestic market is "withering," and therefore the quality of meat will decline.
This, of course, assumes that we're not smart enough to buy better beef. From many perspectives – that of the person who wants only organic beef; that of one who wants only local beef; that of one who wants grass-fed beef, or "natural" beef, or humanely raised beef, or all of the above – the price of "normal" (that is, industrially-raised) beef is already too low. Suppose one wanted higher quality beef, and were willing to pay for it? Suppose one were willing to eat less beef in order to keep one's food budget more-or-less stable? Wouldn't a decline in industrially raised beef be OK? And who cares if it becomes even "worse?" It's already produced with almost no concern for quality.