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Moving from relatively pricey Seattle to a cheaper locale is one key way for retirees to stretch a buck. Drier climates and dreamy settings...
Moving from relatively pricey Seattle to a cheaper locale is one key way for retirees to stretch a buck. Drier climates and dreamy settings can beckon, too.
When Washington retirees pull up stakes, they favor nearby states — 13 percent pack their bags for Arizona, California, Oregon, Hawaii or Nevada.
Like most West Coasters, though, Washingtonian retirees mostly stay put (81 percent).
Still, snowbirds who flock south in winter are an increasing trend, says Bert Sperling, co-author of "Cities Ranked and Rated."
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Here are three locals who followed different maps on their route to retirement.
• Cynthia and Dean Hunter of Lakewood, Pierce County and Palm Desert, Calif.
• Karen and Ellery Berg of Kenmore and Black Butte Ranch, Ore.
• Pete Johanson of Skagit County's Lake Cavanaugh and Mexico's Lake Chapala
How to pick the best place for you
Looking for the best place in the world to retire? Try Florence, Ore. Or Boulder, Colo. Or Costa Rica. All three rank at the top of one list or another. But finding the right place involves researching the quality-of-life issues most important to you.
Test the waters. Vacation for at least a week during different seasons anywhere you're considering retiring. Check out recreation, senior services, entertainment, health care and possible social connections. Then, rent or lease before buying.
Consider college towns, because "these are entertaining, recreational and cultural places that bring visiting lecturers, world-famous people, concert series and college sports," says relocation researcher Bert Sperling. "Some let seniors attend classes without any charge."
Two homes? Low interest rates might allow you to buy a second home as an investment, renting the property out before retiring to help it pay for itself. Keeping a hometown place, too, maintains ties to family and friends. Pay off your mortgage before retiring or at least reduce payments to 25 percent of your retirement income.
Seek financial advice on the economics of a big move; don't rely just on advice from friends and family.
Five factors for finding a favorite
Economy: Aside from basic cost of living, check out state and local property taxes.
Getting around: Good mass transit, pedestrian-friendly shopping and services, and proximity to airports make a big difference.
Staying healthy: Access to good clinics and hospitals grows increasingly important in later life.
Climate: Want four distinctive seasons or more temperate weather?
Culture: "We find people who think they want to move to some remote place," says location researcher Bert Sperling, "and later discover they're bored to tears."
Sources: Bert Sperling, president of Sperling's Best Places and www.bestplaces.net, which research, rate and rank U.S. cities for real-estate and relocation purposes; Seniors Real Estate Specialists, an international group of real-estate agents certified to handle senior housing issues; Rick Spellman, John L. Scott Real Estate agent and partner in Able Environments, a consulting company on senior, retirement and disabled-housing issues.
Where we're going
Of the 172,142 Washingtonians age 65 or older who moved between 1995 and 2000, folks flocked to:
1. Elsewhere in Washington: 139,419
2. Arizona: 7,643
3. California: 6,616
4. Oregon: 4,676
5. Hawaii: 1,832
6. Nevada: 1,318
— Source: U.S. Census, 2000
On the Best Lists
From: "America's 100 Best Places to Retire" by Elizabeth Armstrong
Best Art Town
No. 1: Ashland, Ore.
Best Undiscovered Town
No. 9: Sequim, Wash.
Best Beach Town
No. 10: Whidbey Island, Wash.
Best College Town
No. 6: Eugene, Ore.
Best Small Town
No. 8: Port Townsend, Wash.
Best Four-Seasons Town
No. 1: Bend, Ore.
From: "Retire in Style: 50 Affordable Places Across America" (West Coast spots) by Warren Bland
No. 1: Boulder, Colo.
No. 2: Portland, Ore.
No. 8: Eugene, Ore.
No. 12: Medford/Ashland, Ore.
No. 23: Bellingham, Wash.
No. 33: Olympia, Wash.
No. 42: Bend, Ore.
No. 48: Palm Springs/Palm Desert, Calif.
Find your own "best place" to retire with these books and Web sites:
Web Sites
• money.cnn.com/best/bpretire CNN and Money magazine pair to compare costs, weather and more for more than 1,200 U.S. retirement places.
• www.bestplaces.net Web extension of popular "Cities Ranked and Rated" book compares taxes, food, housing and more for U.S. cities.
• www.retirementliving.com Retirement Living Center: Membership-based Web site evaluates places to retire, including 125 locations in 28 states.
"America's 100 Best Places to Retire" by Elizabeth Armstrong, Vacation Publications, 2002, $18. Strong emphasis on culture and lifestyle in smaller towns.
"Cities Ranked and Rated: Your Guide to the Best Places to Live in the U.S. & Canada" by Peter Sander and Bert Sperling, Wiley, John & Sons, 2004, $25. User-friendly and thorough on day-to-day essentials.
"Retirement Places Rated: What You Need to Know to Plan the Retirement You Deserve" by David Savageau, Wiley, John & Sons, 2004, $24. Financial comparisons for 203 retirement hot-spots.
"50 Fabulous Planned Retirement Communities for Active Adults: A Comprehensive Directory of Outstanding Master-Planned Residential Developments" by Robert Greenwald. Career Press, 1998, $20.
"America's Best Low-Tax Retirement Towns: Where to Move To, and From, to Slash Your Taxes in Retirement" by Eve G. Evans and Richard Fox. Vacation Publications, 2002, $17.
"Choose a College Town for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget" by Joseph Lubow, Globe Pequot Press, 1999, $15.
"Live Well in Mexico: How to Relocate, Retire and Increase Your Standard of Living" by Ken Luboff, Avalon Travel Publishing, 1999, $16.
"Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future" by Fred Brock, Henry Holt & Company, 2004, $15.
"Retire in Style: 60 Outstanding Places across the USA and Canada" by Warren Bland, Next Decade Publishing, 2005, $23.
"Where to Retire: America's Best and Most Affordable Places" by John Howells, Globe Pequot Press, 2003, $18.


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To say that NetJets' clients expect a lot for their money would be an understatement. Let's just say that if you can afford to be a NetJets customer, chances are you could probably buy the company on one of your many no-limit credit cards. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement, but for a starting price of $425,625 (yes, that's six figures, not a typo), you get a 1/16 ownership in a small private Jet. Obviously, prices go way up from there. With that barrier to entry, only the wealthiest of the wealthy would even consider becoming a client.
Since the world runs on IT, it is Cullop's job to ensure the smooth operation of this pick up and delivery service on steroids. To make matters just a bit more challenging, NetJets is global; made up of six different companies and an affiliated company, Marquis Card, that sells even smaller fractions of jets than the minimum 1/16 NetJets offers. Add to this a slew of FAA regulations that equate to miles of reports being generated and processed, globe trotting owners, and you can have a lot of long days at the office. It kind of gives a whole new meaning to "5-9s".
Still, it is NetJets' job―and therefore, IT's job―to make all of this happen. "So, we're constantly moving assets around, both the personal aircraft and everything else that goes along with that. All's you need to know is you wanted a jet at noon and we get one for you," said Cullop. "In order to pull that off ... the plan has to adjust constantly on the fly. The old systems were very siloed and therefore did not support that coordination of activity or end-to-end work flow very well."
Without getting into too much technical detail, the way Cullop's team makes this happen is through a real-time, shared services platform that relies heavily on automated decision making. Until Cullop joined the company in 2006, NetJets was hampered by the heterogeneous, siloed infrastructure that most CIOs know and love so well. Technology decisions were often made for reasons other than what would work best for the company as a whole. Cost was often the deciding factor as was time, or, more specifically, the lack of it. This led to a lot of shadow IT being purchased and a lot of human-intensive activities (think phone calls and faxes) taking place behind the scenes to get clients their planes when they wanted them and how they wanted them. In fact, without automation (and Blackberries), the company would need to add a entire floor of customer service reps just to take calls from pilots.
Starting Over with Shared Services
What Cullop did when he came on board was kill as much technology as possible without effecting services. He then embarked on finding the right mix of mainframe-based and PC-based software and platforms that everyone in all the six companies could share, with share being the key word. More shared services simplify everyone's life, especially Cullop's. Of course, all of this had to happen in real-time without anyone outside of IT noticing.

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Visual MIB Browser
|download free evals of Visual MIB Browser Professional, or Visual MIB Browser or download free, full version of Visual MIB Browser Basic
|download Standard and Enterprise track MIBs here
These easy-to-use Windows applications are essential for anyone who is managing or developing SNMP-related applications or agents. They allow users to receive and log SNMP Traps, monitor, manage, archive, and analyze data retrieved from SNMP Agents. All NuDesign SNMP MIB Browsers come integrated with powerful MIB Compiler as well as with MIB Viewer and MIB Editor applications. The MIB handling capabilities include automatic resolution of MIB IMPORT dependencies, and convenient management of loaded and available for loading MIB modules.
Visual MIB Browser Basic - provides basic support for SNMPv1 and v2. It present the user with the MIB tree based GUI interface and performs simple Get or Walk operations on user configured SNMP agents. It comes with full feature NuDesign's MIB Compiler providing for compiling, viewing and editing of MIB modules. It is licensed as free of charge SNMP application.
Visual MIB Browser - provides fully featured support for SNMPv1 and v2, allowing users to perform additional tasks such as auto-discovering SNMP Agents, setting alarm thresholds and alarms, sending and receiving Traps and Informs, then real-time data charting and graphing, performing Get, Set, Log or Walk operations on auto-discovered or pre-configured SNMP agents. Please see Table 1 below for full list of Visual MIB Browser features.
Visual MIB Browser Professional - extends these capabilities with comprehensive SNMPv3 support, user assignable color-coded alarm priority settings, user definable MIB groups, database interfacing, VB scripting capabilities. The support for SNMP Proxy Forwarder functionality has also been included to simplify configuration and use of rfc3413, Proxy MIB compliant agents.
With Release 6.0 of Visual MIB Browser Pro the user can enable SNMP Traffic Monitor and Analyzer functionality monitoring, capturing and storing SNMP packet exchanges between the MIB Browser and the Agent, an invaluable tool when pin-pointing difficult problems. The SNMP Traffic Monitor is also available as a standalone product, however developers will benefit from having this powerful functionality available from within the Browser.
Also new is the SNMP CLI interface providing the user with complete control over the content of SNMP PDUs, for example issuing a Get Request to any object with user provided OID.
The SNMP developers and test departments find SNMP traffic monitoring, CLI interface and VB scripting capabilities of particular interest. A number of enclosed scripting examples provide a framework for creation of user specific regression, stress or compliance testing suites. With VB scripting the user can extend the SNMP MIB Browser's user interface and functionality, for example a script could monitor the reception of notifications and forward summary notifications to other management application(s), based on the notifications that MIB Browser has received.
With the Release 6.0 NuDesign has further automated testing of customer's SNMP Agent MIB's implementations. First the Browser determines which of the pre-loaded MIBs are implemented by the agent, then it provides for complete testing of MIB implementation.
The Read access with GetNext & Get is verified, Read-Only objects are confirmed to be not writable, Write access is verified as well. The tests terminate with detailed report for every MIB / object tested and short summary, example of which is included below.
And following the detailed report, omitted here, a summary is provided:
RFC1213-MIB Test Results:
|SNMPv3 User Management Wizard
|Support for IPv6
|Support for SNMPv1/v2
|Support for SNMPv3 security
(CBC-DES or CFB128-AES-128 privacy and HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA authentication)
|SNMPv3 Administration Framework Support for Notifications
(implements SNMP-TARGET-MIB and SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB)
|Device centric view for managing devices organized by network
|Hierarchical device specific alarm detection, filtering, presentation and management
|Device alarm "short cut" to Alarm Log
|Device web interface
|"Plug in" component interface for user specific functionality extension
|sample "Plug in" C++ project
|Expression based charting and alarm detection
|SNMPv3 reports detection with configurable alarm forwarding
|"Ledger" style information presentation
|Table pivot view
|Splitter window in pivot view to pan data.
|Automatically inserts Spinlock for SNMPv3 Framework Management Operations
|Integrated V3 User and Notification Management
|Find SNMPv3 Agent Engine ID Tool
|Create default NuDesign USM Users with single button push
|SNMP Proxy Forwarder Support
|Snmp "Get"
|Snmp "Walk"
|Snmp "Set"
|support for UTF-8 encoding for Windows-1252 character set
|Easy viewing of Scalar, Table, Row and Columnar Objects
|Quick Set from Get Scalar, Table, or Row Object Applets
|SNMP CLI interface to the SNMP Agent
(provides for complete control over PDU fields, for example Get any object with a user provided OID)
|User assignable, color coded alarm and trap priorities
|Alarm Detection & Notifications through Emails or Traps
|Multiple, user selectable, alarm detection algorithms
|SNMP Trap / Notification Send / Receive Tool
|Includes MIB Compiler (settable error tolerances)
|Enhanced MIB loading (multiple user - definable MIB search directories)
|Maintains a MIB Load / Unload log
|Automatic resolution of MIB IMPORT dependencies.
|View Module Dependencies and Predecessors
|User definable MIBs groups
|MIB Viewer & Editor that presents errors of MIB being loaded in a diagnostic view
|MIB Component Tab view
|VB and JScript capabilities (included are sample scripts implementing typical SNMP functions)
|Enhanced scripting object model with access to internal components, such as the MIB compiler.
|Automatically finds what MIB modules the agent implements
(of the MIB modules currently loaded into the MIB Browser )
|Tests the MIB modules the agent implements
(it evaluates SNMP read / write access compliance using Get-Next / Get / Set. Tests write operation on read-only objects. Produces report.)
|Save and Replay previous operations
|Logging (alarms, received notifications, SNMP operation results):
|- to Text File
|- to Database
|- to Excel spreadsheet
|Improved browsing and searching
|SNMP session characteristics short cut
|Create, manage and execute: queries / groups / scripts
|Hyperlinking of MIB variables to source ASN.1 MIB docs
|Select Browser nodes, queries, etc. as "Go to Favorites"
|Select Device nodes as "Go to Favorites"
|SNMP Traffic Monitor and Analyzer (capture, custom filter, decode, store & retrieve SNMPv1/v2c/v3 exchanges, including encrypted. Display using object's MIB names)
|Support for UDP port numbers up to 65535
* walk up to 5 objects at a time with Visual MIB Browser Basic
Visual MIB Browser provides:
With Visual MIB Browser you can:
Visual MIB Browser Professional provides these additional features:
With Visual MIB Browser Professional you can:
Please also view our on-line Tutorial on use of NuDesign SNMP Tools and download the NuDesign Visual MIB Browser Products Datasheet, a short presentation on Visual MIB Browser Professional and NuDesign Product Line Application Note (Acrobat PDF format).
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Drinking Water Advisory Issued for 35 Addresses
SMU contacted 35 addresses located on Fairview Avenue, 7th Avenue East, East 14th Street, East 15th Street and East 16th Street due to a water main break in the area today. These customers have received details on a drinking water advisory due to the potential chance of bacterial contamination. Once samples are verified to be bacteriologically safe, those customers will be re-notified when the advisory is lifted. It will take approximately 48 hours for us to have results once the main break has been repaired.
All SMU water customers who are not in the advisory area do not need to be concerned with the safety of the water despite the possible discoloration. Due to fixing the water main break and additional flushing during the process, discoloration may occur for some customers.
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CP 1.73 question.
December 14th, 2009, 22:31
Did the newest CP patch version 1.73 break Alt-Tab for anyone else? Used to work just fine even on 1.72, think that was the version I had before, if not 1.71. Now it just goes to black screen, I can get access to the Task Manager to shut it down, as it doesn't hard lock the computer, but still that seems a pretty big break in the patch. As a matter of my memory G3 has always been stable for me while Alt-Tabbing, certainly more than any other PB game.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks for any tips.
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Bartlett Cinema
2809 Bartlett Boulevard,
2809 Bartlett Boulevard,Bartlett, TN 38134
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Located in the Bartlett suburb of Memphis, TN. The Bartlett Cinema is part of the Malco Theatre circuit and opened around 1990. In 2013 it is now the only Malco cinema enclosed in a shopping center, and also their only remaining cinema with this style of subdued entry.
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chadn on June 30, 2008 at 6:23 am
The Bartlett 10 Cinema is, and has been for several years now, a second-run movie house showing films at a nicely discounted price.
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A woman who works with her hands is a LABORER; a woman who works with her hands and head, a CRAFTSMAN; but a woman who works with her hands, her head and her heart is an ARTIST. ~ Louis Nizer
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Shrink Your Tees
16 comments:
- buggin2stamp said...
I think this is may favorite thing to do with your tee set. I did finally make a successful ringer charm for my niece. She cheers and had her "meet the team" night last week. I gave her a charm bracelet with some cheer charms and the shrunken ringer tee in orange and white with "U Rock" stamped in black. Her school colors are orange, black and white. She loved it. I also made a matching card that I will hopefully have a chance to post on my blog tonight. Have an awesome day.
- August 26, 2008 at 6:39 AM
- Joan said...
I just got the "Little Tees" stamp set and haven't had a chance to use it yet but wanted to thank you for all the ideas and I think this shrinky dink t-shirt is sooooooo cute.
- August 26, 2008 at 7:08 AM
Melanie, this is just too cute! My granddaughter is going to love the one I plan to make her. Thanks! Your blog is such an inspiration!
- August 26, 2008 at 7:25 AM
- ----- Alison Mewer Cowan ----- said...
OhMyGoodness! I got the Tee set YESTERDAY!!! YAY! And As I was cutting the new rubbah I thought to myself "I sooooooooo need to bust out the shrinkplastic with this set". And today, here it is on your blog! LOVE IT!
Thanks for the inspiration!!!
- August 26, 2008 at 8:38 AM
- Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...
Oh how adorable! I LOVE it!
- August 26, 2008 at 8:51 AM
Super-duper cute. I love what you do with this stamp set. You are amazing! My jaw dropped when I saw this necklace. Good job.
- August 26, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- Denise ~ Paper Ponderings said...
That is a GREAT idea! How very fun!!! I can see a ton of uses like that...oh no...I think I need this!
- August 26, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Chrissy D said...
This is absolutely ADORABLE Melanie!!! Love this! TFS!
- August 26, 2008 at 10:20 AM
What a cute idea! I did notice the other stamper's earrings when she posted them. What a versatile set this is. I do hope your migraine and the boys' stomach upsets are all better and everyone is back to normal health.
- August 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- Christi (Cici510 on SCS) said...
This is too sweet!! I love it!!
- August 26, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Becky in East Tennessee said...
Omigosh! TOOOOOO adorable!!!!!
I just love your ideas!!!
I nominated you for an award today. I hope you dont already have it, but if you do, know that you are worthy of 4 or 5!
- August 26, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- Pamela Smerker said...
WAY cool! OMG this is such a cute idea Melanie, thanks for sharing!!
- August 26, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Dawn K. said...
this is the coolest idea! love it.
- August 27, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- Jessie/knightrone said...
This is so super cute!!! LOve it!!
- August 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM
- Rose Ann said...
OMgosh...too cute!! I LOVE it,and need to make some for my daughter!
- August 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- Lee (LuvLee on SCS) said...
Oh you KNOW I love this necklace!!! What an awesome gift for any mom!!!! Speaking of Super Mom.........you gotta get some rest now and then!!! Well, as you can see.......I'm having a blast with this set!!! Getting ready to leave today to take DD on a road trip....but when I get back...........more CREATIVITEEEEEE!!!! LOL (you also KNOW I love those puns!!!!). Thanks for mentioning my Shrinky Tees!!! HUGS!!!!
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Petite Lovesome Pinky Ring (Silver)
Hand and heart shall never part
Inspired by the classic 'fede' ring. In italian 'mani in fede' meaning "hands in faith" usually describes two hands and a heart, in this case the heart is concealed inside of the band, for the wearer's eyes only. The fede ring was a popular symbol of betrothal during the middle ages.
a dainty ring carved in wax and cast in solid silver
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So, you've got your decks and you mixer and your slipmats... you've worked out how to fit your carts to your headshells and your headshells to your tonearm, and you've just slapped your finest record onto one of the decks... Now's when it would be useful to have something to amplify the signal with... I don't think that a lot of people think about this when they buy a start-up package. Of course most decent stereos will amplify the signal - you just stick one end of your unbalanced RCA cable into the master out on your mixer and the other into the line in (or external in) on your stereo. The sound reproduction though is never really satisfying to me... it never sounds very clean, and you never get anywhere near to replicating the wonderful tones of club bass. So, what other sound solutions are there? Well, by far the best solution is to get yourself a nice big amp, a couple of huge speakers, plug everything together, and proceed to shake your house to the ground with raw music power and get your local council to serve you with a noise abatement notice. Chances are though, that unless you are very, very rich, you won't be able to afford the cost of this on top of your decks and mixer, which could already have set you back about a grand. So, what other alternative is there? It's either the stereo or the dedicated amp right? Wrong! For home use, there is a very serious third alternative, and that's powered speakers. I am using Numark M1's as my primary source of amplification and output at home, and I am pretty impressed. There is no way that you could possibly need to go any louder. Using the full output on the pre-amp in your mixer, these speakers will give you a very satisfying level of volume even using only half of the available amplification. These particular speakers were actually designed for use as monitors in clubs - allowing the DJ to hear th
e live signal better, as in clubs you have a slight lag time between what is actually playing through the main speakers and what you hear, owing to the relatively slow speed of sound in air at normal pressure. (Sorry, I won't blind you with science!) The monitor then allows the DJ to hear the signal being played live much better and achieve a better match with the cued signal. They stand up really well as a main speaker system though. Unless you're planning on holding a party somewhere for 4000+ people, I can't see how you would need more than these can produce. They are small in size, but they can shake my floor! Seriously, if you use more than half volume, you can feel the beats through your feet, just like in a club. The speakers do require external power for the built-in amp, so you do need to find an extra socket. This can be a problem if like me you've got decks, a mixer, CD players, a tape recorder etc all active at the same time... you just need to buy a longer strip of extension cable. An eight way or bigger is definitely required... The speakers are linked together by an audio cable running from the left speaker to the right one, and then the right speaker has a cable with a set of RCA jacks on the end that plug directly into your mixer. The right hand speaker also has the amp controls on the bottom of it, with controls for overall volume, bass, and treble. I find that the best tonal quality is probably achieved by setting the bass and treble just under half what is available, and I usually set the volume to about three quarters. This just produces the most pleasing set of levels to me, but there is a wide range of different tonal qualities available - for example if you want to make it really bassy, then these can produce serious amounts of bass. These still aren't as good as a dedicated amp, but at only a whisker over £50, they do represent excellent value for money if they're just goin
g to be for use at home. They really are worth considering... they sound much better than amplifying through a stereo anyway.


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Kai Wu is a student at Cal Arts. He made a music video about Oprah – specifically a music video for Oprah Juice, "a drink that helps people become happier, smarter and basically bring them a better life". Don't ask me why, but I think this is hilarious.
"Oprah Juice" by Kai Wu
By Jerry Beck | | 100
The Gee
This is actually based off of a popular meme on the japanese website nico-nico douga.
The original this is based off of is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-2lzA7_Cg
Ben K.
Jerry's definitely a huge Miku fan.
That Chick
This made my day, and I am NOT an Oprah fan. :>
Mike Johnson
Brilliantly funny! And I loved the "bow down and worship" part…so true, so true!
Letterman will want this.
Better than the original meme TENFOLD XD
because it's racist
Actually, I find this pretty offensive, clearly focused on shaming Oprah for being a larger, black woman. Come on, the hairy legs? the flying watermelon slices? the exaggerated female figures? I'm with you guys that Oprah could sell ice to Eskimos, and lines like "bow to your goddess" hold some truth, but does the limited depth of the commentary merit the less-than-subtle prejudices of the design?
If you can't understand that the whole thing is satire. With the exaggeration and over-embellished nature of the animation than obviously you don't get it.
It's a SATIRE! Look it up.
Hi, I write satire. That is not satire. If you want to satire crass commercialism, fine. But what are the watermelon slices satirising? The hairy legs?
"Oprah is fat. Har har har. She is black. Har har har. Black people love chicken. Hilarious stereotype! I'll put that in. Har har har. Hmm. Offensive. Better call it satire."
I've come to the aid of other animation here when people haven't gotten the joke, but this has gone for cheap shots when it could have been a lot sharper. Satire actually makes a point. This is just a parade of stereotypes with no point. Almost made it with the commercialism skewering, but then he changed the joke. Fail.
straight up racist
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Okay, John can be my new best friend.
no, Oprah can't sell ice to Eskimos, but she can give every Eskimo a car to make them 'happy' and YELL 'OPRAH'
Well, there is always at least one person who is gonna miss the point and get offended.
dude, you rubes, you have to understand that it's perfectly possible to see "the point" and still identify some tired, offensive ol' bigoted tropes.
Thanks, derpderp, for that point, which is what I was trying to point out. I think I see "the point", but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to discuss and question the sociological impact of the images conveying that message. Also, as a few other people mentioned below, this is apparently a parody of another animation, and may be consistent of the animator's style, and knowing that DOES change the way I'd read it–so thanks for those of you who shared that information.
I think this is beautifully animated, has a lot of funny drawings, but then again how does the fried chicken and the "Hide Your Kids Hide Your Wife" guy (I think that's him) being whipped like a slave help the video? I went from grinning to "ugh. laziness". Forget being offended, it made the video less entertaining for me.
some random guy
Lara, this video is a parody of Oprah, but also a parody of another video from Japan. In the original video, the song was about fruit and vegetable juice, not Oprah juice. So the flying fruit was one of the things they kept from the original parody. Also, the hairy legs thing is a lot better than a half naked gay guy with stars over his nipples, which is what they had in the original video.
as far as the exaggerated female figures goes, I'm pretty sure those were to replace the exaggerated females dressed as eggplants in the original video.
Great job, kai wu!
my only complaint is papyrus font :/
The Gee
When I watched it I wasn't aware that it was based on something which already exists, something recent.
That drops it down some spots for me.
It's one thing to satirize a public figure. It's another thing to just do a wholesale recreation of an existing work which has nothing to do with the subject being satirized.
Sure, he's a student…but as a creative person! if he is going to put that up on YouTube then he should make a note that acknowledges that he used something he didn't create.
He could copyright the animation and "his" take on the concept but man without that extra info he is just misleading people.
I know, I know, everyone does it. YouTube is full of….like that. Most of the people who just do rip off work like that (made out of respect for the brilliance that someone else came up with first, and recently) are amatuers. At best hobbyists who have video editing software.
With what he did he has to kill two birds with one stone. And, he didn't. He just used someone else rock to throw at one bird.
I'll still stand behind the fact that it is mesmerizing but after seeing the original…it only makes all the so-so aping of cartoonists styles he used, everyone from Bagge to Cooper more obviously insulting.
And, I'm not going to watch it again, but, if Lara is right and there was watermelon in that. WTF.
I can see the kid put thought (not much) into the actions of animating it. But, he didn't seem to consider hardly anything else.
Sorry to be harsh about it. Surely, the most recent posters are just young as Kai Wu but, man. Next time the kid should focus on making something he can say he owns, from top to bottom. It'll be a better use of his time.
On the YouTube page it is hosted on, under the info, he noted that "this video is a parody of "Po pi po ~ Miku Hatsune Vegetables Juice Dance". Animation & Design by Kai Wu. Music and voice copyright by RamazuP and Miku Hatsune accordingly."
Of course that information is lost when it is embedded on other websites but, to his credit, he was completely open and honest about the parody and he did credit Miku Hatsune for the song in the video.
This is exactly what it set out to be. An excellent parody. If you want to hold student filmmakers to such high standards in their films than you should hold yourself to high standards in your critiques and do adequate research to draw such conclusions.
And I don't see any "aping" in his work either. I'm not an animator but based on his youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/user/iamkaiwu) and blog (http://iamkaiwu.blogspot.com/) all I see is a consistency in style.
If you want to see something he owns top to bottom then watch the following and let him worry about his own career: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNU3w4K1CBw
The Gee
If the page does have that information on it then I apologize for being wrong.
However, I am not the one who put the video up and can only go on what is presented.
As for doing due diligence prior to commenting…please, spare that. There was a last frame in the video to put that information. It's easier done than said.
As for the aping, it is right in front of your eyes. He does variations of Oprah using other artists' styles. If you don't know the artists then I don't expect you to research them.
I don't have the time to look through everything he did and won't. Unlike most folks who surf the web, I don't waste my time watching every video link someone puts up….but when I do….like anyone else, opinions can be formed.
As for it being an "excellent parody"… how did it make fun of the original?
That's the criteria.
Nowadays with so much stuff that can be taken in, I realize that people have loose criteria for good satire and good parody. There's even looser criteria for what is satire and what is parody. Without writing a book: not all that glitters is gold.
I appreciate your taking time to inform me and others of the particulars. I'm sure the animator appreciates it, too. Being passionate about something you like is a good thing.
There's a line between critiquing an artist's work and attacking his character to make yourself look smart. I think you've crossed that line. If you were to look at Kai's other work (including his pieces not posted on YouTube), you would see that he is full of talent and promise. He has a style all his own, much like any good writer has a distinctive "voice". He may allude to other artist's styles at times, but there is no "aping" in any of his work. Of course, you seem far too self-important to look at the work of a lowly art student. Take your ego elsewhere. It's spoiling everyone else's fun.
P.S. His "translation" of the Japanese is especially funny, at times mirroring the sense of the original and at times veering off into absurdity. It is parody on many levels. Quite interesting!
the original one has that retarded ADD jerkiness that pases for animated comedy that puts anime fanboys in histerics.
I think Kai´s take on it is funnier.
also, the original is pretty derivative of j-pop´s fake "wackiness" , Kai´s "localization" is more fun one can feel it comes from an actual person.
BTW, extra points for the fake subtitles XD, i love me some good old school Political Incorrectness.
"Political correctness" was conceived as a means of acknowledging other experiences and presences outside the white, able-bodied, hetero male experience. It's meant to assist in a more inclusive public dialog. To admit other people exist and contribute.
Whitewashing Avatar: The Last Airbender was "politically incorrect." This is just racist.
And the fact that you congratulate yourself for not recognizing that is pitiable. It doesn't make you edgy to laugh at the denigration of black people. Your grandfather doubtlessly told the same jokes.
Doodyville 101
I LOVE that video!!! I think the music is awesome too! I hope his professor gave him an A+++ for that project!
This video is awesome. Congrats Kai! If you feel the video is offensive
Gotta admit that the music is infectious, and I'm imagining this bizarre visual, similar to a Scope commercial from the distant past in which a tired-looking girl walks into her bathroom, opens up the cabinet above the sink and pulls out the bottle of Scope, takes a swig…and has this wild reaction as if volts of electricity were shot through her…only, in this case, the girl takes a taste of this juice from her refrigerator and is zapped into top speed dance mode, uncontrolled dancing, up and down, to the point of near exhaustion…and with the same bug-eyed look on her face as the girl in the old Scope commercial…it's a hard thing to describe. Too bad I don't have all the tools that this individual had to illustrate my point…and mine probably wouldn't have been deemed offensive by anyone–just nonsense visual fun!
Why is it I feel like this is what the Japanese really think of "Oprah" minus giant robots?
This video is awesomely amazing.
To everyone debating- what happened to making art for fun? Don't over think it, just watch. If you don't enjoy, oh well. If you do, then that's fine.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Some of us don't enjoy viewing the world with our brains turned off and would rather not.
You can like it, no one's stopping you, but we also have a right to voice our opinions.
Sure. Analyze all you want. Just know any meanings you get out of it are self-induced.
Kai just makes things for fun. All of his videos and his artwork look like this, just take a look at his blog and the rest of his youtube channel. There is no hidden agenda behind this, it's just a parody video made in 2 weeks' time.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Not every instance of racism has some insidious agenda behind it. Lots of dumb kids think racist jokes are funny because someone they admire said something racist and they take that as being "edgy," but just because they're just dumb kids and not outright klan members doesn't mean it's still not damaging.
Normalizing racism leads to larger problems, and unfortunately, people often try (mostly unintentionally) to normalize it through "comedy."
It's like Derpderp says further down- this may be funny to you, but it's a whole different story for a lot of people of color, who have to deal with people envisioning them just like how the video portrays Oprah; as a soft-headed dimwit with lips the size of bike tubes and watermelon on the brain, on a regular basis because the stereotypes are so prevalent that they're often inescapable.
Then those stereotypes define how people interact with them, etc etc, and then we'd be getting into institutionalized racism from here on out, so let's just leave it at, "racism is bad, mmkay?"
Because people like it when you keep it simple and monosyllabic.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
There are some things people cannot help but be repulsed by. Gore, profanity, shit jokes, Three-and-a-Half Men.
Bigotry is among them.
Sonic the Hedgehog
R-Robotnik!? Up to your old tricks again! I'll put a stop to your plan to abolish bigotry in the animation community! Just you wait!
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
And if there's one thing I can't stand more than bigotry, it's OBNOXIOUS BLUE HEDGEHOGS!!
GOOD JOB KAI! Haters gotta hate!
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
You're well on your way to becoming your own SomethingAwful parody, guys. Great job.
Maybe you found it funny for the same subconscious reason you'd find minstrel shows funny.
Yes, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but despite protests to the contrary, this video contains examples of thinly veiled racist mockery. Don't bother with some panicky reply in its defense, or trying to explain it away- the deed has been done. Denying racism doesn't make it nonexistent, it just makes you look like jackasses. The fried chicken and watermelon, the liver lips, and to a lesser extent perhaps, the fat shaming. It's all there and the animator loved every moment he spent putting them in. You're going to say something like, "racism doesn't exist unless you go looking for it," but no. No. This was veiled racism and you know it. You can defend the animator and their creative license, but don't make excuses for him and at least have the balls or whathaveyou to admit that this video employs racism for cheap giggles. They have all the right in the world to make it, but if they make it, it will be criticized.
It's not because of how she looks, by the way. I take no issue with doing a caricature of Oprah, but there is a line between caricature and bigoted mockery. You toss the stereotypical foods up there and you've not just crossed it, but lept yards past it.
I await the snarls and cries of indignation. People seem so apathetic about bigotry these days, and someday that apathy going to come back and bite us in the ass, if it isn't already. You say don't sweat the small stuff, but that small stuff just gets bigger and bigger…
Because thinking a video making a parody of a ridiculous overblown celebrity is funny is the same as being entertained by blackface. Right.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
And it starts.
I can't like this more than once, so I'll just say– you nailed it. People are gonna cry about "political correctness," but those who defend bigotry know what they're doing and saying is sociopathic and wrong. Animation is loaded with privileged kids who need a social conscience (I am not referring to Kai Wu, here, as I do not know the artist and I'm sure they have a plethora of experiences that I'll never know, but it ain't showing, here). And I don't mean an Get-Along-Gang type of social conscience, I mean, an awareness outside of their ignorant little bubble. We're artists, here. How many times has the "lol @ fat black women" joke been made, really? It's impossible to justify in a masterpiece like Coal Black, nevertheless in a cute little student film.
some random guy
oh for the love of got dude, don't use the "if you try and argue with me you are part of the cancer kill x" argument, that's 4chan levels of BS, even if you're right that takes away most of your credibility. Be subtle dude, an issue like this is no place for people parading around with bombs like that.
Yes making fun of fat people excessively is bad, YouTube has to much of the "LOL FAT PEOPLE" thing. But this is different. Oprah's been Yoyo dieting for ages now and I have a suspicious she's starting to use her weight and the controversy around it to get attention and promote herself and her show. Most of the time I hear about her it's either "oh look Oprah's fat again/skinny again" if it's not her backing some sort of product. Making fun of her for that is perfectly acceptable because of how much emphasis SHE intentionally puts on it for the sake of generating buzz. Plus she herself talks about OTHER people being fat like that American Idol girl. Seriously, it's kind of hypocritical. Her weight is practically one of the reasons people talk about her so much and that in itself is RIPE for PARODY, plus her hypocrisy makes it so she's just BEGGING for things like this video to happen.
I'm not arguing about whether or not this video is racist. I'm white so I can't really do that, but I can point out that making fun of someone because they put emphasis on the their weight is OK. If Oprah didn't make such a big deal about it and this video just randomly decided to go "lol she's fat" that would be in VERY bad taste, but it doesn't, it took a stab at someone who's capitalized on their weight and hypocrisy and that is perfectly fine.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
I haven't used a single 4chan colloquialism as far as I know, so I'm not sure why you're bringing that hellhole up at all.
I did, however, purposely downplay the video mocking her weight. I don't think that was as bad for the reasons you listed.
some random guy
"Yes, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but despite protests to the contrary, this video contains examples of thinly veiled racist mockery. Don't bother with some panicky reply in its defense, or trying to explain it away- the deed has been done. Denying racism doesn't make it nonexistent, it just makes you look like jackasses."
"I await the snarls and cries of indignation"
dude, you are basically just saying "this is the way it is and if you argue that it isn't than you are part of the problem, oh and I know you'll try and deny it that just proves my point".
That's not arguing, and I bring up 4chan because that's the kind of thing I'd expect to read if I was browsing it. Have some class man.
I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist in this video, I'm saying that you are destroying the arguments credibility by telling people that arguing against it just makes them look stupid ("denying racism doesn't make it nonexistent, it makes you look like a jackass"). It's like invoking Godwin's law, once you do it your entire argument goes down the drain, no matter how valid it would be otherwise.
If you are going to attempt to try and throw your 2 cents into an argument as charged as this, then you should at least TRY and treat people who think the situation is different with a little respect instead of declaring that arguing differently "makes them look like jackasses"
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
–dude, you are basically just saying "this is the way it is and if you argue that it isn't than you are part of the problem, oh and I know you'll try and deny it that just proves my point".
Yeah, that's it exactly.
–"I'm saying that you are destroying the arguments credibility by telling people that arguing against it just makes them look stupid"
I've argued about this topic for a long time, so I know the arguments people use and they're bullshit. Preemptively making a point of this might be petty, but it's better than spending ages getting to that conclusion when I've already done it and seen it done before.
–"then you should at least TRY and treat people who think the situation is different with a little respect instead of declaring that arguing differently "makes them look like jackasses"
That's the thing: where's the respect in telling someone else that the mockery at their group is non-existent, insinuating that they're seeing things that aren't there? If we're talking about showing people respect, they should be respectful in return. If they approached this situation in a respectful way, they'd consider that maybe a parade of insensitive stereotypes might make the people being stereotyped very uncomfortable and would therefore respect that response as a valid one (that perhaps they've felt from time to time), but the conclusion they inevitably come to is "black people need to stop being so sensitive," that it's perfectly fine to offend them because of some mythological race card that they "always play," which is basically telling them that they aren't important enough to show consideration to and the latter being a method of delegitimizing valid claims of racism, whether to shrug it off or to discredit those making the claims, all because they've never had that experience and cannot or refuse to empathize.
That's not something worthy of a respectful response, is it?
-I bring up 4chan because that's the kind of thing I'd expect to read if I was browsing it. Have some class man.
It's not a 4chan response. A 4channer would be on their side of the argument, being as racist and obnoxious as they can, egging people on and syphoning up the attention they get from it. Don't compare me to those emotional parasites; I absolutely loathe 4chan. I'm not doing this because it's fun, I'm doing it because I think people should counter racism when they see it, and I see a LOT of racism in the animation community. If my response indicates anything, it's experience, and perhaps fatigue.
some random guy
"I've argued about this topic for a long time, so I know the arguments people use and they're bullshit. Preemptively making a point of this might be petty, but it's better than spending ages getting to that conclusion when I've already done it and seen it done before."
so you'll blow people off because you think you're right? even if you are, that's some grade A arrogance son. You should approach every argument like the other person might be right, no matter how much evidence there is to the other side being wrong. Seriously.
"That's the thing: where's the respect in telling someone else that the mockery at their group is non-existent, insinuating that they're seeing things that aren't there?"
when stuff like this can happen
I'm not saying that's what Kai Wu's video isn't racist, it could be, but seriously, proclaiming that anyone who disagrees with you is racist just allows for shit like this to happen where something that clearly ISN'T racist is treated like it IS because nobody can challenge the accusation of racism without seeming racist.
"It's not a 4chan response."
I'm going to use the same argument you used earlier.
"I've argued about this topic for a long time, so I know the arguments people use and they're bullshit."
it's a 4chan response because you don't try to allow for anyone to be right, it's only you and your agenda, which is very 4chan-ish. You also choose to forgo explanation in favor of generalizations. Just like them. It has nothing to do with what side you are on, or why you are doing it. You shall be compared to them as long as you use the same argument style they do. Whether it be to fight racism or spread it.
"Preemptively making a point of this might be petty, but it's better than spending ages getting to that conclusion when I've already done it and seen it done before."
I'm not arguing the Kai Wu cartoon isn't racist, I'm arguing that YOU need to stop approaching racial problems like there is one good side and one racist side. Making the generalization that the other side is wrong and racist just because it's true most of the time isn't a good idea because it can lead to shit like that hoops and yoyo thing. Seriously man, argue like a man, not a 4channer.
also, yes I do think this Kai Wu cartoon is somewhat racist. I have no doubt in the people of cartoon brew being able to see that. What I do see as a problem is this one sided approach to the issues. Martin Luther King never paraded around declaring everything racist, he was smarter than that.
I hope Oprah sees this. :) I think any woman that has a magazine of her own where she's featured on EVERY SINGLE COVER deserves a "tribute" like this. :)
…Is that Antoine Dodson in there…? *squint*
Go Kai!!! It seemed like you had fun with this, what great stress relief to turn out this little film.
I for one find this video incredibly offensive. Drawing a woman who is overweight and has large lips as a caricature who is overweight and has large lips just shouldn't be done. It's racist and being drawn overweight is shameful.
Also Oprah with hairy legs? Extremely offensive. Leg hair on women isn't natural. And should never be used for humor purposes.
The chicken and watermelon was in poor taste. Especially in a continually moving line of many different iconic food and items. Super racist. In fact I couldn't think of anything else while I was watching.
Leg hair on women isn't natural? Well damn, I guess I'll hop in the bathtub and 'regain my humanity..!' :P
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
"as a caricature who is overweight and has large lips"
Ah, so Oprah's lips take up most of her lower jaw? They're the same color as liver? Hm, didn't know that. Maybe I'm not looking through my privilege goggles.
I can't find my privilege goggles! Tch, Julie, did you take them?
Oh, well. Yeah, blackface caricatures? TOTALLY meant to be harmless representations of black people! We all know black people all look alike, don't we, Julie?
"Especially in a continually moving line of many different iconic food and items."
So you're basically admitting that the artist purposefully stuck them in there in an attempt to make a veiled racist joke? THANK YOU!
"In fact I couldn't think of anything else while I was watching."
"IF WE IGNORE RACISM IT'S NOT THERE!" See? What did I tell you guys? Hell, can I call 'em or can I call 'em?
I'd like to thank Julie for being such a wonderful assistant!
You annoy me.
The hell is wrong with you people?
Where do you see racism? There's a flying chicken leg and watermelon slice, so what? There's also poop, a burger, a baby, a hot dog, a burger, a cupcake, a microphone, etc. Some of you are reading too much into this. There's no bucket of fried chicken if you're THAT desperate for a stereotype.
At no point is Oprah presented as a subhuman for being black. It's just silly fun. Seeing this as racist is like saying Elmer Fudd is a racist depiction of white people.
She has hairy legs, so what? Could it be because it's just funny? THERE I SAID IT. Hairy women are funny.
She has big lips in some drawings, so what? Is it a direct reference to her race? No, it's just big lips. Because they're funny. Flapjack gets big lips sometimes, and I don't think he's black. A lot of characters get big lips.
Quit being so damn overly sensitive over fun things.
THIS. So hard.
Also, if you notice in the artist's other work, exaggerated lips are fairly common in his style, regardless of the race being depicted.
Fun– for you! Would you ever show this to a black woman? I sure as heck wouldn't want to do that to somebody I consider a friend, or even that I just respect on a basic evel.
As for the "there are other foods too!" I ask– why was watermelon included in all this junk food, huh? As a fruit, it doesn't fit in at all. Fried chicken and grape drink at least fit in with the joke that all of the food shown are bad for you (and the others are pretty Oprah-specific jokes, which I found pretty funny, like the gift package, money, etc). Watermelon seems, uh, uncoincidental.
Furthermore, if it makes you so sick that a person would vocalize that they find this stuff unacceptable in the 21st century, why's it so irrational that the actual artifact (and the phenomenon of defending it in the name of "fun") would make somebody else sick? Yeesh. What a whiner.
I publicly associate myself with the animation community. It matters to me. Get over it, it's not my problem if it "makes you sick" that you aren't able to laugh at black women without somebody saying that they can't support it. I'm not saying this shouldn't exist, that it should be taken down, or that anybody should be punished. I'm saying it's a damn embarrassment because it contains these ideas that have been historically used to contribute to the public and private degradation of black women (tropes contained: black women are unfeminine, unkempt, fat, and to be associated with certain foods). I'm not going to rag on the lips because I identify the style as something that I wouldn't associate with a minstrel show, but I would not see it as unreasonable if a black American saw this and was revolted by visual allusions to a period of time in American history where they were the target of a lot of abuse in the name of "fun."
I'm not 4channing out. It is sociopathic to get your kicks off of a history of other peoples' misery. And I am allowed to say it. Perhaps it is you guys who are "too sensitive" that you can't tolerate it when someone calls into question your inalienable right to not think about the consequences of your art, or of other peoples' art.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Derpderp is credit to team!
Sonic the Hedgehog
Grape soda is another stereotypical African American food substance. The animator, for whatever his skills are, seems to have very specifically focused on a lot of stereotypes, some not obvious.
I guess I think I get what's he's getting at, but its not working. The best example of it is Angelfood McSpade, R. Crumb's enormous African Amazon which he used to explore white privilege by showing caucasians interacting with the stereotype.
If I would SERIOUSLY read into this, I would read the message that the idea of respecting a black woman is ludicrous. It's hard for me to believe that anyone who feels that way would get their point across subtly, so I'm sure he just did it for AN EASY LAUGH. He didn't need to though. The animation, facial expressions and timing is very funny on its own.
Zone One Completed.
Regardless of whether you intended to make them, everyone should try to be aware of any unfortunate implications present in their work. It's in your own best interest, really. If the point is to make people laugh, it's best to make sure you aren't accidentally offending part of your audience. I might have found this funnier if I hadn't been distracted by the parts that were questionable.
How many of the people getting all up in arms over the "racism" in this video are actually African American and how many are white guys?
Juuuust sayin'.
Well I haven't gotten "all up in arms", but I'm African American. Not that it should matter all that much since you don't have to be an African American or "non-white" to talk about racial issues. Yeah, you're more likely to recognize racism and want to talk about it if you've experienced it, but I wouldn't discredit someone's opinion on the matter simply because of their ethnicity.
Also I want to reiterate that I'm not saying Kai intended for this video to be racist.
I'm not discrediting opinions, I'm just speaking from personal experience in situations such as these in which "white guys" (to use a general term for those outside the ethnic group being targeted by the alleged racism) seem far more outraged and offended then those who are supposedly the target of said racism.
That is not to say that people's right to an opinion on the subject is dependent on their race. However I have noticed that a lot of people tend to cry "racism" more out of a desire to show how intelligent and non-racist they are themselves, rather than any genuine concern that the subject matter might be harmful or hutful to that particular racial group.
I personally have been subjected to serious bigotry in the course of my life, so it is not something I take lightly. I know how damaging it can be.
And again, I can only speak from personal experience, but not a single african american person I have shown this to IRL has thought it was racist or been offended by it.
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
We should stop if we're white. Gotchya. I'll go tell Tim Wise to drop everything.
It's not about whether you're black or white.
Not what I was saying at all. I was just wondering at the number of "white guys" running to scream racism vs the number of African American people who actually find this video racially offensive. And no, it doesn't matter if you're black or white, but when that ratio is skewed one way I think it does say something.
Just speaking from personal experience, though. Maybe I'm wrong.
But again… just sayin'.
Sonic the Hedgehog
How on Earth do you know if the people replying to these are black or white? Awful assumption to make.
Like, Dr. Robotnik isn't ACTUALLY Dr. Robotnik, he could be anyone, any race.
I really am Sonic though. And as a blue citizen, I know that my people and their stereotypical love for banging on paint filled drums are next.
Actually, I didn't make any assumptions. I asked a question because I was curious as to whether this situation was at all similar to ones I have come across before.
I do hate blue people though, but only if they're Na'vi. :P
Sonic the Hedgehog
Okay. But also you followed up the question with "Jus' sayin'". Which means you were declaring.
Dude, that's asinine. I call out racism because it's the proper thing to do; trust me, it hasn't earned me any friends or cookies. I HAVE a far-less-anonymous name I use to comment on Cartoon Brew, too. If I wanted this credit, wouldn't I be posting my real name, along with my URL, etc? I promise you that derpderp is not my real name, or even an online alias I frequently use for anything other than really annoying threads I read/participate in on CBrew.
I think you've misunderstood what I was saying Derpderp, but I also didn't word it as fully as I should have so that is my fault. I didn't mean to infer that people do it as a way to make friends or show off or use it to prove to others how "intelligent and non-racist" they are, but to prove it to themselves. It's a way for people to inflate their own self importance and make them feel like a "good person" and use that to gloss over self-doubt. This isn't something that's exclusive to issue of racism. It extends to pretty much any type of bigotry, be is racial, sexual, or otherwise.
And really, I wasn't accusing anyone in particular of doing this. But I have run across it before many times.
And Sonic, I was indeed making a hypothesis based on previous situations I've encountered. However, I never claimed to know the race of anyone commenting on this thread, nor was I assuming my hypothesis was correct. So, no, not a declaration actually. I was just putting it out there as something to think about. I imagine you're probably making some nice assumptions about me though. C:
You seem to have a real fixation on intention. I don't give a rat's about intention– the actions here are what matter.
No one has made a judgment on Kai Wu, or insulted his character. I do not think Kai Wu is a racist. But it doesn't matter whether someone "is a racist" or "is terrible." What matters is the actions that are taking place.
It does not matter what my intentions or motivations are. I could be racist as heck and it wouldn't matter a lick. What matters is that voices are being raised that this is unacceptable, and I hope it has a positive impact. The animation community is NOT known for being welcoming to black people, given our history (frankly I have huge respect and admiration for any black cartoonists with thick enough skin to tolerate it), and it is our responsibility as the animation community to rectify the situation we inherited, like it or not.
We don't have a lot of power in the world, but each of us has power in our own little circles. Ours is animation. Let's do it right.
Because, naturally, only black people should care about racism. If you're not the one being denigrated, what's the point, eh?
Not what I was saying at all. See above response.
Fried chicken, watermelon and purple drank?
Check yourself, Kai Wu. Seriously.
And Cartoon Brew, the last thing this juvenile, creatively bankrupt, and yes, racist crap needs is a pat on the head and a gold star.
This is the grotesquely offensive work of a smirking hipster who's seen too many episodes of Chapelle Show.
Kwesi K.
Well, it looks like it's time for another game of bingo…
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Ooh! I nearly forgot about these.
Yill Yomperson
This makes me horribly uncomfortable, from the depiction of Oprah as having hairy legs and armpits to the watermelon slices.
He's a student but he needs to know this is racist.
Just gonna leave this here…
Dr. Ivo Robotnik
See my post about people using comedy to try and normalize racism.
Marc Baker
This video seems a bit weird at first, but when you consider how Oprah has created an entire generation of folks who can't think for themselves, and how there are better things to show on afternoon TV besides her show (cough*cartoons*cough) This video gets it's point across fairly well.
Yeah by going "lol Oprah's a dumb jigaboo"
Sonic the Hedgehog
Nah, here's a better example of the idea you're discussing: http://www.theonion.com/video/oprah-invites-hundreds-of-lucky-fans-to-be-buried,18443/
Her race has very little to do with the idea.
Kai Wu
Hi Everyone,
This is Kai Wu.
First off, I want to thank you for watching Oprah Juice, I really appreciate the time and thoughts you gave to my work.
Making Oprah Juice was a spontaneous idea that I had after watching ""Po pi po ~ Miku Hatsune Vegetables Juice Dance". It wasn't really something that I had planned or thought long and hard about. My only purpose of making this video was to poke fun of Oprah. There is no need for me to meander so I'm cutting to the point:
The watermelon – Black people with watermelon is a stereotype. I agree with people who view this as racist. I also agree with people who don't see this as racist. Every person has his/her own opinions, and I absolutely respect them. I do want to apologize to people who were offended by this. I'm not a fan of cliche excuses, but I need to express that I had absolutely no intention to offend anyone.
The big lips, big hips and the above-average figure – Oprah Winfrey has big lips, big hips and an above-average size body, and she is proud of that (she has expressed this on her show) and that is the reason why I felt comfortable making exaggerations of those features. In my opinion, if I drew a black woman with average-size lips, hips and an average body and called her Oprah, that would be racist.
The hairy legs, armpit hair and hair on her butt – These are the oldest tricks in my cheap-humor textbook. I remember during grade school when there were still good-sized images of people in the textbooks, I used to draw random hair and mustache on them all the time. Black, White, Asian or Latino; everyone has body hair.
Big lips and big eyes on the other characters – I love drawing big lips and big eyes, this is my style. I do not only pull those out on black people. Though I do see the point some people were making, I can only say that it is a misfortunate coincidence.
What I wanted to get out of this message is to let people know that I was only trying to have fun making art and animation and poking fun at Oprah, but I had absolutely no intention in mind to make anything racist.
Thanks for reading.
But nothing to say about the fried chicken and grape soda, huh.
Just a watermelon slice, by itself, might have been an accident or coincidental. But with fried chicken AND grape soda?
You meant that.
You're not sorry you did it, you're sorry someone objected and called you on it, and now you feel awkward and uncomfortable.
Now you know how I felt when I watched your cartoon.
So an artist sees your reaction and apologizes for unintentional offense caused by his work, and you come back with what essentially amounts to "YOU'RE NOT REALLY SORRY, YOU'RE JUST SORRY YOU GOT CAUGHT."
Way to make assumptions about someone and their intentions. What are you, five?
"But nothing to say about the fried chicken and grape soda, huh.
Just a watermelon slice, by itself, might have been an accident or coincidental. But with fried chicken AND grape soda?"
Caricatures of people, objects and topics are meant to subtly insult.
Cartoonists do things that poke fun and subtly insult a person, a social group, a topic, etc.
Many hardcore and true cartoonists will often poke fun at these things, and will often get the same *this is offensive* reply. They don't play it safe. Especially political cartoons.
GreatUnspoken, talk about nit picky. You know you aren't making a valid argument by touching on things that have already been briefly discussed in Kai Wu's reply.
But then again, I can see why people would find this cartoon racist with the things discussed about, such as the watermelon, the fried chicken, and some of the caricature of the people shown in the video (but that's Kai Wu's style. Look it up) but seriously, there are many other cartoons to hunt down for this tongue in cheek humor. There are so many other racist cartoons you can write a whole essay on that intentionally tries to bring down the black people.
I find this cartoon entertaining and funny, although I agree a bit with the whole racist and offensive issue, it's a small problem.
Now I honestly don't know what kind of reaction this cartoon was made with some Asian elements, with someone well known from the group dancing to rice, sushi, curry, etc. Maybe the same, or maybe different.
You've already made your point that you find this cartoon offensive – and we can leave it at that. It's obvious that this cartoon is not for you, but for many others who will find this funny.
Sonic the Hedgehog
You know what, again, despite everything, beautifully drawn.
Sam K
Geez, people. Of all the things you could be worried about right now, should your REALLY be putting this much effort into arguing that someone you don't know is a terrible person?
Another very good point.
Kwesi K.
Don't believe anyone has said weather or not the creator is terrible.
True nobody has outright called him names, but I have seen a lot if assumptions about his intentions and character in these comments.
Kwesi K.
Please. Be specific.
The only thing that has happened is that individuals have pointed out relevant instances where the creator has made use of racist iconography in his work and why these instances would be considered offensive. If you are seeing this as an attempt to vilify him, you may be jumping to an assumption yourself. Aside from that, the majority of intense criticism seems to be directed at those that are falling over themselves to excuse it for the sake of not thinking about it.
"This is the grotesquely offensive work of a smirking hipster who's seen too many episodes of Chapelle Show."
There, specific. C:
Kwesi K.
And nothing about him being a bad or terrible person.
Just a clueless young person that has little idea of the severity of what aspects of his work represents to people who are capable of pointing it out.
Even in his apology he admits he really didn't think about what he was doing, was just having fun. If critical thought and an attempt at context were in his toolbox (like Chapelle tends to do), he might have gotten a much different reaction.
I feel like I shouldnt even have to post this, but…Shouldnt you guys be attacking the Japanese for creating the video instead of Kai? Kai's video came from a video that obviously makes fun of its own culture, that being: a culture that is obsessed with cartoon characters, having idol-chans, and the kinds of food they eat. To be honest, I don't think Kai's doing anything differently.
So, why are you attacking something thats a representation of something else? Attack the original source if you're that offended. Stop taking it out on someone who was probably just trying to have fun and relieve some stress by making something humorous while he's at school.
Brittany, I've read a lot of clueless replies in this thread, but your takes the proverbial cake.
"The Japanese" didn't make the video that inspired Kai Wu. A single, Japanese creator did. And the inspirational video was not racially malicious or offensive, nor did it "make fun of Japanese culture." It was a wacky, let's-pretend vegetable juice ad, featuring a popular character from Vocaloid. It was Kai Wu's choice to translate fannish, Japanese fluff into minstrel show mockery, in anticipation of high-fives from his buddies. Nobody made him do anything racist, nor was there anything in the original cartoon to suggest he should. It was purely voluntary.
You're doing everything to can and saying everything you can think of defend the indefensible. I've never seen anyone fight so hard to keep their blinders on.
Steven Finch, Attorney at Law
Which proverb is that again?
seriously guys. if it truly offends you, just say so and leave it be. you are not going to change anything by trolling this site. sure its racist, but its hella-fun and catchy. nice piece of work Kai. animation and timing are top notch. As for the characters; i've seen those lips in your stuff before, so no big deal.
lol, it's like saying any caricature of a white guy with a big nose is racist…yet why do I never hear anything about that?
take a chill pill you over bearing n00bs.
"lol, it's like saying any caricature of a white guy with a big nose is racist…yet why do I never hear anything about that?"
Perhaps this is because there isn't a history of using caricature of white people whith big noses as a tool to opress white people. I mean, I've never even /heard/ of any stereotype that white people have big noses.
I doubt most people arguing that this animation is racist believe the animator is racist. Clearly, the animator was attempting irony, but simply duplicating racist sterotypes of a culture that is not your own does not translate as mocking those stereotypes.


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With nearly 13 million viewers of the original "Black in America" series in 2008, CNN will be back with three new specials this summer.
"Black in America: Today's Pioneers" and "Black in America: Tomorrow's Leaders" will debut in July, while a special co-production with Essence magazine filmed in New Orleans will air in August. CNN special correspondent Soledad O'Brien will again host the series.
Last week, CNN replayed the 2008 series, as well as took a look at how the new administration is addressing the issues raised in the original specials.


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The upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars looks like it's going to be one to watch. As if the addition of the U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo to the season 13 cast weren't enough to keep us coming back each week, Chaz Bono will definitely have us tuning in.
Bono's appearance on DWTS makes him the first transgender cast member, and his inclusion is a welcome step forward for LGBT representation on primetime.
"At a time when transgender representation in the media is sorely lacking, Chaz Bono joining the cast of a series like Dancing With the Stars is a tremendous step forward for the public to recognize that transgender people are an important part of the fabric of American culture," said Herndon Graddick, Senior Director of Programs at GLAAD. "His documentary, Becoming Chaz, was a great chance for viewers to meet the man behind the headlines. Appearing on such a high profile show will allow millions of Americans to get to know him in a whole new light."
Other cast announcements of interest include LGBT ally Ricki Lake, commetator Nancy Grace, Kristin Cavallari, Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips fame and the fabulous fashion expert from Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy—Carson Kressley.
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When Pastor Terry Miller arrived at Ocean Beach First Baptist two and a half years ago, he had a desire to "open the doors, warm up the service, and lift up praise." He wanted a stronger sense of welcome, a greater spirit of joy. Part of that effort at renewal involved a major updating of the sanctuary. Gone now are the red walls, the blue baptistery, the rugged cross set against a paneled wall at the front of the church. Now, the walls are buttery, the baptistery is decorated with a riverbank scene, the carpet is a mossy green, and the cross, set against a blue sky streaked with clouds, is projected onto the wall. The hymns and songs -- some rootsy, some folksy, some bordering on pop-country -- pour out of a new sound system. Only the stained-glass windows, their white panes streaked with gold, remain unchanged. A dedication service was planned for the afternoon, "as a way to reach out to the community, as a way of saying, 'we're really wanting to partner with you guys...in trying to make Ocean Beach a better place."
Miller saw the new church as "an oasis." The traveler in the desert finds at the oasis water, shade, nourishment, camaraderie, encouragement. Similarly, "our little church" provided "a place where people from this part of San Diego can come and find shelter and nourishment and refreshment and friendship.... Since we finished the project, I sneak down here several times a week. Every time I walk through the doors, I feel refreshed."
So, asked Miller, "what now?" He offered three goals for the renewed church.
One: "The uplifting worship of God. God is actively seeking men and women in this generation who not only love Him and are committed to Him but are actively involved in worshipping God." The Old Testament's David "was a man's man; he was a warrior; he was a fighter. But he was a lover of God, and he loved to worship God. Because of that, God said, 'David is a man after my own heart.' In spite of David's faults, and he had them, and in spite of David's sins, and they were many, God blessed him, because David had a heart for worshipping God."
Two: "Ministry opportunities in the life of the church." Miller cited Paul's account of the one body having many members. "So it is with Christ. There's something for every one of us in the body of Christ to be doing." He mentioned the greeters, the children's ministry, adult education, the worship ministry, the prayer ministry, the women's ministry, the men's fellowship (as yet unfounded), and volunteers at the Discovery Center, a nearby community center sponsored by the church.
Three: Evangelism. The service was "only half full. It's better than it used to be, but we need to fill this place up. There are people in this community...that need to be in this oasis. That happens when we invite someone to something that's going on...and in the process give God the opportunity to do His work in their heart and life. A few weeks ago, Diane invited Jason." Jason came back a few weeks later, "and I had a chance to pray with him. I think we're talking maybe about a baptism next Sunday. Jason told me, 'I'm going to invite a bunch of people to my baptism, because I want people to know what God is doing in my life.'"
On those solo visits to the sanctuary, Miller began paying attention to the painting of a sailboat in the left front alcove. "It tells us a few things about what God would like to do here among us." First, "if there's no wind in the sails, there's no movement. The wind is the power of the Holy Spirit. Wise is the church that knows how to discover where God is leading and...raise the sails and turn them the right way. The sails represent the various ministries in the church." Second, "the wheel is usually turned by the guy in charge. Whose boat is it? The Lord Jesus Christ's. We had better be listening to that voice, hearing His commands." Third, "everybody on board has a job."
"That's the vision for our little church: it's God giving us power, it's Jesus giving us direction, and it's every one of us finding our place to do our part. Do you want to be part of something like that, or shall we just play church? Let's be that. Ocean Beach needs a church like that. San Diego needs a church like that."
What happens when we die?
"If we put our faith in Christ," says Miller, "we go to heaven. If we don't, there's judgment waiting. What does that look like? My answer changes day by day. I believe in hell, but I don't like it."
4790 Santa Monica Avenue, Ocean Beach
Denomination: American Baptist Churches
Founded locally: 1913
Senior pastor: Pastor Chris Turner
Congregation size: about 140, not counting Brazilian congregation that gathers Sunday nights for service in Portuguese
Sunday school enrollment: 25
Annual budget: n/a
Weekly giving: n/a
Singles program: no
Dress: semicasual, plenty of button down shirts, no ties, some skirts and dresses.
Diversity: mostly Caucasian, a few Hispanics and African-Americans
Sunday worship: Warm Traditional, 9 a.m.; Cool Contemporary, 10:30 a.m. (in Fellowship Hall at 1969 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard)
Length of reviewed service: 1 hour, 10 minutes
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"The Chattanooga Coalition Against Human Trafficking exits to create a community that is truly unified in the response to and prevention of human trafficking in all its forms," said Jerry Redman, Managing Senior Partner of Second Life of Chattanooga, a co-founding member of the Coalition. "Unite. Wear White" is one of the ways that we highlight that unified response, as well as strengthen and grow the Coalition."
This year's free and public event will be held at the Chattanooga Choo Choo's Imperial Ballroom. Doors will open at 9am and the program will begin at 9:45am. Additionally, the keynote speaker for the event is Ed Stanton, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
"Hearing from Ed Stanton this year will be an incredible honor as his office is a national leader in addressing human trafficking crimes," said Richmont's President, Bob Rodgers. "Those of us at Richmont look forward to partnering with the Chattanooga Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Second Life of Chattanooga as they are valuable voices calling for justice in our communities."
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Leaders need a bit of madness to get out of tough situations
One of the ways to judge my mood is through my toothbrush. When things are going well, the toothbrush bristles stay in top form – straight and soft, right out of any commercial. Gautam Gambhir writes.india Updated: May 11, 2014 00:57 IST
One of the ways to judge my mood is through my toothbrush. When things are going well, the toothbrush bristles stay in top form – straight and soft, right out of any commercial. When it isn't, it seems the toothbrush has gone for that stylish haircut — the-out-of-the-bed look types. Although we won the last game against Delhi Daredevils, but with only three wins from eight games, even my little one can guess how the bristles would be these days.
A string of losses before the win against Delhi ensured my toothbrush sessions were longer than usual. Some bit of cleaning was followed by a lot of chewing of the poor thing. My frustrated mind kept taking me back to the two close games against Rajasthan as my teeth mercilessly crushed that innocent apparatus whose sole motive was to clean them. The tsunami of thoughts ended up causing a riot in my mouth. I don't know if the scientists have come up with a stress meter but I have discovered my own version of that in my toothbrush. Each bristle is crying out with its story.
The stress meter had it easy the last two days but I think tonight it will be one long, drawn out session. We are up against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday in Cuttack. Going by Glenn Maxwell's latest loot of Chennai Super Kings, I'm contemplating taking the toothbrush to the ground. I don't know Maxwell well but I think he could be a very creative individual. He is finding some new angles in stroke-making. His boundaries are going in the zones of a cricket ground which were largely unexplored. Many say that his hitting area is from square leg to long on and he is limited on the off side. Well, I am under no such illusions.
Whether or not I keep a toothbrush in my pocket during the game, I sure have a plan for Maxwell and his teammates. A win here will give us four wins out of nine games. And, of course some peaceful days with the toothbrush.
In between chewing the toothbrush, playing cricket and being with my newborn daughter, I also read a bit about China's e-commerce guru, Jack Ma. He started out as an English teacher. It was his failed search for beer on the internet in 1995 that brought purpose to his life. Despite the failed search, Ma understood the power of internet and floated a webpage for a Chinese translation service. Within hours, he got emails requesting for more information.
As days and months passed, Ma introduced China to the world of e-commerce. Soon, Ma, who failed his college exam twice and used to sell flowers, was turning his company Alibaba.com into creating what is today called the Amazon.com of China. According to some media reports, Ma's company could soon be selling its shares. This is expected to make him one of the richest men in the world!
Along the way, Ma too had his "toothbrush moments" when things didn't go his way. The media also calls him eccentric. He once turned out for a company event wearing a waist-length blonde wig, sunglasses and lipstick and the first thing he asked his 16,000 assembled employees, "Can you feel the love tonight?" Not sure about the love part but I like the eccentric bit of Ma. Leaders need that bit of madness to find a way out of tough situations. It can be through a blonde wig or lipstick or in some cases a battered toothbrush.
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Philadelphia will have to be at their finest because LA doesn't give up much in terms of scoring chances. To date, while everyone talks about Edson Buddle and his league leading 7 goals, it's LA's defense that is keeping them unbeaten at 4-0-1. Donovan Ricketts is one of the league's best goalkeepers as his 0.20 goals against average proves. He has allowed just one goal this season with 4 shutouts, including last week's 0-0 stalemate at Kansas City.
Ricketts has had a lot of help though when you factor in that as a team, LA has allowed just 12 total shots on goal...in five games. Simple math tells you that the overall team defense is solid, as they are allowing teams an average of just over 2 shots on goal per game.
At the opposite end is Philadelphia's defense, which has allowed not just an average of 2 goals per game, but exactly 2 goals in each of the club's four games.
Can't put it all on the goalkeeper. In two of those four Philly MLS games, the team has played more than a half with 10 men. They have also conceded two penalty kicks. Chris Seitz has only been given the lead in one of four games, and that was the 3-2 win vs DC.
So, how can you beat LA, or even get a draw on the road? First things first...eliminate the costly mistakes that are resulting in goals. The dangerous players must be marked closer, and not just when they are in scoring positions. Look at how some of the goals have been scored against Philadelphia. Who is putting pressure on the ball? You can't allow a free cross from the flanks.
While Edson Buddle is the hottest scorer in MLS, the player you have to shut down is Landon Donovan. Lost in the shuffle of Buddle's success is Donovan's league high 4 assists and the amount of space Buddle gets because Donovan is on the field. Shut down Donovan (much easier said than done), and you can get one big step closer to shutting down Buddle.
On offense, who replaces Le Toux? Too early for Manager Peter Nowak to tip his hand. Danny Mwanga or Jack McInerney would be two good guesses, if Nowak sticks with a 4-4-2. Another option would be to go with a lone striker.
Regardless of the lineup, probably no single player replaces what Le Toux has brought to the lineup. That means collectively, veteran players like Fred and Alejandro Moreno might have to do even more to get a result.
The road for the Philadelphia Union doesn't get any easier as they travel to LA to face the league's best team at the moment, minus top goal scorer Sebastien Le Toux who injured his left knee in Tuesday's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup loss vs New York.
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You love your furry friend. They make your house feel more like a home. There's nothing quite like coming home from work and getting greeted by a happy face that's always excited to see you!
Still, as a pet owner, you know that it can all get a little frustrating sometimes. Like the time Fido decided to redecorate your kitchen using fresh trash can trophies again. Or Felix used your favorite pair of shoes to sharpen his claws.
To keep the peace, we have to find ways for our pets and possessions to live in relative harmony. As fellow pet owners, we'd love to share our top practical tips for pet proofing your home.
1. Get all your important documents out of the way
Young pups love to chew everything in sight. It's part of the way they connect with the world, interpret their surroundings and cope with teething. Even well trained adult dogs can get bored and start exploring your living room, looking for expertly hidden tasty treats! Pets love tearing paper- give a pup an envelope or a used tissue and it's Christmas in their world.
This means you'll need to take extra care to not leave anything important within reachable distance while you work on boundaries - and even after that.
A solid box organizer with a tough lid or a childproof drawer will do the trick. They are cheap to acquire, save you hours of frustration and keep your floors safe from torn up papers.
2. Secure cables
Cables are tempting in so many ways. They become trip wires your pet can tangle themselves in and unwittingly bring down your stuff with it. They are a strangulation hazard and of course, a choking hazard.
When it comes to creating a pet friendly environment there's a few different routes you can take, depending on the layout of your home.
You can block your pet's access to cords by tucking them in behind furniture. That will keep most big pets away from the back of TV.
To prevent smaller, enthusiastic pets you can use pet friendly and chew-proof cord protectors that are hardy enough to discourage even the sharpest teeth and claws.
Keep plenty of toys and chews around to divert Furball's energy to a more productive pastime.
3. Get your rugs in order
Rugs and carpets add comfort to the home. But, they are a slip hazard and a budding potty temptation for your new household member. Rugs can be dragged around, ripped to pieces and chewed on. To prevent damage and keep your rugs in place, you can use high quality, chemical free rug pads.
A non slip, waterproof rug pad like the Anchor grip will prevent your pet from slipping and sliding and keep any potty accidents from damaging your floors.
4. If it's open, close it
That's a great rule of thumb to apply to everything when you have a pet. An open door that leads straight to your closet full of work clothes and expensive shoes? Close it! A peanut butter jar with a loose lid on top of the counter? Screw that tightly on! There's few places a pup or kitten won't climb if there are treats to be had at the end of it.
Now that you have a pet in the house, it's time to get in the habit of closing doors behind you. Make sure you keep pets out of rooms where they can do irreparable damage both to themselves and to your things.
The bathroom is incredibly tempting! There's the medicine cupboard to explore, clean towels to cuddle up in and the toilet bowl to get into. The kitchen is a treasure trove of forbidden food to find!
If you are not in the room to establish and enforce boundaries, it's better if your pet isn't there either.
5. Remove valuable accessories when you are not watching your pet
A comfortable living room usually has a few personal touches that transform it from just a living space to your living space.
Maybe it's that great throw you bought last winter or the hand crafted cushions that add an extra layer comfort and color to your furniture arrangements. Then there's the knick knacks that we end up collecting over the years- coffee table books, decorations, pictures.
It's good to get your pet used to the idea that these items are off limits. The best way to do that is by re-focusing their attention to a a toy when Fido wants to put your favorite pillow in his mouth.
When you leave them alone at home, store the pillows, the throw and whatever else you are afraid they'll chew, out of reach.
Accessories add life and memories to your living space. They are also incredibly tempting for a pet to explore and get a little too friendly with.
Preventing opportunities for failure is a fundamental part of effective pet training.
It's not forever!
As with any new relationship you've got to establish trust between you and your pet, and it's much easier to do that when there are firm boundaries in place.
The important thing to keep in mind is that all of this is temporary. It's just until your pet gets comfortable with your home and your expectations and you gain a better understanding of their energy levels and potential shenanigans.
By using these five practical tips to pet proof your home you are not only creating a safe space for your new family member, you are eliminating the stress of losing items you cherish.
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Police are looking for the robber they say burst into a 54-year-old man's Manhattan apartment, hit him in the head several times and stole his wallet.
The robber broke into the 54-year-old's home on West 180th Street in Washington Heights on June 26, police say.
He hit the man repeatedly and demanded money. The victim eventually handed over his wallet, and the attacker left the home.
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If you live in the UK, or if you know how to make your iPhone think that it's in the UK, then you can now listen to BBC radio from a new dedicated app. It's called iPlayer Radio, and it turns your high-tech, $700 pocket computer into a 1980s clock radio.
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MMORPG has a video interview of the Hack & Slash RPG Torchlight that will be turned in an MMO after the release of the single player version this fall. The single player version is however the main focus of the interview.
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SP/MP: Single-player
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