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HELP! We can't stop the cooingWe took in our homing pigeon after it was attacked by a hawk and survived by getting trapped between a fence and a statue. She is fearful of returning outdoors, and has been in a 3X5X4 foot cage in our bedroom, which she refuses to leave. She has been in this cage for the past six months, and in the next two months we would like to expand her environment to an 8X8X8 foot enclosure. We love her very much, but in the past few days she has been driving us nuts with her constant cooing. We don't know if the increased spring time lighting activates her mating behavior, or if it is something else causing it. First, we appointed her as a female, but we don't know what her gender is. She is extremely attached to my girlfriend and used to coo to call her into the room, but now she coos continuously even in her presence. Our behavior includes watching television until 11pm, and often chatting after midnight. If my girlfriend and I decide to make love in her presence she grunts and becomes aggressive. Does anyone know what causes a pigeon to coo continuously. Can excess lighting, lack of sufficient sleep, our sexual behavior, or even my girlfriend's current menstruation trigger this new behavior? Thank you for any advice you can offer us.
If all else fails, get it a hen. If your bird is a hen they will still get along well (and try to raise infertile eggs together) and if your bird is a cock they'll also be happy. You just don't want to put two cocks together, whatever you do. Then you would likely have lots of cooing and fighting to deal with.
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Birds make noise. It's just what they do. Yours has been through a terrible experience on top of everything else. If you can get her to come out of her cage -- leave the door open and put food she loves where she can see it so she'll be encouraged to come out and get some -- and play with her and let her explore the place. My Maggie coos more when she wants attention, but rarely when she's sitting on my lap being petted.
sounds like you have a male bird that thinks your girlfriend is his mate..so if you are going to give him a nice large area..then as said get him a hen..they are flock birds and are really not meant to be alone.
Pigeons like pigeon companionship when possible. It would make him happier.
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Hi, I know exactly what you're going through as my two pigeons do the same thing.
We have a male disabled feral pigeon, Elmo, who will coo a lot to get the attention of my husband (Elmo has decided that my husband is his mate) and he'll coo incessantly if my husband is in another room. Basically, Elmo is calling to his mate. If Elmo is near my husband he's usually quiet and sits down with contentment. My female disabled feral pigeon, Georgie, on the other hand is generally quiet until she's sitting on my lap and then she'll coo a lot with happiness (since she's decided that I'm her mate). She'll sometimes coo continuously when on my lap and there's nothing I can do to stop her since she's expressing her joy in being with me. Quote:
If you get a pigeon mate for your pigeon it may help with stopping the cooing a bit, however, pigeons coo to each other a lot too. It's just something they do and you cannot stop them really. I've heard pigeons in aviaries coo for hours, basically talking to each other. It may be better, if you can, for you to build an outside aviary to keep your pigeon and its new mate in. That way you can still enjoy the company of your pigeon during the day and afternoon, but have them put in their own aviary in the evening for some peace and quiet. Hope this helps a bit. |
Indeed, your Girlfriend needs to get into the Cage with him, crouch down, do some 'Moooo-ing', and, twitch her Arms, and encourage him to fly off and be bringing back Nesting Materials.
He will then be satisfied, and, stop cooing so much in calling her to get on with it. Provide small fine Twigs, Broom Straw, Johnson Grass runners, dry Pine Needles and so on, for him to find here and there around the House, and which he can then present to her. She then accepts these items glowingly, with 'Nods', and, tucks them underneath herself in a rustling sort of way. |
Thank you all for your advice (this is the girlfriend of the original poster)...we were starting to think that our pigeon was male, but we found an egg in her cage today--i don't know much birds at all so i don't know if this is normal, obviously the egg cannot be fertile as she has been indoors since november. I think that we are to expect another egg in a day or two--is this correct? Am i to leave them in the cage with her? Will this happen every spring? I am so confused.
I would like to move this to another thread about nonfertile eggs. This bird came to us through an odd series off situations, we would not have chosen this path...her previous residence was not pleasant and she is afraid of other birds--she won't even let us touch her, so to expose her to another bird doesn't seem like the best idea for her, and i am very ill with lupus and taking care of one bird is already way too much for me. I am glad that my boyfriend found this forum because I am going to need a lot of advice. I would especially appreciate hearing from people who have single pigeons. Than you again for your friendly advice. |
Easy just don't have sex in front of your pigeon. I'd grunt & groan to if you had sex in front of me too. :-))
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You can leave the eggs with her until she gets tired of sitting on them and figures they aren't going to hatch. Then she will lay 2 more. They lay about every month! If you just take the eggs, she will replace them right away, and that isn't good for her, as she can deplete her system of calcium if she lays too often. Lots of us just replace the eggs with fake eggs that you can get at pigeon supply places like Foy's. Make sure she has straw or pine needles or something to build a nest with. And make sure she gets high calcium grit and crushed oyster shell for calcium. It's hard for a hen alone to have to sit on the eggs all day and night, without a mate to take some of the egg sitting duty. She may tire of it before the 18 days is up, which is how long it normally takes to hatch them.
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Five years ago, at Sadie Sandler's first birthday party, at the estate of her father, Adam Sandler, filmmaker Adam Shankman was sitting in a plastic toddler's chair when he was startled by another guest who sat down beside him.
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Cruise proceeded to compliment Shankman on his 2007 film adaptation of the musical "Hairspray," explaining that he and his daughter, Suri, had watched it dozens of times. "I just got so weirdly spooked that I excused myself to get some food," Shankman recalled. And I stood up and the chair stuck to my [rear end]."
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Cruise plays the fading rock god Stacee Jaxx, who gets a creative boost from two young ingénues (Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta) as Christian crusaders (including Catherine Zeta-Jones) protest against the evils of heavy metal.
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It's Cruise's first musical ever: "I got like a bubbe; I was very protective of him," Shankman said, adding that his own gay and Jewish sensibilities inform everything he does. For "Hairspray," which tells the story of a zaftig teenager who just wants to dance in 1960s Baltimore, he turned John Travolta-in-drag "into a Jewish mother," Shankman quipped. When he directed "A Walk to Remember," starring Mandy Moore as a Christian teenager, "I thought it was hilarious that I was this big, gay Jew making this Christian movie."
Shankman also admitted that he's a worrier on par with Woody Allen, having viewed himself as "a bit of a hack" until co-producing the Oscars boosted his confidence in 2010. "If Hollywood was handing me the biggest night of the year, there's got to be some good here," he said, adding "You can't live in that kind of self-loathing."
Shankman, 47, traces his insecurities to "early shame about the gay stuff." Growing up in a traditional Jewish family in Brentwood was less fraught, even though, he said, the Shankmans were one of the few Jewish families in the neighborhood in the early 1970s. Young Adam, however, made plenty of Jewish friends attending Hebrew school at University Synagogue — including his "Rock of Ages" production designer, Jon Hutman.
And his penchant for worrying didn't prevent him from displaying a modicum of chutzpah when he auditioned for Juilliard with nary a dance lesson under his belt.
He lied his way into his first choreography gig in 1989: "I was in my roommate's production office, bitching about how I wasn't getting work because I wasn't cute and blond, when suddenly a production assistant literally ran into the room and said, 'We have an emergency — we just lost our choreographer — does anybody know one?' " Shankman recalled. "And without missing a beat, I said, 'I'm a choreographer,' which was completely untrue."
Shankman was hired on the spot and went on to choreograph numerous videos and films before snagging his directorial debut, "The Wedding Planner," starring Jennifer Lopez, in 2001. Even so, he said, he mostly played things rather safe with his career until "Hairspray," his first full-scale musical, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Then he chanced to see the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" several years ago and was stunned by all the straight guys rocking out in the audience.
"I thought, 'If I can make a movie musical for straight guys, I'd be like a rock god,' " Shankman said.
For inspiration, he drew on memories of visiting his father, a rock 'n' roll manager, at his offices at 9200 Sunset Blvd., and of an iconic Sunset Strip that included landmarks like Filthy McNasty's, the Rainbow Bar and Grill, and the Whisky a Go Go.
Yet Shankman's worrying took a high note when he had to figure out whether Cruise could actually carry a tune. "To be perfectly honest, we kept avoiding the 'Can you
sing?' conversation," said Shankman, who was relieved when Cruise revealed untapped talent during a session with Axl Rose's former vocal coach, Ron Anderson, and practiced five hours a day for months to prepare for the role.
Then it was a matter of creating the Jaxx character, which Shankman did, in part, by sending Cruise an unusual screen-captured image from a costume fitting. "Tom was arched back in this slinky, weird, very un-Tom Cruise-y posture that was oddly sexual, and I e-mailed it to him and said, 'This is who I want you to be,' " the director recalled. "He's just this person who basically lives from his crotch." It's a debauched image that nevertheless conjures memories of the young Cruise in his underwear rocking out in that iconic scene from "Risky Business."
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We live in San Jose, California and this place is like a small palace in the sky. Over 2,000 square feet, it features every amenity that to make the place comfortable and serene. We come here to get away from our hectic life in California. It is surprisingly pleasant to sit on the East facing lanai (covered patio that has shade on one end, a grill, eating space, lounging space) even in the hot summers. Whoever designed and built this house took light, breeze and view into consideration. We love it here and we come often. We have shared it as a vacation rental in the past and want to continue that tradition. This spacious perch is easy to reach by car and easy to love.
We throughly agree with the comments of some of our guests: 'Great GEM Show Location'...'We were so close to the airport, my son's activities at the ball park, yet a world away'...'We loved the privacy of this place. Even though we were in the Mountain Gardens Subdivision, we were on our own little one acre hilltop.'....'Loved the views from the lanai and spent a lot of time on the porch swing'...'Lots of room in the garage for our mountain biking gear'....
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- Views, location, tranquility! This incredible 2 bath, 2 bedroom-plus-den home is perched on an easy-to-drive-to precipice that overlooks the entire Saguaro Park West valley and the city of Tucson. An architect must have designed this floor plan that takes such a tremendous advantage of the view, the breezes and the light. The expansive tile (All the main living areas are tiled except the bedrooms which are carpeted) entryway opens up to a view of the dining room, the sunken living room and the wall of windows to the East. A lanai delineated with an iron railing runs the entire length of the house on the East side and creates another outdoor dining, lounging, and recreation space; nearly doubling the total amount of living space. Trees on one end of the terrace provide a soft shaded sitting area that is comfortable even in the summer. Soaking up sun and the view is easy from this lofty nest. Everyone becomes a chef in the kitchen that overlooks the valley below. Experiece tranquility!...moreless
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HIGH SCHOOL: Placed 16th in the Class 1A state tournament as a senior, tied for 30th as a junior and was 28th as a sophomore at King's High School in Shoreline, Wash…Was a four-year varsity letter-winner under coach Simonette Sancho…Played a year of varsity volleyball on state powerhouse Knights squad, and also played basketball. PERSONAL: Born Nov. 2, 1993 in Kirkland, Wash. to Richard and Sandra Wyrick…Hometown is Lynnwood, Wash…Has a brother, Jacob…Lists her hobbies as "up for anything"…Plans to major in Biology/Pre-Med at LCSC. FAVORITE FOOD: Italian or Mexican FAVORITE SPORT OTHER THAN GOLF: Volleyball FAVORITE MOVIES: Blue Crush, Dirty DancingFAVORITE TV SHOWS: Sex and the City, So You Think You Can Dance FAVORITE PRO GOLFER: Tiger WoodsMOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON: My motherONE WORD TO DESCRIBE JORDAN: Sunshine WHY I CHOSE LCSC: I was offered a golf scholarshipGOAL AFTER GRADUATION: Attend medical school in California and eventually become a famous plastic surgeon BALL: Titleist Pro VI
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This year we discuss social media, Miiverse, and other Wii U topics.
Once again, Amber McCollom, Nintendo of America's Director of Entertainment & Trend Marketing, who has been with the company since 2003 was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to talk with us. You can read the previous interview done last year at E3 with Amber here. As for this year, we wasted no time in diving right into a barrage of questions.
NintendoGal.com: Mr. Iwata was shown in a photo on the official Twitter account for Nintendo to be helping monitor social networking during the Nintendo Direct presentation. Does this mean Nintendo is taking a more hands-on approach to social media in general than before?
Amber McCollom: Social media is a big deal for Nintendo now. The last year was our first year on Facebook and since then we've grown our fan base to 20,000,000 across all of our pages. A lot of the content that was posted by Mr. Iwata at #IwataSays is taken really well by our audience as witnessed by the number of shares by fan to other communities. We know the content that we're putting out, that Mr. Iwata is putting out is being enjoyed and shared amongst the community. So, we're pretty pleased!
NG: Will we be seeing more of Scott Moffitt from now on now that we've seen him on stage?
AM: So Scott Moffit our EVP of Sales and Marketing is a big voice for us here at E3. Typically that position is a big part of the speaker bench for Nintendo. At tonight's [at the time of this interview, June 6th, 2012] Software Showcase you're going to definitely expect more from him for Nintendo.
NG: Generally Nintendo is known for slowly trickling out information about their upcoming products, why was there so much released during E3 week (this includes the Nintendo Direct presentation) as opposed to staggering this out over more time?
AM: Well I can tell you there's plenty more to announce for Wii U leading up to launch this holiday, but we did announce more than we typically would at an E3. We had not only our presentation for the E3 show, our Nintendo Direct on Sunday night [June 3rd, 2012], and a number of other communication whether it be social or traditional media outlets. We just had a lot to tell media and consumers about leading up to the presentation to make sure everyone really understood the basics of what we wanted. We wanted everyone to understand before we went into the show. So we also wanted to show a lot of what we call "hands-on" with Wii U so that people really understand what it looks like for people to play together.
NG: Was the decision not to release the date and price information based on the fact that there's just so much information that has been released this week?
AM: You know what, I think if you look back to a number of console launches of Nintendo, it's pretty consistent. So in 2006 when we launched Wii, we didn't announce the launch date or price at that E3 show. It was trickled out a little bit closer to the actual launch. So it's pretty true to form with the Nintendo process to trickle that information out a little bit later. E3 for us this year was really all about games, so we didn't want to take away from the excitement and passion of our fans getting excited about games by adding in additional info.
NG: The Wii's marketing seemed to focus much more on the controller and how games are played, rather than the games themselves. Will the Wii U be shown in a similar light?
AM: You know it's interesting how you bring up how we marketed Wii in that we really brought motion control to life. Similar to when we launched Wii in 2006 we had to really educate people about what motion control was all about. It wasn't apart of the video game landscape at that time. When we launched Wii more of the focus was how you play the game in addition to the games. Here we are in 2012 launching Wii U, the average consumer understands motion control, so the focus can really be more about the games, which is getting people really excited.
NG: Are the cable companies aware of the TV functionality of Wii U and are they helpful?
AM: So far this is only just a function that's within the Wii U controller and an added benefit to a user at home. (Editor's note: More information may or may not be forthcoming in the future on this subject as I was told they would put me in touch with the proper companies.)
NG: Will Miiverse be pre-installed on all Wii U systems?
AM: Miiverse comes right out of the box. The moment you setup your Wii U at home and connect it to the internet, you'll be able to use Miiverse.
NG: Is Nintendo trying to compete in the social media network arena with companies like Facebook with Miiverse?
AM: Miiverse is really a response to our fans' request to be more connected and social while playing games. So it's a really unique way for communities that already exist to stay connected. It's by no means intended to compete with any product that's on the market.
NG: What sorts of parental control options will there be for Wii U?
AM: Well the good news about Wii U and Nintendo is that we have a long history of parental controls. Families and parents can feel confident in the parental controls that they see in the system. We don't have details to announce right now, but as with all of our consoles in the past, parental controls are apart of what parents can expect [from us].
NG: Will these parental controls be available to use for Miiverse to protect young ones from the wrong sorts of individuals while they play games?
AM: There's more to come with the details about parental controls, but I think parents can really feel confident.
NG: On the E3.Nintendo.com site, it mentions that 'NEARLY" all Wii software and accessories will be able to be used on Wii U. Can you clarify that?
AM: The intent is that controllers that our customers and consumers already have for the Wii will work for the Wii U. So the Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus, the Wii Balance Board, those are the top three that will be available/usable with Wii U. Any controller that you were playing a game on Wii that was backwards compatible to that system wouldn't necessarily translate to Wii U. Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii, but nothing [beyond] that.
NG: So the "NEARLY" means just Wii, but all the Wii accessories that are first party?
AM: Right.
NG: Thank you for your time!
NintendoGal.com would like to extend a huge thank you to Amber for once again sitting down and chatting with us!


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Sushi was not bad but also not something to remember. Prices are reasonable. Funny was that some of the rolls were so big that they almost didn't fit in our mouth. A lot of Japanese eat here so that should be a good sign.
Sushi was not bad but also not something to remember. Prices are reasonable. Funny was that some of the rolls were so big that they almost didn't fit in our mouth. A lot of Japanese eat here so that should be a good sign.
It was nice to go to a restaurant that did not do buffets! The food was good, but the service was a bit slow. The soup for starters was delicious and huge. The restaurant can be reached easily on the 120 bus.
very good! check was a little big but normal for good japanese. We had the sushi, the soup and the free desert buffet
Went to Miyako with my husband during our recent trip to Foz and absolutely loved it. Miyako does not have any kind of special atmosphere or fancy decorations, yet food is truly delicious! Huge sashimi teisyoku for less than 50 reais ($ 25) is something you would hardly find in Sao Paolo where we are from. The owners of Miyako... More
Miyako is a clean and friendly place. Considering that the city is not located near any ocean coast, the restaurant surprisingly provides very fresh ingredients. If you are dying for Japanese food while in town then will definately recommend it.
The food: 20-40 reais each for a generous helping of genuine Japanese food, whether sushi/sashimi, tempura, or noodle dishes. The quality of the food was overall good. The service: friendly and efficient - food served piping hot in less than 10 minutes The atmosphere: on a Tuesday night, there were few people here, and no background music when we first... More
We were staying in pousada cataratas which is next door, before our arrival i searched trip advisor and other travel forums and everyone seemed to say that there wasn't anywhere decent to eat in the whole area! VERY WRONG! We saw this place as soon as we arrived but thought "Japanese food in Brazil, nah!" But after checking in after... More
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Horny teens, flashers, wannabe poets, weirdos... it's an entertaining, if sometimes disconcerting, world on chatroulette, a new site that's fast becoming the rage.
It was my Twitter friend who introduced me to chatroulette.com, the new internet sensation and brainchild of 17-year-old Russian student Andrey Ternovskiy. It's a simple enough contraption — no registration, no user names or passwords, just cam-to-cam conversations at the click of a mouse. The disconcerting part: the person in the webcam opposite you could be anyone anywhere in the world, one of the 1.5 million strangers who visit the free service everyday.


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U.S. broadband is not falling behind
Those worried the USA is falling behind the world in broadband speed and adoption can pick another subject to fret about. America is doing fine — and would do even better if government would stop trying to micromanage the digital economy.
The idea that European and Asian countries are lapping America in the race for broadband speed and penetration is a fallacy created with statistics comparing "persons" instead of "households." Once you make that correction, the USA is firmly planted among the top of industrialized nations, as economist Scott Wallsten pointed out when he was a staffer at the Federal Communications Commission in 2009.
And as tech researcher Bret Swanson of Entropy Economics points out, if you measure Internet usage by gigabytes used per month — a better measure of the speed and utility of networks — the USA has nearly lapped Western Europe once and Asia twice.
This is happening because telecommunications firms, not government, have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in wireless 4G LTE technology in just the past few years. According to a Progressive Policy Institute study released in May, AT&T and Verizon invested $36 billion in 2010 alone — more than the combined capital investments of Wal-Mart, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
This staggering level of private-sector investment is the calling card of a highly competitive telecom market — and why the FCC could report this year that 90% of Americans have a choice of five or more carriers for wireless broadband. Consumers would have even more and better choices if government regulators would simply get out of the way.
A 2011 report from the telecom research firm Yankee Group estimates consumer demand for wireless broadband will increase sixtyfold by 2015. Yet the FCC continues to slow-walk an auction for the spectrum wireless broadband companies need — but which is still held unused by television broadcasters and government agencies.
The digital economy — one of the only vibrant economic sectors left — doesn't need more government "investment" or regulation. It needs only for government to butt out and let the market work the magic that continues to bring us the marvels of the modern age.
Jim Lakely is the communications director and co-director of the Center on the Digital Economy at The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank based in Chicago.
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You can tell a lot about the culture of a comics' country by the most popular comic cats being merchandised there. America is well known for Garfield and Felix. Japan has dozens of cartoon cats ranging from Doraemon to What's Michael?, and that's not even counting the countless catgirls. They're also most known for Hello Kitty. In Europe, the most popular cat is an archtype almost unknown here, a fat intellectual simply known as Le Chat.
That's me... That's him.
Created by Philippe Gluck in 1983, Le Chat is different in that he's a straight man without an audience. Oh sure, he has the occasional mouse to talk to, but they're more his foils than anything, and he's usually onstage alone.
Pow. / My finest debut.
Like Hello Kitty, he generally has one facial expression, but is tempered by his nonsensical observations. He's not just a sarcasic speaker or a blank state. He has something to say about the world around him.
ASSAULT of decency
sex BOMB
What a violent world!
My lack of French limits me from understanding the majority of the strips, but I've chosen a few examples from what little I could decipher, with a little help from Babelfish. Here's an example that reminds me of Scott McCloud's argument in Reinventing Comics on two different examples of black blocks, one which was comics, and one which wasn't.
Here are two photos of "A" and "B".
Photo "A" shows absolutely nothing.
Photo "B" shows photo "A".
Ironically enough, his one-note tone and lack of a larger storyline may be what contributes to his popularity. There was one time he disguised himself as cheese to capture some mice, and the mice broke off his body parts like pieces of brie. No matter what happens to him, he always goes back to normal. He's a lot like the comfort food of legacy Newspaper strips - a familiar face to come back to.
Riiiiiing Riiiiiing
Okay, okay! I'm coming!
No one there...
Riiiiiing Riiiiiing
Not again!
Alright, alright! Coming!
? / Very strange...
It can't be the door. / It must be...
Knock, knock, knock!
As you've no doubt noticed by now, Le Chat has one almost unchanging facial expression throughout the panels, usually face front, and is only seen from the back when he turns away to look in the distance. When he's turned around, it becomes clear that his large eyes are actually glasses as seen from behind.
You want to see me in profile? Really? / Fine.
In addition to the 3-panel strips and full-page strips, there are also single-panel jokes or drawings that are just as effective if they'd been done in 3 panels.
Whose bright idea was it to show the strip this way?
So with all these things for it, why isn't Le Chat better known over here? Part of it may have to do with some jokes that would lose something in the translation. Here for instance, in French, a candy is known as a bonbon. I'll leave it up to you to figure out the puzzle here.
Another reason for the lack of recognition would be that some of the jokes may be considered too intellectual for the American public.
(Nonsense words)
(Uproarious laugher)
You wouldn't get it. / It's Belgian humour.
EDIT - I've just been informed that the words in the first panel are actually in Cyrillic (a Bulgarian language), and thus may actually mean something. Also, I know that he's saying "Bulgarian" humour in the last panel there, but I thought that Belgian humour sounded funnier. Like the Garfield comic and episode, there are some words that sound funnier than others.
A better reason is that some of the later strips could be considered too risique for the casual nudity of Le Chat. Unlike most cartoon animals, Le Chat is anatomically correct, and there's very few publishers who'd bother with a fat cat casually showing their uncircumsiced penis. (That'll probably answer any questions that nobody wanted to ask)
I will tell you an avante-garde joke.
Oughha... Brr! Glzz / Woof woof.
It may take 15 to 20 years / before it's appreciated.
Still, there's always a chance that something no matter how unlikely will get translated for a wider audience. Some of the more adult strips could be left out without having to lose anything. Like most foreign comics, this is something of an acquired taste, and might not be for everyone. Of course, when compared to the competition, there's not much reason to listen to a fat cat in a suit.


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Who will the Angels protect in the upcoming Rule-5 draft, and who will they serve up to the number crunchers and scoutlings of 20 other front offices?
...a great logo and design have been replaced with a six year old's idea of an oil change at Pep Boys.
We Are The Solar Sox!
Spoiler alert: it's heavy on rookie ball hitters.
Who are the top Angels' prospects left in the organization?
Kole Calhoun has made it on base nine consecutive times. After a 4-for-4 night with three home runs, Calhoun went 2-for-2 with three walks, and drove in the game-winning run on a walk-off line-drive. He's hitting .354/.428/.612 across 58 games.
Taking a look at the top performing Angels' farmhands at the half.
Taking a look at the top position player performances on the Halos farm at the half.
Taking a look at the top Angels pitching performances on the Angels farm so far in 2013.
First Pitch is at 11 AM on ESPN-2
Rookie-ball Pioneer League affiliate Orem Owlz squad features lots of the kids the Angels just took in the draft!
Maybe this system is not as bad as it sounds...
Officers who died during the Big Bear Manhunt will be honored.
Here is the list
This is pick #217 overall
Pick #187 overall
Pick #95 Overall - still in the real Top 100.
Talk about the draft here.
Because of Arte's need to sell tickets he forfeited our first round pick when he signed Josh Hamilton.
In an Angels farm system bled to the turnip-bone, one scrub stands alone in the foothills of San Bernardino. His name is Zach Borenstein, he swings some surprisingly mean timber, and you wouldn't know him if you tried. But that's about to change.
The Angels called up Luis Jimenez to play 3B - it has been a long road...
Baseball America breaks down the Minor League Park Factors to clarify prospect performance!
Culling the wisdom of a very small crowd by combining the fourteen publicly available Angels prospect rankings.
Culling the wisdom of a very small crowd by combining the fourteen available Angels' Prospect Rankings.
Kaleb Cowart put up the top Angels' prospect performance in 2012.
Nick Maronde put up the third most valuable prospect performance in 2012. DSL pitcher Angel Guerra put up the second best performance, according to this particular algorithm, which leads to a conversation about how WAR values starting pitchers.
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Science Goals for COR1: A Historical View |
O. C. St. Cyr
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The pioneering work of Lyot demonstrated that the Sun\'s corona could be viewed outside of eclipse. However, the fact that the corona was dynamic was not revealed fully until the space age discovery of CMEs. We will briefly review the history of these discoveries and give a personal perspective of what new understanding we may gain with STEREO. |


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Black & White Room
Black and White Room--This romantic room is decorated in a an Oriental flavor, with some golds, reds and blacks. It has a Queen-size bed with mission style headboard, antique armoire, antique armoire, Oriental rug, two-person settee. The private bathroom includes a large 2-person Jacuzzi.


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American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down and out in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighur—a member of a Chinese Muslim minority—at the home of her sort-of boyfriend Lao Zhang turns her life upside down. Lao Zhang disappears, and suddenly multiple security organizations are hounding her for information. They say the Uighur is a terrorist. Ellie doesn't know what's going on, but she must decide whom to trust among the artists, dealers, collectors,… (más)
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2011 is the year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese calendar. Here is a selection of books to start the year off and keep reading until next year.


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Today we present to you Julito McCullum aka J.Brice. You may know Julito from his starring role in the HBO's hit series The Wire. He has also appeared in Miracle Boys, Akeelah & the Bee, You're Nobody Till Somebody Kills You, Loso's Way & several off-Broadway plays. Since then Julito had begun to pursue a career in music with the releases of his first mixtape, entitled First Take & second mixtape, The Premiere, whose first single received over a thousand downloads on Twitter within an hour. N.A.B. caught up with him & present to you J.Brice.
N.A.B.: How long have you been acting?
J.Brice: I've been acting for about 3 to 4 years now. I started out dancing and was doing that for a while, but I didn't want to be someone's backup dancer. So I decided to get into acting.
N.A.B.: Is your first passion acting or music?
J.Brice: I can't really say I love one more than the other. I love them both equally
N.A.B.: Has the transition of the character Julito from The Wire to J. Brice the rapper been difficult?
J.Brice: Not really because my character in The Wire is completely different from the person I am. I know how to balance from being the actor to the naming & the lifestyle to being me. So no, not really. It hasn't been hard at all.
N.A.B.: What projects are you currently working on, music & movie wise?
J.Brice: Music, I just dropped my second mixtape called The Premiere. Basically it's a street album, buzzing heavy right now in the streets. I'm performing everywhere & promoting that. Movies, I'm right back in it in 2010. So make sure to look out for that.
N.A.B.: I saw you on Loso's Way; do you have collaborations with Fabulous? Is there anyone else you would like to collaborate with in the near future?
J.Brice: Shout out to Fab for putting me down with Loso's Way & Lenny S. We have discussed the possibility. He going hard promoting Loso's Way & his album. We haven't had an opportunity to sit and vibe out on a record yet but hopefully in the future. I also like Kanye & Hov of course, we're both from Brooklyn, and I look up to him. I mean there's a bunch of people. At the current moment I'm focused on branding J.Brice. Then I'll focus on collaborating with other artists.
N.A.B.: 2009 is over. What are your plans for 2010?
J.Brice: We going into a full time grind. You will see everything come into play. The album Motion Picture drops in 2010 & I'm back into the movies. Look forward to see a lot more of J.Brice.
N.A.B.: Do you have any words of advice for the youth who may want to pursue acting & music like yourself?
J.Brice: First, you must stay level headed in this game. It's real funny style how people in the industry could be. You have to stay focused. You have to realize that this is a job. There's more to it than just making records, there's more to it than just trying to be in the TV screen & going out there to get auditions. You must know the business. That's why I took some time off to focus on learning the business. Learn your business & go hard.
N.A.B.: Do you have any last words or shout outs?
J.Brice: Yeah like I said stay focused in this game. There's enough money in this game for the world to eat. Follow me on www.twitter.com/iamjulito, follow me on www.myspace.com/iamjulito. And look out for a lot more of J.Brice. Go get The Premiere, it's available online. Shout out to Alwayz Ready Records, Brooklyn Boy ENT & shout out to y'all, N.A.N./N.A.B. for always holding me down.
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Milstein: Anarchism and Its Aspirations
Book, March, 23 2011
From nineteenth-century newspaper publishers to the participants in the "battle of Seattle" and the recent Greek uprising, anarchists have been inspired by the ideal of a free society of free individuals-a world without hierarchy or domination.
Guerin: No Gods, No Masters
Book, August, 07 2010
Guerin's classic anthology of anarchism translated and reprinted, available for the first time in a single volume.
Guerin: Anarchism: Theory and Practice
Book, August, 07 2010
"One of the ablest leaders and writers of the French New Left describes the two realms of â??anarchismâ???its intellectual substance, and its actual practice through the Bolshevik Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the Italian Factory Councils, an...
Kropotkin: Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets
Book, August, 07 2010
The collected writings of Peter Kropotkin.
Rocker: Anarcho Syndicalism
Book, August, 07 2010
An introduction to anarchist ideas, a history of the international workers movement and an outline of the strategies and tactics embraced at the time. A prolific writer and speaker,
Bookchin: The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years 1868–1936
Book, July, 20 2010
This popular, well-researched book opens with the Italian Anarchist Fanelli's stirring visit to Spain in 1868 and traces the movement's checkered but steady growth for the next seventy years.


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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska assault trial for New England Patriots rookie Alfonzo Dennard has begun.
Dennard, a former Nebraska cornerback, was arrested April 21 outside a bar in Lincoln, accused of punching a police officer in the face during a fight. Dennard is charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and third-degree assault and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.Dennard's trial in Lancaster County District Court started Monday. Lincoln television station KOLN-TV reports that Dennard's lawyer said in his opening statement that Dennard hit the officer in self-defense.
On Tuesday, Officer Brian Kopsa testified that Dennard hit him in the jaw after Kopsa told the football player he was under arrest.
Attorneys have said they expect the trial to end on Friday.
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Egypt's new military-backed government had hoped trying Mohammed Morsi would close the chapter on his presidency. Instead, the trial of the ousted Islamist president on charges of inciting murder, which begins Monday, is only compounding their troubles.
Morsi's supporters plan widespread protests on the day of the trial, threatening to disrupt the proceedings. Security concerns are so high that the venue for the trial has still not been formally announced, though it is expected to be held in a heavily secured police academy in Cairo.
Then there is the political risk of Morsi's anticipated first public appearance since the military deposed him on July 3 and locked him in secret detention, virtually incommunicado. Morsi will likely represent himself in the trial, the first time public figure to do so in the host of trials of politicians since autocrat Hosni Mubarak's ouster in 2011, Brotherhood lawyers say. He will use the platform to insist he is still the true president, question the trial's legitimacy and turn it into an indictment of the coup, further energizing his supporters in the street.
If Morsi is not brought to court at all, his absence will further throw into question the fairness of a trial that rights experts say is already in doubt. Morsi's Brotherhood has denounced the trial as a farce aimed at political revenge.
During four months of detention in undisclosed military facilities, Morsi has been extensively questioned and has not been allowed to meet with lawyers. Virtually his only contact with the outside world was two phone calls with his family. Brotherhood supporters have called the detention an outright kidnapping, and Morsi has refused to cooperate with his interrogators.
Rights groups say the first test in the trial will be if the judge rules whether Morsi should be brought out of secret detention and moved to a regular prison during the trial. Authorities have said military detention is necessary for security reasons in the country's turmoil.
Further weighing on the trial's fairness, Morsi will be tried in a judicial system stacked with his adversaries, with whom he clashed repeatedly during his year-long presidency. Rights activists — even ones who believe Morsi should be tried for abuses during his presidency — fear the proceedings are more concerned with retribution than justice. And the trial is taking place in the atmosphere of a widescale crackdown on the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies in which several thousand have been arrested and hundreds killed.
For the military-backed government, the trial is key to showing its plan for political transition toward democracy is on track. Authorities want to show the international community, sharply critical of the anti-Brotherhood crackdown, that they are justified in moving against the Islamist group by proving Morsi committed real crimes.
The military says it removed Morsi only after the public turned against him with protests by millions demanding his removal, accusing him and the Brotherhood of trying to subvert the law and impose their will on the country. Morsi's supporters accuse the military of crushing Egypt's nascent democracy by overturning the results of multiple elections won by the Islamists the past 2 1/2 years.
"Undoubtedly, this is an unfair trial par excellence. It is fallout from the coup," said Mohammed el-Damati, senior lawyer in the Brotherhood legal team that plans to be present in the court. But Morsi — who is an engineer by training — "has the experience to defend himself. He knows his case well, on the law and the politics ... He will do it eloquently," he said.
By convicting Morsi, the authorities think "the issue of the legitimacy of the president —which is what rattles this coup regime— will end," he said.
"But for us, the issue is not about Morsi alone. It is about constitutional legitimacy."
Morsi's supporters have been protesting nearly daily and intend to intensify their rallies in an attempt to wreck the trial — once they confirm in Morsi's first appearance that he is in good health.
"If the trial is stopped, it will be a setback (for authorities). If we can stop this trial, we will stop their progress" on the transition plan, said Khaled Mahmoud, a Brotherhood youth member.
Morsi is on trial with 14 other Brotherhood members on charges of inciting the killing of protesters who massed outside his presidential palace in December, demanding he call off a referendum on the constitution drafted by his Islamist allies. Brotherhood members attacked a sit-in by the protesters, sparking clashes that left 10 people dead.
Egyptians officials insist the trial is straightforward and say Morsi will be treated no differently from Mubarak.
"Nothing extraordinary, nothing exceptional," Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr AbdelAtty told reporters this week. Morsi "will have the full rights to have a free and fair trial in accordance to due process. He will have his own lawyer ... he will have the whole due process, and he will have the right to go to appeal."
The trial of Mubarak, launched in 2011, was high drama, but it was not as politically fraught as Morsi's. Mubarak was convicted and given a life sentence in 2012 on charges connected to the killing of hundreds of protesters by police during the uprising against him. But the verdict was later overturned on grounds prosecutors had not fully proven the charges, and his retrial began earlier this year.
The opening of Mubarak's first trial, televised live, was stunning for Egyptians: the autocratic leader for nearly 30 years, now lying on a hospital gurney in the defendant's cage, appearing weak and hard of hearing.
He made no attempt to turn the trial into a show. His words in the first session — "I am present your honor," and then "I deny all these charges categorically" — were his only comments in a trial that lasted almost a year. Some of his supporters rallied outside the courtroom, at times clashing with families of slain protesters. But the trial stirred no greater unrest.
In contrast, the prospect of unrest over Morsi's trial has led to a blanket of secrecy and a massive security buildup. A force of 20,000 policemen will secure the trial venue. Security officials have been quoted in Egyptian media saying the trial should not be televised, though no formal decision has been announced.
A military and security official said authorities fear militant attacks to distract authorities and sabotage the day. They said they recently uncovered a number of weapons caches, including a set of rocket launchers at a farm in a city close to Cairo that they believe were linked to plans to cause unrest around the trial. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.
Although the venue has not been formally announced, it is expected to be held in a special courtroom set up in a police academy inside a walled security complex near Cairo's Tora prison, where a number of Morsi's co-defendants are being held.
Nasser Amin, a member of the National Council for Human Rights and director of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary, said the trials of both Morsi and Mubarak are "a first step in establishing for the rule of law. The head of the state, even an elected one, can be tried." He argued against Morsi's ability to use the trial as a political platform, saying judges have the right to stop political speeches.
But el-Damati said Morsi will question the legality of the trial, arguing that procedures for trying a sitting president under the now suspended constitution have not been followed.
By going after the coup itself, Morsi will turn things around, el-Damati said.
"He will put a man who has been flipped onto his head back on his feet."
National, International News
Trial of Egypt's Morsi fraught with risks
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Vet detained in N. Korea says statement was coerced
The 85-year-old U.S. veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during the war was given involuntarily and under duress.
18 LA sheriff's deputies face federal charges
Federal officials said 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies saw themselves as being "above the law" when they engaged in crimes that included beating inmates and jail visitors, falsifying reports, and trying to obstruct an FBI probe of the nation's largest jail system.
World leaders to speak at Mandela memorial
An eclectic mix of world leaders including President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will eulogize Nelson Mandela before a crowd of nearly 100,000 mourners at a massive memorial service today in the World Cup soccer stadium where the anti-apartheid champion made his last public appearance.
Today in History for Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2013. There are 21 days left in the year.
Storm along East Coast dumps snow, snarls traffic
A powerful storm that crept across the country dumped a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet on the Mid-Atlantic region and headed northeast Sunday, turning NFL playing fields in Pennsylvania into winter wonderlands, threatening as much as a foot of snow in Delaware and New Jersey and raising concerns about a messy morning commute.
South Africans of all faiths pray for Mandela
In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds Sunday on a day of prayer for the global statesman — from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a rural, hilltop church with goat-skin drums and barefoot dancing.
Today in History for Monday, Dec. 9, 2013
Today is Monday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2013. There are 22 days left in the year.
Snow, ice, deep-freeze hit large swath of US
A late fall cold snap that has gripped much of the country is being blamed for a handful of deaths and has forced people to deal with frigid temperatures, power outages by the thousands and treacherous roads.
Weather forecasters say the powerful weather system has Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic in its icy sights next. -
Police: Pa. newlyweds killed man from Craigslist
A couple married for just three weeks lured a man to his death with a Craigslist ad because they wanted to kill someone together, police said.
Pearl Harbor ceremony marks bombing anniversary
About 50 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor paused Saturday at the site to honor those killed and remember the moment that plunged the U.S. into World War II.
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This is my first posted poem here that is neither erotic or a love poem...if there is interest, I may post more...thanks... The Facebook Poem I'd heard about social networking, And how it was the next big thing, So I just had to take a look, And ended up on Facebook. It only took me a little while, To fill out most of my profile, But I have spent many a night, Figuring out the rest of the site. I never realized I had so many friends, The friend requests never end, All the people I can't stand at work, And now the biggest high school jerk. I have to admit I've learned a bunch, I know what all my friends eat for lunch, And it really helps me that I know, Everyone's favorite TV show. The work on Facebook never stops, I have to water my imaginary crops, Send get-well wishes to Farmville quick, My friend's imaginary cow got sick. I now realize my chances are dire, Of ever building a Mafia empire, And perhaps it is a bit of a shame, My It Girl will never go on to fame. My kids' statuses tell me of their life, At dinner time I get poked by the wife, I try to keep my friend count nice and fat, So, I even signed up the dog and cat. I guess you can say my life's complete, I have more friends than I'll ever meet, On Facebook I can roam far and wide, And I never have to go outside. 02-19-11. |
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Breast Biopsy
Open Excisional: a small incision (cut) is made as close as possible to the lump and the lump, together with a surrounding margin of tissue, is removed for examination. If the lump is large, only a portion of it may be removed.
Fine Needle Aspiration and Core Needle Biopsy: both these procedures involve inserting a needle through your skin into the breast lump and removing a sample of tissue for examination.