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Apple's Cook shines in D.C. spotlight
Apple is known as Silicon Valley's stage master — but CEO Tim Cook showed Tuesday he knows how to bring the spectacle to Washington all the same.
Even under fire for shielding billions of dollars overseas from U.S. taxes, Cook deftly turned the conversation away from his company and used his first appearance before a congressional committee to shine a harsh spotlight on what he says is a broken tax system.
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In the end, Apple's rigorous, behind-the-scenes preparation with its growing team of lawyers and lobbyists helped Cook and his fellow executives avoid a perilous confrontation with regulators. It also was to Apple's benefit that some committee lawmakers devoted as much time to touting their iPhones and sparring with each other as they spent questioning the company's corporate conduct.
And while Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters he thought the inquiry was successful, even he acknowledged Apple's luster may have blinded a few lawmakers to the serious issues at hand.
"Every company that has a huge presence, that has a huge number of employees, that pays a lot of taxes, that produces really good products, obviously that has an impact on people's thinking," Levin said.
"But before we decide whether to tolerate it, or close the tax loopholes … we've got to see it. And maybe it's a little bit harder to see in a company which people admire, and I'm one of them. But it's essential we look it square in the face."
Apple's appearance before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations initially had the makings of a political showdown. Entering the hearing, panel leaders had produced a report showing Apple dodged taxes on $44 billion in income between 2009 and 2012. And the same panel tangled with Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard leaders last year over those companies' controversial tax strategies.
With Apple, there's long been Washington interest in the more than $100 billion in cash the company maintains overseas — money that Apple, like other tech giants, has kept abroad to avoid steep U.S. taxes. But the committee felt Apple, in its own unique way, had exploited tax loopholes and operated in the gaps between U.S. and international laws to lower its yearly tax bills.
In effect, Levin said during the hearing, it all amounted to tax "gimmicks" depriving U.S. coffers of billions of dollars of much-needed cash. For that reason, he frequently challenged Cook, flanked by two other Apple executives, for the tech giant's "unfair" behavior.
"The facts are mighty clear to me that loopholes in our tax laws and regulations allow many companies, including Apple, to shift enormous amounts of income from this country to other countries," Levin said to close the hearing.


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The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) policy permits an owner/agent to receive one rent increase per year per unit, provided: (1) The request is supported by a rent reasonableness determination; (2) unit meets Housing Quality Standards (HQS); (3) The rent increase will be effective after the first year of the lease.
All proposed rents must be reasonable and comparable to other unassisted rents of like properties in the neighborhood. Rent reasonableness is defined as rents that do not exceed the rents charged for comparable, unassisted units in the same market area.
The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) will conduct a rent reasonableness review on each request to determine if it can be approved based upon specific comparable data and HUD's rent reasonableness criteria.
NOTE: The unit remains exempt from registration, payment of fees, rent ceilings and rent increases under the Berkeley Rent Control Ordinance as long as the contract rent does not exceed the Payment Standard.
To begin the rent increase process, you must provide the following documents:
The notice must include the following information:
a. Tenant Nameb. Tenant Addressc. Effective date of proposed changed. Owner or agent signature
2. A copy of a sixty (60) – day advance written Notice of Intent to Increase the Rent, served to your tenant containing the following information:
a. Current date
b. Notice addressed to the tenant/head of household
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f. Signature of the owner or agent
3. A completed Unit Characteristics Survey. The Unit Characteristics Survey (pdf) provides specific information about the property to assist in making the most informed rent reasonableness determination.
4. If the rent requested is more than the Payment Standard, you must provide written evidence that the new rent does not exceed the rent allowed under the Rent Control Ordinance.
Once the required information has been received, the rent reasonableness determination will begin. BHA will notify you and your tenant within 15 business days of receipt of a complete request.
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Tracy McGrady thinks NBA players need two years of college
Way back in 1997, teenager Tracy McGrady was the best high school basketball player in America. A relatively late bloomer, McGrady stood out at the Adidas ABCD Camp the summer before his final year at Mt. Zion Christian Academy, won several Player of the Year awards, and upped his draft stock enough to become a viable preps-to-pros entrant into the NBA draft. With several teams uncertain about gambling on a largely unproven talent, McGrady slid to ninth to the Toronto Raptors. Along with Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant, T-Mac helped prove that a lack of preparation in NCAA basketball did not need to be a barrier to NBA stardom.
Sixteen years later, McGrady is a 34-year-old benchwarmer for the San Antonio Spurs. His best seasons are well behind him, but his career has been an qualified success: seven All-Star selections and All-NBA selections (two on the First Team), two scoring titles, and $162 million in salary. Yet high school basketball stars can no longer follow in his footsteps, because the NBA's age limit dictates they must spend at least one season elsewhere between their high school graduation and rookie season.
Despite his life experiences, McGrady does not think this is an injustice. In fact, he believes players should have to spend at least two seasons in college. From Alex Kennedy for USA Today:
"I actually think they should implement having these guys go to school for two years," McGrady said. "What is it, one year now? At least go to school for two years because the league is so young. I think we need to build our league up. I mean, I hate to say it, but the talent in this league is pretty down." [...]
"It was pretty difficult becoming a man so early and competing against grown men," McGrady said. "You're the best player on the floor in high school and then you come face the best players in the world. Also, the transition to living on your own, having to deal with the traveling, dealing with the different climaxes, getting into cities at 2 or 3 in the morning and then waking up the next morning for shootarounds and practices. I mean, it was a culture shock."
McGrady believes that attending college "probably would have" better prepared him for the NBA. However, he doesn't regret his route to the league.
When asked why he decided to bypass college and go straight to the pros, McGrady said bluntly, "Well, let's see, adidas gave me a $12 million contract. I mean, (expletive), enough said."
I am not particularly interested in hashing out the particulars of McGrady's case, because it's mostly in line with the arguments for the age limit that have been presented many times over the past decade. (I'm on the opposite side, for the record, because I think players should have the opportunity to take those $12 million shoe contracts.)
Instead, I'd like to consider how McGrady's age and current situation might affect his opinion. While it's wise to take him at his word on the difficulties of adjusting to the league as a teenager, the young T-Mac didn't exactly struggle in his first two seasons. While he played limited minutes, he announced himself as an extremely promising, versatile talent within a few months, showing a knack for scoring, defending (he was a terrific wing shot-blocker), and rebounding.
Although he matured as a scorer in his third season and parlayed that improvement into a max-level contract with Orlando, there were relatively few points in his first seasons where it looked as if he didn't belong. He was raw, certainly, and in need of a great deal of work, but also showed a huge capacity for rapid improvement. In other words, he was an exciting young player, just like many rookies of various ages and backgrounds. McGrady can claim that he skipped out on college for the shoe contract, but he wouldn't have succeeded if he hadn't believed he was able to play with and against grown men.
Like a great deal of excellent players near or beyond the end of their careers, McGrady appears to be the victim of biased nostalgia for his own good-old days. By most historical perspectives, McGrady's prime years were actually a relatively down period for the league. The talent level of today is just as good as it was then, at minimum. The league may appear young to T-Mac in part because he's now one of the oldest players in it.
For that matter, he's also someone who has occasionally struggled to find a job in the past few seasons. largely because teams feel more comfortable looking for cheaper, younger players with more (read: any) potential to grow. He has his own biases, the same way that a player who decides to enter the draft after only one season on campus believes he's prepared for the challenge of the NBA. It's a matter of perspective, not airtight logic.
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Editors' note: In light of the 2012 release of the LG Optimus M+, we have lowered the rating on this review.
LG broke new ground recently with its introduction of the Optimus line of Android handsets--affordable entry-level phones with surprisingly lust-worthy features. The company first made the Optimus T and Optimus S available on T-Mobile and Sprint, and Verizon had their own version made, dubbed the LG Vortex. Now LG has spread its Optimus wings to smaller carriers, such as MetroPCS, too. Appropriately named the LG Optimus M, the device also marks MetroPCS's first-ever Android smartphone. It has many of the goodies the other Optimus phones offer--Android 2.2, a 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS--but it does lack certain features like tethering and hot-spot capabilities. The Optimus M is available from MetroPCS for $229, but bear in mind that's without a contract.
While the Optimus T, Optimus S, and Vortex look very similar to each other, the Optimus M is slightly different. At 4.57 inches long by 2.22 inches wide by 0.63 inch thick, the Optimus M doesn't quite have the curves and contours of its cousins, and it has a boxier silhouette. It's even slightly heavier at 5.39 ounces when compared to the Optimus S's 4.6 ounces. Despite its weight, the Optimus M feels a bit cheaper due to its hard plastic casing--the other phones have a soft touch surface for a slightly more luxurious feel.
On the front of the Optimus M is a nice 3.2-inch LCD with a 320x480-pixel resolution that looks similar to the other Optimus phones even though it only sports 65,000 colors. It's still sharp, colorful, and the smooth capacitive touch screen made it easy to tap and swipe around. You can adjust the brightness, the backlight timer, and the animations between window transitions. The screen also has multitouch, pinch-to-zoom, and a proximity sensor that shuts off the screen when you place the phone to your face during a call.
Like the interface on the LG Vortex, there are shortcuts to the phone dialer, the contacts list, the main menu, text messaging, and the browser along the bottom row of the home screen. The phone dialer app is pretty straightforward, as is the messaging interface. We're happy that the Optimus M comes with the Swype keyboard built-in, as an alternative to the standard Android touch keyboard.
Underneath the display are the usual Android hot keys in a row. The Menu key is on the far left, the Home and Back keys share a single panel with an indent in the middle, and the Search key is on the far right. At the bottom of the phone is the Micro-USB charging jack, while the 3.5mm headset jack and screen lock/power key are on top. The volume rocker and camera key are on the right spine. On the back of the phone is the camera lens. You have to remove the battery cover to access the microSD card slot.
Like the other Optimus phones, the Optimus M ships with Android 2.2. Even though it isn't the latest Gingerbread OS, LG has mentioned the phone is upgradeable to Android 2.3. However, Android 2.2 still has a number of notable features. They include voice dialing over Bluetooth, app storage on a memory card, a new camera viewfinder, app sharing, and Facebook integration in the contacts list.
Unlike most Android 2.2 phones, the Optimus M doesn't support in-browser Flash video due to hardware limitations. Additionally, the Optimus M does not have tethering or Wi-Fi hot-spot capabilities, perhaps due to carrier restrictions. As the other Optimus handsets offer tethering and hot-spot abilities, we're disappointed the Optimus M doesn't.
All is not lost, however; the Optimus M has other redeeming features. They include EV-DO Rev. 0, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP streaming, and GPS. You can use GPS with Google's own Maps and Latitude apps, plus MetroPCS's own navigation service. Of course, the Optimus M comes with a variety of Google services like Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Voice Search. If you would rather use another e-mail account, you can enter in your own POP3/IMAP logins. The Optimus M works well with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for those with corporate accounts.


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Tomato CasseroleI recently shared a recipe from one of my round-up lists of fresh tomato recipes over on our Best Southern Recipes Facebook page and Phyllis, one of our readers there, mentioned in comments that she was still waiting on tomatoes in the area where she lived.
I could not imagine having to wait this long to have that first decent tomato, because heaven knows, even though we have a wonderful long growing season in The South, once our tomatoes are gone, we get impatient anticipating the appearance of the next summer crop!
Of course here in the heat and humidity of the Deep South, we've been enjoying locally grown tomatoes for months now, and, in fact, are winding down on the backside of our peak season, especially for Creoles, one of the most beloved tomato here in the Deep South. They are already harder to find.
If you are also a tomato lover who waits all year for those fresh from the garden tomatoes that actually taste like tomatoes, here's another way to enjoy them, in the form of a casserole. Something akin to a Green Tomato Casserole, it's another great summer side dish that will go with many casseroles and meats.
Here's how to make it.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and butter a 9 x 9 inch baking pan. Place chopped tomatoes in a large colander to drain for about 10 minutes. Combine in a bowl with the salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, basil and brown sugar. Mix well and set aside.
Now, I'm as big a bacon lover as the next person, but seriously y'all, I do not use bacon in everything I cook, I swear! But... that said, bacon and tomato pairs so nicely that I wrote it in the recipe for all you bacon lovers, because I know y'all will fuss at me if I don't. Simply cook off a few slices and use the drippings with a little butter to saute the veggies in, then chop the cooked bacon and add that in with the tomatoes.
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Use a slotted spoon to transfer tomato mixture to the prepared pan. The tomatoes will still generate some liquid of course, but using a slotted spoon to transfer will at least eliminate some of that. Sprinkle with the shredded cheese.
Combine crushed crackers and melted butter and sprinkle on top. You can use whatever your favorite casserole topping is here - saltines, cheese crackers, seasoned bread crumbs, panko, or even just simply extra cheese... whatever you like.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, or until casserole is bubbly and crumbs are browned. The casserole will generate some liquid while cooking, so use a slotted spoon again to dish out. Serve immediately as a side dish.
These tomatoes are also very good when scooped on toasted baguette slices.
Recipe: Tomato Casserole©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 30 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1-1/2 pounds of tomatoes, seeded and chopped (about 4 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of Creole or Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon of fresh basil, chopped
- 2 tablespoons of packed light brown sugar
- 2 slices of bacon
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 cup of chopped onion
- 1/2 cup of chopped green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup of chopped celery
- 1 teaspoon of minced garlic
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 sleeve of crushed Ritz crackers (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 tablespoon of butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 9 inch baking pan. Place chopped tomatoes in a large colander to drain for 10 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to a bowl and add the salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, basil and brown sugar. Mix well and set aside. Cook off the bacon in a large skillet until fat is rendered but bacon is not to crisp; remove and set aside. Add butter to the pan drippings and add the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic; saute until tender, about 4 minutes. Chop the cooked bacon and add to the skillet, along with the tomatoes; mix well and warm through. Taste and adjust seasonings.
Use a slotted spoon to transfer tomato mixture to the prepared pan, sprinkle with the shredded cheese. Combine crushed crackers and melted butter and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, or until casserole is bubbly and crumbs are browned. Casserole will generate some additional liquid, so use a slotted spoon to serve immediately as a side dish, or scoop on toast baguette slices for an appetizer.
Cook's Notes: If you have time, bake this low and slow - about 2 hours at 250 degrees F. It really allows the flavor and natural sugars of the tomatoes to come through. May also substitute 1 (28 ounce) can of well drained and diced tomatoes, when fresh tomatoes are not at their peak. May also substitute other crackers, seasoned bread crumbs or panko for the Ritz cracker topping.
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Gender and aids: exploring an intimate relationship
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Hunter, Mark (2010) Love in the time of AIDS. Scottsville, Pietermartizburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. ISBN 978 1 96914 203 2 pbk. Pages 303.
Love in the Time of AIDS explores notions of love and intimacy among South Africans as a means of shedding some light on the overwhelming rise in HIV prevalence in some areas of the country from one to 30 percent in only 15 years. Drawing the reader through the history of South Africa's political economy from colonialism to the postapartheid and capitalist era, the book provides a compelling account of the ways in which economic forces have interacted with individual ideas about love and sex to produce what Hunter refers to as the "materiality of everyday sex" where love and relationships are intimately linked with sex for material benefits.
The book is based on an ethnography of Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal, where Hunter lived extensively between 2002 and 2005. Women in South Africa constitute 60 percent of HIV cases in the country, and Mandeni is one of the worst affected with an overall prevalence of 39 percent among women presenting in antenatal clinics. The book provides a close and detailed exploration of notions of intimacy in this rural community. This is contrasted and compared with a range of historical material, which lends a particularly intriguing analysis to the role of intimacy in individuals' everyday lives. While this book is clearly anthropological, it will be of particular interest to social psychologists interested in issues of sexuality and the interaction of sexual behaviour with broader historical, economic and social contexts.
In order to begin this task of an historically-rooted investigation of shifting notions of intimacy which encompasses notions of gender, masculinity, femininity, sex, fertility, pleasure and love Hunter takes the reader through a history of intimacy during apartheid in part one of the book. He argues that the changing structure of families and households and the rise of HIV cannot be seen as a "degeneration" of family life or as a consequence of apartheid, but rather are part and parcel of the economic and political changes that took place in South Africa during the apartheid period from 1948 to 1994.
Hunter makes several key points to support this argument, one being the role of men's migrancy from the rural areas to the mines and factories during the height of South Africa's industrialisation. While this is a subject frequently referred to in studies of sexuality and HIV in South Africa to point to how men's separation from their wives for long periods contributed to male promiscuity and higher HIV prevalence, it is framed differently here. By rooting his observations of the shift of men from home-based agricultural subsistence to migrant wage labour within the changing role of relationships between men and women, Hunter explores how migration brought about a shift in the system of marriage from a reliance on ilobolo (bride price) being paid by a man's father in cattle to its payment through wages. Ilobolo and marriage came to be associated with a largely absent man sending wages back home to support his household. It is through this chain of events that Hunter argues that the notion of "provider love" was introduced love as a combination of practical considerations represented by both financial stability and emotional attachment.
Hunter makes another, less well-recognised point, about the changing nature of sexuality in South Africa in his consideration of the role of Christian missionaries in defining romantic love as something that exists between one man and one woman in order to counteract the practice of polygamy. By promoting marital choice and the importance of life-long companionship, Christianity succeeded in intertwining romantic love and sex in new ways. A consequence of this, writes Hunter, is that penetrative sex became associated with masculinity and manhood in contrast to previous practices of "thigh sex", a non-penetrative form of sexual interaction that had been used by unmarried couples to prevent pregnancy. Rather than using this example to offer a simplistic explanation of the reason for an increase in HIV prevalence, Hunter uses this change in behaviour to demonstrate how socio-historical influences have brought about changes in ideas about what constitutes sex, notions of love, marriage/ pre-marriage and cultural practice.
Consistent with this focus on the changing notions of love, Hunter explores the role of women as industrial workers during the economic crisis of the mid-1970s. The increasing unemployment of men meant they could no longer support women in rural homesteads. Women represented a lower-wage resource for industry, and since faced with poor prospects of finding a man who could support them, began to move away from rural areas into new jobs in cities and industrial areas. This resulted in a drop in marriage rates and an increasing independence of working women. However, as the recession continued further cuts were made and with rising unemployment these newly independent women began to search for new ways to ensure financial stability outside of either marriage or employment ultimately contributing to a rise in sex being exchanged for material benefits.
These three observations the introduction of provider love, the association between masculinity and penetrative sex, and the sexual nature of women's new entrepreneurialism are used by Hunter to support a more nuanced picture of how sexuality has led to the sharp increase in HIV prevalence than has often been painted of South Africa. The second part of the book delves further into this complex landscape by looking at more recent history to critically examine the consequences of rightsbased discourses being promoted by international organisations. In addition to promoting increased condom use among partners, rights-based language has also been appropriated by women to emphasise their right to multiple sexual partners and promiscuity in order to put them on an equal basis with men. This is paralleled by the perceived failure of men to fulfil the socially constructed role of male provider in a climate of mass unemployment, which in turn has often presented itself as domestic violence as men try to assert control. Hunter pulls these sections one and two together in showing how the historical shift in notions of intimacy have set the stage for these modern appropriations, thus contributing to a perfect storm of social factors for HIV to flourish.
The book does not disappoint should the reader be drawn to it by the alluring title alone. By tracing intimacy through the specific political and economic changes that have taken place in South Africa over the last 50 years, Hunter offers up a laudable thesis that the relationship between intimacy and AIDS needs to be approached as a dialectical rather than influential relationship. Hunter's case study of how intimacy has interacted with the changing history of financial needs and obligations in South Africa points to the inadequacy of models that take political economy only as an influence over the intimate lives of individuals and do not consider the role individuals play in this. Individuals are not carrying out sexual behaviours that have existed for centuries influenced by cultural traditions and social norms, but are constantly reshaping dominant notions of love, sex and relationships. Hunter's strong argument on this subject provides an important contribution to the study of sexuality more broadly.
In the third and final section of the book Hunter draws a detailed account of two interventions that have attempted to address HIV and AIDS in South Africa through rights approaches: loveLife and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). This is the one section where some readers may be left wanting. While his insight into both of these social movements is interesting, a clearer link between these two case examples and Hunter's overall thesis would have filled a gap in the book. The intervention discussion might have been better utilised to show how the lessons arising from a historically-rooted understanding of sexuality and intimacy in South Africa can be drawn on to design programmes that will reduce the still exceedingly high HIV prevalence rates. Instead Hunter leaves readers to draw their own conclusions about the practical implications of his work.
Nevertheless, Hunter's strong writing and ability to ground his theoretical questions in practical and readable examples from his research, makes this book a valuable read for both practitioners looking to address the complex social realities surrounding HIV and AIDS, and theoreticians seeking to develop stronger linkages between sexuality and political economy. Broadly, Love in the time of AIDS makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the interface between history, sex, and love in places where HIV and AIDS is a dominant reality.


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Fourteen games on the docket for Week 9, but this NFL slate will have trouble matching the late heroics (and surprises) from last Sunday ...
... some of which put my Week 8 picks in flux. The Dallas Cowboys' comeback-turned-crushing-defeat, the Cleveland Browns' ability to hold on till the bitter end and Matt Stafford's late flurry equaled three L's for this prognosticator. Still carried a winning record for the week, but it was no 12-1.
What's the one game I'm certain to get wrong in Week 9 (seeing as a 14-0 showing is surely a pipe dream)? Carolina Panthers at Washington Redskins. Hit that game right, and it's a pickapalooza. Otherwise ... Who knows? What you should know is that Carolina has competed in every game and isn't losing by much. Ron Rivera's team can't compensate for the big mistakes. Take a gander below to see my forecast for that game and every other one on your football plate this week.
Elliot Harrison went 8-6 on his predictions for Week 8, giving him a 48-22 record since taking over this space in Week 4. How will he fare in Week 9? His picks are below, with home teams listed second:
Give the Denver Broncos an inch right now and they'll take a mile. Peyton Manning engineered a 98-yard drive last Sunday night versus the Saints. Hey, at least it took them 11 plays (which is still nine yards per play). Whatever Manning sees, he exploits -- whether with the original play call or after a check at the line. Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker are playing better than any wideout duo in pro football, which means Leon Hall and the rest of the Cincinnati Bengals' secondary must produce their best game of the season. Cincy could support its defense by reviving the league's 23rd-ranked running game to eat some clock. Also, quarterback Andy Dalton must avoid being Captain Checkdown. That's Trent Edwards' shtick. #DENvsCIN
Joe Flacco has not played well on the road. Expect Cam Cameron and John Harbaugh to not put the game on his shoulders, and instead place it on No. 27. Ray Rice has run his arse off in Cleveland, as evidenced by his career average of 134.8 rushing yards per game there. In fact, the Baltimore Ravens have never lost there in Rice's career. On the other sideline, the Cleveland Browns' offense must accomplish more than it did in a one-point win over the Bolts. For the season, Cleveland is the worst team at converting third downs in the red zone and is 31st in yards per play inside the 20. Kicker Phil Dawson is a Hall of Very Gooder, but he can't carry this outfit. #BALvsCLE
The Green Bay Packers experienced their fair share of troubles against those pesky Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday, and who can blame them? Playing without both starting receivers and the No. 1 tailback -- while playing with a tight end in Jermichael Finley who, as of late, looks like he never started in high school -- the Packers' offense really struggled. For awhile this season, Aaron Rodgers resembled Clark Griswold in the "Vacation" movies, where you could just flank him with any pair of Russ and Audrey and all would be good. Not so. The Packers might be slightly off kilter, but not enough to lose to the Arizona Cardinals. The Cards can't buy John Skelton ample protection right now. At least the defense made up for it by making Alex Smith look like Roger Staubach. #AZvsGB
Mario Williams returns to Houston. Get excited. In related news, the Buffalo Bills' defense sucks. They can't stop anyone ... well, except for the Cardinals, but that's not saying much. The Bills return from their bye, and are coming off a loss in which they gave 35 points to the Tennessee Titans. The Houston Texans are significantly better on both sides of the ball. Expect Buffalo to load up on stopping Arian Foster and the Texans' vaunted stretch plays, daring Matt Schaub to beat them. He will. Count on the vet to go 23-for-32 with 265 passing yards and at least two touchdowns. #enoughtobeatBuffalo #BUFvsHOU
Andrew Luck = lights-out at home. Reggie Wayne has been equally effective, while leading the NFL in targets with an astronomical 92. The problem is the Miami Dolphins are stout against the pass. They've intercepted as many passes as they've given up touchdowns through the air (eight), while allowing opposing quarterbacks just a 75.4 passer rating (second in the AFC). It appears Ryan Tannehill will be healthy enough to start for the Dolphins, who showed they could do just fine without him in New York. #MIAvsIND
OK, so maybe Detroit Lions at Jacksonville Jaguars doesn't exactly whet your football appetite. This game could be ugly if Matt Stafford reverts to pre-Week 8 form, and Blaine Gabbert reverts to Blaine Gabbert form. We had Jags running back Rashad Jennings on "NFL Fantasy Live" Thursday, and Maurice Jones-Drew's replacement said no one wants to get better more than Gabbert. It's actually showing on the field. Gabbertmania threw for more yards than the quarterback on the other sideline last Sunday, Aaron Rodgers. The Lions, however, are still a more talented football team with the defense playing better of late (besides the Marshawn Lynch home run in the Seahawks game). Offensively, look for some kids -- running back Mikel Leshoure and wide receiver Titus Young Sr. -- to be heavily involved. #DETvsJAC
The Tennessee Titans must find a way to get something out of Chris Johnson against the Chicago Bears' front seven, which has held just about every lead running back in check. Otherwise, Matt Hasselbeck will have a heckuva time waiting for pass plays to develop downfield (as in no time). The Bears yield just 77.9 rush yards per game, best in the NFL. Still, many people feel this game could present trouble for Chicago, a club that tends to rely on big turnovers. Tim Jennings can't get a pick-six every week. #CHIvsTEN
I really want to pick the Carolina Panthers here, but Cam Newton is still making mistakes in the passing game, while Jonathan Stewart provided nada on the ground in Chicago. Sure, it was a tough matchup, but 42 yards on 17 carries stinks. (Of course, some of that is on the offensive line.) The Panthers have a shot to win -- IF they can avoid the big giveaway. With the Washington Redskins' depleted front seven, it might not be the worst idea to give Stewart the rock 25 times and see what he does with it. Don't make Newton win it by himself. Meanwhile, Redskins receivers better hang on to the damn ball. If they can, and Robert Griffin III can escape the Carolina pressure (that Jay Cutler could not), then home-field advantage should be enough. #CARvsWAS
This pirate porn will be tight until the fourth. Well, until Doug Martin exploits a so-so Oakland Raiders run defense. Give the rookie out of Boise State over 120 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown, with Josh Freeman once again making timely throws against the Raiders' suspect secondary. With all the attention paid to Vincent Jackson lately, Mike Williams could easily surpass 100 yards. Even Dallas Clark should get plenty of looks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer cannot afford to go three-and-out often or make poor decisions -- a la Christian Ponder last Thursday night -- or else Oakland easily falls to 3-5. #TBvsOAK
The Seattle Seahawks block an extra point, intercept a pass and get a strip-sack in pro football's Find52waystowin kind of game. Expect the Seahawks to re-insert themselves into the thick of the playoff race by winning individual matchups defensively. Guaranteed they saw what Tampa did versus the Minnesota Vikings last Thursday. While Pete Carroll doesn't have the Bucs' wideouts, Russell Wilson will be smart with the football and Seattle should get a push in the ground game with Marshawn Lynch as the lynchpin. (Oh, the wordplay ...) #MINvsSEA
Both of these clubs will run the football often in this week's sexiest interconference contest. I trust Ben Roethlisberger to play smart, letting the game come to him as opposed to giving the New York Giants short fields a la Tony Romo. Eli Manning had his struggles versus the Cowboys, and his main man Hakeem Nicks doesn't look completely healthy. Ahmad Bradshaw might be the key in this contest. If Jonathan Dwyer gets more production than his counterpart and the Giants are forced to be more one-dimensional, then the Pittsburgh Steelers win. Roethlisberger, not Manning -- for a change -- makes the key plays on third down this week. #PITvsNYG
I know, I know, Atlanta Falcons fans -- I'm gonna get ripped for this pick. But for those of you who aren't emotionally tied to this game, think about the Sunday nighter from this angle: How do the Falcons match up against the Dallas Cowboys? Atlanta's strength is its quarterback and wide receivers. Dallas' strength has been shutting down opposing wide receivers. The Falcons don't have the ground attack they once did, and Dallas has a healthy (and quite active) Pro Bowl nose tackle in Jay Ratliff. DeMarco Murray should also be back in the lineup, which doesn't bode well for a porous run defense in Atlanta that yields more than five yards per crack. The Falcons' best prognosis is for Tony Romo to throw three picks. That can't happen every week -- just like Mike Smith's team can't go 16-0. Feel free to yell at me @Harrison_NFL. Be nice. #DALvsATL
This should be a fun bout to watch. Can't imagine how many times Jon Gruden will say,
"In this league* ... you can't arm tackle LeSean McCoy!" Honestly, I hope he says it a lot. Please,
Andy Reid, run the rock.
Jamaal Charles put up two bills on the
New Orleans Saints.
Willis McGahee gashed this team, too. Ditto
Doug Martin. Should be easy pickings for
Michael Vick, but he'll have more time to throw if you run the ball, Andy! Vick has already been sacked 20 times. For New Orleans, this game is probably the season. At 2-5 and already way behind in the wild-card melee, a home game in prime time is a prime opportunity to make a statement about resilience.
*Yes, this is clearly the man's favorite clause.
A show of faith -- a very shaky show of faith -- in the San Diego Chargers. Here's the deal: Matt Cassel hasn't been playing any better than Philip Rivers, and while Chargers fans are in an uproar regarding the team's inability to close out games (see: losses to the Saints, Broncos and Browns), the bottom line is that the Kansas City Chiefs are the worst team in football. When your best players on offense aren't getting the football, as is the case in Kansas City, it's difficult to win football games. Case in point: Jamaal Charles receiving five carries last week. San Diego wins because the defense is playing more effectively than Romeo Crennel's guys, and the game is at Qualcomm. #KCvsSD
Elliot Harrison is an analyst on NFL Network's NFL Fantasy Live show, weekdays at 1 p.m. ET and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. ET. Follow him on Twitter @Harrison_NFL


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New Movie '50 To 1′ About Longshot Kentucky Derby Winner To Premiere This Weekend – Interview With Jim Wilson And Christian Kane [LISTEN]
Being as close to Louisville as we are in the Tri-State, the Kentucky Derby is something many of us take time to catch each first Saturday in May. I grew up in Louisville, so I always make plans to at least watch the race. In 2009, a major long shot, Mine That Bird took the garland of roses, and that underdog story has prompted a new film, '50 to 1' produced by Oscar winner, Jim Wilson. I had a chance to talk to Wilson and one of the stars of the movie, Christian Kane.
Check out '50 to 1' this weekend at Showplace South in Evansville and Showplace in Henderson. Here's the official trailer for the movie.


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In 2010, 621 Maine beekeepers registered 6,975 hives. The registration numbers reflect an increase of approximately 150 hobby beekeepers since 2008. There are more than 1,000 beekeepers with 8,000+ hives estimated in Maine. The estimate is based upon the number of beekeepers who attend beekeeping workshops, the number of individuals enrolled in beekeeping short courses and the current membership … [Read more...]
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2010 Apiary Program Summary
April 30, 2011 By Tony Jadczak, State Apiarist
Filed Under: Bee Inspector Comments Tagged With: AFB, American Foulbrood, blueberry, CCD, Chalkbrood, Colony Collapse Disorder, commercial beekeeping, European foulbrood, February 2011 Bee Line, Hives, migratory hives, Nosema, nucs, package bees, Pollination, Sacbrood, SHB, tracheal mite


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(HealthDay News) -- Kids and family responsibilities can make it tough to find time to exercise, but it's important for your health and to be a good role model.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists these tips to keep responsibilities at home from preventing your workouts:
- Ask a family member or friend with young children to swap babysitting with you so you can have time to get to the gym.
- Find exercise you can do with the kids, such as going for a walk, playing a game of tag or doing a dance/aerobic exercise video together.
- Get some simple at-home exercise equipment, such as a stationary bike or a jump rope, to exercise at home when the kids are busy playing or taking naps.
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Fourteen years ago, I went to Peru, visited Machu Picchu, Cusco and Lima, and figured I'd seen the country.
Last year, going back to Peru with Heifer, I realized what a boneheaded assumption that was. For one thing, the country has changed radically since 1999. Lima's population is now approaching 9 million and the city is far more glamorous and glittery than it was back then, although the slums on the outskirts of Lima stretch for miles and are truly grim.
Despite the country's huge economic advances (no Latin American or Caribbean economy grew faster than Peru's from 2001 to 2011) over 30% of Peruvians are still poor — and the struggle to survive is concentrated in the sierra (highlands) and the selva (Amazonian jungle) where Heifer works.
While Peru is beautiful in almost every conceivable way…
…this country twice the size of Texas is packed with copper, gold and zinc, ripe for mining. And its climate poses a bit of an agricultural challenge, to say the least.
In the sierra, it's difficult to raise much of anything except potatoes…
….and just about the only animals that can survive the altitude and cold are sturdy llama and alpaca.
The people who live in the highlands, where I spent most of my time wheezing for breath at 8-12,000 feet, are mostly indigenous and are now embroiled in an epic battle to save their beloved mountains from rapacious mining interests (that also threaten to destroy the jungles).
They are hard-working, proud, creative and fiercely independent people.
…and I have so much respect for Heifer working with those communities to help them make a living on the land.
I usually never like to go back anyplace (there are too many new places to see) but I reckon I'll be going back to Peru soon.
For one thing, I've got a new god-daughter there.
And I've got some other important people I need to check on, too.To read my previous blogs on Peru (including explicit alpaca lovemaking– and the story of my new god-daughter) check these links:


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Twitter data used to track vaccination rates and attitudes
A unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at Penn State studying attitudes toward the H1N1 vaccine. Marcel Salathe, an assistant professor of biology, studied how users of Twitter -- a popular microblogging and social-networking service -- expressed their sentiments about a new vaccine. He then tracked how the users' attitudes correlated with vaccination rates and how microbloggers with the same negative or positive feelings seemed to influence others in their social circles. The research is considered the first case study in how social media sites affect and reflect disease networks, and the method is expected to be repeated in the study of other diseases. The results will be published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.


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Lleyton Glynn Hewitt ( /ˈleɪtən ˈhjuː.ɨt/; born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former World No. 1.
In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces (hard, clay and grass) and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one, at the age of 20. His career achievements include winning the 2000 US Open men's doubles, the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles, and back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles (2001 and 2002). In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965.


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Heard that some in the media said that the Republican convention should be cancelled due to Isaac, because its a reminder of how Bush screwed up with Katrina.
Reaching. Desperation.
They haz both.
More than a week?President Obama held a press conference Tuesday and said FEMA has been on the ground in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama for more than a week. Response teams, he says, are in place to assist any area affected by the storm.
Does that seem odd to anyone else.
More than a week ago (today is the 28th, a week ago exactly the 21st, so "more than a week" puts them in Lousiana and elsewhere on the 20th or earlier) is before the storm was even a storm. The first NOAA warning that a depression even existed was the morning of the 21st at 9:00 am, when it was well out in the Atlantic.
No offense, but the way the media has been playing up Tropical Storm Isaac far in excess of what it is, and making endless comparisons to Katrina, and now the President (who can apparently see the future) has FEMA in Lousiana for a storm before the storm even became a storm?
Does everything have to played up for political gain?
Inbound story about how Obama was so much better for Isaac than Bush was for Katrina in 3...2...1...
Heard that some in the media said that the Republican convention should be cancelled due to Isaac, because its a reminder of how Bush screwed up with Katrina.
Reaching. Desperation.
They haz both.
Had not heard of this, but it just seems ultra-sensitive to see this as a negative.
If you can't answer that question with facts, then you're only purpose here is a partisan one, and frankly I'm not interested in that.
August 20th, 2012.http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...m-Isaac-forms-
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac has formed in the Atlantic with a track that could possibly take it toward Florida where the Republican National Convention will be held next week.
Explain how he did that please.
And just to be clear, no one is "S*itting on him" for sending FEMA to LA/MS/etc. He made a specific comment, I'd like that comment explained in greater detail, as the comment on it's own sounds beyond implausible.
We good?Posted at 07:27 PM ET, 08/21/2012
Tropical storm Isaac forms, forecast to become hurricane; could strike Florida or Gulf Coast


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Baby squirrel found - help
Need someones help here found a baby squirrel need to know what to do to save this little guys life here is a pic.
hey, i've gone through this a couple times. You need to go to the pet store and get either a syringe or an eye dropper. if you get the baby bottle make the hole a little bigger in the nipple. Get the powder formula. little one has to be fed every couple hrs. You need to wipe his/her privates and bum with a damp warm facecloth to promote peeing and poops. keep him warm. Right now he's not gonna be really active but make him a bed in a fairly deep box,as he will quite quickly be able to crawl out.
actually just noticed your from brampton, there is a wildlife rescue up around you. Give them a call, lasttime i did this they wouldn't take them til the eyes open but they can give you further advice.
go to this site and it will give you the info you need.http://www.petplace.com/small-mammal...els/page1.aspx
Last edited by aslan; April 25th, 2008 at 06:52 PM.
Here is the number to the toronto wildlife centre, they will pick the baby up and raise it, and eventually set it free. (416) 631- 0662
What is man without beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
~~Chief Seattle (Duwamish tribe)~~
I don't have any more advice to offer but just wanted to wish you good luck.
thanks for the advice,went to pet store and bought the necessary stuff,checked for dehydration and no problems there but will not do its washroom business just wants to curl up and sleep put a heating pad in its box with enough room to move around if it gets to hot.
Make sure that heating pad is well covered with three or four or more thicknesses of towel/blanket. He could burn himself very easily (had it happen with a cat).
Deerclan,I knew someone would know what to do
Good Luck with the little guy and please keep us posted
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Emergency Care for Baby Squirrels
Good luck..if you need anything else go to the squirrel board
Dont try to feed the squirrel.
Dont handle him more than you have to.
No loud voices, TV, music, or bright lights.
No children or pets in the same room!
1. Warm the Baby (never feed a cold squirrel!)
Quick Methods:
-Cup the baby in your hands or under your shirt next to your skin.
-Fill a plastic bottle with very warm water. Wrap in a cloth, place next to baby, and cover him. Reheat every 2 hours.
-Rice Buddy: Fill a sock with 1 cup of rice or dried beans and microwave for 30 seconds. Place next to baby and cover him. Reheat every 2 hours.
2. Find a Box or Container
A shoebox will do for small babies. A baby that can walk will need a larger box with a lid (with holes). Put a clean baby blanket, flannel shirt, or piece of fleece in the bottom of the box. No towels or terrycloth. Squirrels can get tangled in the loops. Place baby on the material and cover him with one flap. If you have a heating pad, turn it on low and place it under half of the box (not IN the box!) so baby can move away if he gets too warm. You can use the plastic bottle or rice buddy described above, but these are only temporary methods until you get a heating pad, since they must be reheated every 2 hours and won't keep baby warm all night.
NOTE: Monitor his temperature so he doesnt chill or overheat. His feet should feel warm to the touch.
If the baby is injured, is having trouble breathing, has fly eggs on his fur, or is very skinny or dehydrated, he needs emergency care by an experienced rehabber or vet.
3. Rehydrate the Baby
Most babies are dehydrated when you find them and must be rehydrated before you can feed them. Never feed formula or food of any kind to a dehydrated baby!
Check for Dehydration
Pinch the skin on the back of his neck. If it doesnt spring back immediately, the baby is dehydrated. If the pinched skin stays up like a tent for more than a second, the baby is badly dehydrated. Other signs of dehydration: pale grayish gums, dry mouth, sunken eyes, whites around eyes showing, rough spiky fur, dry scaly skin.
NOTE: If baby is badly dehydrated, he will need subcutaneous fluids, which can only be given by a rehabber or vet.
Supplies You Will Need:
--Heating pad without auto shut-off (if you dont already have one)
--Pedialyte (any flavor)*
--Plastic syringes (1 cc size; no needles. Ask the pharmacist to get these for you) An eyedropper can also work.
These are available at most drugstores. You can also order supplies from Chris Squirrels and More. (http://www.squirrelsandmore.com)
*If you cant find Pedialyte at the store, here is a recipe for homemade Pedialyte:
--1 teaspoon salt
--3 Tablespoons sugar
--1 quart warm water
Mix all ingredients in warm water. Store in refrigerator.
How to Prepare the Pedialyte
Use a plastic syringe (with or without a nipple). Never use pet nursers or doll bottles. They will choke the baby. Fill a coffee mug with hot water. Fill the syringe with Pedialyte and place it in the mug for a couple of minutes. Squirt a drop on the inside of your wrist to make sure the liquid isnt too hot. It should feel barely warm on your skin.
Proper Position
A tiny baby can be held in your hand. A baby with fur can lie on a flat surface on his stomach. A baby that can walk can be held upright or he can drink sitting up. Hold the syringe so the tip points UP to the babys mouth and the handle is down. Dont let the baby get cold. Keep him wrapped up while he eats.
How to Feed Fluids
Place the syringe tip on the babys lips (from the side) and squeeze out one drop for him to taste. Dont squirt a steady stream. Let him swallow one drop before squeezing more. GO SLOW! It sometimes takes a feeding or two for them to catch on. Hairless babies are fed drop by drop. With older babies (once they catch on) you can squeeze slowly for one second, wait for him to swallow, then squeeze more.
If fluids dribble out his mouth or come out his nose, you are going too fast. Stop and tilt the babys head down so the fluid drains out (support his head and neck like you would a human baby). Then wipe his nose and mouth with a tissue. Start over, slower. NOTE: There is now a chance your baby will develop aspiration pneumonia from inhaling fluid in his lungs. This is fatal. Please contact a rehabber or vet, or the people at The Squirrel Board, for assistance.
How Much Fluid to Feed
Give 1/2 to 1 cc every 30 minutes for the first 2 hours. Then give it every 2 hours around the clock. Do not feed Pedialyte for more than 24 hours. It is not a subsitute for formula. Refrigerate Pedialyte after opening. Throw away any open bottles after 3 days.
Check the baby every few hours using the pinch test described above. As baby rehydrates, he should perk up and become more active. Rehydrate all babies for at least 2 hours before feeding formula or food of any kind. Severely dehydrated babies should be rehydrated for 24 hours before feeding.
Note: If your baby will not take any fluids, he must go to a rehabber immediately or he will die.
Potty Time
A baby that is not fully furred will need help to pee and poo. Normally, the squirrels mother will lick the babys belly and bottom to stimulate him to go. Before and after feeding, use a warm, damp kleenex, cotton ball, or soft cloth to gently tickle the babys genital area. Do this until baby goes. NOTE: A dehydrated baby may not pee or poo until he has had several feedings of Pedialyte.
thanks everyone the little guy or girl opened its eyes today had to feed it pedealite for 2 days and started it on formula today,my pitty missy gave the little one a bath which i thought was unusual because she never had a litter of her own,but all in all everything working out great,will post pics soon as this little one is a bit bigger
migwetch thank you everyone
Great news!
Missy getting attached to her/him is a good thing,her mothersinstincts are kicking in.
Missy probably knows this little creature needs comforting
I'd love to see a bigger pic of Missy,she looks great in your Avatar.
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woohoo glad to hear the little one has his eyes open and is eating, how is the coaxing to get him to do business. Neither of the ones we rescued had a problem, i'd pee to if someone kept rubbing my privates with a warm washcloth.lol.
hi there, I rehab squirrels every year, you have to take it to a shelter, you cannot properly raise/rehab a single squirrel, they have to have at least one other nest mate in order to do " squirrel" things, a lone squirrel raised will never be able to be released into the wild. You have to make sure you stimulate it to do it's pee/poop because its little system will back up and poison the squirrel, death comes quickly. In ontario it is illegal to rehab a squirrel unless you are licenced, or a foster(for a rescue) . It is also very illegal to keep one as a pet and if taken from you by the ministry it will be put down. Please consider calling a rescue. That is the best chance you could give it.
Wow, Melinda I didn't know it was illegal .
As for raising a squirrel and releasing it back to the wild, we did. My sister found a tiny baby squirrel when she was out jogging (back in early 80's) and brought it home. We immediately took it to our vet for formula and advice. Once old enough we would let it out in our back yard during the day, our viscous hunter cat would actually not permit it to leave our yard, lol. Eventually Theodore, started climbing trees and would wonder farther and farther, until he didn't come in at night. He did return to our yard to collect nuts and we watched him until we moved a couple of years later. We could ID him because he had a very unique tail.
Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
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Melinda,a friend of mine did too,with a Squirrel I found in my yard.
When he was old enough,she slowly introduced him to the outside and he eventually stayed outside by his own choice.
Still would visit ever now and then.
Someone I know also raised a Raccoon-baby successfully after his siblings had been killed,yes it's illegal,but sometimes you have to follow your heart and do what you feel is right.
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please call, I'm sure they will even come and pick it up, they will raise it properly so it can be release into the wild.
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yes, it can be released, but because it does not have the "way" of squirrels, or how to interact with its own species, it's at a higher risk, and it's very doubtful it will be accepted at breeding time. The best way to release is exactly how someone (forget who said it here) said it, slowly, takes over a month to release properly back into the wild, cage outside, door locked, door opened during the warm parts of the day closed at night....cage left open and left outside and slowly put less and less food in it...then when the squirrel finds it's mate and stops returning to sleep remove the cage completely
Oh I don't know if it ever found a mate, or how it was treated by other squirrels, but he did seem happy.
Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
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if you really are intent on raising it yourself, and I don't blame you, it's a wonderful experience, my first two were less than 24 hours old (cord still attached) when we raised them, mind you, I didn't know if I was raising field rats, moles or squirrels, turned out to be red squirrels, a tiny breed, anyways, your best bet would be to call a rescue to see if they have another "single" that you could raise with it, two are no trouble if you already are feeding one. we had no digital camera's back when I first started rehabbing, but here is a grainy pic of them 3 days after we found them. sorry about the bad quality.
notice the eyes are not opened and no fur, mother was moving them from the birthing nest to the nursery nest when she was killed by a neighbours cat, we found her a few days later..
this is the same two , 6 weeks later, living quite happily in my late iguana's cage, they had a huge tree branch to climb, a nest and the floor is heated.it was 6 feet high, 4 feet wide and 4 feet deep, you need a large space for them
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a squirrel builds two nests, one to give birth in, less than 24 hours after birthing, she will take each baby, one at a time and lay them at the base of the second nest tree, if she has 4 babies she makes 4 trips, once they are all at the bottom of the tree she will then proceed to take one at a time up to the nursery nest, it could be an hour between babies, or longer, the nests are within a 1/2 mile radius, so many people at this point see the baby(s) and think them abandoned. If you ever see this, please, don't touch them, if you are worried about them, stake out a place where you can sit for an hour or so and watch for the mom, we'd put these two in a cardboard "nest" nailed to the base of the tree with field grass for warmth to wait for the mom to return, when she didn't in 4 hours we took them in to "flush" them out with pedialite that you make for wild critters. (gets off of my soapbox, lesson/lecture over) sorry..its just that we get so many orphans this time of year. and so few foster homes, I've raised skunks, groundhogs, various birds and turtles......all released back into the wild.
yeah i've done the foster homes too, racoons, squirels and one skunk. He ended up named oreo. To the day we moved he still came right up to us for popcorn. We got the pleasure of meeting his mrs. and 4 litters of babies. He'd walk right into the garage if i was in there and just stand there. Scared me a couple times. It's an amazing experience but it's something you have to be serious about doing.
Melinda,you very obviously know what you are talking about,thank you..
I'ts just,I have a problem with the Wild Life people,a few years back,any wild baby they picked up had to be euthanized.:sad:
That was the reason a member here brought up the orphan Raccoon,she did not want the surviving baby-coon to be killed.
I seem to remember it was on an order from The Ministry of Natural Resources:sad:maybe that rule does not apply any more
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
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Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
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Marko,I agree,I learn something every day here and also that there are so many great animal-lovers out there
Melinda,I did not know if it was appropriate to say so,but I have no great respect for the MONR,out of all the animals they killed that year,99,9 % were perfectly healthy.:sad:
Then the year after,they decided to kill hundreds if not thousands of Cormorants,it was open season on these birds,anyone with a gun could kill them
Here is a picture of one of our members little rescue,he lived in the barn,once he was fully grown he was free to go exploring and learn to get his own food and eventually said his good-byes.
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
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I remember all that well Chico, the hardest critter to rehab is the raccoon , and only because of the attachment you form, they stay with their moms for almost a full year, very needy critters, we've also rehabbed (very hard) critters that fools think will make wonderful pets....grrrrrrrr *L*, daughter and I get laughed at because we actually save a few seagulls every year, people think its a waste of money and time....not a bit as far as we are concerned. anyways, I'm sorry to have hijacked this thread.
How is the squirrel doing?? feeding alright? do you remember to wipe its mouth/fur clean after each feeding so bacteria doesn't form, they tend to lick while sleeping and any left over formula goes bad really fast on their face.
Hey everyone.
I just found or I should say a baby squirrel found me. Now this one follows me where ever I go out side. It will climb my leg and sleep in my coat pokets.
All it wants is to be cuddled. I have it living in a box outside under my back door stairs. Not sure how old it is but he is the legth of your hand not including tail. He can situp and eat bread with his frount paws and drink water out of a bowl. Any sugestions on how to continue or advice would be great.
well it shouldn't be sleeping in a box...that seems odd, the box should be placed in a tree, if you can get a bird house, enlarge the hole and let it sleep there, cut out the bread, put out fruits and nuts, you can get squirrel food (block food like dog kibble) at pet feed stores. That would be best if you feel it should eat, but I'd leave it be and let it go back to nature, as long as you continue feeding it it won't learn to be a real "squirrel".
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Talk:Audit trigger 91plus
From PostgreSQL wiki
in the audit_table function you are getting a parameter target_table of type regclass which you cast to text and quote_ident afterwards to use in a dynamic SQL statement. To my understanding, the quote_ident can be safely removed and should as the current form makes it impossible to use the trigger on anything that needs a fully qualified name (not in search_path) furthermore, I don't understand why you change the search_path in the middle of the script: SET search_path = pg_catalog, public; Can you explain?
--T.bussmann 18:02, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
reading / quering the audit table
as there were no samples given, I've experimented a bit with the possibilities to make any use of the audit table:
select (populate_record(null::my_table_name, a.row_data)).* from audit.logged_actions a
where a.table_name = 'my_table_name' and (a.row_data -> 'primary_key') = 'pk_value';
not sure this is the best way to do, thus. Comments welcome.
The audit system doesn't require any changes on rename or structural changes to the audited table, which is nice. To read the data back, you need to take care of this, by suppling a matching record type, thus. --T.bussmann 18:15, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
problem with schema
Effectively, the quote_ident calls are useless and prevent the use of the function with schema defined regclass (i.e. schema.table).
So, to make the trigger available on other schemas than public, remove the quote_ident.


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