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Can the same people who brought us search engines, Internet-powered smart phones, and the cloud also help us save the planet from climate change?
At Greenpeace, we think so, which is why we've been pushing the technology sector to provide the energy solutions that can help address climate change as a part of our Cool IT campaign since 2009.
The good news is, technology companies agree with us – having said repeatedly that they can drive transformative change in the consumption and production of energy.
Today, we released our sixth Cool IT Leaderboard, which ranked 21 technology leaders to see if they're fulfilling that promise or not.
Our report couldn't be timelier: Tech giants Google and Facebook have both announced great steps in the past week that will lead to a cleaner energy grid in the United States, with Facebook building its next data center in wind energy rich Iowa, and Google announcing that it had gotten U.S. utility giant Duke Energy to agree to offer a new renewable class of electricity service to large customers in North Carolina.
We haven't evaluated Facebook in our Cool IT Leaderboards, since it's not yet offering services that can directly help us use our energy smarter and cleaner. But we do evaluate Google, and the company's recent leadership with Duke Energy clearly fit into a larger trend, as it tied for the report's lead.
The ranking found that Google and Cisco are leading the way, followed by Ericsson in third place, Fujitsu in fourth, and Sprint, Wipro and HP tied for fifth.
Many companies have continued to make progress in offering products and services to enable a renewably powered economy, and more companies increased their own commitment to renewable energy. However, despite the IT sector's green ambitions, we won't achieve transformational change – a real Energy Revolution – until technology companies use their political power to demand a shift to energy policies that will unlock investment in clean energy solutions.
Monopoly electric utilities, such as Duke Energy in the US or TEPCO in Japan, have shunned the innovative potential of the IT sector in favor of polluting, centralised electricity generation like coal and nuclear power. Those companies have dominated the power grids and markets for over 100 years in many parts of the world, and have entrenched their political power during that reign. But technology companies have political leverage too: they have amassed money and cultural power in recent decades, and can create a counterweight against the polluting lobby, but only if they use their political leverage to push for smarter, cleaner, more efficient energy grids and buildings.
We did find some positive signs of technology companies advocating for smarter energy policies in countries like the U.S., Japan and in India: Sprint, Google, Wipro, and SoftBank all prioritised policy changes to encourage investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
And while it wasn't released in time to be included in this report, Google's announcement that it would push utilities to deliver more renewable energy to large customers, a practice that will start with Duke Energy in North Carolina could be a potential breakthrough; Duke's current energy mix is powered by only 0.2 % renewable energy in the Carolinas, a stark contrast to Google's goal of being 100% renewably powered. Other companies ranked in the Leaderboard, like AT&T, Cisco, Google, IBM and Wipro all operate in North Carolina too, and could work together to follow Google's lead and demand more renewable energy from Duke Energy, or step in to defend state renewable energy policies currently under attack by fossil fuel funded groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Energy decisions this year are getting more and more crucial as we approach climate tipping points. If the technology giants of the world are going to use their voices to promote the smart energy solutions to climate change, they need to do so now.
Check out the report here and see how the brands that you use stack up in the tech sector's efforts to embrace clean energy and help stop climate change.
David Pomerantz is a media officer for Greenpeace's work to push technology companies to lead the shift to a prosperous clean energy economy.
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Science only agrees it "COULD" be a crisis and has never said it "WILL" be a crisis or is imminent, eventual, unavoidable, certain, inescapable or una...
Science only agrees it "COULD" be a crisis and has never said it "WILL" be a crisis or is imminent, eventual, unavoidable, certain, inescapable or unavoidable. Not one single IPCC warning is not swimming in "maybes" and "could bes" and "likelys" and "potentiallys". Science agrees asteroid hits are real but climate change is not as real as an eventual asteroid hit. That is not consensus. That is not a crisis.
So how close to the point of no return from unstoppable warming will the world of science take us before they say it "WILL" happen, not just "might" happen.
Help my house could be on fire maybe?
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what a waste of effort
what a waste of effort
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Why is Nokia not on this list?
Nokia's Here.com location division, former navteq has massive numbers of servers, comparable to some of the r...
Why is Nokia not on this list?
Nokia's Here.com location division, former navteq has massive numbers of servers, comparable to some of the really big guys, to process all the location data it listens to from phones. These servers are located in server farms around the globe that are powered by the cheapest dirtiest energy possible. How come this is missing from your info?
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David, with all due respect, your choices, or should I state your methods of ranking these companies, is in need of some serious reexamination, in my...
David, with all due respect, your choices, or should I state your methods of ranking these companies, is in need of some serious reexamination, in my opinion. I'd gladly discuss in detail if you're interested.
Briefly though, at best the list reflects how some (not all) firms successfully game their corporate social responsibility agendas, and in so doing actually cause a good thing to happen: they pass the message along to customers and other observers to pay more attention to environmentally responsible modes of operations, while improving operational efficiency and saving money to boot, since some of the "real" measures they take are actually beneficial at the margins too.
But such posturing is often merely "talking the talk". When it comes to walking the walk, I find that at least half of the top ten firms named are clinging on to technologies that tend to manifest grotesquelly inneficient and evnironmentally damaging outcomes.
More often than not, such vendors --especially those that enjoy signficant market powers, achieve these ends by proprietary "lock-in" frameworks that perpectuate technology paradigms for twenty or more years, ignoring Moore's Law almost entirely except in areas that make their systems bigger, more powerful and heavier consumers of energy. IMO, you couldn't have selected for your top rankings candidates with more opposite approaches, some of whom are constantly talking, while many of the others are actually doing the walk.
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A Calgary physician who is refusing to prescribe birth control to patients at a walk-in clinic in the city's southwest may not be fulfilling her obligation to patient health, say experts in medical ethics.
"I think this doctor may be, because of her religious attitudes, unable to meet an important range of patients' health needs," said Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, and a former head of the university's biomedical ethics section.
Not prescribing birth control sends a message "maybe unintentionally, maybe quite intentionally," that the doctor is unwilling to have important conversations about patients' sexual and general health, he said.
On Friday, the Herald reported that Dr. Chantal Barry of Westglen Medical Centre does not prescribe birth control due to her personal beliefs. Rather, a sign at the clinic's front desk informs patients "the physician on duty today will not prescribe the birth control pill" when Barry is on shift and clinic staff provide a list of other clinics where birth control is available. Westglen only has one doctor available for walk-in patients at any given time.
Barry declined a request for comment.
But Dr. Ian Mitchell, a bioethicist with the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary, said Barry's stance is "worrisome" and could have repercussions reaching far beyond causing inconvenience for patients seeking birth control.
"The first code of ethics is to put the interest of the patient ahead of yourself," said Mitchell. Physicians should not be required to ignore their personal beliefs, he said, but nor should they allow them to interfere with patient care. While Barry should be commended for her honesty, Mitchell said her stance has the potential to do harm.
For example, women who are on birth control but are seeking medical care for another issue may feel they can't disclose health issues or concerns related to sexual health or lifestyle for fear of judgment.
"It sets up a little barrier, it's saying 'some things, we're not going to deal with.'"
Schafer echoed that sentiment, noting it is the responsibility of physicians to initiate conversations about sex and sexual health as an essential tenet of preventive medicine.
"In effect, this doctor is shutting down the possibility of discussion, dialogue and health counselling about sex," he said. If you're talking about teenagers or young men and women, that's a big part of the preventive role of the physician."
Both Mitchell and Schafer took issue with a response from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, which seemed to downplay the impact Barry's choice would have on patients. CPSA registrar Trevor Theman told the Herald doctors can refuse to provide medical services based on religious or personal belief as long as they ensure patients have timely access to those services by another practitioner. A delay in providing a birth control prescription is "not likely going to disadvantage a patient in a serious way," he said, noting "in an ideal world" patients should look to their family physician for birth control.
But Mitchell said that presumes all patients have access to a family physician, when in fact one in five Calgarians, or 200,000 people, do not.
"I might speculate that young women in particular wanting contraception advice might choose (a walk-in clinic) option rather than a family physician they have known since childhood," he said.
Many newcomers to Calgary also rely on walk-in clinics for primary health care. Amber McKeigan is one of them. The 24-year-old student moved to Calgary from Nova Scotia in 2011 and doesn't have a family doctor in the city.
"As someone who doesn't have a family doctor here in Calgary, I depend on the walk-in clinics near my home or work," she told the Herald in an e-mail.
"If I saw that sign upon walking into a walk-in clinic I would be extremely confused ... and to know that a doctor would refuse to provide birth control based on their personal beliefs is extremely frustrating."
Progressive Conservative party leadership candidate Jim Prentice told reporters Friday that refusing to provide birth control prescriptions is inconsistent with "the obligations that a doctor has within the public health-care system and so there needs to be an investigation into why that's happening and we need to deal with it."
Prentice said he was not aware of the specifics of the case but that "people who practice in the public health system have public obligations to live up to public standards."
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Eve of Destruction
Jon Bougher '06 was the right guy in the right place at the right time. That would be Haiti, January 12, 2010.
By Brenna Fitzgerald
Survival is an instinct. Serendipity an afterthought. That's how it played out for Jon Bougher last January.
The IC sociology graduate was filming a documentary about humanitarian efforts in Haiti for his master's thesis project for the Documentary Institute, formerly of the University of Florida in Gainesville. He and his filming partner, Roman Safiullin, had been following the activities of a rising nonprofit organization, Planting Peace, founded in 2004 by Haitian John Dieubon and American Aaron Jackson. While Bougher and Safiullin were visiting an orphanage run by Planting Peace, an unexpected event happened that changed the course of their film and catapulted them into the national media spotlight.
"We had been filming pretty much all day in a rural part of the country where a new school was being built," says Bougher. "We got back to Delmas 33, which is in Port-au-Prince, and were having a late lunch of rice and beans at the main orphanage. John [Dieubon] was talking about his plans for the future of his community when around 4:44 p.m. we heard a low rumbling. At first I thought it was a large truck. But the rumbling kept building and building and building. I think it took each of us about four or five seconds to realize that this was an earthquake."
The three of them got up, ran outside, and went to the front of the orphanage near a wall. They started to see buildings crumble and hear people screaming.
"It was there that it really hit home for me," says Bougher. "Anyone who hesitated the moment the quake hit was eventually killed. If they were in a structure that wasn't sound in any way, it collapsed on them immediately."
The epicenter of the 7.0 earthquake occurred about 15 kilometers from Port-au-Prince, where an estimated two million people resided. It was deemed the worst earthquake to hit the region in 200 years. Fortunately, the orphanage withstood the tremors, and none of the children was hurt. With only 40 minutes of battery life left on their camera and no electricity to recharge, Bougher and Safiullin went into the streets and started filming.
"What surprised me most was the range of emotions," Bougher recounts. "There were people screaming for loved ones and people praying to God, but others were just walking around in stunned silence. The calm quiet that eventually settled in was very disturbing. But most important, I remember the faces of the orphans, their terrified looks."
For the next two days, Bougher comforted the orphans and watched as the community he had been filming struggled with the quake's aftermath.
"I will always remember a home that completely collapsed, killing an entire family, their pictures scattered on the rocky ground outside as neighbors pulled bodies from the rubble," he says. "I will remember the woman who screamed over her mother's death, her shrieks piercing an eerie calm. And I will remember the bodies lining the street, including a young mother covered in a sheet next to her infant daughter. Our film focuses on people's faces a lot. We wanted to get more personal footage while also looking for material that would give our audience a sense of the destruction that was there."
Bougher's interest in people stems back to his undergraduate work. Starting out in the Roy H. Park School of Communications with interests in photography and fiction film, he switched to sociology in the School of Humanities and Sciences. "I was interested in learning more about people and their experiences and, through that, learning more about myself and how to become a better person," he explains.
After Ithaca, Bougher served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer on the Tohono O'odham Nation, an American Indian reservation in southern Arizona. There, he developed media literacy programs, conducted youth filmmaking workshops, and established the first-ever film festival on the reservation. The experience revived his love of filmmaking and motivated him to enroll in graduate school.
"I still had the bug to combine my interest in people with my interest in film," Bougher recounts. "That's really what I learned at Ithaca — this idea of trying to translate the human experience. I'm interested in helping people to understand others through film and giving them a better sense of the human connection. Documentary film is a great way to do that."
This was the driving force that launched his film work in Haiti before the earthquake hit and determined his choice of subject. Planting Peace has its hands in everything, from building schools and orphanages to eradicating disease to organizing wide-scale local environmental clean-up efforts and protecting endangered species. Bougher's film began by focusing specifically on the organization's efforts to provide deworming medications throughout Haiti, where 80 percent of the population is infected with intestinal parasites that contribute to rampant malnutrition. Anemia, poor cognitive development, weak immune systems, and death are some of the effects of malnutrition. Deworming is not only effective, it's cheap. A mere dollar will deworm 67 children.
Bougher was also impressed by the relationship between the two founders from strikingly opposite origins: Jackson, raised on a wealthy Florida resort, has dedicated his life to eradicating intestinal parasites in Haiti. Dieubon, born and orphaned in Port-au-Prince, is committed to inspiring a new generation of Haitian children. Devotion to improving the quality of life in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere led the pair to establish Planting Peace.
"We were following the story of Aaron and John, their work in Haiti, and their commitment to the children they were helping," Bougher explains. "In that sense we knew the story wasn't going to change. Once we had the earthquake footage, we knew immediately that the film took on a new importance.
"One of the things that really interested me in Haiti was the psychological effect of shock and how it can serve as fuel to aid the country. We wondered how this major catastrophe was going to affect John and Aaron and their view of their work and their relationship. If anything, it emboldened their work. John, who is probably the most optimistic man I've ever met in terms of being passionate about Haiti, was definitely struggling with what happened. He literally went into the streets after the earthquake, bringing bodies into the morgue, where they were stacked six feet high. He had trouble dealing with that, but I think it made him realize that this was an opportunity that could lead to changes for a better future. This is reflected in the film."
After being evacuated from Haiti a few days after the earthquake, Bougher and Safiullin were surprised to learn that they had been reported missing and to find the media eagerly waiting to interview them. Within a day they had guest appearances scheduled on the Today Show, MSNBC, and Fox News, where they revealed some of their footage and talked about their experiences while advocating for help in Haiti. The Chronicle of Higher Education and the Gainesville Sun were among the newspapers to pick up their story.
"Unfortunately, the media attention on Haiti has faded, pushing this tragedy to the recesses of our newspapers and minds," Bougher told the IC Department of Sociology for a web announcement it was preparing shortly after his return, "but we must use this as an opportunity to study the seemingly intractable problems of the third world. The people of Haiti, living only a stone's throw from the United States, should never be forgotten. I want to open up a discussion about the situation there and why it isn't getting any better. I hope our film (Bound by Haiti) will help send this message across the country and, hopefully, the world."
Today, on the eve of the anniversary of the tragedy that killed more than 230,000, injured 300,000 plus, left more than a million people homeless, and created 20 million cubic meters of rubble, 1.3 million people are still living in about 1,350 overcrowded, unsanitary relief camps that were supposed to be temporary. The long stays, coupled with dwindling food, have spawned violence and high levels of rape. Heavy rains and flooding last October have demolished some of these structures and killed at least 12 people. To make matters worse, more than 140,000 of these people have been threatened with eviction from landowners, and according to reports published in October in the New York Times, 28,000 have actually been evicted. Cholera, should it break out in the camps, threatens to take an even graver toll.
Walter Kaelin, a top U.N. representative on human rights, says Haiti is still in the midst of a profound crisis. While he urges speedier reconstruction, suspicions abound that those with political connections have been — and will be — the first to benefit from those efforts. As of October, international donors have pledged nearly $10 billion, but only about 15 percent of it has reached Haiti for reconstruction.
"While earthquakes are not preventable, the scale of destruction that occurred in Haiti could have been avoided," says Bougher. "Generations of international indifference and government corruption created a weak infrastructure that literally collapsed on its people. Roman and I feel we have a special responsibility, not only with our film, but also to Haiti itself. The Haitian people are incredibly resilient, and you can't help but be inspired after living with them. When you're connected in that way, and you share an experience like we shared, there's an unshakeable human bond. Haiti will be a part of me for the rest of my life."
Bound by Haiti screened at the New Hampshire Film Festival in October and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in November 2010.
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"Jon Bougher '06 was the right guy in the right place at the right time. That would be Haiti, January 12, 2010."
What a strange lead... think about it!
Seriously...did a college with a Communications school really just make this the lead line? Really?
What was right about having an observer during a devastating earthquake that took the lives of thousands?! I'm tired of seeing Haiti become the fodder for zealous journalist looking to advance their careers.


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After spending the last 20+ years of my life experiencing night terrors, I decided to find out more about this sleep disorder. I hope the following will help shed some light on the subject.
People who have night terrors are often misdiagnosed. The most common one is a simple nightmare. Any of you who have had a night terror can say they aren't even close! Another common misdiagnosis (especially among veterans) is PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. For this reason I have included a description of the difference between nightmares and night terrors.
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Ongoing research is being done on scheduled awakening therapy, which has been shown to cure night terrors in 9 out of 10 in children. Scheduled awakening therapy involves waking the child from sleep 15–30 minutes before the episodes typically occur to interrupt the sleep cycle and prevent the onset of a night terror. A research group at Stanford University is conducting a study for an investigational treatment that uses a non-medication, at-home sleep management system to perform scheduled awakenings. To find out more about this ongoing research, visit: Stanford University Night Terrors Research Site. (Update: The research was successfully completed and a company formed on the basis of the results sells a product to treat night terrors).
Nightmares occur during the dream phase of sleep known as REM sleep. Most people enter the REM stage of sleep sometime after 90 minutes of sleep. The circumstances of the nightmare will frighten the sleeper, who usually will wake up with a vivid memory of a long movie-like dream. Night terrors, on the other hand, occur during a phase of deep non-REM sleep usually within an hour after the subject goes to bed. This is also known as stage 4. (A link to a sleep stages chart can be found on the navigation bar to the left) During a night terror, which may last anywhere from five to twenty minutes, the person is still asleep, although the sleepers eyes may be open. When the subject does wake up, they usually have no recollection of the episode other than a sense of fear. This, however, is not always the case. Quite a few people interviewed can remember portions of the night terror, and some remember the whole thing.
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June 17, 2010 -- When Brad Meltzer's first son was born, Meltzer asked himself what kind of man he wanted his son to become.
To help his son along, he wrote "Heroes for My Son," a collection of short vignettes about great men and women in history who inspire courage and character -- traits Meltzer hoped to pass along to his son.
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I was stuck at a red light. It wasn't a particularly long light. But I remember the moment because it was dark and it was quiet?the first moment of quiet on the day my son, Jonas, was born.
And there I was, stuck at this red light.
It was one of those moments where you sit outside your body -- like your first kiss, or that first time someone in your family dies -- and you're looking down, knowing that the moment is so personally vital, the only way to comprehend it is to witness it from somewhere else.
So as I sat there, gripping the steering wheel of our little banged-up car, I remember looking up at the crisp black sky and thinking of this baby boy we were just blessed with. That's when it hit me -- and when I asked myself the question for the very first time: What kind of man did I want my son to be?
I have three children now. I've long ago realized I have little say in the matter.
But I still love that moment. That pure, beautiful moment where you get to think of your newborn child, and every door and every possibility is just waiting there, perfectly open. You can dream as big as you want in that moment. That baby of yours may be the future President of the United States, or a creative genius, or a big thinker, or best yet, the kind of person who leaves the world better than he found it.
It's a moment where there are no limits or detours or any of the restrictions that reality eventually brings. And it was in that moment of unbridled love and pure naïveté that this book was born.
I decided right there that I'd write this book over the course of my son's life -- that I'd fill it with advice and good ideas. I started that very night, writing the instructions that he needed to be a good man:
1. Love God.
2. Be nice to the fat kid in class.
The plan was that I'd add more ideas throughout his lifetime, and then one day when he was older, he'd thank me, realizing what a brilliant father I was (I'd assumed Cat Stevens would be playing in the background. Norman Rockwell would of course be resurrected to paint the moment).
It was the day my son was born. I'm allowed mushy.
And so, on that day, I began this book.
Of course, it was crap.
Sure, there was some good advice in there. But most of it was just sentimental manure -- the ramblings of someone who clearly had never been a parent. I mean, did I really think that if I said, "Be good," my son would be good?
So I started thinking of my own life: Where did I learn kindness? Who taught me about the benefits of patience? I didn't have to look far. Sure, my Mom and Dad laid the foundation. But when I thought of my first real hero, it was my grandfather, Ben Rubin.
When I was little, my grandfather knew I loved hearing Batman stories, so he'd always tell me this one story that went like this: "Batman and Robin were in the Batmobile. And they were riding along the edge of a curving cliff. And up ahead of them was a white van, which held the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman. And as they drove along this cliff, Batman and Robin caught them."
That's when I'd look him right in the eyes and whisper, "Tell it again."
He'd smile at me and say, "Batman and Robin were in the Batmobile. And they were riding along the edge of a curving cliff…"
And when it was done, I'd say, "Tell it again."
And he would.
It was the same story every time. Just four sentences long. Batman and Robin were in the Batmobile… But he told me this story over and over simply because he knew I loved hearing it.
That's a hero to me.
In that action, he taught me about love and compassion and dedication. He taught me the power of creativity. He opened the first window of my imagination. And most of all, as I looked back on it, he showed me the true impact of a well-told story.
That's what I wanted for my son.
From there, I started looking for more heroes. I wanted to hear their stories -- the ones no one knew. It made sense to me -- especially since, as a parent, the only lesson we ever teach is the one that comes from example.
One of the first stories I heard was about the Wright Brothers. A friend told me that every day Orville and Wilbur Wright went out to fly their plane, they would bring enough materials for multiple crashes. That way, when they crashed, they could rebuild the plane and try again. Think about it a moment: every time they went out -- every time -- they knew they were going to fail. But that's what they did: Crash and rebuild. Crash and rebuild. And that's why they finally took off.
I loved that story. I still love that story. And that's the kind of story I wanted my son to hear: a story that wouldn't lecture to him, but would show him that if he was determined…if he wasn't afraid to fail…if he had persistence (and a side order of stubbornness), the impossible becomes possible.
Since that time, I've been collecting heroes and their stories for my son (though of course, every hero in here is heroic for both boys and girls alike. Every single one.). There are thousands of heroes. And I think that's what I like best. There is proof -- absolute proof -- everywhere. Look around at any life and you'll find examples of charity and honesty, leadership and humility, tenacity and dignity. These are the tools I want my sons to have. Indeed, as this book got started, it became even more important as my younger son, Theo, was born. I want these tools for Theo too.
Does that mean every hero in the world is in here? Of course not. I purposely left out most religious leaders so there'd be no battling among faiths.
You'll see heroes you know, like Jim Henson and Eleanor Roosevelt. There are others who are not as well known, like Frank Shankwitz and Barbara Johns. And there are others who seem almost ridiculously obvious, like George Washington or Rosa Parks. But to be clear, this is not a book about fame. Thomas Jefferson isn't in here just because he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He's in here because he didn't publicize that fact (indeed, it didn't become common knowledge that he was the author until years after he was president), showing the kind of modesty that I want my sons to know about.
Before each hero is a piece of related advice -- from strangers, from friends, from whomever I could find good life counsel. At my highest aspiration, this isn't a book about how to be remembered -- it's a book about how we live our lives and what we are capable of on our very best days.
Is that schmaltzy and naive? I hope so. Because I want my sons to learn those things too.
We all are who we are -- until that moment when we strive for something greater.
In the end, I suppose there are easier ways to share life's most valuable lessons with my sons. There were moments where I thought about doing it Mr. Miyagi style and teaching it through karate. But I don't know karate. And so I do the only thing I know how to do: I tell a story. Just like my grandfather taught me all those years ago.
- Brad Meltzer
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2009
The Wright Brothers
Innovators, Inventors of the world's first flying machine - 1903
When it was time to try building the first flying machine, the Smithsonian Institution had incredible resources and millions in funding. Bicycle salesmen Orville and Wilbur Wright had the paper airplane their father gave them as children and a dream that they refused to give up on. Guess who won?
Every day, they knew they'd fail.
Every time they'd go out to fly -- every time -- they brought extra materials because they knew their fledgling design would crash.
Crash and rebuild. Crash and rebuild.
But never ever, ever give up.
"If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance." – Orville Wright
Teri Meltzer
Designer, My Mom
It was the worst day of my professional life.
My publisher was shutting down, and we had no idea if another publisher would take over my contract.
This was terrifying to me. I was wracked with fear, feeling like I was watching my career deteriorate.
But as I shared my fears with my mother, her reaction was instantaneous:
"I'd love you if you were a garbage man."
It wasn't anything she practiced. It was just her honest feelings at that moment.
To this day, every day that I sit down to write, I say those words to myself -- "I'd love you if you were a garbage man" -- soaking in the purity and selflessness of that love from my mother.
Her name was Teri Meltzer. And Theo, she's the woman you're named after.
"Now you'll understand how I love you." – Teri Meltzer, said to me when each of my children was born.
"Not everyone is nice like that." - The receptionist in my Mom's doctor's office, when she heard my Mom had died from breast cancer.
Always remember: The truth is what people say behind your back.
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Wine auctions tend to get a bum rap for being uptight, snooty affairs that aren't comfortable places for the average wine enthusiast. Truth is, many wine auctions are just the opposite—fun, laid-back events where people of all walks gather to talk shop while finding some great deals on wine. Even better, they're often free and open to the public with lots of food and wine available to enjoy while you watch or participate in the bidding action. But in case you're worried that you'll look—and act—like a bumbling neophyte at your first live wine auction, we have some tips for navigating your way through the process.
Be prepared. "Everything leading up to a live auction is the info-gathering stage," says Jason Boland, president of Spectrum Wine Auctions. Look through the catalogue carefully to determine what lots you might want to bid on, then research them. Most auction houses offer free downloads of their catalogs on their websites, and a digital version of the catalog makes searching for what you want easier. Spectrum's site even offers 360-degree views of the bottles so you can inspect their condition, fill levels, labels, etc. "The catalogues are also a learning tool," says Kris Briggs, Spectrum's marketing manager. "There are tasting notes and articles written by well-known food and wine industry professionals."
What not to wear. Perfume and cologne are no-no's at wine auctions because they interfere with the smell of the wine, but otherwise, unless an auction stipulates a dress code, feel free to dress casually. "I've seen everything from shorts and Hawaiian shirts to slacks," says Amanda Keston, auctioneer and director of client services at Spectrum.
Be prompt. Spectrum's experts recommend arriving early so you can get familiar with the location. Besides, there's a check-in process that requires you to provide your contact information, picture I.D. and payment information. Once you're checked-in, you'll get your paddle.
Don't be intimidated. There are usually plenty of staff members on hand at auctions to answer questions, so don't be afraid to seek them out—they're there to help make the process easy and stress-free.
Take a seat. Be sure to park yourself in a spot where you know the auctioneer will notice you. The center of the room is usually best. And once you start bidding on an item, stay put. If you get up and walk around, you'll make it harder for the auctioneer to keep track of you—and it'll be harder for your bids to be seen.
Use your paddle. "Some bidders have their own distinctive way of bidding," says Boland. They may simply raise their pen, or a finger. But that doesn't mean any random movement will be misconstrued as bidding. "If you scratch your nose or move your elbow, you're not automatically bidding," adds Keston. And if you happen to wave to a friend and the auctioneer thinks you're bidding, just speak up and make it clear you're not. In the end, if you want to bid, you want to get noticed, and that's where the paddle comes in. Besides giving the auctioneer your bidder number, a paddle is eye-catching. "It's always best to hold something up so you get seen," Boland says. "A lot of times, if someone isn't distinctive enough, they might lose out." That said, waving your paddle around wildly will surely make you look like a newbie. Once you get noticed with your paddle, a raised hand is fine. If the bidding surpasses your limit, shake your head or turn away from the auctioneer to let him or her know you're not interested in bidding higher.
Pay attention to bid increments. Auction houses set their own bidding increments, meaning the amounts in which bids are accepted. They are usually published in the back of the current auction catalog, and it's somewhat intuitive. For example, bids for lots in the $0 to $1,000 range will likely go up in $50 increments. Lots between $1,000 and $2,000 would then go up in $100 increments, and those between $2,000 and $3,000 would go up in $200 increments, and so on. You can try to finagle a little price-cutting, but do so with caution. "A cut bid allows you to bid half of an increment," says Boland. So, if the lot you're interested in is at $300, and the next bid is $350, you can ask for a cut bid of $325. The international symbol for this is to hold your hand at a right angle, which means half. But keep in mind that cut bids should only be used when you're sure no one will outbid you. "It's a very strategic move," says Boland. "You can only do it one time (while bidding on a particular lot)." If you ask for a cut bid, and someone outbids you, you can't bid on that lot again. "The person who offered the cut bid is out."
Settle up. Prompt payment isn't only a courtesy, it's practical. If you delay paying for your purchases, you could incur attorney's fees. And remember that the hammer price isn't usually the sale price. The sale price will likely include a commission or "buyer's premium" —usually a percentage of the sale price—as well as any applicable tax. Not only that, you don't typically take your wine home with you the same day. "We can offer pickups for people," says Boland. "But typically most people want their wine shipped to them." And shipping charges are nothing to sneeze at.
A Few Pointers for Online Auctions
Do your research. If you have any questions about an item, e-mail seller before placing a bid. And make sure you read the terms of sale carefully, which will spell out shipping and payment details and any fees. It's very bad form to bid on something and win it, then have to retract your bid when you realize the seller can't legally ship the item to you.
Pay promptly. The sooner you pay for your wine, the sooner you'll get it. Plus, it gives the seller peace of mind. Try to settle up within five days.
Provide constructive feedback. Some online auctions, like eBay, allow you to leave feedback, which is not only useful for the seller, it's useful for other potential bidders, too. But keep in mind that negative feedback can really hurt, so if you have a problem, contact the seller first to try to see if they can work something out with you.
Ship smart. Shipping on your bottle can cost almost as much as the bottle itself. However, buying more wine usually makes the shipping a better deal. For example, shipping on one bottle might be $13, but shipping for a case might be $48, or $4 per bottle. But what if there's only one bottle of the wine you want? Some online wine auctions will agree to hold your winnings for a short while—from a week to a month—allowing you to bid more and consolidate your winnings into one shipment.


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Extend kitchen cabinetry to the ceiling.
Designers David Zacharko and David Yustin's clever space includes a rolling library ladder for easy access of the highest cupboards. A window seat gives the owners' three kids a cosy spot to hang out.
Use every square inch.
Designer Lisa Rogers transformed an extra bedroom into an elaborate storage space. The absence of doors allows homeowner Patricia Lovett-Reid to see all of her clothes at a glance. A freestanding unit in the centre of the room provides more storage and a spot to lay out outfits.
For more design and decorating ideas, browse our Home Organization Tricks photo gallery.
Make hallways work hard in a small space.
In a compact urban condo, architect Anne-Marie Fleming essentially turned the hall into a walk-in closet.
Sneak storage in.
Homeowner and designer Sarah Callanan added shelving in clever ways to maximize space in her 900-square-foot loft. Books and magazines tuck neatly into the side of a fireplace.
Store towels in style.
Stocking open shelves with plush folded towels creates a hotel-chic look. A neutral base and a large mirror visually expands this small space. Invest in new lighting: recessed lights and sconces keep a windowless bathroom bright and inviting.
Dress up functional storage with a tailored table skirt.
Fresh green fabric makes this sideboard pop. Black occasional chairs offer contrast and symmetry, not to mention additional seating.
Wallpaper the back of open shelving for a playful, custom look.
Put a seasonal twist on a favourite hutch by facing the back of the shelves with gingham wallpaper. Work in small batches, cutting the wallpaper to fit in the spaces between the shelves. Place strips of double-sided tape around the perimeter and across the middle of each space and firmly press the wallpaper in place. For a seamless look, line up the pattern from shelf to shelf so it reads as one solid piece.
Get more ideas in our DIY & Home Improvement section.
Be creative with walls.
The first item designer Karen Cole and artist Virginia Kelly bought together, when renovating Kelly's Toronto Victorian, was this Lucite étagère. According to Cole, the piece was intended "to display, catch and filter light, and subtly divide space."
For more design and decorating ideas, browse our Home Organization Tricks photo gallery.
Create a rotating display with a sleek picture rail.
Homeowner Emily Norris leans a changing mixture of artwork on picture rails in her dining room to keep the look fresh. Putting drawings, paintings and photos on display is a great way to make sure they don't pile up in boxes or in closets.
Use flowing drapery to smartly conceal a storage wall.
Although Norris thought she'd use Plexiglas for doors on the storage wall, she found that the kitchen was looking a bit too industrial, so she opted to outfit it with simple white curtains instead.
Give everything a place.
Clear plastic dividers keep drawers organized and make the most of the space inside the vanity. Separate containers for cotton balls, cosmetics and cleansers also mean things are found quickly, so time isn't lost searching through messy drawers. "It's so easy to get ready in the morning, because everything is right there," says homeowner Rachel Meikle. "Before, I was digging through a makeup bag under the counter.""
For more design and decorating ideas, browse our Budget Bathroom Makeover photo gallery, or see a video tour of this bathroom in our Online TV segment.
Think outside the box.
A rolling storage cart does double duty in a backyard lean-to, easily moved closer to the door to serve as a temporary drinks station for outdoor entertaining. All cocktail necessities are arranged on the top shelf for easy access, while a metal tub filled with ice beside the cart helps keep drinks cool. A set of café curtains keeps the space from feeling too shed-like, and a potted hydrangea tree brings the outside in.
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CBD is a non-psychoactive chemical that is found in the cannabis plant. New studies on CBD are generating all over the world and there is a lot of study going on in regards to the varied benefits of CBD Energy Shots. With so many new products on the market today, it can be challenging at best to determine which ones will work for which conditions. So it should come as no surprise that a guide like this may be needed to sort through the various types of products and decide which products may benefit you the most.
Most consumers who have an interest in cannabis have seen new and innovative CBD Energy Shot products cropping up all over the place.
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CBD Rich Oil
This is derived from the CBD and has no THC so it has no chance of causing psychoactive effects. The THC is the compound that is responsible for causing the psychoactive effects. The CBD eases pain and inflammation and more. CBD is extracted from the flowers of the cannabis plant. The extract is then mixed with hemp seed oil, olive oil, coconut oil or other oils. The CBD is mixed to aid in the digestive process, without mixing it wouldn't digest properly.
Keep in mind that hemp seed oil is vastly different than CBD oil. Hemp seed oil comes from the seeds of the hemp plant. CBD oil comes from the flowers of the cannabis plant. The best products will use cold pressed hemp seeds and they impart a delicious flavor to the products that they are included in. Hemp seeds have no THC or CBD in them whatsoever.
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While CBD oil is widely and readily available both online and offline like CBD Energy Shots, it would be advisable to look for a certified and trusted supplier for the same. You do not want to use an inferior product in the name of CBD oil.
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CBD Crystals
These are derived from the plant and then further refined to isolate only the CBD compound. The product is then put through a winterization process and slowly heated up to remove any fats or lipids from the product. A rotary evaporator is then utilized to remove any remaining traces of the plant material. Finally, you have a decarboxylated product via a meticulous heating process that activates the cannabinoids and renders the chemicals to be bioavailable for the consumers who purchase the products.
More versatile than the oils, the CBD crystals are able to be added into cooking, drinks, swallowed whole as a pill, however, they can also be dabbed or made into an e-liquid to be smoked. Crystals can also be sprinkled over cigarettes or joints.
Pros And Cons Of Crystals
Crystals are very highly concentrated forms of CBD. In many cases, they are 99.8 percent pure. Producing a more instantaneous effect than other methods, they offer up a quick solution for pain or inflammation. However, since you're only isolating one of the many cannabinoids, you're losing a variety of terpenes from your final product.
CBD E-Liquids
E-liquids are designed specifically to be used in e-cigarettes or vaporizers. Starting with pure CBD crystals, they precisely measure out the dosage of CBD. They then combine this with vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol. The higher quality products such as Harmony will then add in terpenes and aromatic compounds from the cannabis plant in order to enhance the flavor of the final product.
These can then be used to replace nicotine in e-liquids in regular e-cigarettes or portable vaporizers. All you have to do is add in the e-liquid to the tank in the vaporizer and follow the instructions for inhaling the vapor. When prepared properly, you can use them in all of your e-cigs. Some e-cigs aren't able to be manually refilled, however, there are refills available for these that offer CBDs.
E-cigarettes are a trend today and they are discreet and convenient for travelers and those who wish to vape in areas where smoking in strictly prohibited. You can find these in various dosages and you can use them discreetly at your own discretion.
CBD Tea
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Always brew your tea in hot water and remember to add in the milk or cream or coconut oil. This will offer a weaker delivery of the product, but it will still give you many of the benefits of the products mentioned above.
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CBD has quickly moved up the ranks as the second most commonly studied cannabinoid after THC. Used in the oil form, it's long been touted as a solution for a variety of ailments. We've long considered CBD oil to be a solution to pain, inflammation and more. Made up of the blossoms, the stalks and the leaves of the hemp plant, it's a member of the marijuana family. It has micronutrients of THC and thus doesn't make one high. It's often used in health and wellness plans to improve the health of those who are struggling with inflammation and pain.
Unlike its relative hempseed oil, CBD oil doesn't contain the same vitamins and nutrients that are pressed from the hemp seeds. However, it's still highly-sought after and offers up a significant alternative in health and wellness. It's often referred to as hemp oil.
Unlike hempseed oil, it does not contain the very same vitamins as well as other nutrients as oil pressed from hemp seeds, however, is still a
What're The Health Benefits Of Cbd?
CBD is just one of the various cannabinoids that are located in marijuana and hemp. While not psychedelic, it's being used more and more to help in the treatment of a variety of medical conditions including cancer treatment and childhood epilepsy.
Less frequently examined in the scientific realm in comparison to its psychoactive relative, it has expanded into other clinical trials with promising results. These studies include the use of CBD oil as an anti-psychotic treatment.
Perhaps the most formal medical trials, up until now, for CBD have been done by GW Pharma which is a British pharmaceutical company that makes both CBD as well as THC medications from cannabis. Currently, the business is awaiting approval for its medications of CBD that are designed to deal with childhood epilepsy.
On a more practical level, CBD is believed to enhance sleep and improve the quality of sleep. It also helps to reduce anxiety and relieve tension and works well as an anti-inflammatory. For this reason, it's become far more prominent as a dietary supplement and is being utilized for this reason far more frequently.
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What Are The Results?
While not psychedelic, CBD doesn't make a person high. It functions within the endocannabinoid system of the body and enhances their function in a variety of ways working on the CBD receptors within a person body. While there are many advantages similar to the effects of THC, it doesn't give the same properties in making a person high.
CBD, unlike THC, also doesn't boost the CB1 nor the CB2 receptors either. It simply turns on receptors that for whatever reason, weren't on. This is especially true of vanilloid and adenosine and the serotonin receptors that could thus modulate the activities of the cannabinoid receptors. Vanilloid or TRPV receptors can moderate the sensation of discomfort as well as body temperature and inflammation. It can reduce pain and encourage the body to relax.
Adenosine receptors, on the other hand, maintain the blood flow and minimize the influence that the THC has on the body. Serotonin receptors help to regulate the neurotransmitters functioning as well as how they affect the state of mind or well-being. There are clearly many ways that the CBD is adjusting the body and new ways are always being discovered. Science is continuing to research the myriad of benefits of CBD.
What Are The Uses Of CBD Oil?
Just as in THC, CBD has long been shown to offer anti-inflammatory as well as anti-epileptic benefits. It's used for this in many conditions including chronic pain and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's also used to counteract the psychedelic effect of the THC.
Thus, it's well worth keeping in mind that studies are ongoing regarding how it helps with a myriad of health conditions. Many countries don't consider CBD to be medication. Some, consider it to be more of a dietary supplement and believe that it can help to reduce anxiety as well as improve overall well-being.
Ways To Ingest CBD Oil
Is CBD Oil Safe?
The short answer is yes. Any harmful products of CBD are from the manufacturer of the products, not the products themselves. The introduction of pesticides and other ingredients in the vapor oils and other palatable items would be harmful to the body. Thus, always ensure the source of your CBD Oil and ensure that it's been properly grown and prepared without any pesticide intervention.
Are There Any Harmful Side Effects of CBD?
The broad answer to this question is no. There aren't any cannabinoids which have had any adverse reactions or effects. Prior to starting any supplement or CBD oil regimen, it's wise to ensure that you're medically healthy by having a physician check you over and give you the go ahead. It will slow down your saliva production and give you a dry mouth as well as change how the other medications in your body act within your body and are metabolised.
Additionally, there is much to be learned to form the preliminary research that suggests that CBD, when absorbed in higher amounts, can work well for many conditions including Parkinson's Disease and other conditions that involve trembling. Ideally, you'll have a clearer understanding of how CBD oils work within your body after you've read this document. Research into CBD oil is ongoing and more is being learned every day.


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As we were walking back from supper at Louie's Chinese Restaurant #2, we spied a white GMC MotorHome that looked like it'd been painted with a brush. Pedro, with its salt air, light breeze, Southern California sun and "Trespassers Will Be Eaten" signs, is the perfect place for such a vehicle. In fact, it would be the perfect Jalopnik Mobile Command Post, suitable for car shows, races, and anywhere a 455-powered front-drive vehicle that isn't a Toronado may be required. The GMC MotorHome may have slipped down PCH from Malibu Barbie to Pedro Davey, but damn if we're not in lust all over again.
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Actors : Male part is played by someone similar in age/appearance to Ryan Reynolds/Gosling. Female protagonist, not sure. There is a 3rd actress who is 'not much shown in scenes' but plays a very important role in this movie.
Date : A movie probably in the timeline 2003 - 2010. Its a 2000s movie anyway.
Story: I faintly remember it and there are 2 possible plots and one of them is right:
Plot 1: The hero and heroine meet each other and fall in love and due to some turn of events get separated geographically and are remaining apart. In the course of the movie they are in their run to meet each other.
Plot2: The hero and heroine have not met each other in person but knows about each other by some form of indirect communication. In the course of the movie they are in their run to meet each other.
Be it Plot1 or Plot2, the 3rd female actor I mentioned about is a friend of the female lover. She knows about the 2 lovers and their relationship. During the course of the movie she acts to keep them separated/meeting from each other. But this intention of hers is only revealed at the end of the movie and is the "suspense". It turns out that it was only because this 3rd female character had a crush on the male protagonist. The 3rd character herself confesses about all what she had done to keep them from meeting each other. But eventually both the lovers are united.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin taking steps to freeze civilian hiring, delay some contract awards and curtail some maintenance to prepare for drastic budget cuts if Congress can't reach an agreement on a final spending plan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, Panetta said that department officials must also develop detailed plans to implement unpaid furloughs for civilian personnel. The furloughs would kick in if the automatic cuts are triggered.
But Panetta said he has asked defense leaders to ensure that any initial moves they make now should be reversible if at all possible, and they must minimize harmful effects on military readiness.
"The simple fact is that this fiscal uncertainty has become a serious threat to our national security," Panetta said during a Pentagon press conference. "We really have no choice but to prepare for the worst."
The Pentagon is facing a spending reduction of nearly $500 billion over a decade. An additional $110 billion in automatic spending cuts to military and domestic programs will take effect in early March if no agreement is reached.
At the same time, Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted that Congress has not passed the 2013 defense department budget proposed by the Pentagon last year, and has instead just approved spending equal to the 2012 fiscal year levels. As a result, Panetta said if Congress fails to pass a new budget or avoid the automatic cuts the Pentagon will have to find an almost immediate $40 billion in savings.
And Dempsey said overall the department would have to absorb as much as $52 billion in cuts to planned spending by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
In order to protect the troops still fighting in Afghanistan, Dempsey said the effect on the rest of the force would be devastating.
"Operations, maintenance and training will be gutted. We'll ground aircraft, return ships to port, and sharply curtail training across the force," Dempsey said. "We'll be unable to reset the force following a decade of war. Our readiness will begin to erode. Within months, we'll be less prepared. Within a year, we'll be unprepared."
He stressed, however, that he will not shortchange troops in combat or wounded warriors and their families.
Panetta's guidance was laid out in a four-page memo to department heads that outlined the "near-term actions" they should take including potentially firing any temporary hires, informing some contract employees that they will not be renewed, curtail travel, training, conferences, and spending on supplies, and cut money from base operations.
He said that by Feb. 15, officials must cancel ship, aviation and depot maintenance for the third and fourth quarters
Panetta, who has consistently been harshly critical of Congress' impasse on the budget, said he understands that the politics are difficult, but lawmakers in Washington need to have the same courage as the military troops fighting on the warfront. A former budget director in the Clinton administration, when afiscal impasse forced lawmakers to briefly shut down the federal government, Panetta said the political tenor in town has worsened.
"When we dealt with Reagan as president, and when we dealt with Bush as president, it was a Democratic Congress. The (House) speakers at the time really felt that if we could work out agreements with the president, that even though a Republican president would benefit, a Democratic Congress would benefit, as well, by governing the nation," recalled Panetta. "For whatever reason, that concept has been lost."
Now, he said, "I think that there's an attitude that governing isn't necessarily good politics, that gridlock and confrontation is good politics. And I think we pay a price for that."


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won't. stop. meowing. at. 4AM!!
Otis will be 13 years old this month. I've had him since he was three months old. He has never had any health issues of any kind.
In the last three years he and Marshall (same age, unrelated) have been meowing outside my bedroom door. Early on it would start around 6:45AM when my alarm would go off. They'd meow until I got up to feed them which would be about half an hour later after hitting snooze a few times so it wasn't so bad.
In the last year and a half I've been living with my boyfriend and due to his allergies, the cats can't sleep in our bedroom. Before, when I lived on my own, I'd let them sleep with me every once and a while.
Lately, Otis had been getting up around 5AM and meowing/meowling outside our bedroom door. He would never go back to sleep after waking and could easily sit outside and meow for the next three hours straight, never taking a break.
I've tried spraying him with water but he just takes it and continues to purr then runs to his food dish to wait for food. I used to give in and feed them because it was the only way I could get back to sleep but I've stopped doing this because I don't want Otis to associate me with his meowing and then me getting up.
Sometimes he will "beat up" Marshall outside our bedroom door. Marshall would growl at him and often Otis would pounce right on him so that their bodies are literally wrestling against the door. It could go on for quite some time as Otis can be relentless, even if Marshall is able to escape I can hear the wrestling match carry on down the hall. The minute I'd get up to break up the fight, Marshall would take cover somewhere and Otis would just run right to his food bowl.
I've tried leaving heaps of food in their dish before bed but it's just eaten within a couple of hours anyway.
I bought a food timer that I set to open at 5:AM but Otis is smart enough to know what's in there and actually figured out how to get the tray out even while the timed flaps are locked shut. I don't know how he does it but if he wasn't meowing outside our door, he's slamming the dishes against the wall, down the hardwood floor. I once found them up against the coat rack by the front door? So then, I bought a rubber mat that prevented the dishes from sliding around and would secure them on carpet between two dining room chairs. So, even if Otis was trying to break into them, I couldn't hear the banging of them against the wall or being pushed down the hallway.
Otis now rises at 4:00AM like clockwork. Sometimes it's actually bang on at 4:11AM for days on end. And he'll sit, outside our door and meow non-stop. It feels like torture for me. It feels like I'm becoming sleep deprived. It would be one thing if he'd meow a couple of times, give up, and go back to sleep but he doesn't stop. It's incessant and it can easily go on for several hours.
I've tried a pheromone collar which worked one night and even then he might have been silent because he was despondent over something foreign being around his neck. The next night he was back to meowing outside our door at an ungodly hour.
Three days ago I took Otis to the vet as I'd read that meowling in the middle of the night can be attributed to thyroid problems, or other health issues but his check came back normal. He had temperature, bloodwork, and urinanalysis and all were clear. Not even subtle abnormalities. His teeth are also fine.
The vet prescribed him 5mg of Valium which he broke in half. I am to give Otis half a pill every night before bed. Last night was day two. On the first night he was meowling at 2:30AM (two hours earlier than normal!!) however, luckily this stopped for a couple of hours but he was still up at his usual 4AM time meowing outside our door. Last night, same thing. Nothing's changed.
I wonder if perhaps if I give him the dose at 9:30/10:00PM when I usually go to bed that by 4:00AM - 6 hours later - the Valium might be worn off by then. So, tonight I will try to go to bed but set my alarm at midnight to give him the pill then. I called the vet as well to ask if perhaps I can give him a full tab instead of half.
Outside of this I am reaching out to anyone who is experiencing/has experienced this in their cat. I am at the stage of complete helplessness and can't imagine having to go through this every single morning for the next however many years of his life. I even consider popping the Valium myself!! And I'm not a prescription pill taker!!
I know that it may have to do with jealousy, or feeling like he wants my affection but I go out of my way to lavish him with attention before we all go to bed. We all do. On the weeks when my boyfriends kids are here the cats will cuddle with us on the sofa while we watch our shows. It's only really during the night time when Otis is without human contact. I just can't let him sleep in our bed because then my boyfriend's allergies are awful.
Is there anything I can try that I've missed? Please. I am desperate.
Oh boy, I thought I had it bad! I feel your pain. Although I have to question the wisdom of the vet prescribing Valium in this situation since it's actually an appetite stimulant.
How much exercise does Otis get? Do you think if you were to tire him out (or as much as would be considered safe for a 13 yr old) with a boisterous play session just before bed, that might help?
Instead of the pheromone collar, you could try a Feliway pheromone diffuser or 2 around the house.
I'm not usually a fan of adversives, but you might have to resort to something like SSSCat Cat Repellant for the time being. It emits a pssst of air when a cat enters within the range of the motion detector, scaring (but otherwise not harming) the cat. You could place one outside your bedroom door when you go to bed.
Perhaps earplugs are an option? That combined with 100% adherence to NOT getting up when Otis cries, no matter how persistent he is, should eventually extinguish his behaviour. But it takes only one time of giving in to reinforce it exponentially. Kinda like someone playing slots at the casino.
I wish you luck!! 2 of my 4 cats are early risers, and I don't have a bedroom door to close.
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
Just a little update. I called my vet after posting this frenzied mess above and told him that the Valium was doing nothing. He told me it was okay to up the dose to a full pill rather than half.
Re: The Valium, I too wondered about the appetite stimulant and wondered why he was prescribing Otis that when the issue really seems to be that he wants food. But, I was just so desperate. I'm wondering now if there are such things as sleeping pills for cats.
Last night I tried something different before I upped Otis' dose. I didn't give him any Valium at all but instead loaded his food dish with a heaping amount of wet cat food. I feed them the Evo Ancestral diet so I know it's got all the good stuff and protein that will actually stay in his tummy. He went in to the heap with fervor while I brushed my teeth and readied for bed until he eventually reached this threshold and walked away from the bowl to pass out on the sofa.
In the middle of the night I went to the washroom but checked the dishes and there was still a substantial amount of food left. Miraculously, come 6AM I woke naturally and realised that Otis had not come to meow at our door! I hadn't heard a peep out of him. He was still fast asleep! I didn't hear from him until 6:30 when my BF got up out of bed.
I have not had a straight, meow-free sleep in months and I nearly cried from happiness.
I'm going to have to regulate the amount of food I give them for their "real" dinners and breakfast so that the majority of their meal comes in the form of their nighttime snack. I'll figure it out as I go. Otis is only the most hungry at 4:00AM, so if that's going to be when his breakfast is, then so be it.
Thanks so much for your responses and thoughts.
I'll keep you posted.
I'm glad you found a solution that makes both you and Otis happy, and doesn't leave you sleep deprived.
Dr. Seuss~DLH (brother's cat)~June 2007-
Misty~DSH (my cat & Mooby's mom)-?- Sept. 15, 2014
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Like most state environmental officials and planners, you've probably been emphasizing the MSW management hierarchy: recommending that communities reduce and recycle as much as possible.
Today, waste reduction is the focus of MSW planning in most states. This has helped recycling programs to spread quickly, and recycling markets have developed to purchase and process the collected materials.
Source reduction, however, has fallen behind this pace. While the rate of increase is slowing, individuals in this country are continuing to generate more waste each year and, as a result, waste management is growing more difficult. Communities in your state need programs that will do more than increase recycling: they need to encourage residents to prevent waste, too.
For growing numbers of communities, "pay-as-you-throw" (PAYT) is being used to achieve this goal. While fewer than 200 programs were in existence as recently as the mid-1980s, today nearly 6,000 communities across the country are using this approach to better manage solid waste.
What is pay-as-you-throw?
PAYT programs, also known as unit-based pricing or variable-rate pricing, provide a direct economic incentive for individuals to reduce the amount of waste they generate. Under PAYT, households are charged for waste collection based on the amount of waste they throw awayin the same way that they are charged for electricity, gas, and other utilities. As a result, residents are motivated not only to recycle more, but also to think about ways to generate less waste in the first place.
PAYT can be structured in several different ways. Some communities charge residents based on the volume of waste they generate. Under volume-based programs, residents pay for each bag or can they fill up. Communities also can require that residents purchase tags or stickers and affix them to their own containers. Other communities bill residents based on the weight of their trashalthough, because of the cost of the equipment needed to weigh the waste and record the amount for billing purposes, weight-based programs are far less common.
What are the benefits of pay-as-you-throw?
However they are structured, all such programs share important benefits for both communities and their residents. First, households have more control over their solid waste management costs. While they may not realize it, residents pay for the waste management services they receive. And whether they pay through their taxes or with a flat fee, those residents who generate less and recycle more are paying for neighbors who generate two or three times as much waste. With PAYT, residents that reduce and recycle are rewarded with a lower trash bill.
In communities with PAYT programs, this incentive has resulted in reported average reductions in waste amounts ranging from 25 to 35 percent. Recycling tends to increase significantly as well, further cutting down on the amount of waste requiring disposal. This can mean lower disposal costs, savings in waste transportation expenses, potentially greater revenues from the sale of recovered materials, and other cost savings.
And less waste and increased recycling at the local level translate into an improved solid waste management picture statewide. Increased amounts of recovered materials will become available to processors and remanufacturers, encouraging the development of increased recycling capacity and other investments in the infrastructure of recycling. The potential for lower costs can help increase the long-term economic stability of your community's MSW programs. And less waste means fewer natural resources will be depleted, less energy used, and less landfill space consumed, helping preserve your state's environment. Because of these kinds of advantages, PAYT has received bipartisan support at both the state and local levels. The use of these programs also has been endorsed by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Are there disadvantages to pay-as-you-throw?
While there are potential barriers to a successful program, communities with PAYT have found effective solutions. Local officials, for example, often assume that illegal dumping will increase once residents are asked to pay for each container of waste they generate. Most PAYT communities have found this not to be the case, however, especially when they offer their residents recycling, composting for yard trimmings, and other programs that allow individuals to reduce waste legally. Others, particularly lower-income residents, worry about the amount they will have to pay. In many communities, however, coupon or voucher programs are being used to help reduce trash collection costs for these households.
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