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The forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans in the early 19th century was a very severe and tragic event in US history! Native American tribes, who had struck treaties with and fought alongside the burgeoning white population, were driven out of their ancestral lands. In the winter of 1838, thousands of Cherokee were forced to embark on a brutal 1,000-mile march westward known as "The Trail of Tears." This injustice resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, many of whom had little or no clothing, shoes, or supplies for such a journey.
The world continues to be filled with injustice, pain, and heartache and the European Commission appears to be one of the major perpetuators in attempting to create a modern trail of tears for palm oil!
Crassly concerned only with protecting the EU's own indigenous edible oils such as rape and sunflower which are unable to compete in the open market against the hyper yielding palm oil, the officials who walk the halls of power in the Directorate Environment of the European Commission thought nothing of taking the low road and funding trumped-upped anti-palm oil campaigns using surrogate green groups.
Evidence that these palm oil campaigns are undertaken in absolute bad faith with the connivance of EU governments had begun emerging some 7 years ago.
The palm oil industry let out a collective yowl when in 2005, the oddly named Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) published a "report" called "Cruel Oil: How palm oil harms health, rainforest and wildlife" in which they made wild and unsubstantiated claims that palm oil cultivation was causing massive deforestation and threatening the extinction of biodiversity such as the orang utan.
The report was prepared with the assistance of Aid Environment listed as partners with Hivos — a Netherlands based civil society group with direct links to campaigns in Indonesia. Hivos, in turn, is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for close to 70% of its annual 100m Euro budget.
A 2010 report by researchers Caroline Boin and Andrea Marchesetti entitled "Friends of the EU." (Vide: http://www.policynetwork.net/accountability/publication/friends-eu)showed that the EU, through its environmental ministries and commissions is involved in funding up to 70% of the operating budgets of FOE EU.
Now Libertiamo has blown the lid off the entire elaborate, cynical and vicious schemes masterminded by environmental groups and eagerly funded by the Environmental Directorates of the European Commission!
In a study entitled "Taxpayer Funding, NGO Collusion and Manufactured Crises," Italian Think Tank, Libertiamo points out that since 2005, the European Commission has been funding surrogate green groups to carry out anti-palm oil campaigns designed to erect artificial trade barriers against palm oil.
Libertiamo points out that most of the anti-palm oil campaigns are based, at best, on "manufactured" and false evidence!
The latest manifestation of the EC's long, slow spiral down the path of dishonor is the Care2.com petition on the same issue, sponsored by Chris Wolverton and calculated to give the impression that the incidents had occurred in Malaysian Borneo by scrupulously avoiding any mention of the place of the incidents or the Indonesian prosecutions. (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/530/540/466/stop-orangutan-slaughter-in-borneo/) It was simply a rehash of an old November 2011 report in the Daily Mail relating to the arrest and subsequent prosecution of 2 Indonesian men by the Indonesian Courts for killing orangutans which had strayed into their plantation.
This petition carries the trademarked dirty fingerprints of the EC though-out its imprimatur. The EC may think such smear campaigns to be diabolically clever, but it dishonors and sullies the good name of the EU by its endorsement and funding of deception, subterfuge and hoax! THE END


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Silver & Black will be back
The Silver & Black blog will resume July 20. [Read More]
Report: Ellis to Raiders
The Raiders have signed former Cowboy linebacker Greg Eliis, presumably to shift the 3-4 outside linebacker to a 4-3 defensive end, according to Calvin Watkins at AOL Fanhouse. A Pro Bowl alternate in 2007, he was the league's comeback player of the year after returning from a torn Achilles' heel to record 12.5 sacks. He […] [Read More]
Drawing to a close
Offseason workouts conclude in the next week, and players and coaches will be off until training camp begins July 30 in Napa. With that in mind, here's a look at the winners and losers after one minicamp and 12 voluntary practices. Winners are defined as those who gained the most and losers as those who […] [Read More]
The Vick question
SFGate.com Michael Vick won't likely perp-walk his way to Oakland. The Falcons finally released quarterback Michael Vick on Friday, giving up any hope of getting something — anything — in return by trade for the jailed and fallen star. As a matter of reflex, lots of national football media have linked Vick and the Raiders […] [Read More]
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The Raiders open OTA practice to the media Wednesday morning at about 9:30 a.m. We'll resume live Twitter coverage from the 2-hour workout. You can read it live here or go to www.twitter.com/bydavidwhite. A post-practice blog post will follow in the afternoon. To follow, click on "read more." [Read More]
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SI.com Charlie Frye makes six when it comes to Raiders quarterbacks. So, the Raiders decided they needed to add a sixth quarterback to a roster that will most likely keep just three of them when the 2009 season starts. And, all this competition is being added to the one and only position which the head […] [Read More]
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Finally, news. The Raiders signed quarterback Charlie Frye, per the team's transactions page at www.raiders.com. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Frye visited the Raiders as an unrestricted free agent in March. He will not be competing for the starting job, and is doubtful to be considered as the backup. So why bring him […] [Read More]
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Hall of Fame-bound safety Rod Woodson is best known as a Steeler, but his pre-Canton celebration is all Black Hole. The Rod Woodson Hall of Fame Celebration dinner and charity benefit is set for July 25 at the Oakland Coliseum, where Woodson wrapped up a 17-year career that included 11 Pro Bowls. [Read More]
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We've been at DHCDC for 8 months and absolutely love it! My son's teachers are great, extremely friendly, and go above and beyond to take good care of my child. They keep me up to date on how he's doing and his progress. He's only 14 months old and I feel like he's already in a pre-school type environment, which is great. They have lots of planned activities for the children and I feel like my son is learning every day. I would highly recommend!
My 2 kids, now 4.5 and 3, have been at DHCDC since they were each 8 weeks old and they love it. All the teachers know all the kids and vice-versa, the parents in each class are actively involved and friendly, we have frequent playdates together and socialize out of school regularly. I am always impressed at how much the kids learn at such a young age, and I am certain my 4.5 y-o will be more than ready for Kindergarten next year. Low teacher turnover, warm, caring, communicative teachers that the kids just adore. We have been and continue to be very happy there.
I am a parent of 2 children, one who is now in Kindergarten and spent 3 years at DHCDC, and one who is 3 and has been at DHCDC since he was 10 weeks old. DHCDC is a wonderful, vibrant school community with excellent teachers, supportive parents, and diverse students. The teachers are loving and kind and encourage a love of learning. My Kindergartener was incredibly well prepared to enter elementary school and has thrived in Kindergarten due largely to what he learned at DHCDC. My children are known and greeted warmly by name every day by everyone who works at DHCDC. When I leave my child each morning, I know he will have an active day filled with play and learning. The facility is bright, clean, and filled with child's art work and projects. The playground is an excellent area for my child to run and play.
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Britain is making 278,000 wills and letters from World War I available online to the public for the first time. They had been kept in storage since the war ended in 1918.
Nearly a million British troops lost their lives during World War I, many of whom we still know very little about about due to rudimentary record keeping systems at the time of the war.
But that's beginning to change. Starting Thursday, the British government will publish thousands of previously unseen personal records, giving families of the deceased and the public new insight into the lives of those who perished during the conflict.
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British Army soldiers smile as they march to the front lines in France during World War I.
Thanks to a collaboration between Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, which maintains public records in Great Britain, and records management company Iron Mountain, 278,000 wills and personal effects from English and Welsh soldiers who fought in the war will be published online, part of a larger effort to digitize the last wishes of British soldiers dating all the way back to the Boer Wars which first began in 1880, the Guardian reported.
Families of the deceased and those interested can search for names online and pay around $10 to see the wills and personal effects.
WWI-era soldiers typically filled out wills as they prepared to move closer to the front. The documents were placed in their jacket pocket for when their bodies were retrieved.
While many of the wills only indicate which possessions the soldiers bequeathed and to whom they were given to, others delve into the troops' state of mind as they prepared to ship out. Additionally, many were accompanied by personal letters that officers encouraged troops to write so they could be given to love ones in the case of death.
Related: Great rush to repair WWI cemeteries
"I am preparing to move to the front, and I am only sorry that I did not see you all before I went but then mother dear do not lose heart I may come back again," 19-year-old Private Joseph Ditchburn wrote in August of 1914. He died in October of that year after being shot on the border of France and Belgium, the BBC reported.
Henry Lewis-Lincoln painted a similarly bleak picture of the war in a letter to his wife.
"Dear, this war is going to be worse than I thought," he wrote in the summer of 1914. "Some seem to think it won't last a month and some say it will last three years, our officers told us this morning it would be a hard and long war."
"If I get killed in active service there will be a medal for me somewhere and I hope you will try and get it and keep it for the boy to wear when he grows up," he wrote of his wish for his young son to remember him. Lincoln was killed in Ypres, Belgium, the following spring.
Not all epistles at the time made it home. Letters like Ditchburn's and Lewis-Lincoln's are available now because they were never mailed, but placed in the soldiers' pocket books. Had they been sent, they would have been censored and kept behind because they contained sensitive information like troop locations or discouraging sentiments that could have compromised military spirits.
Lewis-Lincoln's letter "talks about how some troops were expecting a 'hard and long' war, a detail that would never have been mentioned back home as not to damage morale," historian John Cooksey told the BBC.
Cooksey was even able to track the grandfather of musician Mick Fleetwood, founder of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. While Fleetwood reportedly believed his grandfather, John Henry Fleetwood, died at Gallipoli fighting the Turks, Cooksey discovered that he actually succumbed to dysentery in Malta in 1915, the BBC reported.
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Please work. Just for tonight.
Then you can go off and daydream or whatever else it is that you do, but for once just use what little aptitude you actually have and WORK!
I don't think I'm asking too much, am I?
I hope this works.
It didn't.
I've been seriously contemplating going back to school to get another degree. Maybe. Kinda. Possibly.
Just a thought.
Is it strange that I choose to stay at home and just have some "me time" on Friday nights? I've already gotten two offers to go out tonight, but I declined. I don't have anything to do in particular, but I always tell people I'm busy. For some reason, I feel like Fridays belong to me. I've got pretty much the rest of the week to myself, but there's something different about Friday. I don't have any commitments on Fridays, so I guess I've just set the day aside for whatever I want to do. Usually alone. Today is my day of Zen.
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I encourage this kind of thinking. No one I know at home is ever willing to go do awesome things like that with me.
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HA, I wish I was at Coachella. One day. They came to Austin last night. I saw them and the Arctic Monkeys.
Any of you non-lazy people have suggestions for how to not make it suck?
Jog outside. Always outside. And at night. It's not as hot, there's nobody around, and it might be a little scary sometimes but it'll make you go faster.
and I feel like I can't keep up. One day moves into the next. Seamlessly. Before I know it, today is tomorrow and tomorrow was last week. Do all days need to stand out, though? I am dumbfounded on how to feel about this.
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My Philosophy on Life. That's what my project is on. This is the most general topic for a presentation/paper I've ever had. I feel like it should be really intuitive, but I just can't think of anything.
I've had an outpouring of creativity as of recently and now, when I actually need to be, I draw a blank.
Inspiration please hit me like a brick.
that makes me feel 10 years old again. 'Tis magical.
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We should make this a thing. Costumes and capers. I'm so down.
Done. It's happening. (If it does happen, I'm sure Tumblr will be the first to know.)
If? When.
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- 750 gram stewing beef (1 ½ pounds), cut into cubes
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 large yellow onions, chopped
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peel on cut into chunks
- 3 parsnip, cut into chunks
- 6-8 carrots, cut into chunks
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup dilute orange juice (not in concentrate form)
- 1 ½ cups beef stock
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 Tbsp grated orange zest
- 2 heaping Tbsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 3 Bay leaf
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Oven Roasted Orange Ginger Beef Stew
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I've never had a parsnip before, but I do love the idea of a one pot stew. This looks so warming and colorful. I love colorful food! :) Oh boy...gotta jet. Miss A is in the kitchen saying she's making something - by herself. Oye!ReplyDelete
- My Inner ChickJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Ohhh, Yeah, Baaaby,ReplyDelete
this would be perfect today for Sunday dinner...
but I'm makin' chili!
I shall try next week.
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This stew looks so hearty and delicious! I love how chock full of veggies it is! I've been craving a good beef stew, but alas Nate doesn't eat beef :( Chicken just isn't the same...ReplyDelete
Yum! This beef stew looks delicious.ReplyDelete
Wow - does this ever look delicious and perfect for a cold winter day! Thanks for sharing and YUM, YUM~ReplyDelete
- Sallybr2008January 29, 2012 at 6:00 PM
he, he, he... sexy as a rutabaga indeed! ;-)ReplyDelete
but I completely share your excitement, and this stew would be perfect tonight, I'm feeling a bit chilly (even though it's ONLY 55 F outside)
the orange juice does it for me, I'm saving this recipe
- Pure ComplexJanuary 29, 2012 at 11:57 PM
Usually I have a cool comment to type but honestly.. all I can say is WOW. This Orange Ginger Beef Stew ... AMAZINGReplyDelete
That looks heart-warming and comforting, perfect the ice cold weather we have over here too.ReplyDelete
- Mandy - The Complete Cook BookJanuary 30, 2012 at 4:50 AM
I love one pot cooking. Such a unique recipe with the orange juice, sounds fantastic.ReplyDelete
:-) Mandy
It must be the week of the parsnip, Kelly, Charles posted a recipe for parsnip chips! I love them regardless. I find that when I roast them in the oven and puré them as part of another vegetable soup ingredient, it seems that they add a certain creaminess to the soup. I will try this recipe — it's so hearty for these crazy cold winter days.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful, colourful, appetising dish! I can smell the mixture of orange zest and ginger aromas from here! Such a pity I don't have time to go and buy some beef! I have never had beef with orange sauce, but somehow I am certain it would be a hit! I must try this recipe one day.ReplyDelete
Have you seen Charles's parsnip crisps recipe? I think it's parsnip season :-)
Nothing like a good stew to "warm the cockles" on a cold day - believe me, I get equally excited by parsnips... especially here since I hardly ever see them. Sight of them is often greeted by me, shrieking "Oh my God... PARSNIPS!", and rushing over, bashing little old ladies and small toddlers out of the way. I love the flavour of them and agree that no good stew worth its salt should be without them!ReplyDelete
I was wondering - everywhere I see, when people use bay leaves, they always mention removing them before serving. Is that purely to prevent people accidentally eating them? I know it's a stupid question, but we always used to play "who gets the bay leaf" in my house when I was a kid... Seems it's not such a common "game" :D
- inspiredediblesJanuary 30, 2012 at 3:26 PM
I don't think the 'who gets the bay leaf' game has made it to our shores yet Charles ;-). Though it does sound fun - maybe I should get it started! I have been entirely neglectful of parsnips, and am so happy to have finally found my way :) so tasty! (pushing old ladies out of the way, funny man...).ReplyDelete
- SweetcarolinescookingJanuary 30, 2012 at 5:39 PM
Mmmmm boy does this ever look delicious! Great pictures, too, Kelly. :)ReplyDelete
Kelly, what a beautiful stew! I think rainbow carrots are beautiful but I haven't been lucky enough to find them lately! And I am embarrassed to tell you I've never had a parsnip! I don't know why...because I LOVE carrots and sweet potatoes! I think what makes this stew special, too, is the lovely addition of orange and zest....and ginger! This is not your average, run of the mill stew! And you've got me wanting to try this for so many reasons. I wonder, after braising the meat....do you think you could make this in a crockpot....or do you think it would not turn out as well?ReplyDelete
I just bought some parsnips for the first time too! Perfect timing! This stew is very colorful and flavorful! I bet the aroma in your home smelled amazing!ReplyDelete
- ping kayJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Hello Kelly. I came over from Charles' blog. I'm happy I did! This is an amazing looking stew and parsnips! OMG! I love them to bits and they're horrendously expensive here but ... who cares. Whenever I see them, I just need to get me a bunch and roast them. I read your comment about wanting to make some oven baked crisps out of them and am eagerly awaiting that ... not a great fan of deep frying.ReplyDelete
- EliotseatsJanuary 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM
I'm posting a beef stew at the end of the week and I just saw another posted at Lizzy's site. I love that this is oven-roasted.ReplyDelete
i love hearty stews especially in winter. love the idea of adding orange juice to it! whoohoo for sweet potatoes. :)ReplyDelete
Kelly this sounds delicious and I can only imagine how the flavors of this must have developed the next day. The colors look so rich and I'm sure that translates into flavor too!ReplyDelete
Oh Kelly, this stew looks very, very comforting and I'd love to have a big bowl of this. It's interesting how you cooked this stew in oven. I want to try this recipe and cook in oven. I always cook stew on the stove. Love the sweet potato addition in the stew, which is my favorite part besides orange/ginger flavor in there. I can eat this for dinner, next day lunch and dinner again. ;-)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:24 PM
GO Miss A!! :)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Ah yes, chili is certainly nice this time of year too! Hope you enjoy the stew if you try it.ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM
You know, I find chicken thighs enormously juicy and resilient - they always come out well in the crockpot - you could certainly give them a try - I bet they'd be great.ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Thanks Yummy!ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I made a variation of this stew last night and we all had the shivers eating it because it was a really chilly night and we were getting all warm inside from it :)ReplyDelete
there's something about the name rutabaga that kills me... I so prefer it to turnip ;-).ReplyDelete
Wow works :). Thanks Kay!ReplyDelete
Thanks Angie ~ it really does warm the body & soul... :)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Hi Mandy, it reminds me of the flavours in the Chinese classic crispy orange, ginger beef but without the deep frying ;-)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:30 PM
I know, I know, too funny... and my follow-up was going to be parsnip chips!! (we've agreed I should go forward anyway since mine are oven baked ;-) - hope you're having a great day Eva!ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Thanks so much Sissi ~ too funny about Charles and I and the parsnip love. I mean, who'd have thunk it? ;-)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Thanks Caroline - You know, they're some of my favourite pictures too... it's not always easy making stew look attractive ;-) I hope I managed ok. Cheers.ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:38 PM
I was particularly happy to see that the carrots were local - the farmers store them through the winter months. Orange and ginger is a winning combination for sure. You know, I normally do this kind of thing in the crockpot but wanted to illustrate an oven roasted version. I'm almost certain you would get the same results in your slow cooker - hard to miss. I hope you enjoy it Anne and thank you for your comments.ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Hi Lisa, smelling this stew cooking is one of my favourite sensory pleasures ;-)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Greetings Ping! Thank you so much for dropping by from Charles' blog. What are the chances of the two of us posting a 'parsnip' recipe - of all things - at the same time!? I had no idea there was so much love out there for parsnips. I'm delighted I'm not alone. I hope to have my oven baked version up in the next little while... stay tuned and thanks again for saying hello :)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:42 PM
It's stew season... :)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I particularly love the simplicity of this one... so low maintenance and virtually guaranteed results :) Thanks Junia!ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Hello France! I have to say, this is one tasty meal... and yes, the left-overs are a delight! Thanks :)ReplyDelete
- inspiredediblesJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Thanks so much Nami - this stew has turned in to a bit of a classic in our home due to its appeal and simplicity. The fun part too is that you can vary the contents and spices as you please to create a new version each time! I hope you're having a great day Nami; thanks for dropping by :)ReplyDelete
What a great recipe, Kelly! I love stews. Its such a versatile & comforting food :) The only thing I need to make it happen is a cast iron skillet. Soonish :)ReplyDelete
I totally agree - I don't think parsnips get the play they deserve. Love the use of sweet potatoes with it and the orange sounds like an unexpected but welcome note. YumReplyDelete
this post makes me so hungry! sounds so good!ReplyDelete
Parsnips again...you're really making me want to pick up some!! Love that this cooked in the oven and the orange sounds like it would really brighten the stew.ReplyDelete


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Have you ever heard of a man breastfeeding -- other than that one guy who gave birth? Technically he had woman parts so he doesn't really count. I'm talking about a man born male. This morning, I heard the DJs on my local radio station having a bizarre conversation about one of their friends who breastfed and was a man.
I thought I heard wrong.
I did a little searching around the web and it actually is possible. Apparently, men have milk ducts and mammary tissue and they produce prolactin and oxytocin, which are the hormones needed for milk production. It appears that men, like many adoptive mothers, can produce milk through pumping, nipple stimulation, and medical intervention and don't need the actual hormones produced from pregnancy. Which is awesome, right? Who knew? Of course, in the case of men who breastfeed, there's no research as to what the quality of nourishment the milk has compared to mother's milk.
Children need nourishment and I know lot of breastfeeding moms who would love it if their husbands could take some of the middle of the night feedings. But is this too unconventional to even consider?
If we could get past the unconventionality, couldn't this be a great way for gay men who adopted and wanted to breastfeed to do that? Or couldn't this be beneficial to men who've lost their wives and want to continue breastfeeding their newborns? This could be a game changer if it worked consistently, right?
How would you feel about your husband breastfeeding your child? Great idea? Or is it too crazy to even consider?
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Yeah, 'cause I'm so sure God got it wrong when he gave us the boobies. But, I do see a market for that Seinfeld creation - the Manssiere - or was it the Bro? And many of the men would have to wax first - chest hair and breast feeding do not go together.
This is ridiculous.
But the real question is will the baby accept hairy nipples :) Even though it seems plausible, I'm still laughing about the image in my mind of my hairy chested husband nursing my infant.
I'm seriously grossed out right now...
LMAO @ madreysmom
They have nipples right? And thats pretty much their only actual use so why not? That would be wonderful for mothers on meds that aren't safe for breastfeeding, what if the mother dies in child birth, or a terrible accident during the first year or two? There are plently of reasons it would be a wonderful thing to share with your partner.


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No, really people...seriously?
How can any self-respecting fan or media outlet be so easily reduced to a cyber-stalking high schooler over tweets submitted by free-agent-to-be Chris Bosh? Have we truly lost all sense of perspective? Is there really no haven for thought filtration anymore? Seriously? Three tweets in a week and people are apoplectic, desperate to brace themselves for a breakup before the other half has even made it clear they want to leave. Seriously?
Look, I understand that part of what makes athletes and athletics so endlessly fascinating is that at the core of any sport is a group of humans and human personalities that people want to get attached to. They are like hyper-realized versions of ourselves in that they take an interest or talent, but train exclusively and steadfastly in that one single area of expertise until their body and mind combine to bring them to the top percentile of the human population capable of doing what they do at the level at which they do it.
There is virtually no comparison in any other field on Earth, with the possible exception of medicine, but rarely are doctors asked to perform their feats in front of twenty-thousand drunk and angry spectators four nights a week.
People are compelled by these hyper-realized figures, they worship them and follow them and create relationships with them in order to fulfill whatever unique want or need it fills for each individual. It's one of the few areas left in our world where one can be totally and unabashedly devoted to a person or group of people without feeling the cynical stigma typically associated with that kind of fanaticism.
That said, one has to round back every once in a while to remember that these are still people. They are people who want to explore, people who want to try new things and people who have interests and emotional attachments that have nothing to do with the sport that they play. Chris Bosh, as much as anyone else, is that kind of person. Bosh has spent his seven-year NBA career in relative purgatory. His team has played five of those years like the walking dead, endlessly repeating the same mistakes and endlessly dooming themselves to the same fate year-in and year-out. Only twice did the team make the post-season in that span, and each time they were throughly throttled by their opponent and rarely did they show any growth or development for having gone though such an ordeal. Unsurprisingly, Bosh has finally come to ask himself if maybe there isn't more out there for him to explore than this merry-go-round of disappointment.
So yes, Bosh, being the social-media savvy guy that he is (remember those interests that don't always begin and end with sports?), tweets his followers with innocuous questions about what they think his future should look like.
He's never been a free agent before, never known what it is like to play in another NBA city, and he's justifiably curious about what that process may yield. He's even curious to know how people he's never met feel about the subject. He isn't turning his back on Toronto or spitting upon the Raptors, he's simply entering into a whole new life experience and he's curious to explore all that that experience has to offer.
He's not preemptively divorcing Toronto, he's simply asking himself, for the first time that he's been allowed to, what else is out there. Keep in mind that this is a guy that made it a half-season longer than Vince Carter did in Toronto before he got that curiousity itch, and unlike Carter (or Damon Stoudamire before him) he never quit on his team or demanded a trade out of town as a way of bracing himself to scratch that itch.
Bosh has never spoken or acted like he has left Toronto in his rear-view mirror, and in fact he's always gone on the record stating that he loves the city and it would be hard for him to leave if that's the way the chips fall, yet people have begun willfully misinterpreting his curiousity as wanton infidelity. They've begun accusing him of cheating when all he's done is watch another pretty young thing walk by
He innocently indulges his curiousity over Twitter, a venue where people discuss bowel movements and political discourse with the same fervor, and it becomes national news on Canadian sports pages. Seriously?
Look, everyone knows at this point that if Bosh chooses to leave that he has every right to so - not only because he negotiated a contract that afforded him the opt-out that he intends to use this summer, but because after seven years he and the Raptors look no closer to contending than they did on his first day on the job.
If he decides that Houston or Miami or Chicago or whomever better suits his future than the Raptors do, then at least you can say that he and the Raptors tried their damnedest for over half a decade to make it work first. To start throwing vitriol at him now because he's allowing himself the chance to explore (and asking others to weigh in) seems misguided and reeks of vital misreading of the situation, with many acting like this is Vince Carter all over again.
Yes, Carter hurt this city, and yes if Bosh leaves it will leave a void on the Raptors that will be very difficult to replace, but the two players and the two scenarios are nothing alike.
Carter gave up on the Raptors long before he was shipped to New Jersey. His effort in his last season-and-a-half was laughably inconsistent. He never wanted to shoulder the weight of leadership and never wanted to shoulder the weight of mounting losses. He left the team eagerly after his wish to see his childhood idol Julius Erving interviewed for the team's vacant GM spot went unfulfilled (he'd had only a minor role in the Magic's front office in 1997 on his managerial résumé at that point), but he had checked out of the organization long before that event.
Bosh, conversely, had a career year in what might wind up being his last in Toronto. He accepted the role of leader eagerly, and while he wasn't always ideally suited for the job, he never once shied away from it and he worked hard to figure out how best to lead his so-so squad.
Bosh hated losing, he would never be found kidding around with opponents in 20-point losses. Bosh wants to start winning now and if he doesn't come back to Toronto it's because he doesn't see how the club can get him to a winning place in the lifetime of his next contract - nothing else.
That's perhaps the biggest difference between Carter and Bosh; Carter wanted out because the team was no longer bending over backwards for him and he'd grown tired of the media and fans calling him out for his questionable effort.
Bosh never asked for anything more than a group of teammates that he could go to war with every night, a group that shared his singular will to win. If he feels that this organization can't provide a winning core around him, can you really blame him for leaving?
You can complain that he might not be good enough to lead a team or be a franchise guy, but he can only be as good as he's going to be when he gives maximum effort. He can't do the things that LeBron and Kobe can do, and it isn't because of a lack of will - that just isn't in his prodigious skill set.
Nonetheless he, like LeBron, Kobe or any other NBA superstar, needs the right pieces around him to make him his best and that he can make their best in return and the Raptors never found that mix for Bosh. If he leaves, that's why.
Here's the thing, though: he's never said he was going to leave. He's never insinuated it, he's never declared it and he hasn't done it (yet).
I know patience is a dying virtue, but perhaps for the next month-and-a-half people can stop wildly overanalyzing Twitter posts and instead watch some wonderfully entertaining playoff basketball, see what goes down in a deep draft, and then check back in with Bosh when he is actually in the process of making his decision about his future.
Because, seriously, what is tangibly there in the Bosh narrative to obsess about until then?
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Earlier today, Richmond drafted Ben Cousins in the Pre-Season Draft. It was their only pick as their submission to place Graham Polak on the Rookie list was denied.
For some, they will go out & buy membership tickets straight away, others will probably tear their's up.
The first time Cousins will face his old team, West Coast, will be in Round 12 (June 13) at the Telstra Dome but he will also play them again in Round 22 (August 28) at Subiaco, Perth. One would be tipping a hostile welcome, come August 28.
His first training session with his new club will be later on in the week.
Will update later on.
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If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor. Any alleged "right" of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right. No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation, an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as "the right to enslave."


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looks like the VoIP is in FB Messenger app. Also if you message someone from the FB app, there's a "free call" button.
I never message.
(You have to tap the info button in the upper right of the message composition window)
I've downloaded Facebook messenger app, and on it you simple click the plus sign ( + ) and a mic show on the bar where you can record voice
I'm still waiting my dislike button
Worked fine on my ip5....but they still have not put back the ability to post a pick from photo library...still just camera roll...stupid...
I just got around to updating this today.
Now the app icon disappeared and I can't open the app it says I have through settings or the App Store.
Trying to remove with iTunes now.
Edit: works fine after removal with iTunes and a reinstall. I also had to reinstall mobile terminal, byta font, and iTransmission3 as they went to a blank white icon and wouldn't open after the Facebook update issue.
Reboot may have helped that... FB STILL does not look past Camera Roll... Can't post pics from Library since 5.0.1... 5.0.1 was last ver to do that...
Fortunately, I save all my .ipa files after an update n iTunes dumps them in recycle bin...I drag them out into another folder...I hacked the plist file so I won't have the annoying update badge on iTunes n put ver 5.0.1 of FB back on...I'll never stay on an update till they fix this....


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A & G Merch
This shop is the little brother of the Williamsburg home furnishing store, The Future Perfect. The same owners opened A & G Merch this summer. The accessible shop is a place where you can pick up home accessories and furnishings at affordable prices. They were spotted in the gift guide of Domino's current issue. Domino liked (as do we) their wonderful damask print trash bags and sandwich bags.
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Sob sob, why can't I find a couch like that in Canada?
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TMC AquaHabitat 30 Nano Marine Aquarium« Previous Article Next Article »
The AquaHabitat 30 is a Nano Aquarium which is ideal for use for mini Marine Reef set ups, and the equipment included means you can do this almost immediately.
The tank itself is made from high quality acrylic which is 5mm thick, so it is thick enough to be very strong but does not distort your view, with beautifully curved front edges for extra style. The total volume is 30 litres which is approximately 6.6 imperial gallons.
The Size
The full width of the tank is 35cm with a total front to back measurement of 32.5cm but the measurement of the tank area is 25cm. This is due to the back chamber which contains your equipment including a Skimmer which removes toxins from the water and also helps to aerate the water too.
You also get with the aquarium a H2Air 60 Air Pump which powers the skimmer and a micro heater which keeps your water at the correct temperature for marine life. The tank itself is 32cm in height, and including the light unit included this is 48.5cm tall.
High Quality Lighting
The light included is an AquaRay 500HD Tile with 4 x lensed 10,000k white Cree XP-E and 1 x un-lensed blue Cree XP-E PowerLEDs. The White LEDs can be switched off to give a blue moonlight mode and this is attached to your tank with a MountaRay tank bracket, but you could also use the AquaRay tile bracket which is a small acrylic stand which brings the unit even closer to the water surface for enhanced light.
Where Can You Use It and What For?
This aquarium is ideal for use in a small space, like an office, kitchen or your bedroom, and is great for nano reefs and small shrimp & fish, and we'd advise using 3.3-3.5kg of live rock.
You can of course use this aquarium for tropical or coldwater, but it would be a shame to spend the money on it for this use as you are paying for the equipment too, but it's definitely a great set up to buy for someone who is just getting into marine or someone who's experience but wants an extra tank.
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- Pabitra Mukhopadhyay
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He, she or s/he? Should languages be made gender neutral or be left on their own to preserve literary integrity?
My wife hates to be called an actress. She prefers 'actor' despite being reminded that semantically actor is not a gender neutral word. She maintains that words like author, actor, and doctor stress primarily on profession not gender.
I have a sneaking feeling she is feminist.
Feminists have long argued that sexist language can have real world consequences for gender relations and the relative status of men and women, and recent research suggests that grammatical gender can shape how people interpret the world around them along gender lines.
But language is as much a communication tool as literature. Some argue that steward and stewardess are distinct but equal terms and dropping one for another takes away the beauty of literary expression.
Interestingly there are a number of genderless languages, genderless in the less that these have no grammatical gender but have specific words to recognize gender. There are also natural gender languages which have evolved through a constant process on conscious neutralization of grammatical genders.
Things start to get serious when studies of Jennifer L. Prewitt-Freilino, T. Andrew Caswell and Emmi K. Laakso on the gendering of languages come to fore where after investigating 111 languages of the world their findings suggest that countries where gendered languages are spoken evidence less gender equality compared to countries with other grammatical gender systems. Furthermore, countries where natural gender languages are spoken demonstrate greater gender equality, which may be due to the ease of creating gender symmetric revisions to instances of sexist language.
Norway and Sweden show Global Gender Gap Indices of .82 and .81 (1 being ideally gender equal) and both these countries have natural gender languages. Yemen scores a GGG index of .46 with a gendered language.
Do you agree with this co-relation?
Closing Statement from Pabitra Mukhopadhyay
If language is supposed to be anything that reflects human consciousness, it needs to account for the discrimination towards women at one point or other. Societies may work consciously to change it towards gender neutrality or simply gender neutrality should impact it in meaningful ways. It may not be conclusive at this stage what changes what but this discussion leaves ample indications that it may not be wise just to ignore it.
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Renessa BakMar 18 2013: in a way we already have gone from he/she to e. . time to capitalize on the E, for U, as I . . . put them all on a basic capital letter . . . (as in drop the yo from yoU
I find it interesting that in Holland, we have he/hij. She/zij. they/zij, she is /zij zij. and they zijn.
in other words, 'She' and 'is' are the same words. while the pleural is femine as well.
I do not know if any of the other languages have a similar.. I would think it would put a whole different slant on life.
they also have jij or je for you. wij, for we and gij. . the genderless term, and of Capitalized for God. . .
Mar 28 2013: Poetry is one great artistic expression of the humans, but art embodies aesthetics and appreciation which are always influenced by enlightenment and changing social orders. So the license should not be taken as a practical determinant of gender identities.
I mean, 'she' as it comes in poetry most often deals with emotionality of feminine genders whereas it does hardly matter if the medical surgery undergone by someone comes from the hands of a female or male.
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Altering Outdoor Spaces for Indoor Cats
While cat sitting this week we've had some really lovely weather outside. The sun is shining, and recent rain storms have made the grass and plant life lush and inviting. We're certainly tempted to spend most of the day outdoors, but unfortunately, so is the indoors-only kitty we are watching!
The cat's been meowing pretty pitifully at the screen door for days now—and not just because it sees how beautiful it is outside, but because it knows how beautiful it is outside—the owner frequently takes the cat on walks around the yard when home. But, neither me nor the owner trust what the cat might do if we went on a walk together, so the poor thing must enjoy the Austin summer from inside.
It got us to thinking about manipulating outdoor spaces to accommodate indoors-only kitties. Owners frequently make lots of changes to the indoors for their beloved cats, and even to their backyards to accommodate dogs, but what about cats who want to feel a little sunshine on their fur, too?
Do you have indoor cats that are itching for some real outdoor time? Do you let your indoor kitty out to stretch its paws in the yard or balcony, without any protection? Have you made any specific changes to your existing outdoor spaces that are for your cats? How do you help your indoor kitties enjoy the outdoors?
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No.. for as much as our cats meow to go outside, they freak out when they actually do. We have a screened in lanai, though - they get a lot of breeze and sun out there to make up for it. I'd love to trust them outside, though. My cats growing up could be trusted to go outside - they'd roll around on the front walkway, eat some grass, and come back inside on their own.
We just had our New York City terrace redesigned for our cats. We have plants for them to nibble on and there are no escape routes. They lay out there for hours a day, meowing at the pigeons.
My cat has a harness and a lead attached to the back steps and it lets him have a bit of leeway, but not too much. He loves going outside. The only problem is he often gets himself wrapped around the tree!
Making an outdoor space for my cat is high on my 'to do' list when I purchase a house next year. There was a site I saw a while back that had pictures of great outdoor spaces for cats. One was a deck that was enclosed with attractive wire fencing and it had a water feature, kitty friendly plants and great spots for the cats to snooze.
I have a 6ft wooden fence and my kitty still escapes my yard- not good
I have spots in front of the windows with furniture that is cat-friendly so they can sit and look out the open windows. but going out is strictly verboten. There are 7 cats in our 4-plex and my 2 wouldn't get along with the others, all of which are allowed outside.
My parents will put their cat on a leash in the fenced in yard. Mr. Bob loves it; he could lay outside 24/7 if he had his way!
My cat was completely declawed by his previous owners, so he's indoors only. My new place (on the 2nd floor) has a great little side balcony... I made the mistake of thinking he was smart enough not to jump down, and stepped away from the balcony for a few minutes.
Thankfully, he ended up in the fenced-in backyard, unhurt, and very confused as to how to get back UP on the balcony. So until I've installed screen on the railing, he's not allowed out there.
Sunshine comes in through the windows just fine - why do cats have to be outside to enjoy it?
My cats love our screened in porch. I think it would be more attractive without the screens but I would never dream of denying them that space. Occasionally one of them escapes the house but then he is just immediately afraid and hides from the big scary space until rescued.
My cat loves to be in the sun and if I gave her the chance she would be outside in a heartbeat and never come back inside. Unfortunately I live in the city and there is no way I am allowing her outside (I don't have a safe space for her and I don't think i could make it down the street with her in a walking harness without rolling over in laughter at myself). For now she has to contend with the sun from the windows and smushing her face against the screen until we move and she gets some yard space we I can watch her and enjoy the outdoors.
Gwendolyn, if you still have that link, could you please share it?
sometimes when i take the dog out to play fetch in the backyard, my cat sneaks out too. it is very scary for me when he does that! however, he is such a wimp that i sometimes let him wander around a bit before tossing him back inside. once our back door blew open while we were at the grocery store (don't ask, long story, bad lock) and my cat made it outside. we were gone for an hour. the farthest he made it was about 2 yards from the house. he was cowering on the ground and ran right over to me when we got back, wanting to be picked up and carried back inside. i love my little wimp :).
I had a kitty who was once a stray on the streets of San Francisco. He loved coming in at night to sleep with me, but if I tried to keep him inside 24/7, he'd become defiant and spray the furniture, the drapes, my clothes. Even me. So for the love of my cat's own sanity, we risked it. He lived to be 18 and passed away from renal failure.
And yes, he was neutered. Even spayed female cats can spray urine. Neutering a pet early discourages the behavior in most cats. But there are exceptions!
Our current pride of three are only allowed out when our two dogs are not in the yard. One of the dogs is not cat-friendly, so we orchestrate a changing of the guard most sunny days between May and October (otherwise it's too cold and snowy and the cats couldn't care less about being outside).
Cats are territorial and reasonably smart predators. They know where their home is (and the food bowl) and will return to it. Two of the three won't go through the iron fence unless the third leads them there, and even then, they stay all close to home. Our neighbor's cats roam a little -- we see them in our window wells, taunting the dogs occasionally. But in our quiet neighborhood, the risks associated with city living are much lower. It's more likely your cat will get nabbed by a coyote at night than hit by a car.
we have 3 cats, all indoor, but we've been trusting one outside in our fenced in yard from time to time. it's hilarioius. he walks all around the yard, tail twitching, checking everything out - then he picks a spot in the sun and lounges with us. it's great. now he's addicted, anytime we're outside he's pawing at the door.
the other two would love to go outside too, but i'm a bit more worried about them. one is a former barn cat, and i feel like she would run up a tree or something. the other is super high-strung, the slightest noise would probably completely freak him out - so they remain indoors for now.
i'd love to see how people "update" their yard for their cats - this sounds like a great future blog post!
As a dog person I don't really know much about cats: won't they get depressed by not seeing the outside world, walk on the grass socialize with other cats? I had a stray cat when I was a kid, and she seemed very happy with her bohemian lifestyle. She was always home for dinner and whenever she was in the mood for company! And then off to party again. Bless her soul...
I agree with moondust... cats need freedom! I don't understand locking up a cat inside all the time... never to be outside in their life? How sad!
I had a friend growing up that had indoor/outdoor cats... they were potty trained like dogs so they didn't have to use a litter box. The cat would meow by the door and we'd let it out so it could wander and just be a cat!
@sluffies, most cats (especially ones that have never been indoor-outdoor) don't seem to mind missing out on freedom. they seem very much content to find a sunny patch on the floor! i think that most of us indoor-cat people are either worried about car-cat interactions or one of the audubon's concerns (from the audubon site) -
- Feral and free-ranging cats kill millions of native birds and other small animals annually;
- Birds constitute approximately 20%-30% of the prey of feral and free-ranging domestic cats;
- The American Ornithologists' Union, American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc., and the Cooper Ornithological Society have concluded that feral, homeless, lost, abandoned, or free-ranging domestic cats are proven to have serious negative impacts on bird populations, and have contributed to the decline of many bird species. Worldwide, cats may have been involved in the extinction of more bird species than any other cause, except habitat destruction;
- Free-roaming cats are likely to come in contact with rabid wild animals and thus spread the disease to people. They pose a risk to the general public through transmission of other diseases like toxoplasmosis, feline leukemia, distemper, and roundworm.
I would love to know how I could death proof my apartment balcony. The last time I let my cat out there she nearly jumped off the railing trying to catch a bird. I'd love to have her out there with me but I just can't risk it. She's almost 4 and has always been an indoor kitty. She also has heart disease so she needs to be home every night to take her meds. She loves to sit in front of the screen and breath in the smells of the outside world. I feel like i'm depriving her but at the same time it's keeping her alive by making her strictly an indoor cat.
There are a lot of good reasons for keeping cats indoors, moondust and sluffies. For instance, if you live in a city with no yard, lots of traffic or lots of other cats in your area. Cats, especially male ones, will often fight rather viciously, and cats can be very badly injured by each other. And if there are strays around your area (and there are stray cats almost everywhere you care to look), you never know what kind of diseases/parasites/etc they may be carrying that your cat could catch. Aside from that, local wildlife, depending on your area, can also be a risk. In my parents area there used to be coyotes, and I remember one of my neighbor's cats being killed by one rather brutally when I was a kid.
Cats may enjoy being outdoors and ideally, it would be wonderful if all cats could hang out outside danger-free, but in reality, in most situations, it can be very, very dangerous for them and in my mind, its not worth the risk.
i refuse to let my cats roam free outdoors...but my husband built a simple wooden box frame, enclosed it in wire mesh, and butted it up to a basement window. now we just open the window and let the cats out into their little safe zone, where they loll in the sun and watch the birds. he's not the handiest guy, so it looks a bit ghetto, but the cats love it.
Funny... The cat I had as a kid trained himself to use the bathroom outdoors (we had a litter box when he was kitten and again when he was 10 years old). He loved going outside and would beg for the door to be opened. He'd occasionally come back a little beat up, but nothing a little hydrogen peroxide couldn't handle. The only scary time I had with him was when we moved to a new house and disappeared for two full days. I've never had a strictly indoor cat.
The indoor-outdoor debate is an old one on the Internet. I've personally decided that it's irresponsible to let my cat roam unsupervised--not just for my cat's safety, but because of the damage cats can cause to wildlife and neighbors' property.
our kitties are indoors only, but one is so pitiful when he meows that my hubby trained him to walk on a leash. He does do an escape sometimes, but he's a chicken, so it's a quick catch.
For the "why keep your cats indoors forever" camp: ours were adopted from a vet, and had been indoor-only cats before. They've NEVER been outside. They don't know what to do with cars, don't know how to defend themselves, and don't have outside muscles. It's just not safe for them. (In fact, one walked out a few days ago when I was bringing in groceries. He spooked, and ran into the path of a car. Thankfully, the neighbor braked and he froze and was saved. But he literally doesn't know how to cope.) If we had had the cats as kittens, things may have been different. But when you adopt, you adopt all the issues the pet comes with.
I agree with taking measures to protect cats (of course I do!). I'm very surprised that cats accept this lifestyle so easily, since they are more independent. I hate to think of the drama my dog would cause if he missed one of his walks! Still, if I had a cat AND I could afford it, I would invest on an electric/invisible fence. Partly because where I live the weather is hot and open windows are a given.
I take my cat Icee out for a walk in a Solvit pet stroller everyday. She loves it!
La Bell I found this site: CagesbyDesign.com. This is what I had in mind. Hope this helps!
I have a different kittie problem--I captured, spayed and released the small feral cat colony next door when my hoarder neighbor died--now I'm responsible for them and need to create some shelter, since the cars they were sleeping in were hauled away. Not sure what to do.
My cat is indoor only because we live in a city without much more than a deck. I know it keeps her safe, and she knows it, too, because she's too afraid to go out! But, I still think it is fundamentally unnatural to keep a cat indoors.
Cats are curious creatures. They love to explore, socialize with other kitties, and lay about in the sun.
Whenever I look at the photos of Mr. Lee's adventures (taken by his kitty cam), I'm so sorry that my kitty is missing out.
Mr. Lee is a cat fitted with a teeny tiny digital camera on his collar that takes a photo or video on a set timetable.
It's the secret life of cats revealed...
My cat gets to roam my small balcony when I am home. I just leave the door and screen open for him on nice days. I know he won't jump because he is terrified if I pick him up outside or carry him outside. It is as if he thinks I will throw him off. He won't even jump up on the chairs or low table. He likes to walk around under the jungle of chair and table legs and spy on the dogs/walkers that pass by on their way to the park. It is a little funny that he is so terrified of heights since I am only a little more than half a story up (2nd floor but the unit below is garden level).
My parents keep their cat on a long leash the length of the yard. Kitty is happy to hang out outside, and the leash keeps her safe and away from rabid animals. She loves to eat grass, and hang out in a sunny spot and sleep.
She won't walk on the leash, though - tried that. I think people would pee themselves laughing if I walked by with a cat on a leash.
Cat's always land on their feet. So why keep them inside? They are animals, not cuddle toys...And as kimg924 said cats are territorial animals, so they have an area they live in and won't leave it.One of our cats dropped from our building one time (three stories) and landed perfectly on his feet. If you live near a busy road, you have to learn your cat to stay clear of it. Make it scared of traffic by shouting at it while cars pass by. The cat shouldn't see you, but the cars, otherwise it wil get scared of you;) It sounds terrible, but really works well.
Our rental apartment has a 6 ft high fenced-in patio. That was not enough to keep in one of the cats. We added the cat fence-in (http://www.catfencein.com/) system and haven't lost one yet, and he has definitely attempted an escape. They still love going outside to sun.
alidmc, thanks so much!
This is just the sort of thing I want for my urban tigers.
How they were raised is important, if they have always been inside kitties then they always should be. But I don't 100% buy the safety argument here, it seems raising your cat to be freaked out by the outdoors is only going to make them less safe when they inevitably end up outdoors.
Also, it does depend on the cat. Some cats are just really dumb or really nervous, and these cats may really benefit from a more sheltered life. Most of the cats I have had, I couldn't keep them inside if I tried. They were simply determined to get out. But they all showed decent judgement: they were cautious about cars, didn't stray too far, and came inside at night. None of them ever had health problems related to being outside except for one kitty that insisted on picking fights. We started to lock her in at night, and that solved it.
My boyfriend and I have 3 cats and although it's still fairly cool during the day here (Alberta, Canada) we leave our sliding door open so the cats can venture out onto the balcony whenever they like.
There's a tree directly in front of the balcony where they talk to the birds, a neighbor cat on the second floor who's very chatty, and we built them a play tower to hangout out on whenever they like.
Considering they were all outdoor cats with large forests to play in before they seem quite happy just to have the balcony.
My main concern in my area is people, there are some people who will do some very very cruel things to an over friendly cat :(
My 2 are indoor, but do tend to get freaked out by the outside. They do have three floors to roam around, and each other to keep them company.
My first cat died from eating grass that had been treated with a very strong weed killer, so personally I worry more about humans than anything else.
The person who does moderncat has the catioshowcase.com site but she hasn't kept it up recently. It has some interesting ideas.
I love these, but they are expensive. I'm sure something similar can be built if you're willing to put in the time: http://habitathaven.com/cat-enclosures.html
N A V: Cats can indeed be hurt if they leap several stories down; the fact that they sometimes survive doesn't mean that they always do, or that they are always unscathed by it. Too, in my neighbourhood, if my cat jumped off my third floor deck he would run into serious traffic in almost any direction he took - and test outings onto the deck and previous experience suggest that he would run, and I couldn't necessarily get down fast enough to stop him. That's leaving aside all of the other dangers to him (raccoons, occasional coyotes, etc.) and the damage he poses to birds.
It really doesn't make sense to let a cat wander busy portions of a city - and I don't really see it as any more "natural" than keeping a cat inside; it's not like the domestic cat co-evolved with cars.
We are planning to add a barrier onto the railing of our deck so that he can't jump onto it or over it, but that's going to be in place before he gets to hang out with us outside.
1. Indoor cats are freaked-out by the outdoors at first for a pretty simple reason. They are used to enclosed spaces, walls. They have never seen a space where there isn't an end in sight. It's like walking from a 2-d world into a 3-d one. It takes getting used to. You have to introduce them slowly.
2. Harness leash. Cat collars don't always work well for outdoor time, so they make chest harnesses. You just tie them up. Instead of wrapping your balcony in screen, just tie your furball to a chair inside or something and let him explore. They won't go anywhere, and it'll take a few days to learn how to not tangle their leash in stuff, but they get used to it.
3. Make sure you give your indoor kitty flea meds if they go out! Use one that has a heartworm medicine too, because mosquitoes carry it, and you don't want your buddy getting seriously ill just from balcony exploration.
Cat's always land on their feet. So why keep them inside?
Other cats
Mean kids
Crazy people
Poison oak
Poison ivy
And those are just the things that are bad for the cat or for you and your home. That doesn't cover all the problems the cat itself can cause:
Kill birds
Leave feces on neighbors' lawns
Leave feces where neighbors' kids interact with it
Urinate everywhere
Spread disease
Spread tics and fleas
Attract coyotes
Cats are pets and should be kept indoors or leashed / caged and under supervision outside.
We built a cat fence around our yard....not to bad for price. Some deer fencing (cut down) and 2 foot steaks and it literally looks invisible. It works really well. Just look up cat fences, and they will give you all sorts of ideas. It keeps our cat in and other cats out, based on the fact they wont jump on anything unsturdy. I am sure it could work with balconies too.
my cat is NOW an indoor kitty.....after paying thousands of dollary-doos in vet bills for terrible injuries sustained in fights, we decided to keep him inside. He is a FIGHTER so for his own good, we keep him inside, away from the many strays that our pyscho neighbor refuses to stop feeding! It really pains me to keep him indoors, but after seeing the terrible injuries which are the result of bad cat fights (and they can get pretty gruesome) our 15lbs Maine Coone must stay inside our 400 sq.ft. apt!
We do sporadically use a harness & lead to get him some fresh air and walk about.
I would LOVE to find some way to turn our porch into a Jemaine lounge area!!
After 14 years of living in apartments my ginger wonder and I have moved to a ground level apartment with a small yard. At first he was nervous venturing outdoors, but the kitty curiosity quickly kicked in and he started wandering too far, and constantly crying to go out. Knowing that he has no street smarts I decided that the best thing to do was harness him. I thought he'd hate it (always refused to walk when on a leash) but he actually purrs when I put it on.
A word of caution though - harnessed cats can get tangled pretty easily, and even slip out of the harness. I always keep the door open so I can keep an ear and eye on him.
If I could afford to I would screen in the porch so the cat (and I) could go sit out there.
I get the feeling that some think an indoor cat's life isn't quite as great...? Being the owner of three cats, I beg to differ. I've had two of them since they were kittens- the boy is 12 and gets outside maybe once or twice a summer but always comes back. He is small for a male cat though and declawed (not my decision, wish I could undo) so my biggest concern is the big strays in our neighborhood. My youngest just turned one year last month and has never been outside. She loves to sit on the windowsill and watch the world through the screened in window. Perfectly content. My other cat is a female (and she's huge! not fat, just big.) who's two years. We adopted her about a year ago and have no idea what her life was like before us. She seems to have very little interest in the outside world.
Basically, my cats are loved, happy, and safe. They don't miss the outdoors because it's not something they've ever had. I found this information on many websites, "The average life span of indoor cats is about 14 years – though this is reduced to 4 years in cats that are allowed to roam free, exposing themselves to the hazards of outdoor life." and that for me is the biggest reason to keep my furballs inside. There are so many things that can go wrong outside! It's not wrong to keep them in and safe- especially when they're perfectly happy!
I let my kitty out on the patio, which is fenced in. He only goes out if the weather is nice and I'm out there to supervise him. He usually just walks around checking things out...lays out in the sun for a bit, then after a little while he will want to come in. He's curious, but a little afraid to leave the patio area...which is fine by me, because he is safer that way. If he was an outdoor cat, I don't think that he would live to the age of 14.
I am so curious why people feel it's OK or even necessary to allow cats freedom to be outdoors on their own, when no one I know thinks it's OK to do that with other pets. Dogs, birds rabbits, they all had wild histories before they became pets and no one says they need to be let outdoors on their own.
We have a huge coyote problem where we live, and we've had a dog and a cat eaten by them. Keeping our cats indoors keeps them alive.
@kimg924 and N A V: In addition to the other risks mentioned above, heartworm can infect cats via mosquitoes as the vector, so any outdoor exposure requires heartworm prevention meds. It can't be treated in cats as it can be in dogs, so it's a death sentence and a bad one at that.
Also, each cat is different. My cat Ellie came to be mine b/c her former owners adopted kittens and she wouldn't tolerate them (and they knew this from previous experience, unfortunately), so socializing is a risk, not a benefit to outdoor life. She ran away from home and wouldn't go back, despite the former owner's best efforts.
She instead camped out on my friend's porch for the summer, but needed a home when it got cold. I brought her indoors forever and she's totally content (though she does enjoy the sill of an open window) despite being out for six months.
My last cat, Alistair, had been feral since birth. There were a few short-lived escape attempts in the first year after adopting him from a shelter, but he was happy as a clam to be indoor-only for the next eight years until his death. And yes, I tried a harness in the back yard, but he escaped and freaked out and hid until I carried him back in.
BTW, one of the kittens adopted by Ellie's former owner was killed by a car after two months being left to roam outside as he pleased. Not all cats are smart enough to avoid cars, especially in urban and semi-urban neighborhoods.
Three separate veterinarians have told me there's no reason that cats need to be indoor/outdoor, and have said none of their cats go outside. Evidence enough for me.
To each cat his or her own, I think.
I'm not a big fan of the fact that my neighbors have two cats that they let roam around in my yard. It's great that they get to enjoy their freedom, but it means I have to worry about the cats killing birds and leaving carcasses in my yard. They also leave messes of a different sort. It's rude and selfish to let your cat out to roam all about the neighborhood with no boundaries.
My cats were exposed to the outdoors as kittens, but by the time I adopted them, they were "indoors only." When we moved to a quiet neighborhood with a serious rodent problem, I started letting them out. It took a few rescues, but they learned where home is and how to get back.
I never find carcasses anywhere but where they've brought them to present to me. I'm sure they kill things (rodent problem is gone), but they either eat, bury or leave things in the woods.
I installed a cat door, and discovered that one cat really prefers to be indoors. She goes out only if I'm going out, or to potty. The other can't get enough of the outside world. He brings me mice and the occasional catbird, gets his cuts and scrapes, and loves his outdoor world. Seems to be pretty smart about it - no one has seen him off the block, and he gets along with all the neighborhood cats.
Except his sister, the indoor cat.
It seems to me that we're talking about two separate things: cats who are free to roam the neighborhood and cats who aren't. Believe me, it IS possible to allow your kitties to enjoy the outdoors with you without all the fuss. I've always let my cats outside with some basic supervision and they've always stayed within the boundaries of our yard. The fences aren't particularly high nor is the yard on lockdown, but they learn quickly. I can only think of two instances where two different cats "escaped" for a moment and each cat only had to do it once to figure out that they'd rather stay in the yard.
We just moved into a new house and we let our cat out into the backyard after a day or two. She is older and fairly smart so I wasn't too worried. Our backyard connects to the carport where we don't want her and it only took a couple of admonishments for her to get it. For her, there's an invisible line that she knows not to cross. It's really not too complicated, just use some common sense.
We don't let her out at night, that's just asking for trouble. We don't let her out unless someone is home, in other words, don't lock your indoor cat out - duh! Right now she's supervised as it's so new, but eventually we'll just leave the sliding door cracked when we're home during the day so she can wander in and out as she pleases. Just be aware of any free-roaming cats that frequent your backyard so that you can avoid any fights.
There's no denying that being able to go outside is incredibly enriching and I hope you give your kitty the chance to enjoy it just as much as you do. It's all my kitty wants to do in the morning. Except that usually all she really wants to do is a little patrol, check things out and come right back in and back to bed. And if I don't let her out, then I hear about it until I do and neither of us gets a nap. :)
I've watched three beloved cats live with chronic illness and pain and ultimately die young because previous owners let them roam outside to contract diseases. It's an inexpressibly awful thing, and people who argue that being indoors gives a cat a poor quality of life frankly don't know what they're talking about. A poor quality of life is wasting away with lesions on your mucous membranes, digestive and skin problems, and constant congestion until the medications and supplements won't keep your symptoms under control anymore and you have to be given a merciful end.
I wish my neighbors would keep their cats inside, because they freak my indoors-only cat out by showing up in our yard (i.e. her territory). I also have to cat-proof my garden boxes, which I'd have to do anyways because of the other assorted wildlife, but still, it's one more thing to deal with.
As a kid, the outdoor cats belonging to our neighbors is why my parents made sure our sandbox had a lid on it.
So yeah, your cat's territory outside may involve other people's property.