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Ideas For Dealing with Neighbor's Cats?
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Q: I live next door to a hoarder. She has stuff all over her front porch, backyard, and the township has been to the house after complaints from her family and neighbors. I understand that this is a psychological problem and try not to get involved, although it is a major eyesore.
However, her cats are my real issue. She has about 10 cats, all of whom are outdoor, and are constantly on our porch, in our backyard, in the flowerbeds, screeching outside our windows at night, and so on. I have tried to talk to her and get nowhere. The township claims that they are not being abused and there is nothing that can be done. I am not going to move because of this issue (love my house, love the area, finances, etc.) but I need to get these cats away from my house--the poop, the noise, the annoyance of having someone else's "pets" in my yard is getting to be too much! Ideas?
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Try a motion sensing sprinkler. They are about $50, but can be pretty effective without being harmful to the cats.
Where I live, cats must be "in control" of their owners. The local animal shelter keeps cat traps for just this purpose. Eventually my neighbor got the hint (fines at the shelter escalate rapidly).
I feel your pain, and best of luck.
I have a problem with a neighbors small dogs digging up my front garden. I just installed one of those $40 scarecrow motion detected sprinklers off amazon. So far no more digging has occured, but it's only been a week so far.
I think the motion sensors are a great idea. What about sensor lights for nighttime? The kind that turn on strong light whenever a specific area is approached. I'm sure the cats won't like that and may get the hint.
Are other neighbors complaining? You may be able to file a nuisance claim with your city. It's the same basic idea that prevents your neighbor from running a lawn mower at 5 am. These cats are disrupting your peaceful enjoyment of your own home. If you'd rather avoid the legal route, you can put out humane cat traps on your property and just call animal control whenever you catch one. Admittedly, that's a pretty bold move, but they are on your property. You could also collect all the cat poop and return it to their owner...
You could try some sort of electric cat repellent (provided you don't own cats that would be bothered by it)- Google "Cat Stop". Also, cats hate citrus so you could spread some sort of citrus oil around your property line, or plant some citrus trees (climate permitted). Good luck!
Do you ever notice people visiting her? Hoarders are very often lonely people who have alienated family members and friends either because of their hoarding tendancies or because they've had longstanding mental illness that led to these tendancies. If you see family members or friends visiting, there's hope that maybe you can speak to them and see whether there is anything they can do about the cats.
I understand the township can't do anything except fine, ticket, etc. and what she's doing isn't really criminal, but how come the family has complained but has not been able to do anything themselves? You should try to speak to the family. Barring that, your best tactic is most likely to build a fence (if you can) and because you don't intend to move, you don't have to worry about property values for when the news cameras are filming outside your home because the hoarder lady has had all of her cats taken away and the police are hauling out gigantic piles of rotting trash (I'm being a tiny bit hyperbolic). :)
I have never heard of a motion detector sprinkler, that is a brillant idea! Where I live if the cat is not collared, spayed, micro-chiped, or otherwise cared for (simply feeding does not count) then they are considered feral and can be trapped and removed by animal control.
Are there any laws about the number of domesticated animals you can legally own? I thought most towns had restrictions. I think the motion sensor sprinkler could would be great. Maybe after a while they would even learn to just avoid your yard and you could remove the sprinklers.
Have you talked to the local animal rescue groups as well as the town? They may have different definitions of why they're willing to call abuse. Hoarder raids can also be very expensive, which is why the town may be tempted to turn a blind eye rigt now, but an animal rescue group may care enough to do something.
One problem is that hoarders often promptly go out and find more animals when theirs are taken away. :(
Motion sprinklers sounds like a good idea, and if you don't have pets of your own, you could try biological deterrents like the anti-racoon pepper sprays on the edge of the property.
If the cats have sprayed your porch, you'll want to use an enzyme cleaner to discourage repeat visits. And you may want to temporarily give up any mint plants you have or move them indoors, as some varieties smell like catnip.
... Heck, maybe giving the neighbor some catnip plants for HER yard might help.
Ugh, that sucks. Since it sounds like your township has no problem with 10 pets in a single family home (!! - I think here the limit is 4), it sounds like your only option is mitigation. Is your yard fenced? If so, and if you're willing to spend a little $$, there are systems that will attach to the top of the fence to keep cats out - they are like a springy nylon that cats won't jump on. Otherwise, you could try motion activated sprinklers or Shake-Away and other predator urine products. For the flowerbeds, I've also heard that cats HATE walking on chicken wire, and that if you lay that down with holes cut for your plants, they'll leave it alone, though I haven't tried this.
You could also trap the cats in your yard and take them to the shelter (I would have no problem claiming a cat constantly in my yard with no collar was a stray), but since she's a hoarder she'd probably just get more. Since she's not responsive, any chance talking to her family members would help? Maybe they could talk her down to just one or two cats, and make sure they're fixed.
CITRUS!! Cat's hate the smell of citrus - cut open a few oranges, grapefruit and leave them on your porch, squeeze them around your lawn - see if that helps!
I went through this a few years ago, the cats even peed through my open windows onto my bed (once) and sofa (twice), and clawed through the screen in my back room to get in and bring fleas! Eventually, the hoarding, garbage burning (yep, in the yard!), animal loving neighbours moved. In the meantime I had some success with a combination of (unattractive) tactics. It was important to me that the cats not be harmed.
- Pigeon spikes on the window sills and anywhere the cats wanted to hang out (porch, steps, planter edges). If you live in a city, you can get these at most larger hardware stores. A coil of chicken wire can work too, just something to make it awkward/uncomfortable for them to lounge on.
- Chopsticks, bamboo skewers or similar sticking up around plants in planter boxes or garden beds can help keep the cats from eating, digging and defecating in the area.
- Mulch your garden/planters with something rocky. It isn't nice to dig or lounge in. Lava rock is good, pea gravel is bad (too small and litter like).
- There are several types of odour based repellents that you can find in pet, hunting, and Home Depot type stores, or make your own (Google a recipe). You'll need to re-apply these frequently so it can get pricey if you need to cover a large area.I used them on the inside of my windowsills when the windows were open.
- In my area, we're allowed to humane-trap animals that are nuisances and take them to the SPCA. Is this an option for you? Sometimes you can borrow or rent live-traps from the SPCA. If not, try craigslist for used ones or hardware stores for new ones.
Good luck.
Are you sure these are domesticated cats? Are they just feral cats that basically just stay nearby because they're used to being fed by this woman? If the township wasn't paying too much attention and they are feral cats, you should look at the laws that govern the township (usually state, I think. We don't have townships so I don't know) and see whether there is any legal definition of feral vs. domestic.
I would reach out to the local animal shelters. My guess is that these cats aren't vaccinated and if they're howling outside your windows, they probably aren't neutered/spayed, which presents an even larger concern for your area (those 10 cats could turn into 100 cats in your garden). Many shelters have trap/neuter/release programs - often when the shelters discover that trapped cats are friendly, they will try to adopt the cats out to good owners, rather than releasing them back into the neighborhood they were found. It isn't the cats' fault they have a crappy owner. Consider solutions that will solve your problem AND improve these cats' quality of life. Act quickly though - kitten season will be starting very soon!
Defintely call an animal rescue group. If they determine they are being mistreated they will be oughta there! You still might consider a fence because, yes she will find/attract more cats and it will conceal her clutter. I feel your pain. Last summer I planted $300 in evergreens to cover up my neighbors junk. Every morning I look out my living room window at them and whisper "Grow!'
Motion-activated sprinklers (cats are smart enough to predict when a regularly set sprinkler goes off - I know only because I tried it!), spray vinegar where you don't want them to settle, use citrus peels and citrus spray (peels and liquids need to be refreshed every other day or so), those are your most animal-friendly solutions. The cats aren't feral if they let you see them, you won't see true feral cats, I'm active in a cat rescue group and there's a big difference between the behavior of stray cats/outdoor cats and feral cats. Indoors, for you, a white sound machine will help you sleep at night and will help mute the startling sound of a cat vocalizing outside your window - it won't drown it out completely but it's enough to take the edge off and not interrupt your sleep - I used it when a neighbor's cat was allowed to roam at night and would come tempt my cats through the window (they were renters - thank Heaven they moved!). I also, occasionally, would open the window and spritz that cat with a small water gun filled with pickle juice... that helped discourage him from his nighttime activities... it wasn't exactly animal-polite but by that point I was so sleep-deprived I just wanted him gone (he killed two of my cats and I ended up having to keep the other 2 as indoor only for the remainder of their lives). That's the only cat I've ever truly disliked...
@RUCY - maybe not feral, but domesticated cats that are just strays? Either way, a problem for the neighbors if they're allowed to roam free and disrupt other people's property.
Depending on how fa you want to go their are some extreme things you can do. I agree that the motion-detecting systems are a good, but I will suggest a few more idea. Electric Pet Fences will prevent animals like those cats and even other animal from entering your perimeter. Plant Lemon Balm its a natural cat repellent used to ward off tigers in India. Plant Cat Nip in an area away from where you want them to go. Citrus peels in the garden. I've even heard someone put a dried snake skin in there flower bed and it kept cats out. This is gross, but some people use the urine from other animals on their perimeters to keep out other animals. Ground black pepper around your plants. Mint. And there are cat repellents you can buy, but I'd don't know about those. And for the most extreme. Adopt a dog from your local shelter. That will keep them away.
I'm with Famous Amos. Basically, you want your yard to be unattractive to cats, so no nice fluffy surfaces to use as a litter box, lava rock is a great idea. Plastic forks work great to stick in planters (one of my neighbors did that) although they look a little silly.
Also get rid of any plants they might like and your bird feeder if you have one.
My very first thought was actually "get a dog", the bigger the better. But that might not be an option for you. I'm not suggesting leaving the dog outside all the time, just having him run around in the yard a few times a day will improve the situation. Maybe a friend with a dog can visit?
I would not suggest trapping the cats yourself. You don't want to risk getting scratched or bit.
I bet the cats aren't vaccinated. Can you complain to the township about the health hazard of having a bunch of cats in your yard? Especially if there are kids in the area.
I would guess that the only way the cats will go away is to take their food away, all neighbors (including the hoarder) would have to do this though, which seems unlikely.
I would reach out to a rescue group - simply because they might have more ideas and they know your township's laws too.
I'm with the trap them and take them to the Animal Shelter. I would warn the neighbor that if they don't move the cats indoors that that is what you're planning on doing. If she's concerned about her cats at all and takes your threat seriously she will move them inside.
@FABULOUSNFRESH - Good ideas, but hoarders are rarely rational people. She's "taking care of" her cats even though she isn't. They might not be abused, but they certainly aren't being controlled. Leaving cats outside all the time is letting them get hit by cars, attacked by other animals, etc. Explaining to the neighbor or threatening to report her might not work since she probably doesn't think she's doing anything wrong.
All those cats probably help keep the rat population down, something to consider when there's a hoarder.
Look into an electronic noise deterrent. They can be triggered by the animal or left on all the time and would hopefully keep them off your property. That is unless you have animals of your own, which in that case you could turn it off when they are outdoors.
Cats can devastate an ecosystem (even a small one like a neighborhood) and they procreate very quickly. If they are not fixed then you should talk to a shelter that would be willing to pick up and re-release. I doubt the hoarder would notice and then you could at least know that the animals won't multiply.
Make sure that you aren't not in anyway inadvertently attracting them to your home by leaving water or food out. Make sure that your trash and the like is put away and covered tightly. Also make sure that your house (if you have a crawlspace or the like) is closed off to their access. You do not want to find that they have been living there and only eating at the hoarder's home. Cats can do a lot of damage to a crawlspace of a home if allowed to climb in by accident.
I love cats and growing up we had a number. So this is not coming from a person who hates cats. You can smell where they have been, the ammonia smell is horrible. In my area the mall became a local dump for cats because people knew someone was feeding them, they grew out of control. You don't want this to be the issue with this person next door. Good luck!
Sprinkle coffee grounds around your porch, in your flower beds, or anywhere else they hang out. Cats (racoons, squirrels, skunks) hate the smell of coffee and will usually leave the area alone. As a plus, its also great for most plants!
Also on a different note, as someone who has moved from the country to a neighborhood...I have been surprised by the mount of cats that are "let out for the night" People if you aren't willing to let your dog "out for the night" why do you let your cats out? I understand that they are independent creatures but in the end they often end up in the streets, on neighbor's porches, taken, lost, or killed by cars or other animals. Why, if you love your cats, would you let them out of the protection of your home to possibly get hit by cars?
it isn't like living on 10 acres of land where a cat runs between the house and the shed or barn...
a dog?
LOL, MichelleM9, I was temped to post "get a greyhound".
To the OP - I feel for you. It drives me nuts when a single cat from the house across the street gets into my back yard. The reason - my greyhounds would chase it and if they caught it, it would not be pretty. As much as I dislike the cat, I don't want it to be harmed and the potential for my own dogs being injured is even greater (those feline claws, I would not them to get anywhere my darlings' eyes).
Can you talk to your local Humane Society to check what options you have? We have a limit of 3 dogs per household where I live (sorry, don't know if it's pets in general or dogs specifically) but Humane Society does not care how many a person has as long as all have their license and as long as nobody complains. If somebody complains, they would investigate (it happened to me - somebody who never met me and doesn't even live in my city complained to our HS that I have 5 grehounds [I did have 5 at that time]. He did it out of spite because we bitt3erly disagreed on some rather hot issue on a greyhound mailing list). One day, I returned home from work to find a tag from the HS on my door. Of course I ran there the next day wanting to know what the complaint was about (they don't bark, are walked on leashes, I pick up poop, etc.). of course they promptly got rid of the whole "complaint" when it dawned on me where the wind was blowing from.
Good luck dealing with this.
Motion sprinklers are a very good idea, I would try those and the citrus fruit.
I believe that people sometimes use predator urine to deter some wildlife but I would prefer to sprinkle orange juice around the house instead of coyote urine (besides, the coyote urine gets a bit pricey).
All great suggestions so far. Here's a website that gives a few more http://www.cat-repellant.info/html/diy-cat-deterrents.htm
Someone mentioned other animal urine and this actually works. At your local garden store you should be able to find something called "Coyote Urine". It's not actually from live Coyotes, it's a products thats been made that replicates the scent of Coyote urine. It helps to keep squirrels, deer and rabbits out of the garden so I would assume it would work for cats as well.
Good luck
A friend's parents had a similar issue. They installed a device that gave out a super high pitched sound that almost no one can hear, but cats hate. That worked for them.
There are excellent long term suggestions posted here. While folks determine costs and make arrangements etc. my "quick fix" suggestion may be useful. This is where foil wrap comes in. It is not a long term solution but once put over flower garden areas and porch surfaces the cats will NOT walk in those areas. The very best suggestions in my opinion were the motion detecting water spray and the chicken wire under the soil. I have two siamese cats and use foil myself in a few areas outside.
Remember that whatever you do, approach this with love (I know you will, you understand they have an illness and there is no malicious intent on her part). Sometimes we forget the spiritual remedies to Life's problems.
Hopefully they're all neutered/spayed and she hasn't been adding more cats to the clutter!
If you involve an animal shelter please make sure it's a "no kill" shelter. Some of them still kill cats if they haven't been adopted out after so much time.
I sure wouldn't go out and spend a lot of money to re-landscape your yard or install electric fences and such! This is HER problem, not yours. I very much doubt these are her cared-for PETS. They are outdoors, probably not getting vaccinations regularly (do you see her leaving the house often with a cat carrier to go to the vet? if not, with 10 cats you can bet she NEVER goes to the vet) and quite possibly not neutered. Unless you have witnessed them coming up to you and being friendly, you can assume they are feral or close enough to feral that adoption is not ever going to be an option.
Some cities will do spay/neuter release, but to do that the person who brings them in generally has to pay $50-$100 for the neuter PLUS is required to pay for vaccinations (which totally escapes me, because what the hell good is it to do it once???). Cat lovers need to cover their eyes now: unless you want to pay through the nose for this woman's animals, and KEEP doing so, because as long as she leaves food out more will come, you have to trap them and take them to the shelter. Better yet, call animal control and explain the situation and see if they will come set up the traps for you, so you can close your eyes and pretend it's not happening. A "no-kill" shelter will NOT take feral cats - they are dangerous (to people trying to handle them, because cat bites are cess pools for infection) and unadoptable.
What determines the ownership of a cat? If they are in YOUR yard, it seems to me they are no longer HERS. I would simply catch as many as possible, as often as possible, and take them to the local shelter. Period. She'll either keep them out of your yard, or be prepared to say goodbye. I am not a cat hater (I own one) but you should not have to sprinkle coffee grounds, animal urine or anything else in your own yard.
P.S. Hate me if you want, but I have no problem with stray cats being HUMANELY put to sleep. It's much better than being hit by a car, attacked by wild animals, starving, or living with disease and infestation.
Look for the nearest "Alley Cat" non-profit, who usually have volunteers to do a trap, spay, and release program. They check for diseases like FIV, FLV, distemper, etc., and if the cats have any, they are euthanized. Otherwise, they are vaccinated, spayed, and returned, but at lease then don't keep reproducing.
Not okay....for you! This person, whatEVER her own problems are, does NOT mean that they are to become YOUR problems...It's called living with the social norms of ANY neighborhood and she is unable to do that nor care to..very obviously..she is in the wrong totally, not you. You need to be powerful in your demanding that this situation be cleaned up as it has affected your well being and enjoyment of your home and life. There has to be accountability legally as she is unable to understand that her lifestyle has grossly affected yours and probably others. Take pictures, tape the sounds, and call THE NEWS STATION...someone HAS to force the issue for you and the neighbor and her living conditions....don't let it keep you, who lives as a thoughtful and civilized person from living in peace. She needs help and doesn't recognize anything as being NOT OKAY>> good luck..I love cats..but not the situation that has allowed them to seemingly run ferral and most likely sick as well..no pussyfooting around anymore...
feral..(with all my ranting..)
We built a raised bed for veggies the other year and it was clear from the start our many neighborhood kitties thought they had just been given a new, deluxe litterbox. One inexpensive pack of bamboo skewers solved the problem. They are sticking out all around the perimeters, sharp side up, and every few inches inside while veggies are still small- until lettuce, etc, gets big enough that they won't try to walk on it. No cats actually harm themselves- they are cautious creatures- they see that it would be uncomfortable to pick their way through the sharp spikes and they just move on to easier pastures.
PS- We still haven't figured out how to keep the many feral cats in the neighborhood from passing through the rest of our yard. It's a kitty highway and drives our two indoor cats crazy. We tried various predator urines and it didn't work, they just wash away and I didn't care to religiously maintain them. We hope to plant flowers and bushes that are natural repellants, at least near the basement windows. Good luck.
I would definitely involve the authorities all you can. Take photos, (document, document, document ), and send your complaints to the city council, adult protection, animal protection, the city complaint center, EVERYWHERE and keep calling until you get a response. It took me years but I finally got a "problem house" cleaned up when kept at it.
Hoarders will not change unless they are up against a wall, and even then it is difficult. Those cats may have serious health issues that can spread to others if not addressed. Good luck.
Put chilli powder on your window sills and porch.
The cats will learn pretty quickly where not to walk.
Good thing this isn't my neighbor! I don't have room for any more litter boxes. As the caretaker for 6 furballs, I would recommend catching the cats and taking them to a shelter if your animal control/city/township doesn't trap stray animals. I, too, would rather see them euthanized than hit by a car or starved. Please see if there are any cat rescue places in your area that would/could assist you with resolving your cat problem. As another commenter said: it's not the cats' fault they have a crappy owner. PS my cats are all strictly indoor cats. They never get outdoors because I know it's not safe and I rescued them to save them. The reason I don't have more is: no room for extra litter boxes and in my county, you have to have a cattery license if you have over six cats, even if you're not breeding! I also support the T/N/R units.
Yeah, I'd catch them and drop them off at the pound. I have had outdoor cats before and generally have no problem with it (and love to hear sanctimonious a-holes tell me otherwise), but these don't sound like outdoor cats so much as feral cats. Being a responsible pet owner is about more than just not starving or abusing animals. Having that many pets, when she clearly is not adequately taking responsibility for any of them, is absurd. Hopefully they can find homes that will actually step up and deal with them instead of letting them run wild.
Take them to the shelter. period end of story. Anyone with 10 cats isn't taking care of them properly. Call the city about the the filth over and over again until it's fixed. The filth, the critters it attracts and cats are not something you should learn to live with nor should you spend your own money adapting to her.
I too have a problem with cat's pooing in my garden, I dislike cats personally and really hate having to clean up their poo! The chicken wire in the soil sounds like a great idea, thanks AT.
HOLLER I guess I am that "sanctimonious a-hole" telling you otherwise. I only made my previous comment as a question on why people in suburban or urban areas have outdoor cats because in my neighborhood I often see more cats that have been hit by cars than nearly any other animal on the road. It is sad that when I am walking through the neighborhood with my dog, how few people seem to car that their cats are out in the middle of the busy streets. Sure I have had outdoor cats. I also grew up out in the country and far from the road but the average outdoor cat will still roam up to 5 acres for its territory. Their life spans are also much smaller compared to indoor cats so...I guess I am just wondering why keep a cat if you are only ever going to have it outdoors unless you live on a farm and are using it as a barn cat to keep mice away?
My neighbor's cat does the same thing. We tried all the natural remedies. Those didn't work. We ended up putting moth balls in a plastic jar with holes poked in the top into our flower beds. The cat leaves us pretty well alone now.
@SGGVT04 I wasn't really specifically talking about you, I just seem to have heard more than my share of people lately declaiming the evils of letting cats outdoors, and it gets tiring. I had two cats growing up in the suburbs, both eventually eaten by coyotes. One definitely should have been an indoor cat, since he clearly was not cut out for it and got gobbled up when he was only a couple years old. If I had that cat today, I definitely would not have him go outdoors more than just the occasional excursion. The other had 13 great years of keeping our garden safe from voles and bunnies by day and coming in for some scratches and a nap on the heating vent at night, before getting reabsorbed into the food chain. For the cat he was, I honestly think it would have been cruel to keep him cooped up all day, since we weren't living just off a highway or some other place that would have posed a legitimate threat to his existence. Some cats are savvy enough to make a living outdoors and can manage the dangers that come with it, and some are just naturally housecats who will settle in for a nap on the warm asphalt if given the chance, and probably shouldn't be let out too often. I am just tired of people who think that they are the big expert unilaterally deciding, without having any idea what they are talking about, that people are unfit pet owners for letting their pets outside when in all probability, those people are probably just familiar with their pet and giving it a happy, healthy life. People who make those kinds of judgements are the sanctimonious a-holes I was talking about, but I really don't know if that was what you were saying or not, so it wasn't really directed at you so much as in general.
Cat traps. Check craigslist. Take them to the local shelter. Repeated trips will definitely drive the point home as a previous poster said. Going on a road trip? You could take the trapped cat to the shelter at your destination. I'm sorry your neighbor isn't doing right by these animals. Keep pestering the humane society.
I like cats. If my mother wouldn't be allergic I would buy myself one or two.
But I hate the cats of my neighbor. Of course those animals are not responsible for her strange behavior. And of course she is ill. She is a hoarder. She was since she was a child, as far I heard from others, that know her, from childhood on. She has family in the village, I think it ´s their term to do something (psychological help etc.).
That woman is rich (daddy pays…) and in the past she had different types of animals in her house. Once it was pigs. A lot of pigs. Not one or two, must have been a dozen. Direct neighbors told us, that it was so smelly, they couldn´t use their porch, they could not even open their windows.
I´ve heard a lot of stories about her and her animal hoarding.
She had once over 100 (!) sheep and other farm animals on meadows around our village and every time veterinary department came, they moved the animals in an overnight rescue campaign. Once or twice the animals were not gone and most of them were so ill, that they needed to be euthanized on the meadow. The veterinarian didn´t wanted to move them, they were suffering from foot-and-mouth disease.
Right now, they have "only" more or less 15 cats and all the other neighbors are frustrated. Nobody can leave something textile on his porch. The cats are peeing on those things and shredding them. I throw away my cushions of my garden furniture. Now I need to buy new ones. Those cats are although peeing on some house walls, and the pooh is everywhere. Everybody has lost fun in having a kitchen garden. Last year there were in one row of salad more than 10 pooh heaps some were buried and when I removed the weeds I digged them out. That was so disgusting, I didn´t wanted to eat my vegetables.
We tried black pepper, chili powder and we have a motion detected light at the house. We although tried some sprays from the garden center that are for keeping cats away, but all this did not function or not long enough. The cats are coming 24 hours a day, every day. Sitting on the window, reading, I can follow them shiting (sorry, bad word) in my kitchen garden. Once I counted 14 at a time, all in your garden, all were walking straight to my kitchen garden to pooh. I´m not sure which ones belong to the hoarder, but I don´t care. They are in my garden. It´s a 1000m² garden. I can´t chance the complete fence.
Neighbors once catched them and brought them to an animal shelter or just abandoned them a few miles away from our village. But she, the hoarder knows all of her cats and walks around then, searching for them and she goes on other peoples ground, without asking. But people are afraid of her. She once tried to kill the veterinarian, who said, that those sheep and goats have to die.
I wouldn´t kill an animal. Some people say, if those cats are in there kitchen garden, they will throw stones or other things at the cats. Someone asked me, why we are not using poisonous meat traps. But why killing those animals, some of them are really beautiful animals and I´m sure, with another owner, those animals would have a good life.
And all those things with chicken wire, plastic forks, I can´t do this, I´ve little kids. It would be insecure for them too.
The local authority told us, that, as far, as those cats are not ill and bad treaded, they can´t do anything. But now all neighbors know, that its soon time for the kittens to be born and we all fear this moment. Those cats are not sterilized and of course they have no vaccinations. Maybe they are connecting for a class action suit. I will only plant peas in my garden this year.
Last year I planted some marigolds / tagetes, I think, that helped a little.
yikes, you're a kinder person than me. If all of that had happened and taking them to the shelter etc. still hadn't done anything, I'd definitely start researching the most humane ways of exterminating the cats myself. Good luck!
If there's one thing I've learned from watching Hoarders, it's this: where there are live cats, there are dead cats too.
If there's that many cats spilling over into your yard, then there's probably even more cats in her house. Unvaccinated, unneutered, uncared for. I don't think citrus or a sprinkler is gonna be anything more than putting a tiny bandaid on a giant wound.
And the cat problem is likely only the first wave of suck for you as her neighbor. You could be dealing with overwhelming odors and roach infestations that cross from her property to yours at the very least in the near future. The cats are probably keeping vermin at bay, but if the hoard's filling her backyard that's another issue you'll be dealing with and could end up in your house. Mice/rats/etc can carry all sorts of disease, and depending on what part of the country you live in, they can even carry the plague. The plague! Another thing to seriously worry about is house fire.
Sorry to be so alarmist, but having a hoarding neighbor can be a very dangerous thing for you. I don't think you can afford to not get involved. It's mental illness. It's not going to fix itself, it's only gonna get worse.
we have a similar situation with the cats (not the hoarding). we had some leftover "havahart critter ridder" from a major rat infestation (thankfully over, sparked by the former slobs next door moving out and leaving their rats hungry) that we just thought to try - it seems to be working! basically, it is just a shaker of pepper pellets that animals don't like the smell of and we just shook it over our gardens and such.
Holler, you are an entitled, arrogant and ignorant human being. 'I'd find ways of exterminating them myself.' What are you, some kind of sociopath? Unless you do sodium pentothal yourself, there's no "humane way".
Nevertheless, what gives you the right to KILL them, just because you can't find any space in the tiny little stone that passes for your heart, to realize that they have just as much a right to be there as YOU, believe it or not.
They didn't ask to be where they are; they can't help it. But you CAN make better choices, so stop bragging about how you would get rid of them as if it were the best or only choice, and, as if you would actually enjoy it- you just about say you'd have zero remorse anyway.
People like you give the human race a bad name.
And for the other heartless folks who flippantly say "bring them to the shelter":
That is as much a death sentence as any thing else, expediant as it may be for you. They have their lives which are worth something too, much more than your sacred and all-important property. Property is what it is : Props. It's sad that so many people would value inanimate objects.
Why am I ranting like this? I've been rescuing for 15 years and have seen no end to the depravity and ignorance so many people will let themselves sink to, due to laziness, stupidity, and arrogance. I've seen people have no problem poisoning cat after cat, including kittens and nursing mothers who don't care if the kittens are left to die. I've had to peel these sweet and dead, contorted creatures off the pavement with the blood still coming from their mouths and the urine dripping from their bladders, knowing they had one of the most excruciating deaths imaginable.
I've rescued cats which were obviously used as bait for dog-fighting "training"; the bite marks on the face are unmistakable. We never see the kittens and puppies of these "trainings" because they are almost always torn apart and don't make it.
I've rescued cats and kittens who were dumped down incinerator chutes, intentionally boarded up in sheds and abandoned, thrown out off cars on the highway and thrown out of apartment windows. Should I go on? You try doing this for 15 MONTHS and see how you feel about these kinds of people then.
Work with rescue groups, do some TNR, get off your butts and put a little effort into doing something right- simply because it is the right thing to do. We're not living in a third-world country.
And feel free to come at me- I have to throw down with with dog-fighters, drug addicts, viscious people with IQs in the single-digits, and "gangstas" who try to intimidate, ridicule me or express mock pity. I honestly could not care less, and, I can tell you it won't be anything I haven't heard before.
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your houses and gardens are more important to you then poor cats lives. i don't think you have a soul and are drowned in your materialism. Who are we humans to think that the Earth belongs only to us, we have to share it with other beings who depend on this earth as much as us. who are you to complain about your homes and gardens when animals are just trying to survive. be thankful you have food and shelter because stray/abandoned animals don't. you people have to realize that this world isn't only about us and how much money we can accumulate to destroy everything around us. with your attitude we won't survive very long.
Selfish ass cat haters. You suck!!! Maybe we should just trap you & do away with you. Karma is a bitch & will come back to bite you in the ass. So sad that the world has no respect & compassion for life. Pathetic! All animals want is love from us humans & y'all don't think twice about killing THEM in return. It's a sorry ass world we live in!!!
Meridians, Isis, Cat Lover, please come over daily, with shovels and metal scrapers. Pick up and bury the multitudes of beheaded squirrels, birds and mice I find in the yard from your oh so dear loving cats. Didn't spot that body in the grass, please scrape the bird guts from the underside of the lawnmower too.
Because I'm sure as responsible owners of roam entitled cats, you are there to clean up their gore. England says cats kill six million animals a year, in England alone. Sounds like your busy.
Don't even get me started on cats. Actually - it's not the cats, it's their dumb-ass owners.
If I let my dog go over and crap on my neighbor's lawn every day and leave her a few chewed up squirrels to clean up, she'd FREAK OUT!
But it's perfectly fine for her two cats to use my kids' sandbox and my veggie garden as their personal litter box. It's fine for them to rack up the dead bird carcasses on my back porch. ARGH!!!


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The 2011 Christian music awards ceremony, filmed at The Fox Theatre in April, marked the first time in the show's 41-year history that it was held outside of Tennessee.
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8:33 pm
Hopefully it will be at Cobb Energy Centre.
June 29th, 2011
9:37 pm
The Gwinnett Arena would be perfect for it!!!
June 29th, 2011
10:23 pm
What's wrong with having it at the Fox again? Seems like it was a good fit.
June 29th, 2011
11:55 pm
Wish I still lived there and could attend.
June 30th, 2011
1:55 am
I agree with A.D. that Cobb Energy Centre would be a better fit than going downtown. Downtown Atlanta has it's share of metal plates on the street surfaces that either shreads or cuts your tires up and/or throws your cars' front end out of alignment, lack of secured parking without being booted or looted, chaotic and loud Peachtree Street traffic ie, ..Fire trucks, police sirens, rap music blasting from cars, men dressed in drag perusing the area streets around the Fox looking for Johns to patronize them, pan handlers……etc.
July 6th, 2011
4:05 pm
sorry, but the Cobb Energy Center does not hold enough people…

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So the first one looks kinda like this? If you tweak it a little bit. Which is called 4-spiral-bullseye. Which could mean that the Alphas target Derek and this is their warning?
And I think the second one was established to be the Alpha Pack symbol… like Derek's tattoo (could be) his family crest.
And the last one was standing for revenge in season 1.
And I think we already got the spoiler, that the Alpha Pack is there especially for Derek. So. Revenge on Derek? For… I don't know, the first one is not a knot, so my pun won't work *sadface*
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More Corporate Underpants
Posted By Howard Kaplan On December 8, 2005 @ 12:52 pm In Branding and Advertising Rants | 1 Comment
Long time readers of this space will recall our friend Tamara Adlin [1], contributing to both GrokDotCom [2] and Call to Action [3] her stance that an organization should never be caught with their corporate underpants showing. I couldn't help but think of her while I started my morning, and my afternoon too, at FedexKinkos. FedexKinkos has a wonderful service known "simply" as "File, Print, FedexKinkos". I'm putting the final stamp of approval on a Conversion Assessment [4], and in one click, it's off to the printer to be professionally printed, bound, and then shipped direct to the client. Sounds like a snap, right?
It is, just don't assume you can use your corporate Kinkos account to pay for the shipping, and don't try that Fedex code to cover the printing either- they're much too savvy for that. The counter girl politely explains, to get a new Kinkos account I should call them, and they'll help me. Them? I'm confused, aren't you… them? Yes, she kindly offers, but they can only access Fedex accounts, because they previously were a Fedex brick and mortar. Thanks, that helps.
I move past the payment issue and ask to see the document before it's shipped out. My new friend takes my phone number and disappears only to return back 10 minutes later. Do I recall who I dropped the document off with, she asks. I explain, through the wonders of FPFK (can't you just see the branding "wizards" who came up with this?), I "dropped it off" from the office. She begins to laugh, "those come in through our other network, I'll go check and be right back". "Right back" was a bit of dramatic license I suppose, because 45 minutes later she returns asking if I could give them the document again.
It seems FPFK couldn't access the document, but don't worry, she assures me, you were charged for it at the time of order, so they will still print it for me. Somehow, I'm supposed to feel relieved at hearing this. Imagine, the incredible value proposition of company who charges you for a product, then stands by their underwhelming customer service ability to… actually deliver the product. Joy.
An Associate Manager returns some time after with my printed, bounded report. He kindly explains to me, next time I should consider simply coming into the store, because it's much easier for them to print things out on time that way. As I left the store, I thought about sending Tamara's Conversion Tip off to the FedexKinkos corporate HQ, I just wasn't sure if I should send it to Dallas c/o Kinkos, or Memphis c/o Fedex
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3 secrets to trading ahead of earnings
Use these tools to trade stocks of companies set to report quarterly results.
With the second quarter now finished, I'm gearing up for earnings season. While some folks shy away from trading stocks of companies set to release operating results, I use the opportunity to attack the market at its weakest and most inefficient point.
When a company reports results, the news will be greeted by overzealous buying or fearful selling almost immediately. The mad rush of buyers or sellers results in a stock that can move 5% to 10% higher or lower, depending on the company's success or failure at meeting Wall Street's expectations.
The beat-the-numbers game is alive and well. If you trade wisely, big profits can be had in a short period. The trick, of course, is to understand what is coming and position yourself accordingly.
I use several very effective tools to help guide my way to trading earnings successfully. On Monday, I gave a preview on 5 companies reporting earnings this week using these keys.
The results were spectacular but not surprising. Four of the picks moved exactly as expected with two picks, KB Home (KBH) and Apollo Group (APOL) generating more than 5% immediately after releasing results.
These trades are meant to be fast and furious. You do your analysis, make your trade and get out after the news and market impact have occurred. It is an aggressive and risky approach meant for a small portion of your portfolio, but quite lucrative when you are right.
Read below the video for 3 steps you can use to help you trade earnings:
Current stock price
It may be surprising, but the current stock price of a company about to report earnings can provide traders clues with respect to future action. Has the stock been running up in advance of the report? Where is the stock trading versus the rest of the market? Has the company released guidance in advance of the earnings report? What other news out there is impacting current stock price?
The answer to these questions will give you clues as to the future. There is a tendency for stocks to trade in a narrow range before earnings are released. Nobody wants to be on the wrong side of a trade and therefore volatility is limited. If that happens when stocks in general are moving higher, there is the potential for gains. If your analysis suggests that an earnings beat will be forthcoming you have the ingredients for a winning trade.
The short term price history of a stock about to report earnings is the first step to profiting from this sort of trading.
Wall Street Estimates
The beat the number game on Wall Street is alive and well. For whatever reason there is a strong reaction by investors after a company reports results. Temporarily there is an influx of buyers and sellers. The matching thereof is what determines price instead of things like valuation.
When supply and demand are out of whack you get volatility. It is that volatility however short term in nature that creates opportunity for those trading stocks in advance of earnings. Make the right trade and big bucks can be made.
The first place to look with respect to earnings predictor trading is to examine changes in estimates during the quarter in question. Compare those changes to actual events to determine if Wall Street is on the mark.
Typically analysts are slow to change their estimates. If there has been any sort of news on a macro or micro level traders can duly note such news. If the estimate has failed to move on the news, an opportunity is created.
I also like to use the business cycle in relation to Wall Street estimates. In the early going of a new cycle, estimates are often too low. The same is true at the end of a cycle when estimates are to optimistic.
Again, the idea here is that using Wall Street estimates to determine pricing in the market is inefficient. Traders can take advantage of that inefficiency by trading in advance of results.
Current valuation
At the end of the day valuation does indeed matter. Specifically, I love to trade stocks that trade for low valuations in relation to expected profit growth. If earnings results are better than expected these low valuation stocks can rocket higher after an earnings report.
Ironically, I do use Wall Street estimates here to determine valuation. The most promising stocks tend to trade for low multiples of earnings with those earnings set to grow at a rate higher than the multiple. It is not failsafe, but in most cases investors will make money owning stocks with such a metric.
On the flip side stocks that are richly priced must keep beating estimates to keep the momentum going. An earnings miss in such circumstances can send a stock significantly lower. Valuation is one of the best ways to find stocks that will win or lose during earnings season.
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Second season Movie is eminent. I felt no remorse for the "main cast" being killed cause most of them were jerks, but my god were the deaths gruesome. I never liked the twins and I was cringing as they were slaughtered. Actually I cringed when people were dying in general. >.>
The dvd/BD release will be interesting. I wonder if they'll "defog" the death scenes. I barely could watch it blurred. .____.
Crappy end, but at least they are continuing.
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Initially, it would seem that the Los Angeles Dodgers have the gusto and determination to make a run at winning a World Series for the first time since 1988. Between having one of the best starting pitchers in the game in Clayton Kershaw (1.83 ERA) along with their acquisition of one the best young hitters in Yasiel Puig (.319 avg, 42 RBI's) the Dodgers are seemingly built to wear teams down with their youth and athletic skill. Yet, even with this red hot juggernaut, there is still one team that can not only match the Dodgers tenacity, but that can also exceed their recent accolades in almost every way. The Boston Red Sox, a team that only year ago was practically abysmal in every way that mattered, has bounced back to become one of the best teams in baseball.
Whenever you talk about the Red Sox, it's impossible to overlook the most intriguing aspect of their game; their high powered offense. In the majors, the Red sox scored the most runs in the regular season (853) while sporting the best average in the league (.277 avg.) Along with these impressive team accomplishments, the Red Sox have one of if the not the best the hitter in the game in David Ortiz who had his first career multi home run game in the Red Sox game 2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
However, Big Papi isn't the only one who is capable of smashing home runs out of the park. Although Dustin Pedroia doesn't necessarily have the strength of Ortiz, he has the patients and accuracy to be an effective base hitter. Throughout the regular season, Pedroia garnered over 80 RBI's and had a batting average of .301. Mike Napoli on the other hand, is more akin to Ortiz in that his abilities are catered to power hitting rather than a well-timed finesse approach. During the regular season, Napoli had 23 home runs (only seven below Ortiz) and 92 RBI's (only 11 short of Ortiz's 103). Simply put, the Red Sox have one of the most dynamic offenses in the game that has given them prolific success against almost any opponent.
Although the Red Sox offense gets a large share of the limelight for their smash mouth abilities, the precision of their bullpen has also been critical in the Red Sox monumental success. While the Red Sox had a brief pitching lapse in last nights lose to the Rays in game 3 (final score 4-5), as a whole the Red Sox have proven they have consistent pitchers who rarely choke under pressure. Starting pitcher Clay Buchholz has made it clear that he is the real deal as his ERA has drastically improved from his career average of 3.60 to this seasons current average of 1.74.
The Red Sox also have a sensational relief pitcher in Koji Uehara. Despite his uncharacteristic lapse in his most recent outing against the Rays, Uehara deserves credit for being a reliable closer more often than not. His overall ERA is practically god like (1.09 ERA during the regular season) and he has proven to be consistently clutch as he garnered over 20 saves during the regular season.
While some may look at the Red Sox devastating loss last night as a chink in their nearly impervious armor, it is actually quite the opposite. Whenever the Red Sox hit a rough patch during the regular season, whether it was a poor offensive performance or their bullpen failing to hold the opposition at bay, this team has proven they are both resilient and strong willed. The reason the Red Sox have been so consistently successful is because they are not averse to making adjustments when the situation calls for it.
For the Red Sox, a failure only results in them becoming a stronger and more effective team that can and will exploit their opponent's weaknesses when given the opportunity to do so.
Although Red Sox still have some work to do before they can be crowned World Series champions, they have a stacked roster and a patient coaching staff that is more than capable of leading them to the promised land. Between their high-octane offense and the assassin like mentality of their bullpen, the Red Sox have all the elements to win when it matters most.
Despite the competitive opposition that is still out there, the Red Sox will always find a way to win come hell or high water.


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How To Tell If Somebody Loves You:
Somebody loves you if they pick an eyelash off of your face or wet a napkin and apply it to your dirty skin. You didn't ask for these things, but this person went ahead and did it anyway. They don't want to see you looking like a fool with eyelashes and crumbs on your face. They notice these things. They really look at you and are the first to notice if something is amiss with your beautiful visage!
Somebody loves you if they assume the role of caretaker when you're sick. Unsure if someone really gives a shit about you? Fake a case of food poisoning and text them being like, "Oh, my God, so sick. Need water." Depending on their response, you'll know whether or not they REALLY love you. "That's terrible. Feel better!" earns you a stay in friendship jail; "Do you need anything? I can come over and bring you get well remedies!" gets you a cozy friendship suite. It's easy to care about someone when they don't need you. It's easy to love them when they're healthy and don't ask you for anything beyond change for the parking meter. Being sick is different. Being sick means asking someone to hold your hair back when you vomit. Either love me with vomit in my hair or don't love me at all.
Somebody loves you if they call you out on your bullshit. They're not passive, they don't just let you get away with murder. They know you well enough and care about you enough to ask you to chill out, to bust your balls, to tell you to stop. They aren't passive observers in your life, they are in the trenches. They have an opinion about your decisions and the things you say and do. They want to be a part of it; they want to be a part of you.
Somebody loves you if they don't mind the quiet. They don't mind running errands with you or cleaning your apartment while blasting some annoying music. There's no pressure, no need to fill the silences. You know how with some of your friends there needs to be some sort of activity for you to hang out? You don't feel comfortable just shooting the shit and watching bad reality TV with them. You need something that will keep the both of you busy to ensure there won't be a void. That's not love. That's "Hey, babe! I like you okay. Do you wanna grab lunch? I think we have enough to talk about to fill two hours!" It's a damn dream when you find someone you can do nothing with. Whether you're skydiving together or sitting at home and doing different things, it's always comfortable. That is fucking love.
Somebody loves you if they want you to be happy, even if that involves something that doesn't benefit them. They realize the things you need to do in order to be content and come to terms with the fact that it might not include them. Never underestimate the gift of understanding. When there are so many people who are selfish and equate relationships as something that only must make them happy, having someone around who can take their needs out of any given situation if they need to.
Somebody loves you if they can order you food without having to be told what you want. Somebody loves you if they rub your back at any given moment. Somebody loves you if they give you oral sex without expecting anything back. Somebody loves you if they don't care about your job or how much money you make. It's a relationship where no one is selling something to the other. No one is the prostitute. Somebody loves you if they'll watch a movie starring Kate Hudson because you really really want to see it. Somebody loves you if they're able to create their own separate world with you, away from the internet and your job and family and friends. Just you and them.
Somebody will always love you. If you don't think this is true, then you're not paying close enough attention."
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1. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs is not one of them.
2. Never cancel dinner plans by text message.
3. Don't knock it 'til you try it.
4. If a street performer makes you stop walking, you owe him a buck.
5. Always use 'we' when referring to your home team or your government.
6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
7. Don't underestimate free throws in a game of 'horse'.
8. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
9. Don't dumb it down.
10. You only get one chance to notice a new haircut.
11. If you're staying more than one night, unpack.
12. Never park in front of a bar.
13. Expect the seat in front of you to recline. Prepare accordingly.
14. Keep a picture of your first fish, first car, and first boy/girlfriend.
15. Hold your heroes to a high standard.
16. A suntan is earned, not bought.
17. Never lie to your doctor.
18. All guns are loaded.
19. Don't mention sunburns. Believe me, they know.
20. The best way to show thanks is to wear it. Even if it's only once.
21. Take a vacation of your cell phone, internet, and TV once a year.
22. Don't fill up on bread, no matter how good.
23. A handshake beats an autograph.
24. Don't linger in the doorway. In or out.
25. If you choose to go in drag, don't sell yourself short.
26. If you want to know what makes you unique, sit for a caricature.
27. Never get your hair cut the day of a special event.
28. Be mindful of what comes between you and the Earth. Always buy good shoes, tires, and sheets.
29. Never eat lunch at your desk if you can avoid it.
30. When you're with new friends, don't just talk about old friends.
31. Eat lunch with the new kids.
32. When traveling, keep your wits about you.
33. It's never too late for an apology.
34. Don't pose with booze.
35. If you have the right of way, take it.
36. You don't get to choose your own nickname.
37. When you marry someone, remember you marry their entire family.
38. Never push someone off a dock.
39. Under no circumstances should you ask a woman if she's pregnant.
40. It's not enough to be proud of your ancestry; live up to it.
41. Don't make a scene.
42. When giving a thank you speech, short and sweet is best.
43. Know when to ignore the camera.
44. Never gloat.
45. Invest in good luggage.
46. Make time for your mom on your birthday. It's her special day, too.
47. When opening presents, no one likes a good guesser.
48. Sympathy is a crutch, never fake a limp.
49. Give credit. Take blame.
50. Suck it up every now and again.
51. Never be the last one in the pool.
52. Don't stare.
53. Address everyone that carries a firearm professionally.
54. Stand up to bullies. You'll only have to do it once.
55. If you've made your point, stop talking.
56. Admit it when you're wrong.
57. If you offer to help don't quit until the job is done.
58. Look people in the eye when you thank them.
59. Thank the bus driver.
60. Never answer the phone at the dinner table.
61. Forgive yourself for your mistakes.
62. Know at least one good joke.
63. Don't boo. Even the ref is somebody's son.
64. Know how to cook one good meal.
65. Learn to drive a stick shift.
66. Be cool to younger kids. Reputations are built over a lifetime.
67. It's okay to go to the movies by yourself.
68. Dance with your mother/father.
69. Don't lose your cool. Especially at work.
70. Always thank the host.
71. If you don't understand, ask before it's too late.
72. Know the size of your boy/girlfriend's clothes.
73. There is nothing wrong with a plain t-shirt.
74. Be a good listener. Don't just wait for your turn to talk.
75. Keep your word.
76. In college, always sit in the front. You'll stand out immediately.
77. Carry your mother's bags. She carried you for nine months.
78. Be patient with airport security. They're just doing their jobs.
79. Don't be the talker in a movie.
80. The opposite sex likes people who shower.
81. You are what you do, not what you say.
82. Learn to change a tire.
83. Be kind. Everyone has a hard fight ahead of them.
84. An hour with grandparents is time well spent. Ask for advice when you need it.
85. Don't litter.
86. If you have a sister, get to know her boyfriend. Your opinion is important.
87. You won't always be the strongest or the fastest. But you can be the toughest.
88. Never call someone before 9am or after 9pm.
89. Buy the orange properties in Monopoly.
90. Make the little things count.
91. Always wear a bra at work.
92. There is a fine line between looking sultry and slutty. Find it.
93. You're never too old to need your mom.
94. Ladies, if you make the decision to wear heels on the first date, commit to keeping them on and keeping your trap shut about how much your feet kill.
95. Know the words to your national anthem.
96. Your dance moves might not be the best, but I promise making a fool of yourself is more fun then sitting on the bench alone.
97. Smile at strangers.
98. Make goals.
99. Being old is not dictated by your bedtime.
100. If you have to fight, punch first and punch hard."
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Reader Blog: A question
With the Cubs and Mariners doing battle until 11:30 and an early morning World Cup game for the U.S., I have just one question in light of Lou Piniella returning to Seattle, where he managed for 10 years, and Milton Bradley being back in the same ballpark as the Cubs.
Who is having a worse year?
- Lou Piniella
Piniella is the lame duck manager of a team eight games under .500. He usually looks like a homeless person. He answers "What else can I do?" in response to 90 percent of reporters' questions, and yelled at a reporter and at Steve Stone for suggesting he should play Colvin more, and then promised to play Colvin more each time. He was also roundly criticized for moving his highest-paid pitcher to the bullpen (a move I agreed with, but I doubt he takes much solace in that).
- Milton Bradley
He's batting .214 with a .301 OBP. He's earning $11 million and yet is owned in just 3.6 percent of ESPN fantasy leagues. He spent 13 days on the "restricted list" after admitting he's crazy. He has managed not only to make the Cubs' trade for oh-so-terrible Carlos Silva look good--he's made it look like one of the best trades they've ever made.
Last night's game was a perfect example of Lou and Milton's struggles--the Cubs lost with another meek performance while Bradley went 0-for-3.
Lou is essentially platooning
Lou is essentially platooning Geovany Soto with Koyie Hill. Of all the Piniella decisions we have to be critical of, this is the one that makes me angriest. (Now that Theriot is no longer leading off, that is.) In 196 plate appearances this season, Geo has put up a .386 wOBA at the plate, and has been worth 1.6 WAR. In 80 plate appearances, Hill has managed an atrocious .238 wOBA and has been below replacement level on the season. It is completely insane that Lou keeps trotting Hill out there 3-4 times per week, especially considering that this team features one of the worst offenses in the National League.
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The history of electronic music composition, technologies and institutions is traced from the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. Core developments are followed beginning with the founding generation including Joseph Tal, Tzvi Avni and Yizhak Sadai, continuing with the second and third generations of musicians and researchers, living in Israel and the United States. The institutional and political dynamics of the field in this country are explored, with a focus on the challenges of building an audience and institutional support, as well as prospects for the future.
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Film: One P.M.
Sunday, September 21 | 5 p.m. | PFA Theater
In the fall of 1968, Jean-Luc Godard embarked on his first American movie, 'One American Movie' ('One A.M.'), a Leacock-Pennebaker production. He abandoned the project well into the shooting, and this film, 'One P.M.', represents an edition of Godard's rushes mixed together with footage of Godard directing the film and engaging in other activities during his stay in the United States. This assemblage of rushes and other material by D.A. Pennebaker in no way attempts to complete Godard's film or suggest its final form. 'One P.M.' stands on its own as a fascinating document of a film-in-progress and a prodigious cineaste at work.$5.50 BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees; Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Youth (17 & under), $9.50 General Admission
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Film: Letter to Jane
Sunday, September 21 | 7 p.m. | PFA Theater
This extraordinary little movie emerged from the then recently formed French Dziga Vertov film collective, led by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. The entire premise of Letter to Jane is a deconstruction of a notorious news photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi and surrounded by Vietnamese communists. The best parts of the film function as a withering critique of the iconography of Hollywood and the (fashionably unfashionable) Hollywood star system.$5.50 BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees; Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Youth (17 & under), $9.50 General Admission
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Social event: Salsa dance class
September 14 – 21, 2014 every Sunday | 8:30-10 p.m. | Chevron Auditorium International House
Salsa Classes are back with award-winning dancer Timea Potys of Sizzling Latin. Learn to salsa in the beautiful International House auditorium. No partner required.
Exhibit: Geta Brătescu
July 25 – September 28, 2014 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
MATRIX 254 features the work of Romanian artist Geta Brătescu (b. 1926), who has been living and working in Bucharest since the 1950s. Working across a wide range of media (graphic design, drawing, video, textiles, performance, installation, photography, and printmaking), Brătescu is a central figure in postwar Romanian art. Due primarily to Communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu's totalitarian regime (1967–89), which suppressed the work of avant-garde artists living and working in Romania, and the subsequent political isolation of the country, Brătescu's work was little known to international audiences until recently. For MATRIX 254, Brătescu's first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum, the artist presents a focused selection of key works made between the years 1977 and 2000.Free BAM/PFA member; Cal Student, Staff, Faculty, and retirees; Children (12 and under), $10 Adults (18-64), $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled patrons, young adults (13-17)
Preview: Coming Attractions Fall 2014
September 8 – December 15, 2014 every day | Various locations, campuswide
World politics, world-class artistry, Homecoming weekend — just some of what's happening at Berkeley this fall. The semester brings the Australian Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe, weekly discussions on the Middle East. And did we mention the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement? For a look at what's ahead this semester, see the fall round up.
Exhibit: John Zurier
September 12 – December 21, 2014 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley-based artist John Zurier (b. 1956) paints abstract, luminous canvases with hand-mixed pigments that range from subtle, muted earth tones to vibrant, saturated hues. He uses a wide range of brushwork and surface treatments to draw attention to the varied textures of the canvas—often applying distemper (a tempera paint made with dry pigments in animal glue) in thin brushy layers—to capture qualities of light and the changing effects of the atmosphere. Informed by a wide range of references—Abstract Expressionism, Italian Renaissance painting, Minimalism, Japanese painting, and poetry—Zurier's work transcends the mundane to enter an affective realm.$10 General Admission, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Young adults (13-17), $0 BAM/PFA Members; UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and retirees; Children (12&under)
Exhibit: Hard Words – Memory and death in the wild west
August 25, 2014 – February 20, 2015 every day | 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall Stephens Hall
An exhibition of Peter Koch's striking prints assembled from re-configured photographs, historical documents, manuscript journals and old newspaper engravings; accompanied by short legends written by the artist, hand-set in antique lead and wood type. The prints are accompanied by selected texts appropriated from the writings of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Ross Cox, William T. Hornaday, L.A. Huffman, Elers Koch, and others.
Exhibit: Birds Do It, Bees Do It
September 8, 2014 – February 28, 2015 every day | Bernice Layne Brown Gallery Doe Library
From junior high school hygiene films to websites, public health campaigns, scientific studies, children's books, bodice-ripper novels and (sometimes) parents, Americans have always found ways to learn about sex. That information has at times been incorrect or incomplete, and has rarely been delivered without a larger political or moral agenda. While attitudes towards sex education swing from the blissfulness of ignorance to the empowerment of liberation, every generation finds new ways to answer the old questions. Our desire to learn about desire has not changed. This exhibition draws from the resources of campus libraries, from our academic programs, and from social services provided for the Berkeley campus community.
Lecture: On Argentina
Monday, September 22 | 6:30 p.m. | Wells Fargo Room Haas School of Business
Sergio Massa is an Argentine National Congressman and the former mayor of Tigre, Argentina. The Financial Times called him "the rising star of Argentine politics." He will discuss Argentine politics and perspectives for the future.
Panel discussion: Agriculture and fracking
Monday, September 22 | 4-6 p.m. | 310 Banatao Auditorium Sutardja Dai Hall
As the process of capturing oil and natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," expands nationally, it has come under fire for its impact on water quality and quantity, energy use, and climate change. Less explored, however, are the impacts of fracking on agriculture, the American food system, and public health. This panel will examine the direct and indirect impacts of fracking on sustainable agriculture, American farmland, rural communities, and the food supply. Are there ways to mitigate these impacts through regulation? What strategies can be employed to better protect the links between energy, agriculture and public health?
Colloquium: The stigma of mental illness
Monday, September 22 | 4-6 p.m. | Room 5 Haviland Hall
The stigma of mental illness has been implicated in reducing the access and utilization of mental health services, increasing the pain and suffering of patients and their loved ones. The media portray those with mental illnesses as out of control. Social workers see clients when they are suffering from symptoms and not when they are functioning at their best. This increases the likelihood of stigmatization that negatively impacts the delivery of services to their clients. Dr. Ruth White, author and social work researcher, will explore these issue and present ways in which social workers can eliminate their stigmatization of clients and clients stigmatization of themselves.
Music: Free Speech all-campus sing-in workshop
Monday, September 22 | 7:30-9 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Join the Chamber Chorus, Gospel Chorus, & University Chorus in this workshop to learn the songs for the all-campus sing-in on September 23. Workshop will be led by Marika Kuzma, director of the University Chorus and Chamber Chorus and Mark Wilson, director of the University Gospel Chorus. All students, faculty, and staff singers—singers, singers-at-heart, and non-singers alike—are welcome to attend to learn basic singing skills and three songs related to the Free Speech Movement.
Music: Free Speech all-campus sing-in
Tuesday, September 23 | 5 p.m. | Sproul Plaza
University Chorus, Chamber Chorus and the University Gospel Chorus will lead students, faculty, staff and friends in a campus sing-in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement. Assemble on the Sproul Hall steps at 5pm and get ready to raise your voices.
Lecture: Mario Savio and the radical legacy of the 1960s
Tuesday, September 23 | 6-7:30 p.m. | 105 Stanley Hall
Linking biography and history, author and NYU professor Robert Cohen, will explore the role that Mario Savio, his generation, and students since the 1960s have played in promoting egalitarian change, free speech, peace, and social justice. What is it that enables young people and their protest movements to have a major impact on society? What are the obstacles to having such impact? What would our society be like if students past and present had not organized to change society? These and other related questions will be reflected upon as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and the Free Speech Movement.
Film: Pigs, parks and protestors, films by San Francisco newsreel
Tuesday, September 23 | 7 p.m. | PFA Theater
In early 1968, two members of New York's recently formed radical media collective, Newsreel, came to San Francisco and established a local affiliate. The intention was to create provocative films covering liberation movements that could be used to raise political awareness primarily among the working classes. San Francisco Newsreel, as it was known, generated a string of potent films, opinionated, forceful, and unvarnished. Following their radical ethos, they adhered to an expressed edict to "destroy self-interest, promote devotion to the public interest," and worked in collective anonymity. This screening will be following by a discussion with Bill Nichols, professor of cinema studies at San Francisco State University and an expert on Newsreel.$9.50 General Admission, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees; Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Youth (17 & under), $5.50 BAM/PFA members; UC Berkeley students
Exhibit: Scores for a Room
September 17 – October 17, 2014 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Worth Ryder Art Gallery - Kroeber 116 Kroeber Hall
The Worth Ryder Art Gallery presents Scores for a Room with work by David Haxton and Jim Melchert. Guest curated by Tanya Zimbardo, the exhibition brings together for the first time historic works by these two artists, exploring their different approaches to the description of space through structured activity performed for the camera. Both renowned artists turned to the projected image in the seventies, highlighting the shifting awareness of spatial perception in the interaction between illusionistic filmed space and a physical location.
Exhibit: Gourmet Ghettos, Modern Food Rituals
August 28 – December 19, 2014 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
For thousands of years, food rituals have been essential to constructing and maintaining Jewish identities throughout the diaspora. But the significance of these rituals might be more pervasive than we think. Gourmet Ghettos: Modern Food Rituals explores the broader linkages between food, ritual, identity, and activism that inform Jewish life.
Film: Bad Hair
Wednesday, September 24 | 7 p.m. | Room 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building
Nine-year-old Junior wants to look like a pop star and have his "bad hair" straightened for the yearbook picture. His mother, disturbed by what she considers effeminate behavior, tries to stop him. Their conflict escalates until Junior is forced to make a painful decision.
Film: Children of the System: A Behind the Scenes Look at Foster Care
Wednesday, September 24 | 6-7:45 p.m. | Room 250 Goldman School of Public Policy
Join co-producer Daniel Heimpel and producer Lauren Terp to learn about the country's largest child welfare system in this special screening of Children of the System, an episode of Our America with Lisa Ling. Following the screening, Heimpel and Terp will provide insights on the making of the episode and their work to improve the foster care system. Daniel Heimpel is a lecturer at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Lauren Terp has produced, written, and filmed for outlets including National Geographic, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and PBS.
Lecture: Design activism
Thursday, September 25 | 6-8 p.m. | 121 Wurster Hall
Sim van der Ryn, a professor emeritus of architecture, is known for his green designs and serving as California's first energy-conscious state architect. His most recent book, Design for an Empathic World: Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self, advocates for empathetic design. He argues that green buildings are not enough, but designers should work with understanding and empathy towards the end user. Ron Rael, is an associate professor of architecture with a joint appointment in the department art practice. He is the author of Earth Architecture, which examines the contemporary history of the oldest and most widely used building material on the planet—dirt. Rael's teaching and design practice seeks creative strategies for activism to permeate architectural culture.
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