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As a Jersey City native, the craziness that is Super Bowl XLVIII is all around me. On Friday, I got to see the Lombardi trophy – today, the Broncos and Seahawks arrived at their hotels downtown (effectively shutting down half the city) – and on Tuesday, my girlfriend and I will take curling lessons at an impromptu rink in Hoboken (yes, curling as a promotion for the Super Bowl, not the Olympics, seriously). All of this without even crossing the river!
This bout of shameless promotion which I so happily embrace has got me thinking: do we have a chance? The Dallas Cowboys – the team I have always loved and believed in – can they get to the Super Bowl in the near future?
To figure this out, I took a look at our most recent SB appearance (XXX in 1996) and tried to assess major similarities and differences. Here is what I found:
Intimidating Offensive Weapons
I know I'm not the only fan reminded of Jay Novices when Jason Witten catches the ball, and runs hard as anybody in the league. And tell me you don't get chills when Dez Bryant leaps up – #88 in mid-air – to make a spectacular catch. Hell, sometimes he even looks like a young Michael Irvin. The current Cowboys offense may not sync up so well as they did in the mid '90s, but the weapons are eerily similar. You could even make an argument for the aggressive running style of DeMarco Murray as a tribute to Emmitt Smith.
A Pretty Good Offensive Line
The 2014 Cowboys do not have the best offensive line in football, but it's pretty good.
Most importantly, it's got one, maybe two anchors in Tyron Smith and Travis Frederick. This is a lot like the 1996 Dallas offensive line, anchored around would-be Hall of Famer Larry Allen. The o-lines of '96 and '14 are proof that one or two hard-working leaders can inspire a whole unit.
A strong, regimented Coach
Barry Switzer was no Jimmy Johnson, but Jason Garrett is no Barry Switzer. If there's one thing that's been consistent with the success of the Dallas Cowboys throughout the franchise's history, it's that regimented coaching leads to winning big games. Garrett has done a lot of good for the team, but he hasn't yet shown to be the hard-nosed leader many players secretly crave.
A productive Defense
Anyone who knows anything about football can tell that the current defense is not as good as the "Doomsday II" unit of the mid '90s. What makes this an interesting comparison, though, is the way that the personnel seems to match up across decades. Hall of Famer #94 Charles Haley led the defense, and this generation has a #94 of its own – DeMarcus Ware. MLB Robert Jones was a rookie sensation, known especially for his pass coverage skills – who's that remind you of?
So, what's the difference? These guys don't perform like the legends who came before them. The hype is there, but the consistency is not. Remember all the Deion comparisons when Mo Claiborne was drafted?
Truly, this list could go on forever – I simply selected what I thought were some of the more interesting comparisons. Please share your own, and feel free to disagree with mine in the comments below!
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We may have broken the code to WWE Money In The Bank PPV.
– By looking at the upcoming WWE Live Events, WWE runs MSG AKA Madison Square Garden on July 12th. Triple H and Ric Flair are advertised for the event.
Well, here comes the possible spoiler, with Money In The Bank PPV coming up in two weeks, Randy Orton, Cesaro, Bray Wyatt, Alberto Del Rio and Sheamus have already been added to the WWE Championship Ladder match. There is one spot left in the ladder match and that Superstar has yet to be announced.
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That only leaves one person who does not have a match and who is heavily rumored to win the WWE title at MITB, that Superstar is Cesaro.
– WWE.com has a new poll up asking fans who should get the final spots in the Money In the Bank ladder match. Your choices are:
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[h="1"]DATE CONVERSION TECHNIQUES FOR THE D'NI SCHOLAR[/h]
The conversion of dates between D'ni and human calendars presents an unusual challenge to the student of D'ni history. While a great deal of information is available regarding human timekeeping systems and conversions, the information needed to relate these to the D'ni system has been difficult to find. In addition, many D'ni researchers are not familiar with the techniques for converting among human calendars, much less the techniques required to convert these to or from the D'ni (or Cavernian) calendar.
This article attempts to correct that situation by drawing together all available information3 on the D'ni timekeeping system and its relationship to human measures of time. While this information will be of particular interest to programmers who wish to implement calendar conversions, the techniques presented can easily be applied using a hand calculator, or formulas in a spreadsheet.
[h="2"]Human Timekeeping[/h]
Before delving into the D'ni timekeeping system, some background in human timekeeping is required.
The calendar of primary interest in this discussion is the Gregorian calendar, which was proclaimed by Pope Gregory in 1582 and is now universally used in western countries and in international commerce. A great deal of in-depth information on this calendar, as well as other human calendars, is available from Web articles such as
Fact Index: Gregorian Calendar
and the
Fourmilab Calendar Converter
. However, only a few basic facts are important for the purposes of this article.
The Gregorian calendar is based on an average solar year of 365.2425 days, divided into common years of 365 days and leap years of 366. The calendar can be extended to dates prior to its invention by following the calendar's rules for determining leap years. This extension is known as the "proleptic" Gregorian calendar.
In common usage, the calendar is divided into two eras: an "AD" era that counts years forward from the year 1 AD, and a "BC" era that counts years backward from the year 1 BC, which is the year prior to 1 AD. In academic practice, the AD era is designated with the abbreviation "CE" (Common Era), and the BC era is designated "BCE" (Before Common Era). Among astronomers, however, all years are treated as part of the common era, and the year 1 BCE is considered the year 0 CE, while earlier years are given negative numbers. Thus, -1 CE = 2 BCE, -2 CE = 3 BCE, etc. This is important because it helps to simplify the calculation of the difference between two dates, which is a key part of the process of calendar conversion.
Because astronomers often need to do arithmetic with dates, they have invented another concept that is useful to our purpose. This is the idea of representing a date as a Julian day number, which is the number of days and fractions that have elapsed since noon on January 1, 4713 BCE. By storing dates in this form, the difference between two dates can easily be determined by simply subtracting their Julian day numbers. Julian day numbers are well suited to computer storage, and are easily converted to other calendar systems, including the Cavernian calendar.
Many programming languages and software packages, such as Microsoft Excel, use a similar system of representing date/time values as "serial numbers". However, most of those serial-number systems are based on a relatively recent date, such as January 1, 1900 CE, and many cannot handle dates prior to their base. The Julian-day system is able to handle dates over a range of more than 10 million years when using double-precision values, so it is easily able to account for any date in the 10,000-year history of the D'ni civilization.
One final concept of importance is that of the "mean solar tropical year", which is fully described by the Web article
Fact Index: Tropical Year
. The Gregorian average year length of 365.2425 days is a slight over-estimate of the time between vernal equinoxes, which is only one possible measure of the time required for the Earth to return to the same position along the path of its orbit (the ecliptic). A different estimate will result from choosing a different point on the ecliptic — other than the vernal equinox point — from which to measure. Astronomers have defined the mean solar tropical year as the average length of a year over all points on the ecliptic, which is about 365.2422 days. More precise estimates are available, but these vary depending on when the measurement was performed, and the time units (atomic time, universal time, etc.) used to perform the calculation.
[h="2"]D'ni Timekeeping[/h]
The essentials of the D'ni timekeeping system were first documented by Cyan Worlds on their
D'ni Time
Web page. This information is also available on the
D'ni FAQ
page of the Official DRC (D'ni Restoration Council) Web site, and in the [article id="698"]D'niPedia Timekeeping[/article] article. Some familiarity with base-25 arithmetic and the [article id="807"]D'ni numbering system[/article] may be helpful in understanding the timekeeping system.
The D'ni equivalents to our year, month, and day are the hahr, vailee, and yahr. The plural forms of the calendar divisions are hahrtee, vaileetee, and yahrtee.
While the D'ni hahr is approximately the same length as our Gregorian year, they divide it into 10 segments (vaileetee) of equal length, unlike our 12 months of differing lengths. In addition, the Cavernian calendar does not require regular corrections equivalent to our leap years, so all hahrtee are of equal length. This greatly simplifies date calculations in that calendar.
As we further divide our days into hours, minutes, and seconds, so do the D'ni divide their yahrtee into smaller units. However, they use five divisions — the gahrtahvo, pahrtahvo, tahvo, gorahn, and prorahn — rather than our three divisions. These divisions are based on the natural cycle of the light-producing algae in the D'ni cavern, and on the D'ni base-25 numbering system.
A table of the D'ni time units, from largest to smallest, is shown below, along with their approximate equivalents in surface time.
Hahr = 10 vaileetee = 290 yahrtee ~ 1 year
Vailee = 29 yahrtee ~ 1 month
Yahr = 5 gahrtahvotee = 25 pahrtahvotee ~ 1.26 days
Gahrtahvo = 5 pahrtahvotee = 25 tahvotee ~ 6.05 hours
Pahrtahvo = 5 tahvotee ~ 72.5 minutes
Tahvo = 25 gorahntee ~ 14.5 minutes
Gorahn = 25 prorahntee ~ 34.8 seconds
Prorahn ~ 1.39 seconds
The D'ni apparently used only the pahrtahvotee (the D'ni "hourâ€) in casual daily life, numbering them from 1 to 25 on their public clocks, which are known as "gorahyantee†in the D'ni language. However, this unit of time was not mentioned in any Cyan or DRC description of the system until March 2007, when a timekeeping brochure was placed in the classrooms of neighborhoods with clocks. The pahrtahvo is still not mentioned on the DRC Web site as of December 2007. Because of this omission, exact times of day are usually given using only the gahrtahvo, tahvo, gorahn, and prorahn. (We do not presently know if this was also the D'ni practice when more precise times were required.) That convention is followed in the remainder of this document, and the pahrtahvo will not be discussed further.
The names of the Cavernian vaileetee ("monthsâ€) are listed below, along with their approximate Gregorian equivalents. However, keep in mind that the exact Gregorian dates will vary somewhat from year to year, because of the difference between the lengths of the hahr and the year.
Leefo: April 21 - May 27
Leebro: May 28 - July 3
Leesahn: July 3 - August 8
Leetar: August 9 - September 14
Leevot: September 14 - October 20
Leevofo: October 21 - November 26
Leevobro: November 26 - January 1
Leevosahn: January 2 - February 7
Leevotar: February 7 - March 15
Leenovoo: March 16 - April 21
The D'ni also recognized a larger unit of time — a sort of D'ni century — known as the hahrtee fahrah. This is a span of [1|0|0] hahrtee in base 25 numbers, or 625 years in surface terms. Dates found in various journals often express the hahr in a shorthand form relative to the current hahrtee fahrah, much as we might use only the last two digits of the year and omit the century when writing a date. The current hahrtee fahrah began in 9375 DE (D'ni Era), which is written as [15|0|0] in base 25. (This would be the first hahr of the 16th hahrtee fahrah, because the Cavernian dating system begins with hahr zero.) Add the shorthand year to the starting year of the hahrtee fahrah to determine the full year. For example, a date of 101.1.5 in a document would represent Leefo 5, 9476 DE when written in its long form, assuming the document was written in the current hahrtee fahrah.
[h="2"]Calendar Conversion Factors[/h]
The equivalence factors for surface time given in the tables above are, unfortunately, far too imprecise to be useful for converting between the Cavernian and Gregorian calendars. Also, were are missing one other piece of vital information: a starting point. Just as we need to know that 0° Celsius is exactly equal to 32° Fahrenheit before we can convert temperatures between the two scales, we need to know of at least one date in the Gregorian calendar that is exactly equivalent to one particular Cavernian date, before we can convert between the calendars. Until recently, such a "rosetta date†has never been directly provided and the required factors had to be derived from indirect evidence.
In 1997, Richard A. Watson (RAWA), Cyan's D'ni Historian, provided a list of surface dates corresponding to the start of the D'ni New Year (Leefo 1) in several years. This list is available on the
D'ni New Year
page, and is reproduced below.
Official Dates for Leefo 1 (PST):
The times shown are in Pacific Standard Time, which is UTC-0800.
While the above list does not provide us with the equivalent D'ni hahr for each year, it does give us a figure for the length of the hahr: 31556925 seconds or 365.2421875 days. This makes the D'ni hahr about the same length as our astronomical mean solar tropical year, which is why the Cavernian calendar includes no corrections equivalent to our leap years.
The time given for 1998 was originally believed by the author to be a transcription error, because it is one second off from the intervals shown in the rest of the list, so it was ignored in the above calculation. However, in light of new information, the deviation appears to be the result of a slight rounding error.
The actual conversion factor for the hahr was revealed by RAWA in October 2007 to be 31556925.216 seconds, or 365.24219 days, which was the length of the mean solar tropical year in 1995. Thus, the correct table of key factors is:
1 Hahr = 365.24219 days = 290 yahrtee
1 Yahr = (365.24219 / 290) = 1.25945582758621 days
1 Day = (1 / 1.25945582758621) = 0.793993705929756 yahrtee
If desired, precise conversion factors between other surface and D'ni time measures can be derived from the above, but these are all that are needed for the purpose of performing calendar conversions.
[float=right][attachment=885:Riven_Jo...cam_Cake.jpg][/float]The evidence originally used to determine the correct Cavernian hahrtee matching the date in the table is more indirect. In April of 1997, Cyan revealed the Riven Journals Web site (now defunct) as a teaser site for the upcoming release of
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
. The opening of the site was first announced by Jim Stephenson, editor of the Unofficial Riven Homepage (also defunct) on April 22, two days after the beginning of the D'ni New Year in 1997. At about this time a Web cam in Cyan headquarters (Cyan Cam) showed an image of a cake that Cyan prepared to celebrate the event. Written on the cake in D'ni numerals was the base-25 number [15|11|3], which is 9653 in base 10. Presumably this was the number of the hahr that began on that D'ni New Year in 1997 CE.
Based on this reasoning and the assumed one-second error in the 1998 time value, the "rosetta date" for Cavernian/Gregorian calendar conversions was determined to be:
00:00:00:00, Leefo 1, 9654 DE = 10:35:18 UTC, April 21, 1998 CE
However the correct date of calendar convergence was disclosed in October 2007 to be the date/time stamp of the HyperCard Stack for the original MYST game: April 21, 1991 at 9:54 AM PST. Thus:
00:00:00:00, Leefo 1, 9647 DE = 17:54:00 UTC, April 21, 1991 CE
Note that the surface time has been corrected from Pacific Standard Time, as supplied by RAWA, to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, aka GMT). For purity's sake, it might be more appropriate to use Mountain Standard Time (UTC-0700), which applies to the state of New Mexico under which the D'ni cavern lies. However, the use of UTC makes it easier for individuals to apply their own local time-zone corrections.
With conversion factors and convergence date in hand, we can proceed to a description of the specific calculations involved.
[h="2"]Calendar Conversion Algorithms[/h]
[h="3"]Required Functions[/h]
The following algorithms require the use of two functions, defined as follows:
INT(x) = the greatest integer that does not exceed x.
For example, INT(1.5) = 1, and INT(-1.5) = -2.
FIX(x) = the value of x with the fractional portion removed.
For example, FIX(1.5) = 1, and FIX(-1.5) = -1.
Different programming languages may have different functions that perform these operations. For example, the INT function is known as the FLOOR function in some languages. The FIX function is sometimes known as the TRUNC function. Check the language reference for your programming language to be sure that you use the proper functions.
[h="3"]Gregorian Calendar Algorithms[/h]
The first two algorithms needed are those that convert Gregorian calendar dates to and from a version of the Julian day number. The algorithms are based on those provided by Peter Baum in an excellent
that gives the complete derivation of each algorithm, as well as implementation examples. The following algorithms differ from Baum's only in that the step of adding or subtracting the Julian base date of 1721118.5 is omitted, as this portion of the calculation is not needed for the purpose of Cavernian calendar conversion. The Julian Day used by these algorithms will be the number of days and fractions elapsed since midnight of the Gregorian date March 1, 0 CE. (Days are assumed to begin at the midnight that falls between the previous and current day, rather than at noon, as astronomers prefer.) No effort is made to account for leap seconds.
Algorithm 1. Gregorian Date to Julian Day Number
Assume a Gregorian date given as Day, Month, and Year, with optional time (on a 24-hour clock) given as Hour, Minute, and Second. All values are assumed to be integers.
A. If the era of the date is BCE, convert the year to a CE year:
Year = -(Year - 1)
B. If the month is January or February, treat it as month 13 or 14 of the previous year. This step ensures that any leap days in the period fall at the end of a "year".
if Month<3 then
Month = Month + 12
Year = Year - 1
end if
C. Calculate the number of whole days (WD: an integer) that have elapsed. This is the number of days accounted for by the number of years that have passed, adjusted for leap days, plus the number of days accounted for by prior months in the current year, plus the day of the current month.
WD = Day + FIX(((153 * Month) - 457) / 5) + INT(365.25 * Year) - INT(0.01 * Year) + INT(0.0025 * Year)
D. Calculate fractional day (FD: a real number), if necessary. This is the time of day in seconds, expressed as a fraction of the total number of seconds in a day. If no time is included in the conversion, let FD = 0.
FD = ((Hour * 3600) + (Minute * 60) + Second) / 86400
E. Calculate Julian Day (JD: a real number) as:
Algorithm 2. Julian Day Number to Gregorian Date
Using real arithmetic, calculate Gregorian Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, and Second from a Julian Day (JD) that was calculated according to Algorithm 1. The input JD is assumed to be a real number. Output values are assumed to be integers.
A. Extract the number of whole days and calculate the date:
Year = INT((G + B) / 365.25)
C = Z + B - INT(365.25 * Year)
Month = FIX(((5 * C) + 456) / 153)
Day = C - FIX(((153 * Month) - 457) / 5)
B. If the month is 13 or 14, adjust the month and year to a January-1 starting point:
if Month>12 then
Year = Year + 1
Month = Month - 12
end if
C. The year is in CE form, meaning that years prior to 1 CE will be 0 or negative. To change such years to BCE form, use the calculation shown below. If this conversion is used, the program should include a variable indicating whether the date is CE or BCE.
if Year<1 then Year = 1 - Year
D. If JD includes a fractional (time of day) part, extract the fraction and calculate the time:
Hour = FIX(Z / 3600)
R = Z - (Hour * 3600)
Minute = FIX(R / 60)
Second = R - (Minute * 60)
[h="3"]Cavernian Calendar Algorithms[/h]
The next two algorithms needed are the Cavernian-calendar equivalents of the two algorithms above. We must be able to convert Cavernian date/time values to and from what I shall call the Atrian yahr number (named in honor of Atrus, son of Gehn), which is the number of yahrtee and fractions that have elapsed since a given base date. We will use Leefo 1, 9647 DE as our base for these algorithms, rather than Leefo 1, 0 DE, since this will simplify later conversions to and from the Gregorian calendar. (Yahrtee are assumed to begin at the "midnight" — 00:00:00:00 gahrtahvotee — that falls between the previous and current yahr.)
Algorithm 3. Cavernian Date to Atrian Yahr Number
Assume a Cavernian date given as Yahr, Vailee, and Hahr, with optional time given as Gahrtahvo, Tahvo, Gorahn, and Prorahn. All values are assumed to be integers.
A. Calculate the number of whole yahrtee (WY: an integer) that have elapsed. This is the number of yahrtee accounted for by the number of hahr that have passed, plus the number of yahrtee accounted for by prior vaileetee in the current hahr, plus the yahr of the current vailee.
WY = Yahr + ((Vailee - 1) * 29) + ((Hahr - 9647) * 290)
B. Calculate fractional yahr (FY: a real number), if necessary. This is the time of yahr in prorahntee, expressed as a fraction of the total number of prorahntee in a yahr. If no time is included in the conversion, let FY = 0.
FY = ((Gahrtahvo * 15625) + (Tahvo * 625) + (Gorahn * 25) + Prorahn) / 78125
C. Calculate Atrian Yahr (AY: a real number) as:
Algorithm 4. Atrian Yahr Number to Cavernian Date
Using real arithmetic, calculate Cavernian Hahr, Vailee, Yahr, Gahrtahvo, Tahvo, Gorahn, and Prorahn from an Atrian Yahr (AY) that was calculated according to Algorithm 3. The input AY is assumed to be a real number. Output values are assumed to be integers.
A. Extract the number of whole yahrtee and calculate the date:
Hahr = 9647 + A
Vailee = INT((C - 0.25) / 29) + 1
Yahr = C - ((Vailee - 1) * 29)
B. If AY includes a fractional (time of yahr) part, extract the fraction and calculate the time:
Gahrtahvo = FIX(Z / 15625)
R = Z - (Gahrtahvo * 15625)
Tahvo = FIX(R / 625)
R = R - (Tahvo * 625)
Gorahn = FIX(R / 25)
Prorahn = R - (Gorahn * 25)
[h="3"]Cavernian/Gregorian Conversion Algorithms[/h]
With Julian Day and Atrian Yahr numbers firmly in hand, the conversion between the Cavernian and Gregorian calendars becomes extremely simple, as shown in the final two algorithms.
Algorithm 5. Cavernian Date to Gregorian Date
A. Calculate the Atrian Yahr (AY) for the Cavernian date, as per Algorithm 3.
B. Using real arithmetic, determine the difference (AYD) between the AY of the selected date and the AY of the base Cavernian date for the conversion (which is 1.0). This gives the elapsed time in yahrtee and fractions.
C. Using real arithmetic, convert AYD from yahrtee to days to get the Julian Day difference (JDD). Add JDD to the Julian Day number of the base Gregorian date (which is 727249.745833333) to get the Julian Day number (JD) of the Cavernian date.
D. Convert the calculated Julian Day to a Gregorian date, as per Algorithm 2.
Algorithm 6. Gregorian Date to Cavernian Date
A. Calculate the Julian Day (JD) for the Gregorian date, as per Algorithm 1.
B. Using real arithmetic, determine the difference (JDD) between the JD of the selected date and the JD of the base Gregorian date for the conversion (which is 727249.745833333). This gives the elapsed time in days and fractions.
C. Using real arithmetic, convert JDD from days to yahrtee to get the Atrian Yahr difference (AYD). Add AYD to the Atrian Yahr number of the base Cavernian date (which is 1.0) to get the Atrian Yahr number (AY) of the Gregorian date.
D. Convert the calculated Atrian Yahr to a Cavernian date, as per Algorithm 4.
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Hello everyone, it is today I'm writing with horrible news. I don't know if anyone who sees this has seen my last post but if not I'll do a quick recap
So my cat came home after a few days of being missing, there are a lot of cats missing in my neighborhood and there is someone stealing cats from backyards and in the alley where most outdoor cats in our neighborhood hang out. Smokey, my cat, came home looking like the picture above, with a huge tear in his throat. Someone had abused him while he was missing. We took him to the vet and the vet said "The surgery would cost $888" and we do not have that money, I live with my Mom in a small house we rent and my father does not pay child support, meaning what little money we get from my Mom working, it goes to rent and utilities. We did have a little money saved up, but my uncle has passed away and we used it to go towards his funeral and airplane tickets. We told the vet we did not have the money and he said after debating it that he would do it for free. We were overwhelmed, Smokey got his surgery done.
Turns out, the surgery did not go as planned and we are being forced to pay a total of $1000 for his surgery. We honestly cannot pay it, and if we don't pay it they will refuse to do any more work on him, meaning removing the stitches and the big straw in his throat that removed liquids. Therefore he will die.
So I am turning to tumblr, I've seen you guys preform miracles, and all I am asking is if you can get word around. See even donating $5 is a lot and will be going to paying off his surgery. I need your help. I love Smokey he is my 4 year old handsome baby. He is so much more then a cat, he is a part of my family, and we can't see him go
My paypal email is firstname.lastname@example.com
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Thank you everyone so much! This was posted as of 08/01/2013
Edit: Anyone that donates can tell me their URL and I will put their URL on my blog forever with a sign saying to follow you! Also, if we do raise the money, which I believe we can, I will keep everyone updated with pictures! We can do this you guys! <3
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Why Declawing is a Bad Idea (An 1-minute guide)
This is very important
My family adopted a cat whose previous owner declawed her. She had nowhere else to go and couldn't stay in a shelter room with any other cats since she was continuously bullied without defense. We ended up taking her since we own an extremely docile cat, and she's now living a happy life. But declawing is never a good idea.
seriously it is literally mutilating your pet it is monstrous i will lose all respect for you if you do this to your cat
God, this is so important. I got my cat when I was younger and my mom declawed him without asking me. Since then he's had complications with infections in the poorly healed surgical wounds multiple times and he's frequently in pain. He limps almost all the time and rarely ever jumps down from anything higher than waist hight because of how much the impact of landing on his front paws hurts. For the love of god, do not put your cat through this.
dear Megan
If you value a piece of furniture more than your cat's quality of life and/or are too ignorant to respect their space so you don't get scratched, for fucks sake don't get a cat.
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Ever wondered how Tilikum feels in confinement in relation to his size? The WDC replicated the tank dimensions of the pool he spends the most time in (the underwater viewing area) into human terms so you really can get a perspective on what his life is like.
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I rarely ever do this but she melts my heart. Poor little baby Hope was chained up, doused in kerosene and set on fire by her owner who has since been arrested. She may have some permanent eye damage but that is the least of her struggles. You can donate here to help with her medical expenses so she can receive the treatment she needs. Every little bit counts so even though they have surpassed their goal I still suggest you donate even a tiny amount. I have zero tolerance for people who hurt innocent animals they are just sick and disgusting. What could this precious little baby have done to deserve such a thing? All I can say is he will get his and I hope it's just as painful for him as it is for her.
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I put my fish in time out because he kept trying to eat my other fish.
I hope that little fucker learned his lesson
hE looks sO sAD
probably because he can't fucking breathe because you put him in a seale container that's like 200 sizes too small for him
fish breathe oxygen in the water and there's no source of oxygen for the water because it's a closed bag.
humans breathe air but if i stuff you in a big ole ziplock bag and seal it like that it'll be a short fuckin time before you suffocate i guarantee it.
Well, it IS supposed to be punishment…
>puts carnivorous fish in with other fish
>surprise when carnivorous fish tries to eat other fish
>assume fish even have the capacity to unlearn carnivorous behavior
>"punish" fish by putting it in an environment where it can't possibly survive
>assumedly get shocked when fish doesn't survive
what the fucking fuck i fucking hate when people pull this asshole shit on their pets
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So I saw this today on Pinterest and then found the Etsy link and I have to make a small PSA.
Please do not ever ever ever keep your betta (or any fish for that matter) in a permanent tank this small. EVER.
The seller claims that betta don't need aeration, filtration, or a lot of water to live a long and healthy life of two years, so a wine bottle is the perfect fashionable tank for them. This is a lie.
Small tanks mean low water temp, which makes betta, a tropical fish, sick. Any good betta tank will have a heater that can be regulated to 80 degrees.
The smallest tank any betta should live in is one gallon, which is nearly three times as much as a wine bottle (or those stupid "betta vases") will hold. Betta will thrive much better in a three gallon or larger tank.
There is nowhere in this jar for the betta to hide when he's scared or nap when he's tired. They do enjoy playing with their humans, but they need some aquarium decor to interact with when you're not around.
The seller suggests cleaning the tank once a week and that filtration isn't needed, but bettas eat and poop just like any other fish and create waste that is harmful to them. The small amount of water in this jar should be changed daily, not weekly, to avoid ammonia buildup and remove uneaten food crud. Of course, a daily water change could be avoided with a good sized tank and a nice, slow-current filter.
This person has already sold a number of these upcycled tanks to people who don't know any better about betta care, and it makes me so sad that their beautiful fish are living unhappy lives.
Imagine having to live in a broom closet where all you can do is stand straight up and turn around a lot and that's what people are doing to bettas with this kind of shit.
Bettas need at least several gallons of water, it needs to be filtered and cleaned, they need a hiding place and they like something they can lie on other than the ground. They perch. They like having a little bed.
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can we just take a moment to realize that not only did it paint an elephant it painted it to give the illusiaon of depth
"I was recently sent an email video which shows an elephant painting a picture of an elephant holding a flower over its head and was asked to comment on it. As you may or may not know, I returned home last night after my 7th trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where the video was shot. I can tell you with absolute certainty that elephant did not create that picture out of a need for a creative outlet. It was trained to follow the mahout's (trainer) command and was purely following orders out of fear of the abuse it suffered during the training process.
If you look closely during the wide angle shots you will see other mahouts standing on their elephant's left side and they too are leading their elephant during the process. The close ups show an elephant's trunk moving a paint brush across a canvas and it appears to be creating a picture, except it is taking commands from its mahout who is out of the shot.
The training process is called the 'pajaan' or 'crush' and is centuries old and is used throughout Asia today. It involves taking a 3-year-old baby from its mother's side and roping it into a small bamboo cage in which it cannot move except to breathe. Of course the elephant fights for its freedom and is beaten, poked with sharp bamboo, starved, dehydrated, and sleep-deprived until it submits to its captors' demands. The process may take a week, depending on how long it takes to 'crush' the elephant's spirit. About 50% of the babies die from the process and the survivors are left with physical and emotional scars for the rest of their lives.
The demand for elephant paintings comes mostly from Japan, Europe, and the US, and the motivation from the Thai people is purely financial since a single painting can fetch several thousand dollars. I honestly hope that if people knew the true process for creating a picture, they would not offer any support at all for it. So PLEASE tell your friends, family, anyone who will listen: DO NOT SUPPORT ELEPHANT PAINTINGS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM!"
source: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/elephantpainting.asp#qKXXXSFZgWj3U1Oc.99
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From Nathan Winograd:PETA's 2013 statistics from the State Veterinarian with the Virginia Department of Agriculture are now available. According to the records, PETA took in 894 dogs in 2013. They killed 629 of them, or seven out of 10. They also sent 227 to kill shelters, where they were either killed or potentially displaced other dogs who were killed. That's a high-end 96% rate of killing associated with their intake of dogs. They rehomed only 35, a paltry 4%.
They also took in 1,281 cats and killed 1,164, nine out of 10 of them. They sent another 100 to kill shelters, where they were either killed or potentially displaced other cats who were killed. That's a high-end 99% rate of killing associated with their intake of cats. They rehomed only 16 or 1%.
The records can be found here: http://bit.ly/1dL07Tu
In the past, PETA was defiant, claiming their job was to kill the young and old, the healthy and sick, even those they themselves described as "adoptable," "adorable," "healthy," and "perfect." They did so even after promising to find them homes, injecting them with a fatal dose of poison within minutes instead. Ingrid Newkirk has called the overdose of poison a "gift." Since 1999, roughly 2,000 animals a year have been systematically slaughtered by PETA, well over 90% with only 1% being adopted (and then primarily to staff ). Over 30,000 animals have lost their lives at the hands of PETA and they do not deny it.
PETA still takes in and kills about 2,000 animals a year. That has not changed. Now under increasing scrutiny because of the wide ranging success of the No Kill movement and greater exposure of their killing, what has changed is the excuse. Their defiant view that killing even healthy animals is a "gift" has given way to apologia that all the animals they take in and kill are suffering, even while they refuse to provide individual veterinary records for all the animals, even as a newspaper quoted a senior PETA spokesperson as admitting that half the animals they took in last year were healthy, and even as they send animals to kill shelters for possible adoption, putting them either on death row or displacing others in those shelters to be killed.
PETA says they have over 3,000,000 supporters and they take in over 30,000,000 dollars a year. With that kind of outreach, surely they could have found those animals a home, with minimal effort. Why send them to shelters which already claim they have no choice but to kill because they get too many as it is? Why? Because killing is what they do and what they believe in.
This is the same organization that has called for every shelter to kill every pit bull, even friendly ones: http://bit.ly/XrvcKf
This is the same organization that tells shelters to kill animals, rather than work with rescuers and foster parents: http://bit.ly/ZAnrvQ
That claims that animals do NOT have a right to life: http://bit.ly/1lzfQMH
That lied to people and killed healthy animals they promised to find homes for within minutes in the back of a van: www.whypetaeuthanizes.org/death-squad/
That has a history of putting 90% of animals to death within 24 hours, including healthy and treatable ones, without making an effort to find them homes:http://bit.ly/1eHkWlD
That put to death puppies they described as healthy, adoptable, adorable and perfect: www.whypetaeuthanizes.org/photos/
That celebrates when shelters kill, even after four years of not doing so:http://vimeo.com/48651351
And that complains when over 10,000 animals are adopted in a single day, rather than killed: www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=13122
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Look at the photographs: www.whypetaeuthanizes.org/photos/
When you donate to PETA, you pay for the killing of animals.
Please note: As an ethical vegan and (now former) PETA volunteer who thought they shared my views about the rights of animals, I do not criticize PETA because they believe animals shouldn't be exploited or killed, but because they do not. I do. Animals should have a right to life.
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I'm sorry that you had to see this pictures, but have you ever heard about the Surabaya Zoo? It's the biggest zoo in Indonesia and it is, basically, a place for animals to die in the most horrible ways. They don't have vets, they hardly ever clean the place, staff sells animal's food, some of them are in really small cages…
You see the giraffe on the picture? It ate 20kg of plastic bags cause it was starving and all there was to eat was garbage. About 25 animals die per month.
The government doesn't care about the zoo and ONGs have problems to release the animals cause most of them are not in healthy conditions to just go back to their true homes.
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Imagine going to someone's house and seeing a cat in a cage. Shocked, you ask why they would be kept in such atrocious conditions. The person replies that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the housing due to the fact that the cat has food, water, room to move about and a place to sleep. You would be extremely concerned for the animal in this cage- nothing about this animals cage is appropriate for its needs. It doesn't have separate areas for its most basic needs such as eating and using the bathroom. It doesn't even have room to move. It would have to poop in the same area it sleeps! So how come it is perfectly acceptable to keep a betta in a tiny bowl where it has to eat, sleep and poop in the same small area? It isn't is it. Just think about it, bettas live in rice paddies in tropical Thailand. Stop reading this and google "rice paddies in Thailand. You see? Petra's do not live in muddy, little puddles. They live in huge, blackwater ponds full of plants. Tell me now how a bowl is a suitable habitat for a betta. You can't can you? Please, keep your bettas in a suitable home. All you need is a tank with a capacity of at least 10 liters (approx 2.5 gal) 20 liters (5.3 gal) is even better. They also absolutely need a heater as they are a tropical fish and a filter due to the fact that just as any fish, they produce waste that eventually turns into ammonia. With this basic equipment, a suitably decorated tank and abit of TLC a betta will be able to live for upto 5 (sometimes more) years. Please take proper care of your bettas, they are living, breathing animals with emotions to. I mean, you wouldn't keep a cat in a cage would you?
-The pigs usually have a different bedding, the petshop was just out of stock and my cage needed to be clean.
-My kitty cat was only in the cage for half a minute, she was completely calm and had some treats to keep her happy.
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- The puppies are kept in metal cages with newspaper on trays underneath, meaning that they are left to lie, stand and sleep on metal bars. Photos on their own pages have indicated that the puppies do not get bedding/blankets, unless used as photo props to attract customers. The above cages are barren, which you may argue is because they are being cleaned, however there are photos of the cages occupied… still no bedding.
- They mostly post 'shutterstock' or similar photos of puppies and dogs that THEY DID NOT PHOTOGRAPH, presumably to convince others that these are their 'stock'. However the few photos I did find, the puppies don't look particularly healthy or happy.
- Their website claims they hate puppy mills and only buy from 'certified breeders' AND LOCAL BREEDERS (who could be anyone… and easily a backyard/miller). They also say that they have been in the business for 30 years, despite only setting up shop in 2013.
- For the 'best breeders in town!', they only have one testimonial, which simply says "I got my teacup Yorkie here for my girlfriend. She loved the puppy so much I am now a hero."
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Please signal boost this. Please let as many people as you know that this store has been known to sell sick, diseased, suffering and dying animals for profit. And most importantly, please never buy from a puppy store or internet seller!
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this is what has happened to my sisters cat after she wore a hartz flea and tick collar and now has a burn like wound on her neck. please pass this on and do not buy hartz's products! they use poison in their products pets have died because of this!!
Yes this is my cat she is doing fine at the moment but I'm so sorry for the people who's pets are not so lucky
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save pets!
hartz products hurt pets, all their products, simple as that
Seriously, I went into CVS and Walmart and ALL i could fucking see was Harts. It's cheap, but fuck if I EVER use this on my previous cat.
Fuck you, Hartz.
My dad made the mistake of buying this stuff once instead of the Frontline my mother got back when she was alive, and I'm pretty sure it killed one of our cats.
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Ever since famed Portland chef Andy Ricker opened Pok Pok Ny in the charming Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook earlier this year, there have been lines around the block to get in. It' a small space that doesn't hold too many people, and Ricker needed to find a way to keep those waiting for a table occupied and happy. What better way than by opening up a bar right next door?
Coming soon: Whiskey Soda Lounge, an outpost of the bar with the same name back in Portland. Ricker told Florence Fabricant that the bar will open just a few doors down from Pok Pok, and will serve up a variety of cocktails as well as Thai-style "drinking food," including the famous Ike's Vietnamese-Style Fish Sauce Wings, house-roasted peanuts, and grilled flank steak, as well as deep-fried goodies including stewed pig ears, dried pork, pork riblets, and pork chitlins.
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May5 06Oatmeal, cottage cheese, salads, soups, stews, smoothies, and meatloaf.You can use it to replace oil or butter in baked goods using a 3 to 1 substitution ratio (if recipe calls for 1/3 cup oil, use 1 cup of ground flaxseed).Because of its high fat content, you need to protect it from rancidity by storing whole or ground flaxseed in the refrigerator or freezer.
You can purchase it at Wheatsfield Grocery or Johns Natural Foods in downtown Ames or at the Hy-Vee Health Markets.
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.The plans top 10 power foods include: almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains.According to the author, Registered Dietitian Connie Guttersen, they offer the most nutritional bang for the calorie buck.Portion control, fresh foods, and an emphasis on enjoyable eating make this plan unique from other diet plans.It does require some cooking, but there is a survival chapter with express recipes that are quick and easy to prepare.
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There's one problem though....a 1976 ordinance bans the practice in the Whaling City.
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From dropping on the scene in 1994 with Illmatic, perhaps his most revered work, to his most recent project, Life Is Good, Nas has brought to the mic unique and thought provoking pictures of street life in NYC as a poor, young, black male. While, recently named "the greatest lyricist of all time" by CNN, it is Nas' ability to tell a story and/or vet a concept, which gives his music a self-proclaimed "universal" characteristic, allowing it to resonate far beyond the hallways of the Queenbridge apartment buildings where he grew up (the largest public housing development in America).
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Discourse analysis and the experience of ECT
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The authors present a discourse analysis of an influential paper on the experience of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). By focusing on how patients are construed in this article, they deconstruct theways in which the case for ECTas 'helpful and not particularly frightening' is made. They argue that, as with all academic writing, a discourse of scientific objectivity can be used to privilege certain views and promote certain interests.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine's Virtual Heart Guides Defibrillator Placement in Kids With Heartbeat Defects
The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside — a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.
Now, by marrying simple MRI images with sophisticated computer analysis, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers says it may be possible to take the guesswork out of the process by using a virtual 3-D heart model that analyzes a child's unique anatomy and pinpoints the best location for the device before it is implanted.
A description of the team's work is published ahead of print in The Journal of Physiology.
"Pediatric cardiologists have long sought a way to optimize device placement in this group of cardiac patients, and we believe our model does just that," says lead investigator Natalia Trayanova, Ph.D., the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins. "It is a critical first step toward bringing computational analysis to the pediatric cardiology clinic."
Funding: The research was funded by the National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood under grant number R01HL103428.
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