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6 Steps To A Climate-Friendly Thanksgiving
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Figuring out just how to reduce your personal carbon impact can be a daunting, and at times, confusing task (just ask the King of Sweden, who recently decided to give up baths for the environment).
Getting through Thanksgiving, when emissions-heavy activities like airline travel and tables full of food are the norm, can be a especially tricky for a die-hard climate activist. Here are have a few tips for a more climate-friend Thanksgiving. (We can't help with the food coma, though.)
Choose your turkey wisely
A lot of outlets suggest you do away with the Thanksgiving turkey altogether, but if the idea of sacrificing the holiday's classic main course sounds border-line sacrilege, paying attention to the type of turkey you buy can go a long way toward reducing your environmental impact. Of all the traditional Thanksgiving dishes, turkey has the biggest environmental impact, so it is worth a little extra scrutiny. Not only does meat take more resources than vegetables, turkey often has to travel quite a ways to get to your table. From the Smithsonian:
Cranberries, potatoes and turkeys for the Thanksgiving table often travel 1,500 to 2,500 miles from the farm, according to the Worldwatch Institute, three times as far as the average American guest and 25 percent farther than they did two decades ago. These so-called "food miles" are one consideration when conserving the resources, namely fuel, that go into making a meal.
And it's not just travel. There are other big differences between buying a factory farm turkey and buying a turkey from a local farmer. Smaller farms tend to have better environmental practices, preserving our fresh water system. For more information about the differences between turkeys, check out Sustainable America's guide.
Waste not, want not
The Sierra Club recommends cooking "just enough," but, at least in my family, Thanksgiving is a celebration of abundance. Having just enough would be a serious disappointment, so I'm tweaking their recommendation a little bit: Don't waste your food.
Package up leftovers. Turn that turkey carcass into turkey broth, throw in a handful of kale, some chopped up turkey bits, and a bit of squash, and — voila — a healthy, tasty winter soup. My family makes an annual Thanksgiving casserole — layers of mashed potato, stuffing, and turkey, smothered in extra gravy — to be frozen and reheated in the depths of winter for a quick, cozy dinner. Leftovers are your friends, whereas food waste is pretty much the worst.
Toast these drinks
So, you know about sourcing your turkey and your vegetables, but how much thought have you put into what you're pairing with that pile of stuffing and gravy? Again, transportation is going to come into play: Buy locally, if you can. But there are some companies that are, frankly, better than others. For instance, New Belgian (maker of Fat Tire) has started actively campaigning for climate action, while a group of wineries in New York's Fingerlakes region recently won an award from the solar industry for their commitment to clean energy.
If wine isn't your thing, Renewable Energy World has a list of other beer companies that have gone solar — including Heineken.
Take the bus
Speaking of clean energy, unless you are running your Tesla on solar energy from over your garage, you're better off hopping on Amtrak or Greyhound for this year's festivities. This is especially true if you're travelling along a high-traffic route, where traffic is going to be slow and emissions are going to be higher.
If you have to drive, carpool. RideBuzz and Craigslist can help you connect with travelers going your way. Zimride is another, private service for schools and companies that can help arrange ride-sharing. Keep in mind that if you live near a college or university, it might have message boards that can put you in touch with students looking to head home for the holiday.
Efficiency is a huge opportunity
Go ahead, yell, "Were you raised in a barn?!" when your kids leave the door open. Or, better yet, get your house retrofitted. Many states have programs that will help homeowners improve efficiency — which, in the long run, saves a lot of money while also decreasing your carbon footprint. It's starting to get cold across much of the country, and there is no time like the present.
Another helpful efficiency tip, courtesy of Energy Upgrade California, is to cook with the lid on.
Avoid gobbling up energy this #Thanksgiving by reducing the amount of #energy you use in the kitchen. pic.twitter.com/UmfU46JtI4
— Energy Upgrade CA (@EnergyUpgradeCA) November 23, 2015
And remember: It's going to get warm in the kitchen. Thanksgiving morning, don't worry about blasting the thermostat (and subsequently opening the windows to cool the house down when the turkey reaches hour two in the oven). It will warm up. Trust in the process.
Go ahead, talk about it
Even with all these tips, Thanksgiving is hardly a carbon-neutral day for most of us. But there's one more way you can get bigger climate returns on the day: Talk about it.
Maybe your family or friends don't believe in climate change. Take a moment before the holiday to brush up on some key messages, and think of it this way: Convincing just one person to reduce her carbon footprint doubles what you can do on your own.


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Walrein can function as a decent tank thanks to its awesome bulk. While it is usually seen using its ability Ice Body alongside hail in the higher tiers, such a set unfortunately cannot be used in NU as hail is banned, limiting its viability in the tier. Even though Regice hits harder, which along with its better defenses makes it a better choice as an Ice-type tank most of the time, Walrein's niche over Regice is that it can handle Charizard better thanks to its Fire resistance granted by Thick Fat. Roar is another move Walrein has over its competitors, and its good Special Attack means it can still hit decently hard. A Water typing helps Walrein to take on Water- and Steel-types better than Regice, allowing Walrein to function as a decent tank that is difficult to OHKO. Walrein's lack of recovery, however, limits its effectiveness as a tank.
 [SET] name: Specially Defensive move 1: Toxic move 2: Ice Beam move 3: Roar / Encore move 4: Surf / Protect item: Leftovers ability: Thick Fat nature: Calm evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD [SET COMMENTS]
Thick Fat gives Walrein helpful resistances to Fire- and Ice-type moves, which combined with its great bulk allows it to easily take Water-, Ice-, and Fire-type attacks from the likes of Samurott, Simipour, and Charizard, respectively. Toxic is an essential move for Walrein, as it wears down the opponent over the course of the match. Ice Beam is its STAB move of choice and lets it hit Flying-, Grass-, and Ground-type opponents for super effective damage. Surf is Walrein's method of disposing of Charizard immediately, and is its only way of doing any real damage to Steel-types that shrug off an Ice Beam with ease and are immune to Toxic. Surf also helps with other Fire-types, such as Torkoal and Camerupt, and does more damage to the likes of Armaldo. Roar and Encore are both options for disrupting setup sweepers; while Roar is the safer move, allowing Walrein to phaze and rack up hazard damage, Encore can lock the opponent into disadvantageous moves, such as a stat-boosting move or Substitute, and thus lets a teammate set up on said threat. Walrein is hampered by its lack of access to reliable recovery and the lack of permanent hail in Neverused, which is a letdown considering its great bulk. Protect somewhat mitigates this by letting Walrein get extra Leftovers recovery and rack up Toxic damage.
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A specially defensive spread allows Walrein to take on Charizard and special Samurott. However, you can opt to use a physically defensive set, which boasts the ability to take on Swords Dance Samurott and most Ground-types with ease. Super Fang is a viable move which can halve the opponent's health and cripples the Pokemon that can normally handle this set, such as Regice and Metang. However, since Walrein can actually deal decent damage thanks to its base 95 Special Attack, it is usually not necessary.

Entry hazard support is great to take advantage of Walrein's stalling ability and to use in conjunction with Roar. Great teammates for Walrein include those that can set up both Spikes and Toxic Spikes, such as Roselia and Garbodor. In addition, they resist the Grass- and Fighting-type attacks that Walrein dislikes and can set up entry hazards against them. Meanwhile, Walrein can deal with the Ground- and Rock-types that these entry hazard setters loathe by forcing them out due to the threat of Surf. Rapid Spin support is nice to have for Walrein, as Walrein's weakness to Stealth Rock hurts its ability to take on various Pokemon, such as Charizard. Pokemon such as Sawk, Torterra, and Serperior are great partners and can also easily prevent Stealth Rock. Torkoal is the best Rapid Spin user for Walrein's team to use, as not only can it set up Stealth Rock, but it also takes Grass-type attacks for Walrein. Additionally, Torkoal can act as a physically defensive tank while Walrein acts as a specially defensive tank, making the combination of these two Pokemon a solid core. Ground-types such as Golem pair well with Walrein, as they are immune to Electric and can take Rock-type attacks for Walrein, while Walrein can take Water- and Ice-type attacks for them. Exeggutor is also a great teammate for Walrein; it can take the Fighting- and Grass-type attacks aimed at Walrein, while Walrein can check pesky Fire- and Flying-types for Exeggutor.
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A Life Orb or Choice Specs set is possible, as Walrein's Special Attack and type coverage is pretty decent. A physical Curse set can be used to take advantage of Walrein's great bulk, but Walrein's weaknesses to common types such as Fighting and Grass make it unable to set up safely. Finally, manual hail can be used to utilize the unbreakable Stallrein strategy, but five turns isn't nearly enough to properly execute said strategy.
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Walrein is worn down easily by entry hazards—Stealth Rock takes out a chunk of its health, and it gets worn down by Spikes very quickly as well. Due to its multiple common weaknesses, it is easy to force Walrein out, thus racking up the hazard damage that Walrein takes. Grass-types can only check Walrein because they don't want to switch directly into Ice Beam, but they can easily 2HKO Walrein, meaning that they almost always win against it one-on-one. Most Electric- and Fighting-types with decent offensive presence, such as Electabuzz, Ampharos, Sawk and Gurdurr, can easily force Walrein out as well. Ludicolo is especially threatening to Walrein, since it's only hit neutrally by Ice Beam, can heal itself back with Giga Drain, and only really fears Toxic. Clerics, including, but not limited to, Audino and Musharna, and RestTalk users, can easily cleanse themselves of Toxic poison and stall Walrein out. Steel-types are in a similar vein, with opponents such as Metang being immune to Toxic and resisting Ice Beam, while retaliating with a painful Meteor Mash. Finally, Taunt users, particularly Mandibuzz and Misdreavus, can temporarily halt Walrein's usage of support moves and can also cripple Walrein with Will-O-Wisp or Toxic, respectively.


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TransUnion also forecasts that auto debt per borrower will continue its uptrend next year, jumping from an expected $13,689 in the fourth quarter of 2012 to $14,133 at the end of 2013, a sign that auto financing will continue to grow as new- and used-car sales increase.
Though the national auto loan delinquency rate is expected to rise slightly from 0.36 percent at the end of 2012 to 0.37 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, the level has dropped more than 50 percent since reaching its peak in the fourth quarter 2008 at 0.86 percent.
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Alright Gang, I need to do some back reading, I am in for Berlin with a modified 55-70 plan.
Wifeys big Birthday today so weve been partying a little too hard for oldies, so got my feet up in the sun now and just deciding how to best use the day. It will not involve running though.
Well done on the PB Macca and the casual 3.04 BR. Nice one to SK aswell.
Been quiet up here with the missus Birthday celebrations and stuff, but did manage to get a parkrun in on Saturday which reminded me why I hate racing 5ks.
Is that it now then for this thread? Who's going to do the honours....
Fig Rolls are the future Macca! Hurry up and get it done so we can start the new thread!!
AWC - Good news that you have a diagnosis - good luck with the Doc and you can hopefully get a plan back to healthy running.
Tom 13 - ticking over at my Mara pace on a leisurely run, nice.
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I did my first training session of the Berlin Campaign yesterday - 7 with 4 at LT - all around the 5.50 mark. Felt OK.
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my stride length is 1.39m at 17kmh, which is 200mm shorter than elite Eritrean and European athletes running at the same speed, so my frequency is much higher than theirs to hold same speed. My lack of flexibility means that my push off is much closer to my body due to lack of range of motion. The faster I go the worse it gets, What I have been told is that for an increase in efficiency and a better use of energy I need to reduce the frequency and increase the stride length, which means core work and flexibility, as Lit says, I bet we all have insanely tight hip flexors.
That's the theory behind it, I intend to do some work over the next 6 weeks and go back and get it measured again to see if there is a change. Watch this space!
Good news AWC. Make the most of the break.
Good stuff Madbee and Scott, I dont care for the short dtuff myself either, but might just turn upto a park run on Saturday for the hell of it
My running analysis is back and it seems my stride length is too short (200mm!!)so I compensate for it with a higher leg turn over and reduced ground contact time. Need to find someone to fix it now..
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EPA's new measures bolster regulations regarding hazardous waste shipments into or out of the United States and strengthen the extensive set of regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) governing the shipment of hazardous waste within the United States.
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Existing RCRA regulation regarding the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes for recovery among countries belonging to the OECD to conform to legally required revisions made by the OECD, such as:
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RCRA regulations for spent lead-acid batteries (SLAB) to add export notification and consent requirements to provide stricter controls and greater transparency for exports of SLABs to any country, and should ensure that the batteries are sent to countries and reclamation facilities in those countries that can manage the SLABs in an environmentally sound manner.
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1. Disney just released the official first image from Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy.
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An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits — Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora, and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy's fate in the balance.
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The first GotG comic appeared in 1969, but this incarnation of the intergalactic rag-tag team is rather new, debuting in 2008.
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Alex Rodriguez will get no credit if the Yankees win the World Series, but he will take the blame if they fail.
News broke on Friday that A-Rod subtly ripped manager Joe Torre on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." Admittedly, my initial response was of a typical A-Rod detractor. With a $25 million opt-out on the table, A-Rod all of a sudden wants to be honest. Figures.
During an interview with Real Sports' Frank Deford -- which airs on Monday -- A-Rod gives former manager Lou Piniella an enthusiastic endorsement. In fact, he was so complimentary of Piniella, it is difficult not to interpret A-Rod's warm words as not only a slap at Torre, but a silent plea for the Cubs to come rescue him.
"He's been just like a father to me," A-Rod said of Piniella, the focus of HBO's report.
Now it's certainly possible that A-Rod was just being earnest. However, it's A-Rod. Is he even capable of being earnest?
But A-Rod's interview and the news it generated has created an intriguing question about the All-Star, one that's even more intriguing than whether he'll remain a Yankee or win a championship.
Will we ever be able to accept A-Rod for who he truly is?
It's not like A-Rod is evil. He's not a bad guy. It's not his fault that someone else determined his worth at $252 million. It's not his fault he's more Lame Miami Club Guy than Maximus from "Gladiator."
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If you earn $25 million annually,
it's hip to be square.
Who or what can A-Rod blame?
If the Yankees win it all this season, Jeter gets the credit. If the Yankees lose early in the playoffs again, A-Rod shoulders the blame (again).
A-Rod is often criticized for being disingenuous, and the first time he says something halfway original, he's crucified. He admitted he was lying when he said he and Jeter were the "Laverne & Shirley" of Major League Baseball, and was expectantly killed for telling us something we already knew.
Rosie O'Donnell has a better chance of finding a co-worker that likes her than A-Rod does of becoming a hero in New York this season.
A-Rod could hit .400 during a Yankees playoff run, save a small child and subvert an intricate terrorist plot and that would do little to change the opinion that he's polished, fake and overpaid.
But you know what else makes A-Rod so fascinating? He signed the biggest contract in American sports history, but that same deal keeps him from the one thing he craves the most: constant adulation.
Ironic, isn't it?
What A-Rod said about Torre will make all the headlines for the next few days, but that wasn't the most telling part of his HBO interview.
A-Rod talked about how Piniella had the ability to give him tough love one minute and fatherly love the next. Piniella nurtured A-Rod. But the truth is, no one believes a player of his caliber and with his money should have to be nurtured by anyone. But that's just who A-Rod is. Hate it or love it.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced plans to award $9 million to five pilot programs as part of its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.
NSTIC seeks to create a secure "identity ecosystem" for online transactions. The newly funded programs aim to improve consumer confidence in online transactions, prevent identity theft, and give people more control over their personal information.
The investments "will help protect our citizens from identity theft and other types of fraud, while helping our businesses, especially small businesses, reduce their costs," said NIST director Patrick Gallagher in statement on the grants.
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators will implement a program, called the Cross Sector Digital Identity Initiative, to establish a secure online identity ecosystem. Its partners include AT&T, Biometric Signature ID, CA Technologies, Microsoft, and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
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A team of companies led by Criterion Systems will let consumers share shopping and other online preferences and information. The pilot will pull together Web services from identity service providers, online auction services, financial services from Broadridge, supply chain management capabilities from General Electric, and first-response management at government agencies and health care service providers.
Grant recipient Daon will develop an identity ecosystem for senior citizens and other consumers that supports trusted interactions among multiple parties online. The pilot will include "user-friendly" identity technologies for smartphones and tablets. AARP is a partner in the program.
Resilient Network Systems plans to show how an encrypted "trust network" can be used for health and education transactions. On the education side, the pilot will demonstrate secure access to online learning for children that is compliant with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Another grant recipient, the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, known as Internet2, will spearhead a program to build a privacy infrastructure that can serve communities. Brown University, Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Texas, and University of Utah are participating.
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Here's another special report from your favorite worry wart.
No sooner do I bemoan one high-tech invention for dog owners than another comes rolling along, equally worth fretting about.
This one is a 3-inch remotely controlled orange ball, with a high-def camera inside, that you can watch and listen to on your cell phone.
Its makers boast it will "usher in the future of human-pet interaction."
Let's hope not.
It's called PlayDate, now in the Indygogoing stage, and like many other contraptions hitting the market, it's designed to make all the time your dog spends alone more bearable for him, and more entertaining and guilt-free for you.
The problem I have with that, as I've stated before, is how it lets dog owners shrug off the responsibility of dog ownership and diminishes the bond between dog and owner.
What I fret about is that the "future of human-pet interactions" could be long-distance, computer-assisted, virtual and heartless — exactly opposite of what dogs need, and exactly opposite of the reasons for having a dog in the first place.
A Manhattan inventor has come up with what the New York Post called "the next big thing for man's best friend."
Company co-founder Kevin Li says he got the idea for PlayDate after adopting his Rhodesian ridgeback-Lab mix, Hulk, three years ago.
"Looking at his sad face every time I left for work, I realized he … needed more time with his best friend."
So Li (and we hope he worked from home at least a little bit) invented a ball for Hulk to play with — one he could control remotely, issue commands through, observe his dog through, and make squeak.
An adjunct computer-science professor at Columbia, Li described the $249 gadget as "Fitbit meets iPhone localization."
He has already raised more than $200,000 on Indiegogo and has sold out of pre-orders.
With the rechargable ball, a pet owner can watch and listen to their pet, take photos, and record video, all from their iOS or Android device.
A stabilized camera inside provides real-time HD images. And a clear, replaceable outer shell protects the inner workings while allowing the camera — slobber aside — to see out clearly.
There are just three simple steps, its makers say: Download the free app, connect to wi-fi and "usher in the future of human-pet interaction."
Sorry, but talk like that scares me, as do a few other things.
The shell of the ball is made of a strong, chew-resistant polycarbonate, designed to withstand rambunctious play, according to its makers.
I hope that has been well tested, because I'd prefer not to think about what swallowing a little camera and a lithium polymer battery might do to a dog (or cat).
In the world of pet products, many a toy marketed as indestructible has proved otherwise.
Even PlayDate's makers are saying that part might take some fine tuning:
"As we put PlayDate's smart ball in front of more dogs and cats, we may discover the need to make aspects of its design more robust; any pet owner will tell you there's no such thing as an indestructible toy. We have purposefully designed features like the replaceable outer shell with this in mind. Additional design changes may be required as we perform more testing."
And what, I wonder, will be the effect of communicating with — and issuing orders to — your dog via an orange ball? Seeing an orange ball wandering around the house on its own, and hearing a disembodied voice come from it would, at the very least, be confusing, I'd think.
I'm all for keeping a dog active, engaged and feeling loved when the owner is away. But it's a mistake to assume that technology can make up for failing to give your dog adequate attention.
And — needless to say — one shouldn't get a dog in the first place if one is unwilling or unable to give him or her their time.
Face-time, I mean, with no cameras, or wi-fi, or remote controls involved.
Before we usher human-pet interaction "into the future," it might be wise to question whether we really need to take that trip.
Didn't we pretty much have it down just fine already — most of us, anyway?
(Photo: from PlayDate's website)
Posted by John Woestendiek May 3rd, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, attention, babysitter, ball, bond, camera, communication, dog, dogs, dogs and technology, humans, inventions, pet, pet ownership, pets, playdate, products, remote, remote control, responsibility, technology, toy, toys, wi-fi
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Would you let a drone walk your dog?
We report often on dog-related technology here on ohmidog! — both that which is budding and that which has found its way to the marketplace — and a good 90 percent of the time we have nothing positive to say about it.
Including this time.
A drone that walks your dog? No. No. And no.
This is just one man's experiment, but let's hope it doesn't catch on.
Here's the thing about dog-centered technology: It's usually not centered on dogs at all.
Instead, it is aimed at making the lives of dog owners easier. Generally, it is something that relieves dog owners of responsibility, allowing them to both spend less time with their dog and feel less guilty about it.
Like machines that, on a programmed schedule or through remote operation, can dispense a treat to your dog while you're away.
Or a machine that will play fetch with your dog while you're away, or just too tired to go to all that effort.
And all those other contraptions, apps and gizmos that allow you to cut down on face to face time with your dog, thereby eroding the one thing that counts — the bond between the two of you.
Those devices aren't really making it any easier for you to live your life. Your dog, on the other hand, is.
The video above shows Lucy, a golden retriever from Connecticut, being walked by a drone.
Jeff Myers, the mind behind this video, said he wanted to show it could be done — always a dangerous reason to do something, especially when it's the sole reason.
Myers lives in New York City, and he borrowed his mother's dog for the experiment, in which dog is leashed to drone and drone is controlled by an app.
It's just a concept Myers says.
So too, at one point, was dog cloning. Those concepts — good or bad — have a way of turning into business enterprises once the realization that there could be profits kicks in.
This NPR report about the dog walking drone and other technological developments for dogs, concluded, "The future is here and it's pretty darn cute."
Pretty darn cute?
Yeah, right up there with using your car to walk your dog:
Posted by John Woestendiek April 29th, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
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Police turn to eagles to bring down drones
I'm not sure if it's the technophobe in me or the nature-lover in me, but something about this video makes me smile inside.
Police in the Netherlands, concerned about the security threat posed by unmanned aerial drones, have enlisted eagles to bring them down.
The Dutch National Police Force announced that they've partnered with Danish company, Guard from Above, to train the birds, according to Global News.
Just as with police dogs, there's a potential that law enforcement might misuse its new-found ally. There are probably questions that could be raised from an animal rights perspective, as well. On top of that, I'd hate to think that eagles were somehow being used to abridge free speech.
But police officials emphasized the eagles won't be going after law-abiding drones, just those that are posing a security threat.
"There are situations in which drones are not allowed to fly. This has almost always to do with security," Mark Wiebe, innovation manager of the National Police, said in a press release. (No need to click that link unless you speak Dutch.)
The video above is from a demonstration National Police put on last Friday, during which one of the trained birds successfully tracked and brought down a standard commercial drone in mid-air.
It's almost as if the regal birds are taking back the sky, which, in our view, was their's to begin with.
Yes, I'm definitely seeing too much symbolism in it, but watching still makes me say, "Go Eagles!"
Posted by John Woestendiek February 5th, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, company, drone, drones, dutch, dutch national police force, eagle, eagles, guard from above, law enforcement, nature, police, security, technology, the netherlands
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Uber-like dog walking app takes a hit after walker loses a dog in Brooklyn
Wag!, a tech startup that touts itself as an Uber for dog walkers, has its tail between its legs this week.
A dog walker hired through the new app that connects pet owners with walkers lost a Brooklyn couple's Chihuahua, who subsequently was hit by a car and killed.
Morgan Stuart and Mischa Golebiewski had a regular dog walker, also through Wag!, but when that dog walker called in sick on Nov. 18, another Wag! walker was assigned.
The woman was supposed to take out the couple's oldest dog, Chicken, and check on Duckie, but apparently she either misunderstood the instructions, or Duckie slipped out of the building.
The couple said they cautioned the new walker that Duckie, who was adopted two months earlier, was fearful of strangers and would probably be too anxious to go for a walk.
"We had a text conversation explaining the situation," Golebiewski told the New York Daily News. "She said she could do it and was comfortable."
The California-based company claims on its website that all their dog walkers are "certified" and "rigorously screened/vetted."
In this case, Duckie's owners say it took an hour for the company to contact them after Duckie was lost, lessening the possibility of her being quickly found.
The couple spent the next seven days searching for the dog.
Wag! executives contributed to the search, calling upon other dog walkers to help.
They also installed motion detecting cameras in nearby Prospect Park and set traps near where Duckie had been spotted, the Daily News reported.
"We do have a plan in place in the .00001% chance something like this can happen," said Wag! co-founder Joshua Viner.
According to Wag! representatives, Wag! co-founder Jason Meltzer flew in from Los Angeles to search the park for a day, and the company's New York manager spent 18 hours a day in the park for a week.
On the day before Thanksgiving, Duckie's owners got a call from a veterinarian saying the dog had been fatally struck by a car on Seeley Street, near the edge of the park.
"We feel terrible. It hurts us," Viner said, offering an apology that sounded pretty self-centered. "This literally stopped my week."
(Photos courtesy of Morgan Stuart and Mischa Golebiewski)
Posted by John Woestendiek December 2nd, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, app, brooklyn, chihuahua, dog, dog walker, dog walking, dogs, dogwalker, dogwalking, duckie, lost, pets, technology, uber, wag, walkers
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Prototype device allows blind people to keep tabs on the health of their guide dogs
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a device that allows blind people to better monitor the health and well-being of their guide dogs.
The researchers are fine tuning a vibrating harness that monitor a dog's breathing and heart rate and shares the information with the dog's handler, according to NC State News.
"Our goal is to let guide dog handlers know when their dogs are stressed or anxious," said Sean Mealin, a Ph.D. student at NC State and lead author of a paper describing the technology.
Mealin is blind and works with his own guide dog, Simba.
"This is important because it is widely believed that stress is a significant contributing factor to early retirement of guide dogs and other service animals," Mealin said. "The technology may also be able to help handlers detect other health problems, such as symptoms of heat exhaustion."
The researchers developed a specialized handle, equipped with two vibrating motors, that attaches to a guide dog's harness.
One motor is embedded in the handle by the handler's thumb, and vibrates – or beats – in time with the dog's heart rate.
When the dog's heart rate increases, so does the rate at which the motor beats.
The second motor is embedded in the handle near the handler's pinky finger, and vibrates in synch with the dog's breathing. The vibration increases and decreases in intensity, to simulate the dog breathing in and out.
"Dogs primarily communicate through their movements and posture, which makes it difficult or impossible for people who are blind to fully understand their dogs' needs on a moment-to-moment basis," said David Roberts, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State and co-author of the paper.
"This challenge is particularly pronounced in guide dogs, who are bred and trained to be outwardly calm and avoid drawing attention to themselves in public."
The paper, "Towards the Non-Visual Monitoring of Canine Physiology in Real-Time by Blind Handlers," was presented yesterday at the Second International Congress on Animal Computer Interaction, in Johor, Malaysia.
(Photos: NC State News)
Posted by John Woestendiek November 17th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, beat, blind, breath, breathing, device, dog, dogs, guide dogs, harness, health, heart rate, monitor, motors, north carolina state university, pets, pulse, sean mealin, technology, vibrations
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A "loyal" robot dog is headed to the market
There is really only one reason we duly report on the latest robot dogs hitting the market, or headed that way: To show how sadly lacking in intelligence our own species is.
To think that technology — even WiFi-equipped technology — can replace a living, breathing dog is, after all, folly.
Nevertheless, the robot dogs keep coming as toy makers continue their futile effort to duplicate dog.
Expected to hit the market late next year is a dog called CHiP, which stands for Canine Home Intelligent Pet.
CHiP will be the first robot dog that's able to show something resembling loyalty.
Even with that though, we don't predict much of a future for CHiP. Still being fine tuned by a company called WowWee, CHiP will likely go the way of all robot dogs, from Sony's AIBO to iCybee — into the garbage.
How CHiP differs from earlier versions of robot dogs — and there have been a few — is basically this. It has sensors that allow it to locate its ball and its bed and you, and it is equipped with Bluetooth, allowing you to connect with it from a band worn on your wrist.
This means it can do a cheap and phony imitation of one thing that up to now only real dogs could do: Get excited when you walk through the front door (assuming you program it to do so).
How sad a little life does the grown-up person who would do that have?
You get out of your car, pause at the front doorstep, tap your futuristic wrist band a few times, and presto, Chip will be waiting for you with tail a-wagging the second you unlock the door.
The $199 black-and-white robot pup, which won't hit the marketplace until sometime next year, is said to have more smarts than its predecessors.
The head alone has an array of carefully hidden infrared sensors that give it a 360-degree view, which it uses to find its special ball and charging bed. Yes, it can perform a variaton of fetch. Yes,it can put itself to sleep at night and wake up all recharged and ready to go. Yes, it can even be "trained".
With its Bluetooth and special "Smart Band," Mashable.com reports, owners can, rather than displaying real love by petting their dog, send their dog "likes," reinforcing those behaviors they want to make a regular part of the dog's repertoire.
Mashable says CHiP looks like a cute, big-headed puppy (we disagree). We think, with it wheels, and shiny white plastic coat, and 360-degree sight line, it more resembles a freakish hybrid between dog and army tank, between Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" and a "Star Wars" storm trooper.
"It does seem alive," Mashable reports, adding that the robot dog's tricks include sitting, squatting, shimmying, dancing around and making dog sounds.
We can think of only one proper home for such a dog — with the kind of person who wants none of the responsibility of dog ownership, prefers superficial relationships and probably shouldn't have a real dog in the first place.
Posted by John Woestendiek November 11th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: aibo, animals, bluetooth, canine home intelligent pet, chip, dog, dogs, equipped, icybee, loyal, loyalty, pets, robot, robot dogs, robots, technology, toys, wifi, wowwee
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High tech device promises to tell a dog's mood — by monitoring the wag of the tail
Yes, ohmidog! pokes cruel fun at "new technology" from time to time, but only when "new technology" deserves it — as is the case with this tail wagging monitor a group hopes to bring to the market.
Some Cornell University graduates have launched an Indiegogo campaign to finance the manufacturing of DogStar TailTalk, which they describe as a translator of dog emotions.
The device consists of a lightweight sensor that wraps around your dog's tail, monitoring the speed and direction of the tail's movement with an internal accelerometer and a gyroscope.
Coupled with a phone app, the developers say, it will tell you when your dog is happy, and when his or her tail wag may be a sign of stress.
There's some hard science behind it — but not much.
Scientific studies conducted in Italy have concluded that the prominent direction of a dog's tail wag is an indicator of whether he's happy or feeling anxiety, aggression or fear.
Wagging more to the right is said to be an indication of positive feelings.
The developers of the device say the direction of the wag isn't always discernable to the naked eye: "Tail wagging is asymmetric and includes complex emotional signals that the human eye cannot recognize."
We're not so sure about that, just as we're not so sure that a dog owner, seeing their dog's tail wagging upon meeting, say, another dog, will have time to fire up the app to determine whether the meeting is going to go well.
Like a lot of canine-oriented technology — from treat poppers to automatic ball throwers to spy cams — this little gizmo takes over a task and/or responsibility that we should be doing ourselves, thereby growing closer and better knowing our dog, as opposed to distancing ourselves from our dog and giving them the features of robots.
As the goofy video above shows, the device may have some value when used remotely, such as learning the dog really doesn't like the dog walker at all, but that — again — is something a dog owner should be able to ascertain beforehand without gyroscopes or apps.
The design team says it consulted on the project with "professors from the famous College of Veterinary Medicine in Cornell University."
We think we smell a class project resurfacing for the marketplace. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Current plans call for the TailTalk app to work with iOS or Android phones, and to include features like the "Happiness Overview" function, which tracks a dog's emotional status over the course of a day, a week, or a month. The monitoring device will be waterproof and "chew-resistant." We can only hope that dogs, annoyed by having a tail attachment, don't inadvertently chew through something other than the device.
So far, the campaign has raised about a third of its $100,000 funding goal.
If all goes according to plan, the TailTalk device will be ready to hit the market in about a year, and we suspect that — just as there are those who are willing to fund it — there will be those willing to buy it.
Because while the dog may sometimes wag his tail, and the tail may sometimes wag the dog, technology seems destined to almost always wag us.
Posted by John Woestendiek October 8th, 2015 under videos.
Tags: animals, anxiety, app, campaign, cornell, crowdfunding, device, direction, dog, dogs, dogstar, emotions, fear, fearful, happy, high tech, indiegogo, marketing, marketplace, monitor, pets, research, science, stressed, studies, tail, tailtalk, technology, wag, wag direction, wagging, wags
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The roots of gun control are racist. Gun control has been used to disarm blacks so they would be defenseless against whites who sought to control them with violence. Historian Clayton Cramer and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership have both documented the fact well.
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