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Trailblazer Beanbag
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- Overview
A cozy spot to sink in and prop yourself for movies, games or afternoon lounging, our popular beanbag is covered in saddle-style faux leather upholstery that creates the look and feel of well-worn leather.
- 41" diameter
- Plush beanbag insert is eco-friendly and filled with 30% recycled polystyrene.
- Trailblazer faux leather slipcover (sold separately) is removable and machine washable.
- Slipcover and insert are available individually or as a set.
- Insert is not intended for use without a slipcover.
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- Dimensions + Care
- Overall: 41" diameter
- Fill: 13.5 cubic feet
- Weight: 4 pounds
- Machine wash cold separately.
- Tumble dry on low.
- Can be dry cleaned or spot cleaned with a white, cloth; blot to remove excess water and air dry.
- Do not use bleach.
- Spot clean with damp white cloth; blot to remove excess water.
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This item is delivered by our Premium In-Home Delivery Service. With In-Home delivery, the item is brought into your home, unpacked, and assembled (except for some headboards and Style-It Desk components, which are not unpacked or assembled. Our service also does not mount hutches and shelves to customer's walls.) Delivery is by appointment. Monday-Friday, in all areas; Saturday delivery in some areas. Our delivery service will contact you to arrange a day. This service is available in the contiguous 48 states only. Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks for delivery. Returns of mattresses are subject to a $40 return shipping fee.


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City Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre
Physiotherapy centre providing treatment and management of musculoskeletal, spinal and sporting injuries.
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Look Underneath the Hood
As anyone who has ever purchased a used car will tell you, looks can be deceiving. To get a true picture of the quality of the product, you have to "look under the hood." What does this have to do with shopping for a new home? When you find a property you ...Continue Reading
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Captain's Report
Captain's Report by Capt. Steve--
Mission Statement
The mission statement for the Prestige 550 Flybridge is basically the same as the rest of the Prestige line. Build the best boat possible, and make her affordable by focusing on form and function and leave out the fluff. You will find solid composite countertops, wall-to-wall carpeting, and fiberglass overheads maximize interior room and utility. Prestige designers stay away from "flavor of the month" styling.
In 2011 Prestige earned praise in Europe for four new boats introduced: the 350, 400, 500 and 500S. Success breeds success – in the boating world just like anywhere else. The company has designed for two versions on a 58' 10" (17.92 m) LOA hull: The 550 express and 550 Flybridge motoryachts. All four of the new 2011 models were innovative in one sense or another, and we think the new intros are equally interesting.
Distinguishing Features
Engines mounted forward.
Instead of putting the Cummins diesels directly in front of the pods, they are moved farther forward to more evenly distribute the weight around the boat's longitudinal center of gravity. This keeps the 550 from having excessive bow rise and allows for the ride at a more sedate 5-degree bow high attitude. The Zeus pods are located well aft, under the crew quarters berth, and a jackshaft connects the engines to the pods.•
Low draft.
Because her pod drives are in tunnels and she is of a moderate displacement her draft is only 3' 8'' (1.17 m), which is shoal for this size boat.•
Two control stations standard.
Typically we see a standard flybridge helm station and an optional control station below. Many builders will use this plan to create a roomier salon. Prestige feels, and we agree in this case, that the salon is roomy enough and chooses to put in a lower helm station as standard. In addition, an optional third station in the cockpit is available.•
Versatile VIP sleeping.
Virtually every boat on the market in this class has a queen bed in the forward cabin. This is fine for a couple, but what if you are have two gents or ladies, or teenage children to accommodate? Prestige has thought of that and had built its queen bed so that it can be split into twins with each berth being moved to the hill sides. We think this is a super design.•
Private entrance to a huge master.
Most yachts in class have one access to all accommodations. One problem with this design is that much valuable space is wasted on a long passageway. By creating a separate staircase to the master stateroom Prestige provides not only more privacy, but also more usable space for a walk-in closet and larger head.•
At just a little over one million dollars this is a lot of yacht for the money. Just look around and you'll see what I mean.
Major Features
Three stateroom layout.
The VIP guest stateroom is located forward. The port side guest stateroom has twin berths that can easily be converted to a queen. •
Cockpit access to the flybridge.
This is the only access to the flybridge, which eliminates a salon staircase that only takes up space, in our opinion.
Performance and Handling
With a pair of 600-hp Cummins QSC8.3 diesel engines powering our test boat we reached a top speed at 3080 rpm up 30.2 kts. At that speed we had a fuel burn of 62.85 gph for a range of 251 nautical miles. Best cruise came in at 2500 rpm and 22.4 kts. Now the fuel consumption to dropped to the 41.2 gph giving us a range of 284 nautical miles. We reached planing speed in 8.5 seconds and accelerated to 30 mph in 21.7 seconds.
When accelerating, the bow comes up roughly 8-degrees which means the horizon remains in clear view from the lower helm. Once on plane she'll settle into a 5-degree bow high attitude. Because of the maneuvering characteristics of pods, you won't find any break-neck turns on the 550. The throw of the pods is limited at speed so you will only get a 5-degree bank angle which allows for very slow turns. In fact, it took 70 seconds for the 550 to come around a full 360-degrees. Of course this is perfectly adequate for the short maneuvers, such as dodging the occasional trap buoy that seems to pop up all over the world. When you take power off, the 550 will settle back into the water and a level attitude, again producing no loss of visibility to the horizon.
Steering Considerations
While on the subject of visibility, the 550 Flybridge has outstanding sightlines. From the lower helm you'll find yourself looking through the bow rails, but the bow itself remains well below the horizon line. Naturally, from the flybridge you have a nearly unobstructed 360-degree view. More importantly, you have a clear view of the port quarter through the companionway hatch.
One interesting feature to note is that the upper and lower helms are on opposing sides so you can choose which helm to operate from based on which side of the boat you will be tying up to. Of course for backing into a slip or med-mooring you can't beat the optional cockpit control station.The 550 Fly had a very solid feel to her. While we were saddled with a relatively calm day I was able to pass through some sizable wakes which showed that she throws spray well off to the sides and down low producing a very dry ride. Her hard chines give her excellent stability and she shoulders beam seas off quite nicely with little effect to be felt from the flybridge helm.
Docking Manners
In my opinion, the combination of Cummins diesels and Zeus pods is outstanding, and nowhere can this be felt to its maximum benefit than when maneuvering in close quarters. I easily brought the 550 in between two other yachts in the very close confines of a med-moor while controlling from the cockpit station. Even while standing in close proximity to the engines and pods, there was no "clunking" into gear and the operation was silky smooth. So smooth in fact, that the only indication that things were working normally was the gentle response that the 550 Flybridge had to my slight movement of the joystick. More to the point, when you make a control movement on the joystick the 550 follows precisely as opposed to you making a control input, seeing where the boat goes, and then correcting that movement to what you want it to be.
Accommodations Deck
The 550 Flybridge motoryacht is set up to sleep six guests in three cabins, plus a crew cabin aft that we predict will serve as added guest accommodations in this boat that can and should be an owner/operator vessel. With pods making handling easier, yachts this size are should be owner-operated in most cases. No crew means the aft cabin will surely be taken over by one of the owner's kids who want to sleep as far from the adults as possible (and wash down the boat at night.)
In keeping with Prestige's practice of building master stateroom's as comfortable as possible given the length of hull available, the midships cabin on the 550 has a large centerline bed, a small booth-type seating for two to port and a walk-in closet. Of course, there is a large en suite head with separate shower stall. We especially like the private access via a curved companionway leading from the salon. The forward two cabins share a head.
Main Deck
The main deck houses the galley and dining areas, making preparing and serving food less of a trial for the cook. The tri-doors open onto a large aft deck almost completely covered by the flying bridge overhang – maybe not good for the sun tanning crowd, but overall more functional in a variety of weather. And -- it can be buttoned up with isinglass to prove for three-season living.
There is a sunpad forward, big enough for several to bake together. And, of course, there is the flying bridge.
The 15'6" (475 cm) wide stern platform will be hydraulically adjustable as an option, making it fine for carrying a tender.
On the Flying Bridge
Access to the flying bridge is a stairway from the forward port corner of the aft deck. The bridge is mostly seating and sunning space, with its after section taken by a shallow U-lounge, a big sunpad adjacent to the helm and room for chairs and a table.
There are several important things that we like about this new motoryacht. First is her size. She is not so large that she needs professional crew, but on the other hand she is big enough to take most anywhere and be able to handle snotty conditions without much fuss or concern. Secondly, her design is not the flavor of the month. It is not "Euro," nor "American," nor "Downeast," nor "Expedition" nor whatever. Rather, the 550 is a modern design based on classic lines that will stand the test of time and be as much in style 40 years from now as today; sort of like a pin-striped business suit or a herringbone sport jacket -- they are always in style anywhere in the world.She is a big motoryacht and people looking at larger yachts should ask themselved is they really need that much room. Conversely, people looking at smaller express cruisers should ask themselves if they might not be happier in the long run by spending a little more money now and get a boat that will probably last a lifetime.While the 550 Flybridge has a top speed of 30 knots we would probably cruise her at 2250 rpm, going almost 18 knots and burning 33 gal. (126 L) per hour. That is about as efficient as a boat this size can be operated. Drop her down to displacement speeds and she has a range of 1,000 nautical miles.We've been aboard several Prestige yachts over the past year and have been impressed with each one.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Prestige Yachts 550 Flybridge (2014-) is 34.7 mph (55.8 kph), burning 62.85 gallons per hour (gph) or 237.89 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Prestige Yachts 550 Flybridge (2014-) is 25.8 mph (41.5 kph), and the boat gets 0.63 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.27 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 327 miles (526.26 kilometers).
- Tested power is 2 x 600-hp Cummins QSC 8.3.
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Ed's Vegan Month Week 3: The Home Stretch (For Cousin Terry)
Well, I'm nearing the end of week three of my four-week vegan adventure, and my resolve and my self-discipline have never been stronger. I have survived (one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants, Telepan, gave me a special vegan meal including three animal product-free amuse bouches) and resisted (do you have any idea how many non-vegan Valentine's Day sweets were delivered to the office?!).
Nary a bite and barely a whiff of non-vegan food has passed through my hands or mouth or gullet. Kenji gave me something delicious to take home for dinner one night, and our proximity to Taim, which is for all intents and purposes a vegan joint, has been a godsend. I had three kinds of vegetable dumplings at Red Egg (I recommend the pan-fried vegetable dumplings), and a vegan rice bowl at Chipotle. I'm past the point of feeling deprived, and that feels good. My energy is good (thank you, peanut butter), and I'm generally feeling strong.
But this week presented a very personal issue: a death in the family. My cousin Terry, who passed away at the ripe old age of 95, loved food and exploring just as much as I do. How many nanogenarians do you know who made lists of homemade marshmallow purveyors and burger joints to hit when you came to visit her on Long Island? On any given afternoon, we'd eat chocolate-covered marshmallows from Schwartz's, a Sicilian slice from Umberto's, and cheeseburger and a coffee malt at Hildebrandt's— and at the end of the day, I was more exhausted than her.
Terry was much more than a first cousin by marriage once removed. After both my parents passed away by the time I was 15, Terry and her husband Sam provided great love, comfort, support, and wisdom to me and my brothers. So when Terry's son Robert asked me to bring some shiva* food that would honor her, I knew I had a responsibility to bring a serious spread, vegan or not. For Terry, I would pretty much go anywhere to get food to honor her love and service to me, my family, and the rest of the world for that matter.
*Jews pay shiva, a week-long mourning period, to the bereaved, and part of any shiva call is a food offering.
So I picked up a smoked salmon, whitefish, bagel, and cream cheese platter at justifiably legendary Russ & Daughters, along with some rugelach, halvah, and chocolate covered jelly treats made by a company called Joyva that every Jew who grew up In New York has a soft spot for. Then, just because I had passed it on my way to picking up the rental car, I grabbed some things from Maison Kayser: three baguettes, four brownies, and three pistachio financiers. I also ordered a deli sandwich platter from the local deli in New Hyde Park, Deli King. That was followed by a visit to Taim, where I had ordered two platters of hummus, carrots, pickles, baba ghanoush, quinoa salad, and Israeli salad. They threw in some falafel, which I knew wouldn't travel well, and some of their extraordinary pitas.
When I arrived and put out the entire spread on the dining room table, I had the sense that from somewhere on high, my cousin Terry would have been so pleased. She would have been kvelling—bursting with pride—as we say in Yiddish. And I was pretty pleased with myself for eating only the vegan goodies from Taim.
And maybe, just maybe, Terry would be kvelling about me succeeding, 20 days in, on my great vegan adventure.
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I got a Tweet the other day and wanted to be sure to share this video with everyone. Just as Lewiston is competing for Best Food in a small town in America, Brian and Mike – The Road Bros are competing for the best judges. We watch and share their videos and they get closer to their quest.
Remember, get ready to set your DVR for the Travel Channel July 25, 2012 at 8:00 pm to see Lewiston shine on national TV.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwKZUXZqcJ0&feature=youtu.be]
And, just like washing your hair(wash, rinse, repeat) please WATCH, SHARE, REPEAT).
Here are some more links: http://blog.bestoftheroad.com/2012/06/20/birds-eye-view-of-niagara-and-lewiston/
This is a great post about the Welcome Rally at the Silo http://blog.bestoftheroad.com/2012/06/25/gracious-and-exciting-welcome-in-lewiston/ For a great summary of the judging day in Lewiston check out this blog: http://blog.bestoftheroad.com/2012/06/27/lewiston-may-be-small-but-with-huge-heart-and-vast-variety/
Come to Lewiston! http://blog.bestoftheroad.com/2012/06/28/take-a-lewiston-left-and-see-what-the-locals-have-to-say/
Joshua Maloni of WNY Papers Niagara Frontier Publications did a great job covering the Road Bros! http://blog.bestoftheroad.com/2012/06/22/local-media-coverage-for-team-road-bros-from-lewiston-ny/
And more stuff!
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Notoriety – Lewiston Porter High School – Fantastic Job!!!
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Ryan Gosling is making a sharp u-turn from tragic romance to Steve Carell comedy.
John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the team that wrote "I Love You Philip Morris" will be directing, with a script from Dan Fogelman, who most recently did "Bolt." The film is scheduled to be released sometime next year.
"A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children," reads the film's synopsis from IMDB. Carell will be the father and Gosling the "suave best friend," according to Variety, which managed to confirm the news first broken two days ago by LaineyGossip.
Gosling wowed audiences at this year's Sundance with his performance in "Blue Valentine" opposite Michelle Williams as a married couple who spends a weekend in New York City in a last ditch effort to save their marriage. That film is slated for a fall release.


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I'm currently reading Dr. John Bradshaw's Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend .... For cat lovers, this book is a virtual encyclopedia of the recent research into cats, covering cat behavior and cat genetics. Bradshaw acknowledges two main things that work against cats. One has to do with the damage feral cats do. The other has to do with the irrational antipathy many people seem to feel toward cats. It seems to be akin to the antipathy some people feel toward spiders or snakes. While felineophiles see cats as remarkably beautiful and fascinating creatures, other people find cats weird, creepy, and worthy of suspicion or even fear.
In truth, Bradshaw's research has shown that feral cats are the problem, not the family cat who is allowed to roam. Feral cats do about two kills a day just to survive. Few family cats kill more then twice a week, an amount that might even be justified in terms of replacing the natural wild predators who shy away from areas settled by humans.
Many wildlife lovers don't make the distinction between tame and feral cats and portray the problem as simply a cat problem. If their antipathy is mild, they will insist on all cats being kept indoors and on being neutered. They may also insist on obliterating all outdoor cats. This is a probem because there really is no practical way to distinguish between a feral cat and a family pet who managed to get outdoors.
Poisons and bullets don't ask questions.
Another problem cats have is their independence and aloofness, which makes them unappealing to the sort of family that likes dogs. Cats socialize with their family whenever they feel like it. Dogs pretty much have to be pried away from the family.
Dr. Bradshaw feels that, in order to save the cat, we need to genetically re-engineer it.
Imagine a cat that's eager to please, that wants to spend all its time with the family rather than prowling the neighborhood, that you can take for a walk and heels like a dog, that fetches small sticks, that you could take hunting with you.
Think that's impossible? Look at what mankind has done with dogs. We've turned a wild animal, the wolf, into the modern dog.
We've been very successful breeding cats. However, we've pretty much bred them for their coats and for the flat face. We've never even tried breeding for things like personality, affection, loyalty. Perhaps trying is all we need to do to make cats more like dogs.
My question is this: Should we nip the catness out of cats?
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I think this will inevitably happen if we manage to do something about the feral cat population. The reason cats are so homologous ,compared to dogs , is largely due to the fact that feral and tame cat populations have continuously interbred, lessening any evolutionary pressure from domestication. So if we do something about the feral cat population, or at least halt the interbreeding between feral and tame cat populations, then we will find house cats increasingly becoming domesticated at a much faster rate. Which will invariably lead to selecting for tameness, friendliness, playfulness and other neotenous traits.
Now i have no clue if this is something most cat owners would desire, as while I really like cats i do prefer dogs. So my biased opinion is that i rather like the idea of cats with more dog like characteristics. If nothing else it would finally allow people to breed cats the size of a large dog without them being much more dangerous than a large dog.
I'm one of those cat lovers who likes cats just the way they are. To me, the characteristics of the domestic cat pretty much define it for me. A cat that was eager to please me, like a dog, would be an abomination.
Feral cats are just domestic cats without a home. They are not a separate body of DNA. That would be felis silvestris lybica, a species that most felis catus (domestic cats) have no access to.
If super-domesticated cats were bred, I would hope that normal domestic cats were still allowed to exist.
"Feral cats are just domestic cats without a home. They are not a separate body of DNA."
I know that, but cats are the only domesticated animal that is free to mate with it's non domesticated brethren, creating a single species comprised of two groups with wildly different evolutionary pressures. While usually in such a situation the two groups would have diverged from one another. Well at least if we kept interbreeding to a minimum like with other animals we have domesticated.
Bradshaw is proposing an intense breeding program, breeding cat parents with the most positive characteristics to create a kind of super-domesticated subspecies. These animals might be physically isolated, not just from feral cats but from normal domestic housecats.
As for the feral cat problem, much as I love cats, it might take an intensive trapping and euthanasia program. Domestic housecats might be required to be microchipped, and perhaps the traps could be fitted with electronics to ignore microchipped cats.
Neutering and releasing toms doesn't hold much promise, since the unspayed queens seem to select males on their aggressiveness and sexual vigor and neutered males lack in both areas.
Such a trapping program would need to be nearly 100% efficient. Why? Because if it isn't, and it allows the toughest and wiliest cats to go free, it is just creating a super-feral cat subspecies.
No! One of the things I love about cats is how some of them seem to tolerate humans out of mercy for the wretched creatures we are.
Although there are many breeds of dogs and cats I like, I dislike that we breed animals to meet our needs even if it harms the animals, like your example of the cats with smushed faces. I was at a patient's house the other day, and I heard a strangely human-sounding wheeze/snore coming from the corner. It was one a cat with a gorgeous coat and a smushed-in face. We should not be allowed to do that to these animals, in my opinion.
Of course, money talks. Whatever will sell will be created. I can appreciate trying to help out cats in general but I am afraid we'd do more damage in the process. We've got a horrible track record playing gods, IMO.
I, personally, don't see the point. I absolutely love my cats just the way they are. They give me love and affection, but they're also perfectly happy napping in the room alone. Cats raised in a loving home are independent, but hardly aloof. All three of our cats, even the two rescues with previous abuse, nap in our laps when we're on the couch, burrow under the blankets with us, and greet us when we come home from work. My cats also fetch crumpled up receipts and small toys, come when I call them, and walk backwards on their two hind legs on demand. If I wanted a small creature that I could take for walks, play fetch with at the park, and take hunting, then I would get a small dog.
Personal feelings aside, I could see that there might be a market for more "dog-like" cats. There are dogs that pretty much sit there and do nothing (ahem French Bulls). Why not cats that go for walks, and never tire of your attention?
One question: Why does Dr. Bradshaw feel that the cat needs saving in the first place? They hardly seem to be dwindling in numbers or popularity.
Why does Dr. Bradshaw feel that the cat needs saving in the first place? They hardly seem to be dwindling in numbers or popularity.
Because a lot of our environmental advocates think that outdoor cats threaten bird and small animal species.
Cats are incredibly efficient predators and on their level of predation, they qualify as a super predator. It's thought that feral cats, who depend on hunting for food, have to make two kills a day just to maintain their existence. So, if a town has 100 ferals, that's 200 birds and other critters being killed every day. Well more than a thousand per week.
Cat proponents respond that if local native species are threatened, human encroachment is the real reason. And encroachment, of course, brings domestic housecats with it. They also ask, "Aren't cats just replacing some of the predators who get killed off or die off as humankind encroaches?" And it's true that, on the whole, natural predators tend to be more shy of humans than their prey. Here in urban Ohio, we have urban deer but no urban pumas or wolves. Consequently, we have a deer problem.
Research shows that cats are hell on small mammals and snakes, and I don't know if many of those are threatened (the ones not considered vermin). Birds can fly into a medium where the cat can't follow much more than four or five feet in the air by jumping. Research shows that the toll on birds is much smaller than originally thought.
...so it's more that he feels that small mammals/reptiles need saving from feral cats, not that cats need saving? Yea, not so sure that should be at the top of our priority list. Haven't heard of a species of bird going extinct from feral cat hunting.
Interesting to note that Russia has been domesticating silver foxes for decades now. The changes in personality come with changes in physiology. In addition to increased tameness, the newer domesticated foxes are getting floppy ears and spotted coats, similar to what we see in many domestic dogs. According to one paper I read, they are "juvenile" traits. I would be curious what sorts of physiological changes would accompany breeding cats for personality.
I'm still reading Dr. Bradshaw's book and today I learned several interesting things.
A study where the prey brought home by outdoor housecats revealed that most of the prey was in poor health, so that the cats seemed to have been fulfilling the role of natural predators, removing the weakest individuals' genes from the scene.
In many cases, cats aren't the only introduced predator. Black and Norway rats, despite being rodents (which most people assume are herbivores), are omnivorous predators and have a taste for birds and bird eggs. Cats prefer rats to birds, so cats might be keeping rats under control, making the environment safer for birds.
The one environment where there's no doubt cats have had a devastating effect is where they've been introduced to remote islands lacking any serious predators such that the local fauna have neither much fear of cats nor defenses.
I have previously mentioned the irrational animosity some feel toward cats. Bradshaw mentioned that some pro-wildlife environmentalists complain that cats don't just kill when they are hungry, they kill for fun, thus they are "murderers." (Talk about anthropomorphism.) Actually, cats kill out of instinct. Well-fed housecats kill a lot fewer prey items than ferals though they only devour about 1/3 of their prey whereas the ferals presumably devour almost all of it. Quite a few housecats just like to watch their prey and don't even go a-huntin'. When they do, they are not nearly as good at it as their well-practiced feral counterparts.
I think one reason why "dog people" prefer dogs is that dogs have evolved a remarkable ability to mimic human facial expressions. The wrinkled brow when they are perplexed, for example. Their canine smile when they are happy. Even their barks, yelps, and howls are easy to parse based on human utterances.
Cat people learn how to interpret cat feelings and moods. Cat faces are relatively immobile. We learn to read body language and that all-important tail. A cat walking around with its tail held high is a contented cat, if its tail is raised and frizzy, the cat is ready for battle (play fighting or real).
I think this difference puts off a lot of those people who don't like cats. If they took the time, they'd probably find cats very charming.
Dr. John Bradshaw on the unintended consequences of widespread cat neutering:
"...widespread neutering likely favors unfriendly cats over friendly. Encouraging owners not to allow their cats to produce any offspring whatsoever removes all the genes those cats carry from being passed on to the next generation. Some of those genes have contributed to making those cats into valued pets.
"When almost every pet house cat has been neutered—a situation that already applies in some parts of the UK—then we must fear for the next generations of cats. These will then mainly be the offspring of those that live on the fringes of human society—feral males, stray females, as well as those female cats owned y people who either do not care whether their cat is neutered or not, or have a moral objection to neutering. The qualities that allow most such cats to thrive and produce offspring are, unfortunately, those same behaviors we want to eliminate: wariness of people and effectiveness at self-sustaining hunting." (from Cat Sense: How The New Feline Science Can Make You A Better Friend by Dr. John Bradshaw)
So, you neuter your cat and he/she turns out to be an ultrafriendly doll baby with no interest in hunting. Well, you can't breed him or her. On the other hand, feral cat genes will always creep into the domestic cat population, slowly creating a less deisirable cat.
(If you google on his name, don't be confused by the fact that there is a pop psychologist with the exact same name who probably has even more articles and videos attributed to him.)


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Bradley Jr. mints Red Sox first home win
BOSTON -- Jackie Bradley Jr. hasn't locked down a permanent spot at Fenway Park just yet, but he made it very easy to envision that scenario with a solid two-way performance while leading the Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.
There was Bradley on offense, belting a pair of two-out, RBI singles on a night the rest of the Boston bats were relatively quiet.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Jackie Bradley Jr. hasn't locked down a permanent spot at Fenway Park just yet, but he made it very easy to envision that scenario with a solid two-way performance while leading the Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.
There was Bradley on offense, belting a pair of two-out, RBI singles on a night the rest of the Boston bats were relatively quiet.View Full Game Coverage
And there was Bradley on defense, sliding to rob Donnie Murphy of a hit in the second inning and then making a breathtaking over-the-shoulder catch in deep right to rob J.P. Arencibia in the third.
Did Bradley, who is ranked the Sox's No. 3 prospect, get a bigger charge out of his heroics on offense or defense?
"I'll take both," said Bradley. "Whatever helps the team win. [John Lackey] pitched a great game tonight. I was very fortunate enough to make those plays for him. To come through with hits in those situations, they get through the hole and I'm happy to put some runs on the board for the pitcher."
This was the Bradley who has drawn rave reviews during his ascension in the Red Sox farm system, not the one who has sometimes struggled when called on to help at the Major League level. After losing the center-field job to Grady Sizemore at the end of Spring Training, Bradley was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. But when right fielder Shane Victorino was put on the disabled list, Bradley was placed on the roster just in time for Opening Day.
"It's a start," said Bradley, who capped his three-hit night with a bunt single. "It's definitely a start. It's a work in progress and I'm continuously trying to get better every single day."
Behind Bradley and a strong pitching performance by Lackey, the Red Sox avoided their first four-game losing streak since 2012.
It was the first win at Fenway this season for manager John Farrell's team after being swept by the Brewers over the weekend.
"We go out to win every single night," said Farrell. "And the last three days have been less than we expected. I thought we executed very well tonight. A couple of hit-and-runs. I thought we ran the bases well. Just a good all-around effort tonight."
Sizemore also had a solid game for Boston, producing a pair of hits. He also avoided injury after face-planting into the wall on a triple by Shin-Soo Choo.
"He's going to lose that battle every time," said Farrell. "That wall's not going anywhere. But that's the style of player that he is. He doesn't leave anything to chance. He's going to give you everything he's got. It's been somewhat of a characteristic of his entire career. Thankfully, he came out of tonight without any major issues."
A.J. Pierzynski, who had been struggling at the plate, broke out with a three-hit game against the Rangers, the team he played for last season.
"I'm just happy to contribute and help the team win the game," said Pierzynski. "That's the biggest thing, to try to help the team to win games. Sometimes when you try to do too much, you try to do things you're not capable of instead of letting things happen."
Lackey (2-0) gave the Sox seven strong innings, allowing five hits and a run. He walked two and struck out five while throwing 95 pitches.
As compelling as Lackey's comeback story was in 2013, he has come out of the gate looking perhaps even stronger this season.
"The last start in Spring Training and first two this season have been powerful and clean," said Farrell. "He's done a great job of commanding his fastball. He's been efficient. To see how he's come off the Tommy John [surgery] and how he's carried his stamina throughout 190, 200 innings last year including the postseason, it's a testament to his work ethic."
Over his first two starts, Lackey has set the tone with his fastball.
"Yeah, I definitely want to pound the strike zone," said Lackey. "I want them to know that I'm going to throw strikes. If you're going to get me, you'd better get me quick because I'm coming after you. It can work both ways. If you're not locating well, you can give it up pretty quick, too, that way. You've just got to try to continue to locate and hopefully the pitch count is down and hopefully you get deep into games."
The Rangers had two on and two outs in the seventh, but Lackey snuffed out that threat by getting Arencibia on a grounder to second.
"He showed why he's one of the best pitchers in the American League. He made us swing the bats," said Rangers manager Ron Washignton. "We had some situations where we could have broken through, but couldn't get the base hits."
Bradley had something to do with that.
On his catch against Murphy in the second, he was originally blinded by the lights, only to recover in time to make the sliding catch.
"I saw it from the start and then I kind of went to it and I had to get down to try to get under the lights to pick it back up," said Bradley. "If it didn't go in the lights, I probably would've just caught it standing up but I had to get down there."
And an inning later, he made like a wide receiver running a deep route and just kept going, extending his glove to rob Arencibia of extra bases.
"That's one of those plays I definitely try to work at during BP, one of those balls that's hit over your head and I just take my eye off it and kind of guess where I feel like the ball is going to be and I happened to run a pretty good route and there it was waiting on me," Bradley said.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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New Mexico Tech involved in international study on summer monsoons, Oct. 25, 2006
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SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 25, 2006 – New Mexico Tech is collaborating with the University of Sonora in Mexico on the North American Monsoon Study (NAMS), an ongoing international research project that will collect more scientific data on the intense summer rainstorms that often occur throughout the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López recently traveled to the university campus in Sonora, Mexico to officially enter the research university in Socorro, New Mexico into a collaborative research agreement for the study that may one day make it easier for scientists to accurately predict the occurrence, duration, and intensity of summer monsoons.
Pedro Ortega Romero, the director of the University of Sonora (Unison), welcomed Tech President López to the signing ceremony and expressed his pleasure in signing the agreement which will combine the resources and expertise at both universities in better understanding monsoons. An exchange program for visiting researchers and students enrolled at both universities is also part of the collaborative agreement.
At the signing ceremony, New Mexico Tech President López said the newly established collaboration will strengthen associated research programs at both institutions and will allow a wider range of comparative studies made available through NAMS, including additional hydrologic studies related to monsoons.
According to the terms outlined in the recently signed agreement, collaborative research at New Mexico Tech and Unison will initially focus on the following areas of interest: field studies conducted on hydrologic processes; associated climatological data; studies on vegetation and rainfall in affected areas; and development of hydrologic and atmospheric models that can be used to better predict the occurrence of intense rainstorms during the monsoon season.
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A region of Pike County starved for grocery stores will soon have two shopping options as real estate on the Route 739 corridor heats up.
A region of Pike County starved for grocery stores will soon have two shopping options as real estate on the Route 739 corridor heats up.
Developer Charles B. Miller, president of CenterPoint Properties, is under contract to buy 27 acres in Delaware Township for a retail complex anchored by a supermarket with a number of smaller stores, plus some parcels appropriate for restaurants, drive-throughs or banks.
The land is next to the former Canterbury Furniture building now owned by Dingmans Medical.
Miller said initial plans will start with 70,000 to 80,000 square feet of retail space.
His company expects to present plans to Delaware Township in the next six months. Beyond that, additional development could include medical offices or other mixed uses the area may need.
No specific stores have been named, but Miller says the supermarket will be one of the obvious players in the market.
The news comes on the heels of last week's announcement of another proposed grocery, shopping and office complex on Route 739 in Dingman Township, at the intersection of Log Tavern Road.
"We are aware of the other development," Miller said. "We feel confident that there is sufficient demand in that area to move forward."
CenterPoint Properties is already well known in Pike County.
The Kmart plaza and neighboring Majestic Cinemas 7 movie theater complex in Westfall was developed and is owned by CenterPoint. The company developed Lowe's and the stores in front of it, including the soon-to-be built Mavis Tires and the existing Dunkin' Donuts.
CenterPoint developed and later sold the Mount Pocono Plaza, where Kmart is located, and also developed Wind Gap Plaza, where there is a Giant supermarket, on routes 512 and 33.


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The Global Connections High School Wind Ensemble, located in SeaTac, has been invited to participate in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Music Festival in Washington D.C. and attend the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony – but they need to raise $60,000 to attend.
The Global Connections band, based at the Tyee campus, is one of only four in the country invited to participate with no audition, by recommendation of a national adjudicator.
"Some of our students have never been out of this community. This is an opportunity they never imagined possible," said Principal Rick Harwood. "Many are children of immigrants who came to America for a better life. To be able to participate in one of the most significant events in American society is huge."
Nearly eight out of ten Global Connections students live in poverty. The 37 students in the wind ensemble must raise $60,000 in order to make the trip.
If they can raise the money, students will perform in the Presidential Inauguration Music Festival and one other venue hosting an inaugural event; witness the Oath of Office and presidential address in the National Mall; tour the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, and the M.L. King Memorial; visit Smithsonian Museums; attend a performance at the Kennedy Center; and go to the Inauguration Social Celebration.
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The Cowboys will again be without Jay Ratliff, as their nose tackle continues to be bothered by a groin injury which has now cost him two games.
Ratliff leads the Cowboys' inactive list for tonight's game against the Eagles, along with wide receiver Anthony Armstrong, safety Charlie Peprah, cornerback Orlando Scandrick, guard David Arkin, center Phil Costa and linebacker Brady Poppinga.
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Opinion shifting, Sturgeon claims
Scottish public opinion appears to be shifting in the run-up to the independence referendum in a similar way to before the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election, according to the Deputy First Minister.
Nicola Sturgeon said there may also be a parallel between the pro-union Better Together campaign and the Labour Party that was defeated by an SNP landslide in the election three years ago.
Ms Sturgeon was speaking on the campaign trail in Bathgate, West Lothian, as she met voters in the town's George Place.
Nicola Sturgeon insisted the Yes campaign was not complacent ahead of the September 18 vote
She said: "I definitely sense a shift. This is a referendum, it's not an election, but certainly I remember very well how that felt in 2011 when you just got the sense that something was moving in terms of opinion. And I feel that now.
"The two things are not the same and I wouldn't want to draw false comparisons, but I think in 2011 we were faced with an opposition that I think, because they'd been faced with polls that showed they had a lead until fairly late in the campaign, thought they didn't really have to do very much.
"There may be a parallel there with Better Together."
Ms Sturgeon insisted the Yes campaign was not complacent with just days to go until the vote on September 18.
She said: "We're still two weeks out and lots and lots can happen.
"We'll just concentrate on getting the positive message for independence across to as many people as possible, but there's no doubt there's a spring in the step of the the Yes campaign, we're feeling very up, very optimistic."
The Deputy First Minister said stories of people queuing up to register to vote before last night's deadline were "humbling" for everyone involved.
She said: "The word I keep hearing over the last few days, which I think just again speaks to something in Scotland, is 'exciting'. People feel excited by what we might be standing on the brink of."
On the streets of Bathgate the future of the health service was a hot topic for many voters.
Ms Sturgeon used the event to appeal to Labour supporters to back a Yes vote to protect the NHS and other public services.
She said: "The evidence is Labour supporters are moving in significant numbers to Yes.
"Labour supporters believe in social justice. They want to protect public services, they want to ensure that we've got a social security system that protects the most vulnerable and the best way to get these things is to put Scotland in control of our own resources and the decision that shape the kind of country we are."
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Eagles coach Andy Reid hinted on Tuesday that firing defensive coordinator Juan Castillo wasn't the last move he'll make during the team's bye week.
"I'm going through and evaluating our football team, both coaches and players," Reid said. "This is one of the moves, and we'll see where this goes from here."
What will the next move be? Reid didn't say. But Reid did say that he deserves as much blame as Castillo for the problems the team's defense has faced in the season and a half since Reid made the surprising decision to move Castillo from the offensive side of the ball to defensive coordinator.
"I put Juan in this situation and things didn't worked out as I'd hoped," Reid said. "I take full responsibility for putting him in that situation."
Reid acknowledged that the Eagles' defensive game plans have been far from the only problem during their 3-3 start.
"Offense, defense and special teams right now, we need to get better, and I'm going to continue to work to that and it's my responsibility to do that," Reid said. "And I'm just bringing this to you because this is what's happend so far. I'm not going to tell you anything that's going to happen past this, anything that will happen, I'm not telling you that, but this is what has happened so far."
Reid said that he likes and respects Castillo and considered firing him "one of the tougher things I've had to do." And Reid made clear that he's looking in the mirror, too.
"I can obviously do better," Reid said. "I think collectively we can all do better but I can do better myself."
If Reid's moves don't turn the Eagles around soon, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie may be ready to make a move of his own, and fire the man who hired Castillo.


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Finance ministers endorse Japan's easy money
WASHINGTON--Finance ministers from the world's largest economies endorsed Japan's recently launched easy-money policy Friday, downplaying previous concerns that the strategy could give Japan an unfair trade advantage.
"We discussed it, but not with the same amount of concern as this past February," Russian finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters after chairing a meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors. "It was discussed in a very calm manner."
The G20 group of countries held a meeting here this week during the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
The Bank of Japan is buying massive amounts of government bonds to push down interest rates in an effort to jolt the country out of a 20-year period of deflation and slow economic growth.
The strategy also has lowered the value the yen against other currencies, making Japan's exports less expensive, and thus more attractive. As a result, finance ministers of some advanced economies have said the program could give Japan an unfair leg up in trade.
The U.S. Federal Reserve, which has purchased more than $2.5 trillion in U.S. government bonds the past few years to lower long-term interest rates and spur borrowing, has faced similar criticism.
Finance ministers previously were concerned that the Bank of Japan was selling yen and buying foreign assets, a move that would be more explicitly aimed at affecting currency exchange rates, says economist Michael Gapen of Barclays Capital. It recently became clear that Japan's central bank is buying Japanese government bonds, easing such worries somewhat, he says.
Siluanov said Japan's stimulus is necessary "to realize more favorable rates of economic growth." He said finance ministers and central bank governors are monitoring the program is to ensure it doesn't lead to inflation and higher interest rates, which would compound Japan's debt burden.
In a communiqué after the meeting, the G20 reiterated its previously stated policy of refraining from "competitive devaluation" of currencies. Such tactics could lead to trade wars. G20 officials said countries agreed they "will not target our exchange rate for competitive purposes."
But the statement did not single out Japan. Gapen said the development should settle financial markets and help keep interest rates low in Japan and the U.S..
Separately, Siluanov said G20 participants agreed advanced economies must lower their debt but they did not set specific targets because overly aggressive deficit-cutting could crimp economic growth. In several nations, austerity is already having that effect.
"We all agreed there is no need to set rigid targets," he said. Lowering debt "is really an art."
Siluanov expressed impatience with the slow implementation of new rules designed to give emerging economies more voting power in the International Monetary Fund as their economic clout has increased. Approval of the change has been held up in the U.S. Congress.
It's "taking too long," he said.
The G20 includes finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 countries plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by the head of the European Central Bank. The 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America.


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Last week, the hosts of Fox News' morning talk show Fox & Friends interviewed Santa Claus to address the ongoing problem of the "War on Christmas." Not the real Saint Nick, of course, but a rather prolific Santa impersonator named Sal Lizard, who has even penned a book about the true meaning of Christmas. In full Santa regalia, Lizard explained that our collective cultural shift toward saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" is basically ruining everything.
(MORE: Why Santa Claus Is a No-Show at Many Malls This Year)
But while he may have the beard and the bowl-full-of-jelly belly, it seems that Lizard is anything but pure as the driven snow. The bloggers over at Douchechillz decided to do a background check on the jolly old elf and found some YouTube videos suggesting that this rosy-cheeked Santa is actually kind of a ho-ho-horny old man. The bloggers cobbled together a new video, seen above, that combines clips of Lizard's Fox interview with some of his previous appearances, in which we learn that the Santa impersonator is also a self-proclaimed "actor, stand-up comic and a pleaser of women."
Some of Lizard's seemingly innocuous comments on Fox & Friends — such as "I like to think I'm a Santa for boys and girls of all ages" — take on an infinitely creepier meaning now that we know he has also said things like, "When you're an old man, you appreciate young girls, if you know what I mean" and "If any of you gals out there want to sit on my lap, I'll be there for you."
Oh, Sal Lizard fans can also buy this t-shirt on his website. Merry Christmas!


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Clarice Taylor, an actress best known for portraying the self-possessed Grandmother Huxtable on the hit television sitcom "The Cosby Show," died Monday. She was 93.
Taylor died of congestive heart failure at her home in Englewood., N.J., said Ulysses Carter, her public relations representative.
Bill Cosby said she was "perfect" as the mother of his character, Cliff Huxtable, on the NBC series that aired from 1984 to 1992 except she looked "young enough to play my sister."
"She did stand-up comedy. She and I were not of the 'theatuh' per se, we are performers," Cosby told The Times on Wednesday. "So whenever I'd say something to her about doing something, I just talked to her the way comedians talk."
After appearing in the original Broadway production of "The Wiz" in the late 1970s, Taylor toured with the show and roomed with Phylicia Rashad, who would play Cosby's wife on the TV series.
Taylor first auditioned to play Rashad's mother but eventually was cast as Cosby's.
"I put on a gray wig, a bandana over that, flat-heeled shoes and a long dress with no shape to it," Taylor told the Associated Press in 1987. "Bill saw through my act. I read five lines, and he said, 'If you're going to go through all of this, you've got the part.' "
Both Taylor and Earle Hyman, who played her husband, received Emmy nominations in 1986 for their roles as Anna and Russell Huxtable.
"She did her one-woman stage shows," Cosby said, "and she was hip with her Corvette. She drove that darn thing all over Harlem. She had more nerve than Danica Patrick."
Born Sept. 20, 1917, in Buckingham County, Va., Taylor grew up in Harlem.
She started out acting with Harlem's American Negro Theatre, and in the late 1960s was one of the original members of the New York-based Negro Ensemble Company.
In the movies, she played the ill-fated housekeeper Birdie in Clint Eastwood's "Play Misty for Me" (1971) and starred in "Five on the Black Hand Side" (1973).
Her other long-running TV role was on "Sesame Street." From the late 1970s to 1990, she played Harriet, who occasionally left her farm to visit her grandson David in the city.
Taylor was reminiscing about how she skipped school as a child to watch African American comedian Moms Mabley perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem when a white friend said he had never heard of the feisty humorist.
She recalled her indignant response in a 1988 interview with the Washington Post: "Now wait just a damn minute. I'm going to show all you white folks who Moms Mabley is."
Taylor's late 1980s one-woman show about Mabley, called "Moms," led to a national tour and a complicated legal dispute over the provenance of the play.
The show was originally billed as "based on a concept by Clarice Taylor" but it was written by Alice Childress, who successfully sued when Taylor produced another version of "Moms" that did not credit Childress.
"I really became obsessed with this play," Taylor had told the Washington Post. "It was like Moms was pushing me from the grave, saying, 'Keep my name alive.' "
Taylor is survived by two sons, James and William, and five grandchildren.