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There's a short article in La Presse today about the SPCA, they are taking in 45-50 cats A DAY and both their facilities are overflowing. And it's not even July 1 (moving day in Quebec) :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
Barnoti points out that pet owners are increasingly discriminated against in the Montreal housing market compared to Ontario, where landlords are much more constrained.
The number of cast-off litterboxes, brushes, scratching posts and other items I see in the street speaks volumes. Maybe some of those cats died but unless there's an epidemic I hadn't heard about, many have gone missing and been written off.
The SPCA numbers don't surprise me at all. Maybe they should lower their prices a bit.
You should change your title cat and kitten overload in Montreal shelters and SPCA'S. Every place in Montreal and the South Shore is over loaded with cats and kittens.
Every day, I receive a new email at work from someone who knows someone who knows me about a pregnant cat or kittens. Just the other day, I recieved an email about a man who's cat had three kittens and if he didn't find a home for them by "SATURDAY" (today) he was going to drown them!
(Don't worry, the kittens are ok)
Foster homes are difficult to find and most foster homes right now are filled with pregent cats and kittens.
Unless the government makes sterilzation manadtory, Montreal will always have this problem.
Sorry , just my
"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW????? Unfortunately the public is not aware as to how many cats are out there in Quebec and they are SUFFERING AND MULTIPLYING AT AN ALARMING RATE!!!!! I am a rescuer and I see it with my own eyes. There are colonies starting everywhere!!!! I feed a few of them. The poor cats have it much worse than the dogs. There are many more of them and they are simply unwanted!!!! We get so many calls about cats but unfortunately we have to turn people down, because we are always full. I AM URGING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE HELP RESCUE GROUPS OR S.P.C.A. IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!!!! PLEASE HELP THOSE THAT HAVE NO VOICE !!!!!!!!
I am also with a rescue group at our adoption day today we had 10 cats and kittens, one got adopted. We are very careful with who we adopt to and if our kittens are to young to get adopted we keep track of them. When it is time we make the appointments for sterilization, we pick up the cat and then we return it to the new owners. It is a lot of work and running around but at least we are sure our cats do not contribute to the overpopulation. In my opinion that is the responsible way of doing it. Not just calling the new owner to ask if the cat has been sterilized like the SPCA does. Everyone has a busy life and even though their intentions are good they do not alwayse get to the vet to get the animals neutered.
Like everyone else we are overloaded! I made a beautiful poster for 8 cats that we need foster homes for. 5 are loosing their foster homes in about 4 to 6 weeks. One is Jolly who I have posted a week ago, who is being kept by one of our volunteers in a crate because he has to be tested for FIV before we can get him adopted and two are still outside because we have no place to put them and one of them has 4 kittens.
Like everyone else in this business I am frustrated and heart sick to see what beautiful loving animals are being abandon and cannot understand how people can do this. If this is what we call civilized God help us.
I'll keep plugging away, and try to educate people, try to avoid the ones who would abandon a cat, try to help the ones I can. What we need is to stand together and shout as loud as we can at the government. And when I go to bed tonigh I hope I can come up with a solution for the 2 little grey and white, 6 week old kittens I saw on my balcony tonight because my Inn is full and I have no reserves. To top it off I have a message on my answering machine about stray cat and kittens.
Vets should not be allowed to charge the sick prices they do for spays/neuters. They make so much money in other areas. If it were cheaper to spay/neuter A LOT more people would do so. After spaying/neutering nearly 50 cats in my time of rescuing, all from my own pocket, I firmly believe that there should be legislation/subsidizing so that vets charge only a MINIMAL fee.
they never called me back to check if the dog got fixed that was this past dec and she was only 3 months old
Jab, you and the Steri-Animal gang are all , clinics are so hard (at least I find them hard). Even rehoming one blessed animal is reason for a victory party.
As for shouting at the government, I confess to becoming completely paralyzed, thinking of the extent of the problems facing us here in Quebec: abandonment, abuse, puppy mills, lack of low-cost services and just plain bull-headed ignorance. Not the least of our difficulties is the lack of unity among 'interested parties', there is no organization out there that is speaking for me, even though I might share many of their opinions.
Anyone who comes up with even the ghost of a plan would definitely get my interest.
Rescues adopt out unspayed animals?
Sorry, but most rescues do not adopt out uneutered/unspayed animals.
In our rescue we have started to have even the puppies (8weeks+ and healthy) fixed before they leave their foster families. IMO having animals fixed before they are adopted, should be the only way to go!
I wasn't talking about rescues. I was talking about spcas.
Omg Frenchy,don't the SPCA realize not sterilizing animals,will mean for each in tact cat they adopt out,there will be so many more ending up at the SPCA:sad:
I simply do not understand what it is with Quebec and cats
Also this thing with students dumping their cats in July,would it not be better not to adopt out to students,but I guess the SPCA is desperate.:sad:
I know in Toronto it's probably the same,but our HS in Oakville do not adopt out in tact cats.
I very seldom see any stray cats,only a couple of out-door cats,whom I know.
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Chico, it's not only students dumping their cats in July. Moving day in Montreal is July 1st. People move into apartments or rented condos that don't accept pets (though it is against the law for a landlord to demand that), and they just dump their pets.
I for one would never have lived anywhere that didn't allow pets. My son made his landlord write the names of his cats on his lease.
This is a scandal, and unbearable for any normal human being to behold.
BTW, I'm sorry I can't adopt more kitties or foster them. I have only 3 cats, but one of them was born outside, rescued when she was near death. She loves my older cat, who only tolerates her. But about 20 months ago, we took in a new cat that had been abandoned on moving day. My little feral took a long time to adapt to him and was stressed out for months. I don't want to put her through that anymore, especially now that she's getting along in years.
These stories break my heart though, I'm going to speak to everyone I know and remind them about abandoned cats. Everyone really close to me (family, friends) have multiple pets.
Just to clear things up, not all SPCA's adopt out without neutering - the SPCA Monteregie always has their animals fixed before leaving the shelter, and as Frenchy said, it also gives the adoptee's a chance to back out while they are waiting for their dog or cat to be ready to go.....
A neighbor across the street from my sister was sooo excited to tell her that her boyfriends dog (a pitbull x ) just had 8 puppies and they had homes waiting for all of them. When my sister lectured her (for the millionth time) about sterilization and unwanted pets (she's had many, many dogs and cats before, but that's another story...), all she said was that it's good money and they make sure the puppies are in 'good homes'!!!! Oh, and did I mention, he adopted the dog three months ago from the SPCA Montreal....
I don't think accusing shelters here is helping the current situation in the least. It's like saying they're the ones entirely responsible for the pet over population. All shelters, and I stress all, have their problems and by constantly debating the inefficiencies of these places (what wasted energy IMO), the best interests of the animals are pushed to the wayside. If someone doesn't like what an organization is doing, then by all means direct your complaints and actions to where it actually might make a difference. Putting one down just to make another look better is really unprofessional. Just my .
Very professional of you Luckypenny, I feel lucky to be your friend, I wouldn't been able to put it in good words like this. I mostly see the bad sides....but yes , instead of complaining , we should do our part.
Frenchy,Luckypenny,you do your part every day,if we had another couple of million people like you,there would be no suffering animals..
Moodindigo,I just assumed July 1st was moving day for students,going home for the summer,leaving their apartements and their cats behind,sorry if I generalized,I don't know why July 1st is considered"moving-day"
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
, a little long.
I personally don't think this is a valid excuse for dumping your pet though. When I used to go apartment hunting, I often came across places that did not allow children. That didn't mean I'd drop my boys off at social services because I just had to have the place. If one cleans up after their pet and prevents them from making too much noise and damage, the majority of landlords I know don't mind. It's the irresponsible owners that make all others look bad.
With all the ridiculous excuses I've heard for abandoning animals, I feel that "I'm moving to a new place that doesn't allow animals" a pretty lame one. Sometimes it's just that, an excuse to dump a pet (like allergies too) just to avoid a little humility. Many landlords will always make exceptions if you prove yourself to be a responsible owner ie. providing references from past landlords and neighbors, inviting potential landlords to current residence to confirm cleanliness, leaving a security deposit to ensure any damage will be covered, and allowing for a clause in the lease that if substantial proof is offered against excessive noise/filth/smell/damage, the situation must be rectified immediately. I can't think of too many landlords that would refuse this. Most don't want to discriminate against pet-owners, they just want to protect their investments, which IMO, is totally justified.
If one knows they will be moving, then, for goodness sakes, do the responsible thing and prepare well in advance. "No pets allowed" is rarely a valid excuse for ditching a pet.
Last edited by luckypenny; May 29th, 2007 at 08:19 AM.
Kingston Humane Society does not have manditory Spay/Neutering prior to adopting out their cats, even their adult cats, however they do spend their funds on manditory microchipping . I have written them a letter to express my opinion on that.
I do believe that Ontario SPCA's do have manditory spaying/neutering prior to adoption (somebody can correct me if I am wrong) .
There was an article in the Toronto Star a few months back accusing the warm winter weather of creating a huge overpopulation of cats, however a very good letter written by a lady responded to the editor that it is humans and Humane Societies fault by not spaying/neutering their cats, not the weather.
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Anderson unlikely to return, to see surgeon Monday
PHOENIX -- Rockies left-handed pitcher Brett Anderson will visit Monday with a spinal surgeon about a bulging disk in his lower back. Even if surgery isn't the answer, he's unlikely to return this year.
Anderson left Tuesday's start against the Cubs after three scoreless innings. Anderson (1-3, 2.91 ERA in eight starts) had pitched well after missing three months with a fractured left index finger. Now, his next step is to visit with Arizona spinal surgeon Dr. Chris Young to decide whether surgery or an epidural treatment is the route.
"I doubt it," Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said when asked whether Anderson could return if he doesn't have surgery. "It takes a couple weeks to calm it down even if we go the injection route. Then you've got to rehab him a couple weeks, get him on his core exercises."
The injury is a blow to the oft-injured Anderson, 26. He had no history of back problems, but was limited to 16 big league appearances last year with the Athletics because of a right foot stress fracture and ankle issues, and he underwent Tommy John surgery on his left elbow in 2011.
In the starting rotation, the Rockies have already lost righty Tyler Chatwood to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, and although righty Jhoulys Chacin has begun light throwing exercises, it's against the odds that he'll return this year from right shoulder rotator cuff inflammation and a slight labrum tear.

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I'm pretty sure I've already told you that every year, comes May, I feel quite conflicted between my desire to eat more fresh fruit, vegetables and light fare, and all the temptations of Mother's Day, my birthday, and Shavuot – plus dozens more excuses…. (just to give you a couple of examples, last year I indulged in a pink meringue cake and a pistachio and cream Swiss roll).
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McDonald's battles birds with noiseFriday, February 18th, 2011
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LAS CRUCES – If you've ever stopped at the McDonald's on El Paseo Road, or just strolled by on the sidewalk, you may have noticed a raucous screeching.It sounds – at first listen – as if a flock of noisy birds must be somewhere nearby, perhaps roosting on the rooftop. But the exact source of the shrill squawking seems a mystery.
"You hear the noise and you look up and say: 'There's no birds,'" said Michelle Mendez, 24, of Anthony, N.M., who visited the McDonald's on El Paseo Road on Tuesday.The screeching has been heard, at times, on the McDonald's on North Main Street, as well.
If your curiosity has ever been piqued, wonder no more.The mysterious, intermittent noise isn't real birds. Rather, it's an audio recording of birds in distress, meant for scaring away pesky fowl such as pigeons, said Keel Price, wildlife biologist and district supervisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services branch. The agency carries out various types of pest control.
"Sometimes non-lethal deterrents work," he said. "It's probably effective."
The idea is that the sound of a bird in crisis will seem like a threat, Price said. But he pointed out that the ploy only works for so long before birds become accustomed to it. If the recording plays continuously, he said, the birds more quickly realize that they're not in danger and become acclimated.
"Even thesmallest-brained of birds can only expend so much energy fleeing false threats," he said.
To make the devices more effective, it helps to lengthen the amount of the pause between rounds of screeching, Price said. And even better, he said, is to rotate the audio with other non-lethal deterrents, such as "scary-eyed" balloons, fake great horned owls and rubber snakes.
"If people will change them out, they work much longer," he said. "They need to change these up and rotate them."
Mike Lavin, the owner of most of the Las Cruces McDonald's restaurants, couldn't be reached for comment.
Frank Fiore, district manager for the state Environment Department, which does restaurant inspections, said there's no regulation against birds on eatery rooftops. But their presence could cause problems if a facility ever had a leak in the roof that carried bird droppings into a kitchen. A roof leak at a Georgia peanut butter processing facility was behind in a massive recall in recent years, he said.
"If there are openings in the ceiling, it's in the category of violations we'd label as low-risk, but it could actually turn into high-risk, if we had rain water with pigeon feces in it running into a place where food is being prepared."
Fiore said he didn't recall any restaurants – whether McDonald's or not – where that's been a problem.
Price said air conditioning units on rooftops tend to attract birds, in the summer especially, because they provide shade and water at the same time. Wrapping poultry wire around the base, to keep birds from getting underneath, is a good way to prevent that, he said.
Mendez and her mother said they'd noticed the screeching noises previously when visiting the laundromat across the street from the El Paseo McDonald's but didn't realize what it was. After learning it was a bird deterrent, they said they thought it was a good idea, especially at a restaurant setting.
"It's pretty smart," Mendez said. "You help keep pigeons away and you keep the disease away."Audio recordings often are used to scare blackbirds, seagulls and sometimes Canada geese, Price said.
Diana M. Alba can be reached at (575) 541-5443.


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Vlora is a coastal city in southwestern Albania. It has 120,000 inhabitants and is, after Durres the country's largest port. Vlora exports petroleum, fruit, olives, and olive oil. Important commercial sectors include fishing, olive oil refinery, rice milling, salt, tannin extraction, cement, and soap manufacture. Recently Vlora has become important internationally as the final destination of a planned oil pipeline, transporting oil from the Caucasus to Europe. Tourism plays a growing role in Vlora's economy. The town's beaches attract an increasing number of holidaymakers.
Founded in the 6th Century BC Vlora was originally known as Aulon. Renowned for its vineyards, olives and salt, Aulon became the main port of Illyria after the decline of Apollonia and Oricum. The town changed hands frequently, being controlled, at one time or other, by the Byzantines, Normans, Serbs, Venetians and Turks.
Vlora was the site of the National Assembly of Albania's declaration of Albanian independence in November 1912, and subsequently became the country's first capital. In the War of Vlora, 1920, the Albanian army surrounded the city forcing the withdrawal of the Italian forces, that had refused to relinquish the city. Vlora was once more at the centre of political change, when a committee was formed in the city in 1924, leading to a revolution against King Zog's rule and the establishment of Albania's first democratic government.
Vlora continued its long tradition of leading protest in 1997, when the collapse of the pyramid investment schemes under Sali Berisha's administration, caused many to lose their life savings and plunged the country into economic turmoil. The city was at the centre of demonstrations and riots, which spread to other cities across the country. Police and military stockpiles of weapons were plundered by crowds who proceeded to form local militias. James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers describe the situation at the height of the crisis:
"In Vlora an estimated 15,000 men were now under arms and the military initiative moved back to the rebels again, after the previous two weeks had seen a relative stabilisation in favour of the government. In a desparate bid to contain the rebel assault the government concentrated soldiers north of the Vjoses estuary to try to hold the road but were attacked and driven away by a Vlora insurgent force under the leadership of Zani Caushi, a local paramilitary leader from a well-known Vlora criminal family resident in the Cole district of the town."
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An estimated 2000 people lost their lives in the anarchy and violence that threatened to escalate into civil war and eventually led to the government being voted out of power.
Beach in Vlora
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Vlora emerged as the hub of a human trafficking and smuggling network. Traffickers extorted huge sums; 1300-1500 Euros according to Albanian Police estimates, from desperate immigrants wishing to cross the strait to Italy. They would then be crammed on to speedboats and ferried across the Adriatic by night. Many drowned. A 2004 article by Neil Barnett gives an insight into Vlora's speedboat business:
"The smugglers cross in rough seas at night and when the seas are up, the boats are invisible to radar and the naked eye", Ilir Manco, [commander of the Vlora Naval District] said."Even if the boats are spotted they move at between 35 and 70 knots, which is far faster than most of our boats. Sometimes they even outpace helicopters." […]
"Until the government cracked down in 2003, the speedboats used to wait in the harbour like taxis." […]
"Lack of resources is not the only factor preventing the authorities from catching the traffickers. Corrupt officials also turn a blind eye at frontier crossing points. The rash of incongruously flashy and empty apartment buildings springing up on Vlora's run-down streets suggests some people have large sums of cash to clean, as do the new BMWs and Mercedes cruising the grimy boulevards with blacked-out windows."
(Neil Barnett, IWPR, Traffickers risk death on Albania's high seas)
Soon Vlora's speedboats began transporting drugs as well as people. Illegal migrants from outside Albania came to outnumber the refugees from Albania. An article in Al-Ahram Weekly cited "reports from the Italian police that show only 7,000 out of the 49,000 illegal immigrants caught are Albanian." The boats of the Italian police forces, the Guardia di Finanza proved unable to combat effectively the speedboat traffickers:
"I sometimes make the three-hour trip three times a day," says one speedboat driver, who has been in this business for the past six years."But we face dangers, particularly from the Italian Finance Guard who patrol the waters. Some of our boats have more than one engine, so that we are able to run away from the Italians." He claims there are between 70 to 80 speedboat drivers in Vlora."
(Zeina Takieddine, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Under pressure from Italy, the Albanian government banned speedboats in April 2006. Some local observers suggest that former traffickers have invested their profits in legitimate businesses such as hotels, restaurants or real estate.
- On Vlora Speed boat traffickers - Neil Barnett, Traffickers risk death on Albania's high seas
- On Trafficking in Albania - Save the Children in Albania
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The gates at the castle open up 75 minutes before showtime. The line to get in moves quickly. As you get inside, you get your table card, your crown that designates the color of the knight you'll be cheering for, and take a group picture. We got ours taken with a live falcon! The kids were so impressed.
It's fun to get there early and check out the stables where the horses are getting ready for the show. There is also a knighting ceremony in the main lobby where you can pay to add this unique event to your experience. We got to see Peter and Paul be knighted! #ChivalryinAction
We were assigned the red knight. When it's time to be seated, you are led through specific doors to find your table. I don't think there is a bad seat in the house. With stadium seating, every view is unobstructed.
Our waiter greeted us and instructed us on cheering for our knight. As he was giving us final instructions, he told us all to raise our hands. He informed us that our right hand was our fork, and our left was our knife. He encouraged us not to drop them on the floor because they were the only pair we'd receive! Ha!
The show begins with the performance by the Andalusian horses. They are so beautiful. It is quite incredible to watch these magnificent horses show off, and it's obvious that they love to perform.
The Spanish horse is the king of horses and the horse of kings!
Next, the knights come and preform a tournament of games for the audience. Each time a knight succeeds at the task, he is given a flower to throw to a maiden. My girls loved this part!
My older daughter had coached her younger sister on how to catch the eye of the knight. They were both surprised when it worked!
As the show progresses, you are served with amazing food and drink to enjoy. Watching the jousting was incredible. When jousting, the Knights charge at speeds of approximately 15 to 20 miles per hour and reach an impact velocity speed of about 30 to 40 miles per hour. Because these are truly skilled riders and their jousting is real, each shield has to be repainted after every show. My kids loved watching the lances splinter as they collided with the shield of their competitor.
The excitement continues as the tournament is interrupted with an evil messenger that challenges the king. Thankfully, the knights fought to save us all, as well as defend the honor of the princess. While our red knight didn't win, we all loved cheering for his battles. In the end, the good guy always wins, so you're always a winner at Medieval Times.
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More than 5,000 acres of Jasper County land, including seven miles of floodplain forest fronting the Savannah River, have gained protection as part of a conservation easement between a Georgia landowner and The Nature Conservancy.
"The Savannah River is the source of drinking water for the people who live in Hilton Head, Bluffton, and all of Beaufort and Jasper counties," said Eric Krueger, director of science and stewardship at the Conservancy, in a statement.
The water intake is downriver of the newly preserved area, and that bodes well for consumers, he said.
"It's been well documented that keeping land along rivers undeveloped reduces the occurrence of polluted runoff and protects water quality," said Krueger.
"This conservation easement does that."
A spokeswoman for the Nature Conservancy declined to give the price paid for the easement but said landowner, William Exley of Rincon, Ga., accepted an amount far below the land's value.
The 5,068 acres have been included in The Savannah River Preserve, a 2006 initiative started by local landowners, conservation groups, and natural resource government agencies.
"The beauty is that I still own my property," Exley said as part of the easement announcement.
"With this easement, The Nature Conservancy will safeguard my land's conservation values in perpetuity. They will monitor and defend my easement so the land won't be compromised, and that makes me feel good.
Land-protection deals have come under debate in the state legislature. Some lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to spare the S.C. Conservation Bank from having its funding eliminated when half the state agencies faced reductions.
A bill introduced by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Sen. Vincent Sheheen to protect conservation easements from condemnation in certain circumstances also fell short. During committee work on the bill, S. 1075, some lawmakers said environmentalists might seek easements in advance of road construction projects as a way to thwart development.
But advocates of the easements say they are optimistic because two of their fiercest opponents have now left office. Rep. Annette Young, R-Summerville, who retired this year, and Rep. Skipper Perry, an Aiken Republican, who retired in 2008.
Land deal may help water supply
More than 5,000 acres of Jasper County land, including seven miles of floodplain forest fronting the Savannah River, have gained protection as part of a conservation easement between a Georgia landowner and The Nature Conservancy.


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While Windows and Linux users can easily sync their desktop calendars to Google Calendar via GCal Daemon, there is no free and easy option to sync Mac Leopard iCal with Google Cal. All this is set to change as Calgoo, the online and desktop syncing application, become free.
Once configured, Calgoo Connect will sync your desktop and online calendar automatically in the background. Be it PC, Mac or any terminal in the cybercafe (and even your iPhone/iPod Touch), you will sure to have the updated version of your appointment schedule with you.
Installing Calgoo Connect
First, go to http://www.calgoo.com/connect/index.do and sign up for a free account. Once you are done, download the Calgoo Connect app.
Double click to mount the downloaded file and drag it to your Application folder.
When you first open Calgoo Connect, it will prompt you to enter your username and password.
Once done, it will bring you to the main screen where you can click to add a connector.
Start by clicking on the sentence "Click here to add a new Connector to synchronize your Apple iCal and Google Calendars".
You will be presented with four options. Choose the first one "Sync iCal with Google Calendar". If you want to include 30 Boxes and do a multiple sync, then select the fourth choice.
Enter a name for the connector.
Calgoo Connect will now scan your iCal for existing calendar. Check the one that you want to sync.
Next, enter your Google Calendar login credential. Similarly, Calgoo connect scan your Google account for all the available cal. Check the one that you want to sync.
Confirm the detail and click Finish to start the synchronization. It will take a while.
More configuration to enhance your experience
Press the Preference button (the wheel icon) to go into configuration page. Here, you can set your duplicated event criteria and configure Calgoo Connect to remove duplicated event when syncing sources.
Next, you can set how often you want it to sync.
Select how you want it to connect to Internet and whether it should run when you boot up your Mac.
That's all.


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What seemed like a ray of hope in the California budget mess has burned out. It was late last week when the Governor announced a agreement on "the framework of an agreement". Many did not know exactly what that meant then, and we know no more today. That's because the Governor and other members of the Big Five canceled scheduled talks Tuesday after meeting for all of two hours Monday night.
It appears unions are stalling things by attempting to block a rollback of pension benefits. That is one of the reforms Schwarzenegger has demanded in exchange for his support.
The governor's press secretary told the LA Times, the "Democrats are unwilling to stand up to the union bosses."
The spokeswoman for state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said McLear's assessment was "not correct." "There are a number of issues that remain unresolved," Alicia Trost told the paper. Another person in Darrell's office said the governor is trying to find "someone to blame for his inadequacies."
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The Times said Democrats claim the sticking point is a series of new tax breaks pushed by Republicans.
Aaron McLear's official statement Tuesday that "staff will continue to work through issues" even though the leaders aren't meeting.
So whoever is right, talks appear stalled.
The set back follows word of a break through late last week.
McLear said in a similar statement last Thursday, "The Governor and Legislative leaders have reached the framework of an agreement, will work through the details over the weekend, and hope to come to a final agreement when they reconvene Monday."
Here it is Tuesday and we are nowhere. And "nowhere" is day 89 without a budget deal.
Schwarzenegger seemed confident when he spoke in Santa Clara Monday. There he told the audience it is still be possible for the state to have a deal "in the next week."
Fiscally, things will get a lot worse come the end of the week. Friday is the first day of October and with a new month comes a new fiscal quarter. Starting Friday commercial lenders can cut off the state's credit card.
Among other things, it also means the Department of Parks and Recreation may not be able to buy restroom and other supplies.
Getting those five people to agree is step one of a multi-level process. The final deal requires support from two-thirds of lawmakers in both the Senate and Assembly.


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It began with a few small mistakes.
Around 12:15, on the afternoon of August 14, 2003, a software program that helps monitor how well the electric grid is working in the American Midwest shut itself down after after it started getting incorrect input data. The problem was quickly fixed. But nobody turned the program back on again.
A little over an hour later, one of the six coal-fired generators at the Eastlake Power Plant in Ohio shut down. An hour after that, the alarm and monitoring system in the control room of one of the nation's largest electric conglomerates failed. It, too, was left turned off.
Those three unrelated things—two faulty monitoring programs and one generator outage—weren't catastrophic, in and of themselves. But they would eventually help create one of the most widespread blackouts in history. By 4:15 pm, 256 power plants were offline and 55 million people in eight states and Canada were in the dark. The Northeast Blackout of 2003 ended up costing us between $4 billion and $10 billion. That's "billion", with a "B".
But this is about more than mere bad luck. The real causes of the 2003 blackout were fixable problems, and the good news is that, since then, we've made great strides in fixing them. The bad news, say some grid experts, is that we're still not doing a great job of preparing our electric infrastructure for the future. Read the rest


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This edited video of Barack Obama in 1991 that has been released by BuzzFeed is apparently the video Andrew Breitbart had been planning to release, before his sudden death on March 1. The original video is purportedly going to be shown on Fox's Hannity show tonight.
At BuzzFeed, Andrew Kacynski writes:
In this video, not previously available online but licensed by BuzzFeed from a Boston television station, the future president speaks at a 1991 campus protest organized to demand tenure for minority and female law professors.
… As President of the Harvard Law Review in the spring of his final year there, 1991, he aligned himself with Professor Derrick Bell's dramatic protest for diversity on the faculty of Harvard Law School.
(Bell's) protest that spring was occasioned by Harvard's denial of tenure to a black woman professor, Regina Austin, at a time when only three of the law school's professors were black and only five women.
Breitbart.com contends that this video has been "selectively edited":
The video, which Kaczynski says was "licensed from a Boston television station," shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright–about whom we will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.
However, the video has been selectively edited–either by the Boston television station or by Buzzfeed itself. Over the course of the day, Breitbart.com will be releasing additional footage that has been hidden by Obama's allies in the mainstream media and academia.
Filmmaker and friend of Breitbart, Steve Cannon said earlier this week the video would be released on the Hannity show tonight.


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6 gluten-free Asian noodles
Being gluten-free doesn't mean missing out on the noodle party. These days, wheat-free pastas are becoming more common, from Old Spaghetti Factory to Godmother Pasta. But while noodles at those places will do in a gluten-free pasta pinch, thanks to our Asian-dominated culture, a variety of gluten-free Asian noodles with unique textures and flavors are easy to find. Some to seek out:
Rice noodles are probably the most accessible gluten-free substitutes, used in pad thai to pho. Ever popular Pho to Chau, with its beef pho-only menu, never disappoints. It's beef pho all the way here, with your major choices being: small, medium or large ($7.25 to $9.25), sliced rare beef in the soup or out. Need a vegan option? Then try Nickie Cafe.
Photo: Martha Cheng
Our favorite Thai rice noodles: Opal Thai's stir-fried crab noodles ($12.25), tossed in the wok and minimally dressed with chili, lime and peanuts. It's the closest we've found to Bangkok streets' pad thai.
Photo: Joel Chang
While Opal Thai accommodates vegan requests, for a raw, vegan take on pad thai, try Greens and Vines version with kelp noodles ($9.25). These springy, crunchy noodles are so much fun to eat. A kaffir miso blend offers a punchy mix of ginger and miso, rounded out by kaffir leaves that impart a floral, citrusy aroma. It's tossed with a rainbow of veggies—bean sprouts, red cabbage, bell peppers, carrots.
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Thin, chewy buckwheat vermicelli (yes, buckwheat is gluten-free; despite its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat at all) is available in most Korean restaurants around town. At Shillawon, we like it in the mulnaengmyun ($9.95), served in an iced soup and accompanied with mustard, vinegar and apple slices, and as bibimnaengmyun ($9.95), tossed with a sweet Korean red chili sauce.
Shillawon, 747 Amana St., 944-8700
Photo: Martha Cheng
The best chicken long rice (made with slippery cellophane noodles) is the one mom/auntie/grandma makes, but the one from Ono Hawaiian Foods on Kapahulu ($5.75) is no slouch. Shredded dark meat chicken and green onions finish off this savory, thick concoction where the silky noodles are simmered extra long, soaking up every bit of the broth.
Photo: Kathy Chan
Sweet potato noodles are the foundation of Gina's jap chae ($6.50), glassy noodles rich with sauteed cabbage, onions, and carrots. It's seasoned with toasted sesame oil, shoyu* and sugar. And thanks to a heavy hand of black pepper, this jap chae is significantly more spicy than most versions in town. That is a good thing.
Gina's BBQ, 2919 Kapiolani Blvd., 735-7964
Photo: Kathy Chan* for a discussion on whether soy sauce is gluten-free: http://www.celiac.com/articles/23061/1/Is-Soy-Sauce-Gluten-free/Page1.html


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March 8 is International Women's Day, a day to reflect on the status of women no matter where they live. In my work with Latinas in the U.S. and when I return to Mexico to visit friends and family, I hear the same thing from women on both sides of the border:
"No one ever talked to me about sex or how to avoid getting pregnant if I didn't want to be."
Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger spent her life making family planning accessible to women in the U.S. including aggressively (if unsuccessfully) lobbying Congress during the Great Depression to legalize birth control, thinking that representatives and senators would not deny women suffering from crushing poverty the opportunity to postpone having children they couldn't afford to feed.
What is less well known is that Margaret Sanger traveled the world, making the same case on behalf of women in other parts of the world.
While today contraception is broadly legal throughout the world, we know that women and girls across the globe, including in many Latin American countries, continue to lack access to essential health care that would enable them to prevent unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and HIV/AIDS.
My family left Mexico seeking a better life in the United States. But even in the U.S., as Latinas, we are the least likely of all ethnic groups to be insured, experience disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, and cervical cancer. Latinas in their prime childbearing years, ages 18-34, are also more likely than all other young women in the U.S. to use prescription birth control inconsistently because they cannot afford the cost.
This is why helping Latinas in our community is so important, because time and again we see that countries are stronger when women play an equal role in society, from running businesses to participating in policy making.
It is this strategic interest as much as an issue of women's rights that motivated the Obama administration to make family planning programs a key foreign policy priority. Under Secretary Hillary Clinton's leadership, the State Department made women's health a central part of global health programs and has worked to fully integrate these programs into U.S. foreign policy.
As John Kerry takes over as Secretary of State, we have a renewed opportunity to draw attention to the 222 million women worldwide who want to prevent unintended pregnancy but lack access to modern birth control. Of course, we expect and hope that Secretary Kerry will sustain Secretary Clinton's legacy, but we also know that it's not enough to simply maintain the status quo.
And it takes money. Over the last three years, anti-women's health politicians in Congress have attempted to cut funding for global reproductive health programs with each budget cycle.
We know that expanding access to family planning services saves lives. Evidence shows that we could cut maternal deaths by nearly one-third globally by making sure women across the globe have access to contraception.
These are sound investments. Current U.S. funding for international family planning programs provides birth control to more than 30 million women and couples around the world. These services and supplies help to avert 9.4 million unintended pregnancies, 4 million abortions, the majority of which are unsafe, and prevent the deaths of 22,000 women each year. For many of us in the U.S. with families and friends abroad, these vital services could help our loved ones.
That's why we need strong leadership from the State Department and a robust budget approved by Congress. We must continue to push for better policies and expanded access to vital health care for women and girls around the world, just as we do for Latinas here at home.
May Sifuentes is an associate for Latino outreach at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.


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Written by Duana Email exchange: Lainey: Unless - do you care about Neve Campbell? Because YIKES.Me: She is my girl crushLainey: Oh Christ. Yes, 'another one'. The facts are as follows: Campbell is Canadian, and before she was Julia Salinger, she played a parallel-universe Brenda Walsh type (well, if Brenda was chilled) called Daisy on a show called Catwalk. Full Story
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Jason Hammel capped his remarkable first-half -- one in which he emerged from nowhere to become the Orioles' most dependable starter and nearly make the American League All-Star team -- with his ninth quality start in 17 starts this season against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Unfortunately for Hammel and the Orioles, they were facing a pitcher who is having one of the best first halves in years.
Angels right-hander Jered Weaver, who might be the AL starting pitcher in Tuesday's All-Star Game, threw eight shutout innings, holding the Orioles to just three hits and striking out five, lowering his season ERA to a major-league best 1.96 as Baltimore lost, 3-0, in front of an announced crowd of 41,147 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
Weaver also became the second pitcher since 1950 with 10 or more first-half wins and a sub-2.00 ERA in consecutive seasons. The Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax did it in 1963 and 1964. Weaver is 14-2 with 1.48 ERA in 22 home starts over the past two seasons. He's 6-0 with a 0.58 ERA at home this season.
"Weaver is pretty much unbeatable at home so any runs you give up, it makes it that much harder," Hammel said. "I thought I pitched pretty well, but had some bad pitches there in the seventh."
Weaver retired 12 of the final 13 Orioles hitters he faced -- Jim Thome's seventh-inning single was the only baserunner in that span -- and he was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.
Of his 10 wins this season, it was Weaver's third in as many starts against the Orioles, pitching to a 1.52 ERA against the Birds.
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The Orioles (45-39), who were shut out for the fifth time this year, had just two runners in scoring position all night and Wilson Betemit's two-out double in the third was their only extra-base hit. Two of the Orioles' three hits came from the bottom third of the order and the top six batters in the Orioles batting order were a combined 1-for-17.against Weaver.
As for Hammel, the loss was a disappointing way to go into the All-Star break.
"[The first half] is definitely a step in the right direction personally, but I still got some work to do, obviously," said Hammel about his performance so far this season. "It's a good start, but we still got a half season left, a lot of ball games. And we are still in this thing."
Hammel worked out of trouble early against a team with the second-best batting average in the American League. After stranding two runners on base in both the second and third innings, he gave up three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He also walked four batters, the most since June 10, when he issued five against the Philadelphia Phillies.
"He's had a great first half. Their guy was just a little bit better," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Weaver's really good. We're not the only ones he's picking on. We split against two really good pitchers and we'll try to split the series tomorrow and end the pre-All-Star break on a good note."
In the second, he issued a two-out walk to Alberto Callaspo and then hit Howie Kendrick with a pitch, but he induced a flyout from Erick Aybar to get out of the inning. Hammel also faced runners at first and third with no outs the next inning, but retired the heart of the Angels order -- Torii Hunter, Albert Pujols and Kendrys Morales.
The Angels (47-38) finally got to Hammel in the fourth on Kendrick's one-out single up the middle, scoring Mark Trumbo from second. Trumbo led off the inning with a single to left and reached second on a fielding error by Avery.
Hammel recovered to retire eight straight until tiring in the seventh. He issued a one-out walk to No. 9 hitter Bobby Wilson. After Mike Trout beat out a double play ball, Hunter's two-out opposite-field double scored Trout.
Hammel issued an intentional walk to Pujols with first base open, but Morales singled in Hunter to make it 3-0 and chase a disappointed Hammel from the game.
"He's given us a chance to win pretty much every time out," Showalter said of Hammel. "We couldn't ask for more and knowing Hamm, he's not going to take any 'feel good' from that. He pitched as well as any guy can for the most part. And there wasn't going to be much margin for error against Weaver obviously."


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