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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
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12:52 pm - The Management Hath Spoken!
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12:49 am - 71...
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I've seen a lot of people offer up their views on this Referendum 71. So, in addition to what I said in Katt Talk 2, here's my thoughts in brief.
Why must ordinary people fight to have the same rights as the "elite few" just because they're a little different? I don't care about race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you uniquely you... You have every right to have the exact same rights and privileges as everyone else. Conservative Right Wing Fundamentalist Nutjobs who are hell bent on subjugating anyone who is different fro them need a good mule kick to the head. All of them. YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE! Stop treading on other people's natural rights to live, love, and be happy!
current mood:  irritated
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| Monday, October 26th, 2009
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2:04 am - To all my Lupine Friends...
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| Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
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7:02 am - For those Interested...
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| Sunday, October 11th, 2009
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7:57 am - This is SOOO Not Amusing!
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This is the second time I have "dodged the bullet" as it were. Today, my upstairs neighbor living directly above me tried to set their back porch on fire. How? The careless attitude with their Smoking Habit. The exact same thing that gutted 8 out of 12 apartments in the building directly across from me this past June! Fortunately the fire this time was confined to their patio partition wall and only took out the siding on it. I AM NOT AMUSED! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m68VWnOjLD4
I have decided that not only is smoking not allowed inside my apartment, but it is also not allowed anywhere near my apartment. Friends can come over, that's fine, but no smoking, period. Not even on my back porch. And before you say that I am over reacting, consider this little tidbit: Most house fires are started because of a smoker's negligence - cigarettes left smoldering, falling asleep while smoking, or putting out their cigarettes in inappropriate ways. Before the new vinyl siding was put on the building, "friends" would come over and when they smoked on my back porch, they put their cigarettes out DIRECTLY ON THE WOOD SIDING OF MY APARTMENT!!! I am not joking in the slightest, I found burn marks on the wood!
Now, I realize that not all smokers are so careless and, quite frankly, lazy and stupid. However, there are far too many who are, and well, the idiots ruin it for the rest. I would not be the least bit surprised if the Owners made this place completely "no smoking on the property, period." I would rather not risk my apartment, my cats, and my life thankyouverymuch. You smokers want to kill yourselves, fine, but you won't be doing it at my home.
current mood:  distressed
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| Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
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1:50 pm - "I Like"
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| Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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10:11 am - Proof of Evolution...
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By studying a particular species of butterfly over nearly 200 years.
10 September 2009
The evolution of a tropical butterfly infected by male-killing bacteria has been traced by scientists from Liverpool University, UK.
The Wolbachia bacteria pass from the mother butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, to her offspring but selectively kill males in the egg.
Greg Hurst and his colleagues analyzed the DNA of museum specimens dating back to the 1800s. By comparing these genes to living specimens, they were directly able to track the arms race between butterfly and bacterium.
They discovered that some butterfly populations had evolved a gene that suppresses the bacteria, enabling infected males to survive.
But in other populations, such as those in the South Pacific, the bacteria had the upper hand, altering the butterfly sex ratio to favour females.
Hurst says, "The butterfly illustrated variety within a species and was therefore a good model for 19th century scientists studying evolution. Today we can benefit from this early interest [by using] the latest DNA technology to understand how species have evolve."
(Image: Oxford University Museum of Natural History)
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn15018-pick-of-the-pictures/9
current mood:  contemplative
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| Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
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11:07 pm - What is Katt Talk?
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Katt Talk is me offering up my point of view on things and answering questions relating to whatever I happen to be thinking about.
http://d.furaffinity.net/art/eclypse/music/1253746023.eclypse_katt_talk_1.mp3
Yes, I went and did it, I made an audio file with my hideous voice and went on rambling for two-and-a-half minutes. >.< But, if you guys like this, I might actually make a few more on occasion. There's supposed to be music in the background, but this is only my first one so bear with me here...
current mood:  accomplished
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| Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
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5:48 pm - Tiggy...
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(((('''=v``v=''')))))
.)))) =///\\\= (((((
...is being ceiling cat... >.> O.o <.<
current mood:  bored
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| Monday, September 21st, 2009
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9:02 pm - Song Wanted!
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| Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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4:02 pm - New Vids!
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| Monday, September 14th, 2009
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6:13 pm - Dancer, Actor, and all around great guy...
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Patrick Swayze is gone. He had pancreatic cancer for over a year, but it's unknown if the cancer or heart failure took him from us. He was an uncommonly sweet and gentle guy from what I know of him. One I wish I could have met. He never stopped, insisting on going about life day by day and refusing to give up any moment of joy. He will be very sadly missed by many people who have come to love him as an actor, a dancer, and a person.
current mood:  sad
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5:01 pm - Tiggy's Videos
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| Thursday, September 10th, 2009
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11:01 am - SCORE 1 FOR THE WILD ONES! YAY!!!
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Legal Victory for Endangered Species Across Canada
Court ruling means Department of Fisheries and Oceans must overhaul recovery plans
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - September 10 - A precedent-setting legal victory for endangered species may put an end to years of unlawful action by the Government of Canada. In a September 9 ruling, the Federal Court admonished the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for failing to identify the habitat of the Nooksack dace, an endangered fish restricted to only four streams in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. The ruling will ensure greater protection of species-at-risk and their habitats across Canada: from the smallest minnow to BC's massive humpback whales.
In his judgment, Justice Campbell said the lawsuit, brought by Ecojustice lawyers on behalf of the David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Defence, Georgia Strait Alliance and the Wilderness Committee, was "absolutely necessary." He described the case as "a story about the creation and application of policy by the Minister in clear contravention of the law, and a reluctance to be held accountable for failure to follow the law."
That law, the Species at Risk Act, requires the federal government to identify the critical habitat of endangered and threatened species. The environmental groups' lawsuit was filed in 2007 after the DFO unlawfully deleted habitat maps from the Nooksack dace recovery strategy.
"We are ecstatic about the ruling," said Christianne Wilhelmson of the Georgia Strait Alliance. "We hope that DFO will now start giving real protection to endangered plants and animals without having to be dragged into court for every species it is supposed to protect. Canadians owe a lot to this little minnow and to the scientists who stood up for it."
"This case is not only a tremendous victory for the dace, but for Canadian species everywhere that have been left unprotected by the Act," said Rachel Plotkin of the David Suzuki Foundation.
The court's decision has implications far beyond the Nooksack dace. Justice Campbell ruled that critical habitat for the Nooksack dace was deleted on the basis of an unlawful DFO policy direction. That policy directed that critical habitat information should be removed or suppressed from all recovery strategies for all aquatic species at risk in British Columbia.
"We are putting DFO on formal notice that it has 90 days to rewrite BC species' recovery strategies that have unlawfully failed to identify critical habitat," said Ecojustice lawyer Lara Tessaro. "DFO's unlawful policy appears to have affected at least 20 aquatic species in BC, from resident killer whales to blue whales to Salish suckers. We believe the Court's decision means that DFO must fix at least 17 recovery strategies."
The ruling is the second major legal victory for endangered species in eight weeks. In another Ecojustice lawsuit, the Federal Court also ruled in favour of species-at-risk, holding that the Minister of Environment had acted unlawfully in declining to identify critical habitat of the Prairies' greater sage-grouse.
"This string of successful lawsuits means that the Government of Canada can no longer turn a blind eye to disappearing species by claiming it can't identify critical habitat," said Gwen Barlee of the Wilderness Committee. "This is a whale of a judgement: a ruling about a homely minnow will actually protect BC's endangered humpback and killer whales."
The environmental groups will be participating in a five-year parliamentary review of the Species at Risk Act which is set to resume later this month.
"With the impending five-year review of the Species At Risk Act by Parliament, we hope that the inadequacies of the Act's implementation that this case lays bare prompts thorough public hearings by MP's," said Rick Smith of Environmental Defence. "Canadians deserve some answers as to why the federal government is failing to protect our country's natural heritage despite having a legal duty to do so."
For more information, please visit www.ecojustice.ca or contact:
Lara Tessaro, Lawyer, Ecojustice, (604) 313-3132 or Susan Pinkus, Staff Scientist, Ecojustice (604)-537-6407
Rachel Plotkin, Biodiversity Policy Analyst, David Suzuki Foundation (613) 594-9026
Rick Smith, Executive Director, Environmental Defence Canada , (416) 670-9521
Gwen Barlee, Policy Director, Wilderness Committee, (604) 683-8220 or cell (604) 202-0322
Christianne Wilhelmson, Managing Director, Georgia Strait Alliance, (604) 862-7579
For scientific information on Nooksack dace, please contact:
Mike Pearson Ph.D., leading Nooksack dace expert, Pearson Ecological, (604) 785-7246
current mood:  ecstatic
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| Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
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11:35 am - And yet more sickening news...
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This is an email I received today from Defenders of Wildlife:
I’ve got some bad news: At 7:53 PM last night, a federal court decided not to take immediate action to stop wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.
I’m sure you share my profound disappointment that the wolf hunts will -- at least for the moment -- continue, but today’s decision does have an important silver lining:
The court also ruled that, based on the merits of our case, we have a strong chance of ultimately prevailing in our legal challenge of the Interior Department’s delisting of wolves in Idaho and Montana and restoring vital federal protections for these wolves.
While we are disappointed that the court did not issue an injunction, we are encouraged that the court seems to agree with us that the Obama Department of the Interior's delisting the wolf was illegal and appears -- as we have repeatedly said -- to have reflected a political, rather than a science-based, decision.
Defenders of Wildlife will continue to move quickly in the days and weeks ahead to win our lawsuit and restore protections for these wolves. And, with your help, we’ll continue to vigorously pursue our five-point plan to save the lives of these wolves. Specifically, we’ll:
* Continue the fight in court to restore protections for wolves.
* Counter anti-wolf lies in the media.
* Work on the ground to reduce conflicts between wolves and livestock producers.
* Mobilize wildlife activists to save wolves.
* Bring lawless wolf killers to justice.
Thank you for all you’ve done to help save our wolves! Together, I know we can prevail.
For the Wild Ones,
Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife
P.S. The fight ahead is a tough one. Please consider becoming a Wildlife Guardian and help support this vital legal fight and our five-point plan to save wolves with a monthly contribution of whatever you can afford. We can’t win for wolves without your help!
You can read the judge’s ruling here. (PDF)
http://www.defenders.org/resources/publications/programs_and_policy/in_the_courts/northern_rockies_wolf_ruling_on_preliminary_injunction_in_defenders_of_wildlife_v._salazar.pdf
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11:02 am - This makes me absolutely SICK and ENRAGED...
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Bad News at The Cove - Taiji Dolphin Hunt Begins
Richard O'Barry was waiting for this, knowing that the halt on this year's dolphin hunt was too good to be true, or last very long. Eight days later than usual, but still arriving, this year's seasonal dolphin killing has begun at Taiji with about 50 pilot whales and 100 bottlenose dolphins being driven into the cove this morning.
Japan Probe informs us that the slaying began around 5:30 this morning in Japan as weather conditions improved.
Taiji's fisherman plan to catch about 2,400 dolphins during this season, as well as pilot whales, neither of which are protected by the International Whaling Commission's ban on whaling. Upwards of 22,000 dolphins, porpoises, pilot whales and false killer whales are taken each hunting season.
Despite how heartbreaking it is to see dolphins killed like this, the kicker of this whole situation is that the meat is sold to a population of people who are for the most part completely unaware that it is laden with mercury (the dolphin meat served in Japan has as much as 5000 times more mercury than allowed by Japanese laws), and mostly unaware that it is dolphin in the first place since the dolphin meat is often labeled simply as "whale meat" in order to fetch a higher price. So not only are the fishermen killing thousands of intelligent animals in a horrific manner, they're also slowly killing people. A sad situation all around.
Luckily, awareness is growing. A significant reason why the hunt is late to start is because of the mass of media on site opening day. With all eyes watching, fishermen were hesitant to get the hunt started.
current mood: enraged
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| Monday, September 7th, 2009
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8:07 am - September...
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I should have posted this on the 1st, but meh...
September is the time of the sign Virgo, as well as the Celtic month of The Vine, and the rich blue Sapphire stone. It's also this tiggy's birth month, sometime in the first half of the month. The exact day is not really important, just the general time frame is good enough.
Well wishes are always welcome, but if you want to offer presents, just simple drawings are more than enough. No need to try and buy me anything, I tend to get more enjoyment from hand made gifts. Those are more important and special to me than store bought trinkets anyways.
current mood: calm
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| Friday, September 4th, 2009
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8:45 am - Live Action Thundercats Movie
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If they actually do it, I have my own ideas for who should play the different characters.
Jaga = Patrick Stewart
Lion-O = Matt Damon
Tigra = Vin Diesel
Panthro = Michael Dorn
Cheetara = Mila Jovovich
Wily Kit = ? (Girl should be around 12 years old)
Wily Kat = ? (Boy should be around 12 years old)
Snarf = Jeff Dunham (voice for cgi character)
Mumra = Ian McKellen
Slythe = Robin Williams
Munkian = Tim Roth
Jackalman = Brent Spiner
Vulturman = James Callis
What do you guys think? Any ideas you might have for who could play some of the characters?
current mood: curious
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7:36 am - Awesomeness!!!
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I am going to see this in December. This looks so awesome. Not to be confused with "The Last Airbender" however, which looks like it'll be pretty cool too. Have a look and you'll see what I mean:
http://www2.avatarmovie.com/
current mood: excited
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| Thursday, August 20th, 2009
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5:47 pm - Captain Watson can certainly get Creative...
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I had to laugh at the wording of some of this, and I support them in their efforts to stop the unrelenting murder of Cetaceans by poachers for profit.
To Quote:
“This is a research project,” said Captain Paul Watson. “We’ve decided to demonstrate our solidarity with the Japanese, Australian, and New Zealand Research projects. Our primary objective is to research non-lethal means for defending whales. Of course this may include research into Japanese ship’s hull plate thickness, vessel stress tests, and paint chip analysis, as well as observation of whaler behavior in response to olfactory stimulation.”
**snickers** Gotta love creativity like this.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-090624-1.html
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