And they say cats can't be trained!

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Cats watching cats watching cats...

Cats watching cats watching cats... 09/21/2004 04:22 AM
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Wasn't Trained? Wasn't Trained?

Wasn't Trained? Wasn't Trained? 05/19/2004 04:48 AM
One of the comments on the Iraq prionser abuse that I hear often on BBC World Service is that the prison guards wasn't trained for their role, as if this will lessen the guards' alleged crimes.
I, on the other hand, find this justification somehow absurd. If, say, the guards aren't performing in their job capacity -- maybe some prisoners escaped, for example -- then, yeah, one can use the excuse that they aren't properly trained. But, to abuse prisoners (allegedly)? Does one need training in order to know that you are not supposed to stack naked prisoners as a human pyramid?

Dog Trained on 200 Word Vocabulary

Dog Trained on 200 Word Vocabulary 06/12/2004 08:24 PM

Taiwanese Cat Is Toilet Trained (AP)

Taiwanese Cat Is Toilet Trained (AP) 04/14/2004 07:52 AM
AP - A white and tan Taiwanese cat made his successful television debut — on the toilet.

U.S.: Padilla Trained to Kill Hundreds
(AP)

U.S.: Padilla Trained to Kill Hundreds
(AP) 06/01/2004 08:08 PM
AP - Former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla is a trained terrorist who met with top al-Qaida leaders, discussed detonating a nuclear bomb in the United States and accepted an assignment to use natural gas to blow up high-rise apartment buildings, the Justice Department alleged Tuesday.

"appears to have trained Muhammad Atta"

"appears to have trained Muhammad Atta" 12/16/2003 08:48 PM

Shark Tank: C'mon, who really needs
trained staff anyway?

Shark Tank: C'mon, who really needs
trained staff anyway? 11/14/2003 12:08 AM
Money is tight in this data center, and that translates into a policy of getting rid of experienced computer operators. Then one night a big disk drive begins to make noise.

Trained Rats for Mine Detection

Trained Rats for Mine Detection 05/18/2004 01:33 PM

Shark Tank: Must have been trained as an
engineer

Shark Tank: Must have been trained as an
engineer 02/05/2005 10:09 PM
The buildingwide backup power system at this government agency is getting old, and everyone knows it. The obvious solution is to add extra UPSs to servers. But who needs that?

Cops Trained To 'Net' Child Porn

Cops Trained To 'Net' Child Porn 04/22/2004 01:30 PM
CBS News Apr 22 2004 5:31PM GMT

Morocco Loses 400 al-Qaeda-Trained
Militants

Morocco Loses 400 al-Qaeda-Trained
Militants 07/25/2004 07:20 PM
Free Internet Press Jul 25 2004 10:10PM GMT

Al-Qaeda may have trained and licensed
pilots in their ranks

Al-Qaeda may have trained and licensed
pilots in their ranks 12/23/2003 06:53 PM
trained pilots working for foreign airlines .. feeling safer .. From MSNBC .. MSNBC

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Specialists Trained To Combat
Exploitation of Children

Specialists Trained To Combat
Exploitation of Children 12/02/2003 01:39 AM

One third of Iraq's new army (which we
trained to take over our duties) quit

One third of Iraq's new army (which we
trained to take over our duties) quit 12/12/2003 07:59 AM
deserting

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Bush Says Trained Iraqi Troops Now
Outnumber U.S. (Reuters)

Bush Says Trained Iraqi Troops Now
Outnumber U.S. (Reuters) 04/12/2005 01:52 PM
Reuters - President Bush said on Tuesday trained Iraqi security forces now outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq and are playing a greater role in fighting insurgents.

"Leader of Saudi Terrorist Attack Was
Al-Qaeda Trained, BBC Says"

"Leader of Saudi Terrorist Attack Was
Al-Qaeda Trained, BBC Says" 06/03/2004 05:04 AM

Gene treatment turns trained monkeys
into workaholics

Gene treatment turns trained monkeys
into workaholics 08/13/2004 02:02 AM
Blocking a set of dopamine receptors turns trained monkeys into workaholics. Finding can help with understanding a variety of mental disorders.

"Telegraph: Terrorist behind September
11 strike trained in Baghdad"

"Telegraph: Terrorist behind September
11 strike trained in Baghdad" 12/15/2003 10:29 PM

Dogs Trained to Smell Bladder Cancer in
Urine (Reuters)

Dogs Trained to Smell Bladder Cancer in
Urine (Reuters) 09/24/2004 11:07 AM
Reuters - Man's best friend could also be a lifesaver in the fight against cancer.

Marines in Falluja Face Rebels Who Are
Increasingly Trained and Armed

Marines in Falluja Face Rebels Who Are
Increasingly Trained and Armed 04/24/2004 03:56 PM
Marines are preparing for an all-out assault on Falluja, where they face rebels who are increasingly trained and armed.

Telegraph | News | Terrorist behind
September 11 strike was trained by
Saddam

Telegraph | News | Terrorist behind
September 11 strike was trained by
Saddam 12/14/2003 04:35 AM
"Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam." .. smoking gun: Atta was in Iraq in Summer of 2001 .. interesting little tidbit .. If it pans out as real .. THIS IS BIG NEWS

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Police Chief Sells Trained K-9 Dog on
Online Auction Site

Police Chief Sells Trained K-9 Dog on
Online Auction Site 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
Auctionbytes.com Jan 21 2004 11:09PM GMT

Officials: al-Qaida operatives may be
fully trained airline pilots

Officials: al-Qaida operatives may be
fully trained airline pilots 12/24/2003 05:27 AM
MSNBC - NBC: Terror threat to extend through January .. Can you spot the knife, gun, or explosives? .. Jihadists currently flying commercial jets

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Watching Cats

Watching Cats 06/22/2004 02:41 AM
I Like To Watch: A photographic record of cats transfixed; self-referential cats; cat Witnesses of Our Time; cat onlookers; cats gazing stupidly at infinity; lightly hypnotized brainpan-fried cats; feline couch potatoes; cats afflicted by the staring disease; briefly and easily amused cats; UN observer cats; guilty bystander cats. All in all, an extremely important investigation into the perennial question of how to hold a cat's attention. [Click on "Cats", funnily enough.]

A Cats Christmas

A Cats Christmas 12/26/2004 02:36 PM
kitties iris and fern decorate a tree .. witness the power of Christmas cats

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Museum Cats

Museum Cats 09/23/2004 11:35 AM
The Art of Cats:
The Katte nkabinet (Cat Cabinet, the Cat Museum) of Amsterdam: a collection of objects d'art wholly centered around the theme of the cat, among which you will find a wonderful gallery including Picasso. Controversial social taboos are not avoided. Malaysia's Cat City of Kuching has a Cat Museum; more info on the Museum of Meows he re (Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning when the family cat died. Malays attached superstitions to cats believing they possessed supernatural powers...) The scullery of Kathleen Mann's Antiques in London's High Street has a "Purrfect Museum" too, with 250 exhibits from all over the world going back to the 1770s, founded by Kathleen and her mother ... Kitty. Not to be outdone, Lith uania and Russia have cat museums as well.

Dancing With Cats

Dancing With Cats 06/09/2004 01:01 AM
I just got home from having coffee with a friend at my favorite cafe in West Hollywood. There's a zany new age bookstore down the street. Sometimes I pop in for the sole purpose of sneering at book titles like Tantric Sex for Dummies and Is Your Pet Psychic?

But tonight was no ordinary night of snorting and hiding my face in the Feng Shui soy candle display. A little paperback gem was hiding on the shelf below that black velvet UFO portrait of The High Eck Master. I found a very special large-format book called Dancing With Cats (Chronicle Books, 1999). It's filled with pictures of humans fannying about in tights, striking "I-Wish-I-Were-Baryshnikov" poses -- together with cats who doing the same thing. The text is equally rich. Straightfaced talk of "multicat" interspecies dance ensembles as a tool for enlightenment, think Busby Berkeley with hairballs and chakras. What's so awesome about this book: (a) 100% irony-free, and (b) it HAS to be Photoshoppery. It's, like, straight out of Worth. As if someone positions the humans, shoots them, then goes back, someone else hurls a cat accross the room and photographs that, then everything's composited in a terpsichorean orgy of catpixels.

There's a website for this book with a teaser thumbnail gallery, some awesome MPEG movies, and online tips for would-be "catdancers" (The question to ask is not "Will my cat dance with me?" but rather "Will I dance with my cat?"). Dig the pre-dance exercises:

Before we can begin dancing with our cats, we must first make contact with them. We can't simply put on music and expect that our cats will dance with us. We have to first align our dynamic vibration systems with theirs and bring those systems into a kind of confluence before we can build the energy levels through the dance that are necessary to attain the higher vibrationary states which enable us to channel the infinite power of the universe.

You see, human beings and cats are not simply physical bodies confined within a barrier of skin or fur. We are also made up of dynamic energy systems which extend out, and interact with, every other energy system around us.

There's a simple exercise you can try right now as you sit in front of your computer. It's one of a number of what we call mirroring exercises that will allow you to bring your body into an energy-centered relationship with your cat and prepare you to dance with it... a simple purring technique. Remember that purring is the way a cat modulates its energy reserves in order to restore its psychic equilibrium.

So, roll yourself a catnip fattie and smoke this: Link

"Let sleeping cats lie..."

"Let sleeping cats lie..." 04/12/2005 11:09 AM

"The cats at Lowculture"

"The cats at Lowculture" 06/11/2004 12:09 AM

Let sleeping cats lie...

Let sleeping cats lie... 04/10/2005 09:48 PM
Let sleeping cats lie... in the most artistic poses. Or alternatively here's a rival for pancake-balancing bunnies, the ancient western art of Cat Buckaroo!

Music and Cats

Music and Cats 03/29/2005 04:27 AM
Carnival of the Cats #53 .. week's edition

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Cats and dogs...

Cats and dogs... 02/10/2004 02:51 AM

I was playing with Bo all afternoon, thinking about what her blog would look like and was reminded of this funny comparison between cats and dogs. Thanks to Google, it was easy to find.

Weird Cats

Weird Cats 05/20/2004 01:13 AM
Feline medical curiosities. Polydactyly, conjoined-kitty-fu, "freaks of face," cleft palates, and plain old huge. (Not safe for after lunch).

Of Cats and Finance

Of Cats and Finance 01/26/2004 01:56 PM
What a cat can teach you about financial planning.

Grr. Cats. And... Bubbles?

Grr. Cats. And... Bubbles? 12/23/2002 07:53 AM
One of my cats just woke me up. As far as I can tell, he just wanted to play. At 3:45am. And now I'm awake. So I've been tossing the furry mouse for him. I suppose it could be worse....

Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at
U.S. Bases - Forums powered by Reason
and Principle

Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at
U.S. Bases - Forums powered by Reason
and Principle 01/06/2004 02:05 AM
from Newsweek via MSNBC [cache]

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9 out of 10 cats prefer CDs to downloads

9 out of 10 cats prefer CDs to downloads 09/17/2004 06:55 AM
And so do their owners

Women prefer cats to men

Women prefer cats to men 03/17/2005 03:24 AM

After three weeks of hanging around like an unwelcome in-law, the filthy grey snow banks are finally melting here in Boston.  With the advent of warmth and sunshine I would have expected everyonealong Alex's Harvard Yard/Square dog walking route to be grinning with happiness.  Yet people did not seem any happier than usual.  To explain this phenomenon it is necessary to turn to TIME magazine's January 17, 2005 "The Science of Happiness" issue.  According to TIME, "sunny days [do not make us happy though] a 1998 study showed that Midwesterners think folks living in balmy California are happier and that Californians incorrectly believe this about themselves too."

Friends and family make people happy as does "contributing to the lives of others" (tough for folks in Vero Beach, FL given that it is tough to find anyone within a gated community facing a more important decision than whether to play golf or tennis).  When asked "do you often do any of the following to improve your mood?", TIME's own poll revealed that 38 percent of women checked off "playing with pet"; only 18 percent checked "have sex".  As the favored pet among America's ladies is the cat, from this we can conclude that cats are more satisfying to women than men are.

[Additional sources: World Values Survey at http://wvs.isr.umich.edu/; BBC article http://news.bbc.c o.uk/2/hi/africa/3157570.stm]

Ten (or more) pages of cats, blimey!

Ten (or more) pages of cats, blimey! 08/02/2004 09:07 PM
Tim's badly drawn cat web site. [via monkeyfilter]
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