Through the efforts of organizations and committed individuals, support is growing for the establishment of no kill animals shelters. An alternative to the traditional dog pound or animal shelter, no-kill animal shelters advocate adoption over euthanasia.
Every year, thousands of animals find themselves in the custody of local animal pounds. The primary function of these facilities has been to collect unwanted animals, hold them for a prescribed amount to time, and then euthanize the animal. Often, the method of euthanasia is less than humane.
In defense of some local shelters staff members work long and hard to find unwanted animals an adopted home. It is common for local shelters to work with the Human Society or other animal advocacy groups to reduce the numbers of unwanted animals. These efforts include low-cost or free-of-cost spay and neuter clinics. In many cases, local governments support these efforts with additional funding and staffing.
Sadly, even the most gallant efforts are not enough to stop the euthanasia of thousands of animals every year. The truth is that most local shelters lack sufficient funding to hold animals for a prolonged period of time. Shelter cost is minimal but the cost of food, supplies and veterinary care can quickly outstrip meager shelter budgets.
My own local county-run shelter has placed a tremendous effort on educating the public about the plight of unwanted dogs. Much of their effort has been toward finding suitable adopted homes for the dogs in their care, often holding dogs longer than the minimum time allowed by law. In contrast to past practices, the change in focus has born fruit with a sharp increase in the numbers of adoptions. Perspective owners must pay a fee that helps to defray some of the operational cost, including veterinary care.
Still, the shelter is forced to kill many more dogs than are adopted. The stark reality is that there are always more dogs than adopted homes. A casual drive through the county often results in many dogs on the loose, abandoned or otherwise without homes. Abandoned and lost dogs on the loose only compound the problem, assuming that most of these wandering souls have not been spayed or neutered.
The situation is worse for cats, since the only local, no-kill cat shelter closed due to lack of funding. Cats that otherwise might have been sheltered and cared for until adoption now roam the countryside doing what cats in the wild do best – make more cats.
The No-Kill Philosophy
One way to think of no-kill animal shelters is to think of sanctuary for lost and abandoned souls. Animals who might otherwise find themselves the victims of the elements, lack of food or highway traffic are given a place to stay. As the term implies, no-kill means exactly that. Animal guests are not put to death after a defined period of time. Those animals in need of medical attention received it. Many shelters will accept animals without question or judgment.
The idea behind most no-kill animal shelters is to keep and care for lost or abandoned animals until the owner arrives or the animal can be given a new adopted home. There are obvious challenges to this type of operation. Space and funding are the biggest hurdles and it takes a dedicated fundraising effort to support these unique shelters. As the numbers of animal guests grows, space can be a limitation, even if adequate funding can be generated.
Like many non-profit organizations, no-kill animal shelters rely on the efforts of dedicated volunteers. Community members, veterinarians and other animal lovers are a vital part of these animal shelters. Corporate sponsorship is often received in the form of food and medicines.
In virtually every state, there is a no-kill shelter available. While local shelters will care for animals until the day comes for euthanasia, no-kill animal shelters are a wonderful alternative.
Archive for January, 2007
Manga Captivates All Age Groups
Japanese Anime
Although the artwork is cartoon style, Anime is much more than just a “cartoon” to its fans. While traditional cartoons in the United States are either humorous, or simplistic “good versus evil” storylines, the typical Japanese anime series offers characters who evolve as the series moves along and deals with complex real-life issues, such as friendship, love, loss, even the reality and acceptance of death.
Japanese Anime truely is an art, with its wonderful plots and beautifully drawn pictures. Anime is entirely about movement between states of being, whether fast or slow. The ‘being’ of a person, which can be one’s soul, mind, blood-line, weapon, limb or organ, is always caught in various stages of transition.
I love the anime characters and their development, particularly, the way each of them possesses multiple personalities, motivations and attitudes. It creates what comes close to the complexity of true human relationships, very touching and memorable.
Anime provides an escape to a wonderous world so beautiful and amazing you wonder how the artist created such a place and conceived the charaters that capture our hearts and keep us impatiently awaiting the next episode\’s release.
Anime is doing what every artistic medium strives to achieve, move you. Anime characters with their spiky hair and huge expressive eyes hold our attention, we cannot help but respond to the language and expression conveyed through their eyes.
Japanese anime artists are eternally searching for the cutest little creature they can possible come up with, and one of the newer characters is Mamegoma, a “bean seal.” I have no idea what that means but he is an adorable little critter!
Anime may also be adapted into live action television programs, available on media such as movies, DVD, video games, soundtracks, music, MP3, and all audio formats for mobile devices.
Anime is often influenced by Japanese comics known as “manga”.
Japanese Manga
Manga is a type of Japanese story usually presented in black-and-white, comic-book form. The books are most often produced in Japan, but artists and writers from many other countries create their own manga as well. Manga is in still form (books) and Anime is animated (moving). You can\’t read anime and you can\’t watch manga..
Japanese Manga is quite different from American comic books in many ways, which is why it is sometimes translated as graphic novels. Comic books in America tend to be in color, sold in thin booklets, and written for a teenage male audience.
Japanese Manga is gender-based from its creation to its marketing. Titles are created for children (kodomo manga), for tween and teen girls (shojo manga), for tween and teen boys (shonen manga), for women (josei manga), and for men (seinen manga).
Manga is well respected as an art form. Japanese manga comics have developed an entirely fresh approach to sequential artwork and have given new inspiration to artists. The influence of manga can now be seen in films, animation and comics the world over.
The overwhelming approval of Hayao Miyazaki\’s anime and manga are changing the perception of anime and manga, placing them closer to the status of “higher” arts (Top of box office charts of all-time in Japan is “Spirited Away” by Hayao Miyzaki, 30.4 billion yen).
Manga is actually a medium which can encompass different genres of stories, from action to romance, comedy to sci-fi, there is a little something for everyone. Manga is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide and it is rapidly growing in western nations.
Anime and Manga fans and collectors have discovered that buying or renting their episodes, movies and DVD\’s locally can rapidly become quite costly, and availability is often limited. The internet has spawned a tremendous growth in the availability of Anime and Manga episodes, movies and DVD\’s that is escalating exponentially each year.
More and more Anime and Manga fans are flocking to the internet to find their favorite Japanese Anime and Manga episode downloads, movie downloads, DVD\’s, anime games, anime soundtracks, amine music, and even wallpaper and MP3\’s are available at a fraction of the cost as buying them locally.
To avoid pay per download costs, which can add up rapidly, anime membership sites with unlimited downloads offer the best option.
Among the strongest advertising tools a company can use to promote their products or services are large format printing materials. Exhibition graphics such as custom banners, posters or stickers, as well as floor graphics and window graphics are highly effective means of making a certain service or product popular, because they can have a strong visual impact and trigger the desired reaction with potential customers. Large format printing advertisements are made with the help of high quality large format printers, as specialists in exhibition graphics inform. The whole process involves thorough knowledge of both graphic design and digital printing, to ensure the computer images are accurately coordinated with the printed ones.
Reliable equipment is a must when it comes to large format printing products. High quality exhibition graphics require not only very competitive large format printers, but also high performance computers and proficient designers to operate them. Large format printing products involve setting up various resolutions modes and good knowledge of design programmes, to ensure maximum quality when it comes to colour balancing or adjusting sizes. Reliable equipment can ensure high quality and speed, but may not be enough when it comes to designing and processing images to result in advertising materials such as banners or posters. Only exhibition graphics specialists are recommended to deal with such products effectively.
Perhaps the most popular advertisements in large format printing are banners. These exhibition graphics are widely used in promotional campaigns, because they can have a strong visual impact. Companies usually choose to have custom banners made, with a design that should persist in the minds of potential customers. Used both indoors and outdoors, for product launches or openings, these large format printing advertisements are generally made of vinyl. Exhibition graphics providers take special care with double-sided banners, so that the message on one side does not show through to the other.
Similar large format printing products, occupying less space, are posters, which are also custom made, though standard sizes are often required for specific locations such as bus stops. With both types of exhibition graphics products, the designers must think of the effect, in the sense that the images or texts printed on the advertisement should trigger a reaction in the viewer on the spot. Large format printing advertisements usually draw attention through their size, but there are other means by which designers can make sure their products will have the desired result. Memory colours and special fonts are often used in exhibition graphics, their choice depending on the reaction you want future clients to have to your advertisement.
Widely used among large format printing advertisements are floor graphics and window graphics. Due to their strategic placement, these products of exhibition graphics are impossible to miss. Anybody passing by a shop window will notice the window graphics, especially if they have an attractive design and colouring. While walking inside a shop, customers will inevitably cast a glance at the floor graphics laid out and read the message. This type of large format printing advertisements is particularly favoured by retail shops, sports centres and shopping malls, though other types of businesses involving face-to-face interaction with customers often choose them as well.
Much like floor graphics and window graphics, stickers are also popular among exhibition graphics. With these adhesive labels, producers pay special attention to the used material also. According to the specific requirements of the customers, stickers can be either permanently adhesive or removable after a short while, depending on whether they are designed for and on time they will be used in promotional campaigns. Like most large format printing advertisements, stickers can get a company’s advertising message across effectively, because the impact they make is visual and it takes little time to leave a mark on potential customers.
All exhibition graphics are meant to catch the eye and make a strong impact on the viewer. By using them in any type of marketing campaign, a company can create a strong image for itself in the minds of the people who come across their advertisements. Therefore, large format printing products are not to be overlooked when you devise your marketing strategies. Exhibition graphics can prove invaluable when it comes to making your products or services popular on your targeted market. We are most certainly influenced by everything we see, so an effective design brought to life with the help of top quality equipment can work wonders when it comes to selling an image.
ternet Device (MID) – Portable Multimedia PC with Touchscreen. A convenient Wifi and GPS capable ultra mobile personal computer.
Coming in a highly optimized form factor, this flexible multimedia M.I.D. offers wireless functionality for mobile internet access using Bluetooth 1.2, along with the ability to view most of today’s common file types such as PDF’s. With a high quality 4.3 inch color touchscreen display (480×272 resolution) you are ensured of viewing crisp text and images in all your documents and favorite web pages. With the included stylus and navigation pad, you can enjoy an intuitive and highly responsive user interface in which to access the many features available at your fingertips. With the onscreen keyboard, choose between large and small keys for maximum convenience – there are even gestures to save valuable time.
This powerful mobile device comes with the Windows CE 5.0 operating system to give you ready access to office productivity software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF Viewers) and Windows Media Player for Mobile 9.0 to provide rich multimedia functionality right out of the box. Watch your favorite movies, listen to your personal selection of music, view and edit photographs or read documents with ease – the choice is yours!
The PDF Viewer ensures that you have a fantastic reading experience with your favorite e-books on the superb 4.3″ Touchscreen. The superb visual clarity and large size of the screen will provide you with a incredibly flexible portable reading device while on the move. Why carry heavy books when this powerful device in a compact form factor provides exceptional functionality? This device would be perfect for those who travel and read a lot. However, unlike the Kindle, you also get easy access to great multimedia and internet functionality, along with a host of other impressive features.
If all that wasn’t enough, this model comes with precise and responsive GPS functionality, provided by the built-in GPS receiver chipset and high sensitivity STARIII GPS antenna. This multimedia PC would therefore be the perfect cost-effective GPS solution for those who travel both inside and outside of their car frequently. With the high quality onboard GPS receiver, you can be confident of accurate directions to where you want to go when you install an SD card with your favorite brand of navigation map software**.
By using an SD or MMC card and you can enjoy a rich audio and video multimedia experience in minutes. The device also comes with key applications pre-loaded such as Internet Explorer, MSN 5.0 and Skype for Pocket PC to expand your options even more. Surf the web and stay connected with your work colleagues, family and friends.
This superb mobile internet device packs an incredible feature set into a compact form factor. Designed with entertainment, information and communication in mind, this sleek multimedia PC provides you with the freedom to stay productive, stay connected and to have fun – wherever you are.
At a Glance…
Portable Multimedia PC with large 4.3″ Color Touchscreen (480×272) Windows CE 5.0 (32-bit) operating system Well designed and user-friendly with a compact form factor Pre-loaded with office file viewing applications, communication software and NES games emulator Superb wireless functionality with wireless internet access and Bluetooth 1.2 capability Built-in GPS receiver and high sensitivity GPS antenna Kickstand to provide maximum convenience when watching and listening to media
China Manufacturer Specifications
Primary Function: Portable Computer Hardware Specifications
- Size (mm): 150 (L) x 85 (W) x 21 (H)
- Processor Type: ARM926EJ-S 32-Bit RISC CPU
- On-board RAM: 128MB
- Operating System: Windows CE 5.0
- Battery type: Built-in rechargeable 1550mAH lithium-ion
- Battery life: up to 4 hours
- Screen resolution: 480×272 resolution
- Storage capacity (internal): 2GB Nandflash (built-in)
- Storage capacity (external): Takes 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacity SD/MMC Card
- OS Language: English
- Manufacturer Ref: F74BGRX7XUEK
GPS Hardware Parameters
- Chipset: SIRF STARIII
- Frequency: 1.575GHz
- C/A Code: 1.023 MHz Chip Rate
- Channels: 20
- Tracking Frequency: -159dbm
- Precision: 10m 2D RMS, 5m 2D RMS, WA AS Enable
- Rate: 0.1m/s
- Data update: 1Hz
- Requisition time: 0.1s on average
- Hot start time: <3S
- Warm start time: 30S on average
- Cold start time: <100S
- Internal antenna: Ceramic antenna embedded Active
Bluetooth Parameter
- Distance (max): 10 meters
- Bluetooth Type: 1.2
Compatible File Types
- Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, OGG
- Video Formats: AVI, MPEG4, WMV, ASF, 3GP, XVID
- Image Formats: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF
Input/output/connectivity
- Mini USB port
- Headphone jack
- Microphone jack
- USB 1.0 port
- SD/MMC Card slot
Camera
- Resolution: 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200 and 2560×1920
- White Balance: Auto, Cloudy, Dark, Morning, Flash Light
- Picture Settings: Continuous Shot, Auto Focus, Delay Timer
Buttons
- Navigation pad
- Power ON/OFF button
- Screensaver On/OFF
- Shoot/take picture
- Video record/Camera mode changeover
- Multifunction key
Product Notes
Can be recharged from the power adapter, the car charger or by USB. Superb wireless functionality with wireless internet access and Bluetooth 1.2 capability Core Pocket Media Player and Macromedia Flash Player 5.0 pre-installed for multimedia playback Comes pre-installed with NES Games Emulator and a free Real-Time Strategy Game **This model is compatible with most brands of GPS software – however hardware specific software such as Garmin may not run on this unit. As the wholesaler, Chinavasion provides the GPS-enabled hardware only, not the software. Chinavasion provides no warranty or customer support regarding GPS software. Chinavasion cannot provide downloads / links / advice regarding GPS software. Any software installation you undertake should be performed or supervised by a professional.
Package Contents
Model CVFB-PC04 Portable M.I.D. User Manual – English Quickstep Guide – English Stereo in-ear headphones Drivers CD USB cable USB to mini-USB cable AC charger Car charger Mounting bracket Car Mount 2x Rechargeable 1550mAH Li-ion Battery
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Can I install additional software onto this mobile device? Yes, the device has a storage memory of 2GB using NandFlash. Can I update the OS? No, this is not possible. Does it have Wifi, can I go on wireless internet? Yes, this MID has wireless capability and is able to use wireless internet, e.g. a coffee shop with a Wifi hotspot that provides free wireless Net access. Yes, this MID has wireless capability and is able to use wireless internet, e.g. a coffee shop with a Wifi hotspot that provides free wireless Net access.
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