What's the Deal With "Cat Ladies"? Nov 9, 2009
In most cases, animal waste ; the hoarder's bed was sometimes found to be covered with feces or urine. Researchers say that most obsessive animal collectors deny that they have a problem. (Slate)
Use nuclear weapons to settle Afghan conflict Nov 6, 2009
Juju wrote on Nov 4, 2009 9:12 PM:" All we have to do to make muslims lay down their arms is to let them know that every dead muslim will be buried in pig feces. Let them know that all of our bullets are lubricated with bacon grease and bury the dead ones in pig offal. It worked for general Pershing in 1911 and the philippines didn't have a muslim problem for over 50 years after that. ". To Ihcalam wrote on Nov 4, 2009 4:18 PM:" I would be hard pressed to know that was sarcasm.That type of... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Judge to sentence convicted murderer Nov 6, 2009
The conviction stemmed from the condition of the Palermo home that Erin lived in prior to her death, which contained several dozen cats, piles of garbage and cat feces, and locks located on the outside of her bedroom door. In October, Palermo Town Justice Robert Wood sentenced the couple to the maximum sentence of two years in jail as a result of the conviction. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
High Fiber Intake May Interfere with Ovulation Nov 5, 2009
Fiber can also cause more estrogen to be excreted from the body in feces. In line with that, the researchers found that women with the highest fiber intakes generally had the lowest estrogen levels over the course of their menstrual periods. (Newsmax)
Study: Hope can be harmful to mental health Nov 4, 2009
A colostomy is a surgical procedure -- either temporary or permanent -- resulting in feces leaving a patient's body through the abdomen. Though patients with reversible colostomies initially reported higher life satisfaction, they grew less happy as time went on, whereas patients with irreversible colostomies became happier over a six-month period. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Calorie counts for Big Macs, vending machines... Oct 31, 2009
If this pile of feces masquerading as reform passes, I'll start eating at McD's every day, three times per day. Then I can be one of many to overburden the "free" health care system and watch it fail faster than they can steal the money to pay for it. (The Drudge Report)
Modified Crops Reveal Hidden Cost Of Resistance Oct 30, 2009
"This feeding creates open wounds on the leaves and when the bugs' feces falls on these open wounds, the bacteria find their way into the plumbing of the plant.". The researchers discovered that as the viral infection swept the fields containing both genetically modified and wild crops, the damage from cucumber beetles is greater on the genetically modified plants. (Science Daily)
Fighting the Flu: Do Hand Sanitizers Work? Oct 30, 2009
That is, it does not remove dirt, which includes organic material such as blood or feces. Soap and water must be the first choice in restrooms. (Fox News)
Paly students face suspensions for egg fight Oct 30, 2009
Palo Alto Online News. Uploaded: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9:52 AM. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Witness: Defendants drugged Anna Nicole Oct 30, 2009
Santiago says the nanny claimed Smith would wake up with feces and vomit in her bed. The hearing will determine whether Stern, Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor stand trial of charges of illegally funneling drugs to Smith. (KHOU.com, TX)
Nanny claims Smith forced to take drugs Oct 30, 2009
Claimed actress would sleep for days; wake up with feces, vomit in bed ... The nanny said Smith would not eat or go to the bathroom during the long sleeping jags then would wake up with feces and vomit in her bed. (MSNBC -- News)
Speak out on gay issues Oct 30, 2009
Razzuz wrote on Oct 29, 2009 2:54 PM:" Will, you say we share homosexual traits with the apes since we evolved from them. They also fling their feces at each other. Should feces flinging be acceptable in social cirlces now? I believe that as we have evolved we have decided to leave that trait to the animals. What about you Will, are you an ape or a human? ". heya wrote on Oct 29, 2009 2:59 PM:" Razzuz, I'm going to give you a second to correct yourself. Am I to believe that you as a human being... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Diet And Intestinal Bacteria Linked To Healthier Immune Systems Oct 29, 2009
Duncan, S.H Belenguer, A. Holtrop, G. Johnstone, A.M. Flint, H.J. Lobley, G.E. Reduced Dietary Intake of Carbohydrates by Obese Subjects Results in Decreased Concentrations of Butyrate and Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Feces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1073-1078 (2007). (Science Daily)
Waco Jurys Verdict Means Retired Schoolteachers Home Will Be Razed Oct 29, 2009
Waco Jurys Verdict Means Retired Schoolteachers Home Will Be Razed A verdict that a Waco jury returned Wednesday afternoon clears the way for a suburban community to force a retired schoolteacher out of her urine and cat feces saturated home, which then will be torn down ... An inspector said the inside of the 52-year-old house where Pace has lived for 38 years is saturated with urine and cat feces. (KWTX.com, TX)
Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years Oct 29, 2009
Man who threw feces at jury, smeared it on lawyer in Calif ... SAN DIEGO -- A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison ... Superior Court Judge Frank Brown on Monday sentenced Weusi McGowan for robbery, burglary and two assault charges stemming from the feces-flinging incident during his January trial. (Albany Times Union)
SPCA worker accused of animal cruelty faces court Oct 28, 2009
The dog was secured inside a crate located in a dark laundry room surrounded by feces. Alicia Marie Martin, 23, was arrested for cruelty to animals April 17. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
More Than Just a Game Oct 28, 2009
The path to the leagues home at Gladys Park is an ominous one rats scurry in broad daylight, human urine and feces cook into the sidewalk, plastic food containers clog the gutter and drug dealers and prostitutes mingle on the corners, doing a bad job at looking innocent. But on any Saturday, the park at Sixth Street and Gladys Avenue is somewhat of a neighborhood oasis. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
For jumping spiders, blood perfume is sexy Oct 27, 2009
There is evidence from research on salamanders and voles, for example, that suggest that the odor of feces from animals on high-quality diets is attractive to potential mates. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Man Who Threw Feces During Trial Sentenced Oct 27, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- An ex-con who rubbed his own feces on the head and face of his attorney, then flung the fecal matter at jurors at his robbery trial was sentenced Monday to 31 years and four months in state prison ... The judge ordered the defendant to pay $129 to a juror whose briefcase was ruined by McGowan's feces ... Lawson said McGowan had previously wiped human feces on himself and was examined by doctors to ensure he was mentally competent to stand trial. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Feral cats dog residents Oct 27, 2009
He doesn't want his five kids to play on the grass because of the cat feces, and has complained about people leaving behind feeding containers that become covered with flies ... The Health Department's Vector Control Branch controls the sp 00004000 read of disease-carrying insects, rodents or other organisms, and its concerns are not the feral cat population, but the feces that can attract flies or other insects that become a nuisance, Haruno said ... Maintenance crews pick up cat feces, wash... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Wild pigs and deer do not spread GM corn via feces or accumulate transgenic residues in meat Oct 27, 2009
Molecular biologists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have shown that there is no need for concern also with regard to the inadvertent dispersal of genetically modified corn via wild animal feces ... With funding from the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, a research team from the TU Mnchen examined in detail how fallow deer (dama dama) and wild boars (sus scrofa) metabolize GM maize and whether they inadvertently disperse germinable transgenic seeds in the... (EurekAlert!)
PHOTO GALLERY: Pigs causing a stink in Wellfleet (10/25/09) Oct 26, 2009
But the board of health was not even aware that the Tessons had raised pigs last year until their neighbors, Heinz and Monique Weinmann, sent the board a letter reporting that when they returned in April from their home in Canada, they found eight large pigs wallowing along the fence between our two properties, wallowing in mud mixed with urine and feces which oozed through our fence. Hilary Greenberg, the health agent, along with Andy Pettit, the assistant health agent, raised concerns that the... (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Today's Mailbag: Fire Districts Oct 26, 2009
These professionals place their lives and those of their families at risk each and every day as they are exposed to toxic gases, HIV, hepatitis, vomit, feces, disease, death. The News-Press reported that nearly half of the 1,200 firefighters earned more than $70,000 per year. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Hoarding - dozens of animals seized from rescuer Oct 25, 2009
Police say Deborah Ann Allen, 54, has for years hoarded cats and dogs, turtles, birds, lizards and a rabbit, cramming the critters in her cluttered Sand Lake home that reeked of feces and urine and had swarms of flies inside ... "In multiple complaints animal control officers and sometimes APD officers have described a foul urine and feces smell that can be detected from outside of the house on Kitlisa. The house is described as having feces outside and inside on the ground," Conn wrote ...... (Pet-Abuse.com)
8 infected with rare form of typhus near U.S. Los Angeles Oct 25, 2009
While biting people, the fleas expel their feces, which contain the bacteria that causes the disease. The fleas' excrement enters the body through the bite wound or from a person scratching the bite area. (Xinhuanet, China)
Authorities: Neb. Woman Abandoned 41 Animals Oct 24, 2009
Five dogs were found inside the home that was filled with feces. "They were very scared," said Kristie Biodrowski of the Nebraska Humane Society. (7 KETV Omaha)
Dog breeder facing charges scales back Oct 24, 2009
Officials described a house crammed with 100 dogs and floors and furniture blanketed with feces, while Hahn disputes both of those claims. Hanson said Hahn has made no effort to retrieve the 19 remaining dogs from the shelter. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Troubleshooting Biosecurity Problems - Part I Oct 23, 2009
Calves that develop disease will shed the pathogens in feces, saliva, nasal secretions and respiration ... Individual housing for neonate calves (up to weaning) normally provides advantages in controlling contagious diseases because the calves are stationary and the contagious disease control procedures revolve around keeping feces and infected material from moving from calf house to calf house ... The workers should be trained to treatment protocols that reduce to an absolute minimum physical... (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Woman in racial torture case recants Oct 22, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Megan Williams s shocking accusations initially strained the imagination: Seven white people beat her with sticks, forced her to eat feces, raped her, and taunted her with racial slurs over several days in a ramshackle trailer in West Virginia. But the suspects eventually confessed to their actions and pleaded guilty. (Boston Globe)
Woman in W.Va. Torture Case: I Lied Oct 22, 2009
Williams told authorities in 2007 that she had been beaten, raped, forced to eat animal feces and taunted with racial slurs for days ... Williams said she was held captive for several days and was tortured, beaten, and forced to eat rat, dog and human feces ... She was found chained to the inside of the trailer, naked, covered in feces with stab wounds and at least 2 of the people admitted to raping her and cutting her. (CBS News)
Eating right, not supplements, is best at keeping your good bacteria healthy, dietitian says Oct 22, 2009
There is mounting evidence that one of the best ways to quickly restore the complex gut complement is by using feces from healthy individuals. It's called fecal bacteriotherapy, when feces mixed with a little saline, is given typically via a rectal enema or a nasogastric tube. (EurekAlert!)
House full of refuse is condemned Oct 22, 2009
There were literally indoor compost piles of rotting food, coffee grounds, both human and animal feces and urine. various states of damage, deterioration, and disarray. (Boston Globe)
Green Space: Know poison ivy, so you can avoid it Oct 22, 2009
The seeds are spread by animal feces. The plant also sends out underground rhizomes, from which dense patches of green spring up. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Top condition: Prepare horses before winter Oct 21, 2009
If they've eaten every bit of their hay, they're probably scrounging for feed on the ground and may be ingesting some of their own feces as a result. That re-exposes them to parasites. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Childbirth Is Not Burger King. You Cant Always Have It Your Way. Oct 20, 2009
The baby dies and the woman leaks urine and feces for the rest of her life. But this is natural, right. (Slate)
Report Details Largest Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Turtles Oct 20, 2009
In many cases, parents didn't know that turtles can carry salmonella in feces, which can end up on their shells and bodies, and can spread to people who handle them. Turtles involved were sold at pet shops, flea markets, from street vendors and online. (KWTX.com, TX)
Salmonella outbreak blamed on pet turtles Oct 19, 2009
Salmonella in turtle feces can end up on their shells and body, and can spread to people who handle them. The Food and Drug Administration contacted retailers involved and their investigation is ongoing, the report said. (Boston Globe)
Study: Pet turtles sickened kids in 34 states Oct 19, 2009
Salmonella in turtle feces can end up on their shells and body, and can spread to people who handle them. An infected turtle can spread the same strain of salmonella to others during shipping, which may be how the outbreak occurred. (MSNBC -- Health)
Lawsuit over fields accuses Pawtucket of favoring parochial schools Oct 15, 2009
She recalled a time when a public high school girls soccer team had to play on a field that she said was littered with glass and dog feces. The city has no written policy on the use of city-owned athletic fields, according to the ACLU, which says the lack of oversight allows discrimination to occur. (Boston Globe)
Maiman: Suit fights prayers that invoke a curse Oct 15, 2009
Weinstein, who is Jewish, said his family has received death threats, had a swastika smeared on their home and feces thrown at the house. He said the harassment began several years ago when he began protesting Christian proselytizing at his alma mater, the Air Force Academy. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Plattsburgh Woman Facing Animal Cruelty Charges Oct 14, 2009
They say her home in the Lakeside Apartment Complex was infested with fleas and was covered in feces. The surviving animals were brought to the Eagles Nest Veterinary hospital. (WCAX.com, VT)
regina c faulkner Oct 14, 2009
"They can be a huge problem." The most common symptom is diarrhea, and the feces can be bloody or smeared with mucous ... Also called circling disease, listeriosis is caused by a bacterium that's widely found in soil, feedstuffs and feces of healthy animals, Schoenian says ... Although passed in the feces, lung worm larvae travel to the respiratory system to do their damage, Schoenian says. (Agri-View, WI)
Neighbors Complain About Foreclosed Home In Neighborhood Oct 14, 2009
"He is living in this vehicle. He's leaving feces behind. He is living out of the vehicle. They have not removed him from the house," said Lozano. She said he somehow has access to the house and he is seen going in and out. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Pet hoarder hit with animal cruelty charges Oct 13, 2009
Police say Deborah Ann Allen, 54, has for years hoarded cats and dogs, turtles, birds, lizards and a rabbit, cramming the critters in her cluttered Sand Lake home that reeked of feces and urine and had swarms of flies inside ... "In multiple complaints animal control officers and sometimes APD officers have described a foul urine and feces smell that can b 00003C13 e detected from outside of the house on Kitlisa. The house is described as having feces outside and inside on the ground," Conn... (Anchorage Daily News)
A mom’s struggle Oct 12, 2009
I have sat in my own feces and sat in my own urine, because my catheter is stopped up or (I m) just having a bowel movement involuntarily, she said. Hiring nurses would cost about 20 an hour. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Beach reopens Oct 11, 2009
VERO BEACH Humiston Park Beach reopened after a couple of hours of feces scooping Thursday. The culprit wasnt four-legged, but instead has flippers, Indian River County officials said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Lewis County Breeder Denies Allegations Of Abuse Oct 10, 2009
I'm not sleeping," she said. Investigators said video shows feces and urine inside the home and dogs living in deplorable conditions. Hahn said the police are to blame for that because they let the dogs into her home."When we went through the house it was a disaster. They were using rakes to hit my dogs, to corner them," Hahn said.Officials took 20 of the animals, mostly Pomeranians, because police believed they were in imminent danger. One of the dogs seized, a 3-week-old puppy, died Friday at... (KIRO TV, WA)
Authorities seize 20 dogs from Toledo property Oct 10, 2009
There was feces all over furniture, the recliner, everything, Hanson said ... The only feces they found was maybe stuff that [the dogs] had done that night, Hahn said Thursday while standing outside the gate to her property and holding a cream-colored Pomeranian named Skittles ... Wisdom wrote on Oct 9, 2009 10:44 AM:" Sorry, 'Louie', but 'columbian' is correct on this one. Your reasoning is severely flawed--if it's too hot for a mutt to be in a car, the owner needs to leave it at home. I've... (Longview Daily News, WA)
47 Dogs, 15 Cats Rescued From Home Oct 10, 2009
"There was urine and feces throughout the whole house," said Scott Trebatoski, with Jacksonville's Animal Care and Protective Services. "I was pretty much in every room, and there was not a single room that didn't have urine and feces in it.". (News4Jax.com, FL)
how to troll Oct 9, 2009
I feel like I just wiped my ass, and examined my feces on the toilet paper, and noticed some sort of Gathering of Juggalos on my skid mark, then looked into the toilet, and saw that my log of feces consisted of juggalos. It s kinda weird how there are so many dangerous ideas floating around in smart people circles , but it seems like no1 wants to do anything about this dangerous way of life celebrated by volatile second class citizens. (Harper's Magazine)
Animal abuse couple freed Oct 9, 2009
Reports given to the city's Board of Aldermen said feces and urine covered floors. All but two of the animals were euthanized because they had respiratory diseases. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Fla. man back in jail just days after 2-year stint Oct 6, 2009
Cops: Feces-covered nude man jumps into man's pool. A Florida man is facing charges after authorities said he was naked and covered in feces when he broke into a resident's backyard and jumped into the pool. (Fresno Bee)
NYT: E. coli path shows beef inspection flaws Oct 5, 2009
Those low-grade ingredients are cut from areas of the cow that are more likely to have had contact with feces, which carries E. coli, industry research shows. Yet Cargill, like most meat companies, relies on its suppliers to check for the bacteria and does its own testing only after the ingredients are ground together. (MSNBC -- Health)
Stop name-calling and come up with some ideas Oct 4, 2009
Of conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck, Maher said, "It is not that long before we're going to find Glenn Beck dressed as a woman or playing with his feces or something.". With no sense of irony, Behar -- who said seeing Beck melt down on air "would be so much fun to watch" -- asked Maher, "What do you make of all this sort of hate speech" from conservatives. (The Augusta Chronicle)
5 charged in Hattiesburg child abuse case Oct 4, 2009
"There's stacks and stacks of clothes and little mats on the floor. It has the smell of feces," said the landlord, who didn't want his name publicized, of the home at 215 N. 25th Ave.. Among the suspects charged with one felony count of child abuse are: Sue Miller, 53; Nancy Miller, 34; Patricia Aguilar, 30; Francys Albertson, 20; and Christopher Lee, 37, all of Hattiesburg. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Gas-Mask Bra, Tequila Diamonds Among 2009 Ig Nobels Oct 3, 2009
Taguchi explained that the adorable animals have unusual feces full of trash-devouring bacteria. Luckily, the excrement mostly consists of almost undigested bamboo, so it lacks a typical waste smell. (National Geographic)
Longview takes hard look at allowing swimming at the lake Oct 3, 2009
Ah, I can envision it now: people (especially the bums), dogs, nutria, ducks, geese, pigeons and seagulls, all swimming together in a cesspool of commingled feces and urine. " cruncheee wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:31 AM:" I dont think its a good idea at all, for several reasons. (Longview Daily News, WA)
RAHM MOCKED CRITICS: 'THEY'LL GET SOME GOOD SEATS'... Oct 3, 2009
Rahm Emanuel: Olympic critics get seats: The Swamp. Obama making case for Chicago's diversity -- The critics. (The Drudge Report)
Abuse Of Subsidized Health Care: The View From One Exam Room Oct 3, 2009
Half a decade or so back, I wrote: "It's a good basic axiom that if you take a quart of ice cream and a quart of dog feces and mix 'em together the result will taste more like the latter than the former. That's the problem with the U.N." Absolutely right, if I do say so myself. When you make the. (Investors Business Daily)
Unkempt home repels officers Oct 2, 2009
Trash was piled throughout, the dwelling had no running water, and the two dogs one with a long, matted coat that made it nearly unrecognizable as a canine were coated in feces. Investigation determined that the water had been shut off at least six months ago. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Grayson: The GOP is a 'lie factory' Oct 2, 2009
com/watch/wed-september-30-2009/democratic-super-majorityBY Lorianne on 10/01/2009 at 20:15The Repubs must be quaking it their corporate money feces laden boots. THERE IS ACTUALLY A DEMOCRAT WILLING TO CALL YOU GUYS WHAT YOU REALLY ARE - SELLOUTS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. (TheHill.com)
Autopsy finds boy's death accidental Sep 30, 2009
"The house was in disarray with human and animal feces on the floor throughout the house," it stated. NEWS. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Eat Well Be Fit: Food Safety Sep 30, 2009
Clean cat litter boxes daily because cat feces more than a day old can contain mature parasites. Be certain to wash your hands thoroughly with hot, soapy water after handling cats, cleaning cat litter boxes, and especially before you handle or eat food. (Needham Tab, MA)
More Obama seemed like good idea Sep 30, 2009
What s up, their feces slinging isn t sticking to the targets. Well it didn t take long for a response from a blogger at Commentary Magazine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
E-mails show politics up close, warts and all Sep 26, 2009
The mayor s top political operative is fielding matters large and small - from small-bore gripes about dog feces on South Boston sidewalks to dramatic complaints like the one alleging that police were endangering an informant s life by circulating confidential information. The messages also reveal the Menino administration s preoccupation with controlling information and shaping a positive public image for the mayor, while keeping a close eye on potential political minefields. (Boston Globe)
