Maine History & Issues & Whatever I feel like

Cool Video, Not my Type of Music usually but very cool!

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:35:22 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5UoVKV1VsY
Great or what? Makes me feel like its the 80s again!

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Winter what?

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:41:56 -0500

Alright I know it is only December but I am not in the mood this year for cold. I lost all that weight. I want summer so I can show off in a bathing suit and feel good about myself.

I am obsessed with the warmth of the sun, but its kinda awful to lie out when it is 10 degrees. Here in the mountains we have about 3 feet of snow and thats so far. No Joke. It's alittle much for me this year. Anyone want to send me a plane ticket to there warm place they live for a week. Cause I am actually becoming a negative prick. Or so I was told today.

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haha

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:58:05 -0500

2008

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About The Sims™ 2 FreeTime...

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:43:58 -0500

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Amanda funny life rules

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:20:53 -0500

1. Anyone who cheats is a hore or a slut or both or whatever names you can think of.
2. If you say you will work out and lose weigh and never do, just stop saying it your lazy.
3.If you don't like your life, make one up as long as you tell me the truth, I don't care what you tell others.
4.Some people do need to be punched, most do not but a few just do and they may thank you for it later and that does happen. True story I made up for this one. Hehe
5. If you help everyone but yourself you really are more messed up then you thought. First fix yourself then save the world.
6. If you have kids and you do drugs you are a bad parents,PERIOD. There are no exceptions! If that offends you then you are one of those people.
7.Parents who make excuses for there bad parenting instead of just being honest and admitting there jerks should have themselves been aborted.
8.Get your mental illnesses right, Schizophrenia is not multiple personality's, they are 2 separate illnesses, learn to read!
9. Just because you think you are talented that does not mean anyone elas thinks so.
10. Give part of your income to a few cheritys. Then go to a third world country to help out for a month so you can learn that your fuckin cellphone is not important..
11. You are not the most important person in the world.
12. Esp is real and no you don't have it.
13.Its great to be a hippy if you want to be but just please wash yourself because when you can smell dirty Vagina by standing next to someone, that is just fuckin gross.
14. If your wondering if you smell, you probably do.
15.Your pets are your friends, you treat them with respect and love or dont have a pet.
16. If you cant afford the best dog food, you can afford a pet.
17. If you cant afford every vet visit your animal friend needs, you dont deserve to have a animal friend so don't!
18.If you are 29 but you look 50 then yes you are ugly.
19.If you have yellow teeth, thats just gross, period!
20.If you are a drunk, I probably hate you.
21. If you don't learn your lesson after 2 times, you are possibly stupid.
22. Dont leave 2 hour messages on my voice mail, just say your name and why you called, otherwise your annoying.
23.Dont ever tell a joke unless it's actually funny.
24.Dont blame it on PMS unless you actually have health issues, it's most likely your just a bitch.
25.Never ever tell me what to do or anyone elas I respect unless you have earned that right.
26.My cat's name is Monkey, I do not have a Monkey.
27. If you brake the law and get caught, maybe you should not uhhhh brake the law.
28.If you talk about other people in a bad way to people that have not earned that right then your a maggot.
29. Just because you think your dog is the smartest type, that does not mean it is. The facts on what dogs are the smartest can be read and yes my dog is in the top 5 so suck it. And yes Poor Pitbulls are lower on the scale but that does not mean they are not good dogs because loads are awesome!
30. I have a password on my computer so no one can use it so dont even ask if you can. Same with John's computer.
31.The Zune killed the ipod.
32. Play station sucks compared to x box 360.
33.A mullet is never in.
34.Everyone love Nintendo products, if you don't, you dont have a soul.
35.If you want me to visit you then you send me the plan tickets. I am sick of paying.
36.I am not a doormat, so don't even try walking on me.
37. I will help anyone that wants help, if you don't want it, dont ask.
666. I am not saying there is no God, but there is no factual proof that there is so stop lying about it.

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Have a great Holiday season from a very tired John & I

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:15:17 -0500

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Holy Catfish!!

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:00:49 -0500

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November 19, 2007—Captured just before midnight on November 13 by fishers in Cambodia, this Mekong giant catfish is 8 feet long (2.4 meters long) ands weighs 450 pounds (204 kilograms).

"This is the only giant catfish that has been caught this year so far, making it the worst year on record for catch of giant fish species," said Zeb Hogan (far right), a fisheries biologist at the University of Reno in Nevada.

After collecting data on the fish, Hogan released it unharmed.

Giant catfish were once plentiful throughout Southeast Asia's Mekong River watershed, including the Tonle Sap River—home of the fish in these exclusive pictures taken near Phnom Penh.

But in the last century the Mekong giant catfish population has declined by 95 to 99 percent, scientists say. Only a few hundred adult giant catfish may remain.

Since 2000 five to ten fish have been caught by accident each year throughout the Mekong area.

Earlier this year Hogan, a National Geographic "emerging explorer," launched the three-year Megafishes Project to document the world's giant freshwater fish (See photos of other giant fish.)

The project is funded in part by the National Geographic Conservation Trust and Expeditions Council. (National Geographic News is owned by the National Geographic Society.)

—Stefan Lovgren

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Our Earth is to Grey

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:13:51 -0500

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nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:03:13 -0500

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Second Rabid Cat in Norridgewock

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:15:38 -0500

Maine Government News

Second Rabid Cat in Norridgewock

November 8, 2007
Human Services

The continued incidence of rabies among domestic animals has prompted the State’s Health Officer to remind Mainers to be aware of animals acting aggressively or not exhibiting their normal behavior, and to vaccinate their pets.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH 207-287-3270
Or John Martins, Director
Employee and Public Communications (207) 287-5012

AUGUSTA – The continued incidence of rabies among domestic animals has prompted the State’s Health Officer to remind Mainers to be aware of animals acting aggressively or not exhibiting their normal behavior, and to vaccinate their pets. A rabid cat from Norridgewock was identified earlier this week, this is the second rabid cat from Norridgewock this year and the third rabid domestic animals in the state.

On November 5, an outdoor, unvaccinated cat was killed by Norridgewock Animal Control after it bit two residents and exposure another person to its saliva. The animal was submitted to the Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory and tested positive for rabies on November 6. To prevent human rabies infection, those bitten will receive a series of rabies shots. Several other domestic pets that had recent close contact with the rabid cat will be quarantined to assure they are not infected.

“Rabies is a fatal disease that is commonly found among wild animals in Maine.” said Dr. Dora Ann Mills, State Health Officer and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC). “We have reason to be concerned about rabies among domestic animals. A rabid domestic animal is more likely to have contact with people, increasing the chances that the virus will spread.”

To date, three domestic cats have tested positive for rabies, two in the town of Norridgewock and one in Greene; during 2006, six domestic cats tested positive for rabies. An average of one domestic animal per year has tested positive in Maine since 2002. “Maine law requires that all dogs and cats be vaccinated because they are hunters by nature and may have contact with wild animals at high risk for rabies,” said Dr. Mills. Dogs and cats may be vaccinated for rabies after three months of age.

Livestock owners should also consult with their practicing veterinarians about vaccinating their animals for rabies. Currently there are rabies vaccines approved for horses, cattle and sheep, added Dr. Don Hoenig, State Veterinarian with the Maine Department of Agriculture.

Any bite, scratch or other exposure to an animal’s saliva may put a person at risk of rabies, if the animal is rabid. It’s recommended that the biting animal be captured and the incident should be reported to a local animal control officer and a health care provider. For more information on animal rabies in Maine, see the Maine CDC website: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/ddc/rabies_surveillance.htm or call 1-800-821-5821.

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