The post Dental Procedures for Cats: How Olga Recovered From Surgery by Christopher Bays appeared first on Catster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it‚ but all of these articles were assigned‚ contracted and paid for‚ so they aren't considered public domain. However‚ we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article‚ then linking out to the rest of the piece on Catster.com. Hi‚ I’m Christopher! Read my introduction to learn more about me and my silly Russian Blue cat‚ Olga. Dental issues are common in cats‚ but I was relieved when my veterinarian said Olga’s teeth weren’t covered with plaque and tarter. However‚ after a brief examination‚ she discovered a broken tooth and another one with an abscess. I scheduled a dental cleaning‚ and the veterinarian mentioned that Olga might need one or more teeth extracted. Olga hasn’t been under anesthesia since she was spayed‚ and I was worried about her being put to sleep for so long for surgery‚ but my friends reassured me that she would be fine. After Olga was revived after the operation‚ my vet sent me a message that she was doing great and was an excellent patient. I was happy to hear the good news but surprised she cooperated with the veterinary team. When I try to give her medication‚ she resists and sometimes draws blood when she slashes me with her claws. Recovering From Dental Procedures On the way home from the vet’s office‚ Olga didn’t make a sound‚ but she turned into a loudmouth when she returned to her territory. The medication made her pupils dilate‚ and she looked like a “demon cat” for several hours. She cried when I left the room and wouldn’t leave my side for the rest of the evening. The medication made her hyper‚ and she had trouble sitting still. When she jumped in my lap‚ she couldn’t relax; she kept wriggling around and resembled a fish out of the water. She eventually calmed down‚ but I had difficulty administering the antibiotic the following day. Look into my eyes‚ and I’ll hypnotize you. Medications for Dental Surgery Amoxicillin is a standard antibiotic for humans and animals‚ and I had to give her two doses for 5 days. Olga hated it and didn’t enjoy having the liquid shot into her mouth with a syringe. Although the type of amoxicillin may vary depending on your vet‚ the liquid I was prescribed looked like Pepto Bismol. It was thick and pink and stained my counter and carpet. One morning‚ Olga ran into the living room after I gave her the antibiotic. She dribbled the liquid on the carpet in several spots‚ and I had to scrub the stains several times with a high-end carpet cleaner to remove them. I’ve removed cat vomit‚ candle wax‚ and red wine from my carpet before‚ but the amoxicillin stains were more stubborn and challenging to remove. Curled up on my lap Recovery Time Olga was more affectionate when recovering from the procedure‚ but all cats react differently to surgery. Several years ago‚ my Siamese cat didn’t want to be touched while recovering from neuter surgery‚ and I don’t blame him. Unlike him‚ Olga needed more reassurance that everything would be okay. She slept on my lap instead of disappearing for a few hours of “alone time.” She yowled when I went outside to work in the yard and hit me on the leg when she saw me walking toward the garage. It took Olga less than a week to return to normal‚ and although I miss the extra attention and hearing her talk more‚ I’m glad the procedure and recovery process weren’t as frightening as I anticipated. The post Dental Procedures for Cats: How Olga Recovered From Surgery by Christopher Bays appeared first on Catster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it‚ but all of these articles were assigned‚ contracted and paid for‚ so they aren't considered public domain. However‚ we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article‚ then linking out to the rest of the piece on Catster.com.

Between June and late December‚ I noticed a disturbing trend. Daylight hours shortened day by day. Where we once had 15 hours of daylight‚ we know have a paltry 9. That is a loss of one hour of daylight per month. At that rate‚ by September of 2024‚ there will be no more daylight and night will rule eternal over a frozen wasteland. I am not alone in embracing the power of extrapolation. After all‚ if there’s one thing that experience teaches us‚ it is that short term trends always continue without bound—or at least they have over the month or so I tracked them. What futures await can be foreseen using simple math. Perhaps fictional examples of such extrapolations might help. Take the following five…   Media Advertising has increased its impact on society over the last century. Shiny brochures assure us that the increasingly sophisticated methods available to the folks on Madison Avenue point towards a future in which convincing a skeptical public to back even a dubious candidate or policy will be as trivial as convincing them to buy an Edsel. Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth explored some implications of this trend in their 1952 classic‚ The Space Merchants. By the era in which The Space Merchants is set‚ vast corporations dominate the Earth. Their rule is dependent on skilled media companies presenting the masses with enticing messaging that is little inhibited by grim facts like material shortages‚ rampant pollution‚ or (as in the case of the upcoming Venus Project) the fact that Venus is unsuited for human occupation. Star-class copywriter Mitch Courtney of Fowler Schocken advertising agency‚ assigned the Venus Project‚ provides the reader with a thrilling tour of the high-stakes corporate politics in a world where truth is whatever the client wants truth to be.   Fuel The world runs on fossil fuels. The total potential supply of oil is fixed (new oil reserves form far slower than humans use them up). There are finite quantities of fossil fuels. In fact‚ US oil production peaked in 1970. In the early 1970s‚ future known reserves were often given as about 30 years. Simple extrapolation reveals that all the oil would have been sucked out of the ground during the early years of the second Bush administration or given increasing demand‚ perhaps during the Clinton administration. The setting of Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s 1985 Emprise is shaped by two coincidental developments. The first is the Weak Force Intermodulation Projector‚ a cunning device that renders nuclear power generators as inert as the nuclear weapons the modulator was created to squelch. The second was the entirely foreseeable end to cheap power as oil reserves ran out without a nuclear option to replace them. Result: a new (although mercifully short) dark age of poverty‚ ignorance‚ and famine.   Speed Between 1900 and 1960 the top speed achieved by human vehicles increased three hundredfold‚ from about 100 kilometers per hour to about 30‚000 kilometers per hour. This is equivalent to an annual increase in speed of about ten percent per year. Sixty-plus years having elapsed since 1960‚ it follows logically that top speeds should have increased another three hundredfold‚ to about 9 million kilometers per hour‚ just shy of 1 percent of the speed of light. To someone in 1960‚ it would have been unclear how this could be achieved. However‚ the math is a compelling argument that some path to these prodigious velocities must exist. Joe Haldeman’s 1974 classic The Forever War details an interstellar war facilitated in part by the development of tachyon-emitting rockets. Unbounded by the mass ratios of conventional rockets‚ tachyon-emitting rockets enable humans to traverse interplanetary and intrastellar distances as easily as navies traversed the oceans in the early 20th century. In combination with relativity and the astonishing discovery that collapsars provide instantaneous travel over galactic distances‚ the tachyon rocket facilitates a largely pointless interstellar war that persists for centuries.   Population Thanks to such factors as large families‚ decreasing infant death rates‚ and increasing lifespans‚ not only did the human population of Earth reach an astonishing 3.5 billion people by 1968‚ but it was reported that number was growing at slightly more than 2 percent per year. A straightforward calculation shows that the current global population must be somewhere in the vicinity of eleven billion people. Although it’s hard to imagine the hellish overcrowded world that math assures us we live in‚ science fiction has done its best. Consider J.G. Ballard’s 1964 story “Billennium.” Unlike some other authors‚ Ballard has faith that human institutions will find ways to feed the ever-expanding population. What governments cannot do is make land area. Accordingly‚ Ballard’s hapless protagonists live in buildings with ever-shrinking apartments. Circumstances encourage ingenious solutions to the problem of living space.   Nuclear proliferation Between 1945 and 1964 the number of nations with nuclear weapons increased five-fold‚ an increase of about nine percent per year. The number of extant nuclear weapons increased from three to thousands. Simple math suggests that over the next 60 years‚ the number of nations with nuclear arsenals could have grown to about 800. These nations would control many millions of nuclear warheads (in sum‚ not cooperatively). Nevil Shute’s 1957 On the Beach is but one novel to explore the disturbing implications of rampant nuclear proliferation. Legions of small‚ irresponsible nations armed with inexpensive nuclear weapons led to a catastrophic war that utterly depopulated the Northern hemisphere. Only those lucky enough to be in the Southern hemisphere survive…but only for the months it will take deadly fallout to reach the south. There is nothing to be done but accept inevitable death with dignity. ***   Extrapolation is a powerful technique‚ one that allowed the authors of the past to predict the stupendously capable‚ impoverished‚ overcrowded‚ utterly depopulated world in which we’re apparently now living. These are merely a few examples of what can be accomplished using this simple method. There are many more. If I have somehow overlooked your favourite examples‚ as a simple extrapolation from past essays suggests I have‚ comments are (as ever) below. In the words of fanfiction author Musty181‚ four-time Hugo finalist‚ prolific book reviewer‚ and perennial Darwin Award nominee James Davis Nicoll “looks like a default mii with glasses.” His work has appeared in Interzone‚ Publishers Weekly and Romantic Times as well as on his own websites‚ James Nicoll Reviews (where he is assisted by editor Karen Lofstrom and web person Adrienne L. Travis) and the 2021‚ 2022‚ and 2023 Aurora Award finalist Young People Read Old SFF (where he is assisted by web person Adrienne L. Travis). His Patreon can be found here.

When capturing Pals in Palworld‚ any capture chance less than 1% will instantly get written off by the player‚ and rightfully so. Well‚ a Reddit user AaawhDamn didn’t get that memo and tried anyway. We can’t believe his luck. There’s luck‚ then there’s the impossible. AaawhDamn had just started playing Palworld‚ as is evident by them being only level 8. Having come across a somewhat damaged Mammorest‚ he attempted to try his luck. The first attempt naturally failed instantly. He tried again‚ however. Lo and behold‚ the 0% capture rate turned into 0.15% thanks to what must be his Capture Power. Unbelievably‚ you can watch as it passes and increases to 8%. Despite me muttering “no chance” under my breath‚ the Mammorest’s escape attempt with a 92% chance failed‚ and AaawhDamn had captured the level 33 titan. Needless to say‚ AaawhDamn and their friend were beside themselves with the result. Is this what hi...

Rushoar is a Pal that does pretty much exactly what you’d expect. It’s a boar that rushes all over the place with a powerful charge attack. Here’s how you can find Rushoar yourself in Palworld. Where to find Rushoar in Palworld Rushoar can be found among the cliffs to the west of the Plateau of Beginnings. It’s a fair little jog so I’d recommend grabbing the fast travel marker for the Grassy Behemoth Hills along the way. You can also find the Small Settlement here which has another fast travel marker too. Check the map below for the general area where you can find Rushoar. It’ll likely be somewhere on the ground near a Kingpaca or somewhere up on the cliffs themselves. Screenshot: PC Invasion Be careful when trying to catch a Rushoar in Palworld since its charging attack can be pretty dangerous if you’re unprepared. It’s also in a pretty treachours area so make sure to craft the Normal Parachute to gl...

Monopoly GO has just released the Jungle Treasures event in Monopoly GO‚ and the only way you’re gonna get those treasures is by using Pickaxes. Getting pickaxes in Monopoly GO Unlike the certain events in Monopoly GO‚ Pickaxes aren’t earned through Pickups. Instead‚ you can only get Pickaxes through taking part in other events‚ similar to how you get points for the Partner Events. You can get Pickaxes through all of the below methods: Tournament placement and Milestone rewards Milestone event rewards Free Gifts (replenished every 8 hours) Daily Treats Quick Wins Jungle Treasures level rewards Unlike dice and cash‚ you actually can’t buy Pickaxes from the store‚ for anyone who doesn’t mind spending real cash on the game. This means that you’ll have to earn your way through this event. Related: How to check Monopoly GO server Status The best way to get Pickaxes in Monopoly GO IR...

Foxparks is a firery fox in Palworld and I mean that literally. It’s abilities make it extremely useful to have around your base and at your side in battle. Here’s how you can very quickly find a Foxparks in Palworld. Where to find Foxparks in Palworld You can find Foxparks by simply walking down the road from the Plateau of Beginnings. This road winds down along the northwest and eventually leads down to a big stone archway. Foxparks can be found at the bottom of the hill as the island starts to taper inward. Thankfully‚ since Foxparks has quite a noticeable glow‚ it should be easy to spot from far away. Check the map below for the general area where Foxparks can be found. Screenshot: PC Invasion In my experience with Palworld‚ the Pals love to wander around in areas they sometimes don’t normally appear in. So just like everyone else in Palworld‚ Foxparks could likely appear just outside this little area as well. So if you don...

Enshrouded is a survival crafting action RPG‚ so that means it has a creative mode‚ right? Well… no‚ Enshrouded doesn’t currently have a creative mode‚ but it may get one in the future. When will Enshrouded get a creative mode? You heard it here first. Enshrouded is launching without a creative mode. We know this because Enshrouded didn’t have a creative mode in the demo during Steam Next Fest in Fall 2023 and Keen Games themselves have said that creative mode isn’t coming to Enshrouded‚ but they have looked into that option. Related: Is Enshrouded multiplayer? Co-op‚ explained Since Enshrouded is launching in early access‚ that means there is room for things to change and new content to be introduced. My hope is that Keen Games hears the outcry for a creative mode in Enshrouded and responds positively. Only time will tell‚ but it is unfortunate that Enshrouded features amazing building mechanics that can only be enjoyed in ...

The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff explicitly laid out longstanding procedures for the White House to know the location of the secretary of defense and the nation’s other military leaders at all times.  It’s a policy that apparently wasn’t followed when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was absent during his hospitalization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington‚ D.C.‚ for three days without President Joe Biden knowing he was sidelined.  The directive from the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is titled “Key Personnel Location Reports to the National Military Command Center‚” or NMCC. The directive was issued Aug. 23‚ 2016‚ toward the end of the Obama administration‚ and was current as of Dec. 15‚ 2021‚ during the first year of the Biden administration.  “The NMCC maintains access to continuous location data (e.g.‚ normal duty location or trip itinerary) on the following‚” the directive says‚ referencing first‚ “Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)‚ Service‚ and Combatant Command key personnel as reported by the principals or their representatives: (1) Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) (a) Secretary of Defense.”  The directive goes on to list other Defense Department and military officials. The 2016 directive is an updated version of a near-identical directive issued Dec. 17‚ 2013. Its “summary of changes” includes a “web-based” system to track personnel.  The reason for the system? “Provides for a web-based central location for key personnel or designated representatives to update‚ travel and contact information enabling near real-time information and distributed access‚” the directive states.  The directive‚ which is somewhat obliquely worded‚ also provides for location data to be available for officials in the presidential line of succession. The defense secretary is sixth in line‚ behind the vice president‚ House speaker‚ Senate president pro tempore‚ secretary of state‚ and treasury secretary. “The NMCC has access to location data on the following presidential successors and other key Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) personnel‚ as reported by their representatives‚” the directive says.  It says these representatives have access to the White House switchboard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency “on the Congressional/Executive Schedule Tracking and Reporting System on Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) maintain continuous location data.” Key-PersonnelLocationReportstotheNationalMilitaryCommandCenter17Dec2013Download Presuming this procedure is still in place‚ it appears that either Austin deliberately kept information on his whereabouts from the White House or the White House isn’t being forthcoming with the public about what the president knew‚ said Victoria Coates‚ vice president for national security and foreign policy at The Heritage Foundation. “The secretary of defense is a vital part of our chain of command. At any point‚ if this process were still in place‚ but even if it weren’t‚ his Secret Service detail could have placed a secure call to the Situation Room and updated them to the SecDef’s location‚” Coates told The Daily Signal‚ which is Heritage’s news outlet. “So‚ there had to have been a proactive direction from the [defense] secretary that that communication not take place‚” said Coates‚ who was the White House’s deputy national security adviser during the Trump administration and research director for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during the George W. Bush administration. “For the president to accept that as OK‚ and not even a public reprimand‚ shows the degree to which these processes are being disregarded in this White House‚” she said. The Office of the Secretary of Defense acknowledged The Daily Signal’s inquiry about the existing directive Thursday‚ but on Friday asked for more time to respond. A Defense Department spokesperson‚ however‚ didn’t provide comments before publication Friday.  A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council referred The Daily Signal to the Joint Chiefs‚ where the public affairs office didn’t respond to The Daily Signal’s inquiries Thursday or Friday.  The NSC spokesperson did‚ however‚ refer to previous public comments from NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby‚ a retired Navy rear admiral who often briefs reporters on camera.  “There’s a process … for the Situation Room‚ the Ops Center‚ to check in every morning to get the general location of all the non-White House principals‚ the Cabinet officers. And there is a process of connection to the agencies to do that. But it’s generic‚” Kirby told reporters Jan. 8.  When Austin was admitted Jan. 1 to Walter Reed for treatment of complications after surgery Dec. 22 for prostate cancer‚ his personal security detail was with him but no call was made to alert the White House or key Pentagon staff. On Jan. 4‚ White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan was notified of Austin’s hospitalization‚ and he notified Biden‚ according to a timeline assembled by The Associated Press.  “It’s what town they’re in—D.C.‚ if they’re overseas‚ where they are. That’s the process‚” Kirby also told reporters Jan. 8. “The issue of when a Cabinet official gets hospitalized‚ that’s really on the agency to inform [the White House] that that has happened.” Kirby said Cabinet officials aren’t tracked “like they’re a poodle‚” when answering more questions from reporters at a Jan. 11 briefing about why the White House couldn’t locate Austin through cell phone data.  “Let me stop you right there‚” Kirby told the reporter. “We’re not going to track the GPS coordinates on somebody’s mobile phone in the administration‚ and we’re not going to plant a microchip in their neck like they’re a poodle. They check in every day. And we know where they are.” Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. 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If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Epoch Times has found that religious leaders and advocates for religious freedom are expressing significant concern. This comes after information surfaced that‚ as part of their investigation into January 6‚ 2021‚ federal officials encouraged banks and other financial entities to surveil customer accounts using search terms including “religious texts‚” “MAGA‚” and “Trump.” The criticism mounted among those fighting for religious liberty‚ as these searches were conducted absent judicially authorized warrants. Tony Perkins‚ the head of the Family Research Council‚ a non-profit organization centered around traditional values‚ found such actions by the Biden administration appalling. “This is beyond alarming‚” Perkins told The Epoch Times. “If we did a word search in history of the type of activities the Biden administration is engaged in‚ it would return words like ‘KGB‚’ ’totalitarian‚‘ ’repressive‚’ ‘anti-democratic‚’ and ‘grave threat to freedom.’” Mat Staver‚ Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel‚ another non-profit organization championing religious liberty‚ warned against the inherent danger of such governmental overreach in a society renowned for its freedom of speech. He laid bare the realities of such oppressive actions‚ typically associated with autocratic governments looking to suppress dissenting voices. According to the report‚ Leaders of other organizations expressed similar sentiments. The First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford termed federal encroachment on freedom of speech through financial institutions monitoring the purchase of religious texts as ‘outrageous‚’ adding that such actions posed a significant threat to all freedoms. His sentiments were echoed by Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defending Freedom‚ who labeled the government’s collaboration with financial institutions to flag their customers for activities pertaining to the exercise of constitutional rights as ‘terrifying.’ According to a statement by Representative Jim Jordan‚ Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee‚ such surveillance was orchestrated by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Stakeholder Integration and Engagement in collaboration with the FBI. His letters to Noah Bishoff‚ the former director of FinCEN now performing the role of anti-money laundering officer for Plaid Inc‚ and Peter Sullivan‚ senior private sector partner for the FBI‚ asked them to testify about the searches. “According to this analysis‚ FinCEN warned financial institutions of ‘extremism’ indicators that include ‘transportation charges‚ such as bus tickets‚ rental cars‚ or plane tickets‚ for travel areas with no apparent purpose‚’ or ‘the purchase of books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing extremist views‚’” Jordan wrote. “In other words‚ FinCEN used large financial institutions to comb through the private transactions of their customers for suspicious charges on the basis of protected political and religious expression.” The post Religious Groups Criticize Government Surveillance of “Religious Texts” Transactions appeared first on Reclaim The Net.