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Choosing a Cat Tree or Scratching Post for Your Cat

Choosing a Cat Tree or Scratching Post for Your Cat
By Jan Chadwick

We all know how much cats love to climb... and sleep and scratch and play... and nap! There are a lot of very cool styles of cat trees and scratching posts available that give your kitty options to do all the things he loves to do most! The variety of configurations of cat trees available include simple styles to ones with multi-levels for climbing and places to stop and scratch along the way. Some styles have hidey holes to lounge and nap in after their play time wears them out!
The simpler styles of cat trees might offer a perch or two with a scratching post included in the structure. They are obviously more cost effective than their larger counterparts so choose with your budget in mind. Now, the more elaborate and larger cat trees can get a little crazy! VERY cool, though, I must admit. Some are designed like castles with every amenity for your cat that you could think of... perches, hidey-holes, scratching areas, dangling toys to play with and lots of vertical pieces to climb on! Your cat could be entertained for hours on end. Then there are those that offer more 'snoozy' spots - kind of like bungalows more for napping than playing. If you have multiple cats, the more elaborate styles of cat trees allow your kitties to play or nap together.
Younger cats and kittens will likely take to the cat trees that offer lots of playing options while older kitties are more prone to nap a little more often. We happen to have four cats. All of them are in their prime and still pretty playful. As ALL cats do, every one of ours will seek out any box they can find to climb into - whether they fit or not! So any cat tree with hidey-holes, perches or cozy sleeping areas to snuggle into is going to draw your kitty's attention.
I would suggest that no matter the style you choose make sure to get one that has an area or two for scratching! Some cat trees have rope wrapped around the post or a sisal-covered post. Any surface that will attract your cat to use it is good! Once your cat has chosen that as his scratching area, he or she will develop that habit and hopefully stop ruining the couch or any other furniture he's taken a liking to!
If you are looking for just a scratching post, again there are many styles to choose from. A standard carpeted post on a base will work as well as anything. I've gone through a few of those and my kitties have worn them down to the backing of the carpet! Scratching posts containing both carpet and rope or a sisal/rope combination are a nice mix for your cat to choose from. The cardboard scratchers are also great choices. As with the cat trees, choose with price, style and workability in mind for your home and kitties.
I am always trying to please my cats and meet their needs. When looking for that great cat tree or scratching post, keep in mind what works best for your home and your cat(s). There are lots of choices in every price range. For a great selection of cat trees and scratching posts, check out the choices at http://www.mybestpetproducts.com. Let's keep 'em happy!
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The Latest News About Jennifer Lopez At Kohl's

The Latest News About Jennifer Lopez At Kohl's
By Anna L

Did you know that you can get your very own piece of Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's? Late in 2010, J. Lo and her then husband Marc Anthony told the world that they were going to create their very own apparel and accessories line for the retailer, but it seems that everything was going to be on the rocks when they announced their separation just recently. Thankfully for all you fashion lovers out there, it seems that they are still set to launch their line despite their own personal split. So you'll still be able to get the line from Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's.

No Plans To Cancel Line Of Clothes & Accessories From Jennifer Lopez At Kohl's

Despite early fears that the launch of the line from Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's would not go ahead, it seems that they're willing to put business above their own personal feelings aside to launch this very lucrative deal. But it seems that there will be a slight modification, with the two each launching their own individual lines instead of it being a joint effort. Well, the bottom line is, who cares? J. Lo is going to take care of the ladies wear and that's all that matters.

Despite her previous label going under in 2006 due to lack of popularity, it seems that Kohl's is more than willing to give her a second chance to break through in the fashion world. Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's should learn from the mistakes made from the previous effort, which was plagued with criticisms of being overly priced and not delivering on the quality front. Well, it seems that it wasn't her fault after all, and that because of her inexperience she got caught up in "decisions and situations that didn't reflect her own personal tastes".

Now that she's more experienced, she's chomping at the bit to have another crack by launching her very own label in collaboration with Kohl's. She's got a partner, Tommy Hilfiger, involved with her too so this should be much more of a hit than her previous Sweetface label. I don't know about you, but I'm very much excited about the launch of this new label from Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's. I've always been a big fan of her style and fashion sense, so I'll catch up with you in the stores when they launch officially at Kohl's!

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Every Batman Vs Superman Fight

Every Batman Vs Superman Fight
By Nick B Lang

Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. These two cape crusaders always fought solo until the formation of the Justice League in the "Brave and the Bold" in the 1960's, whose members also consist of Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Aquraman. Batman and Superman are great friends. But even friends fight. There are 45 comics/movies in which Superman and Batman fight in. I'm sure there are more out there where Man of Steel and the Dark Knight kick butt. Let's take a look at the list.

The Dark Knight Returns

Execution 2001

The Batman/Superman Movie

The Batman: The Batman/Superman Story

Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Battle of the Superheroes!

JLA: Tower of Babel

The Dark Knight Strikes Again

Batman: Hush

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Superman: Red Son

Superman: The Trust

Superman/Batman: Smoke and Mirrors

Superman/Batman: Enemies Among Us

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

Justice

Superman: Sacrifice

Countdown to Final Crisis #13

Superman/Batman: Torment

Superman/Batman: Super-Bat

Superman/Batman: Nanoplois

World's Finest: Battle of the Super-Heroes

World's Finest: The Bewitched Batman

World's Finest: The Mirror Batman

The Negative Superman

The Feud Between Batman and Superman

The Infinite Evolutions of Batman and Superman

The Clash of Cape and Cowl

Court of No Hope!

The Superman-Batman Split

Superman's Perfect Crime

The Galactic Gamblers

The Curse of Krypton

The World's Greatest SuperFriends: Universe of Evil

World's Finest: Within My Heart... The Enemy!

World's Finest: Thirty Seconds Over Dreamland

Justice League: Origin

Batman: The Dark Knight: Handful of Dust

Smallville: Season 11: Detective

Batman: Endgame

Batman/Superman: Endgame

Batman/Superman: Cross World

Batman/Superman: Arena

Batman/Superman: Future's End

Justice League: The Amazo Virus

Injustice: Gods Among Us

The comic's early success was indirectly responsible for the creation of the Fantastic Four. When Marvel-Timely owner Martin Goodman heard in 1961 how well DC's then-new book Justice League was selling, he told Stan Lee, his comics editor, to come up with a team of superheroes for Marvel.[91] The result was Fantastic Four #1 by Lee and Jack Kirby, which debuted in November 1961.[92]

Marvel also introduced a team of villains in 1971 based on the Justice League called Squadron Supreme which has appeared in print as well as Disney XD's Avengers Assemble animated series. The characters are analogous to Superman, (Hyperion), Batman (Nighthawk), Wonder Woman (Power Princess), Green Lantern (Doctor Spectrum), and Flash (Speed Demon). There is even a cross over with JLA/Avengers in 2003-2004.

Let's hope these two dynamic duo will always be around to save the world!

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Despite flaws, The Division is a game that changes things for online gaming

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When I first told a friend about The Division, his impression of this new game that has taken the Net by storm this past week was that of the World of Warcraft. You’d need a tank, a healer and a damage dealer, he imagined.

Well, you only need to jump into The Division for an hour to see how different it is. More akin to Grand Theft Auto (GTA) than World of Warcraft, this hybrid online game is more action than role-playing. More fun, for sure.

And it could yet change the way people team up to play online and how developers come up with games to suit both single- and multi-player universes.

Star Wars: Battlefront had a rich universe to draw on but offered a multiplayer-only environment that quickly got stale for many players. In The Division, you choose to go solo or with a team almost seamlessly.

Yes, you still need teamwork, especially in the final few tough missions, but as long as you got folks who’ve levelled up enough and don’t go on crazy solo gun runs (and get killed), you can tackle most of the main story missions pretty well.

And they are extremely fun to play through. Whether you bring a sniper rifle, light machine gun or shotgun, whether you pack your skills with healing or offensive abilities, you don’t have to fixed in a class of character. This flexibility makes the game more dynamic.

Each game you take on could be different because you can play a different role. Heck, once I was part of a four-man team clearing the final Level 28/29 mission, all four of us went all guns blazing. I don’t think I required reviving a single time. Nor did we get wiped once.

Yes, there have been co-op games in the past, but The Division’s rich Tom Clancy back story about a group of sleeper agents rising to restore order in New York after a disastrous virus contagion gives the game an extra dimension.

The multiplayer game is also easy to get on. Instead of waiting for friends to join in a 20-man raid, you can turn to a matchmake feature to form quick groups of four, or three, or two, to get going.

And in these early days of the game, it is pretty easy to find people in an instant even you are playing solo on the story missions most of the time.

Once I joined a group of Taiwanese gamers who blazed through a Level 20+ mission, with each of us seemingly knowing what to do without much sophisticated coordination, beyond telling one another where the sniper was or to avoid running into a hail of gunfire.

So, the good thing about The Division is that you can run and gun through the main story missions without having to choose whether to get on a server that allowed for player-versus-player duels.

If you want to engage, you enter the so-called Dark Zone on the map. Here, you walk into a free-for-all arena where everything goes. It’s also here that the potential of the game is still yet to be fulfilled.

In the Zone, you can fight computer bosses and take precious loot back, but you have to call in a chopper for extraction. Doing so alerts other players on the map, so they can choose to come help you fight the bosses or kill you to steal your loot.

So far, the costs of turning rogue, or whacking other players in the Zone, has been too high. You literally put a sign on your back and alert everyone there to come after you. And if you get killed as a rogue agent, your Dark Zone experience points take a hard hit.

That’s probably why many players in there are in some sort of friendly, if a little uneasy, dance. You can see people doing jumping jacks and saluting each other in there instead of always firing at each other on sight.

My first foray there a few nights ago had me teaming up with two like-minded folks roaming for loot. We cleared a few enemies and whacked another team for their loot, to their surprise.

In the end, I was wasted by a computer boss while trying to extract some loot – the most skillful team leader had left the game by then and the other player couldn’t give me enough cover fire.

So, the Dark Zone still has a lot of potential. As more players hit the max Level 30 in the main game, they would want to gun for Level 99 in the Dark Zone (one guy has already got that, in just 60 hours!).

As people look for those precious Phoenix credits (or “bird coin”) that exist in the Dark Zone to buy precious stuff, you could find human behaviour at its best – or worst, depending on how you see it. That is, people shooting at each other for scarce resources.

I’ve taken a break in the past two nights. More than a week in, when I usually played late at night, I already feel tired out. I’ve not gone online so frequently since I was on every night playing Battlefield 2 and 2142 years ago. Now, The Division is a game that’s surpassed expectations.

Yes, it’s a bit of a crouch-and-shoot action game, but the flexible multiplayer environment is a big hit. It’s easy enough to get on – no grinding until Level 60 like in the World of Warcraft for when the fun starts – because you’d be sucked in from Level 1 onwards.

What I would have liked is for the characters to be able to ride vehicles. Yes! And for the environment to be more destructible. Imagine bringing down part of a decaying building to bury an enemy.

But at its heart, you’d notice this is still somewhat a role-playing game. You’d be emptying mags on an enemy boss, seeing numbers fly off his body, before he goes down. And he’s no demon – he’s just a guy!

Still, for someone who hasn’t played a game in months, I’ve been a happily awoken sleeper agent this past week or so. I’d call on others to join the Division and enter the Dark Zone.

Top 10 Ways to Become a Bad Leader

Top 10 Ways to Become a Bad Leader
By Ted Santos

There is a difference between leadership and management. Managers control and oversee what happens in time and space. Leaders, on the other hand, disrupt what occurs in time and space. While that approach may sound simple, many leaders unknowingly function as managers. And their inability to lead can stifle the growth of an organization.

Perhaps the debate as to whether leaders are born or created is a somewhat worthy discussion. There is research to support that many leaders developed their skills at a young age. In Malcolm Gladwell's book, David and Goliath, he talks about how dyslexia, which could be perceived as a disadvantage, forced people like Richard Branson to develop leadership skills in elementary school. He also discussed how people who lost a parent at a young age, 20 or younger, began to develop leadership skills.

Those circumstances do not imply being born a leader. They do, however, accentuate the point that leadership can be developed at a young age. Those who are not put in circumstances that force them to be leaders have to figure it out on the basis of what they perceive leadership to be. In some cases, that can be troubling.

Many people have a preconceived notion about what it takes to be a leader. The media promotes terms like tough, intimidating, savvy and ruthless. Some of what is promoted in mainstream about leadership is often the opposite of what it takes to be a great leader.

In a short list, here are the top 10 ways to ruin your chances of being an extraordinary leader. Some are obvious. Others are counterintuitive.

1. Be a great problem solver for your team or company

- Hinders your people's ability to problem solve

- They will run to you to solve large and small problems

2. Tell your people what to do

- Hinders your people's ability to think for themselves

- Reduces their ability to make tough decisions

- Creates a "yes man" culture

- Your people MAY resent you because they believe you do not trust them

3. Never ask questions

- Solutions may only resolve symptoms of the problem

- Stifles innovation

4. Punish people for failing

- People will not explore new possibilities

- People will stop thinking about innovative products or processes

5. Focus on the short term

- Could encourage unethical behavior

- Could miss long term opportunities

6. Never develop yourself - new skills and competencies

- Bigger companies can create new larger opportunities. Without new skills, opportunities could be squandered.

- Company will out grow you

- Makes it difficult to hire top talent

7. Never develop your people

- Your people will become overwhelmed

- Leadership becomes overwhelmed and may need to micro manage

8. Never ever hire people smarter than you

- Success rests on the shoulders of top leaders

- Success and growth is limited to the intelligence and experience of the top leader

9. Only focus on constant improvement, instead of breakthroughs

- Incremental improvement retains status quo

- Lose competitive edge

- Lower margins

10. Always be the smartest person in the room

- The most powerful and effective leaders hire the smartest people with the best experience

- The leader who is the smartest in the room can hinder growth of top talent

- People could feel invalidated and resentful, which creates low productivity

- Top talent will leave

If you are a leader and you practice one or more of the above, you may be sabotaging your leadership efforts. If you are that leader, now could be an excellent time to hire an executive coach to undo or unlearn habits that can stifle your personal and professional growth as well as the growth of the organization.

What do you think? I would love to hear your feedback. And I'm open to ideas. Or if you want to write me about a specific topic, connect through my blog www.turnaroundip.blogspot.com.

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An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part III

An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part III
By Brian Blum
There are a number of these Web-based Bitcoin wallets from which to choose, and they have different features, costs, and reputations to review and consider. Do you need merchant tools? Do you need currency exchange services? Do you need "cold" vault storage? Do you want multi-factor authentication? Whatever you need, there's someone out there offering to provide it for you.
Once you've created an account and a wallet, how do you get Bitcoins? There are two obvious answers. First, if you already had money in one currency and wanted to convert it to a different currency, you could exchange it. Second, the same way that you sell goods or labor for your local currency, you can sell goods or labor for Bitcoin. I explored both of those options.
Bitcoin exchanges work similarly to traditional currency exchanges. There are competing firms with different appetites for various currencies, and they adjust their exchange rates accordingly. There are some with teller's windows you can visit in person, and there are even automated ones, like ATMs, which accept currency, credit cards or Bitcoin, and dispense currency or Bitcoin. I prefer to perform my transactions online, so I researched the various online exchanges. At each, to buy Bitcoin, you must establish and fund an account and then place an order to buy or sell Bitcoin - and there's a spread, just like securities. In these regards, it's similar to a traditional brokerage account, but without the SIPC insurance. If the exchange gets hacked, shutters itself, or is otherwise compromised, your deposits could be temporarily inaccessible or permanently lost. This has already happened to a couple of Bitcoin exchanges, which reinforced my prior mental note to reevaluate my risks if my balances become significant.
Next I updated my business Websites to indicate that we accepted Bitcoin. I figured I could avoid the fees and the bid-ask spread if I could just get someone to pay for my goods or services at the spot price. Years later, having not earned a single Bitcoin, I returned to my study of exchanges.
If you're not familiar with Level-II stock quotes or "depth" charts, it's basically two lists. One list tallies and ranks in price order all the outstanding "buy" orders for a specified equity, showing the number demanded at various price levels; the other similarly ranks "sell" orders. When someone places a "market" order to buy ABC, the outstanding "sell" orders for ABC are matched in price order. Thus, if someone is selling 100 shares of ABC for $30 and someone else is selling 500 shares for $31, all 100 of the $30 shares will be consumed before a single $31 share will be sold on that exchange. Bitcoin exchanges work the same.
About the Author:
Brian Blum is the founder, president, and chief consultant at Maverick Solutions IT, Inc. Maverick Solutions provides affordable IT consulting and technology support services, primarily to schools, NFPs, and SO/HOs in the New York Metro Area. Maverick Solutions is the alternative to keeping your own in-house IT staff, and we'd be happy to help you get more value from your existing technology investment. Visit our Website to learn about the services we offer, or read our blog, Maverick Ramblings, for assorted tips, tricks, and information of technology interest.
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