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To: Scrapps who wrote (12486)	2/5/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

More: Cisco Systems Praises Success of U.S. Industry-Government Efforts to Roll Back EU Tariff Increases on Computer Networking Equipment Chambers, who is a member of the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, added, ''This was truly a cooperative effort by industry and government to support the principles of the WTO dispute resolution process, and is another example of how companies in the computer-networking industry -- while very competitive in their daily operations -- rise above selfishness and cooperate on industry-wide issues with global impact.'' biz.yahoo.com And (if you believe that) I'll have Frank Manning sell you a used car from the lot I own.<g> o~~~ O

To: Scrapps who wrote (12486)	2/5/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

A dry kennel for Scrapps: San Francisco opens luxury million dogpound SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Color television sets in every room, a limitless supply of tennis balls and regular peer group sessions "with lots of hugs." In San Francisco, a dog's life got a whole lot easier Wednesday as the city's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opened its new, state-of-the-art $7 million animal shelter. "There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world," said SPCA President Richard Avanzino as he meandered down "Lassie Lane", where dogs are ensconced in private, furnished apartments complete with cable television. "People think of pets as family members. You wouldn't put your family member in a cage, would you?" At the San Francisco shelter, dogs dine on meals provided by room service and see consultants who develop lists of their "beauty requirements." Over in the cat rotunda, residents laze in specially built nests designed to resemble "bohemian artist's lofts", casting a bored eye out the picture windows to the birdlife outside or the special aquariums stocked with tropical fish. With its California-style skylights, sweeping verandas and muted, desert tones, the new center marks what SPCA officials hope will be the prototype for the "animal shelter of the future" -- a place where people can get to know homeless animals and eventually decide to adopt them. "We are trying to test the envelope here," Avanzino said. "What we really hope is that this will help us to save a lot more lives." Fittingly enough for a city awash in money from Silicon Valley high-tech industries, the center was built with the help of a $1 million donation from the Duffield Family Foundation, established by the founders of the PeopleSoft software company. Named after the Duffield's dead miniature schnauzer, Maddie, the center is designed to help acclimatize animals to human settings. To that end, they are put in mock apartments equipped with real furniture, take regular runs in the center's small park and are trained to use the "French dog toilet" -- a high-tech innovation the center hopes to install in parks around the city. In the residential section, special ventilation systems change the air no less than 17 times a day, while the floors are constructed out of special anti-microbial microfibers. "If anything drops, it is sanitized immediately," Avanzino said. The spa-like luxury does not end with the accommodations. This being California, there is also a strong emphasis on new-age style "wellness", animal-style. "We like to make sure they have a lot of peer group interchange," Avanzino said. "It is important for their recovery process." Human visitors are almost as coddled. While center workers pull up computerized "pet profiles", families are served cappuccino or herb tea while they mull their adoption options. Center officials said the center, which joins an existing SPCA warehouse facility, will make it easier for them to display animals, teach them to behave like good pets and get them into permanent homes. The San Francisco SPCA forbids euthanasia except for animals that are fatally ill or deemed to be safety threats, one of the only facilities in the country with such a policy. Last year, it placed 4,765 pets in new homes and killed only 62. "Twenty-year old cats, three-legged dogs, they are all guaranteed a home," Avanzino said. "This place will help to make that possible." o~~~ O