After working at lady mags for over 20+ years, I still cannot find the energy to gloat at the demise of the industry that intially bought me such joy. There are so many good, hard working editors that are jobless, or like me reinventing themselves in a dying industry that is innundated with young women, and men willing to work for nothing, that live at home. We "Oldies"..can't compete...
Much as I dislike the ladymags, I work in print media. As goes their advertising, so goes all other print publications' advertising. It is a deeply disturbing state of affairs and not one I wish to gloat about.
@ihateyourescalade: Yeah, as passionate as I am about magazines like Bitch, it can only support so many low or unpaid staff members and freelancers. Lady mags can't change if they cease to exist.
The September InStyle was heavy as hell and chock full of ads and fashion spreads for thigh high boots. I don't want 3 pounds of ads and I certainly can't wear thigh high boots to work, thanks.
You know what I find amazing? That the window washers across the street A) happened to bring a camera to work with them, B) noticed the cat walking on the ledge across the street and C) got the camera out in time to capture this.
I mean how did they know it would fall? And at 60 mph how long does it take a cat to fall 26 stories, like 25 seconds tops?
Maybe I should rename my cat Jinx to avoid situations like this. Not that my cat is named Lucky, as it seems like that is just begging for it.
I am constantly in awe of the feline's grace and poise. They jump four or five feet from the floor to the window ledge, and it gets me every time. But I was raised around clumsy, bumbling dogs (who I still love).
I remember an old PBS documentary where the height actually helps the cat: they need the time and space in order to contort themselves into 'landing' position. Cats that fall from shorter heights: 1 or two stories: tend to suffer greater injuries.
Following a similar incident, studies came out showing that cats were more seriously injured when falling from like five stories than from 16. They hypothesized that once a falling kitty needed reached terminal velocity (MEOWCH!), it actually spread out in flight, created more resistance and help prevent more massive injuries. (Yikes!) Kitties falling from heights below three floors didn't have time to relax. Or something like that.
Oh here it is:
A cat reaches its terminal velocity of 60 mph within 5 stories of freefall. For comparison, a person's terminal velocity is 120 mph.
Once a cat reaches its terminal velocity, it then begins to slow down. This is because the cat relaxes, changing its position from back arched, head down, and legs pulled tightly underneath its body, to resemble a spread eagle cat. This increases its cross-sectional area and slows the cat down. The reason for this is that our bodies are only sensitive to acceleration (this is why at times on an airplane flight it feels as if you aren't moving at all). Relaxing also causes the impact force to be spread out over more area when the cat lands, resulting in a decrease in injuries to cats' limbs when they fall seven or more stories.
@thetaobera: My Tiger would like to mention that his soft, springy belly would also help cushion the fall. He urges all cat-lovers to feed your kitties extra treats tonight, just in case such an accident does occur.
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Sounds suspicious to me...maybe someone wanted to make a video that got a lot of hits and cruelty was just part of the production value...
I'm not sure but sounds wierd to me.
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I mean how did they know it would fall? And at 60 mph how long does it take a cat to fall 26 stories, like 25 seconds tops?
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Yeah, it's Monday.
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I am constantly in awe of the feline's grace and poise. They jump four or five feet from the floor to the window ledge, and it gets me every time. But I was raised around clumsy, bumbling dogs (who I still love).
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Early morning, she wakes up
Fall, fall, fall out the window
It's time for landing, on the ground
It's you they're all waiting for
They go…
"Isn't she lovely, this amazing cat?"
And they say…
[CHORUS:]
She's so lucky, she's a cat
But she falls, falls, falls out her tall window
If there's nothing left of her nine lives
Then why did she make it alright?
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Oh here it is:
A cat reaches its terminal velocity of 60 mph within 5 stories of freefall. For comparison, a person's terminal velocity is 120 mph.
Once a cat reaches its terminal velocity, it then begins to slow down. This is because the cat relaxes, changing its position from back arched, head down, and legs pulled tightly underneath its body, to resemble a spread eagle cat. This increases its cross-sectional area and slows the cat down. The reason for this is that our bodies are only sensitive to acceleration (this is why at times on an airplane flight it feels as if you aren't moving at all). Relaxing also causes the impact force to be spread out over more area when the cat lands, resulting in a decrease in injuries to cats' limbs when they fall seven or more stories.
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