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The island of cats has a cat problem. Officials in Cyprus, the small island nation in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, estimate there is roughly one feral cat for every one of its 1 million inhabitants — though activists contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands higher. In late September, the island’s parliamentary committee on the environment was told that an existing sterilization program is too limited to contain the burgeoning cat population. “It’s a good program, but it needs to expand,” said Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou, noting that the program conducts only about 2,000 sterilizations annually on...

Stirring 800 pounds of boneless chicken, 500 pounds of onion, 300 pounds of carrots and 300 pounds of broccoli in a custom-built 14-foot frying pan, the University of Massachusetts Monday set the record for the world’s largest stir-fry. The stir-fry weighed in at 4,010 pounds, smashing the previous record of 2,319 pounds. “We started feeding off the energy from last year’s world’s longest California roll,” said project manager Christopher Howland. “Ken Toong, the director of auxiliary enterprises, always likes to bring in the year with a sense of community, a big bang welcome to UMass, so he said, ‘You know...

2 tablespoons olive oil 500g/1lb beef steak – sliced into small strips 1 teaspoon minced garlic 3 spring onions – sliced (scallion/shallots) 100ml/3 1/3 oz water 200g /6oz snow peas ½ cup broccoli – cut into small florets 1 medium green bell pepper – chopped or sliced ½ cup fresh or tinned baby corn............

What are FReepers fixing to eat during these hot August days? I try to have something substantial without heating up the kitchen. We have only a charcoal grill and concluded a few weeks back that it's too much work to use very often -- no doubt those w/ gas grills are using them regularly as they aren't as much trouble.