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><channel><title>i.justrealized &#187; cat</title> <atom:link href="http://i.justrealized.com/tag/cat/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://i.justrealized.com</link> <description>All things observable</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:39:55 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>List of cats with fraudulent diplomas</title><link>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/11/06/list-of-cats-with-fraudulent-diplomas/</link> <comments>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/11/06/list-of-cats-with-fraudulent-diplomas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:07:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>KahWee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[diploma mill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[list]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wikipedia]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://i.justrealized.com/?p=2643</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is a weird Wikipedia article: List of cats with fraudulent diplomas. It is a list of cats getting higher education certifications. On several occasions, people who desired to expose a diploma mill have registered their pet cat as a student. Upon its speedy graduation, the cat and its diploma are displayed to the news [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a weird Wikipedia article: <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas">List of cats with fraudulent diplomas</a>. It is a list of cats getting higher education certifications. On several occasions, people who desired to expose a diploma mill have registered their pet cat as a student. Upon its speedy graduation, the cat and its diploma are displayed to the news media.</p><p>One of the cats is Colby Nolan and here&#8217;s the story from Wiki:</p><blockquote><h3>Colby Nolan</h3><p><strong>Colby Nolan</strong> is a <a
title="Housecat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housecat">housecat</a> who was awarded an <a
title="Master of Business Administration" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration">MBA</a> degree in 2004 by <strong>Trinity Southern University</strong>, a <a
title="Dallas, Texas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas,_Texas">Dallas, Texas</a>-based <a
title="Diploma mill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma_mill">diploma mill</a>, sparking a <a
title="Fraud" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud">fraud</a> <a
title="Lawsuit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit">lawsuit</a> by the <a
title="Pennsylvania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> <a
title="Attorney general" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_general">attorney general</a>&#8216;s office.<sup
id="cite_ref-0"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><span
id="more-2643"></span></p><p>Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. In looking to <a
title="Sting operation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_operation">expose</a> Trinity Southern University for <a
title="Fraud" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud">fraud</a>, some undercover agents had the then six-year-old Colby Nolan obtain a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration for <a
title="U.S. dollar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._dollar">$</a>299. On the cat&#8217;s application, the agents claimed that the cat had previously taken courses at a <a
title="Community college" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_college">community college</a>, worked at a fast-food restaurant, babysat, and maintained a newspaper route. Then the school informed Colby that, due to the job experience listed on his application, he was eligible for an executive MBA for $100 more. The agents then sent for Colby&#8217;s <a
title="Transcript" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcript">transcript</a>, which claimed that Nolan had a 3.5 <a
title="Grade point average" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_point_average">grade point average</a>.</p><p><a
title="Jerry Pappert" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pappert">Jerry Pappert</a>, Pennsylvania&#8217;s attorney general, filed a lawsuit against Trinity Southern University upon learning that the cat had received the degree.<sup
id="cite_ref-1"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> In the lawsuit, Pappert also told the diploma mill, which had used <a
title="E-mail spam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam">e-mail spam</a> to sell degrees, to provide restitution to anyone who had ordered a degree from them.</p><p>In December 2004 the Texas Attorney General obtained a temporary restraining order under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act against Trinity Southern and its owners, Craig B. and Alton S. Poe. The court also ordered the school&#8217;s assets frozen.<sup
id="cite_ref-2"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> In March 2005 the Poes were assessed <a
title="Fine (penalty)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_%28penalty%29">fines</a> and were ordered not to market or promote fraudulent, substandard degree programs or to represent their university as being accredited or affiliated with legitimate universities.<sup
id="cite_ref-ConsumerAffairs_3-0"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas#cite_note-ConsumerAffairs-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> It was reported that the Poes also were associated with the names <strong>Wesleyan International University</strong> and <strong>Prixo Southern University</strong>.<sup
id="cite_ref-ConsumerAffairs_3-1"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas#cite_note-ConsumerAffairs-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> Since 2005 Trinity Southern University&#8217;s website at www.trinitysouthernuniversity.org is offline.</p></blockquote><p>The cat&#8217;s life is good.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/11/06/list-of-cats-with-fraudulent-diplomas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lame Chinese joke: Who hides the drug?</title><link>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/02/15/lame-chinese-joke-who-hides-the-drug/</link> <comments>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/02/15/lame-chinese-joke-who-hides-the-drug/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:39:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>KahWee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chinese]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drug]]></category> <category><![CDATA[joke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kangaroo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lame]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[riddle]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://i.justrealized.com/?p=1520</guid> <description><![CDATA[猫, 猪和袋鼠一起吸毒, 警察来了, 猜猜警察在谁的身上找到毒品？ 答案是猪, 因为猪藏(肠)粉]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>猫, 猪和袋鼠一起吸毒, 警察来了, 猜猜警察在谁的身上找到毒品？</p><p>答案是猪, 因为猪藏(肠)粉</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://i.justrealized.com/2009/02/15/lame-chinese-joke-who-hides-the-drug/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>White cat at Choa Chu Kang</title><link>http://i.justrealized.com/2008/10/15/white-cat-at-choa-chu-kang/</link> <comments>http://i.justrealized.com/2008/10/15/white-cat-at-choa-chu-kang/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>KahWee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photo Diary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[choa chu kang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[white]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://i.justrealized.com/?p=961</guid> <description><![CDATA[Went driving today. It didn&#8217;t rain. I like to drive in the rain. My instructor was late. I saw a cat. I took photos of the cat. It stayed there unfazed by the sudden attention. It&#8217;s a white cat: (White cat at Choa Chu Kang.)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Went driving today. It didn&#8217;t rain. I like to drive in the rain. My instructor was late.</p><p>I saw a cat. I took photos of the cat. It stayed there unfazed by the sudden attention.</p><p>It&#8217;s a white cat:</p><p><img
src="http://justrealized.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2008/10/white-cat-at-choa-chu-kang.jpg" alt="White cat at Choa Chu Kang" title="White cat at Choa Chu Kang" width="500" height="683" class="size-medium wp-image-960" /></p><p><em>(White cat at Choa Chu Kang.)</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://i.justrealized.com/2008/10/15/white-cat-at-choa-chu-kang/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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