>There are some things that are obviously clearly more green. For some >areas having roofs of light colors to reduce internal heating Sorry. I obviously meant cooling, not heating. Marylou and Melissa are WONDERFUL editors. I remember before them and the way Ferrets magazine then was so often so very inaccurate, and even got some people in FFZs like California in trouble with authorities. The then-owner also was accused of causing problems for Modern Ferret by preventing distribution. Some at that time said that they would never read pr write for Ferrets while instead some of us instead had a list of the things that would be needed to make reading it worthwhile. I remember sending my list to Melissa and her immediately getting in touch, saying that the points were good ones and beginning a three-way conversation with Marylou. At that time neither knew me from Elmer Fudd but both are great listeners and the points i had were ones they could control instead of being decreed by the publisher. All wound up incorporated. That is how Marylou and Melissa are! They LISTEN, really, really listen. Some things are beyond their control with the publisher decreeing those things, but when given a good suggestion if it is one they can do they go ahead and do it, and if it one they can send on for consideration by the publisher then they do that. Going to this format was the publisher's choice, but maybe Marylou and Melissa will be able to get the publisher to listen to suggestions for making it most useful and desirable while it still makes enough ad income to survive. Hopefully so, even it is takes time for some ideas to come to fruition. Whatever happens, Marylou and Melissa took a magazien that was in serious trouble due to previous editorial mistakes, then once they were in charge they made it a respected and desired magazine. They are very good at what they do! Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5867]