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With no official word on the future of NBC's late-night lineup, current Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien came out swinging Friday, both on the air and off, amid reports he may be bumped back to 12:05/11:05c.
After remaining mum Thursday night, O'Brien addressed the many rumors swirling about himself and Jay Leno during his monologue on Friday's The Tonight Show. O'Brien discussed everything from the possibility that he and Leno may simultaneously air at 11:35 via split screen and that he and Leno may join Jersey Shore together as "The Awkward Situation" to the possibility that each host is pregnant with the other's baby.
"We've got a great show for you tonight. I have no idea what time it will air — but it's going to be a great show," O'Brien said.
Leno, who himself joked about traveling to Fox on Thursday's episode of The Jay Leno Show, continued to joke about his own ambiguous future during his monologue Friday. "I guess you've heard these rumors that NBC is talking about canceling our show. You know what that means? I didn't sleep with any of my staff for nothing!" Leno said Friday. "Actually, if they did cancel us, it would be an easy move because I still haven't unpacked from the last time they canceled us."
With many outlets, such as The New York Times, continuing to report about Leno's imminent return to his former 11:35/10:35c spot following the 2010 Olympics, the big question now seems to be whether O'Brien will agree to move back a half an hour or if he will jump the NBC ship and move to another network.
NBC reportedly moving Leno back to 11:35 with O'Brien following him
Fox, for one, seems open to the possibility of welcoming O'Brien. "We've always been interested in late night and we're always looking to bring great new talent to Fox. While Conan would be a great fit for Fox, he's still under contract with NBC, so we'll just see how all of this plays out," a Fox employee told the Times.
ABC, however, did not share Fox's sentiment. "With all due respect to Conan, we like the late night hand that we are currently playing," the network behind Jimmy Kimmel Live! told The Associated Press.
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|Joe L. Allbritton
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|Broadcasting, publishing
The Allbritton Communications Company was an American media company. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Allbritton was the leading subsidiary of Perpetual Corporation, a private holding company owned by the family of company founder and former Riggs Bank president Joe L. Allbritton.[1] Joe's son, Robert L. Allbritton, was the Chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications from 2001 to 2014.[2] He is currently the owner of Capitol News Company, the parent company of political newspaper and website Politico.[3]
Allbritton was the last remaining TV station group to have all of its stations be affiliated with ABC (other than its O&Os) and the last remaining TV station group to have all its stations have an exclusive affiliation deal with one network, rather than having affiliates aligned with any of the all six major broadcast networks.
Allbritton was previously a major owner of broadcast television stations; it owned a chain of eight television stations affiliated with ABC, anchored by its Washington, DC flagship WJLA-TV, and NewsChannel 8, a regional cable television network serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In May 2013, the company put all of its stations for sale, citing a desire to focus exclusively on Politico; they were ultimately sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group for $985 million.[4] The sale was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014, following a year-long delay to address improper duopolies in certain markets that would result from the purchase.[5]
The company was formed in 1975 when Joe Allbritton bought controlling interest The Washington Star Company, including its television and radio stations–WMAL-AM-FM-TV in Washington; WLVA-AM-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia; and WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina. The Federal Communications Commission required him to sell off either the newspaper or the broadcast properties in Washington as a condition of the purchase. By this time, the FCC had tightened its rules on cross-media ownership, and had all but banned one person from owning newspapers and broadcast properties in the same market while grandfathering existing combinations. However, due to the way Allbritton's takeover of the Star was structured, the FCC considered it an ownership change and stripped the WMAL stations of their grandfathered protection. Allbritton opted to sell the Star Company's non-television assets. Both WMAL-TV and WLVA-TV changed their call letters to WJLA-TV and WSET-TV, respectively in 1977, due to FCC rules at the time that prohibited TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership from sharing the same call letters.
Acquisition of television stations by Sinclair
In May 2013, reports surfaced that Allbritton was planning to sell its television stations; the move came as a result of the increasing success of Politico, which "continues to carry no debt, funds all investment with operating income and will still turn a profit, again, in 2013."[6][7] On July 29, 2013, the Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would acquire all of Allbritton's stations for $985 million.[8][9][10] In particular, Sinclair eyed the potential use of WJLA's NewsChannel 8 as a base to launch a national cable news channel.[11][12]
The planned acquisition was hit with a number of pitfalls due to conflicts between already Sinclair-owned or controlled stations in Allbritton's markets, and the FCC's recent actions involving local marketing agreements (LMAs) and joint sales agreements. Sinclair would have sold its existing stations in several Allbritton markets—WABM and WTTO in Birmingham, Alabama and WHP-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Deerfield Media, and WMMP in Charleston, South Carolina to Howard Stirk Holdings, a company owned by conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams. The stations would have remained operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement. In December 2013, FCC Video Division Chief Barbara Kreisman sent a letter demanding information from Sinclair Broadcast Group on the financial aspects of its "sidecar" operations, and warned that in these three markets, "the proposed transactions would result in the elimination of the grandfathered status of certain local marketing agreements and thus cause the transactions to violate our local TV ownership rules." It was asserted that the deal might be legal only if the affected stations were operated under shared services agreements.[13][14]
Sinclair restructured the deal in March 2014, choosing to sell its existing stations in Harrisburg (WHP-TV), Charleston (WMMP) and Birmingham (WABM) and terminate an SSA with the Cunningham-owned Fox affiliate in Charleston to acquire Allbritton's WCIV, WHTM-TV, and WBMA-LD, while also creating a new duopoly between the ABC and CW affiliates in Birmingham), as well as foregoing any operational or financial agreements with the buyers of the stations being sold to other parties.[15][16] However, in May 2014, Sinclair disclosed in an FCC filling that it was unable to find buyers for the three affected stations, requiring changes to its transaction.[17] In Harrisburg, Sinclair chose to retain WHP-TV, and instead sell WHTM to Media General.[18] However, in Charleston and Birmingham, the company proposed to shut down stations entirely so it could maintain legal duopolies; surrendering the licenses for WCIV and the full-powered repeaters of WBMA-LD (WJSU and WCFT), and moving their ABC programming to Sinclair's existing stations WMMP and WABM respectively—which would planned shift their existing MyNetworkTV programming to digital subchannels, these station would since move ABC affiliation to digital subchannel.[19] After nearly a year of delays, Sinclair's deal to acquire Allbritton was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014.[5] Sinclair completed the sale on August 1.[20]
Allbritton launched Politico, a political news website and newspaper on 2007,[21][22] the day of the 2007 State of the Union Address.
Allbritton launched Washington-area local news web site TBD in 2010. The site merged the web pages of the company's television stations, WJLA-TV (Channel 7) and its cable sibling, NewsChannel 8. Jim Brady, a former Washington Post editor, ran the site.[23][24] Allbritton shut down TBD in 2012.[25]
Allbritton owned the Washington Evening Star from 1975 to 1978 when Time, Inc. purchased the paper from Allbritton (the "Evening" part of the name was removed by the end of the 1970s); the paper shut down in 1981.
Former Allbritton-owned Television stations
- (**) - Indicates a station that was built and signed-on by The Washington Star Company (predecessor of Allbritton Communications).
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|Years owned
|Current ownership status
|Birmingham, Alabama
|58 (40)
|ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|Anniston, Alabama
(Satellite of WBMA)
|40 (9)
|Heroes & Icons affiliate, WGWW, owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
|Tuscaloosa, Alabama
(Satellite of WBMA)
|33 (33)
|Heroes & Icons affiliate, WSES, owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
|Little Rock, Arkansas
|7 (22)
|ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|Washington, DC
|7 (7)
|ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|Jacksonville, Florida
|25 (10)
|ABC affiliate owned by Tegna
|Brunswick, Georgia
|21 (24)
|Ion Television (O&O), WPXC-TV, owned by Ion Media Networks
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
|8 (10)
|ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
|27 (10)
|ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
|Charleston, South Carolina
|4 (34)
|Heroes & Icons affiliate, WGWG, owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
(Intellectual unit and ABC programming transferred to a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned license and recalled WCIV.)
|Lynchburg - Roanoke, Virginia
|13 (13)
|ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
- ^ O'Brien, Timothy L. (2004-05-09). "Corporate Art Lovers Who Hate That Big Tax Bill". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Company Overview of Allbritton Communications Company". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ FCC approves $1B Allbritton TV sale to Sinclair, Politico, 24 July 2014, Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Sinclair Buying Allbritton Stations For $985M". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ a b Eggerton, John (24 July 2014). "FCC Approves Sinclair/Allbritton Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ Wemple, Erik. "Allbritton exploring sale of TV assets". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ Farhi, Paul; Heath, Thomas (2013-05-02). "Allbritton to sell its TV holdings, including WJLA and NewsChannel 8". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Heath, Thomas; Wilgoren, Debbi (2013-07-29). "Allbritton selling eight TV stations, including WJLA, to Sinclair for $985 million". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (2013-05-01). "Politico Owner Considers Sale Of TV Stations". Huffington Post.
- ^ Stelter, Brian; Kaufman, Leslie (2013-07-29). "Sinclair Group Is Buying 7 Allbritton TV Stations". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ^ Eggerton, John (July 29, 2013). "Sinclair Buying NewsChannel 8 in D.C." Multichannel News. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
- ^ Malone, Michael (July 30, 2013). "Sinclair Plans National Rollout for Allbritton Cable Channel". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ^ Hagey, Keach (December 6, 2013). "FCC Asks Sinclair to Revise Plans to Use 'Sidecar' Companies". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ Halonen, Doug (December 6, 2013). "FCC Targets Sinclair Sidecar Deals In 3 Mkts". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ Eck, Kevin (March 21, 2014). "Sinclair Offers to Sell Stations Ahead of FCC Decision". TVSpy. Mediabistro. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ "Sinclair Proposes Restructuring of Allbritton Transaction in Order To Meet Objections of the Federal Communications Commission". PR Newswire (Press release). Baltimore. March 20, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014 – via The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Jessell, Harry A. (May 29, 2014). "Sinclair Giving Up 3 Stations To Appease FCC". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ "Media General Buying WHTM For $83.4M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ Eggerton, John (May 29, 2014). "Sinclair Proposes Surrendering Three Licenses to Get Allbritton Deal Done". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Sinclair's Deal For Allbritton Closes, Broadcasting & Cable, 1 August 2014, Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Heath, Thomas; Wilgoren, Debbi (2013-07-29). "Allbritton selling eight TV stations to Sinclair for $985 million". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "The Inside Story of the Politico Break-Up". Washingtonian. 2016-07-17. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ http://tbd.com/
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (2009-10-29). "Allbritton Communications will debut this spring a new web site on local news in D.C". The Washington Post.
- ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/11/13/politico-owner-rolls-out-new-tech-focused-media.html. Retrieved 2020-04-30. Missing or empty

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We're proud to serve Big Wood beer at the Bear'ly Open once again this year!
In its 12th year, the Bear'ly Open brings hundreds of local residents to White Bear Lake County Park at Ramsey Beach on the frozen shores of White Bear Lake to enjoy an afternoon of golf on ice. An 18-hole course, complete with real pine trees, a hospitality tent, food and entertainment make it a great way to have fun and raise money for charity.
The BEAR'ly Open is coordinated in partnership with White Bear Events to raise funds for the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf – where the need has never been greater. Join us as we begin our second decade and "Claw" our way towards our goal of $2,000,000 worth of food purchased!


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Mikko Hypponen joins Janne Kauhanen to discuss the Kaspersky drama and how and why antivirus collects data from customer machines.
Cyber Security Sauna brings you expert guests with sizzling insight into the latest information security trends and topics. F-Secure's Janne Kauhanen hosts the show to make sure you know all you need to about the hotter-than-ever infosec game. Join us as we sweat out the hot topics in security.


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Hello friends, welcome back to WhoopTee Roundup where we take a look around the old Twitter machine and bring you topics of conversation happening right now. Social media, and especially Twitter, can be a little depressing these days with heavy issues, hurt feelings, and mean spirits running rampant.
We are mere weeks away from school starting back up. For parents, that means rushing to the store for pens, paper, pencils, markers, folders and notebooks. For teachers, that means rushing to the store for pens, paper, pencils, markers, folder, notebooks, and much, much more.
It's a simple question – how much do you love books? Are you an avid reader? A reader who wishes you had time to do it more?
Today is Coast Guard Day. The fifth branch of our Nation's armed forces doesn't get the attention of the other branches many times, but that doesn't make them any less vital. Today is observed as the day the Coast Guard was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1790. The modern Coast Guard was formed in 1915.
Today is National Intern Day, a time to show some appreciation for interns. Chances are, most people who have an intern have themselves been an intern. Let's face it, being an intern, while a rewarding experience in most cases, also can be a drag.
Today is National Space Exploration Day. Today is a day to look up to the stars with awe and wonder. There are millions of planets out there, and untold wonders out in the universe just waiting to be discovered and understood by humanity.
Can you believe we're nearing the end of July? Years fly by, but 2018 seems to be going at break-neck speed. In the blink of an eye, summer is over and school is about to start.
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This module adds methods to UNIVERSAL. This alone is the reason you should not use it.
Class::Load now provides the same general features, but without touching UNIVERSAL, and with a few more useful options.
I think it is such a shame that this module is not more widely known given that the problem it solves comes up so often. Excellent module.


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Mixed Breed or Purebred?
I was quite pleased to find that all but one of the dogs that had been called in to audition as a spokesdog was a mixed breed. While I adore dogs of all shapes and sizes, and have a particular passion for understanding the history of breeds, I am thrilled when people choose the adoption option. I have found that many people are gravely disappointed when they choose a purebred dog they saw in a movie, or commercial and it doesn't live up to the idealized image presented in the media or in the breed standard. After all, few Collies are as apt to consistently save a little boy's life as Lassie and few German Shepherd Dogs are as heroic as Rin Tin Tin.
While there is certainly a predictability factor to choosing a purebred, it has most to do with looks. In regards to temperament and behavior, some breed generalizations ring true (after all, we developed breeds to highlight specific behaviors). Unfortunately, many of these generalizations result in people choosing a dog in the hopes that it will live up to this idealized reputation with little or no guidance from them. In reality, even those breeds that are believed to be great with kids, or relatively quiet, or easy to train, require the guidance of a loving family to help them reach their full potential.
There is no such thing as a push button or ready-made family dog. Once you have chosen a dog that has the general characteristics you believe are best suited to your family, it is your responsibility to help guide the pup towards its full potential. Furthermore, within a breed, and even a litter, there will be a wide range of personalities. Much like how two children from the same family will have two unique personalities. So, if you choose a particular breed, be sure to spend plenty of time getting to know the adult dogs in the breeder's line and the pups in the litter you are choosing from.
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A slew of stars have signed on for the previously announced one-night-only staged reading of Dustin Lance Black's new play 8. Directed by Joe Mantello, the cast will include Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei. The world premiere reading of the play takes place September 19 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Additional casting will follow shortly.
The play follows the final days of the federal legal challenge to California's Proposition 8, which eliminated the right for gay and lesbian couples to marry in California. Black wrote 8 based on the actual trial transcripts and first-hand observations of the courtroom drama and interviews with plaintiffs and families. The show features arguments and testimony from both sides of the issue.
Edwards is best known for his Emmy-nominated turn as Dr. Mark Greene on ER. His many film credits include Zodiac, Top Gun, Miracle Mile, Flipped and Motherhood.
Freeman earned a Tony nomination for The Mighty Gents and also appeared on Broadway in The Country Girl and The Gospel at Colonus. His many film credits include his Oscar-winning turn in Million Dollar Baby as well as his additional nominations for The Shawshank Redemption, Invictus, Driving Miss Daisy and Street Smart.
Jackson's Broadway credits include All Shook Up, Finian's Rainbow, Aida, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Xanadu. He has also appeared on TV's 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee and Ugly Betty.
Lahti has appeared on Broadway in God of Carnage, The Heidi Chronicles, Present Laughter, Scenes and Revelations and Division Street. She won an Oscar for Lieberman in Love and an Emmy for Chicago Hope.
Reiner's acting and directing credits include All in the Family, A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and The American President.
Smith is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson on TV's The Simpsons. She has appeared on Broadway in The Real Thing and currently stars in off-Broadway's Love, Loss and What I Wore.
Tomei's Broadway credits include Top Girls, Salome and Wait Until Dark. She earned an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny and also received nominations for The Wrestler and In the Bedroom.
After the New York performance, the American Foundation for Equal Rights and Broadway Impact will make 8 available to schools and community organizations nationwide in order to evoke action and dialogue on the issue of marriage equality.


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For the first time, scientists have observed what they call a "water snow line," the point at which temperatures in the disk circling a young star drop low enough to allow the formation of snow.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a state-of-the-art telescope perched high in the Chilean Andes, astronomers were observing the star V883 Orionis, seeking to study a process known as disk fragmentation. Instead, they found the water snow line, where water vapor freezes into ice without ever transitioning through a liquid phase.
So, odd as it may sound, there actually is snow in space. Moreover, this icy orbit swirling around newborn stars plays a crucial role in the formation of planets and the kind of characteristics they exhibit.
"While the fact that V883 Ori might reveal some of the very early steps towards planet formation is fascinating in itself," write the researchers in the journal Nature, "the outward movement of the water snow-line ... has far-reaching consequences for our understanding of disk evolution and planet formation in general."
This "outward movement" is key in understanding how the astronomers were able to detect a snow water line in space for the first time.
Young stars often find themselves surrounded by dense orbiting clouds of gas and dust, called protoplanetary disks, from which new planets evolve. Because of the heat generated by the star itself, any water within those disks is usually in gaseous form up to a distance of about 280 million miles away from the star.
Beyond that, because of the negligible amounts of pressure, the water vapor skips its liquid form and solidifies straight into ice, forming a frost patina on dust grains and other particles. This region, where water becomes ice, is the snow water line, and it is usually a fixed distance from the star.
Our friend V883 is unusual in this regard. For some reason, large amounts of material from its orbiting disc have fallen into the star, causing a brilliant flare of energy that boosts its brightness to such an extent that it is now 400 times as luminous as our own sun, while exhibiting a mass only 30 percent greater.
The consequence of this surge of energy, and the accompanying jump in temperature, is that the snow water line was shoved far deeper into space, to a distance of 3.7 billion miles. Being that much further out allowed ALMA to detect it.
"The ALMA observations came as a surprise to us," said lead author Lucas Cieza, an astronomer from Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. "This illustrates well the transformational power of ALMA, which delivers exciting results even if they are not the ones we were looking for."
Snow water lines are important because they delineate something of a boundary between different kinds of planets. Those forming inside that border, where water swirls through space as a vapor, are likely to be the small rocky kind, like Earth.
But outside, the presence of ice allows the formation of cosmic snowballs, which in turn can form the basis of giant gaseous planets like Jupiter.
Armed with ALMA's new discovery – that water snow lines can be pushed 10 times deeper into space by outbursts of stellar energy – scientists should be able to produce more intricate models of planetary formation.
"The water snow line is the most elusive of all snow lines, because the sublimation temperature of water is high," wrote Brenda Matthews of the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Programs, National Research Council of Canada, in a commentary. "The fact that the location of the snow line can evolve with time has strong implications for planet formation."


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Phaeophyscia pusilloides
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Physcia pusilloides
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: foliose, up to 2.5(-3) cm in diam., irregular to more often orbicular
: elongate and discrete or occasionally irregularly rounded and partly imbricate, 0.31(-1.5) mm broad, +flat, prostrate
upper surface
: gray to gray-brown, epruinose and without distinctive epinecral layer, sorediate
: powdery to granular, occasionally pseudocorticate and isidioid, in primarily terminal soralia that become reflexed and labriform or more often capitate/stipitate
upper cortex
: paraplectenchymatous
: white
lower cortex
: paraplectenchymatous
lower surface
: black, sometimes paler at the lobe ends, dull or rather shiny; rhizines: simple, black
: occasional, rarely up to 3 mm in diam., sessile; margin: entire, usually with a corona of rhizines
: ellipsoid, 18-23(-25) x 7-11 µm, Physcia-type
Spot tests
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Secondary metabolites
: none detected (but rarely with a sparse K+ anthraquinone in the soralia).
Substrate and ecology
: on bark, rare on rocks
World distribution
: North America (primarily eastern), Europe
Sonoran distribution
: rare in the mountains of Arizona and Chihuahua.
: Phaeophyscia pusilloides is distinguished by the initially marginal (actually on the ends of short side lobes) or terminal soralia, which become clearly capitate (sometimes passing through a reflexed/labriform stage). At maturity the soralia often appear stipitate, due to their position on upright lobe ends. Phaeophyscia orbicularis sometimes has more or less reflexed marginal/submarginal soralia, occurring along with the predominantly laminal ones, but these never become distinctly labriform or capitate. Phaeophyscia insignis has rounded soralia that may appear nearly capitate, but they are mostlly laminal in origin. Also, this latter species has a pale tan to brown (not black) lower surface.
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A look inside The Player's Lounge: Oakton swimmers Bradley Phillips and Kaitlin Pawlowicz
In this week's edition of The Player's Lounge, The Washington Post's B.J. Koubaroulis interviews Oakton swimmers Bradley Phillips and Kaitlin Pawlowicz.
Phillips and Pawlowicz are returning state champions and talked with Koubaroulis about the goals and expectations that comes with winning an individual state title.
The Player's Lounge is a segment on The Fairfax Sports Report -- a weekly television show that broadcasts on Cox, Comcast and Verizon FIOS and features some of the area's top high school sports reporters, including B.J. Koubaroulis of The Washington Post, Paul Frommelt of The Fairfax Times, Phil Murphy of DigitalSports.com and host and producer Monika Moore. The show airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Friday's at 2 a.m. on Channel 10.
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Dutch and North German: from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Florentius (see Florence), the name of a saint who died in 693, or of Florian (see also Flory). Italian or Portuguese: perhaps from the personal name Flora. Flore is also found as a Romanian family name.
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The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) will host its 20th annual Investment Capital Conference (ICC) June 13, 2012. The meeting is open to members and non-members and will feature opening an opening pitch by LAVA Member, Kaylyn Thornal, Founder/CEO of Fanzooloo. Keynote remarks will be delivered by Cornerstone OnDemand, Founder and CEO, Adam Miller.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2012
The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) hosted its 20th annual Investment Capital Conference (ICC) June 13, 2012. The meeting was open to members and non-members and featured an opening fast pitch by LAVA Member, Kaylyn Thornal, Founder/CEO of Fanzooloo. Keynote remarks were delivered by Cornerstone OnDemand, Founder and CEO, Adam Miller.
"We believe that the theme of this year's event – 'Emphasis on Start-up Companies ' – reflects the need of start-up entrepreneurs to understand the challenging financing landscape in today's marketplace," said LAVA executive director Len Lanzi.
LAVA has placed a renewed emphasis on meeting the needs of start-up companies seeking financing. The 2012 ICC program will feature two panels covering current Venture Start-up financing trends and the implications of Crowd funding as a means of company financing.
"Crowd Funding is the world's largest impact investment opportunity we have seen since the stock market was created. Imagine entrepreneurs can directly have the crowd dictate what they want before manufacturing occurs," says David Drake, Founder of The Soho Loft (a LDJ Capital Holding company) and panelist on the crowd funding panel. "We aspire to be the world leaders on crowd funding speaking and education. It's a global movement and The Soho Loft is committed to this leadership mission."
The event also offered the opportunity to network and make valuable direct connections with members of the financial community and Entrepreneurs representing over 50 start-up companies.
"Crowd funding is hard work, but it's also smart work," says Vladimir Vukicevic, Co-founder & CTO of RocketHub and panelist on the crowd funding panel. "It focuses you on opening conversations with your network, galvanizing existing fans, and building an audience in an organic way. Gauging where you are in your development as a Creative is key for managing expectations for raising funds and support."
The half day event took place on June 13, 2012 from 1:00pm – 8:00pm at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles.
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Reviewed by Jeff Giles
Understandably, McLagan's own music hasn't always been his highest priority – he took a 20-year break between his second and third solo albums – but since the turn of the century, he's been on a bit of a tear; 2000's Best of British kicked off an impressive run that, with the release of Never Say Never, includes five studio releases and a live collection – in addition to his tenure in Billy Bragg's band and ever-crowded session schedule.
Sadly, Never Say Never has its roots in tragedy – the album is dedicated to McLagan's late wife, Kim, whose death in a car accident prematurely ended their 28-year marriage in 2006. Fans of McLagan's sweetly ragged brand of pub rock needn't worry, though; the album boasts the same proudly imperfect blend of shout-along rockers and boozy ballads you've come to expect, starting with the title track, a down-tempo, electric piano-led number that sounds like it could be a new Faces recording.
The highlights pile up like peanut shells at the bar: The seesaw groove of "Little Black Number," the classic rock rave-up of "I Will Follow," the vaguely Hawaiian lilt of "Killing Me with Love," the Felice Brothers cover-in-waiting "My Irish Rose." The album's only real bum note comes with "Where Angels Hide," a solo piano ballad that exceeds McLagan's limited vocal grasp. The crooked, one-legged hop of his croon is usually part of McLagan's charm, but it works better as part of a song's seasoning than as a lead instrument – something underscored by some of the album's superior slow songs, like the beautiful, Hammond-laced waltz that closes the album, "When the Crying Is Over," or "Loverman," which almost sounds like a lost Pussy Cats-era Nilsson track.
It won't attract a lot of attention outside the classic rock faithful, but for anyone who misses the Faces – or the late '70s heyday of pub rockers like Nick Lowe – Never Say Never proves the old way of doing things still works wonderfully.
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An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian mining company Semafo in Burkina Faso left 37 people dead and 60 wounded on Wednesday, a regional governor said.
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Saidou Sanou, the governor of Est Region, said in a statement that the ambush by "unidentified armed individuals" took place on Wednesday morning.
The attack took place between Semafos Fada and Boungou mine sites, about 40 kilometres from Boungou, the company said in a statement.
The five buses were being escorted by the military when they were ambushed, resulting in "several fatalities and injuries", the company added.
Few details were immediately available.
"We are actively working with all levels of authorities to ensure the on-going safety and security of our employees, contractors and suppliers," Semafo said, while offering condolences to the families of the victims.
The mine itself, it added, remains secured and its operations have not been affected.
Semafo operates two mines in the West African country, which is battling a jihadist revolt that has claimed hundreds of lives.
This was the third deadly attack suffered by Semafo in 15 months. Two others in August 2018 also targeted vehicles travelling to its mines, and a police vehicle was attacked on the same road between the city of Fada and the Bongou gold mine last December.
'Armed bandits'
The company blamed "armed bandits" for last years attacks, and subsequently reinforced its armed escorts.
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The Bible teaches that there is one human family, equally fallen in sin and equally in need of the same redemption in Jesus Christ. The gospel of Jesus Christ is equally for every nation, tribe, and tongue. Regardless of ethnic background or physical features, those who are in Christ are one family, one people, and indeed members of the same body. Likewise, those who are not in Christ are equally condemned regardless of bloodline or appearance. The Bible, therefore, leaves no place for racism whatsoever in the people of God.
When God makes his covenant with Abraham, He says to him:
"In you all the families of the earth will be blessed," (Genesis 12:3).
God later echoes this covenant:
"In you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed," (Genesis 28:14).
The Apostle Peter (Acts 3:25-26) and the Apostle Paul (Galatians 3:16) both demonstrate that the promised seed is Christ and that it is through Him that all the families of the world are blessed. All of them. The gospel is for every people, and that was God's professed plan from the beginning! This is why Paul also preaches:
"He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us," (Acts 17:26-27).
and a few lines later in the same sermon:
"God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead," (Acts 17:26-27).
"All people everywhere" clearly means all people of every nation and ethnicity everywhere. All men are called to repent and believe on Christ. In praise of Christ the scriptures say:
"You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation," (Revelation 5:9)
The glorious truth is that Christ purchased by his blood the redemption of people of every ethnic background and of every physical description. All who repent and believe were equally bought with the blood of Christ. What is more, Peter writes:
"you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy," (1 Peter 9-10).
The gospel, therefore, turns members of every nation and people into one new nation and people, a new creation, a new humanity. Before we were in Christ, we may have been separate peoples, but now we are one: the people of God! Biblically, humanity is not divided into "races" of men defined by arbitrary physical characteristics. In fact, in the grand scheme of things, there are only two categories that matter: the old man and the new; those who are in Adam and those who are in Christ; the nations and peoples of this world who are called graciously to repentance, and the holy nation that is the people of God made up of all who have repented and believed on Jesus Christ.
It is sin and unbiblical error for a Christian to be racist within the Church because everyone who is in Christ is his brother. They are members of the same body regardless of skin tone or national origin. It is likewise sin and unbiblical error for a Christian to be racist toward those outside the church because Christ died for people of every ethnicity and every color, language, and body type. The Christian is sent to preach the gospel equally to all of them, (Matthew 28:19-20). Racism is therefore worldly, unbiblical, and has no place in the Christian life whatsoever.


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The hounds of winter may be upon us, but Standard Bank Joy of Jazz 2015 will herald in the spring from 24 – 26 September with a blazing line-up. This clear promise is evident in the list of artists set to headline Standard Bank Joy of Jazz 2015 as it returns to its new home in the glitzy Sandton Convention Centre for the second year running and with a renewed three-year sponsorship commitment from its partner, Standard Bank. Central to the festival line-up is the undeniable depth and broadness of the music on offer.
The curators have not only selected a judicious mix of popular favourites alongside great classics, they've also sought to stretch audiences' imaginations with some visionary musical concepts and collaborations, along with some enchanting jazz heavyweights. These include CECILE McLORIN SALVANT (USA); the 28-year-old jazz vocalist has been lauded as a major star of the genre. Each time she steps up to the microphone, both the past and the future of jazz singing are invoked. Salvant won first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010 and won four categories in the 2014 Downbeat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star – Jazz Artist and Rising Star- Female Vocalist. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for her album WomanChild.
MARCUS MILLER (USA) is best known as a jazz bassist and the multi-instrumentalist and producer – who is also a Miles Davis alumni – needs little introduction to South African jazz lovers. He has won numerous awards for his ability to tread a line between the worlds of pop and straight-ahead jazz. Miller and his all-star band will be touring his latest album Afrodeezia, recorded at slave-trade locations in Africa, the Americas and France to register Miller's statement against human trafficking and the power of music to overcome a history of hurt. He recently became a spokesperson for UNESCO's Slave Route Project.
YELLOW JACKETS (USA) Yellow Jackets have been dishing out their inimitable brand of jazz fusion with R&B leanings for over 30 years now. They've raked in many awards over the years along with enjoying the respect not only of jazz purists the world over, but mainstream audiences too. This turns each of their shows into a kind of homecoming wherever they perform. They are not just a band loved by many, but a resilient musical institution. If their second Mack Avenue Records release A Rise In The Road is anything to go by, the band remains as innovative as it has always been.
HUGH MASEKELA, OLIVER MTUKUDZI Feat Shai-Shai Mbira Ensemble (SA, ZIM) this is an historic collaboration between two giants of song in Southern Africa. Both Bra Hugh and Tuku have struggle pedigree in their respective countries and undeniable international elder-statesman status. Their meeting at Standard Bank Joy of Jazz comes at a time when the power of culture and music is most needed to heal strained relations in lieu of the recent xenophobic attacks. The performance promises to blend kindred musical styles from Zimbabwe and South Africa which have fed into each other for generations. It will be as entertaining as it will be instructive.
The 3 COHENS (Israel – USA) is a rare family band made up of equally prodigious talents. Tenor saxophonist and clarinettist Anat Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen live up to the promise of genius that happens when jazz meets the genome factor. The siblings have been to our shores before in various contexts. This marks their first performance as a unit.
MATTHEW HALSALL (UK) is part of a new generation of jazz musicians that mixes the strength of the old with the fire of the new. He is acknowledged as one of the UK's brightest talents for his work as DJ, bandleader and trumpeter.
The current Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI will perform his rooted music with an international band, showcasing why he is one of the country's most exciting young jazz performers.
This year's billing of Mozambican-born songstress WANDA BALOYI will be specially marked by a never before seen collaboration with her first musical influence, her father JACO MARIA. The familial bond of father and daughter should make for a thrilling musical chemistry.
DWIGHT TRIBLE is going to be a rare treat for fans of the great jazz vocalist tradition. The New York-based crooner is credited as an influence on a new generation of singers that includes the like of Gregory Porter. Trible delivers his sung jewels with dexterity akin to virtuoso instrumentalists.
DEE ALEXANDER (US) sets the standard against which many of her generation of jazz singers measure themselves. Her Chicago background means she is equally at home with blues, soul and gospel music. However, her true musical home is jazz. This is evident in the work she does when she leads her straight-ahead quartet, as well as the more exploratory Evolution Ensemble.
Serious jazz listeners will need little persuasion to see WILLIAM PARKER (US) who brings with him to the stage: Leena Conquest, Eri Yamamoto, Rob Brown, Lewis Barnes and Hamid Drake. Parker's pedigree as an elder jazz bassist is legendary. However, it is the work he did with our own late Zim Ngqawana's New York outfit, The Collective Quartet, that makes him an honorary local and makes his visit a musical homecoming.
PEABO BRYSON (US) is a global household name with a sure promise to captivate audiences with his irresistible sing along hits. The multi-award winning singer-songwriter will bring joy to all with new hits and unforgettable favourites like Beauty And The Beast; Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You and, of course, A Whole New World.
JIMMY DLUDLU and Friends: Sara Tavares (Cape Verde), Manou Gallo (Ivory Coast), Mingas (Mozambique) and Nono Nkoane (SA); LARRY CARLTON (USA); STEVE DYER (SA); ESTELLE KOKOT (UK- SA -Switzerland) with Chico Freeman, HerbieTsoaeli, Kevin Gibson; LEE OSCAR; STIMELA; VUSI MAHLASELA; SIMPHIWE DANA; DEE ALEXANDER (USA); and of course PAOLO FRESU,TRILOK GURTU, OMAR SOSA (ITALY, INDIA, CUBA).
Apart from the outstanding music on offer, this year the festival also sees a renewed commitment from its main patron, Standard Bank. As the flagship partner, the bank has endorsed the importance of this annual international cultural event by signing a three-year sponsorship deal, ensuring that jazz lovers can look forward to a continued world class festival. Commented Hazel Chimhandamba, Head of Group Sponsorships at Standard Bank; "We are excited to extend our 16-year association with the Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz festival for a further three years until 2017; and to continue to forge a close relationship with such an exciting and progressive genre of music – jazz."
Peter Tladi, the man who puts the "T" in T-Musicman believes, "The sponsors have helped to minimise the impact of cost for music lovers who would otherwise feel the pinch in their pockets. It democratises access to great music. Jazz is, after all, the music of democracy.
Above all, it also makes it possible for us to put together this major event and create jobs. The festival's contribution to both the city and provincial economies speaks for itself."
The 2015 Standard Bank Joy of Jazz is produced by T-Musicman and brought to you by Standard Bank, in association with the Department of Arts & Culture and Gauteng Province.
Standard Bank Joy of Jazz will take place on four stages – the Dinaledi, Diphala, Conga and Mbira.
Tickets are available at a 15 percent discount for all Standard Bank customers subject to availability and on presentation and usage of a valid Standard Bank debit, cheque and/or credit card at a Computicket outlet. The offer is limited to 2 tickets per person, providing they meet the criteria. The offer is not available for online bookings. This discount will only be available until 31 August 2015.
Tickets are on sale at Computicket from 20 May 2015.
Standard Bank Joy of Jazz: September 24th, 25th & 26th
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre
Webpage: http://www.joyofjazz.co.za/
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Twitter: @JoyOfJazz
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DrChrono, which offers one of the first electronic health records (EHR) apps built specifically for the iPad, raised $2.8 million this week led by return-backer Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, with participation from one of Google's search quality leaders, Matt Cutts. The investment builds on the $650,000 Milner contributed to last summer. A month before that, DrChrono announced its first funding, $675,000, which came from a variety of venture firms as well as Google's Cutts.
In its most recent announcement DrChrono stated that it has signed up 50,000 physicians to date and records for 400,000 patients now.
The DrChrono app offers an ONC-certified (meets stage 1 meaningful use criteria) EHR that enables users to track visits, monitor prescriptions, schedule visits, review and markup medical images. iPad 2 users can take images or videos that can be added to patient records for comparisons during later visits. DrChrono also offers a patient check-in app, called OnPatient, that aims to replace traditional paper-based check-in processes in the doctor's office waiting room.
While most of the EHR app's features are free, DrChrono makes money on its premium features, like ePrescribing, speech-to-text, and medical billing services. DrChrono has a partnership with M*Modal for the speech-to-text functionality. In late 2010 DrChrono said that it had tapped Remedy Systems to bundle in its ePrescribing application.
Total funding for DrChrono now tops $4 million. Its complete list of investors includes Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, venture capital firms General Catalyst, Charles River Ventures, 500 Startups, Gmail creator and FriendFeed cofounder Paul Buchheit, Google's Principal Engineer Matt Cutts, and the Start Fund.
DrChrono was founded by CTO Daniel Kivatinos and CEO Michael Nusimow. Kivatinos graduated with a Masters in Computer Science in 2003 and held various developer positions before founding DrChrono in 2008. Before DrChrono Kivatinos was a senior applications developer at online events company CommPartners, where he worked for three years. Before founding DrChrono Nusimow was a software engineer at Bloomberg LP for seven years. Both Kivatinos and Nusimow studied at The State University of New York at Stony Brook.
DrChono announced it had joined Yuri Milner's Y Combinator incubator program in late February 2011.


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Exotic Animal Attacks on Humans Statistics
"It is estimated that there are 10,000 to 20,000 big cats currently held in private ownership in the U.S., although the exact number remains a mystery. In the past 21 years, U.S. incidents involving captive big cats—including tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and lion/tiger hybrids—have resulted in the deaths of 20 humans, 246 maulings, 254 escapes, 143 big cats deaths and 131 confiscations."
---Big Cat Rescue
Animal Intervention
Animal Intervention was a show on the National Geographic channel that opportunistically added to anti-exotic pet hysteria. Here is a graphic from the network's website that lists the numbers of individual large exotic pet-inflicted injuries and fatalities. Of course, the 'exotic' animals get lumped together as one entity in the second chart.
Why do anti-privately owned captive animal sites such as this one perpetually refuse to list comparisons with the numbers of injuries and fatalities caused by domesticated pets? Because the exotic pet incidences would be dwarfed, and readers would have enough intelligence to determine that the point of the article is ridiculous and invalid.
How often do big cats and other exotics attack?
Big Cat Rescue is an avid proponent of exotic pet bans (mainly exotic cats, despite size). While their main reason for supporting such laws is their ideological belief that non-domesticated animals do not belong in any form of captivity, they will of course pretend to care about the safety of the public to push such an agenda. I found their willingness to list such statistics interesting.
What numbers and percentages constitute a public safety threat?
According to their research, 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are currently being kept privately (I also question the veracity of this statement). Also stated is that the true number is not really known, obviously to cause speculation that the number might be higher. Let's examine these numbers.
In the last 21 years...which is almost as long as I've been alive, out of thousands and thousands of privately owned big cats, 20 deaths have occurred. That comes to about 1 death per yer, and if the current stated number of big cats (20,000) were the only to exist, that would be .1 percent of their population (over the course of 21 years there were WAY more than 20,000). Consider also that 5-10 years ago state-wide regulations were unfortunately more lax.
Disease is another commonly cited 'danger'
- Exotic Pet Zoonotic Diseases: Risks of Infection, Prevention, and Controversy
Salmonella, monkey pox, tuberculosis, and Herpes B? Learn about exotic pet diseases, your likelihood of getting one and if exotic pets should be banned due to the claims of the zoonosis threat.
A change of perspective
There have been 246 "maulings"...keeping in mind that the definition of a 'mauling' varies by what your position is. If you hate big cat ownership, a nip on the finger may be a 'mauling'. Either way, for the purposes of this article, let's just assume these accidents are all severe, hospital-requiring injuries. Out of the current alleged number of big cats (20,000), this equates to a 'startling' 1.23 percent, or about 11 of such non-fatal injuries per year. Also note that either a strong majority or all of these injuries were sustained by people who care for or interact with the animal, making those who choose not to be around exotics far safer. In other words, you, the person who is uncomfortable with people having these animals.
This is the true meaning of public safety. Therefore, out of such enormous numbers of animals, there have only been 254 escapes, and if all of the fatalities were a result of an escape, at highest, approximately 8 percent of such escapes have led to fatalities.
On top of all this, the tallies for these exotic cat attacks do not only pertain to so-called private owners! They include zoos (some are refereed to as sanctuaries, reserves, ect.) that are privately owned and accredited. So that's more big cats to factor into your equation.
Pitt bull owners and other detractors of breed specific legislation need to pay attention.
If such ridiculously small numbers are an acceptable reason to ban an animal, there exists no logical argument why certain dog breeds shouldn't be next, or firs
Look at the actual statistics...no really, look at them. Large Captive Exotic & Wild Mammal-Related Fatalities (2000-2010)
AZA-accredited zoos
Non-AZA facilities
Private pet owners
Big Cats
Killer Whales
Non-Human Primates
% of Fatalities
Avg. Human Death per year (2000-2010)
See for yourself: Check Exotic Pet Attacks
Step 1: Set up a Google alert. This feature will send to your email any current news article, blog post, or other such journalistic outlets that contain your search term to your email whenever the material is published online, or in the time intervals of your choosing.
Step 2: Add in exotic pet-related keywords to the search query. Your first term can be "exotic pet" if you would like any information occurring with this vast group of animals. Or, you can get more specific and type in "exotic pet attack" or "pet tiger", "pet monkey", ect. That way, when a captive big cat or other exotic pet perpetuates an attack, it will be sent to your email.
Step 3: For your second set of Google alert search terms, type in: "dog attack"…and prepare for your email to get flooded. For this reason, you may want to choose the weekly time interval.
Massive video collection of recent pitt bull attacks
Step 4: Read your Google alerts. Find out where the real pet-related 'danger' is and what you should fear. Maybe create a tally system for 'negative' incidences involving exotic pets…ANY exotic pet and ANY incident, vs. fatal or severe incidences of dog attacks. That's hundreds of species of animals vs. Canis lupus familiaris…more than fair. Be sure not to record the same incident more than once, confirm that the incident occurred in the U.S. or Canada, and disregard attacks carried out on dogs by lovely humans and wildlife. I can assure you with exotic pet alerts that you will receive plenty of notifications of groups calling for bans on exotic pets, citing the danger, but you will rarely see this danger in your alerts. You may get insignificant little bites from an exotic pet like a monkey, and they are always blown out of proportion. No rabid pet monkeys have ever been discovered in the United States. Yet every Google alert contains information about the increasing threat of rabies in feral cats.
And don't tell me that the news media is protecting exotic pets and doesn't prefer to report on them. That's laughable.
A typical day
What is the Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act?
*Update, this particular bill was not enacted, but new ones are being proposed every year. The current big cat ban bill is entitled HR1998 S1381 with similar rules.
H.R. 4122 is a bill being proposed by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) that will ban the breeding and private possession of 'prohibited species'. These specific species are "any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such a species". I'm happy to see that this list does not include smaller cats like servals, caracals, bobcats, and other small exotic felines which are not responsible for any number of human fatalities in the United States, although I'm sure that would be the next step if such legislation were passed (cheetahs are far less 'dangerous' and have not killed anyone, but since they are impossible to get, I don't dwell so much on this). Exempt from this ban is defined as such:
(1) a zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums;
(2) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for such species, is a tax exempt corporation, does not commercially trade in or propagate such species, does not allow direct contact between the public and animals, and does not allow the transport and display of such species off-site; and
(3) a person that is in possession of animals of such species that were born before the date of this Act's enactment and that are registered with APHIS within six months after such regulations are promulgated.
In other words, aside from people who have their current animals grandfathered as long as they register them (they would no longer be able to acquire new animals on the date that the bill would take effect) only 'zoos' that are accredited by the AZA or specific sanctuaries would be allowed to obtain the animals. This might sound reasonable to a person who doesn't know much about this accrediting body, but any large organization has corruptible tendencies. The AZA's requirements sound good on paper, but it is clear they aren't always adhered to, based on where the money is. Their requirements go beyond needed welfare standards for zoo animals, and have ideological requirements for the facilities they approve. Not all zoos lacking accreditation are guilty of bad animal care and their rights should be protected. The AZA-requirement will intentionally cripple other prospective businesses as well as potential great homes for unwanted big cats.
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Exotic Pets vs. Domesticated Dogs, Comparable?
When I pose the question: pet dogs attack far more times than exotic pets do, why are you still OK with people keeping pet dogs? I usually get a response to the effect of, "BECAUSE DOGS ARE DOMESTICATED!"
First off, I understand the natural desire to fear something that seems…fearsome. For instance, I abhor planes. I honestly don't care if I'm far more likely to die in a car than in a plane; my natural instincts make me prefer staying on the ground, no matter how irrational that mentality is.
Chances are that planes are much safer because one must be heavily trained and experienced to be a pilot, while they give car licenses to nearly anybody. People often drive recklessly, drive intoxicated, or can be under the influence of other narcotics. Young people drive while being severely affected by their youthful ignorance to their own mortality. Both of my parents have been in car accidents, and more than once. Sometimes I'm amazed that I have zero fear of riding in a car. Yet it is so common that I accept it, while maintaining a strong fear of airplanes, which I have traveled in a total of 4 times in my life.
Ignorance to dog behavior can lead to injury
People fear "interesting" deaths
With exotic pets, I understand a strong similarity between these scenarios. Potentially dangerous exotic pets are like airplanes. Dogs are like cars.
It may seem pretty unbelievable that you are far more likely to be killed by a dog than a captive tiger (in a hypothetical situation where a captive tiger is present), but consider that dogs are prominent among households. Higher numbers equates to more opportunities for such animals to land in the hands of negligent owners. It is extremely common for dogs to run after another person walking their dog, and if this dog happens to be a 'poorly socialized' dog and a fight breaks out, owners can be injured or even attacked if they try to stop it. In addition, dogs do not need to be irresponsibly owned in order to carry out an attack.
I often hear people say 'it's not the dog, it's the owner'. Well, the same for exotic pets apply. We can't honestly expect every dog owner to be an expert in animal behavior, and a fraction of their pets will inevitably cause injuries and fatalities toward humans. Captive large cats, bears, and wolves however, for the most part are considered 'dangerous' and are not treated like regular house pets. With a few severely rare exceptions, people have enough common sense to act with precautions around such animals and keep them properly confined.
Are dogs more dangerous than big cats?
When I make comparisons with exotic pets and domesticated dogs, I am not suggesting that they require similar care, or are even similar at all. Tigers are inherently dangerous. They are carnivores that have evolved to eat animals stronger than humans. Although tigers that are hand-raised and not from the wild do not readily see humans as prey, they can still accidentally kill even in play or fear because they do not have such moral awareness. Such exotic animals may be inherently dangerous, but they require a caretaker that is inherently responsible just as pilots must be. Dogs on the other hand have been selectively bred to live with humans and not be aggressive toward their owners.
However, despite thousands of years of domestication, some still are. Whatever the reason may be for this, it will never disappear. The point of dog vs. exotic pet comparisons is this: it doesn't matter if dogs are not inherently dangerous. What matters is that they still harm and kill, like a large exotic animal can. What is the difference between getting mauled to death by a tiger and a dog? Not much…dead is dead, despite domestication. Even Carole Baskin, Big Cat Rescue's founder who has worked with big cats for over 20 years has never been bitten by a big cat, but has been bitten by a dog and she has "never gotten over it"!
In addition, the domestication of many dog breeds actually makes your chances of surviving a dog attack worse. Too many people extract from movies that carnivores are obsessively hungry and confrontational.
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Many dog breeds are fearless, and do not back down when they are in the process of attacking despite injury. This is a quality that such protective animals have been selectively bred to be genetically infused with. Wild animals on the other hand are actually afraid. They retain their wild instincts to avoid potentially harmful confrontations with unusual animals such as humans frantically waving their hands and making noises (this is what you should do when faced with any large canine or feline). This is what happened in the Zanesville incident. Confused and disoriented animals were gunned down, some allegedly still in their cages. No big cat escapes have resulted in a person getting eaten. Even rarer are attacks against people who are not involved with the animal, such as the animal's caretaker or other people who live in the same household. Attacks are far more likely to occur in the animal's territory (the cage), as animals have a natural instinct to be protective of their home.
- Zanesville Ohio | Exotic Pet Attack Statistics and Public Safety
The Humane Society is urging the public to ban privately owned 'exotic' animals because of the massacre in Zanesville. Is a similar scenario likely without pet bans?
So what can be done about irresponsible exotic pet owners?
Clearly, if people are going to possess dangerous 'wildlife' there needs to be rules. The fact that there weren't any at the start is ridiculous and not the fault of the animal-owning public. What's readily observable is that the meat of the problem is that people of a specific socioeconomic status are those that end up having such animals in poor situations just as the same occurs with domesticated pets. Simply put, education, common sense, and money are essential factors in the proper maintenance of large, resource-consuming animals without exception. The purchase price of the animal is surprisingly low, but long-term care is where the real expense lies. Animals like lions and tigers are typically avoided by people with common sense, as they know how difficult and expensive these animals are, opening the door for inexperienced and ill-equipped caretakers that cannot perceive the gravity of their situations until they are forcibly shut down.
Regulations that are designed to assess financial requirements, experience, caging, and numbers of animals kept can be shaped to prevent people like this from having easy access to big cats and other high-maintenance wildlife. If you are interested in how to properly and ethically care for a pet tiger, Click Here.
- Important Facts You Should Know About Big Cat Rescue of Tampa Florida
Is Big Cat Rescue a crusader for captive big cats, or may there be two sides to this story? Read interesting information about BCR's founder Carole Baskin and more.
- 10 Exotic Pets that Pose No Threat to Public Safety
Animal rights groups often cite the danger of 'exotic pets'. Here is a list of10 unique pets that are clearly not a public safety threat.
- Idiotic Pet Laws | Banned Animals in New York City
A descriptive list of some of the most harmless animal species that are ludicrously banned as pets in New York City.
Great hub on exotic pets such as lions and tigers. I, for one, believe that man has dominion over all animals - by fiat. So yes, if he can afford it, a man should be able to own an exotic animal and take care of it.
Thank you for the above comment, Ms. MElissa Smith. Excellent - can't believe there are people who are really so deluded as to compare humans to animals in any but the most superficial of terms. Awesome hub and writing; I helped a friend write one on Lions here - https://hubpages.com/education/Wild-Cats-Facts-Abo...
Melissa, you mentioned the Zanesville incident ....have you read the police and coroner reports? I think you would find them very interesting, I know I did.
I paid for them and I care for them. Animals are not a part of our human rights system, nor should they be.
You realize less than a century ago someone could have owned you using that very same logic,right?
Your choice of words reveal a lot about you as well.
I don't believe in as you put it a "ban"on animals because unlike you I don't believe animals are a commodity. Therefore outlawing them like a narcotic is not something I am interested in.
Regarding your pit bull analogy, I think many of the deaths involved in these incidents not to mention the many others put down because no one wanted them could have been avoided all together if people didn't purposefully breed them to be aggressive not to mention breeding them with little care for what happens to them after, all this could have been avoided if people just learned to respect nature and the animals they keep.
You say people like me force you to do things a certain way restricting your freedoms when in fact you do just that and far more to the animals you claim to care for by forcing them to be what you want them to be.
The "danger" you seem to think I am arguing for is not the danger animals do to us but what we do to the animals. It is them who need protection from us not the other way around.
It is interesting to note Melissa that though it may add up to one death a year for the humans involved in these attacks the outcome for the animals is most often a needless death. Your statistics do not lie but your argument only looks at the human side of exotic animal keeping and ignores the basic well being of these wild animals regardless of their cognitive ability they are impaired by this practice and for what ? So we may keep them for our own amusement. The reason we love these creatures is because of their wild beauty alienating them from their nature for one's own need for domination is wrong and arrogant and demeaning to the very spirit of the thing we claim to love.
How can Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez want to ban Servals She knows nothing about them Shame on her,,, Did you know Oprah Winfrey Has one of these Servals. When she comes to her Montecito Estate in California she brings her 3dogs and 1 Serval with her.
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I liked your comparison between exotics/dogs and planes/cars. This is a very apt analogy and one I may use in debates in the future.
I've read that the Pixie Bob, like the Savannah, is a cat breed that's surprisingly people-oriented. Unfortunately, I'm allergic to cats.
Hi Melissa. There's also a slippery slope here. In the Peoples Republic of Australia, it's illegal for ordinary citizens to own most kinds of native animals as pets.
Yet it would be very reasonable to allow private ownership of Tasmanian Devils. Some Australian scientists report that these critters make good pets for people who treat them kindly (as is the case with dogs).
More to the point, wild Devils in Tasmania are endangered, because of a tumor facial disease. By letting freedom ring, the nanny state Down Under could save an iconic animal at zero cost and minuscule risk to responsible pet owners and their neighbors.
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Folks, I've been up front about the fact I do not intend to carry openly as a practice. That said, I support the right to do so. I don't think it should be a crime in and of itself. So I found it refreshing to hear Trent Brooks would not just open his doors to those who exercised their right to keep and bear arms but, would encourage it by offering discounts to anyone who came to his restaurant while lawfully carrying a firearm, concealed or openly. That's his right as a business owner. Don't like it, don't patronize his business. It should be that simple, especially among the more "tolerant and civilized" anti-gun crowd who think we should all be unarmed.
But, it appears that at least one member of the anti-gun movement has taken to making an open threat against Brooks and his customers on Facebook saying, "I'll shoot up the place on Saturday. Let's see you how your gun-toting patrons will stop me," according to an article appearing on the Houston Chronicle's website
This message is in direct contradiction to the stated goal/intent and supposed desires of anti-gunners. Then again, maybe it's not. After all, pretty much the only way you'll ever successfully ban and confiscate all guns is to take them by force, usually with a gun of your own. And yet, this person was so upset by Mr. Brooks' support of the 2nd Amendment that they felt the desire to threat Brooks and his customers. Brooks has contacted local authorities who are apparently investigating the threat. Brooks however, does not plan to close his shop or otherwise change his policy.
He is quoted by the Chronicle saying ,"I support the Second Amendment…It creates a safer environment for someone dining here – if there was ever someone trying to rob us – or rob our patrons – they'd walk in here, see people with guns. That should be a deterrent."
Personally, I suddenly feel the desire to venture out to 18020 FM 529 in Cypress to try Mr. Brooks' barbecue. According to the Chronicle, it has been on Alison Cook's Top 100 Houston Restaurants for the past three years. I suspect the entire GOTR crew may have to make an appearance at Brooks Place BBQ in the not too distant future.


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DST is Stupid
Folks, if you're anything like me, when you set your clock on Sunday to suddenly be a different hour than it was just a minute ago, you thought to yourself, "This is stupid."
Daylight Savings Time is one of man's stupider inventions, ranking up there with Deal or No Deal, and, more specifically, Howie Mandel.
I don't know if you've ever tortured someone, but one effective way to do it is to present someone with a truth, and tell them that the truth they perceive is false. You keep telling them that again and again, until they break and admit that your lie is the truth. Then, for more fun, you tell them their original truth was the truth. This is the sum total of Daylight Savings Time.
"What time is it?" should be a simple question, but it isn't these days, is it? With all the variability of our lives, even the time isn't something we can rely on. I won't get into the history of DST, but basically it was invented so that there would be a greater chance that you would go to Macy's after work. I heard as a child that the reason was because it saved energy. It doesn't. And by and large, DST costs more money than doing without, and when we increased DST last year, it cost North America a ton o' cash, in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
So, basically, if someone wanted to just have something be a huge economic drain and be psychologically and physiologically upsetting to the masses with little or no benefit, one could not invent something better than Daylight Savings Time. Maybe if everyone was visited by a social worker every morning who hit them with a rubber mallet, then that would possibly be a stupider, more pointless exercise than DST. Possibly. And one might actually have to make sure that the social worker visited at random times throughout the day. And that they perhaps insulted you at the same time.
"Jeez, Dr. Matt," you're probably saying, "you sure sound grumpy about this." Well, if your not-cheap-but-crappy alarm clock was playing "Walk Like an Egyptian" right now, an hour earlier than it should, wouldn't you be grumpy too? I mean, why the heck should I walk like an Egyptian? Why, I ask you, why?
You don't know? Neither do I. Whose fault is that? Daylight Savings Time.
Just My Thoughts,
Dr. Matt*
* Dr. Matt is not a real doctor.


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One of the things I believe as part of my religion is that communication with the Gods is not just a one way flow. Events that feel significant in one way or another, probably are. Many people believe that their Gods answer their prayers for help or guidance in this way.
I went downtown on the weekend where there was a big community festival and stumbled into a speech given by an aboriginal woman who was an Olympic gold medalist. She talked about how she had gotten severe PTSD from being near-fatally stabbed by a Canadian soldier during a historic conflict between the military and her nation that happened when she was a child. The conflict is a shameful event in Canadian history when the Canadian military supported developers wanting to turn her people's burial ground into a golf course. Since her nation, like many aboriginal cultures (and my Pagan tradition), practices ancestor worship/veneration, desecrating a burial site is a sacriledge. She was speaking to a mostly aboriginal audience, and talked about how her determination to be the best in her sport saved her life by giving her meaning. It had affected her powerfully when a person from her first nation had won a gold medal in the Olympics, how it counteracted the racist prejudices and beliefs of the majority culture against aboriginal people, and she wanted to give that gift to other aboriginal children. She said to consider how your descendants would remember you. She also said that her people alive today are survivors, and by the process of survival of the fittest, were therefore the best of her people.
This had me in tears and I left the hall and went out into the street where I walked away from the crowds. A few blocks away there was a bagpiper in traditional dress just standing on the sidewalk, playing traditional songs I'd heard in my highland sword dancing days. Again I had a strong emotional reaction and thought immediately of the sword dance. I felt a strong sense that this was important.
I continued down the street and went into a cafe and ordered a latte and some cake. I sat down and a few minutes later, in came a woman I had met at a Pagan conference about a year ago, and run into recently at another Pagan event. She came over and greeted me in a friendly way and we spoke for a couple of minutes.
Three events occuring at a time that affected me emotionally and spiritually, like there was something inside that resonated with each.
Making meaning of trauma by providing inspiration…Sword Dance…Pagan
I should have prefaced this with the fact that I've been seriously considering what I'm meant to do with this new evidence about the abuse, and how to make meaning of what happened.
These events helped me come to the conclusion that the best way on is forward. It's like I got permission from the Goddess not to go to court, that it's okay, he doesn't have some little girl held captive I need to rescue. The sword dance is enough. Perhaps knowing about the scar tissue will help me be more definitive when talking about what happened. I certainly feel more confident that what I remember is correct.
Like Cazaril, I need to trust that the talents I have been given are the ones I am to use for good. Like the speech-giver (I'm withholding her name not to deny her honour but for my own privacy), I have a duty to give hope to the survivors and children who come behind me. My Scottish heritage has given me a tool to reframe how society sees survivors, as warriors and veterans who fight for justice and virtue. My Pagan training and faith gives me a way to structure that fight that is meaningful and powerful, as well as, in my faith, a spell that actually changes reality for the better and focusses people's will on stopping child abusers.
I think I'm finally ready to be at peace with my father/abuser's death (if it ever comes) and to celebrate surviving him with a sword dance.
Now would he please just die already?


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1. Barbara Dugan, Interview by Will O'Connor, 12 April 2018
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- 4/12/2018
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- Barbara Dugan discusses her upbringing as part of an Irish-American family in New York City. Her grandparents emigrated from County Mayo and County Kerry around 1900. Her grandmother, Catherine, took care of janitorial duties in her apartment building while her grandfather, Patrick, became employed in steel works and helped to build several New York City area bridges. As a child, she had difficulty getting her grandmother to speak in detail about Ireland, which she suspects is because of the hardships the family endured before their move to the United States. Barbara grew up going to all-girls Catholic schools and was raised Catholic. She speaks glowingly of her travels in Ireland and discusses the various ways in which she passes a sense of Irish-American identity onto her children and grandchildren. Barbara recently relocated to Charleston to be close to her married son and grandchildren, who live in Mt. Pleasant.


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