Greenville Exotic Animal Zoo Cited by USDA
A Greenville exotic animal zoo has been cited for several violations of the federal animal welfare act. The citations were issued to Special Memories Zoo on May 4th following an inspection.
Storefront Petting Zoo To Sadly Open In Las Vegas After One Closes In Oklahoma City
The positive news that a storefront petting zoo in Oklahoma City had permanently closed its doors was somewhat overshadowed by the upsetting revelation that the owner has plans to open a new location in Las Vegas; where he estimates it can generate upwards of $10,000 a day.
The compassionless owner of the now-defunt Neon Jungle OKC, Jeff Lowe, called it “entirely a business decision” in a recent in an article posted on newsok.com; citing lack of foot traffic at the Plaza Mayor location as the reason why he closed the operation that touted $25.00 play sessions and photographs with wild baby animals.
As reported by WAN last month, tiger, lemur and bear cubs were among the animals being exploited by the OKC location which received daily transfers of the vulnerable babies from the controversial Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (G. W. Zoo).
The questionable organization is known for breeding big-cat cubs which are tragically separated from their mothers at four weeks of age or younger to be used for photo ops or transferred to other shady exhibitors throughout the country.
PETA has requested for the USDA to investigate others zoos throughout the country that have reportedly acquired big neonatal cats from G. W. Zoo such as Special Memories Zoo in Greenville Wisconsin.
Among its many offenses, according to a previous article published in the Post-Crescent, a 2015 USDA inspection of Special Memories Zoo found rodent droppings surrounding animals food, empty water bowls, and soiled bedding. A 2014 inspection found a pile of feces about a foot wide and at least 6 inches tall inside a shelter for the animals.
As if the many parts of this story were not shady enough, after WAN’s further investigation, we also revealed that the Wynnewood Zoo was originally founded by big cat breeder “Joe Exotic” who is “currently a 2018 gubernatorial candidate for the state of Oklahoma following an unsuccessful 2016 bid for President of the United States.
As always, WAN discourages people from participating in or supporting any exploitation of animals for misguided entertainment purposes!
When a giraffe slobbers all over you on live TV
This is apparently how much giraffes at the Florida State Fair love Charley Belcher.
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A Creepy School in Wisconsin and More Marching Band Thoughts
Alie and Zoe run aroun a creepy school in Wisconsin before their band performs, see some creepy paintings, and talk to their temporary cameraperson, Megan. Then, back at home, Allie, Zoe, and Meghan talk about the competiton, their favorite parts of marching band, and show ou some competition silliness.
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Six Flags Great America Trip 15 Conclusion 6-21-17
L. Michelle and I rode 23 rides before she had to leave, and I finished with 29 for the day, including the ERT with Jon. We saw Jon earlier when we were on Dare Devil Dive, and he took a video for us. When we obtain that video, look for it on L. Michelle's channel! Another fun day in the books!
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Poppy having fun at Boon Tiong playground
AAS Eclipse Workshop 2017
On 21 August 2017, a total eclipse of the Sun will cross the United States from coast to coast, giving tens of millions of people in a 70-mile-wide path from Oregon to South Carolina a chance to see the solar corona and experience all phases of the eclipse. The Moon's shadow will sweep across the country starting mid morning in Oregon with just under two minutes of totality and reaching maximum duration of approximately 2 minutes 40 seconds in Southern Illinois before exiting over South Carolina mid afternoon.
Outside the path of totality, all of North America will experience a partial eclipse. This event, the first total solar eclipse to touch the US mainland since 1979 and the first to span the continent since 1918, presents a unique opportunity to excite people about science and connect them personally to the cosmos, as well as to conduct several important scientific observations. We are a working group dedicated to the science and public outreach of this unique event.
The Eclipse 2017 Workshop IV took place in Carbondale, Illinois, on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 June 2016, at the SIU Carbondale Student Center, hosted by Bob Baer and Shadia Habbal.
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00:01:02 Shadia Habbal, Professor - University of Hawaii The Magic of Total Solar Eclipses
00:19:19 Charles Fulco, Science Consultant Eclipses 101: Introducing the Great American Eclipse
00:40:42 David Baron, Writer Using the Eclipse to Illuminate History
01:00:32 Jay Ryan, AmericanEclipseUSA.com Illustrating the Eclipse
01:17:32 Fred Espenak, Goddard Space Flight Center Glorious Totality
01:44:31 Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com A Tour of the Great American Eclipse
02:15:42 Press Conference – Brad Colwell, SIUC Interim Chancellor
02:16:53 Press Conference—Fred Espenak, Goddard Space Flight Center
02:20:51 Press Conference—Shadia Habbal, Professor—University of Hawaii
02:26:08 Press Conference—Angela Speck, Professor—University of Missouri
02:28:55 Press Conference—Lou Mayo, NASA
02:38:40 Press Conference Q&A
02:47:46 Matt Penn, National Solar Observatory Citizen CATE Experiment: 2015, 2016, 2017
03:06:30 Lika Guhathakurta, NASA 2017 Eclipse: The 100 Year Eclipse
03:23:16 Lou Mayo, NASA Eclipse 2017: Through the Eyes of NASA
03:38:57 Chris Giersch, NASA EDGE
03:49:26 Bob Baer, SIUC Eclipse Co-Chair Eclipse 2017: SIUC Preparations
04:03:46 Michelle Nichols, Adler Planetarium Adler Planetarium: The Year of the Eclipse
04:16:04 Jim Todd, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Total Solar Eclipse: Oregon
04:32:01 John Jerit & Paulo Aur, American Paper Optics
04:47:05 Sophie Margolis & Mark Margolis, Rainbow Symphony Eclipse Safety and Solar Viewing
05:00:32 Don Ficken, St. Louis Astronomical Society & Trish Erzfeld, Heritage County Tourism St. Louis Eclipse 2017
05:11:04 Michael Bakich, Astronomy Magazine Eclipse Preparations in St. Joseph
05:21:35 Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com Leveraging Social Media for Outreach
05:41:30 Dan McGlaun, Eclipse 2017.org Alaska Airlines Flight 870
Governor Nikki Haley 2015 Inauguration
Governor Nikki Haley 2015 Inauguration, from Columbia, S.C.
Governor Nikki Haley Inauguration 2015
The second-term inauguration of Nikki Haley on January 14, 2015, from the State House grounds in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Mission Accomplished: Talons Out Honor Flight
WGVU Public Media honors the men and women defending our freedoms. We travel with Southwest Michigan’s Talons Out Honor Flight to Washington D.C. with more than 80 veterans and their guardians. This is their day to see the Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery and visit the World War II, Korean, Vietnam and Women’s Military Memorials. But this is more than a sightseeing tour. This is the story of fathers and mothers and their intimate relationships with their sons and daughters. It’s an emotional journey where veterans reveal haunting, decades old memories with the ones who love them most. From the fanfare arrival at Reagan International Airport to the gathering of more than 3,000 passionate greeters at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo homecoming, this is for many veterans their final mission. Watch WGVU’s Mission Accomplished: Talons Out Honor Flight.
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Columbia, South Carolina
00:01:46 1 History
00:01:54 1.1 Early history
00:05:40 1.2 19th century
00:11:19 1.3 20th century
00:18:12 1.4 Recent history
00:20:29 2 Geography
00:22:23 2.1 Climate
00:24:04 2.2 Metropolitan area
00:26:14 2.3 Neighborhoods
00:26:23 3 Demographics
00:29:19 3.1 Religion
00:30:10 4 Economy
00:32:32 4.1 Downtown revitalization
00:35:46 5 Arts and culture
00:41:22 5.1 Venues
00:41:30 5.1.1 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
00:42:37 5.1.2 Koger Center for the Arts
00:43:27 5.1.3 Carolina Coliseum
00:44:34 5.1.4 Township Auditorium
00:45:15 6 Sports
00:46:03 6.1 Sports venues
00:48:48 7 Parks and recreation
00:56:28 8 Government
00:58:40 8.1 Military installations
00:59:00 9 Education
00:59:09 9.1 Colleges and universities
01:03:25 9.2 Private schools
01:03:33 9.3 Public school districts
01:03:42 10 Media
01:04:50 11 Transportation
01:05:00 11.1 Mass transit
01:06:31 11.2 Roads and highways
01:08:55 11.3 Air
01:09:38 11.4 Intercity rail
01:10:02 11.5 Intercity bus
01:10:40 12 Health care
01:13:42 13 Notable people
01:13:51 14 Accolades
01:14:28 15 Sister cities
01:14:55 16 See also
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Columbia is the capital and second largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina, with a population estimate of 134,309 as of 2016. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 767,598 as of the 2010 United States Census, growing to 817,488 by July 1, 2016, according to 2015 U.S. Census estimates. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, originating from the name of Christopher Columbus.
The city is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) northwest of the geographic center of South Carolina, and is the primary city of the Midlands region of the state. It lies at the confluence of the Saluda River and the Broad River, which merge at Columbia to form the Congaree River. Columbia is home to the University of South Carolina, the state's flagship university and the largest in the state, and is also the site of Fort Jackson, the largest United States Army installation for Basic Combat Training. Columbia is also located 20 miles west of the site of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, which is operated by the U.S. Air Force and is used as a training base for the 169th Fighter Wing of The South Carolina Air National Guard. Columbia is also the location of the South Carolina State House, which is the center of government for the state. In 1860, the city was the location of the South Carolina Secession Convention, which marked the departure of the first state from the Union in the events leading up to the Civil War.
Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)