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8/28/09: Louisiana Vet Kills Without Cause BACKGROUND: [EDITED FOR LENGTH] I understand that Dr. Miranov’s contract does not authorize her to be at the [ARNO's] relationship with Jefferson Parish shelters, as well as municipal TAKE ACTION:
ALERT WRITER: Charlotte Bass Lilly, executive director, ARNO
table25@bellsouth.net, 504-522-0222, http://www.animalrescueneworleans.org
Charlotte Bass Lilly, ARNO, writes: [August 14] between 6am and 9am, Dr.
Marcy Miranov, Westbank Jefferson Parish shelter contract veterinarian,
traveled to to the Eastbank shelter and took 18 dogs out of the adoptable
kennels, some of whom had been adopted and awaited pickup. In addition she
took the entire population of cat ISO, 13-15 cats and kittens, and
euthanized all by lethal IV injection (with NO pre-sedation).
WHY? There were 12 empty kennels in stray hold, as well as open small
kennels. Many [killed] were highly adoptable small and medium dogs, i.e.
jack russell, min pin, boston terrier mix, chi mix… I can figure no reason
why any doctor of veterinary medicine would do such a thing.
Eastbank shelter, except in a medical emergency. No one okayed the killings,
but the kennel manager and staff stood by quietly — perhaps afraid after
the unexpected firing of Leeann Matherne, past director of Jefferson Parish
Animal Shelter Division. The slaughter continued until Eastbank
veterinarian, Dr. John Edwards, arrived at 9am. He was horrified…
Some Jefferson Parish adoptables…
LT: Princess, CONTACT Amy, 304-832-4112 or ahmoloney@earthlink.net
RT: Miri, CONTACT fjaskittens@yahoo.com
VIEW MORE ANIMALS: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/jpas.html
PLAYING POLITICS WITH ANIMALS’ LIVES?
Dr. Miranov had recently reported to the DEA that Ms. Matherne was stealing
drugs for resale. DEA found no drugs missing…Matherne was drug tested and
passed. The “drug rumors” arose as retaliation after Dr. Miranov was
terminated by Matherne (but somehow kept her job). This stirs questions
about Jeff Parish authorities. Why was Dr. Miranov allowed to return? Whose
agenda did this suit? Certainly not those with animal welfare in mind…
shelters in a five parish area, is well-known among rescuers. ARNO has
supplied wet cat food pallets to encourage volunteer TNR efforts. We’ve sent
donated pallets of quality canned dog and kitten food… We’ve taken dogs,
cats, and kittens considered unadoptable due to health/behavioral issues
older age… Our role in helping these shelter animals is purposefully done
to work together towards a no-kill community. Events like [needless
slaughter] send this shelter, and Jefferson Parish, reeling into the past…
Charlotte Bass Lilly, ARNO, writes: I urge you to call, fax or write. The
horror of this occurrence should result in Dr. Miranov –
- Losing her license to practice veterinary medicine, as she has violated her oath;
- Charges and prosecution for 33 cases of animal cruelty/abuse;
- Termination of her contract to serve the parish in any capacity; and
- Reinstatement of Leeann Matherne as Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter Division director.
Aaron F. Broussard, Jefferson Parish President
1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 1002; Jefferson, LA 70123
ph: 504-736-6400; fax: 504-736-6638
email: ABroussard@Jeffparish.net
SOURCE: http://www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=4
http://www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=1376
Jefferson Parish Council:
ChrisRoberts@jeffparish.net, BJLawson@jeffparish.net,
EltonLagasse@jeffparish.net, BBordelon@jeffparish.net,
ByronLee@jeffparish.net, PWJackson@jeffparish.net, JohnYoung@jeffparish.net,
SBurke@jeffparish.net, RBlanchard@jeffparish.net,
ThomasCapella@jeffparish.net, MThomas@jeffparish.net,
BGrenrood@jeffparish.net, LouisCongemi@jeffparish.net,
NNicolosi@jeffparish.net, CynthiaLeeSheng@jeffparish.net,
RHinyub@jeffparish.net
FOR DISTRICT AFFILIATION + FULL CONTACT INFORMATION:
http://www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=7
The Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter Department
Tiffany Peperone, Interim, Director
#1 Humane Way; Jefferson, LA 70123
ph: 504-736-6111; fax: 504-736-8729
email: JPAnimalShelter@jeffparish.net
SOURCE: http://www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=1149
Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine
263 Third Street, Suite 104; Baton Rouge, LA 70801
ph: 225-342-2176; fax: 225-342-2142
email: admin@lsbvm.org
Complaint Form: http://www.lsbvm.org/complaint.pdf
http://www.lsbvm.org/complaints.htm
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August 6, 2008
Federal authorities said yesterday that they had cracked the largest identity theft case in U.S. history, charging 11 people in the theft of more than 40 million credit and debit card account numbers from computer systems at major retailers such as T.J. Maxx and Barnes & Noble.
The three-year investigation by federal agencies and overseas allies brought home the global nature of the Internet’s underground economy as agents tracked leads from China to Ukraine and picked up suspects in Turkey and Germany as well as the U.S.
Total damages may never be learned, but the Justice Department said the fraud reached at least into the tens of millions of dollars. Many potential victims have yet to be contacted.
“So far as we know, this is the single largest and most complex identity theft case ever charged in this country,” U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said at a news conference in Boston, where he announced indictments handed up by grand juries there and in San Diego.
To the chagrin of the U.S. Secret Service, which handles many electronic fraud investigations, the trail led back to one of its own informants, Albert Gonzalez. Justice Department officials said Gonzalez served as the ringleader and double-crossed the agency by tipping off his cohorts. Prosecutors said Gonzalez could face a life term in prison.
T.J. Maxx especially has become the latest poster child for the identity theft epidemic, an evolving type of fraud estimated to affect 15 million U.S. residents a year at a cost of $50 billion.
“Credit cards are constantly being stolen in different ways,” said Lance James, chief technology officer at the identity theft tracking firm Secure Science Corp. “There will be more surprises to come.”
Besides T.J. Maxx and Barnes & Noble, other retailers that lost data to the hackers were Sports Authority, BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Forever 21, DSW and T.J. Maxx’s sister company, Marshalls.
TJX Cos., which owns TJ Maxx and Marshalls, discovered the security breach in its system in late 2006 and announced it early the next year. Likewise, shoe retailer DSW discovered the breach in 2005, contacted federal law enforcement officials and posted a customer alert on its Website. It contacted credit card companies and hired a computer security firm to investigate the breach, spokeswoman Debbie Mitchell said.
But some other companies weren’t aware that hackers had broken into their databases until day and, therefore, hadn’t notified customers about possible identity losses – as may be required under the laws of California and some other states.
Barnes & Noble “had not received inquiries from credit card companies or customers about these alleged activities,” company spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating said.
Angela Proctor, spokeswoman for restaurant chain Boston Market, said her company had detected a “potential data compromise” at one location in Florida in late 2004. But an outside audit couldn’t confirm that any data had been compromised, she said, so no notifications were issued.
She said the company was still unsure if customers’ data had been stolen, though the indictments stated that Gonzalez and six others had access there.
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, who was in Silicon Valley to discuss Internet security Tuesday, said that the government would leave it to the companies to warn customers. He said the government lacked the authority to notify consumers.
The break in the case began when a handful of people were arrested in Florida last year, not long after TJ Maxx revealed that it had been hacked. They were caught trying to buy goods at Wal-Mart by using fake credit cards that been encoded with the account numbers and other data lifted from TJ Maxx.
Some began cooperating, and the trail led to such members-only websites as DumpsMarket.net, as well as to Internet chats and Web transactions in the millions of dollars.
Two Chinese nationals – who are among several accused conspirators who remain abroad and at large – were charged with providing the blank credit cards that were encoded with stolen information.
The bigger suspects include Ukrainian Maksym Yastremskiy, accused of selling credit card numbers for more than $10 million, and Aleksandr Suvorov of Estonia, who allegedly supplied Yastremskiy with the numbers and related data.
The two were arrested after they had traveled on vacation to closer U.S. allies Turkey and Germany, respectively. Federal cyber-crime agents have complained privately for years about poor cooperation from most states formerly belonging to or allied with the old Soviet Union.
The Boston indictment charges Gonzalez, who is being held in New York, with computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. Fellow Miami residents Christopher Scott and Damon Patrick Toey were described as participants but not indicted, suggesting that they may be cooperating and expect to plead guilty.
In San Diego, prosecutors charged Yastremskiy, Suvorov, the Chinese nationals and a man known only as Delpiero with trafficking in unauthorized access devices and other offenses. In addition, a criminal complaint filed in San Diego accuses Sergey Pavlovich of Belarus and Dzmitry Burak and Sergey Storchak, both of Ukraine, of conspiracy to traffic in stolen credit card numbers.
Retailers have much to worry about with the loss of sensitive data.
The initial disclosure by TJ Maxx triggered consumer lawsuits and legal fights with the banks that backed the credit and debit cards, forcing the company to set aside more than $100 million to deal with the issue.
The revelation capped years of data loss horror stories emanating from companies, government institutions and elsewhere.
“TJ Maxx is kind of the granddaddy of them all,” said Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of encryption firm PGP Corp.
Security experts said some of the hacking feats described in the indictments were impressive. Suspects used a virtual private network, Internet security tunnels common at big companies, to funnel the stolen information to encrypted computers in Eastern Europe.
Others were trivial efforts, such as driving on U.S. 1 in Miami and looking for unsecured wireless networks at retailers. They hacked into the wireless systems and installed “sniffers” to record payment card information as it was transmitted within the company.
Retailers have generally improved their security in the last few years, forcing identity thieves to be more resourceful, Dunkelberger said.
More remarkable, experts said, was the mini-United Nations that came together in the enterprise, and the speed with which everyone acted when the data fell into their hands.
“The underground economy is a global economy, and there are hot spots, like China and Eastern Europe,” said Alex Eckelberry, chief executive of security firm Sunbelt Software. “It is a full distribution channel, with people who steal the data, resell the data and use the data.” On Tuesday, TJX Cos. said banks and credit card agencies needed to work closely with retailers to protect customer privacy.
“The sheer number of retailers attacked by these cyber-criminals demonstrates the much broader challenges in protecting sensitive consumer data from this increasing threat,” spokeswoman Sherry Lang said.
TJX has posted a customer alert on its website and on the sites of its retail chains, including TJMaxx and Marshalls, notifying shoppers of the identity theft and providing them with a toll-free number to call for more information.
DSW also has sent notification letters to affected customers whenever possible, spokeswoman Mitchell said. Altogether, about 1.4 million credit cards and electronic data on 96,000 checks were breached, she said.
BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax and Forever 21 did not return calls seeking comment.
Many companies have been slow to improve security because customers haven’t stopped shopping.
“Consumers, regardless of what they tell surveys, do not take this seriously,” said Evan Shuman, editor of a blog on retail technology, StorefrontBacktalk.com. “As long as they do not punish retailers that get breached, how can they cost-justify spending to prevent it?”
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From Dave Sag on the Rhumb Line’s Thursday Night Blues Party
“Big fun this thursday at the Rumline as we drag in Ms. Lisa Marie kicking and screaming thru 3 more unbelievable sets. Egging her on will be Benny the B Benson on drumps and high dudgeon, and Our old pal, Henley Douglas Jr., the inventor of the shirt , on saxamaphonium. Of course, Greg T. and his hat will be there, as well as myself. I just finished fixing my uprite, so I’ll be flailing away on that for a change…
And , if you still got the strength, Friday at Elliot’s presents the GEEZERZ, once again: that is Dave Brown, Greg T. and myself, as well as Jim Gwin, Keith Lockhart’s favorite drummmnist on what else but…drumms!”
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At Latitute 43-
- Friday, August 14, 2009, 9:00 pm – “THE SPEAKEASYS”
AMAZING FRONTWOMAN!!! DONT MISS THIS ONE….LIVE IN THE TAVERN 9-12am. - Saturday, August 15, 2009, 7:00 pm – DAN KING DUO
DAN KING BRINGS A SPECIAL GUEST…to perform LIVE in the tavern! 7-830. - Saturday, August 15, 2009, 9:00 pm – “PHAT MAXX”
- THE ULTIMATE COVER BAND! 9-12am in the tavern.
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Thursday August 13, 2009 – Dave Sag’s Blues Party
Friday August 14, 2009 – Hope Road
Saturday August 15, 2009 – Generation Gap
Sunday August 16, 2009 – Allen Estes and Orville Giddings
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I’ve been thinking about the upcoming November 14 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto ever since it was announced in July. However, I refrained from making an early prediction because I wanted to wait and check out how each boxer was progressing in training and whether they had any distractions that were going to cause problems when fight time rolled around. With just a day to go, I believe it is time I throw in my 2 cents and predict a winner. [Apologies for the length, but after all this thinking I need to have something to show for it.]
Manny Pacquiao
The Pound-for-Pound King
Given the meteoric rise of Manny Pacquiao after his last few fights, it would have been easy to forget everything and just predict another crushing Pacquiao victory. It’s easy for naysayers to rip into De La Hoya and Hatton after Pacquiao annihilates them, but let’s not forget Pacquiao was a massive underdog in the De La Hoya fight and though he was the the favourite against Hatton, several experts thought Ricky would rough Manny up and even knock him out. So much for that.
We’ve seen Pacquiao at 147, when he utilised his blistering speed to perfection against the over-matched shell of Oscar De La Hoya. We’ve also seen him at 140, when he utilised his devastating power to brutally mash up Ricky Hatton’s brain. So how will be perform at the catch-weight of 145? Long-time trainer Freddie Roach admitted that 140 is Pacquiao’s best weight, but as long as his speed is not affected (which it wasn’t at 147), the additional 5 pounds can only add to Pacquiao’s power and durability. There was never any doubt that Pacquiao has the speed advantage over Cotto, but a question mark hovers over his ability to absorb punishment against a naturally bigger and stronger man arguably in his prime. None of Pacquiao’s last 3 opponents (Hatton, De La Hoya and David Diaz) had the power and resilience that Miguel Cotto possesses, and it will be interesting to see how Pacquiao handles this test.
In his blog at Ring magazine, Oscar De La Hoya predicted a Miguel Cotto victory. That’s a big call considering Pacquiao embarrassed De La Hoya into retirement. But then again, this is Oscar De La Hoya, the man/promoter who spews more shit than any man on the planet. The same De La Hoya who predicted himself to KO Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton to KO Pacquaio, Juan Manuel Marquez to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr and Chris Arreola to beat Vitali Klitschko.
Want more? How’s this for delusion? This is what De La Hoya wrote:
Pacquiao doesn’t hit hard enough to knock anyone out in the welterweight division. I’m basing that on my fight against Pacquiao. I could’ve stood there and put my face in front of him and he couldn’t have hurt me.
Mmm…standing still and putting his face in front of Pacquiao certainly looked like De La Hoya’s strategy that night – but if Pacquiao couldn’t hurt him, then why did Oscar quit on his stool? Why was he cowering in the corner, hanging onto the ropes and doubling over? And didn’t Pacquiao technically knock him out anyway? ‘Nuff said, De La Hoya is a douche.
Is Pacquiao getting sidetracked by his fame and fortune?
Does this look like the body of a distracted man?
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There has been a lot of talk about the moon lately and how it relates to the Earth, plus the water has been found. I have a rather dumb question, why are we focusing on the moon and other objects in our galaxy while everything else is falling apart here? Think about it.
We still pump out billions to the projects of getting us off this rock and colonizing somewhere else. We have a lot of theories and maybe possibilities, when it comes to outer space or do they (those in the position of power) know something we do not?
The Case for Going to the Moon
The first case for going to the moon is to be able to populate the moon (lunar) surface.
Our planet is dying from our activities and people have just started to become aware that we have major issues coming up. (Health of the water, air, our body health, etc.) We, the people of the planet, are off telling and standing around, telling each other “you are going you fix it.”
How is it we think we will treat the moon any different? Are we basing the population of the moon off the principle of when you don’t get it right the first time – try and try again?
We have not learned how to treat our ABUNDANT ecosystems here – and we want to live on the moon. Where are we going to get the food? Last time I checked, the agricultural industry was booming. I mean, we clear tons of forest and plop cows on the range to give us $0.99 hamburgers. What about the organic agriculture or just the rest of agriculture? How are we going to grow food – that we know is good and healthier for us?
Sure it is healthy to have “engineering problems” on how to get us a “jump point” from Earth to Mars, but I would like to know what other techniques are being provided for these kinds of questions before plunging other men and woman into the deep vat of space.
The second case for going to the moon is to have the water.
We have been studying the moon for years. Aside from the Apollo missions, I know dang well, we never stopped looking at the moon or rather studying the hoowie out of it. This statement might sound conspiracy like, but the fact of the matter is – HOW DID WE GET THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW. <Dum, Dum, Dummmmmmmm>
With the now published discovery of water on the moon, there is an “argument being made about how to get us back to it.” Again, really? My understanding of that little tiny statement is, if we could just get back to the moon would our water issues here on the planet be made right? Doubtful. Why?
Let’s face it, we have not even learned how to peacefully co-exist together and have a lot of issues here with just regular information AND MAJOR WATER ISSUES. How in the great blue sky are we going to do any better on the moon? What lessons have we learned, as the dominating species of the planet, when it comes to conservation?
The Thoughts and Conclusion
I know this is brief and has a lot of lingering questions. Oh, and it looks like I am painting a picture of not going back to the moon (lunar) surface/space; however, that is not the case.
Remember growing up, someone in your family or a friend, we were told (at some point) “take care of what you have.” Well, we as the dominating species of the planet, have yet to learn that lesson(s), for just about all aspects of our existence. If you decide you don’t agree with that…then take a look around you and see for yourself. Just look out the window and really see the issues we have and never agree to actually fix.
When problems here are actually fix/addressed, without the use of violence – of any kind – then I say, let’s make a go at space. Space is very unforgiving. It wouldn’t be a case of “lost in the desert for days without water…” or “walking through the jungle….” or any other life stories people have written or talked about over the years while exploring our own planet.
And if you don’t think space is unforgiving and I am being too cynical about this, here are a couple of other questions to twist around…
- Where are we going to get the material to properly protect the men and woman sent out into space?
- How are we going to know what material to use to protect the men and woman against gamma rays, UVA rays, and other known/unknown harmful (unseen) energy bursts?
- Where are we going to grow the food and protect that against question number two?
While I am sure that these questions have answers (because they are the most obvious) the biggest question will be what are the genetic implications to the human body? Haven’t heard much about that – now have we?
I love the unknown, dig on changes and trying new things; however, when we continue to live like there is no tomorrow on one gigantic sphere (the only one we have been stuck on for thousands of years plagued with war, famine, and some peace moments)– what in the blue heck are we going to do with ourselves in space when the going gets tough?
We haven’t proven our case for being able to handle that type of responsibility.
Sources:
Water Makes Moon Suddenly a More Attractive Destination
Moon Myths: The Truth About Lunar Effects on You
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