Mike Oswald has driven from coast to coast and visited our national parks. 
He has written a comprehensive guide. His experiences are dramatic and humorous. I know that a hike with Mike would be a wonderful experience!

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JENNIFER HORNE is writer of poetry and prose, additionally she is an editor and educator. She will become your friend as her poetry is read!

I sincerely hope that our Conversation adds to your appreciation for poetry. Jennifer recognizes the wisdom of the piano teacher and the humility of the cicada.

Jennifer graciously welcomes you to her blog:  https://jennifer-horne.blogspot.com/

She was appointed Laureate in 2017 for a four year term. https://www.alabamawritersconclave.org/news/2019/9/14/a-conversation-with-alabama-state-poet-laureate-jennifer-horne    

Please visit her Facebook page.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN B.A., Summa Cum Laude

Major: Psychology

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Evans Scholarship, Charleton Blundt Scholarship Award

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Ph.D.

Major: Psychopharmacology

Thesis: Effects of ethanol on aggression

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

M.D.

Major Program: Internal Medicine

Honors: Mary Bizal Peterson Award in recognition of potential for study in Neurology

Continuing Medical Education
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Integrative/Holistic Medicine, including Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, and Qigong; particularly related to health and wellness in the practice of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurorehabilitation

 Treatment Modalities Acupuncture / Acupressure Tuina Herbal Medicine Food as Medicine Meditation Qigong

Minnesota Neurorehabilitation Hospital, co-founder and clinical director

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MUSIC BY PERMISSION
Leroy Anderson

https://youtu.be/9OuKPtcYcZ0


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Anderson

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Dr. James Brown

Dr. Brown has been teaching to students from around the globe for more than twenty years. His experience and dedication makes for being an accomplished educator but also a resource suddenly needed as the pandemic interferes with past practices. 

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My Guest is Kate Rugroden

Kate is a TPWD permitted wildlife rehabilitator specializing in bats, opossums, and raccoons, and holds both TPWD and USDA Educational Display permits as well. She has over 30 years’ experience in presenting live animal programs in addition to her 15 years as a rehabilitator. She is a member of IWRC, NWRA, the Texas Animal Shelter Coalition, Texas Animal Control Association, and serves as Chair of the Stakeholders Committee for the National White Nose Syndrome Response Team.

Kate serves as VP of Operations for Bat World Sanctuary. In that role, she has presented educational programs to thousands of adults and school children throughout the DFW Metroplex. 

Kate has developed training manuals for and teaches several wildlife rehabilitation classes, leads the 2-day bat rehabilitation workshops for Bat World, and, with Amanda Lollar of Bat World Sanctuary, co-authored the book The Essential Bat (Bat World Sanctuary, 2012). Additionally, she has developed material for a remote, instructor-led half-day bat rehabilitation workshop and a half-day bat training workshop for Animal Control officers in Texas and California. She is approved by the Texas Department of State Health Services and American Association of Veterinary State Boards as an instructor for continuing education hours, and is certified as an instructor for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

KATE WILL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT WITH THIS QUESTION: you have just met an individual who had never heard of bats and never seen one, what one word would you use to describe it?

https://batworld.org/

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Bat World Sanctuary
299 High Point Rd
Weatherford, TX 76088

Kate Rugroden, VP Special Projects, Bat World, discusses rabies and white nose syndrome. White nose syndrome is an emergent disease which is responsible for the deaths of many millions of bats in less than 10 years. There is no cure for this disease and it primarily spreads bat to bat.

Kate has a second episode available a this podcast.


https://batworld.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/batworldsanctuary

https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/
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I just listened to the podcast.....well done! I enjoyed visiting with you, and have added your channel to my list of worthwhile things to listen to (and it's a very short list...). I also shared the link on my Bat World MidCities FaceBook page. 

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Dr. Brown carefully discusses the viruses. His extensive research in the HIV diseases is well described.  A professional trip led him to India. An important visit to a leprosarium is recounted, and the accidental occasion of meeting Mother Theresa caps off the discussion of that trip.

Dr. Brown served in leadership with the New Jersey Department of Public Health. In this capacity his expertise was used in managing dangerous viruses and bcteria: HIV, Lyme Disease. He shares examples of conflicts between science and elected officials. Those conflicts did sometimes result in dangerous policies. 

Dr. Brown has additional expertise as an educator. Another episode promises to be another wonderful conversation. d

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RETPTILES

Near Madison, Wisconsin is a busy store. Life abounds in REPTILE RAPTURE. This business has established customers throughout the globe, and it seems everywhere in the United States.

This interesting episode touches on a commitment to values which seem uncommon. Richard will use the word "help" repeatedly. He not only helps the individual buying a pet, but you will hear how he likewise helps the animal. Listen carefully...

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Fr. Seorise, of the Holy Resurrection Monastery in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin is an insightful Irishman. The discussion about iconography is a rewarding one. 

Each of us has a vocation story to share; his is alluded to briefly. 

There is an organization known as the Catholic Worker Movement. It becomes a powerful force in the life of Fr. Seorise. He describes himself, as a young Catholic boy in Belfast as a Socialist. Later, he uses the word "anarchist" in describing the Catholic Worker Movement. 

I have been part of hospitality houses of the Catholic Worker Movement since the early 1970's. Not a one of the houses is similar. There is a fabric shared by all. A founder, Dorothy Day, thoughtfully wrote, "The biggest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that has to start with each one of us."

https://www.osvnews.com/2019/05/01/get-to-know-the-ruthenian-greek-catholic-church/

https://www.catholicworker.org/

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