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You know the billionaire thing just means she worth a billion, right? like her song royalties, image etc etc. It doesnt mean she has a billion in her bank account, so its not really about how much shes donated (worth noting she usually tops the celeb donation round up of the year- yes, beating Dolly)

Obviously you can criticise her for having several mansions, private jets, etc etc but I'm seeing so many misconceptions about the billion dollars thing. It's more a demonstration of her success then her literal private wealth (although of course the two are interlinked)

Taylor swift does donate of course! (I wasn’t saying she doesn’t) but I also don’t know where you got your statistics. I’m not trying to attack Taylor swift or anything, I’m literally a swiftie 😭 but it’s okay to say, “hey maybe being a billionaire isn’t a ‘girlboss’ cool thing”

I literally said in my post, “people are turning this into a girlboss meme thing, instead of a girlboss criticism thing.”

I do know how net worth works, but still, there is no ethical way to get there. This isn’t saying that Taylor Swift did underhanded stuff to get to the top, she could not even know if she harmed people by doing it, because there just isn’t an ethical way to gain the title of billionaire. Whether or not you know who you screwed over or not. That doesn’t change it 😭

Also what do you think buys those mansions and planes etc etc, it’s literally money. Like she spends it because she has so much of it. Again I’m not saying to give away all her wealth, I just mean that nobody needs that much of it, especially with the American economy rn

#i Hope this makes sense :( I’m bad at explaining things #if any of this sounds mean I’m not trying to be mean!!#it’s clear that we both have different opinions and I don’t think I’m going to change yours like how you aren’t going to change mine 😭😭#so I probably won’t answer another anon like this because I think the conversation will turn redundant quite fast #anon

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How Two Millennials Went Viral - Griefcat

Griefcat: From the German word Kummerspeck or in English “grief bacon,”

the weight you gain from emotional eating or, in this case, the cat you get after a breakup.

Annie Nardolilli: Singer, Songwriter, Guitar

Louisa Hall: Singer, Songwriter, Ukulele

What does a Mormon ex-sheriff and an Atheist tech employee have in common? No, that’s not the beginning of an elaborate joke and Griefcat isn’t the punchline. Instead, Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, the masterminds behind Griefcat, are a duo that you can’t easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They are mutually perpetuating forces in matching outfits who together create beautifully blended harmonies and brilliant lyrics, with an unpredictable twist. They’ve been compared to Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Norwegian duo Ylvis, and Garfunkel and Oates by fans, but if you ask Annie to describe their sound, she’ll say “We’re like if Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, and Bo Burnham met up at an Olive Garden and wrote a song while eating unlimited breadsticks. Does that make sense? Probably not.”

On their brilliant album Late Stage Capitalism, the nine tracks range from flat out hilarious to unexpectedly thought provoking, each with a unique sound and lyrics to tickle the soul. An amalgamation of musical talent, these troubadours of the modern age display immense songwriting skills and infinite humor, with topical songs that not only dazzle but also make you smile and laugh while making fun of the world in which we live. The musicianship stands out on its own too; traditional instruments abound but you will also hear slide guitar, ukulele, trumpet, trombone, violin, and cello peppered throughout the album. The album explores how unbridled capitalism has invaded every facet of modern life, from workplace politics to interpersonal relationships, and even our most private moments.

They came up with the title in early 2020 when they wrote arguably their most well-known song on the album to date, “Revolution (Poop At Work)” which catapulted the duo to viral infamy and a strong following with over 25 million organic views of their videos, more than 15 million of those views for that song alone. Even Questlove commented on the song, saying “LOL I feel seen, I see my version as a political act.” They’ve also received likes from SZA and actor Alan Tudyk for their posts, among others.

“Revolution (Poop At Work)” is a song about how even the smallest acts of defiance can be revolutionary. “So much of the 2020s feel like the 1920s all over again - the income inequality is staggering, and the rich are getting richer while others are struggling,” says Louisa. “Late stage capitalism is at the core of our entire album, but this is the song that most explicitly calls this out. We always tell audiences it’s our most cerebral song, then we dive into a 1.5 minute poop joke. Life can be crappy, but it’s so much more fun to laugh your way through it!”

Other songs on the album include “I Just Want To Get Inside (Your Bank Account),” an unanticipated, ‘90s-style love song with a hilarious contradiction between two women looking for two different things when it comes to a new relationship. Are they looking for love or money? It also shines a light on dating culture and how much sensitive personal information we share online every day. “Crytpobro” is a traditional country tune with all the makings of a hit song. It’s a melodic, catchy, and current, and a breakup song about losing love, in this case to the cult of Cryptocurrency and the church of Elon Musk. The opening track, “Benevolent Billionaire,” featuring standout vocalist Jarreau Williams along with many of Washington, DC’s brightest musical talent, is loosely based on ‘80s supergroup charity singles like “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and “We are the World.” The song begins with Jarreau singing, “Tired of being broke, ‘cause of all of these rich people,” which is a thesis that applies to the entire record. “Love The Sinner” was written while Annie was working as a deputy sheriff and was inspired by two narrow-minded coworkers she didn’t get along with. “One of our favorite details in the song occurs when we describe the colleague as having a ‘trash bag full of farts’ for a soul,” says Annie. “Fun fact, you’ll hear a quick whooshing sound on the track of our drummer Ben Tufts whipping open a trash bag.” It’s one of two songs on the album that is based on true events, the other being “Hey There Girl,” a rapid fire duet skewering predatory MLM, boss babe, get-rich-quick-on-the-internet culture.

These songs would never have existed if it weren’t for the mind-melding of the opposites attract duo. Annie, from Arlington, VA is a Mormon and former sheriff’s deputy while Louisa, from Alexandria, VA (now lives in Reston VA), is a long-time lapsed Catholic and a career tech employee. That dichotomy in perspectives has been the key to the duo’s success both in songwriting and in their friendship. They met at a DC-based variety show in 2015 and were the only musicians in a group of comedians performing that night. “Louisa played a song called ‘Barista Boyfriend,’ about a barista she had a crush on, and I played a song called ‘Hot Park Ranger’ about a park ranger I had a crush on,” says Annie. “We both realized we liked hot people with jobs!” They felt an immediate kinship. After continually running into each other in the singer-songwriter scene in DC and admiring each other's work, they joked backstage at the 9:30 Club in 2018 about how they should form a band together. They scheduled their first rehearsal in 2019, and wrote a song about vaccines and egg rolls, and the rest is (recent) history.

Now, with Late Stage Capitalism, Griefcat has all the potential to be more than just a musical act. With each live show, they invite their audience to step inside their world, creating a fun and exciting atmosphere that becomes a universally shared experience. “We want to take away some of the seriousness of the day and help people remember that though life may be chaotic and nonsensical, it’s still good. Life is hard and it’s okay to laugh at it together,” says Annie. But the greatest messages they receive are from fans who say their music provides a cathartic experience. Says Louisa, “We’ve had folks reach out who couldn’t get out of bed due to grief, and they’ve found us, and it brought them enough joy to get out of bed that day.” Ultimately they want people to enjoy the music, not just because it’s funny, but because it’s good – they want fans to feel it in their souls, to love the lyrics, and to have fun singing along. People often tell them after a Griefcat show that they haven’t laughed that hard in a long time, and that’s a compliment that inspires Griefcat to keep making music every day.

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All the Money in the World (2017) Movie Review by: Will Whalen

All the Money in the World is the Christmas Day release from the amazing Ridley Scott and stars Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Mark Wahlberg and is the true story about when the grandson of billionaire Paul Getty is kidnapped and held ransom for 17 million dollars, the mom of the kidnapped kid, also named Paul, must find a way to get him back or convince Mr. Getty to pay the ransom.

I saw this on Christmas Day and was so excited about this. There’s nothing I love to do more on Christmas than to see the Christmas Day releases. Unfortunately, there was only one where I live this year but I gotta say, I’m not disappointed. I’m a huge Ridley Scott fan and not to mention, this looked fantastic. However, this film suffered a big setback that paid off for the better for them. As some may know, after the allegations that came out against Kevin Spacey, he was stripped from being the star of the film and was replaced by Christopher Plummer. How they pulled this off, absolutely blows my mind. After watching the film, I learned that they shot all of those scenes in 9 Days… if you see the film, you’d be just as dumbfounded as I am because it makes no sense how they pulled this off. Especially since a bit of the film has Mr. Getty in it. However, I’m so glad they replaced Kevin Spacey. Not because it was the smart or right thing to do, but because Christopher Plummer fit the role a lot better and this is without a doubt one of his best performances.

First off, the performances from every actor involved are absolutely astounding. Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty was brilliant and one of the best performances of the year. He plays this old cynical billionaire who is just a mean bastard and I loved every single second that he was on screen. Almost everything that he did will piss you off and I couldn’t get enough of it. Like I said earlier, how they reshot all of the scenes with this character in just 9 days is absolutely brilliant and Ridley Scott deserves some kind of praise just for this. Michelle Williams, who I’m a big fan of, was absolutely incredible. She is so good in this film and I couldn’t get enough of screentime with her. She gives one of her best performances in this and her character, as is every other major character in this, is given some fantastic dialogue. This film is actually petty dialogue heavy but isn’t a negative because it had me riveted throughout the entire runtime. Mark Wahlberg was also damn good in this. I’ve always been a big fan of Wahlberg but he disappeared into this character. He didn’t give a big over the top performance or didn’t even get a crazy amount of screentime. However, I didn’t see the typical Mark Wahlberg in this film and anytime that happens, it’s something to admire. However, Charlie Plummer who plays the the kidnapped boy and grandson of Paul Getty was amazing and at times, he absolutely shines. Some of his scenes were my favorites in the film actually but there was never a lot given to the depth of this character.

The man behind the camera and the brain of the film, is the true reason why this film is so damn great. Ridley Scott has made great film after great film, time and time again and this may be one of my favorite of his that I’ve seen in quite some time. The direction and cinematography in this film is beautiful. It gives this film exactly what it needs and the incredible cinematography captures a true essence that makes this film even more suspenseful, confined and beautiful. The cinematographer, Dariusz Wolski, is probably one of the best out there. He worked with Scott on Prometheus and Alien Covenant, which are probably some of the most beautiful looking films I’ve ever seen, and has an incredible filmography of visionary and gorgeous looking films. And clearly, this film is just as beautiful as any other ones in his filmography. There’s shots that truly blew me away and even got my heart racing. The way Scott shoots certain scenes is truly quite poetic in the way the man goes about his work. With gorgeous dolly shots or close up and brutal shots, his style is very present and I couldn’t get enough of it. Even at scenes that want to make you cry and call your mom, you just can’t look away. How he was able to do this even with reshoots that last 9 days, floors me but him and the cast did it.

As for problems with the film, there’s not very many other than it being a little long. It’s hard to actually pinpoint anything else other than a little bit of pacing. There were like a couple minutes of the film where I wasn’t very interested or just waiting to get to the next thing because I was so invested in the story. Other than that, this film is absolutely riveting. A+ performances from everyone involved, the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, and the story is one that had my hands sweating. This is based off true events and obviously this will be more dramatized, but the basic facts are there and I was on the edge of my seat for most of the film. Ridley Scott is one of the best directors out there and he makes a new favorite of mine with All the Money in the World and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

I’m going to give All the Money in the World…

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Sorry for the late review but the holidays have been a busy time. I saw this and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle on Christmas Day but got busy. More reviews coming soon so as always, stay tuned! Best of the Year lists will be soon!

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Altered Carbon — five stars for Netflix’s sci-fi series

Revel in the neon-lit retro-futuro stylings and the strong performances

Financial Times Suzi Feay JANUARY 26, 2018

You’d definitely want to book a stay in the Raven Hotel, “an establishment of peerless repute and timeless quality”. Poe, the proprietor (also bellhop, maitre d’ and concierge), is most accommodating and the security arrangements are second to none. Should you find yourself being attacked in the lobby by a small army, management is fully licensed to liquidate all comers. Up in the suites it’s a different story. Poe, being AI, is vulnerable to hackers.

Takeshi Kovacs has no idea that AI hotels are a bit naff these days, but that’s because as a convicted terrorist he’s “been down” for 250 years. In Altered Carbon (Netflix, from Friday), adapted from the novel by Richard K Morgan, human bodies are known as sleeves, as disposable as a cheap shirt. As long as your “stack” — a neck implant — isn’t damaged, you can be resleeved again and again.

The world he wakes up in still has some familiar markers: Catholics, Muslims and stiletto heels. In other respects it’s unfathomable. When convicted, Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) was Japanese, and he’s now a white guy. If that wasn’t confusing enough, he’s been activated to order in a body with “combat muscle memory” by a billionaire (James Purefoy) who’s just been murdered. Laurens Bancroft is a “Meth”, or Methuselah, one of the obscene rich able to clone his own body and thus achieve what amounts to eternal life, so finding his own brains splattered over the wall was more a job for the cleaning staff than the police. Still, he’s pretty annoyed about it and wants answers.

Kovacs isn’t much keen on his mission, his boss (who’s a bit Presidents Club) or his new bod. At least he’s not as badly off as the four-year-old murder victim resleeved as an elderly woman. “Put your wife in me!” a dolly coos at a prospective punter. Where do all the empty bodies come from? How do the stacks insert — like DVDs? It’s probably best not to ask too many questions, but simply revel in the neon-lit retro-futuro stylings and all the other good stuff: Chris Conner as the grandly subservient and touchingly eager Poe, Martha Higareda’s antagonistic cop Ortega, Purefoy’s brief and bouncy nude scene and Kinnaman’s bruised, existential gumshoe. Kovacs might yearn for eternal oblivion, but in the meantime he’s a man with urges. After all, who could resist a femme fatale engineered to secrete narcotics in her bodily fluids? Yum.

★★★★★

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3 Surprising Downsides of Living in New York City's Tallest Apartment Building

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While New Yorkers all know that their city's tallest building is One World Trade Center, do you know its tallest residential building? It's soon to be Extell's Central Park Tower-a 95-story, 1,550-foot super-high-rise at 217 West 57th Street (a.k.a. “Billionaires' Row”).

Even though this building won't be completed until 2019, units are already for sale!

Central Park Tower's 279 residences will range in size from 1,435 square feet to over 17,500 square feet, priced from $6.5 million to over $100 million. Oh, and for those prices, they'll also enjoy an array of sweet amenities including a 15,000-square-foot outdoor terrace with 60-foot swimming pool, plus an indoor pool, basketball and squash courts, lounge with billiards, screening room, plus a “surprise” room still under wraps on the 100th floor.

Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Central Park Tower joins a bunch of so-called “supertall” developments in the area. But at least according to some real estate agents, Central Park Tower will not only be the tallest, but the most deluxe residence of them all.

A view of Central Park Tower, under construction

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“This is the best building to be delivered in the next couple of years,” says New York City-based luxury real estate agent Dolly Lenz. “The location is ideal. Everyone is moving west, so this is the hub of everything.”

And although those prices seem steep, for what you get, “so far, the pricing is not out of whack,” Lenz continues. “We have a lot of interest-more than 50 calls and emails, mostly high-net-worth individuals worth more than $100 million, mostly from Asia. They want to be in the thick of things. And the views, of course, are incredible.”

But living on top of the world (or at least the Big Apple) may not be all it's cut out to be. Here are a few surprising downsides to consider.

A rendering of how Central Park Tower will look once finished in 2019.

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The building may sway

One potential downside with all that height is that it's good for views, but not for structural integrity.

“Skyscrapers are going to swing in strong winds, regardless of how they are built,” points out Shane Lee at RealtyHop. “In the last few decades, we have seen many structural designs that allow skyscrapers to withstand high winds and earthquakes, such as the tuned mass damper [a device that reduces vibrations] in Taipei 101 and the concrete slabs in the One World Trade Center building. But skyscrapers are going to sway, and Central Park Tower is no exception-maybe 3, 4, or 5 feet.”

While swaying in a building 95 stories up might give some the heebie-jeebies, at least Central Park Tower is not as skinny as the supertalls at 432 Park Ave. and 111 West 57th, since this makes the swaying seem all the more precarious.

“Central Park Tower is much wider, so it's a more comforting building in that regard,” Lenz says.

The long elevator rides-or, god forbid, stairs

Another concern for some might be the elevator ride-which, to the top, is nearly a third of a mile straight up. That's longer than some people's subway commutes!

“It's faster than you think,” says real estate agent Jason Haber of Warburg Realty in Manhattan.

But what if the electricity goes out? That's what worries Miami real estate agent Chris Morenza.

“In recent years many high rise buildings have been built in our area,” he says. “I visited one building in downtown Miami and all the elevators were out. However long the 50-story elevator ride took, walking up was much slower.”

And bad weather (to which New York is no stranger) only ups the odds of outages.

You're so high, you might not see much of anything at all

Last but not least, living this high up could actually obstruct those fantastic views.

“When it's cloudy, you will be in the cloud without views,” points out Compass' “chief evangelist” and broker, Leonard Steinberg, in New York City. But then again, “In this world, having your heads in the clouds could be a relief.”

The view from Central Park Tower … provided it isn't a cloudy day.

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

We’ve all had that special dog. The one you just couldn’t bear the thought of saying goodbye to. What if you didn’t have to? You might recall Dolly the sheep — the first successfully cloned mammal. It’s been 20 years since Dolly made her debut, and cloning has come a long way. South Korean researchers started dog cloning in 2005, but at $100,000 a pop, such services were out of most pet owners’ reach. Enter ViaGen, a Cedar Park, Texas-based livestock cloning company. In 2015, ViaGen started cloning pets in the states. Less than a year later, the first U.S. cloned dog was born: a Jack Russell Terrier puppy. ViaGen slashed the price of a cloned puppy in half — just $50,000 for dogs.

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

“The common thread here is that love for their pets,” says Melain Rodriguez, client service manager for ViaGen. “They share an extreme love and bond with the pet. It’s something that can give a client hope, especially if a pet is ill or very recently deceased, it can give a little bit of hope for the future that there’s a little piece of them still growing and living.” ViaGen also offers a genetic banking service similar to cord blood banking for human babies, a hot trend among new parents. The initial genetic preservation costs $1,600, and there’s an annual storage fee of $150 per year, which begins after the first year. Pet owners can then decide to clone their pet later or just keep storing the cells indefinitely.

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Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

If you’ve watched sci-fi movies, you might think that a clone of your dog will be a perfect replica, but it’s not that simple. “I think there is a sort of notion that a clone is an exact copy, and it’s true from a genetic standpoint, it essentially is,” says James A. Serpell, Ph.D., the Marie A. Moore professor of ethics and welfare and director of the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society (CIAS) at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia. “But the genes are really just a blueprint. How the blueprint is interpreted and transformed during development can have huge effects. A lot can happen between conception and adulthood, and that really determines what you end up with.”

Basically, there are no guarantees when it comes to a cloned pet’s personality. “The feedback from our clients tells us that personality and temperament are very similar in the cloned animals,” Rodriguez says. “I wish we could say for sure yes, they are going to have exactly the same personality, but it can really depend on environmental factors as well as some genetic factors.” A cloned dog might not even look identical to the original dog. “One thing that can change in a cloned animal is the patterning of the fur,” Rodriguez says. “If the original dog is a black dog with white spots, then the cloned puppy will be black with white spots, but those white spots can be in a different location. That’s something that is determined by an external factor: the uterine environment.” However, the ratio of black to white will likely be similar, and the puppy will most likely have a similar body shape, size and conformation as the original dog.

Cloning to save special animals

Now that cloning is no longer relegated to livestock or eccentric billionaires, the odds of meeting someone with a cloned pet are going up. But just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. With so many homeless pets sitting in shelters, isn’t all this cloning stuff just a little bit too crazy? Maybe not.

Cloning is not only used for special pets. “We’ve had some therapy dogs that are going to be cloned, working dogs, like drug-sniffing and bomb-sniffing dogs,” Rodriguez says. Working dogs and service dogs are typically spayed or neutered young. But an outstanding dog’s genes are valuable. Cloning offers a way to use those genes for future generations. Animal conservation is another area where cloning can be of good use. ViaGen is involved in cloning two endangered species related to cows: the gaur and the banteng.

The majority of ViaGen’s customers choose to simply preserve and store their pets’ genetic material and never take additional steps toward cloning. “Those cells can be stored for decades,” Rodriguez says. “There could be future cell-based therapies where these cells could be useful at some point. There isn’t really anything available now, but research is always being done.” No matter how much we love them, most of us will never clone our dogs. And maybe that’s best. “Enjoy your pet as an individual, and enjoy your next dog as a different individual, but to my mind, it’s foolish to try to reproduce the same dog because you won’t succeed,” Dr. Serpell says. “You’ll just be disappointed.”

How does dog cloning work exactly?

A Golden Retriever puppy relaxing on the floor. Photography ©appleping | Thinkstock.

Now that you know a dog can be cloned, just how do they do it? The first step is collecting and preserving genetic material from the dog who will be cloned. Using a kit from ViaGen, a veterinarian collects a few tiny pieces of skin via a process called a punch biopsy. The vet uses a local or general anesthesia so the dog feels no pain.

“We grow millions and millions of cells from those tissues, and each cell contains the complete DNA of that pet,” Rodriguez says. “The cells are frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen. From that point on, those cells remain viable indefinitely. They can be used for cloning right away, or they can be stored for decades.”

Next, a lab worker takes an egg cell (called an oocyte) from a donor dog and removes the nucleus, which is the part of the cell that contains all of the genetic material. This process essentially creates a blank egg. “We replace that nucleus with a cell from the dog to be cloned,” Rodriguez says. “Then it’s given a little bolt of electricity so the cell is fused to the egg. After that fusion, it starts to grow into an embryo.”

The cloned embryo is then transferred into a surrogate dog, much the same way a human can use a surrogate to carry a baby if the mother is unable to sustain a pregnancy. ViaGen transfers several cloned embryos at the same time to increase the odds of ending up with a live puppy. “Because we do transfer more than one embryo into the surrogate there is potential more than one puppy could be born, but every puppy born in that litter will be a genetic twin to the original dog,” Rodriguez says.

In addition to taking home one or more cloned puppies, the client has the option of adopting the surrogate dog who carried and gave birth to the puppies. If they decline, the surrogate dog will either be used again within the cloning program or adopted to a different family.

Thumbnail: Photography ©Folsome | Thinkstock.

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

Dog cloning 101

Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

Cloning to save special animals

How does dog cloning work exactly?

A Golden Retriever puppy relaxing on the floor. Photography ©appleping | Thinkstock.

Thumbnail: Photography ©Folsome | Thinkstock.

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

Dog cloning 101

Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

Cloning to save special animals

How does dog cloning work exactly?

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

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Have Tea with Your Dog at the Egerton House Hotel in London

Meet Ricochet, a Service Dog Turned Surfer Dog

How to Help Animals Affected by Hurricane Harvey

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

Dog cloning 101

Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

Cloning to save special animals

How does dog cloning work exactly?

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

Dog cloning 101

Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

Cloning to save special animals

How does dog cloning work exactly?

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

Read more dog news on Dogster.com:

Have Tea with Your Dog at the Egerton House Hotel in London

Meet Ricochet, a Service Dog Turned Surfer Dog

How to Help Animals Affected by Hurricane Harvey

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Let’s Talk Dog Cloning — Would You Ever Clone Your Dog?

A cloned cat is even cheaper: $25,000 (as it turns out, cats are easier to clone than dogs, so it’s less expensive). It’s still pretty pricey, but some people are doing it. The question is, why?

Dog cloning 101

Jack Russell Terrier Nubia was the first puppy cloned in the United States. Photography Courtesy of ViaGen.

Cloning to save special animals

How does dog cloning work exactly?

Jackie Brown is a freelance writer, editor and pet-industry consultant. She lives in sunny Southern California with her Miniature Poodle Jäger. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.

Read more dog news on Dogster.com:

Have Tea with Your Dog at the Egerton House Hotel in London

Meet Ricochet, a Service Dog Turned Surfer Dog

How to Help Animals Affected by Hurricane Harvey

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