FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES

Cooler today, drizzly, mostly fallish. To follow up on yesterday's posting, I was astonished to read this article about "urban coyotes." Thousands of coyotes in metro Chicago? Who knew -- besides the coyotes?

Also, while doing some research today, I came across a press release I needed to reference, published by the European arm of an American company. At the top of the release -- this is on-line, mind you, it said in bold, all caps -- NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.

Must be a legality. There I sat, in the United States, looking at the document. Not only that, I googled the phrase "NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES" as a whole and got a lot of releases that say the same thing, though sometimes with other countries added to the ban. Who knew -- besides the flacks?