Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 December 2017

…the Peterson family noticed a diamondback rattlesnake in their Leesburg backyard last weekend. As they were going inside, their cat, Oreo, took matters into his own hands, fighting off the venomous reptile.

"He's a little protector," said 10-year-old Jaiden Peterson, who adopted the feline just over a year ago.

Oreo got bitten by the snake during the fight but survived.…

…On this day in 1991 Pan American ceased its operations after 64 years. It had declared bankruptcy earlier in January.