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This was one of Itachi Uchiha's crows that had Shisui Uchiha's left eye implanted into it. It was later stored inside Naruto Uzumaki.
Before his death, Shisui entrusted his remaining eye to Itachi to protect Konohagakure.[1] Itachi would later implant the Sharingan into this crow.
The crow looked no different from a normal crow, except for the fact that its left eye bears Shisui's Sharingan.
Having Shisui Uchiha's left eye implanted by Itachi Uchiha, the crow could use Shisui's strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, which could manipulate the enemy's mind at will without them even noticing. The crow could be inserted into another body and could survive in it for a extraordinary long time.
Part II
Itachi Pursuit Arc
During an encounter with Naruto, Itachi asked Naruto what he would do if Sasuke ever attacked the village. Seemingly satisfied with Naruto's answer that he would stop Sasuke and save the village, Itachi stated that he would give Naruto some of his power but hoped that he would never have to use it. Using a genjutsu as a distraction he sent one of his crows inside of Naruto.[2]
Shinobi World War Arc
When Itachi was reincarnated during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the crow emerged from Naruto's mouth during his and Killer B's fight with Itachi and an also reincarnated Nagato and overwrote Kabuto Yakushi's control over Itachi. Itachi later explained that he had set up the crow it so that it would show itself in response to Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan. Itachi made it so that the genjutsu would give the order "protect Konoha" to whomever was affected by it. Itachi intended this to be used on Sasuke Uchiha, as he anticipated that Sasuke would transplant Itachi's eyes into his own and also feared that he might one day turn on the village. Seemingly not wanting Shisui's eye to fall into the wrong hands, Itachi incinerates the crow, stating that Shisui's eye would be of no use to them now because it would take another ten years to regenerate its Mangekyō Sharingan form.[3]


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Mama's Day
In rhyming text, mothers and their babies are described sharing in a variety of activities, from playing at the ocean to reading books and taking a bath.
I Used to Be the Baby
A young boy helps his mother take care of his baby brother.
Will it be a baby brother?
A little boy is certain that his expectant mother will give birth to a baby brother.
On the Day I Was Born
Members of an extended African American family celebrate with joy and pride the birth of a first-born son.
Welcome Precious
Illustrations and text welcome a new baby to some of life's delights, from "the glistening mystery of soap bubbles" to "the swish of leaves in the breeze."
Julius, the Baby of the World
Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house until Cousin Garland comes to visit.
Tickle Tickle
A baby boy has lots of fun when his father plays with him.
Henry's First-Moon Birthday
A young girl helps her grandmother with preparations for the traditional Chinese celebration to welcome her new baby brother.
Just Like Me
Tom is not happy about the arrival of his new baby brother until his parents show that change can be a positive experience.
My Baby & Me
Photographs and simple text portray interactions between babies and their toddler siblings.
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Baby?
There's a new baby in the house, and Cornelius realizes he's not quite ready.
Baby Baby Blah Blah Blah!
When Emily's parents tell her that they are going to have a baby, she makes a list of the pros and cons of what is to come. Fortunately the pros prevail, in this ultimately reassuring book.
Evan Early
When Natalie's baby brother is born too soon, she tries to wait patiently to teach him everything he will need to know, but she misses her parents and begins to resent the time they spend with him at the hospital.
Jazz Baby
Baby and his family make some jazzy music.
Pecan Pie Baby
When Mama's pregnancy draws attention away from Gia, she worries that the special bond they share will disappear forever once the baby is born.

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Air Force officials plan to meet with residents Tuesday to discuss complaints over airplane noise from the academy's cadet training programs.
Published reports say complaints from residents of the nearby Briargate neighborhood have become more frequent since January, when the academy changed its air traffic patterns due to Federal Aviation Administration concerns.
The FAA notified the academy in late 2012 of new mandates that changed the route of some planes headed to Denver International Airport. The new route put cadets on training flights below Denver-bound commercial jets. That triggered a wider review of academy traffic patterns and changes that put cadet planes out of the path of jets headed to Colorado Springs, too.
The new routes are safer but put more planes in a compact area east of the academy.
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Canadian defenseman Griffin Reinhart was suspended four games for a high stick on Team USA's Vince Trochek.
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Connor McDavid has been named a finalist for the Calder Trophy.
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Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion) faced shots during the morning skate on Monday.
Olli Maatta (upper body) won't play in Game 3 on Monday night against Washington.
Joe Pavelski scored a goal and two assists in San Jose's 3-2 win over Nashville in Game 2.
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Earth Day is an annual holiday, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. In 2013 the day is 43 years old. It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,[1] and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.[2]
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, the date proposed was March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at theUnited Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmentalteach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in recognition of his work.[3] While this April 23 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[4][5] Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.
The first Earth Day family had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States. More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform."[6] It now is observed in 192 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, chaired by the first Earth Day 1970 organizer Denis Hayes, according to whom Earth Day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year."[7] Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a day of action which changes human behavior and provokes policy changes.[8]
In the winter of 1969-1970, a group of students met at Columbia University to hear Denis Hayes talk about his plans for Earth Day. Among the group were Fred Kent, Pete Grannis, and Kristin and William Hubbard. This New York group agreed to head up the New York City part of the national movement. Fred Kent took the lead in renting an office and recruiting volunteers. "The big break came when Mayor Lindsay agreed to shut down Fifth Avenue for the event. A giant cheer went up in the office on that day," according to Kristin Hubbard (now Kristin Alexandre). 'From that time on we used Mayor Lindsay's offices and even his staff. I was Speaker Coordinator but had tremendous help from Lindsay staffer Judith Crichton."
In addition to shutting down Fifth Avenue, Mayor John Lindsay made Central Park available for Earth Day. The crowd was estimated as more than one million—by far the largest in the nation. Since Manhattan was also the home of NBC, CBS, ABC, the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, it provided the best possible anchor for national coverage from their reporters throughout the country.[9]
U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie was the keynote speaker on Earth Day in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Other notable attendees included consumer protection activist and presidential candidate Ralph Nader; Landscape Architect Ian McHarg; Nobel prize-winning Harvard Biochemist,George Wald; U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Hugh Scott; and poet, Allen Ginsberg. Photos, video, and other previously unpublished information are available to the public at EarthWeek1970.org.
Mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues onto the world stage, Earth Day activities in 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Unlike the first Earth Day in 1970, this 20th Anniversary was waged with stronger marketing tools, greater access to television and radio, and multimillion-dollar budgets.[10]
Two separate groups formed to sponsor Earth Day events in 1990: The Earth Day 20 Foundation, assembled by Edward Furia (Project Director of Earth Week in 1970), and Earth Day 1990, assembled by Denis Hayes (National Coordinator for Earth Day 1970). Senator Gaylord Nelson, the original founder of Earth Day, was honorary chairman for both groups. The two did not combine forces over disagreements about leadership of combined organization and incompatible structures and strategies.[10] Among the disagreements, key Earth Day 20 Foundation organizers were critical of Earth Day 1990 for including on their board Hewlett Packard, a company that at the time was the second-biggest emitter of chlorofluorocarbons in Silicon Valley and refused to switch to alternative solvents.[10] In terms of marketing, Earth Day 20 had a grassroots approach to organizing and relied largely on locally based groups like the National Toxics Campaign, a Boston-based coalition of 1,000 local groups concerned with industrial pollution. Earth Day 1990 employed strategies including focus group testing, direct mail fund raising, and email marketing.[10]
The Earth Day 20 Foundation highlighted its April 22 activities in George, Washington, near the Columbia River with a live satellite phone call with members of the historic Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb who called from their base camp on Mount Everest to pledge their support for world peace and attention to environmental issues.[11] The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb was led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest (many years earlier), and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from theUnited States, Soviet Union, and China had roped together to climb a mountain, let alone Mt. Everest.[11] The group also collected more than two tons of trash (transported down the mountain by support groups along the way) that was left behind on Mount Everest from previous climbing expeditions. The master of ceremonies for the Columbia Gorge event was the TV star, John Ratzenberger, from "Cheers", and the headlining musician was the "Father of Rock and Roll," Chuck Berry.[11]
Warner Bros. Records released a single in 1990 entitled, "Tomorrow's World", written by Kix Brooks (who would later become one-half ofBrooks & Dunn) and Pam Tillis.[12] The song featured vocals from Lynn Anderson, Butch Baker, Shane Barmby, Billy Hill, Suzy Bogguss, Kix Brooks, T. Graham Brown, the Burch Sisters, Holly Dunn, Foster & Lloyd, Vince Gill, William Lee Golden, Highway 101,Shelby Lynne, Johnny Rodriguez, Dan Seals, Les Taylor, Pam Tillis, Mac Wiseman, and Kevin Welch. It charted at number 74 on theHot Country Songs chart dated May 5, 1990.[13]
Earth Day 2000 combined the ambitious spirit of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. This was the first year that Earth Day used theInternet as its principal organizing tool, and it proved invaluable domestically and internationally. Kelly Evans, a professional political organizer, served as executive director of the 2000 campaign. The event ultimately enlisted more than 5,000 environmental groups outside the United States, reaching hundreds of millions of people in a record 183 countries.[14]Leonardo DiCaprio was the official host for the event,[14] and about 400,000 participants stood in the cold rain during the course of the day.
To turn Earth Day into a sustainable annual event rather than one that occurred every 10 years, Nelson and Bruce Anderson, New Hampshire's lead organizer in 1990, formed Earth Day USA. Building on the momentum created by thousands of community organizers around the world, Earth Day USA coordinated the next five Earth Day celebrations through 1995, including the launch of EarthDay.org. Following the 25th Anniversary in 1995, the coordination baton was handed to Earth Day Network.
As the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign, this time focusing on global warming and pushing forclean energy. The April 22 Earth Day in 2000 combined the big-picture feistiness of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. For 2000, Earth Day had the Internet to help link activists around the world. By the time April 22 came around, 5,000 environmental groups around the world were on board, reaching out to hundreds of millions of people in a record 184 countries. Events varied: A talking drum chain traveled from village to village in Gabon, Africa, for example, while hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., USA.
Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with many people participating, in the activities, in thousands of places including Kiev, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; Tuvalu; Manila, Philippines; Togo; Madrid, Spain; London; and New York.
On 2012 Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) group brings back Earth Day to human overpopulation as the main concern.[15] Earth day founder Gaylord Nelson stated in 2013, that he was disappointed in followers for neglecting overpopulation.[16]
According to Nelson, the moniker "Earth Day" was "an obvious and logical name" suggested by "a number of people" in the fall of 1969, including, he writes, both "a friend of mine who had been in the field of public relations" and "a New York advertising executive," Julian Koenig.[17] Koenig, who had been on Nelson's organizing committee in 1969, has said that the idea came to him by the coincidence of his birthday with the day selected, April 22; "Earth Day" rhyming with "birthday," the connection seemed natural.[18][19] Other names circulated during preparations—Nelson himself continued to call it the National Environment Teach-In, but national coordinator Denis Hayes used the term Earth Day in his communications and press coverage of the event was "practically unanimous" in its use of "Earth Day," so the name stuck.[17]
The Earth Day Network was founded in 1993 with a goal of creating an international network dedicated to supporting grassroots Earth Day organizing. Earth Day New York and San Diego Earth Day kept the fledgling entity going for a number of years but ultimately invited Denis Hayes to become chairman of the organization in time for Earth Day 2000. Under Denis' leadership the Network organized the world-wide events for the 30th Anniversary and has grown into an established Washington, DC-based organization that promotes environmental activism and year-round progressive action, domestically and internationally. Earth Day Network members include NGOs, quasi-governmental agencies, local governments, activists, and others. Earth Day Network members focus on environmental education; local, national, and global policies; public environmental campaigns; and organizing national and local earth day events to promote activism and environmental protection. The international network reaches more than 25,000 organizations in 192 countries, while the domestic program engages 10,000 groups and more than 100,000 educators coordinating millions of community development and environmental-protection activities throughout the year.[20]
In observance of the 40th anniversary of the April 22 Earth Day, Earth Day Network created multiple global initiatives, ranging from a Global Day of Conversation with mayors worldwide, focusing on bringing green investment and building a green economy; Athletes for the Earth Campaign that brings Olympic, professional, and every day athletes' voices to help promote a solution to climate change; a Billion Acts of Green Campaign which will aggregate the millions of environmental service commitments that individuals and organizations around the world make each year;[21] to Artist for the Earth, a campaign the involves hundreds of arts institutions and artists worldwide to create environmental awareness. EDN mobilized 1.5 billion people in 190 countries to participate in these global events and programs, and helped create Earth Day organizations worldwide.


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This is a pretty cool contest the Alamodraft house has going. The grand prize is a 3 month All-You-Can Watch pass with 2 runner ups getting $50GCs for the Alamodraft house. They are looking for 2 new milkshakes. They want your help!
Here are the details:
Now through August 20th, Alamo fans and aspiring dessert craftsmen can submit their clever, crazy, or inspired milkshake idea using the following ingredient list:
- Vanilla ice cream soft serve base
- Monin syrup flavors of cherry, orange, strawberry, white peach, prickly pear, mint, chocolate, vanilla, and caramel
- Movie candies (must be on Drafthouse menu)
- Citrus juices or fruit juices
- Peanut butter, Nutella, or other spreads
- Sodas, draft beers, or wine (must be on Drafthouse menu)
- Baking spices (cinammon, nutmeg, clove, etc.)
The only other rule - for expediency's sake - is that the shake have no more than five total ingredients. Recipes can be submitted via Facebook, where Alamo beverage director Bill Norris and chef John Bullington will vet the entries for a judging round. Austinist has somehow joined the esteemed panel for the judging, while other milkshake experts will include Alamo founder Tim League, Norris, Bullington, and (according to the press release) "oil tycoon Daniel Plainview."
The grand prize winner of the milkshake contest will receive a 90 day all-you-can-watch pass to the Alamo Drafthouse of their choice, while two finalists from each metro area with an Alamo will each receive a $50 gift card. Since you don't actually have to make the milkshake, is there an excuse not to enter? One final note: points are also being awarded for the shake's name. Anything movie-themed would obviously be wise, as would an Alamo pun (Master PanShake, perhaps?) The winning shake will be featured on the Alamo menu for the Fall 2012 film season. Winners will be announced in early September.


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The theft, estimated at nearly $400,000, occurred Sunday in the small Central Valley town of Escalon. Investigators say it was one of the biggest to hit the booming industry. Last month, about 12,000 pounds of walnuts worth $50,000 were stolen from a trailer parked on Highway 99 north of Sacramento.
This time several truckloads of walnuts were taken from the facility. Authorities say rising prices—about $2 per pound—is what appears to be driving the recent walnut thefts.
No arrests have yet been made.
Walnuts are California's fourth-leading agricultural export. China remains the world's leading producer of walnuts.


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The Yang Release (陽遁, Yōton, Viz: Light Style) techniques, based on the physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life into form. When combined with Yin Release, it allows the use of Yin–Yang Release.[1]
During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, Minato Namikaze used the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to seal the Yang half of the fox's chakra within Naruto Uzumaki.[2] Whenever Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Wood Release techniques will react to the Yang chakra's life-giving properties and mature into full-grown trees within a matter of seconds, either by contact or close range.[3] This was also shown to have the same effect on White Zetsu Army clones, whose genetic make-up is similar to that of plants.[4]
- Yang Release shares the same romanisation as Lava Release.


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Standpoints of the IGMG
The IGMG is undoubtedly a competent institution in terms of protecting the fundamental rights of Muslims, finding solutions for their problems, and encouraging their successful integration in European societies. Thus, the IGMG is qualified for both the development and implementation of concepts and measures in that regard, and offers itself as a cooperation partner for politics and society.
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California Central Valley grasslands
Yolo Basin grasssland protected area, California Central Valley. Source: C.Michael Hogan
The California Central Valley grasslands extends approximately 430 miles in central California, paralleling the Sierra Nevada Range to the east and the coastal mountain ranges to the west and stopping abruptly at the Tehachapi Range in the south; the Central Valley averages about seventy five miles in longitudinal extent. Two rivers flow from opposite ends of the valley, and form a major confluence at mid-valley to form the extensive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that discharges to the San Francisco Bay. This grassland ecoregion is an element of the Temperate Grasslands, Shrublands Savannas biome, and it has the World Wildlife Fund designation NA0801.
Desert grasslands occur in the southern end of the valley due to increasing aridity. The valley is ringed by oak woodlands and chaparral of the California interior chaparral and woodland ecoregion. Faunal biodiversity of the California Central Valley grasslands is relatively modest, especially given the habitat destruction wrought upon this region by man's well intentioned attempts to feed a hungry world; there are only 283 species of vertebrates recorded in this ecoregion.
Biological distinctiveness
The California Great Central Valley once supported a diverse array of perennial bunchgrass ecosystems including prairies, oak-grass savannas, desert grasslands, as well as a mosaic of riparian woodlands, freshwater marshes, and vernal pools. In its original state, it comprised one of the most diverse, productive, and distinctive grasslands in temperate North America. Faunal diversity is modest, with a total of 283 taxa having been recorded here. There are a number of special status organisms that are found in the California Central Valley grasslands, variously denoted as Near Threatened (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), or Critically Endangered (CR).
Perennial grasses that were adapted to cool-season growth dominated the habitats. The deep-rooted Purple Needle Grass (Nassella pulchra) was particularly important, although Nodding Needle Grass (Stipa cernua), Wild Ryes (Elymus spp.), Lassen County Bluegrass (Poa limosa), Aristida spp., Crested Hair-grass (Koeleria pyramidata), Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens,), and Coast Range Melicgrass (Melica imperfecta) occurred in varying proportions. Most grass growth occurred in the late spring after winter rains and the onset of warmer and sunnier days. Interspersed among the bunchgrasses were a rich array of annual and perennial grasses and forbs, the latter creating extraordinary flowering displays during certain years. Some extensive mass flowerings of the California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Lupines (Lupinus spp.), and Exserted Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja exserta) still are found in several areas of the Central Valley, and are best known from Antelope Valley in the Tehachapi foothills.
Prehistoric grasslands here supported several herbivores including Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana), elk (including a valley subspecies, the Tule Elk, (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), California ground squirrels, gophers, mice, hare, rabbits, and kangaroo rats. Pronghorn are virtually extirpated in the region, and Elk are present only in greatly reduced numbers. Several rodents are endemics or near-endemics to southern valley habitats including the Fresno Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis), Tipton Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), San Joaquin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus inornatus), and Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens). Predators originally included grizzly bear, gray wolf, coyote, mountain lion, ringtail, bobcat, and the San Joaquin Valley Kit Fox (Vulpes velox), another southern valley-foothill endemic species.
The valley and associated delta area once supported enormous populations of wintering waterfowl in extensive freshwater marshes. Riparian woodlands acted as important migratory pathways and breeding areas for many neotropical migratory birds. Three species of bird are largely endemic to the Central Valley, surrounding foothills, and portions of the southern coast ranges, namely, the Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), the Tri-colored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor EN), and Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii).
Vina Plains Nature Conservancy Preserve, CA, USA. Source: Todd Keeler-Wolf/California Dept. of Fish and Game The valley contains a number of reptile species including several endemic or near-endemic species or subspecies such as the San Joaquin Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum ruddocki), the Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia sila EN), Gilbert's Skink (Plestiodon gilberti) and the Sierra Garter Snake (Thamnophis couchii). Lizards present in the ecoregion include: Coast Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum NT); Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis); Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata); and the Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea).
There are only five amphibian species extant in the California Central Valley grasslands ecoregion. Special status anuran taxa found here are: Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Rana boylii NT); Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla); and Western Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates cultripes). The only other anuran found here is the Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora). The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is the sole salamander occurring within this ecoregion.
Habitat types
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, USA. Photograph: Todd Keeler-Wolf/California Dept. of Fish and Game Although many endemic plant species are recognized, especially those associated with vernal pools, e.g. Prickly Spiralgrass (Tuctoria mucronata). A number of invertebrates are known to be restricted to California Central Valley habitats. These include the Delta Green Ground Beetle (Elaphrus viridis CR), known only from a single vernal pool site, and the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) found only in riparian woodlands of three California counties.
Vernal pool communities occur throughout the Central Valley in seasonally flooded depressions. Several types are recognized including valley pools in basin areas which are typically alkaline or saline, terrace pools on ancient flood terraces of higher ground, and pools on volcanic soils. Vernal pool vegetation is ancient and unique with many habitat and local endemic species. During wet springs, the rims of the pools are encircled by flowers that change in composition as the water recedes. Several aquatic invertebrates are restricted to these unique habitats including a species of fairy shrimp and tadpole shrimp.
Riparian forests once bordered many of the valley's major rivers and their tributaries. Willows, Western Sycamore, Box elder, Fremont Cottonwood, and the Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) were dominant tree species. Some riparian forests and associated woodlands were up to 30 kilometers (km) wide along the lower reaches of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers. These are unusual forests for California because the trees are deciduous in winter, perhaps because of the cool, foggy conditions in many parts of the valley. The Marshmallow (Hibiscus moscheutos lasiocarpos) and the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) are restricted to limited areas of remaining woodlands. Many neotropical migratory birds use these forests for dispersal pathways or breeding habitat. The Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) and the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), as well as several other riparian specialists, have all declined significantly in California due to loss of riparian forests..
The extensive rivers and lakes of the Central Valley supported vast freshwater marshlands dominated by rushes, bulrushes (tules), sedges, cattails, willows, and floating plants. The Delta and several large lakes such as Tulare, Buena Vista, and Kern were bordered by vast marshes which, in turn, supported huge populations of fish, waterfowl, shorebirds, and blackbirds. Tulare Lake was the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. The native fish fauna was continentally distinctive with four separate Chinook salmon runs and a number of endemic species (and higher taxa) such as the Tule perch, Delta smelt, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, Sacramento perch, and the Sacramento sucker.
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Yellow-billed magpie (''Pica nuttalli''), Stanislaus County, California, USA. Source: Peter LaTourrette Virtually all Central Valley habitats have been altered. Introduced annual grasses now dominate grassland habitats. In most habitats native taxa comprise less than one percent of the standing grassland crop. Agricultural development, urban expansion, alteration of hydrologic regimes and channelization, overgrazing by domestic livestock, fires, and introduced plants and animals have all contributed to the pervasive destruction of native habitats.
An estimated 11,310 km2 (2.8 million acres) of vernal pools have been destroyed, or about two thirds of the original extent, with the most intact pools left on the higher terraces. Agriculture, conversion to pastureland, water diversion and channelization, and draining have all taken their toll on these unique habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has initiated an ecosystem recovery plan for over forty species dependent upon vernal pools.
Out of 416 km2 of remaining riparian woodland, only about 40 km2 or about one percent of original riparian woodlands can be considered intact, down from an estimated 4000 km2. Channelization, dams, clearing for pasture, flood control, alien plants, overgrazing by domesticated livestock, fires, and logging have taken their toll.
Intensive agricultural development has left few freshwater marshlands (less than six percent of their original extent), and those that are left are generally degraded and heavily managed for duck production, water impoundments, or runoff and effluent storage. Dams, channelization of rivers, and water pollution continue to threaten the unusual and productive freshwater biodiversity of the region.
Remaining blocks of intact habitat
Scattered large vernal pool sites are functionally intact, including vine plains and Jepson Prairie. Many of the largest blocks of desert grassland and scrub in the southern portion of the valley are owned by petroleum extraction companies. Small patches of riparian forests, woodlands, and marshlands are scattered throughout the valley, especially along the Sacramento River and some of its tributaries.
Table Mountains in Butte County represent a special element of refugium grassland, a relict of preservation of relatively pristine Central Valley grasslands. Due to the elevations and enhanced difficulty of access, this habitat was not overrun by cropping agriculture in the same way as the valley floor. Table Mountain contains a remarkable assembly of native flora that are original to the prehistoric California Central Valley grasslands. There are some portions of Table Mountains that are currently subjected to overgrazing by domesticated livestock.
The Kaweah Oaks Preserve near Visalia and the Creighton Ranch near Corcoran conserve remnant oak savanna. The Nature Conservancy's Cosumnes River Preserve between Stockton and Sacramento conserves one of the best remaining examples of valley oak riparian woodlands. A few notable remnant freshwater marsh sites include the Creighton Ranch Reserve, a relict of Tulare Lake, Gray Lodge, and Butte Sink in the northern valley, portions of the delta, and various managed National Wildlife Refuges scattered throughout the Valley. The huge Carrizo Plain natural area (3,180,000 acres) located immediately west of the valley proper, but representative of the San Joaquin Valley, embraces extensive stands of saltbush scrub, desert grassland, alkali scrub, and wetlands.
Degree of fragmentation
Remaining patches of relatively undisturbed native habitats are all severely fragmented and isolated. Loss of habitat linkages are likely to be most significant for species that rely on contiguous riparian woodlands for dispersal corridors, such as migratory warblers, cuckoos, and reptiles and amphibians. Populations of threatened mammals and reptiles in the southern desert grasslands are also effected by fragmentation. The foothill areas are more intact than the valley floor, but fragmentation has altered them as well.
Degree of protection
A number of important vernal pool sites have been protected within small reserves, such as the Nature Conservancy's Pixley Reserve in Tulare County, Jepson Prairie Reserve near the Delta, and Vine Plains Preserve near Chico. Several of the larger blocks of desert grasslands in the southern portion of the valley are privately owned by oil companies who work with Federal and State agencies and conservation organizations to manage the areas for biodiversity conservation. Consumnes River Preserve protects some of the last blocks of riparian woodland, marshland, and vernal pools in the valley. A system of managed wetlands owned by private landholders and State and Federal agencies protects large populations of wintering waterfowl of the Pacific Flyway, as well as associated marshland species such as the Giant Garter Snake.
Ecological threat profile
Remaining native habitats are threatened by continuing habitat clearance for agriculture, alteration of hydrologic regimes, dams, channelization, fires, grazing by domestic livestock, and alien species. Over 526 species of introduced plant species are known from California, and many of these occur in the annual grasslands of the Central Valley. Several Federally endangered species occur in the valley including the San Joaquin kit fox, the Blunt-nosed lizard, the Delta Green Ground Beetle (Elaphrus viridis), the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus), the Delta Smelt, and a number of vernal pool plant species. Populations of the Tri-colored Blackbird are also declining precipitously in recent years, due to loss of breeding habitat and changes in agricultural practices. Many amphibian species show dramatic declines associated with habitat loss and introduced predators. Extensive riparian forests and woodlands have been destroyed by decades of tree-cutting, channelization, and flood-control projects. Salinization, toxic runoff, and erosion from ecologically-unsound agricultural practices increasingly degrade habitats.
Suite of priority activities to enhance biodiversity conservation
- Marshlands and riparian woodlands require extensive ecological restoration. Since alien species of annual grasses dominate grassland and savanna communities, intensive management is required for restoration of the original prehistoric bunchgrass prairies.
- Biological corridors between lowland valley habitats and foothill habitats deserve protection and restoration. The Nature Conservancy has identified 385 priority sites in the northern half of the valley.
Conservation partners
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- California Department of Fish and Game
- California Native Grass Association
- California Native Plant Society
- California Oak Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy - California Region
- Sacramento River Preservation Trust
Relationship to other classification schemes
The California Central Valley ecoregion was originally based on Omernik's Central California Valley ecoregion, although boundaries in some areas have been revised by Bob Holland, an expert on vernal pools and valley vegetation. The nearctic ecoregion has been designated by WWF as unit NA0801. This ecoregion generally corresponds to Bailey's Great Valley Section, and Küchler's California prairie, Blue Oak-Digger Pine, and riparian forest vegetation classes in the region.
Neighboring ecoregion
- California interior chaparral and woodlands. This single ecoregion virtually encloses the Central Valley grasslands on all sides.
- Michael G.Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf and Allan A. Schoenherr. 2007. Terrestrial vegetation of California. 712 pages
- Arthur C. Benke and Colbert E. Cushing. 2005. Rivers of North America. Academic Press. ISBN 0120882531.
- Philip Garone, 2011. The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley. University of California Press
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Nassella pulchra: Purple Needle Grass. iGoTerra. ed. N. Stromberg
- Richard E. Warner and Kathleen M. Hendrix. 1984. California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management. University of California Press. 1035 pages
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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Did You Know...
- That the Google Street View car replace their cameras with potatoes once they enter the Connecticut border?
- That most people don't read directions and need an "example" to get them started?
- That rules exist inside and outside the mind, but an "example" is an intermediate? And this is an example of a rule and I am not a guru?
- That the observer makes his own lists based on the lists of others? So lists learn from lists, like wise men learn off fools!
- That without lists, we feel listless?
- That irony extends beyond the line and even the mind? How ironic.. But even more ironic is that "irony" does not appear in the bible?
- That Dog is offended by this statement?
- That 9/11 might not have even happened if explosives hadn't been invented? But more to the point, if dates had not been invented?
- That being controversial is neither easier said nor done?
- That Nelson Mandela was killed by George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch coordinator where Mandela was temporarily staying?
- That water parks are all on the edge of being 100% pee?
- That after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the "Freedom Fries" folks also boycotted Arabic numerals? This resulted in many IX/XI bumper stickers.
- That if you're not sleeping then most probably you're awake....or on internet.
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The CraftMaster II offers all the great features of the original CraftMaster, but now with a larger top, more storage, and more leg room.
Storage units with 4 drawers are located below the work surface. Each unit measures 9"H × 7"W × 10"D (23 cm × 18 cm × 25 cm) with multiple compartments. The left and right storage trays also have removable covers.
A one-hand tilt mechanism adjusts the tabletop from 0° to 30°. The unit adjusts from 28" to 32" (71 cm to 81 cm) high in the horizontal position with casters. It adjusts from 26" to 30" (66 cm × 76 cm) high with floor glides. Both casters and floor glides are included.
The base features legs and crossbars of sturdy, 1½" (4 cm) diameter
Minimal assembly is required.
® Alvin is a registered trademark.


text: The Shun Blue Steel series was developed in partnership with award-winning chef Chris Cosentino, known for his "nose to tail" philosophy of using the whole animal. These traditional Japanese knives feature a core of blue steel—a fine-grained carbon steel favored by professional chefs for its blazing sharpness— that is encased between two layers of stainless steel. This set equips you with three essential knives from the Japanese kitchen—the honesuki, the kiritsuke and a multipurpose utility/butcher knife—for covering a wide range of cutting tasks.


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This Mime Jr. is a psychic/fairy-type Pokémon owned by James.
James captured Mime Jr. after leaving his ill Chimecho in the care of his grandparents. She took a liking to James while he was watching over his sick Chimecho, and often mimicked his actions. Seeing that James cared deeply about his Pokémon, she decided to join his team. Jessie has borrowed Mime Jr. for Contests. James loves Mime Jr. He thinks of her as his Chimecho. Before Sinnoh, Mime Jr. used to copy him. When Jessie and James are transported by Team Rocket to Unova, Mime Jr. was given to the Team Rocket Headquarters for safekeeping. She was used in a battle with James' Carnivine during the Sinnoh Grand Festival by Jessie where James was proud to see that they had won their round. She is now at Team Rocket HQ.
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Known movesEdit
|Spontaneous Combusken!
|Spontaneous Combusken!
|Teeter Dance
|King and Queen for a Day!
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- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
Mimic movesEdit
|Fire Spin
|Spontaneous Combusken!
|King and Queen for a Day!
|Bubble Beam
|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!
|Needle Arm
|Dawn's Early Night!
|Pin Missile
|Dawn's Early Night!
|Hidden Power
|The Bells Are Singing!
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
Voice actressesEdit
- Ikue Ōtani (Japanese)
- Tomoe Hanba (Japanese)
- Kayzie Rogers (English; Season 9, 11 - present)
- Michele Knotz (English; Season 10)
- Mime Jr. is the first Pokémon James has caught or given to on-screen.
- Mime Jr.'s favorite snack is chocolate.
- When Jessie's Wobbuffet came out of his Poké Ball, she mimicked it.


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Safety Harbor, Florida -- Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Jane Seymour stopped by 10 News Friday morning to talk with Joe and Ginger about her art exhibition in Safety Harbor this weekend.
Photo Gallery: Jane Seymour visits 10 News to promote art exhibition
Not just an actress, author and jewelry designer for her Open Hearts collection, Seymour is also an accomplished painter and sculptor.
You can check out her collection and meet Jane Seymour in person at Syd Entel Galleries on Saturday, Jan. 12 from 6 -8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 13 from 2 - 4 p.m.


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These unique solid wood frames are so named because the illusion they create is that your artwork is "floating" within the frame — perfect for displaying a gallery wrap canvas where no staples are visible. The canvas easily attaches to the stretcher bars from the back side with screws.
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The third quarter proved to be the Achilles heel of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team on Saturday night in Winnipeg.
Coming off its first win of the Canada West conference season Friday night, the Bobcats were within five points of the Manitoba Bisons at the half. However, they turned the ball over nine times and were outscored 18-8 in the third quarter and couldn't recover, eventually falling 81-63.
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