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Ozkan Semizoglu pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges for smuggling counterfeit and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States.
Missouri's Lack of Prescription Drug Database Opens Doors for Abuse
Missouri is the only state in the nation that has not agreed to set up a prescription drug database, which would be used to identify and track those who acquire excess painkiller or tranquilizer prescriptions.
Study: Missouri Prescribes More Painkillers Than Illinois
A new federal study finds it is a lot easier to get painkillers from your doctor in Missouri than in Illinois.
Are Prescription Drugs Covered Under My Health Insurance?
Under the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance policies must cover prescription drugs.
Teens Abuse Prescription Drugs More Than Illegal Drugs
DEA program manager Scott Collier tells KMOX that when it comes to abuse among teenagers, prescription drugs rank only behind marijuana.
Union Man Stole $800 in Prescription Drugs from Wentzville Pharmacy
Police say the Walgreens pharmacist on duty confronted the suspect March 30th, around 5:30 a.m. and he left the store.
Prescription Drug Abuse Declining
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47,000 Pounds Collected From Drug Take-Back Event
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The cost is factored in and included with the city's share of the profits revenue. Hosting a super bowl can generate tens of millions in the short term to hundreds of millions in long term revenue for the host city. Stadium security is usually provided by the contractor that handles security for the facility year round since the stadium owner (usually the city) already has multi-year deals in place for security regardless of the event. Venue security for the surrounding area is handled by the city's municipal police and private security.
Since the host city was chosen to host the Super Bowl 4-5 years earlier, funds are secured and reserved to handle the costs. The funds are repaid partially by the NFL through shared revenue profit and from taxes imposed on the host city's hotels and other tourism facilities such as restaurants, bars, and local attractions (I remember voters in San Diego passing a bond a few years to levy a special tax on city tourism to offset any overrun costs when San Diego hosted the Super Bowl in 1999). The home team in the host city (in this case, the Saints) usually helps with initial costs since they are included in the revenue profit sharing.
For more information on the economic impact of hosting a super bowl, see college.holycross.edu
For the pros/cons debate on the economic impact of hosting a super bowl, see, bleacherreport.com
And this is the media guide for Super Bowl XLVII www.neworleanssuperbowl.com
The people of San Diego were VERY disappointed when the former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue excluded our city from hosting any further Super Bowls after the 2003 event because we have a dated stadium that needs major renovation. We've hosted a total of 3 and San Diego was on the regular rotation for Super Bowla before the stadium's age caught up with us.
When you say your Stadium in San Diego is considered too old for the Superbowls, do you mean it is just not shiny and
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What is lolicon? Since this post is about the non-Japanese definition, I'll use that one: It is a theme of anime, manga, and eroge in which underage/child-like female anime characters are sexually depicted.
As many of my long time readers and most of my on and offline friends know, I am a fan of lolicon and some shotacon. I have never ONCE denied that or tried to hide it. I've been interested in it since 2006 or 2007. In the years that I've been interested in it, I've heard a very common and ignorant statement. That statement? That ALL lolicon fans are pedophiles and lolicon is CHILD PORN. One of those are false and the other one varies by country.
First I shall address the "pedophile" part. Pedophilia is a psychiatric diagnosis. The "in a nutshell" medical definition of a pedophile is the primary/exclusive sexual attracted to children. The definition of a child is a person below the age of majority. A person is defined as a human. By definition alone, you can't accurately call someone a pedophile simply for being attracted to drawings that look underage.
I've had a few people mention "pedophilic tendencies." If you want to get into "tendencies" then we'll have to look at what actual experts would call "pedophilic tendencies." …wait, there is no such thing as "pedophilic tendencies." I wasted 15 minutes of Google'n for nothing. Well, let's look at what would result in a diagnosis of "pedophilia" by the EXPERTS:
DSM-5: "To be diagnosed as a pedophile, the individual has to either "feel personal distress" about their sexual interest OR have a desire or behavior that harms another PERSON or involves "unwilling or persons unable to give legal consent."
To go into further explanation,
"Pedophiles would be diagnosed with pedophilic disorder if their attractions toward CHILDREN are causing them guilt, anxiety, alienation, or difficulty in pursuing other personal goals, OR if their urges cause them to approach children for sexual gratification IN REAL LIFE." -Ray Blanchard, PhD, adjunct psychiatry professor at the University of Toronto and Sexologist
There are a few keywords there: PERSON, CHILDREN, and IN REAL LIFE. I don't think I have to repeat the definition of a person or child, and I think you all know what "in real life" means.
So, as you see, that's what makes a pedophile. There are to pedophilic tendencies unless you're referring to personality traits, of which there is no general consensus on. Nowhere is there any official definition(medical, legal, or dictionary) that includes an attraction to nonhuman things such as anime characters that appear to be or are "underage" as "pedophilic." An attraction to a flat(or small) chest, small body, immature behavior, etc is not a pedophilic tendency and I say this based off what I've seen in my 8 years as a lolicon fan.
So I'm sorry, but there is no expert or definition that would make a person attracted to drawings into a pedophile. Now if you still believe ALL lolicon fans are pedophiles, then you must also believe that people who love Grand Theft Auto and horror movies are Psychopaths. That too is a medical diagnosis. You are out of your mind
The point is, not all lolicon fans are pedophiles and you have no proof or logic to support the claims that they all are. I'm not a pedophile. I honestly don't like pedophiles and I find human children to be physically repulsive and annoying. To be fair, I've met many lolicon fans that were pedophiles. I have also met many that were not pedophiles. I have experience with these people(lolicon fans) and lolicon in general so I am fairly sure I know more about lolicon and it's fans than you do.
NEXT, I shall address the "Lolicon is child porn" claim. Child porn is banned in almost every country. Lolicon is legal in most countries or not yet address in the legal books. Japan, it is legal despite public opposition. In America, it is legal but in a legal grey area according to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. It is legal in Switzerland too and that country is know for common sense laws. Hell, it is legal in most countries or simply not legally addressed yet. So, Lolicon is not child porn for 2 reasons:
1) The United Nations and most countries define a child as a HUMAN below the age of majority. Anime characters aren't humans.
2) Child Porn, as I said, is illegal. Lolicon is not. The law defines Child Porn, not you.
Finally I'd like to address the jackasses that want to ban lolicon. There is NO good reason to ban lolicon. Lolicon is fake. The second most common reason for banning I hear is "Lolicon will make people sexually abuse children!" No it won't. There is countless research that shows more porn = lower sex crime. There is a very detailed study from Ayako Uchiyama and Milton Diamond, PH.D. that shows countries with more porn availability have lower sexual crimes. Might I also add that the same studies that have been conducted on video games and violence can be used as reference too? Those too show no connection between games and crime. Also, Sexologists Rik van Lunsen and Erik van Bee in the Netherlands concluded that it is best to legalize virtual child porn for this very reason. And, in 2012 a Danish newspaper pubished a study ordered by the Justice Minister in Denmark to see the effects of fictional child porn and it concluded that there is NO CONNECTION between fictional child porn and the sex abuse of actual children.
The another common reason people give for wanting it banned is because it's "disgusting". Fine, don't like loli? Shota? DON'T LOOK AT IT! Banning something because you don't like it isn't a reason to ban it. It is a reason for you not to look at it.
I think I have made my point very clear. Liking lolicon doesn't make you a pedophile, it's not child porn, and your reasons for wanting to ban it is down right retarded.
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Dear Soaps,How is Alexis related to the Cassadines and how is Ned related to the Quartermaines on General Hospital? — Rachel
Dear Rachel,
You must be doing a scrapbook of the GH families. Alexis is the product of an affair between Mikkos Cassadine and his mistress, Kristin Bergmann. Helena has always hated that her late husband cheated on her during their marriage. She murdered his lover by slitting her throat. Her hatred transferred onto Kristin's offspring Alexis, a.k.a. Natasha Cassadine and her sister, Kristina. Ned is the son of Lord Larry Ashton and Tracy Quartermaine, who is Edward and Lila's headstrong daughter. Ned had an affair with Monica, his aunt by marriage, before learning she was his uncle's wife. Both Cassadine sisters have been romantically involved with the Quartermaine heir.
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SMR gets new development code
Date: August 7, 2009
by: The Observer Staff
Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch earned favor from the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Aug. 6 for a proposal to create a new land development code category called mixed use-community.
In a 6-1 vote, with Commissioner Joe McClash dissenting, the board agreed to send a comprehensive plan amendment to the state Department of Community Affairs for review.
Approval of the amendment would allow SMR to combine two large land parcels — the 6,075-acre Northeast Quadrant and the 558-acre Northwest Quadrant — and develop them as one project.
SMR officials have said that the change would allow SMR to develop a more sustainable community by encouraging the integration of residential and non-residential uses and promote smart growth principles. For example, light industry, office and commercial spaces would be mixed in near residential areas to keep jobs within the community and put fewer trips on local roads, SMR President Rex Jensen said.
"(The amendment) gives everybody flexibility as circumstances require," he said.
The Northwest Quadrant currently is zoned for light industrial, but the amendment would allow development of more than 1,000 residential units. The number of units allowed in the Northeast Quadrant would increase from 4,951 to 10,972.
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May 15, 2011
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Mar 27, 2011
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Mar 20, 2011
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Feb 27, 2011
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If my dentist logged into my dental account - creating a patient account pretending to be me - as a patient - to retrieve my information and EOBs - without my knowledge and permission, what codes have they violated? My dental insurance company discovered this - when I couldn't log in - since the dentist put in wrong info to log on and create an account to see my info before I could.
It sounds like you've already done as much as you're likely to be able to do by alerting your insurance company. they're on the lookout for all forms of fraud these days, and this sounds like it may be some sort of fraudulent activity. One things for sure. Find a new dentist you can trust. Good luck.
Your insurance company has protected you. Hopefully your dentist is now locked out of your account. Find a new dentist and consider reporting this conduct to the dentist's licensing board. I am not sure who that would be, but you can probably go online and locate this information. Best wishes to you.
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Bajaur has attracted would-be conquerors for centuries. Its Nawa Pass predates the Khyber as the most favoured route from Central Asia into the Indian subcontinent. Both Alexander the Great and the Mughal Emperor Babar marched their armies through here. Indeed, local women proved so irresistible to Alexander that, according to folklore, he began an illicit affair with Queen Cleophis from the local Assaceni dynasty. It is impossible to comment on Alexander's tastes: I see no more than a handful of women on Bajaur's streets and none in its market. Those who do venture outside are veiled behind the flowing blue burqa that has become synonymous with Taliban rule, even though they are no longer in control. –"Bajaur: A Talk with the Taliban," Shiraz Maher, Standpoint
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The early translators of the Nights, in other words, took enormous liberties, editing and embellishing, adding stories from other sources or their own imagination (some of the most famous stories, like Aladdin or Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, were never part of the original collection), vituperating earlier translators and sometimes backing up their own versions with forgeries. Then again, these faithless translators were true to the tradition of the Nights – the most mobile and malleable of texts, open to endless manipulation. –"Night Moves," Ursula Lindsey, The National
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Why "culture" presents scholars with no less difficulty than "religion"
While preparing a paper for a conference next month, I have been revisiting one of my supervisor's books. Within, I found I had highlighted a great articulation of the problem I feel with some scholars who seem to advocate throwing away the term "religion" due to its ideological baggage, whilst wishing to retain other concepts and remaining seemingly blind to their ideological baggage. I have pasted below… but haven't included the various footnotes…
"Whilst I appreciate Fitzgerald's analysis, I draw the same conclusion as Carrette who concludes that 'the idea of religion needs to be challenged… but it does not necessarily have to be eradicated'. Its eradication from the disciplinary agenda might very well mask ideological forces – liberal theological – of the kind that Fitzgerald is keen to identify, as well as those inherent within the secularist discourse of cultural studies. It would certainly remove a powerful – if contested – conceptual tool from the scholarly workshop. The proposed construct 'culture' is itself ideological charged and presents us with no less difficulty than 'religion' for an examination of Western spaces. Carrette calls for the strategic operation of 'religion' rather than its dissolution, on the grounds that the Western conception of religion provides 'a location for understanding a regime of knowledge-power'. This brings me directly to my preferred perspective, one that elects to focus explicitly on the tension between the 'religious' and the 'secular', a major 'binary constitutive of modernity'."
Knott, Kim. The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis. London and Oakville CT: Equinox, 2005. p. 83.
Why I am voting YES to Scottish Independence
A few days ago I was asked to answer three questions by the Bogata Post – my cousin works there – regarding my stance as a "Yes" voter in the upcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. The piece hasn't appeared yet, but I thought I might as well post what I wrote just to some of my views into the mix. Here it is…
I've been trying to put all of this in some form of elegant prose for quite a bit of the evening, but I figure I had better just get on with saying my piece in as concise a manner as possible, and leave the rest for you to judge. Before I answer the three questions, I feel that I should first state that I am not Scottish, but was born in Northern Ireland and have lived in Scotland for 10 years. This background makes me naturally quite jumpy when the issue of nationalism comes up – whether we are talking about Irish Nationalism, UK Nationalism or Scottish Nationalism. I deplore politics that is based upon "helping our own first", or "defending what my grandparents fought for" and other such tropes. It took A LOT for me to come round to the idea of Scottish Independence. With this in mind, I'll now quickly turn to the three questions posed.
Why are you pro-independence?
I am voting for Indpendence because I see this as an amazing opportunity to effect change that could be immensely positive for every person living in the British Isles, and to a lesser extent those beyond this small group of islands.
Recently I bought into the #YesBecause hashtag on Twitter and posted two tweets which pretty much sum up my attitude:
"I'm #YesBecause UK politics is broken, and Independence provides the only real opportunity for actual change for everyone on these islands."
"I'm #YesBecause both Scotland & rUK need to leave Empire behind once and for all and look to a peaceful, sustainable future of co-operation."
To expand further on these soundbites, the future that I want for Scotland and the rest of the British Isles is one where we no longer try to play at the 'big boys table', where we have the courage to leave nuclear weapons behind us, where we prioritise welfare and helping those most in need, where we open our borders to those in need across the world and where we are willing to accept a much less comfortable standard of living in order to make real change for the better for everyone on the planet. The future I want is one where we care for the environment, promote equality across society, and participate fully in wonderful boundary-breaking and peace-building institutions such as the EU, rather than consistently and beligerently sitting on the sidelines refusing to compromise or change.
I am under no illusions that Independence will bring the idealistic future that I want overnight, or at all… but I do know that if Scotland votes for Independence from the United Kingdom it will force the United Kingdom to re-assess its identity, values and priorities, and provide the people of Scotland with an unprecendented opportunity to start the democratic experiment afresh in the twenty-first century, with the benefit of hundreds of years of hindsight. It might fail… but if we don't take the opportunity we will never know. I know that this idealistic vision invites the response "yes, but how can you effect all this change if the country has no money?" And to that I would simply say a) money isn't everything b) money hasn't exactly helped the UK, as far as my priorities are concerned.
What has the atmosphere been like in the run-up to the vote- any tensions between the two sides etc?
This answer will be much shorter, I promise. In terms of the political 'debate' – if we can call it that – the atmosphere has been particularly ghastly. Both sides simply shout at each other. Both demand factual answers to questions that cannot be answered in a situation where neither side will admit that a) their position might not win b) they might have to negotiate with the other 'side' even if they do win. The Facebook pages of both campaigns are some of the worst cesspools of the internet, attracting the kind of abusive comments that one would expect… on most websites, to be honest.
In terms of the way things have been portrayed in the media, I am utterly frustrated by this. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY, FOLKS. In particular, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT "THE CURRENCY QUESTION". As far as I am concerned, and as far as most folk that I speak to on both sides of the debate seem to be concerned, the currency issue is far down on our list of concerns… yet the media has decided that this is what the debate hangs upon, and thus reports everything within that light. It also doesn't help that the UK media is part of the UK status quo, and like any businesses which have UK-wide markets, they understandably want to avoid unpredictability and maintain things the way they are. Understandable, perhaps… but not great for unbiased reporting.
In terms of things on the ground, apart from a few clear exceptions I would say that the 'debate' has been pretty good-natured… except that in my opinion no one is really going to change their views. Everyone has differing priorities, and thus we all tend to talk past each other. I have, of course, seen/heard plenty of friends make comments that they are fed up of the debate, or that they feel that the debate is ugly, causing division and forcing them to choose sides etc. To that I can only say that I imagine people would feel the same way if 'we' got so worked up about 'normal' elections. I think there is a tendency on these islands to not like being confronted with 'opinions', or being seen to hold 'opinions'… and perhaps this is a problem that we will need to address come the UK General Election in 2015.
What do you honestly think the outcome will be?
Honestly, I think that the vote will be a "No". I think that people are far more likely to "bottle it" than to say "oh, what the hell" when they make it to the polling booth. And I think that most people will vote "No" for potentially very understandable reasons… worries about their job, their family, their mortgage. All I will be able to say in that case is that I voted for what I thought was right, that I tried for once in my life to not be as selfish as I normally am, and that I will try to keep this level of political engagement going forward into the coming decades and try my hardest to effect the sorts of changes I would like to see occurring in Scotland, the British Isles, Europe and beyond. But I also think that the vote will be close… and that whatever happens, there will be a high enough percentage of votes for "Yes" to cause some serious questioning and reflection for politicians going forward. And maybe… maybe… I will be pleasantly surprised.
Damn those popular operas!
More random tidbits from my research today…
The following extract appears in Mayfield and Fountainhall: A Short History (1962), which gives a history of the now defunct Mayfield and Fountainhall Church in Edinburgh. The quotation comes from a 1900 report of the Psalmody Committee to the Deacon's Court, and suggests that there might have been a problem with some Gilbert & Sullivan creeping in on the organ…
Pan Drops and Bored Church-goers
I came across the following text when researching the history of my current research site. The author is referring to a street in Edinburgh called "Causewayside", which is literally 2 minutes away from my residence. He is writing about life in the 1950s/60s.
Nice and poetic, no?
"Drifting from the factory of confectioner John Millar and Sons Ltd. was the tantalizing bouquet of boiling sugar, chocolate, fruit flavourings and, above all, mint, for this was the home of the celebrated Pan Drop, one of the most popular sweets ever to have been manufactured in sweet-toothed Scotland and a boon to bored church-goers throughout the land as they slowly sucked their way through many a long, tedious sermon, the air over the pews becoming more heavy with mint than piety."
James Beyer, "The Land of Sweets". Scottish Memories (April 2009), p. 34.
Today's Lesson: the dictation tool on a Google tablet cannot cope with interviews
Today is the day that I start transcribing my ongoing interviews for my doctoral research.
I decided to see whether the dictation tool on my Nexus 7 could cope with transcribing the audio for me. This is what happened (in this snippet I was reading out the preliminaries before formally beginning the interview):
In my head in hole what's the point i am at the dialogue my questions
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Well, there was no harm in trying, eh? :)
Heaven, by Rupert Brooke
by: Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
Found at http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/heaven.html
FISH (fly-replete, in depth of June,
Dawdling away their wat'ry noon)
Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear,
Each secret fishy hope or fear.
Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?
This life cannot be All, they swear,
For how unpleasant, if it were!
One may not doubt that, somehow, Good
Shall come of Water and of Mud;
And, sure, the reverent eye must see
A Purpose in Liquidity.
We darkly know, by Faith we cry,
The future is not Wholly Dry.
Mud unto mud! — Death eddies near –
Not here the appointed End, not here!
But somewhere, beyond Space and Time.
Is wetter water, slimier slime!
And there (they trust) there swimmeth One
Who swam ere rivers were begun,
Immense, of fishy form and mind,
Squamous, omnipotent, and kind;
And under that Almighty Fin,
The littlest fish may enter in.
Oh! never fly conceals a hook,
Fish say, in the Eternal Brook,
But more than mundane weeds are there,
And mud, celestially fair;
Fat caterpillars drift around,
And Paradisal grubs are found;
Unfading moths, immortal flies,
And the worm that never dies.
And in that Heaven of all their wish,
There shall be no more land, say fish
Its a Nice Day for a Scientology Wedding
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Scientology is in the mainstream news again with the announcement that a woman who wants to marry in a Scientology chapel has won a Supreme Court battle to have it recognized as a 'place of meeting for religious worship'. Five judges have over-ruled a 1970 ruling that prioritized veneration of a God in deciding what was genuine religious worship or not.
Good news for Miss Louisa Hodkin who gets to go through her choice of ritual in her choice of location.
But what does this really mean for Scientology? Is it really a religion now?
This is a subject I've been considering in a paper that I am hoping to submit in the new year to a journal – it considers Jediism and the question of what is 'really real' religion and where we get our ideas about 'realness' from.
In the case of Scientology this Supreme…
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Here Be Dragons: the quest for academic credibility
Provocative thoughts from Mr Tuckett!
Originally posted on The Critical Religion Association:
At the recent BASR/EASR conference at Liverpool Hope University I spoke about dragons. My paper was on the application of Ninian Smart's dimensions of religion to the Nine Divines. The Nine Divines is the principle "religion" to be found in the Elder Scrolls video game series and it has no meat-world presence. My argument was that the Nine Divines as a religion met all the dimensions that Smart detailed and that there were no logical grounds upon which we should not consider it a religion of as much legitimacy or reality as any meat-world counterpart (i.e. Hinduism, Islam, etc.). In short, the Nine Divines is an example of what Smart characterises as an Imperial religion: a 'relatively loose' organisation 'with cities and regions for instance having their own priesthoods and cults' (1996:237).
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Brief Summary
Mammal Species of the World
Click here for The American Society of Mammalogists species account
- Original description: Batchelder, C.F., 1896. An undescribed shrew of the genus Sorex, p.133. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 10:133-134.
The range of Sorex dispar extends from Nova Scotia, Canada south through Eastern Tennessee and North Carolina (Nowak,1999). In the United States, they are found in greatest abundance throughout the Appalachian Mountain Range (PA Game Commission website, 2001).
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )
Range Description
occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
National Distribution
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
Global Range: (20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)) Appalachian Mountains, from Nova Scotia (Scott 1987) and southeastern New Brunswick outhward along the mountains to North Carolina and Tennessee (Kirkland, in Wilson and Ruff 1999). Recent data indicate that populations formerly recognized as Sorex gaspensis actually should be included in S. dispar, so the range of S. dispar extends northeastward to the Gaspe Peninsuala in Quebec and Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia (Rhymer et al. 2004).
Physical Description
Sorex dispar is often confused with its close relative Sorex fumeus, the smoky shrew. Their appearance is quite similar and their ranges may overlap in some locations. However, Sorex dispar can be distinguished by several defining characteristics, including a more slender body and longer tail (Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998). They have a long snout and small eyes, with a long and thick tail. Their length ranges from 46-100 mm. and their weight ranges between 4-6 g., with a tail length that ranges between 25-82 mm (Nowak, 1999). They have a dark grey pelage with slightly paler under parts. Their teeth are sharp, pointed and often stained (PA Game Commission website, 2001).
Range mass: 4 to 6 g.
Range length: 46 to 100 mm.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; bilateral symmetry
Length: 14 cm
Weight: 6 grams
Size in North America
Average: 119.5 mm
Range: 103-136 mm
Average: 4.9 g
Range: 3.1-8.3 g
Diagnostic Description
Often confused with the smoky shrew (SOREX FUMEUS), but S. DISPAR has a longer, thicker, and hairier tail and is uniformly slate-gray in all seasons. S. FUMEUS turns brownish in summer. In winter, when the two species are similarly colored, S. FUMEUS differs in having lighter belly hair.
The unicuspid tooth row of S. DISPAR is relatively narrow, with the third unicuspid equal to or slightly smaller than the fourth. The fifth unicuspid is larger than that of S. FUMEUS but is smaller than the third. S. DISPAR has less tooth pigmentation.
Subspecies BLITCHI averages darker in color and larger in external and cranial dimensions than subspecies DISPAR (Webster 1987).
Sorex dispar has a wide tolerance for altitudinal variation, as well as different types of vegetation. They can be found in cool, damp forests, both deciduous and mixed (Nowak, 1999). However, their preferred habitats are the moist forested areas of high altitude regions. Living primarily in mountainous environments, these shrews can be found at high densities along mountain streams and amid the debris surrounding rock-slides (Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998). In these rock-slide areas, they can often be found amongst the subterranean tunnels found in the rocky crevices between boulders (DiscoverLife website, 2001).
Habitat Regions: temperate ; terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: forest ; mountains
Habitat and Ecology
The shrew's partly subterranean existence among rocks makes observation, direct or indirect, very difficult. Virtually all data comes from trapping. Nothing is known of territoriality or home range size. The same predators that feed on other shrews probably take long-tailed shrews, e.g., weasels, snakes, hawks and owls, but there is no specific information. External parasites include fleas, ticks, mites and chiggers. While no internal parasites have been reported, nematodes and tapeworms are common in other shrew species. Examination of the digestive tracts of long-tailed shrews indicates a diet primarily of small invertebrates. Some better-known species of shrews are reported to consume approximately their own weight in food daily, and, with their high metabolic rates, may die within a few hours when deprived of food.
- Terrestrial
Comments: Mountainous, forested areas (deciduous or evergreen) with loose talus. Rocky damp areas with deep crevices covered by leaf mold and roots are preferred. May occur along small mountain streams. Will use artificial talus created by road construction and pit mines. "SOREX DISPAR is probably the most stenotopic mammal in eastern North America..." (Webster 1987). Trapping results reported by Richmond and Grimm (1950) suggest that Long-tailed Shrews spend most of their time in the labyrinth of spaces between rocks about a foot beneath the surface. Nest sites are usually associated with natural subterranean tunnels among boulder crevices.
Non-Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species do not make significant seasonal migrations. Juvenile dispersal is not considered a migration.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Trophic Strategy
Due to their size, these shrews forage day and night, often consuming twice their body weight in food every day. This ravenous need for food is a response to their active lifestyle and small size, which produces a large surface-area-to-volume ratio compared to larger mammals. Due to their greater heat loss, these small animals must consume a proportionally larger amount of food than larger species (Vaughn, 2000). Their foraging focuses mainly on small invertebrates and plant materials. They eat almost continuously, feeding mostly above the ground and amongst the debris (PA Game Commission website, 2001). Some of their more common foods are centipedes, beetles, and spiders, as well as flies and crickets (Richmond, 1950).
Animal Foods: insects; terrestrial non-insect arthropods
Primary Diet: carnivore (Insectivore , Eats non-insect arthropods)
Comments: Examination of the digestive tracts of long-tailed shrews indicates a diet primarily of small invertebrates. Three Pennsylvania specimens yielded mostly centipedes (Richmond and Grimm 1950), six individuals from Great Smoky Mountains National Park contained chiefly insects, including beetles, with a lesser amount of spiders (Conaway and Pfitzer 1952), and Connor (1960) reported these food percentages from nine New York specimens: insects 74.9, centipedes 14.7, spiders 10.6, and plant material 1.1. Some better-known species of shrews are reported to consume approximately their own weight in food daily, and, with their high metabolic rates, may die within a few hours when deprived of food.
Due to their relative rarity, not much is known about specific ecosystem roles for this species. However, like many other terrestrial shrew species, Sorex dispar likely plays a large role in controlling insect populations through their foraging (DiscoverLife website, 2001).
To avoid predation while foraging, Sorex dispar often feed at night. Also, they tend to remain concealed under the debris of the forest floor. Also, since they are often mistaken by predators for mice, these shrews have a distinct musky odor that may serve as a deterant to predators (PA Game Commission website, 2001).
Known Predators:
- snakes (Serpentes)
- weasels (Mustela)
- other small mammals (Mammalia)
- birds of prey (Falconiformes and Strigiformes)
Known predators
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
Known prey organisms
non-insect arthropods
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
Population Biology
Number of Occurrences
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300
Comments: There are a number of occurrences, but many are pre-1980. This species is not particularily easy to trap, and the actual number of occurrences far exceed what is currently known (Master, pers. comm., 1994).
Global Abundance
10,000 to >1,000,000 individuals
Comments: Many biologists agree with Charles Bier (pers. comm.) who reported: "Given the habitat, which is usually difficult to survey, it is probably a lot more common than the specimen records indicate." In a 1980 (?) study in the White Mountains (New Hampshire), 100 long-tailed shrews (half the catch of small mammals could not be identified) were found (pitfall traps) evenly dispersed throughout six forested habitat types (Master pers. comm., 1994).
General Ecology
Very little is known about ecology, behavior and reproductive biology. The shrew's partly subterranean existence among rocks makes observation--direct or indirect--very difficult. Virtually all our data come from trapping.
Nothing is known of territoriality or home range size. Shrew species generally tend to be territorial and asocial; territoriality tends to break down in the breeding season and when food resources are abundant. Researchers have recorded home range sizes for various species from 75 sq m to 12,000 sq m (2.97 acres) (Churchfield 1990).
Shrew population densities depend on species, season, habitat, and perhaps prey abundance. Recorded densities for various North American shrew species range from 0 to 30 per ha (0 to 12 per acre) (Churchfield 1990). Again, few figures are available for the long-tailed shrew, but some biologists think it is more common than captures would indicate due to difficulty of trapping in the subterranean talus microhabitat. Richmond and Grimm (1950) reported that seven long-tailed shrews were trapped on one acre (0.4 per ha) in Pennsylvania.
The same predators that feed on other shrews probably take long-tailed shrews, e.g., weasels, snakes, hawks and owls, but we have no specific information. External parasites include fleas, ticks, mites and chiggers. While no internal parasites have been reported, nematodes and tapeworms are common in other shrew species.
Life History and Behavior
Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical
Comments: Continuously active both day and night.
Life Expectancy
Like many other shrews, this species is short-lived. Lifespan estimates for wild individuals rarely exceed 2 years. Other than predation, some other common causes of death include starvation, rapid temperature changes, floods, and fights with other individuals. (PA Game Commission website, 2001)
Average lifespan
Status: wild: 2 years.
The reproductive season for Sorex dispar is between April through August and they usually have several litters throughout each year. The average litter size is between four and seven, and the young are born helpless and unfurred (Nowak, 1999). They are placed quickly into a nest made of grasses and leaves, where they reumain until they are weaned. The nests are usually 10-20 cm in diameter (DiscoverLife website, 2001). Due to the rare opportunities for study of Sorex dispar, not much is known about their reproductive and behavioral development. The newborns are usually placed in a ball of vegetation directly after birth. After four or five weeks, the young are weaned and partially independent. Usually, the young spend the next several weeks foraging close to their mother before becoming completely independent (Nowak, 1999).
Average weaning age: 4-5 weeks.
Key Reproductive Features: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual
Parental Investment: altricial ; female parental care
Breeding occurs in spring and summer, possibly late April to August (Kirkland and Van Deuen 1979). One or two litters may be produced from May through August, with two to five young per litter (Tate 1935, Richmond and Grimm 1950). Sexually maturity is reached in less than a year. Like other shrews, this species probably does not survive beyond about 18 months.
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Sorex dispar
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
This species is rare, but is not specifically recognized under any major conservation status.
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded National Status Rank: N1 - Critically Imperiled
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Reasons: An Appalachian Mountains endemic with a habitat that is not often suited for human use and development; due to the difficulty of trapping this species, there are probably more occurrences than are currently known.
Population Trend
Global Short Term Trend: Relatively stable (=10% change)
Comments: Likely stable over most of the range, but few population data are available.
Degree of Threat: C : Not very threatened throughout its range, communities often provide natural resources that when exploited alter the composition and structure over the short-term, or communities are self-protecting because they are unsuitable for other uses
Comments: Habitat destruction is a threat, but less so than for many rare species because the preferred habitat, talus, is often unsuitable for development, and provides a very uniform subterranean environment that is not highly vulnerable to disturbance. However, ski area expansion may be a threat to some populations, as in Vermont (Fichtel, pers. comm., 1992). Highway construction may create more habitat than it destroys, as long-tailed shrews have been collected in the artificial talus slopes of road cuts (Conway and Pfitzer 1952). Logging is unlikely to adversely impact this shrew; Kirkland (1977) showed that shrews persisted in recently clearcut red spruce stands in West Virginia. "Habitat specialization in a species frequently is associated with a limited geographical distribution and small populations. Species having such characteristics ... may be subject to extinction caused by stochastic events" (Kirtland 1986). Shrews feed on invertebrates and may accumulate and concentrate pesticides and heavy metals in their tissues. Short-tailed shrews (BLARINA BREVICAUDA) were found to contain DDT nine years after application of the pesticide to a forest habitat (Dimond and Sherburne 1969). "Contamination of habitats, and the resultant effects on the food chain, by mining and refining of metalliferous ores, by motor exhausts and even the application of sewage sludge to land, is becoming more widespread. Shrews from contaminated grasslands have been found to accumulate some of the highest concentrations of metals recorded in wildlife" (Churchfield 1992). Long-term high deer populations could be a problem (Brooks and Healy 1988).
Conservation Actions
Restoration Potential: Where extirpated from habitat that has been restored or remained in good condition, this shrew probably could be successfully reintroduced from nearby populations. Many populations are on national forests or other federal lands, suggesting good potential for restoration, management, and protection.
Preserve Selection and Design Considerations: Aside from habitat considerations (see GHABCOM), no specific recommendations can be made at the present time.
Management Requirements: Protection of habitat from gross disturbance is the primary management requirement.
Management Research Needs: Research is needed in all aspects of biology, ecology, behavior, and life history. The minimum population size needed to maintain a genetically viable population in fragmented habitats should be examined.
Global Protection: Many to very many (13 to >40) occurrences appropriately protected and managed
Comments: Many populations are in national forests, parks, or other public lands, and many are in areas protected by their remoteness.
Needs: Protection of habitat from gross disturbance is the primary protection need. Habitats with these shrews should be protected from contamination by heavy metals and pesticides.
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Since this species has such little direct human contact (due to their isolated habitats), they have little direct economic impact. However, due to their intense and constant consumption of insects, these shrews may have a positive effect on the farming industry by reducing the number of insect larvae and pupae that become pests (Banfield, 1974).
Positive Impacts: controls pest population
Stewardship Overview: The long-tailed shrew is an Appalachian endemic with very specific habitat requirements: cool, damp forest with deep talus. Very little is known of its status or natural history, so little can be given in the way of management suggestions.
Long-tailed shrew
The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (Sorex dispar) is a small North American shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the north-eastern United States.
This shrew is slate grey in colour with a pointed snout, a long tail and lighter underparts. It is found on rocky slopes in mountainous areas along the Atlantic coast from Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia to northern Georgia. It eats insects and spiders. Predators include hawks, owls, and snakes.
Gaspé shrew[edit]
The northernmost examples of this species were until recently thought to be a separate species, the Gaspé shrew (S. gaspensis) inhabiting the Gaspé Peninsula and Cape Breton Island. However, a 2004 study[3] indicated that the two species were conspecific, with the long-tailed shrew exhibiting a cline towards a smaller size at the northern edge of its range. As the Gaspé shrew, it was first described in A new species of shrew from the Gaspé Peninsula in no. 109, 1924 of American Museum Novitates, a publication of the American Museum of Natural History. When they were regarded as separate species, it was recognized that the Gapsé and long-tailed shrews inhabited similar habitats but were thought to be sympatric species with adjacent ranges.[4] They are now generally accepted to be the same species, with gaspensis a junior synonym and not even a subspecies.
The long tailed shrew has an unusually small range. It is found in central New York (the Adirondacks and Catskills) and a small area in Pennsylvania. In Massachusetts, the long-tailed shrew is only found in Berkshire County.
|Wikispecies has information related to: Sorex dispar
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Whittaker, J.C., Hammerson, G., Master, L. & Norris, S.J. (2008). "Sorex dispar". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Rhymer, J. M., Barbay, J. M. and Givens, H. L. (2004). "Taxonomic relationship between Sorex dispar and S. gaspensis: inferences from mitochondrial DNA sequences". Journal of Mammalogy 85 (2): 331. doi:10.1644/BER-003.
- ^ Munkwitz, Nicole (2002). "Sorex gaspensis". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
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Names and Taxonomy
Comments: French and Kirkland (1983) concluded from morphological data indicate that S. dispar and S. gaspensis are not conspecific. However, the only significant difference between the two taxa is size, with S. gaspensis smaller than S. dispar (Kirkland and Van Deusen 1979, French and Kirkland 1983). Yet Sorex dispar exhibits a south to north decreasing cline in body size, suggesting the possibility that S. gaspensis is not a distinct species but rather simply represents the northern extent of the S. dispar cline. Accordingly, Rhymer et al. (2004) found that the apparent distributional gap between S. dispar and S. gaspensis is not as large as previously believed (if in fact it exists at all) and that a morphological cline between dispar and gaspensis cannot be ruled out. Additionally, using mtDNA d-loop sequences, Rhymer et al. (2004) found that S. gaspensis and S. dispar cluster with no taxonomic or geographic structure, suggesting that they are conspecific. Shafer et al. (2008) analyzed cytochrome-b sequences and inter-SINE fingerprinting data and concluded that dispar and gaspensis constitute a single species composed of a monophyletic group of genetically highly similar shrews.
Fumagalli et al. (1999) present a phylogenetic analysis of the genus Sorex based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. See George (1988) for electrophoretic study of systematic relationships among Sorex species.


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Kobe Bryant entered the elite group of NBA players with 30,000 career points. Here are images from his biggest games.
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Jeremy Lin was introduced to the media at a press conference at Toyota Sports Center training facility in El Segund
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Julius Randle is the 1st round NBA draft pick for the Lakers. He was introduced to the media in a press conference


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To add extra flavor to the fish, brush with olive oil, and sprinkle lightly with salt, black pepper, and ground cumin before grilling.
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Combine first 9 ingredients in a medium bowl. Serve over hot grilled fish.
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Grilled Seafood with Banana-Lime Salsa Recipe