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Living with Wildlife
I live rural and I am very fortunate for it. We have a multitude of wildlife and I don't feed any of them, not even the song-birds, hummingbirds or any other feathered creatures I enjoy.
I used to put out bird feeders, and they were taken over by the "bad guys" : crows, blackbirds and jays, they would empty the feeders, throwing a lot of the food onto the ground, where the little ones had a feast, but with the food so concentrated, they were a set-up for cats and small raptors. I realized all these creatures lived here before I did, and so they have natural food.
I had fun feeding humming birds, eventually I had so many more than the place could support naturally, using 85# sugar each season and realized I was not doing them a favor, so quit. there are still lots of hummers raiding the garden, I can enjoy them without manipulating their life.
There are people here feeding deer, raccoons and even bears, something illegal and definitely not to the best interest of the critters. So I enjoy the ones I see, feel good to know the "unseen" ones are around, they use my pond as their drinking hole when the water dries up in the high country, and they are happy and well - I can tell by their scat.
I know this is only one side of the coin, can we share opinions?
As we speak I'm watching 'Backyard Habitat' on animal planet and they're trying to provide food and shelter for the Eastern Cottontail rabbit. Boy are these people going to regret encouraging that! Virtually my entire lawn was destroyed by rabbits this season and they poop all over the place which is disgusting. They eat anything within reach and gnaw at tree trunks.
I see the need to preserve wildlife but to be honest, I don't want any in my yard. Not even the birds. They can survive without my .18 ac.
I love having birds, frogs and squirrels in my yard. We have ponds and a lot of trees and shrubs for shelter and food.
I do have an electric fence around my fish pond to keep the raccoons out of it but other than that we welcome wildlife.
I do not live where rabbits, coyotes, bears, deer are possible.
Even though I live in a city, I do not put out storebought food or seed for wildlife. Instead, I grow wildlife friendly trees, shrubs and flowers that provide them with naturally limiting sources of food and shelter. I do not use any sort of pesticides or herbicides. The only artificial thing in my yard is a bird bath, which I keep full of very clean water year-round.
People who feed bears are idiots. But I blame our culture, particularly movies and TV shows that have portrayed wild animals as cute and cuddly. Feeding large animals never works out for the animal's best interest. Fortunately we don't have bears in the city.
I love animals, but I respect them. Every one of them can be dangerous, even sweet singing songbirds. If you don't believe me, I have a mockingbird living in a crepe myrtle in my back yard who can make a believer out of you during her nesting season.
BTW, I don't think blackbirds or jays are 'bad'. I kind of like them. Pushy little cussses...
Great idea for a thread!!
I only feed wildlife by providing habitat and not store bought food, too. I own a vacation rental in a gated community in the mountains and I think it's a disgrace what the people have done to the wildlife there.
They give the deer handouts constantly and encourage them to eat out of their hands. Consequently, the number of deer living right in our yards is much greater than the area can naturally support. They're fed whatever people have handy, like bread, lettuce, or whatever, rather than a healthy diet.
The deer stand in our driveways and see us getting in and out of cars, so they've lost much of their fear of cars, too. You see them hit along the roads and many are lame. Also, if they leave the protection of the 4 square mile community, they will be easy targets for hunters when they walk right up to them looking for food.
It seems like the number of bear sightings around the houses is increasing, too, and I'm sure it's because of all the food lying around for the deer. It's a recipe for disaster when one of them decides to approach someone or smells food and enters a house.
Several of us tried to explain these things to the wildlife feeders on our community forum. I was shocked when people responded that they had bought houses there to enjoy the wildlife and would do what they want. They only care about their enjoyment regardless of the harm to the animals apparently. Disgusting!!
I live on a 3 acre wooded property with about 20 acres around me that cannot be developed. Our property abuts a creek so we get to see all kinds of wildlife. We love the beginning of June when the honeysuckle come into bloom and the carp spawn. The first year we were here we thought someone was swimming in the creek it was so loud. The marsh grass prevented us from seeing the fish, but since that time we have made a path to get down to the creek to watch what's going on. We've had two dams built at the back part of our property in the creek. What a job that was. My DH went out every single day to destroy the dam, only for the darn thing to build back to its original size in one night. In the event the dam didn't adversely affect our property because of flooding, I would have let it be, but the Flood Hazard Insurance is very limited in scope as to what they will and what kinds of floods are covered.
We have alot of non-poisonous snakes that are very interesting.
The birds are also great to watch.
I own alot of the field guides so we can identify what we are seeing, especially when we get something that is unusual and we've never encountered before. This past summer our first sighting of a blue bunting. Beautiful teal colored male bird. Size of a cardinal but such a bright blue it was amazing. My first thought was that someone's pet was loose, but I found it in my bird guide. I hope he returns in the spring.
I have the same situation with the deer on my property. I have never fed them. They seem to be attracted to plantings and the like. One summer they leveled an entire pool length of callas. It bothers me when people hand feed animals not thinking that the animals (all) become dependent upon it after a very short period of time. Then they wonder why the animals are on their property when it isn't convenient?
I see the same 6 deer all the time. They stand on my front lawn about 7 foot from our living room window. You wonder how I know its the same group? One of the deer has a problem leg and she limps. She's back every year.
It has been wonderful for us to watch all of the wildlife in its natural state, being respectful of their space and not interfering with the order of things. I wouldn't trade my property for anything. It is priceless.
You don't have to feed wildlife to enjoy it.
You can do plantings for wildlife too. They need water, cover and shelter too.
I know two different families up here, of which one went in one of those directions, and the other went in the other. One person on the far end of town has a field next to his house that's about 5 acres, right along side the road. 2 acres of that, he plants with corn every summer, another acre, he plants with other misc. vegetables. The last two acres, he plants with wild rice, and other grains which attract deer and moose throughout the year. Even in the heart of the winter, you'll see them out there scraping the snow and ice to the side to get at it. The other family, on the other hand, has a grain feeder in their back yard, which sprays deer feed every day at 5 pm. It reminds me of opening the doors to a theater refreshment stand-- as soon as it opens, all of the sudden, the back yard is like a huge deer party for about a 1/2 hour, and just as suddenly as they appear, they disappear when the feed is gone.
I have a backyard wildlife habitat and have for many years. I think I am 7001 in the National Backyard Wildlife certification. I live on 1/2 acre in a town on a heavily wooded lot with two ponds and a bee hive. I feed the birds and the squirrels and even a skunk or two..I have frogs and many other critters as well.
My DD who lives next door and i live on 30 acres of mostly hardwood forest adjoining Ozark Nat Forest. I feed birds in winter if it's necessary.I did the humming bird thing till i got more hummers than i could handle,like lilod.
DD still feeds them tho.
We have deer and fed them a little bit one year when there was very little natural food and they were starving.
There have been a couple bear come through but they did'nt stay.
We have a lot of natural stuff growing that feeds and hides most wildlife. Trees like oak,hickory,cherry,blackgum,dogwood,persimmon,Juneberry,cedar. Plants like wild grape,muskadine,elderberry,lots of blackberrys,i can't think of the name of them but the wild relatives of blueberrys. A small field that use to be our garden that has wild grasses that grow higher than DD 5'8" turkey and deer both have raised babies there. Things are not that habitat friendly in the forest. I still consider them my friends even if i never pet them.
I don't see why anyone can't get a NWF certification. Everyone has wildlife in their yard.
Fire ants, Beetles, roaches, flies, mosquitos, pigeons, rats and mice, bobcats, scorpions, poisonous snakes, raccoons, moles, grubs, moths, wasps, bats, cicadas, worms.
This is the problem that I have with the whole "Oh I love wildlife" thing. Most wildlife totally sucks. Only certain wildlife is enjoyable and even then it's enjoyable from a distance. So it's hypocritical to say you love wildlife when what you really mean is very few species of birds, the occasional deer as long as it doesn't eat your garden and butterflies.
I'd also make the case that creating a backyard habitat contributes to habitat fragmentation and that creating a backyard habitat is solely for human gain.
Feel free to tell me where I'm going wrong with my thinking.
I was just watching a big bird wade around a pond behind my house. I enjoyed watching that bird. But that wasn't in my yard. I'll make a list of wildlife that I'd like to see in my backyard...
*scratches head*
*stares at ceiling*
*taps fingers on desk*
*Oh. I know.. Oh wait wild mustangs poop a lot forget that one*
*I'd say butterflies if it weren't for the whole cocoon thing*
*Bison are kind of big, that wouldn't work*
Aha I got one. Hermit crabs. I'd like to see more hermit crabs in the yard.
We have just about everything here in NW Pa in abundance. As a market gardener and plant breeder along with breeding exhibition poultry and exotics we do have some problems with some forms of wildlife. It is a constant battle to protect out crops and animals from predation. we do plant crops specificly for wildlife in areas away from cash crops. We also try different means of discouragement such as electric fencing. The deer population seems to be coming under control with the game comissions management plan but even a very few deer can ruin a years profit. trapping does help with some of the other pests. I dont mind sharing but I cant afford to lose an entire crop! We have had problems with mink, weasels and racoons killing our birds but that is now under control.
We have always fed the birds at several stations around the yard and have a large frog population in the water garden. I grow plants specially for butterflies and hummingbirds, also try to encourage any pollinator species for our brambles and ribes.
We use cameras placed on game trails and in other locations to capture wildlife in their night time forays, its interesting. Bears are really expanding their habitat here along with coyotes. the coyotes are a real problem to some even entering barns and killing sheep and goats.
We live in a suburban area of quarter acre lots. Our neighbor has well-producing apple trees and there are a few still left on the ground. I assume that is what has been attracting the possum. Twice I have had to go out at night to call off the dogs and bring them in the house. The last time, it was in the pouring rain.
We thought that when we moved away from the junky house kitty-corner behind us, we would leave the possum behind. No, here in cement-city, we have them, too. I have heard him up on the roof a couple of times, too. After the rainy "death" scene in the backyard the other day, I did a web search about the critters. I learned a lot I didn't know. They may sound vicious - snarling and spitting when cornered, but they do not attack. They will try to climb out of a situation, then go into a death faint when threatened. They even put out a smell that smells like rotting meat. That usually convinces predators to leave them alone, since a predator will not eat carrion. When the predator is gone, the possum wakens and waddles off.
The good news was that they are great neighbors. They do not dig or mess much. They eat snakes, mice, rats, any kind of garbage like those rotting apples. They live in brush piles or other dry spots and generally are not too commited to dens except for momma possum. If you have possum, you may not have mice, bugs, or rats anymore. They can take the bite of even poisonous snakes, so are great to have around if you live in an area with vipers.
So I have decided to not be upset at the possum. Now that I know how scared he is, how he does not bite, does not carry rabies or other communicable diseases to the dogs (just fleas, maybe), he is welcome to pass through anytime.
Quirky - no offense, but would you be happier living in a high-rise in the middle of the city? Only even there you may have to deal with pigeons and, in lots of places, peregrine falcons. to deal with the pidgeons, and how about rats, mice and cock-roaches?
Wildlife is wildlife, and maybe we are related?
Quirky..I really pity you... hating wildlife. I cannot imagine a person who hates birds and squirrels and opossums and butterflies and hummingbirds. And there are certain criteria the National Wildlife assoc. wants before issuing certification. Don't worry, you probably wouldn't qualify.
Emotional responses to a valid debate. You didn't even read what I wrote very carefully as I never said I hate wildlife, especially birds and desirable wildlife, I just don't want them in my yard/property. Most wildlife isn't cute and friendly and wildlife can be a real pest with diminishing habitat and with humans taking over as caretakers.
So you're right, I probably wouldn't qualify when I don't see the benfit in encouraging wildlife where it would be in danger or disturb the natural balance and have wildlife become pests. When a bear wanders into populated areas and is caught eating trash or whatever, they don't drive the bear back into the woods. They kill the bear.
Quirky, my response was really meant to be tongue in cheek, I know you don't hate wildlife; you probably respect it a lot more than those who feed bears, raccoons and deer and make it a point to attract the creatures, and then refer to them as "my" wildlife.
I am saying that I live at the edge of the wilderness, the critters were here first, and there is no way I want to, or can, control them. It's not up to me to say they are good or bad.
I protect my direct environment best I can to keep damage to a minimum and live my life and let them live theirs.
All that aside, let's examine the 9 reasons the NWF gives for making you backyard a wildlife habitat.
Why should I garden for wildlife and certify my yard as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat site?
- It's fun! You'll attract beautiful songbirds, cheerful butterflies and other interesting wildlife to your yard. Watching wildlife can be fun for the whole family.
Fun is for humans not for animals. Nice "beautiful songbirds" and "cheerful butterflies" are mentioned but not hungry buzzards, rodents or possums. 2. It's relaxing! The natural environment of your habitat will provide a peaceful place to relieve stress and unwind, day or night.
Relaxation is for humans, not for animals 3.It makes your yard more attractive! Replacing barren lawn with beautiful wildflowers and other native plants will increase the appeal of your property and will provide a nurturing place for wildlife.
Primary benefit: Makes yard more attractive 4. It nurtures and supports wildlife all year! Habitat restoration is critical for wildlife where commercial and residential development has eliminated most natural areas. Wildlife especially need your help during the cold winter months.
Habitat is removed or destroyed by development. Few people have the resources to create a sustainable habitat in their back yard. I don't have a solution to this problem. Wish I did but an emerging concern is habitat fragmentation. 5. It benefits the environment! Gardening practices that help wildlife, like reducing chemicals and conserving water, also help to improve air, water and soil quality throughout your neighborhood.
Self gratification is for humans (as are the benefits of conserving water and improving air), not animals and this doesn't address why backyard habitats are a good idea, merely good gardening practices. 6.It rewards you! NWF will recognize your dedication to creating a place for wildlife in the modern world. When your habitat is certified, you'll receive a handsome, personalized Certificate of Achievement suitable for framing, recognizing your yard as part of the National Registry of Backyard Wildlife Habitat sites. With your permission, NWF will also send a prepared press release to your local newspaper announcing your certification.
Nothing quite like a handsome paper product and proliferation of unsorted newspapers that don't decompose in landfills to show your respect for the environment. 7.It expands your gardening knowledge and lets you share your love of wildlife with others! Once certified, you'll receive a subscription to the quarterly newsletter, Habitats, providing you with a steady supply of tips and projects to maintain your Backyard Wildlife Habitat site year after year.
Not, not a love of wildlife... a love of certain wildlife. Namely attractive species of birds. Yay more paper products!
- If your yard is certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat site, you are eligible to order and post an attractive yard sign to convey to your friends and neighbors your commitment to wildlife conservation and the environment.
For $25 plus tax for 10 different states. 9. As soon as you certify your yard or garden space, you will automatically become a member of National Wildlife Federation with full membership benefits, including a year's subscription to the award winning National Wildlife magazine.
If you don't want to lose habitat to plantations harvested for paper, Reduce consumption of paper products. This is something you can do TODAY to show your love for wildlife and keep wildlife where it belongs, in the wild.
Anyway, not compelling reasons that attracting wildlife to one's backyard is a good idea. To remind those who might just be joining us, I'm not convinced this is in the best interest of the wildlife and I don't believe most people have the resources to restore a balanced, sustainable habitat in their backyards.
Your opinion has validity, however, I don't want to narrow this debate to only attracting wildlife to probably inappropriate locations, many of us live in the same place the wild things do, and we have to learn to live and let live.
I have a 3/4 acre fenced hill, I keep pigmy goats to control the vegetation. Hot wire on the fence discourages predators, but smaller critters, such as quail and rabbits fest on the goats' leftover hay and grain.
Wild ducks and herons come to my pond.
The quail will also enter the chicken-run and clean up the cracked corn.
Deer browse the horse arena for remnants of hay and to feast on the acorns from all the oaks standing on the property.
The Mountain Lion follows the deer and feasts on venison.
There are all sorts of birds and other beasts crossing the area, some stop to take a bite of something attractive.
To me this is my place, to the wild things this is the wild, I definitely don't attract them, but there is no way I can rid the place of them either.
There are coyotes around.
It was a pair of dogs (apparently someone's pets) that dug under the goat fence and attacked my goats, and I heard they killed a number of goats in this area.
The wildlife and I co-exist.
I don't differentiate between desirable and undesirable animals and birds. Used to make me mad when my mother would clap her hands to scare away birds she didn't like while welcoming the cardinals. I welcome everything..and that epecially means opposums and skunks and wood chucks. My yard is very interesting and has NO grass to speak of..all bushes and perrenials and trees and ponds, so that's why they like me. Even the hawk comes but I net the pond so he doesn't kill another prize koi.I don't hand feed or name them, just do my part since so much of their habitat is gone forever in housing developments..
You can't have the rabbits without the foxes.
You can't have the birds without the snakes.
Most people would soil their trousers if they came across a fox or snake in their neighborhood.
There seems to be a lot of people that hate the concept of lawns and that's fine but in many parts of the country it's needed for low cost erosion control. Grasses are beneficial to wildlife also providing food for rabbits and cover for the snakes and rodents. Not too many wildlife buffs interesting in harboring snakes and rodents though.
There are better ways to establish vegetation for erosion control than lawns.
Sure a lawn is better for erosion control than bare dirt. But there are many other kinds of vegetation that provide better erosion control than a typical cool season turf grass lawn. That is mowed too short, fertilzed and watered to make it grow and then mowed again... a perfect lawn uses too much fossil fuel and too many artificial inputs to be considered good for the environment.
My property abuts a marsh. I own about 1 acre of "swamp land". I enjoy living here. My marsh land has snakes, fox, rodents and every other animal you would see live by and in the water. Not unusual to see a fox now and then. I wouldn't call myself a wildlife buff, but I do enjoy watching all of the wildlife including the snakes. The rodents, not so much, but they are part of the food chain...
We don't fertilize and I don't really have the beautiful lawn like those that I pass in the developments on my way to the store. Those lawns are beautiful, but I will take my setup over having to maintain that specially cared for grass. I don't have to have a six foot privacy fence because my neighbor's yard bothers me for whatever reason.
We try and keep the natural configuration of the property by not putting chemicals into the aquafer below, little less lawn, alot less pollution.
I didn't make my yard a backyard habitat, I just happened to stumble onto a little piece of heaven and would like it to stay that way. Thank heaven for the Wetlands Act!
Snakes! I used to fear them something fierce (still do if I want to be honest) we have the rattlesnake, the cottonmouth and the copperhead around here, and I swear everytime someone would see a brown snake it was deemed a copperhead and killed, I was afraid of them but didn't want to get close enough to kill them, and would not of been able to do the deed anyway. I went to the Missouri conservation dept. and got a nice magazine of the snakes in our area, made me so happy to find out not once in the 5 years I have lived here have I actually seen a copperhead (we live right up next to the woods) one guy killed this snake that was black and white spotted, a bunch of people was standing around it, I went up to them and he was saying how he had killed this cottonmouth, I took one look at it and said "good going sherlock, you killed a baby blacksnake" (I poured over that catalouge for DAYS) Which by the way it is illegal to kill any snake in the state of Missouri. I still don't like them but at least I can rest easier with my kids playing in the yard.
We have possoms, lots of them, don't care for them either (the hissing really spooks me) the only time I got a kick out of them was the time I seen the mama carrying the babies, they clung to her back like monkeys.
Raccoons are here as well, really fun to take your trash down at night, to see something raising up out of the trashcan (sure the neighbors in the next county heard me)
We used to have foxes, I rather thought they were cute, the neighbor was feeding them cat food, found 2 dead in my yard, then I never seen any more of them again (secretly wondering if the neighbor was poisoning them)
We have deer, never would of known they were coming into the yard (so far they haven't touched my hostas) but the time it snowed DH, excitedly brought me outside to see the buck tracks (who would of thunk their toes are different from does?)
we have some sort of a Black cat roaming around that everyone says is a black panther (what? do they think we are not living in America?) not too afraid of that one, even though it is probably the one I need to be afraid of.
Hummingbirds I would love to feed, but someone once told me if you start feeding them, they become dependent on your feeder for food, so decided I better not.
We have only a couple of varieties of poisonous snakes, one being the water moccasin (sp). When we encountered the first one, DH who was extremely wary of snakes, followed the thing all night until it went up into a 80 foot poplar tree for a nap. It was about 8 ft. long. I have accidentally stepped on a brown snake in my vegetable garden. LOL. Not so funny then. You just get used to them I guess. They serve a purpose, eat the rodents, etc.
Yesterday there were 14 deer on my front lawn. I have never seen that many together in all the years I have lived here. The marsh was totally flooded from the rain and I guess they were displaced temporarily. There were at least 6 fawns. It was a sight. I couldn't get to my camera fast enough so I opted to just watch and hope I don't get early onset alzheimers and can remember the beautiful sight.
Panthers - whoa. Do you think perhaps someone was keeping a pet they shouldn't be and it got just a little too big???? That I would be afraid of.
I confess, I have a hummingbird feeder out by my pool. I also plant alot of red and yellow flowers to attract them. DD makes fun of me when we are out there since I am constantly saying - look there's another hummingbird. I love them. One of my personal favorites next to the blue bunting that came last spring.
Micke said it all.
I could have asked for a better supporting argument.
Labmomma also has a good example of habitat fragmentation. Since many cities have regulations on conserving small parcels containing natural areas such as wetlands, cypress domes and so on and so forth, the developers will just have to build around it and farther and farther away from the urban core. Numerous other consequences that come along with this such as environmental and economic. My feelings on this type of conservation is mixed. It's obviously not ideal but Lord knows I have supported this development.
This cat is not a Panther (I thought the same thing originally, somebody turned their "pet" loose) but I have seen it, it looks more like a Cougar, but it is black? The face doesn't look like the Panther and it is smaller, the ears are more pointy with tufts of hair coming up at the top of them. Someone was saying the tail was as long as 6ft. but it didn't look that long to me, actually at first I just assumed someone made the story up and it just spread across our community, but When I seen it down at the dumpsters I decided that it was a mighty big trashcan cat (lol) I know the conservation dept. had been alerted about it around a year ago, guess they weren't worried about it, seen it again in November. The only thing that ias concerning about it, is he really don't act like a human scares it, more like he just ignores you, weird huh?
Hummingbirds I would love to feed, but someone once told me if you start feeding them, they become dependent on your feeder for food, so decided I better not.
Micke, plant some butterfly bushes (buddleia) in your yard. I have three and the hummingbirds adore them. These shrubs require little to no maintenance, except for being cut back to about 18" in the late winter.
Feeding hummingbirds through a feeder has other issues. If the feeder is not cleaned regularly, the sugar water can grow bacteria which make the birds sick.
There are many attractants for hummers, another good one is Kniphophia, or torch lily(red hot pokers), butterfly weed is good too along with several liliums. Hummers eat a great many spiders and other bugs, they only use the feeders as a supplement.
Bobcats are not uncommon in many areas; the population in Pa. has increased to the point where they can now be trapped and hunted.
Panthers, Pumas, Painters, all the same animal. Large cats are normally very human shy and they will see you but to see them is unlikely. Its my opinion there are more than officials will admit to.
We are in Mo. there are suppose to be Cougars here, but they are goldish brown colored. Bobcats are here too, but they don't have a tail do they?
well when officials turn them loose to help control the deer population and it backfires, who is going to admit to anything?
I have tried to plant butterfly bushes and so far I have killed them all, had some seeds from a trade but they never came up. I think they are so pretty, I am going to try again this year (keeping my fingers crossed!) When is the best time to plant these? I think my downfall was planting them too late in the year. I did that with my mimosa too, coulda kicked myself, it was growing happily along in a pot I took it out in July and planted it. Dead in no time:(
I have a crepe myrtle and sometimes I see them around it, but not often so I am not sure if they like it or not.
Usually Butterfly Bush is pretty cheap at places like Home Depot or Lowe's. They have lots of different colors, hummers are attracted to red mostly, but go to pinks, purples, blues and whites also. Try some Black and Blue Salvia, or some Lady in Red Salvia. Also, Phlox, Trumpet Vines, Coral Honeysuckle, Nicotiana, Hummingbird Plant, Shrimp Plant, Monarda, Cardinal Climber, etc. I've even had success with Red Petunia's, but most people don't. If you do put out a feeder, make sure you clean it frequently, especially when it gets hot. You can make your own feeder, or buy one. You can make your own sugar water solution of 1:4 or 1:3. Good luck :) Christy
Funny, but even here in Michigan we get rumors about black panthers. They are not native and officials always say that people who report them are really seeing big domestic cats. The more people get away from nature and have little experience in judging the size of a moving animal at a distance, the worse we get at estimating size. I guess I doubt that they are really Panthers, too.
I love the unlovable animals too. toads,lizards,snakes(except copperheads),i've killed 2 copperheads and i was sure they were copperheads,we are overrun with the things and my hound was bit by one. I still feel bad about killing them as i even take spiders,granddaddy longlegs and grasshoppers outside to avoid killing them. i have heard a panther a time or two but never seen one.
Don't use pesticides except once when a Direct tv serviceman made me sprey the wasp nests around our porch.They had never bothered me.
I have never seen a possum around here. They must all live in town. LOL Have all kinds of birds,bugs,and creepy things. I leave them all alone except for copperheads and if they left my dogs alone i'd leave them alone.
Its really true that its a jungle out there and humans are the most dangerous animal of all.
Now it is cougars. I heard a story on NPR this morning about how there are a lot of cougar sightings, but few traces that would lead the DNR to believe we have a breeding population. They seem to have been releases of "pet" cougars that people got tired of, or that get too big or dangerous to keep at home.
Great shot, Cnetter! We share our property with a family of foxes, they've been here for the past 5 years or so. We have well over 20 acres of undeveloped land plus the 5 that we consider yard, we are a wildlife habitat tho I don't remember the number. We do feed the wildlife, deer, possums, skunks, foxes, raccoons and of course the birds and hummers in addition to planting with them all in mind. We also have ponds, watergarden ponds that are home to frogs and aquatic critters (salamanders, dragonfly nymphs, etc) and a large koi pond.
When we designed the koi pond we did so with the predators in mind, it has a roof so the herons can't easily see it when doing their flyovers and at 5 feet deep, it has straight sides to deter the raccoons. So far so good!
Little did I know that putting up bird feeders and providing a heated birdbath (only liquid water in a 1/4 mile radius) was only for my hedonistic pleasure. I was really enjoying the flock of Cedar Waxwings that emptied out my birdbath this morning. Maybe I should feel bad about the couple of pairs of Downy Woodpeckers that relish my suet feeders. I have a dog door entrance to the crawlspace under my house: originally it was an escape for wild rabbits to get away from feral cats. Now, I seem to be breeding 'possums under there.
Even if it was all for my pleasure, what would be wrong with it if the wildlife gain? I'm in the middle of suburbia with 3/4 acre (1/3 acre is organic garden). I share my produce with family, neighbors, and needy people.
I feel no guilt for setting the table for wildlife even if I gain the most.
Now it is cougars. I heard a story on NPR this morning about how there are a lot of cougar sightings, but few traces that would lead the DNR to believe we have a breeding population. They seem to have been releases of "pet" cougars that people got tired of, or that get too big or dangerous to keep at home.
I don't know about Michigan, but I know in Utah, my brother in law had no choice but to take this one down. He was shot in mid charge from horseback:
See that is what this one around her looks like, but it is darker colored, more like the color on the top of the head all over it's body. the Neighbor that owns the property came through and cleared the whole area where the kitty had been staying, since then I haven't seen it, maybe he killed it, who knows, this is the same guy that killed his two ponies and dismembered them leaving them in the field, so the kids from around here who had been going over to pet them and feed em tufts of grass got to get a good look at em (humans are the most dangerous animal of all)

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- Date:14 Feb 2012
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Don Valley Stadium
- Attendance:2,572
- Harrad - pen (27)
Live Commentary
- 91:41 +1.41
The ball is crossed by Peter Murphy, save by Rhys Taylor.
- 90:26 +0.26
Mark Bradley fouled by Kevin McIntyre, the ref awards a free kick. Mark Bradley takes the free kick.
- 86:57
Sam Wood takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
- 83:29
Aristote Nsiala concedes a free kick for a foul on Shaun Harrad. Direct free kick taken by Lewis Grabban.
- 81:46
Kieron Cadogan goes off and Lewis Grabban comes on.
- 78:34
Foul by Peter Murphy on Scott Griffiths, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Rhys Taylor.
- 77:24
Craig Lindfield comes on in place of Padraig Amond.
- 76:40
Kieron Cadogan takes the inswinging corner, clearance made by Charlie Barnett.
- 75:30
Shot from just outside the box by Bryan Hughes goes over the crossbar.
- 73:08
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Sam Wood from the right by-line, Michael Smith manages to make a clearance.
- 73:04
The ball is crossed by Mark Bradley, Kevin McIntyre gets a block in.
- 72:44
Centre by Mark Bradley, blocked by Kevin McIntyre.
- 70:39
Alex Revell is caught offside. Ian Dunbavin takes the indirect free kick.
- 69:03
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Sam Wood by Peter Murphy. Rhys Taylor restarts play with the free kick.
- 67:40
Unfair challenge on Shaun Harrad by Aristote Nsiala results in a free kick. The referee shows Aristote Nsiala a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Jason Taylor from right channel, save made by Ian Dunbavin.
- 65:22
Ian Dunbavin fouled by Shaun Harrad, the ref awards a free kick. Charlie Barnett comes on in place of Danny Coid. Free kick taken by Ian Dunbavin.
- 64:34
The ball is delivered by Kieron Cadogan, Shaun Harrad takes a shot. Save by Ian Dunbavin.
- 63:26
Jason Taylor challenges Peter Murphy unfairly and gives away a free kick. Bryan Hughes crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from right channel, Richard Naylor manages to make a clearance.
- 59:47
Kieron Cadogan takes a shot from just inside the penalty box which clears the crossbar.
- 59:21
Mark Bradley crosses the ball.
- 58:25
Danny Coid takes a shot. Blocked by Johnny Mullins.
- 58:06
Outswinging corner taken by Bryan Hughes from the right by-line, Richard Naylor makes a clearance.
- 57:58
Peter Murphy takes a shot. Sam Wood gets a block in.
- 56:56
Shot on goal by Peter Murphy from inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.
- 54:18
Sam Wood produces a cross, Dean Winnard manages to make a clearance.
- 53:27
The ball is swung over by Kevin McIntyre.
- 52:13
Corner from the right by-line taken by Bryan Hughes, Shot on goal by Danny Coid from just inside the area goes over the target.
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The ball is sent over by Michael Smith.
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Corner taken by Sam Wood.
- 46:37
The ball is sent over by Bryan Hughes, Sam Wood gets a block in.
- 45:29
The ball is delivered by Danny Coid, Mark Bradley manages to make a clearance.
- 43:04
The ball is delivered by Mark Bradley, save by Ian Dunbavin.
- 42:07
Corner taken by Sam Wood.
- 41:56
The ball is swung over by Mark Bradley, Shaun Harrad takes a shot. Danny Coid gets a block in.
- 40:37
Inswinging corner taken by Sam Wood from the right by-line played to the near post, save made by Ian Dunbavin.
- 39:29
Shaun Harrad is ruled offside. Dean Winnard takes the indirect free kick.
- 38:18
Jason Taylor takes a shot. Save made by Ian Dunbavin.
- 36:03
Effort from just outside the area by Shaun Harrad goes over the target.
- 35:36
Richard Naylor fouled by Michael Smith, the ref awards a free kick. Rhys Taylor restarts play with the free kick.
- 34:33
A cross is delivered by Kieron Cadogan.
- 32:35
Free kick awarded for a foul by Danny Coid on Sam Wood. Richard Naylor takes the direct free kick.
- 26:08
Penalty awarded for a foul by Bryan Hughes on Mark Bradley. Penalty taken right-footed by Shaun Harrad and scored. Rotherham 1-0 Accrington Stanley.Assist by Mark Bradley.
- 25:16
The referee gives a free kick against Alex Revell for handball. Ian Dunbavin takes the free kick.
- 21:51
Micah Evans is caught offside. Free kick taken by Johnny Mullins.
- 17:27
Effort on goal by Danny Coid from just outside the area goes harmlessly over the target.
- 16:43
Michael Smith is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Rhys Taylor.
- 12:37
A cross is delivered by Kieron Cadogan, Sam Wood takes a shot. Aristote Nsiala gets a block in.
- 11:30
A cross is delivered by Bryan Hughes, clearance by Richard Naylor.
- 10:54
Kevin McIntyre fouled by Kieron Cadogan, the ref awards a free kick. Ian Dunbavin takes the free kick.
- 9:58
Sam Wood concedes a free kick for a foul on Danny Coid. Direct free kick taken by Aristote Nsiala.
- 8:42
The ball is sent over by Bryan Hughes.
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A cross is delivered by Mark Bradley, Header from close in by Alex Revell misses to the right of the target.
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Scott won't meddle with Millers Rotherham manager Andy Scott could name an unchanged side when Accrington visit Don Valley in npower League Two. The Millers ended a three-game losing streak by putting in one of their best performances of the season in the 2-0 win at Southend on Friday night and Scott looks set to keep faith with the same side. That means 15-goal top scorer Lewis Grabban will remain on the bench after he was omitted at Roots Hall, with Scott favouring new signing Shaun Harrad and Alex Revell, who both bagged, in attack. Defender Michael Raynes returns from a one-match ban but he is unlikely to displace Johnny Mullins or Richard Naylor at the back so he will battle it out with Ryan Cresswell for a place on the bench. Gareth Evans (thigh), Luke Foster and Jamie Annerson (both knee) are the only players occupying the treatment room for the game which will definitely go ahead after the recent cold snap. Will Hatfield is in line to make his second Accrington debut. The midfielder, who enjoyed a loan spell at the Crown Ground from Leeds earlier in the season, joined Stanley on a permanent basis last week following his release by the Championship side. The Reds defence will be bolstered by the return of Tom Bender from a hamstring problem, but Sean Hessey remains sidelined with a similar complaint. Aristote Nsiala is set to play the final game of his loan spell from Everton, but Press Association Sport understands Accrington are in discussions with the Barclays Premier League side over extending the 19-year-old's stay beyond his four appearances to date. Alan Burton has returned to light training as he steps up his recovery from a double hernia operation. Reports in the Lancashire Telegraph suggest Stanley could have a new manager in place ahead of the game, with Sligo Rovers boss Paul Cook tipped to succeed John Coleman despite a statement released by the Irish club over the weekend claiming the 44-year-old would stay with them.
Accrington Stanley
- Rhys Taylor
- Mark Bradley
- Johnny Mullins
- Richard Naylor
- Scott Griffiths
- Kieron Cadogan
- Jason Taylor
- Danny Harrison
- Sam Wood
- Alex Revell
- Shaun Harrad
- Andy Warrington
- Dale Tonge
- Ryan Cresswell
- Danny Schofield
- Lewis Grabban
- Ian Dunbavin
- Danny Coid
- Aristote Nsiala
- Dean Winnard
- Kevin McIntyre
- Peter Murphy
- Luke Joyce
- Bryan Hughes
- Padraig Amond
- Michael Smith
- Micah Evans
- Sean Murdoch
- Charlie Barnett
- Kurtis Guthrie
- Craig Lindfield
- Thomas Bender
Match Report
Millers on the march Rotherham beat Accrington 1-0 to record their second win in five days and maintain their hopes of an npower League Two play-off place. Most of the first half action came from the home side, who probably considered themselves unfortunate to be only a goal up at the break - and that came from the penalty spot. After seven minutes Alex Revell headed a good chance wide, Sam Wood had an effort bravely blocked by Danny Coid and Ian Dunbavin made two saves in quick succession to deny Kieron Cadogan and then Wood on the follow up. But when Mark Bradley broke into the box after 27 minutes he was halted by a lunging tackle from Accrington midfielder Bryan Hughes. Shaun Harrad stepped up to net his second goal in as many games since joining the Millers on loan from Bury. Stanley could have had an equaliser from their first corner after 53 minutes, but Coid skied his shot high over the bar. Harrad should have had a second for Rotherham after 65 minutes with a free header from Cadogan's cross but Dunbavin saved with his feet.
Form Guide
- Rotherham
- Accrington Stanley DWWLDW
Last Meetings
- Accrington Stanley
- 1 - 1
- Rotherham
- 13/09/2011
- Rotherham
- 2 - 0
- Accrington Stanley
- 15/02/2011
- Accrington Stanley
- 2 - 3
- Rotherham
- 16/10/2010
- Accrington Stanley
- 2 - 1
- Rotherham
- 16/03/2010
- Rotherham
- 1 - 0
- Accrington Stanley
- 08/08/2009
- Rotherham
- 0 - 0
- Accrington Stanley
- 28/03/2009
Top Scorers
- L Grabban 9
- A Revell 8
- G Evans 6
- D Harrison 2
- J Mullins 2
- R Cresswell 2
- D Schofield 1
- S Harrad 1
- J Taylor 1
- S Wood 1
- B Pringle 1
Accrington Stanley
- P Amond 4
- C Lindfield 3
- P Murphy 3
- M Evans 3
- M Smith 3
- B Hughes 2
- S Hessey 2
- K McIntyre 1
- D Coid 1
- I Craney 1
- L Joyce 1
- D Winnard 1
- C Barnett 1
- Total goals 88
- Goals per game 46
- 5 (For) 4 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 4 (For) 5 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 6 (For) 5 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 5 (For) 6 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 3 (For) 8 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 8 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 7 (For) 5 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
Accrington Stanley
- Total goals 80
- Goals per game 38
- 3 (For) 4 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 2 (For) 5 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 5 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 3 (For) 5 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 3 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 5 (For) 2 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 6 (For) 1 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 8 (For) 3 (Against) Period 81-90 mins


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Stan Lee's Indian hero 'Chakra: The Invincible' to make TV debut
Stan Lee has a pretty good track record when it comes to creating heroes, and now he's added one more to that long list: Chakra.
The character that will make his animated debut Nov. 30 in an hour-long television movie called Chakra: The Invincible, which will air across South Asia on Cartoon Network. According to Deadline, the movie potentially could reach 34 million households. Readers received their first taste of the character in May in Liquid Comics' Free Comic Book Day offering.
Comics A.M. | Singapore cartoonist arrested; crowdfunding scam
Legal | Singapore cartoonist Leslie Chew was arrested last week on charges of sedition, held over the weekend, and released on S$10,000 bail. His cellphone and computer were also confiscated. The charges stem from two cartoons on Chew's Demon-cratic Singapore Facebook page. [Yahoo! News Singapore]
Crowdfunding | Chris Sims tells the truly bizarre tale of a crowdfunding scam: Someone copied Ken Lowery and Robert Wilson IV's Kickstarter campaign for Like a Virus, including the video, and made it into an IndieGoGo campaign, presumably planning to pocket the money and run. [Comics Alliance]
Chernin Group partners with Liquid Comics on Graphic India
CA Media, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, has acquired what it's calling "a large minority stake" in Graphic India, a new subsidiary of Liquid Comics.
Launched in 2011 by Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman, Graphic India is a comic book and animation company focused on creating mythological and superhero characters and stories for the Indian youth market, published across mobile and online platforms. The Chernin Group was founded in 2009 by former television and film executive Peter Chernin, who was previously president and CEO of News Corp. The investment makes CA Media and Liquid joint owners, with the latter contributing its catalog of comics.
Graphic India, which partnered with Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment to create the superhero Chakra–The Invincible, plans to release new digital content centered on properties previously published by Liquid Comics. They include: Devi, developed by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur; The Sadhu, created by Gotham Chopra; and Ramayan 3392AD, developed by Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur.
"India is home to some of the most creative minds in the world, and we believe that the next Batman, Harry Potter, Pokemon or The Avengers, can come from this country," Devarajan said in a statement. "At Graphic India, we intend to find, nurture and promote a new generation of creators to transform the world with their stories. The team at The Chernin Group and CA Media bring an unparalleled level of experience in entertainment and we could not imagine a better partner to work with to launch this mission."


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A mystery hipstery package from France via Germany and the Internet! Hand delivered by motorbike.
After a few messages back and forth between my Secret Santa and myself, I'd alomost given up on Deutsche Post delivering this, the German's are effecient but their post office seems to rival Deutsche Bahn for service (read: it sucks). So it's a a bit of an understatement to say when it arrived this morning I was stoked.
I love the idea behind a mystery, mystery gift that has been chosen based on some information provided by my Secret Santa that I provided to them. I love the shirt, turns out red suits me and the bag is somewhat fitting considering some major decisions I've just made. The cards and the guide are a laugh, the stickers are interesting, the one of the couple is somewhat bizarre, but I love it.
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Performance with The Shirley Thompson Ensemble, with Shirley Thompson conducting and musical director. Other relevant details: 'Summer Notes' is part of an ongoing collaboration with South Bank venues (since 1995). The Shirley Thompson Ensemble has developed an eclectic performing repertoire through performances with mixed modes of delivery, with premières of new works interspersed with contemporary orchestrations and popular music inflections, and dancing and rapping mingling with chamber ensemble orchestration and classical vocal writing. The 2003 concert comprised Thompson as conductor and arranger. The aim was to bring together elements more usually associated with commercial music styles (especially rock and reggae) to the classical showpiece venues including the Purcell Room. The hyperexplicating choreography for solo dancer in each half of the programme reflects the instrumentation and melodic contour of the music as choragus to a narrative of human geography, rather than of chronology. Scoring for a mixed ensemble of this kind poses several compositional and logistical challenges. Thompson devised some innovative pre-recording rehearsal strategies in order to integrate the performance praxis of musicians from both classical and commercial traditions, and to emphasise their equal status, whether privy to processes of the interpretation of notation or of the improvisatory spirit within freestyle rapping and in kit drum playing. This incorporation of classical and commercial elements emphasises musical and cultural common ground, and thus transcends the often ignoble and tokenistic tradition of classical-rock fusion through its post-modern musical and cultural egalitarianism. The performance was reviewed in Time Out (June 2003).
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Remove, Delete or Uninstall Ask Toolbar Completely
Ask Toolbar is one of the most annoying toolbar, which comes bundled with many free softwares if you just install the software without reading what is there on each installation wizard, you probably see ask toolbar on your computer. Once installed it automatically integrates with Internet browsers installed on your computer.
We have already written some tips on how to remove unwanted toolbars from your computer including ask toolbar removal, and some other tools like Multi Toolbar Remover and Toolbar Uninstaller
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The toolbar is also known to increase web browser loading times, and memory use. Furthermore, the Ask toolbar installer often sets the computer's homepage to Ask.com. Removing the Ask toolbar will have no ill-effects on your web browsing.
Here is another freeware utlity called Ask Toolbar Remover which is specially designed to remove ask toolbar completely from all the browsers including firefox, internet explorer etc and reset your home page from ask.com to google.com
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Are you kidding me? You are advising your readers on how to remove unwanted programs by installing yet another unwanted program? Surely there are a WHOLE LOT better ways to remove ask toolbar and this is certainly one of the worst ways. Monetizing your site is great, you just have to keep a balance on giving infos that arent misleading. Hope this helps you out in the future posts. -Jake R.


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Use new tiles on Windows Phone apps using reflection
The article shows how to use reflection to create an app that can use the new tiles in Windows Phone 8, while still remaining compatible with Windows Phone 7.5
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Windows Phone 8 as well as Windows Phone 7.8 features new Tile sizes. If you want to maintain an app that targets Windows Phone 7.5, you are able to use reflection to access Windows Phone 8 APIs that showcase the new Tile functionality.
This way, if your Windows Phone 7.5 app runs on a Windows Phone that supports the new tile (WP7.8 and WP8), your application will be able to use them!
Advantages/disadvantages of this solution
- Only one application to maintain between Windows Phone 7 and 8
- Application will take advantage of the new tiles on Windows Phone 8 devices
- Solution is compatible with Windows Phone 7.8
- Your application will not take advantage of new controls like the native panorama or native pivot
- Your application will be displayed with a black band on 720p screen phones
- You will not be able to use the new Windows Phone 8 features such as in-app purchase, WinPRT, etc.
How do I know if my application runs on a Windows Phone 7.8/8 device ?
Before we can implement our new tiles, we first need to test the system version
7.10.8858 is the official version of Windows Phone 7.8 OS.
You only need to compare it to the version of the system, as follow :
private static readonly Version _targetedVersion78 = new Version(7, 10, 8858);
public static bool CanUseLiveTiles
get { return Environment.OSVersion.Version >= _targetedVersion78; }
We are now able to test the version of the device and to create Windows Phone 7 or 8 tiles:
How to use reflection
To use reflection to create an object, you need first to retrieve the type of the object:
var mytype=Type.GetType("assembly-qualified name");
Then retrieve and invoke the constructor of this type:
var mynewtile = mytype.GetConstructor(new Type[] { }).Invoke(null);
"new Type[] { }" indicates that the constructor has no parameters.
Once the object is created, it's possible to assign values to its properties.
First retrieve the type of the properties of your object and ask for the property using it's name. You will get a PropertyInfo object containing all the information about this property. Call the accessor method GetSetMethod() to get the information about the accessor.
var setMethod = instance.GetType().GetProperty("MyProperty").GetSetMethod();
Finally, invoke this property using this information using the original object as a parameter and the value that you want to assign
setMethod.Invoke(instance, new object[] { value });
This is quite complicated, so we'll create a method to facilitate our work:
internal static void SetProperty(object instance, string name, object value)
var setMethod = instance.GetType().GetProperty(name).GetSetMethod();
setMethod.Invoke(instance, new object[] { value });
internal static object GetProperty(object instance, string name)
return instance.GetType().GetProperty(name).GetValue(instance, new Object[] { });
Using new live tiles
First, retrieve the type of FlipTileData and create a new instance:
Type flipTileDataType = Type.GetType("Microsoft.Phone.Shell.FlipTileData, Microsoft.Phone");
var mynewtile = flipTileDataType.GetConstructor(new Type[] { }).Invoke(null);
Then set properties:
SetProperty(mynewtile, "Title", title);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "Count", count);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "BackTitle", backTitle);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "BackContent", backContent);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "SmallBackgroundImage", smallBackgroundImage);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "BackgroundImage", backgroundImage);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "BackBackgroundImage", backBackgroundImage);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "WideBackgroundImage", wideBackgroundImage);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "WideBackBackgroundImage", wideBackBackgroundImage);
SetProperty(mynewtile, "WideBackContent", wideBackContent);
Finally, update our tile as usual:
And that's it! The code compiles on Windows Phone 7, despite the absence of the FlipTileData type and will work properly under Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 !
Create additional tiles
With Windows Phone 7.5, the following method is normally used to add a new tile:
ShellTile.Create(new Uri("/test.xaml",UriKind.Relative),newtile);
But it doesn't work with the new tiles. In fact, Windows Phone 8 added a third parameter (bool supportsWideTile) to this method. We therefore need to use reflection once again to access its method:
public static class ShellTileExt
public static void Create(Uri uri, ShellTileData tiledata, bool usewide)
Type shellTileType = Type.GetType("Microsoft.Phone.Shell.ShellTile, Microsoft.Phone");
var createmethod = shellTileType.GetMethod("Create", new Type[] { typeof(Uri), typeof(ShellTileData), typeof(bool) });
createmethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { uri, tiledata, usewide });
So, to create a additional live tile with a new template, simply write:
ShellTileExt.Create(new Uri("/Test.xaml", UriKind.Relative), mytiledata, true);
Simplify it
Reflection is not easy to use. So let's try to simplify to this.
In this purpose, we will create the following fake objects: FlipTileData, CyclicTileData, IconicTileData to abstract the use of reflection. The final purpose is to be able to write:
var mytile = new IconicTileData()
Title = "iconic tile",
Count = 8,
BackgroundColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 200, 10, 30),
IconImage = new Uri("/Assets/logo202x202.png", UriKind.Relative),
SmallIconImage = new Uri("/Assets/logo110x110.png", UriKind.Relative),
WideContent1 = "This is an example",
WideContent2 = "for Nokia",
WideContent3 = "Wiki"
ShellTileExt.Create(new Uri("/Test.xaml", UriKind.Relative), mytile, true);
The only difference between this code and a native Windows Phone 8 code is the use of ShellTileExt instead of ShellTile.
Create fake IconicTileData object
First create the "proxy" class IconicTileData owning a real IconicTileData:
public class IconicTileData
private readonly object _shelltiledata;
public IconicTileData()
Type tileDataType = Type.GetType("Microsoft.Phone.Shell.IconicTileData, Microsoft.Phone");
_shelltiledata = tileDataType.GetConstructor(new Type[] { }).Invoke(null);
_shelltiledata is the real IconicTileData built with reflection. Create now the fake property to mimic the real IconicTileData object:
public string Title
get { return (string)Utils.GetProperty(_shelltiledata, "Title"); }
set { Utils.SetProperty(_shelltiledata, "Title", value); }
Repeat it for each property. We need also to be able to implicit convert this object in ShellTileData in order to use it with ShellTile.Update.
public static implicit operator ShellTileData(IconicTileData data)
return (ShellTileData)data._shelltiledata;
And it's all ! We have now a fake IconicTileData linked with a real one that can be used with ShellTile.Update !
Mangopollo library
You can find sources on codeplex : http://mangopollo.codeplex.com
And you can use Nuget to add the library to your WP7 project: PM> Install-Package Mangopollo.Light
With reflection and this library, we are now able to use the new live tiles on a Windows Phone 8 device without porting the project. Better, even if 7.8 SDK doesn't yet exist, your application is now ready to use the new tiles.


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I have always been interested in researching my family tree. Several family members have tried but gave up before they ever completed the work. My branch of the RUSSELL family has been in the CT area for more than 100 years. I have only recently begun my research. My parents, grand parents and great grand parents all lived in the Danielson, Killingly area of Ct. My father Frank E. Russell (son of John E Russell and Jennie Passmore)said that his great grandparents came here from England probably 150-200 years ago. I know this is quite a task to take on but I am determined to see it through until it is complete.I would certainly be grateful for any information that would help me in my search. |
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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Roberto (Munoz) Rodriguez
Born: Caracas, , Venezuela, in 1941
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Pitcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 57
Primary Team: Kansas City Athletics
Played For
Kansas City Athletics (1967)
Chicago Cubs (1970)
Oakland Athletics (1970)
San Diego Padres (1970)
First major league game: 5/13/1967
Final major league game: 9/26/1970
Hall of Fame Voting
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"Storm Country The Anthology"
By Missouri Writers' Guild
Mozark Press
When an E-5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, part of the major devastation to the community was to school buildings in the Joplin R-VIII School District. Among these were libraries of four schools, along with the district's Teacher Resource Center.
In a collaborative effort, the Missouri Writers' Guild and its Joplin Writers' Guild chapter, the Missouri Humanities Council, and Mozark Press present a collection of the region's writers and poets who contributed their work as a fundraising effort to restore library resources for the Joplin School District. Inside are contributions ranging from Missouri and Kansas poets laureate, to a Joplin High School sophomore, to a 2011 Pushcart nominee, to sixth-grade students from Fair Grove Middle School. Most importantly, inside you'll find the creative voices of the caring community existing within the region we call "Storm Country."
All proceeds from the sale of Storm Country: The Anthology will go toward books and learning materials for the Joplin school libraries and Teacher Resource Center.


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I know more about you than you think. I know you've been ridiculed and respected, adored and despised. You've been imprisoned and set free. You've bared it all, rather embarrassing at times, and not held back. You've thrown away the wishbone so that you can have a backbone. You want to help others do the same.
Moxie: A force of character, determination or nerve.
The name moxie derived from a soft drink that was created around 1876. The drink was said to be effective against nervousness, paralysis and insomnia. The drink contained gentian root extracts (a rare South American plant), and ten years later, the drink company added soda water and syrup to create a blend of "bitter and sweet." Author E. B. White once claimed that "Moxie contains gentian root, which is the path to the good life."
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Headstart is a half-day program designed to make the transition to university life easier for Laurier's incoming students and their parents or guardians. It's an introduction to life and learning at Laurier. For students, it's an opportunity to learn about:
Students will be able to register in their courses and meet with academic advisors, take part in academic success and campus life sessions, and chat with senior students about studying at Laurier. They'll also be able to get their student identification card, the Laurier OneCard, and tour their campus.
Parents and guardians will participate in a special parent transition program that provides an overview of what their students will be experiencing as a university student and how they can support their students, and answers the questions parents have about residence life, meal plans, orientation week, financial aid, etc.
Cost is $30 per family, which includes program materials, parking and refreshments.
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Piggy Back Buggin'
Well when you look on the bright side as far as the ATV goes its like driving over a hill. However for the VW Beetle bug one bad bump and you could loose your front and back window…total FAIL here!
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I want to see the video of this guy getting it up there
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For a special supplement on the AHA 2010 CPR Guidelines, JEMS and the AHA assembled some of the leading experts on cardiac care. This gallery introduces you to the contributors to this supplement, who were instrumental in synthesizing the new Guidelines and highlighting what you need to know as an EMS professional.
Jerry Potts, PhD
Jerry Potts, PhD, served as the lead author of this supplement. He is the director of Research, Development and Innovation for the Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Programs at the American Heart Association (AHA). His interest in ECC began more than 35 years ago when he worked as an EMT and taught CPR to the public. Dr. Potts has authored dozens of scholarly publications and, during his tenure at the AHA, has been instrumental in many significant achievements of the ECC team, including NRCPR (an in-hospital resuscitation database), ReSS (the annual Resuscitation Science Symposium), the pentennial ILCOR conference for consensus on resuscitation science, three revisions of the AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, the "CPR Anytime" self-directed training kit, and the "Hands-Only CPR" and "CPR in Schools" Science Advisory statements. Disclosure: The author is an employee of the AHA.
Robert A. Berg, MD
Robert A. Berg, MD, is Critical Care Medicine Division Chief and Russell Raphaely Endowed Chair of Anesthesia and Critical Care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and professor of anesthesia and critical care and pediatrics at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the chair of the AHA BLS committee and the NRCPR Research committee ("Get With The Guidelines: Resuscitation"). Dr. Berg was involved in developing the 2000, 2005 and 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, and the subsequent AHA PALS and BLS courses. Disclosure: The author has reported no conflicts of interest with the sponsors of this supplement.
Bentley J. Bobrow, MD
Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, is an associate professor of emergency medicine and practices at the Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix. He's a member of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center and the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona. Dr. Bobrow is the medical director for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System at the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Scottsdale Fire Department. He is a volunteer member of the AHA's BLS Subcommittee. Disclosure: The author has reported no conflicts of interest with the sponsors of this supplement.
Jose G. Cabanas, MD
Jose G. Cabanas, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with a special focus on EMS and resuscitation. He is the current deputy medical director for Wake County EMS in Raleigh, N.C., and serves as associate research director for the Emergency Services Institute Clinical Research Unit at WakeMed Health & Hospitals and as adjunct faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Disclosure: The author has reported receiving indirect research support from Physio-Control.
Valerie J. De Maio, MD, MSc
Valerie J. De Maio, MD, MSc, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and clinical epidemiologist with a focus on identification of effective training and management strategies for out-of-hospital resuscitation and trauma. She is currently director of research of the Emergency Services Institute of WakeMed Health & Hospitals and adjunct faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her involvement in the AHA's ECC programs include past membership on the BLS Subcommittee. Disclosure: The author has reported receiving research support from AHA and Laerdal.
Ed Jauch, MD
Ed Jauch, MD, is professor of medicine in the Division of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Neurosciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). At MUSC, he's involved with the creation of a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a REACH Telemedicine Program, a statewide acute stroke telemedicine network and a statewide stroke system of care. Dr. Jauch also serves as vice-chair of the Leadership Committee for the American Stroke Association and chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Committee. Disclosure: The author has reported no conflicts of interest with the sponsors of this supplement.
Kenny Navarro, MEd
Kenny Navarro, MEd, is assistant professor in the Emergency Medicine Education Department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He serves as a content consultant for the AHA Guidelines 2010 ACLS Project Team, the coordinator for the National EMS Education Standards Project, an expert writer for the National EMS Education Standards Implementation Team and an EMS research columnist for EMS1.com. Disclosure: The author has reported no conflicts of interest with the sponsors of this supplement.
Diana Neubecker, RN, BSN, EMT-P
Diana Neubecker, RN, BSN, EMT-P, is the in-field coordinator for the Northwest Community EMS System, a consortium that includes seven hospitals, three private ambulance services and 21 fire departments in the suburbs northwest of Chicago. She is responsible for EMS initial and continuing education, quality improvement, research and development. Previously, Neubecker served as project coordinator for "CPR Chicago," a prehospital cardiac arrest study funded by the AHA of Metropolitan Chicago. Disclosure: The author has reported no conflicts of interest with the sponsors of this supplement.
Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP
Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP, is professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center/Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and medical director of the Richmond Ambulance Authority. He is an editor of Resuscitation and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Ornato is currently cardiac co-chairman of the NIH Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC). Disclosure: The author serves on an advisory board for ZOLL, and his EMS system has received support from sponsors of this supplement.
Michael R. Sayre, MD
Michael R. Sayre, MD, is associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus. While on the faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Sayre focused on EMS and sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation. Since moving to The Ohio State University, he has remained active with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research. He is currently chair of the AHA's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee. Disclosure: The author is a consultant for Medtronic Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Physio-Control.
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TimeSys Linux/RT (Professional Edition)
Manufacturer: TimeSys Corporation
E-Mail: email@example.com
Price: $199 US
Reviewer: Daniel Lazenby
Linux/RT is a tool for developing and testing embedded and non-embedded real-time applications. TimeSys, the maker of Linux/RT, suggested several application domains where Linux/RT could be used. Application domains suggested include industrial automation, process control, telecommunications, web servers, avionics and others.
According to the vendor, the architecture of Linux/RT offers Linux resilience and stability while running real-time applications. To make the architecture real, TimeSys added a few additional calls to their release of Linux and used a real-time resource kernel (RK). As a loadable kernel module (LKM), the real-time RK interacts with the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel interacts with the hardware. Using this architecture, the resource kernel can take advantage of all existing Linux hardware drivers. Existing applications continue to interact with the Linux kernel, while real-time applications interact with the real-time kernel module. With this approach, the whole system will not crash if a real-time application process hangs or crashes. It also means pre-existing (legacy) Linux applications can run along side the real-time application. The RK module may be loaded or unloaded like any other LKM.
Linux/RT is packaged into three editions: Standard, Deluxe and Professional. The Professional Edition comes with Linux/RT, TimeTrace, and according to the web site, an evaluation copy of TimeWiz. The review package did not contain TimeWiz. TimeSys Linux/RT comes with two real-time environments. Linux/RT is based upon the Carnegie Mellon University Linux resource kernel (Linux/RK). Support for Robust Embedded (RED) Linux system event logging is included in Linux/RT. For compatibility with pre-existing systems, TimeSys Linux/RT includes the Real-Time Applications Interface (RTAI). On a side note, only one of the two real-time environments may be loaded at any one time. Figure 1 shows one of the included Linux/RT real-time sample programs.
According to the model, the resource kernel can reserve some portion of CPU cycles, network bandwidth, disk bandwidth and memory. These reserves are grouped into resource sets and assigned to a process. Version 1.0 of Linux/RT supports several capabilities. These include 256 fixed-priority scheduling levels, CPU resource reservations, high-resolution clocks and timers, periodic real-time tasks and pinning memory used by real-time processes. The review copy of Linux/RT and manual did not appear to support network or disk bandwidth reserves. According to the manual, Linux/RT utility commands may be used to assign a resource set to any Linux process. Another feature of Linux/RT is its ability to provide a quality of service (QoS). Using Linux/RT utility commands, real-time and legacy Linux programs can be endowed with specific QoS levels.
TimeTrace (Standard Edition) for Linux/RT provides the ability to visualize and profile one Linux/RT host running real-time programs or applications. An example of the TimeTrace interface is shown in Figure 2. TimeTrace sits on its own platform and provides a graphical user interface (GUI) presentation of the monitored host. With TimeTrace, you can view scheduling, context-switching, system calls and user events. According to the vendor, TimeTrace makes your real-time task's worst-case and average execution times, and period information, available. The Professional Edition of TimeTrace can monitor multiple Linux/RT hosts.
TimeWiz: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation tool provides the ability to observe the behavior of a real-time program visually. According to the vendor, this tool may be used to analyze worst-case behaviors, simulate average-case timing, model end-to-end performance, represent hardware and software configurations and generate reports. As with TimeTrace, TimeWiz sits on a Wintel platform.
Linux/RT is based on the Debian distribution. A standard Debian install process may be used for new Linux installations. The manual says Linux/RT may also be used with non-Debian distributions, including those of Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrake. I run Caldera's distribution on my computer and chose to use the script provided for installing Linux/RT on non-Debian distributions. The non-Debian Linux install script offered custom or default installs. The custom install offers options to select the target install directories and to register Linux/RT with LILO. I chose to use the default install. The install went well. Caldera 2.4 now uses GRUB as its boot loader. Linux/RT looks for LILO, and did not recognize GRUB. I added the Linux/RT kernel to my GRUB boot list and rebooted. On boot-up, the default TimeSys kernel recognized my SCSI card, SCSI devices and my Ethernet card.
TimeTrace for Linux/RT installation consists of two installation activities. First, TimeSys Linux/RT kernel modules must be installed on the Linux host. Second, you must instal TimeTrace on a Windows NT/95 host. Next, two user-mode collector files (viewrk and viewrtai) installed on the Windows host need to be copied to the Linux/RT host(s).
TimeTrace uses traditional Windows installation methods. The installation went smoothly once the CD was recognized by a CD-ROM drive. I am not sure why my normal CD-ROM would hang with the TimeTrace CD loaded. I use the same CD-ROM drive for all my CD install media. On a lark, I tried my DVD drive. The install CD was recognized immediately. The TimeTrace manual did not suggest any particular Linux/RT file system location for the two collector files that needed to be copied to the Linux platform. I noticed several other RK utility files were placed in the /usr/local/bin directory. So, it seemed like a natural place to put these two files.
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History of the Inn
William Culpepper (1884-1945) was a prominent local merchant involved with cotton oil, fertilizer, motion picture theaters, hardware, and automobile endeavors. He was also a postmaster from 1934 to 1945 and a member of the State House of Representatives in 1933 and State Senate in 1945. In the family until the 1970s, this was last of three houses Culpepper built on West Main Street, the others at 903 and 608.
In 1993, the home was converted to a bed and breakfast, providing Albemarle Sound lodging accommodations. Later, the Camellia Guest House was added, and the carriage house was converted into, "The Gathering Place", a social area for guests and a large 2nd floor suite. The Inn holds many mysteries, including the combination to a built-in safe. The large safe was installed when the home was built and can't be removed or opened. The home's original wood floors and ceramic tile baths retain the beauty of the home. High ceilings, graceful moldings, and crystal Waterford chandeliers give the home an elegant but comfortable atmosphere in keeping with the 1930's era of the architecture. The Audettes are the fifth innkeepers and have lovingly restored the home for the last four years.
We invite you to enjoy the local and regional artist's works throughout the venue. One Saturday a month during warm weather, we offer local, acoustic live music in the back yard and invite the community to join our guests. Everyone brings their own refreshments and enjoys a relaxed, friendly experience. Our facebook page provides dates and details!


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A college career can present major challenges in the classroom, on the athletic field or even adjusting to life in the dorm.
For Courtney Kidd, a third-generation graduate of Olivet Nazarene University, those environments didn't provide her biggest hurdles. To earn her degree in early childhood development, she first had to disprove her doctors' original prognosis — that she would live only two or three years.
To pick up her ONU diploma Saturday, Kidd had to survive multiple open heart surgeries. She also had to make her way through physical therapy facilities where she relearned skills after a stroke when she was 12.
So, no, the collegiate climate wasn't really a big problem for Kidd.
"Oh sure, I thought about quitting along the way," said Kidd, now 30. "It got frustrating with the short-term memory problems I live with since the stroke. I'd sit at home and cry and tell my family I was done.
"But they were always there to encourage me. And I always went back the next day."
Kidd's medical issues began the day she was born. Her mother Annie recalled that Courtney "turned blue" shortly after she was delivered, and was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago.
"She had emergency heart surgery at birth and again at 6, 12 and 20," her mother said. "She had closed heart surgery at 2. And all through her childhood, she would bleed easily. She would bruise easily. She also faced some liver problems."
Courtney battled through it all to graduate from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School before she moved on to Illinois State University. Medical problems forced her to move back closer to home and her cardiologists in Chicago. While her mother, her dad Kevin, brother Nick and a cadre of grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles were aware of her battles and ready to offer their support, Courtney's classmates never knew her medical history.
"I would have to tell my instructors and I had some great professors here," she said. "But I never felt quite right about telling everyone in class."
So, while other grads will focus on new addresses and new jobs, Courtney will be thinking about her next surgery.
"A heart transplant? Well, that might be well down the road," she said. "First, they're going to put in a new pacemaker battery. This one is 12 years old."
And while she awaits a date for that surgery, Courtney is making other plans.
"I might work on another degree," she said. "I do know one thing for sure: I will never let my heart get in the way."
This article republished with permission from the Kankakee Daily Journal.


text: Clement David Gordon, 87, of Pensacola, formerly of Clinton Township, MI, passed away Monday, February 18, 2013. Born in Bayfield, WI, he served his country with the United States Navy and retired after twenty years of service. He was an accomplished photographer, an avid golfer and was a member of the Lake Superior Chippewa Red Cliff Tribe. Clement was of the Catholic faith. Preceded in death are his parents, Anton F. and Katherine O'Shogay Gordon; sisters, Sophie Morin, Elsie Morin, Louise, Morin, Lucille, Morin and a brother, Robert Morin. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 58 years, Ollie Mae Gordon; children, Andrew B. Lashley (Shirlene), Linda R. Ingles, Robbie A. Gordon and Robert M. Gordon; grandchildren, L. Troy Lewis, D'Wayne Lashley, Aaron Gordon, Adrian Gordon, Andrew Gordon, David Golembiewski; great-grandchildren, Robert D. Gordon, Katie B. Gordon, Christian Gordon and Haley Gordon. The family will be receiving friends at 12:00 noon Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home until services begin at 12:50 p.m. Interment, with full military honors, will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery, NAS Pensacola. Special thanks are extended to the Gazebo Unit at Azalea Trace and Covenant Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Covenant Hospice in memory of Clement David Gordon.


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Considering this happened right after MyDoom was released, I'm guessing MyDoom is responsible for this.
Either way, I'm looking for a huge drop in traffic from Inktomi today.
There's nothing at the end of the LookSmart listings for me.
A little surprised they brought the LOOK listings back so soon.
LookSmart listings have been in and out of MSN since January.
I'm very well aware of that, and have also noticed over the past several weeks there's been a pattern to when Look listings are listed and when they're not. ( which currently the pattern seems to have been broken).
My apologies if there was any confusion from my previous post.
FYI, I've *only* seen INK results all day today on M$N, same as yesterday. No LS at all. At least 10 different checks throughout the day.
Not the first time that different people see different SERP's concurrently on M$N lately. But my INK traffic is down today, so that must be why.
It's the first time I've seen Inktomi results completely excluded from MSN.
Judging from my lack of INK traffic today, it could be a problem in a large area. I'd agree that what you're seeing doesn't make sense as a test of any kind.
Possibly. I've checked the listings from 4 different locations via shell (LA, Houston, Richmond VA, and Philadelphia) and they all show MSN with Overture and LookSmart listings.
Unless they've decided to ONLY have listings that they'll get paid for, I don't think this was intentional.
Just out of curiosity, do you see same problem on the M$N's beta search?
Me too.
I was in the Northeast US last week. :\
The beta results look just fine from all locations.
Speaking of which, I still INK results today, no matter where I look. Any updates from other corners of the globe? Still too early in the day to tell by looking at M$N traffic.


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Celebrations broke out on the streets as Boston-area residents cheered for police after the surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening.
Photos: Boston celebrates after suspect caught
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text: Discover Devil's Mountain, showcasing spectacular views from its four summits, the highest of which is 783 m (2,568 ft.) and has a vertical drop of 550 m (1,800 ft.). There are 80 km (50 mi.) of hiking trails, 70 km (43 mi.) of which are also used for snowshoeing, as well as 55 km (34 mi.) of Nordic skiing trails linked to 25 km (17 mi.) of groomed cross-country ski trails. Day cabins, overnight cabins, outdoor camp sites and family trail.