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Aug 26, 2010
Home Tasting Party with Jeff Graham in Anderson, Indianapolis
Jeff Graham joined Carey and Karen McLaughlin at their home tasting party in Anderson, Indianapolis last night, packing the room with energy and opportunity.
Aug 26, 2010
Jeff Graham joined Carey and Karen McLaughlin at their home tasting party in Anderson, Indianapolis last night, packing the room with energy and opportunity.
Aug 10, 2010
Sam & Lisa Milad
Where are you from?
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
How were you introduced to MonaVie?
We were introduced to Monavie about a year ago when Ruby Executives, Tammy Rail and Andrew Parker and Blue Diamond Executives, Judy and Darren Deschamps enrolled their children in our private Montessori Elementary School.
Our family had just returned from a trip to Hawaii where both my husband and I were so tired that we were not able to enjoy it the way we would have liked to. I said to him, something needs to change because we can't keep this pace for the rest of our lives.
Little did we know that the answer to our prayers was waiting for us upon our arrival home. I received a message at school that Tammy and Judy wanted to meet with me. They presented a flip chart, gave me a bottle of juice to try, and Judy shared with me that she was making an average income, at that time, of $5000 per week! I signed up that day and went home to share it with my family.
I had never engaged in the business side of a network marketing company before. But when I went home, the next morning I read the success magazine and was thoroughly impressed with Dallin Larsen's vision, with his integrity, with his and Karie's heart for the children and families in Brazil and with all the other testimonials that I had read. MonaVie's vision was very much in line with our goals for our children and family and I was deeply moved and I shared those feelings with Sam and we decided that we would like to join the MonaVie family.
What is your "why?"
By: The Milad Kids
We like to be together as a family, so our first why is we want to retire our dad so that he can spend more time with us. He is a lot of fun but he has a lot of work to do so we don't get to spend as much time with him as we would like to.
Our second goal is our school. Our family owns a private school called "Children of Integrity Montessori Academy." It is a very fun school to learn at and the teachers are really nice but it costs a lot of money to run. My mom and Miss Anita, our Principal, prayed for a miracle, and this year two parents introduced them to MonaVie.
Our third goal is to help out the people in need. One day we want to go to Brazil. Dad has been there a few times and talks about how wonderful Brazil is. We think it would be fun and we would like to meet the children there! We also want to try the acai berry! Two other places that we want to go to help children in need are Malaysia and Egypt because that is where our grandparents come from.
What is your favorite moment with MonaVie?
The MonaVie's International Vision Convention.
Share your best business building tip
"Do everything in wisdom and in order."
Create order in your home: Money will mean nothing if in the end your family falls apart. Figure out what that means for your family and put it into place. Find a balance that is right for your family. Then go to work at building your business.
Involve your children (since for many of us they are part of our "WHY"). They can be amazing prospectors. Who wouldn't be intrigued if a five year old told you that you should be drinking some healthy purple juice because it is good for you! Educate them with the product and opportunity and see what happens!
Develop relationships of trust. This is relational marketing. It is not how fast you finish the race, just make sure you commit to finishing.
Plug into events. Attend as many events, tastings, trainings as possible. If you are in an area that does not have them, create them.
Where to from here? Goals, aspirations, plans...
After we retire the "dad" of our home, and our school is able to flourish financially on its own, we want to reach out to schools and children in developing countries and help support them in any way we can. We are blessed with amazing teachers and families in our school who would love to have the opportunity to do the same.
Spend time together and travel the world with our family looking for opportunities to serve and use the talents and gifts we have been given. The children would really like to visit Brazil, Malaysia and Egypt.
We have each other and we have sufficient for our needs. MonaVie is going to allow us to reach outside of our little world and do our part in making this a better place for others.
Aug 4, 2010
Black Diamond Calvin Becerra is at it again, this time answering your questions. In this video he answers a question sent in by Victor Cardi regarding Calvin's pitch when prospecting...Calvin's answer speaks so much about his approach and why he is experiencing the success he is.
Other featured videos from Calvin:
Social Media and Relationship Building
Achieving Success Again and Again
And for more about Calvin and how he rebuilt his business to Black Diamond after suffering a few setbacks, read his story "A-ha Moments and Achieving Success Again and Again."
Aug 2, 2010
MonaVie has sponsored 60 independent scientific studies since 2005 and spend millions of dollars on scientific research.
Of these 60 studies 50 have been performed on MonaVie products with 8 studies now found in peer reviewed scientific journals…and this number is growing!
For more details about this and other interesting information, please visit monavieonthemove.com.
Aug 2, 2010
Black Diamond Shelly Aristizabal provides a great resource to all who wish to visit her social media site at www.destinationdiamond.blogspot.com.
Shelly encourages her audience to ask questions and instigate a conversation...oh and she responds! For example she just posted yesterday some tips on inviting people to tasting parties. She also uses social media as a way to recognize people within her growing organization, thus reaffirming her commitment to their success.
Here she spotlights new Diamonds Gustavo and Kimberly Payano:
Thank you Shelly for showing us what social media is about and how it fits so perfectly within the MonaVie community. If you have a few moments, stop by her site. You can also friend her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter.
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Jul 29, 2010
Join Dallin, Karree and family in welcoming Steele Russell Carter to the world! Born last night (July 28th) at 11:50 pm and weighing in at 8 lbs, 8 oz, in Utah, Steele, along with mother Katie are doing well.
Here's a behind the scene's video of Dallin sharing the history of Steele's name with employees after Orrin and Laurie Woodward's Black Diamond day:
Feel free to leave a special note to Dallin, Karree, baby, mother and father...
Jul 28, 2010
The second winner in the Share Your Story, Chris Swanson, received two tickets to the Edmonton Honda Indy race with Tomas Scheckter. Read more from him...
Chris Swanson
I wanted to extend and share on how much MonaVie has helped me in my life and changed it for the better. It is not just the benefits from the product for sure. It is a rock solid product and has helped me feel better no question about it, but the benefits I have received are not for the most part because of the juice. I have been moved in places I never knew I had until I allowed myself to grow as a person and dig deep inside me on my purpose in life.
Having people believe in you is a weird feeling at first but afterwards it is really cool. No matter what ups and downs I have the people who basically care from their hearts was a overwhelming feeling for me. The Runzers have been amazing people to talk to and learn from. Duane and Kory Baker Henderson have showed me nothing but respect and help and picked me up when I went down and always encouraged me to keep going when I thought things were lost.
The Runzers gave me a case of EMV for my wedding, drove to my house and left me it all wrapped up on my doorstep. Keep in mind I am one person on their team of over 800 people and counting but they did something I will never forget, that small token from them is something I don't get during the work day and has meant a lot to me. I have spent over 50 hours on a charter bus back in 2008 to go to Salt Lake City for a team event at that time and even when my confidence was not there and still wondering is this juice thing for real? But Duane and Kory told me I was going and found a way to go, after traveling across a half of province and through several states nonstop to get to this event I'm thinking all the way "what the heck am I doing?" but I was going to Utah for a juice event. Just thought if I do not go I would be missing something. Well after listening to a few people I got to thinking if these people can do this so can I. I did not know how I am going to but I just thought I'm going to find a way. The first speaker at the event was Dallin which caught me by surprise. He came out and I just froze up; he started to talk and I was hooked. His story how MonaVie just about did not make it, the potato fields and his parents, after what he shared I knew that this juice thing is the real deal and the integrity is solid.
Since then I have had some small success and some set backs but still in the game. I have watched several webcasts since and plugged into social media with Shante and learning from her. The Legacy team has been amazing and meeting Mark Crawford and several others has been awesome. During last year's Indy I did get the quick chance to shake Dallin's hand at the Edmonton City Airport where the MonaVie jet was. He and Henry were outside chatting and I just came across them, shook his hand and said hi but got all messed up with my words. I wanted to say thank you to him but could not talk. It was so cool to meet him after watching webcasts and hearing him in Salt Lake City. Chuck G. has been amazing in my journey and has responded to me on Facebook and has connected with me in ways I cannot express.
MonaVie has helped with my dealings with people and confidence as a person. I was a really negative person for a long time. My health is better for sure and picking healthier options is regular practice when I shop. I am truly touched and blessed to be part of this company and as Dallin says we are just getting this thing started!
Now I hope this was not too long but so much has happened since 08 and I will get to the finish line.
Jul 28, 2010
We recently encouraged distributors to send in their story for a chance to win tickets to one of the MonaVie sponsored Canada Indy races, as well as, some behind the scenes walk thru with Tomas Scheckter. Thank you - thank you to all those who sent emails. We were overwhelmed with so many incredible insights and personal journeys and look forward to sharing more of the stories in the upcoming months. For now, here is the first winner, Dan Brooks, from Toronto, Ontario.
Dan Brooks
I first joined MonaVie way back when MonaVie was Monarch Health Sciences. I knew inside me that this new product was going to be sensational. I have been in network marketing companies for over 10 years and I found the complexity of selling a catalogue full of products overwhelming to most new distributors. My whole working life has been about simplifying systems and creating a result based approach. If something did not work in building machines then we would tear it apart and rebuild it so that it became more efficient and productive.
It was the simplicity of "one product, one focus" that attracted me. I could see and feel that this would be a hit to the vast majority who actually engaged in the process. So, with much anticipation for a new product that hadn't even been bottled yet was exhilarating. Finally the product was released and once we tried it we realized this was even more than we expected.
What a treat it was to share a product and watch as people's faces lit up when it tasted so good. "Well what will it do for me?", was the common question most people asked.
There were challenges in the beginning with shipping times (14 days), and breakage and other little things (product freezing), but I remained strong and true to support this product because of people like Dallin Larson who always made sure challenges were corrected and the company just kept getting better and better (Correct and Continue).
I remember our first Business Opportunity meeting in Toronto in May of 2006. Dallin flew into our small meeting and spoke of his conviction to the process, the product and the company. I knew I was in the presence of a true leader who reflected my ideals in many ways. At lunch afterwards our small group got to ask questions from Dallin and each other about our expectations.
In the early days, I actually became a number one MonaVie recruiter one week, which just tickled me pink. How simple could this possibly be?
So then where am I now? And the answer is I am a Gold Executive within the structure and I continue to build. You see there are things we must all do to become monetarily successful. And, the challenges I have had to work through follow the philosophy of "to have more in life, you must become more." And I have found to "have more in life, you must first feel you are worthy of having more."
Therein I find is the challenge that most people face within themselves. The systems are in place, the leaders are in place, the product has always been in place and the success paths have already been laid out for us proving, "If one person can do it, then anyone can do it." My journey has been one of becoming a leader; a leader who can guide people along the path. To me, building a house on shaky foundation is never something you want to do. Build it once, build it right is what my father used to tell me. So for me to talk of true monetary success to someone else I had to first become the person that could lead. And, a very valid point here is, just because you are not a Black Diamond yet, doesn't mean you are not making money.
The systems are in place and now I am in place to become what I have dreamt about for years!
Jul 12, 2010
All, this is a long story but well worth the read. I left Jesse's incredible adoption story in his words, as they are most compelling and insightful that way. Thank you to Stephanie, his sweet wife for collaborating with me and sending all the great photos shown throughout the story.
Jesse and Stephanie Clooten
Where are you from?
Bismarck, North Dakota
How were your introduced to MonaVie?
Friends, Renita and Scott Brannan, approached Stephanie invited us for dinner and afterwards shared the product and opportunity. As we were talking, getting to know each other, they brought up The MORE Project. Our eyes lit up, as theirs did. I have been looking long and hard for most of my adult life for a charity such as this, with a cause so great…and there was a reason for my question for such greatness.
Tell us about your story and your "why"…
When my parents were just starting out as a young couple, they were like most new couples with very little money, no kids, and just their friends, family, and church for support. They have always been very strong in their faith and did their best to live their lives the way God would want them to. One night, my mother said she was awakened suddenly. She sat up and there at the foot of their bed, stood what she described as "an angel," who said, "Debbie, there are two small boys in Colombia that need your help. If you don't save them, they will die." She went back to bed with mixed emotions, and dozens of questions in her head. She had never encountered something like this, and thus, she couldn't just ignore it.
The next day, she called her pastor at the church. She didn't know what all this meant, but she had to follow through or she would never know. The church got the ball rolling on her decision to go to Colombia. They helped fund their trip to Bogotá, hired a translator, and aided in getting through whatever red tape there was. As you can imagine, there was plenty of it! There had never been a live adoption to the United States from Bogotá, so these people had to have faith to go into uncharted territory, with nothing more than a dream to go on!
My parents arrived at the orphanage, where they were surrounded by over a hundred children, all desperate for attention and adoption. My mother said it was hard to visit them, and even harder to leave them. My brother and I were separated in the orphanage; I with the infants and toddlers, and John on a different floor with the older kids. My mom chose two boys at random. We didn't know until we got back to the U.S. that we were actually blood related. My parents were later told that we had the same mother with different fathers. This was no surprise, as most orphaned kids had mothers who had been victims of rape, crime, drug addiction, etc. Many of the mothers were still teenagers and didn't have a clue as how to take care of themselves or their children.
I don't know who my biological mother is, but it took me some time to realize what a blessing her "abandoning me" really was. My new parents had just gone from having no children, flying to a foreign country, picking up two children with no known history, who didn't speak a drop of English and bringing them back to their home. These people are the bravest of the brave!
On our flight to the U.S., I bit my mother on the neck, drawing blood and causing a scene. My brother and I had never seen or been on a plane before. When we got to the airport, we had pizza for the first time. No surprise that we ate it with such excitement we both ended up sick and throwing it back up.
A few years later my parents adopted my sister, Lacey, from Colombia and then came the birth of my "homemade" sisters, Kelsey, then McKenzie.
My parents did everything for us, even spoiling me to the point of rottenness! I was the troublemaker with the fancy clothes, cool toys, and as smooth talker, I got away with everything. It wasn't until I met my wife, Stephanie, that I started to settle down and realize what a miracle my presence on this earth really was. We dated for six years, married and had Jaxon (5) and Harbor (3). It wasn't until Jaxon was about the same age as I was when I was abandoned that it really hit me - how could my mom just walk away from someone so innocent, so sweet, so helpless?
The thought brought me to tears. My wife sat up with me many nights, assuring me that my mother's decision to send me out on my own was not taken lightly. Maybe she was sick, injured, in a dangerous situation, etc. She knew that whatever she could provide me, would be much less than what my brother and I could find on our own.
After many months of my dreams filled with nightmares and a pit in my stomach, I decided that the best way for me to "get over this" was to move on and try to pay forward what my adopted parents had done for me. My wife and I couldn't afford to adopt, and we already had small children of our own. The next best thing would be charity work. I worked on the boards of a few local non-profit organizations, but it was mostly helping older people with home repair and yard work. Although it was quite gratifying, it wasn't satisfying my need to help other children like myself.
After meeting with Scott and Renita, you can tell why we were excited to hear about The MORE Project! Not only was it exactly what we'd been looking forward to serving, but it also had a great product that had already paid our family a priceless fee.
Now we have big dreams for our new business venture with MonaVie. We feel it will complete our lives and help us pay it forward. In the words of Dallin Larsen, "If you're blessed, be a blessing."
While we've only been in MonaVie for three weeks, we're already changing the lives of others, and thus, improving our own family's life in the process.
Jul 12, 2010
Product "Tip from the Hip"
The results of a recent study conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Aging suggests that açai may assist in alleviating some of the detrimental effects caused by a high fat diet and oxidative stress. Female flies that were fed a high fat diet and açai had a significantly increased lifespan compared to those just fed a high fat diet. The lifespan of female flies subjected to oxidative stress and fed açai was increased compared to oxidative-stressed flies that were not fed açai. Reducing oxidative stress has been shown to extend lifespan and has been suggested as one of the factors affecting aging. The antioxidant properties of açai appear to aide in the survival of oxidative-stressed flies. More importantly, the açai used in this study was supplied by MonaVie.
For more details about this and other interesting information, please visit monavieonthemove.com
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They began dating after meeting on the set of The Fantastic Four which Alba costarred in. Warren was assistant director.
In December, Alba announced she was carrying Warren's child.
The ceremony was so low-key Alba's own brother was caught unawares.
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Having been a recent, long-term client at CAN's Westside Men's Shelter (WSS)--for nearly five (5) years--I can testify on behalf of the preceeding contributor. The theft of donations intended for clients has been an on-going problem at WSS. I stood by helplessly (I thought) as staff, including top supervisors, gleefully took whatever they wanted--food, cases of sodas, clothing, gift_bags loaded with toiletries, cold weather gear, backpacks stuffed with clothes and other items desperately needed by their homeless clients, some whose only belo.ngings were the raggedy garments on their backs.
But I was wrong about being helpless. I got the phone numbers of CAN's top brass, as well as for the Baltimore County big shot who controlled the shelter's funding. After passing the info along, we lit a fire under the butts of said big shots. Several months later, the manager, assisstant manager, and a few employees were summarily fired for theft, misuse of CAN vehicles (used to ferry alcoholic staff and volunteers to their favorite saloon.
Sadly, not long afterward, the new management team started committing the same (criminal?) offenses.
And the absolutely disgusting reality is, these salaried employees are stealing from the truly needy--homeless men who were depending on CAN to help them get back on their feet.
This is truly sad, indeed.
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I searched the internet and located the phone numbers and addresses of the top managers at CAN, as well as the Baltimore County supervisor in the office of Community Development
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This organization does not distribute donations of food and clothing to the homeless in their shelters. The shelter managers and staff have been photographed taking food and clothing home with them. The shelter staff steals from the homeless! Inside the CAN shelters, there is no Television and no Radio. They want to seclude the homeless in their shelters so management can control the homeless. All homeless people are not uneducated, drunks and drug addicts, yet the residents of the CAN run shelters are all treated as though they have no skills and are all thiefs. Residents of the CAN shelters see FRAUD, WASTE, and ABUSE being perpertraited by CAN staff every day. I have donated many hours and dollars to the EASTSIDE shelter and I have seen enough!!! I will no longer donate my time, tallents, and money to any CAN organization... AND I will tell everyone I know about the CAN corruption.
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I see homeless people in the CAN shelters being mentally and verbaly abused. I see 'staff' who are not qualified to work in a shelter which houses 160+ men, women and children. Some of the 'staff' are living at other CAN homeless shelters. I have seen drug dealing and use inside the CAN shelters. I have seen 'staff' and shelter residents drinking alcohol inside the shelters. I have seen children physically, verbaly, and mentally abused inside the shelter and staff not do anything about the situation.
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Fire all staff and start over. I would make it so that staff could not / would not steal from the homeless. I would call the police and have the drug dealers and users arrested. The abusive parents would be turned into DCS. I would place people who actually want to help the homeless and care about them.


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In the late '60s it became evident that Australia had a premier blues/jazz vocalist in Wendy Saddington.
In December 1968, following appearances with soul/psychedelic bands The Revolution and The James Taylor Move, Wendy joined the remnants of Perth band, The Beaten Tracks with Warren Morgan and Phil Manning. The Beaten Tracks changed their name to Chain - named by Wendy after the Aretha Franklin soul-classic 'Chain Of Fools' and went on to become one of Australia's most enduring blues bands.
She had a wild appearance with heavily made-up eyes, a huge afro, and usually wore copious beads and bangles with a pair of Levis and a cheesecloth top.
In 1969 she had a stint as staff writer for the pop paper 'Go!Set', writing a column as an 'agony aunt'.
In March 1970 Wendy teamed up with Jeff St.John and Copperwine. This association produced the recording, 'Wendy Saddington and Copperwine Live' following their appearance at the Wallacia Festival. In the same month Wendy's first single, the Warren Morgan/Billy Thorpe composition 'Looking Through A Window' reached No.22 on the National Charts.
In March 1973 Wendy appeared as 'The Nurse' in the Australian production of the rock opera, 'Tommy' staged at the Melbourne Myer Music bowl. Other cast members included Keith Moon, Billy Thorpe, Daryl Braithwaite, Doug Parkinson, and Jim Keays.
She also appeared semi-regularly on the short-lived ABC TV music show 'Fusions'.
During the early '70s Wendy became a follower of the teachings of Prabhupada and joined the Hare Krishna movement. She has remained committed to this philosophy ever since.
Wendy still performs sporadically. Over the last few years she has appeared at The Continental Caf�, The Mercury Lounge, The Basement in Sydney, and the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival with bands such as Chain and Kevin Borich Express.
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Beneficiaries seek increase in grant to complete their houses
Beneficiary's share to build a house has increased manifold from the estimated Rs.8,000
Demand to be discussed with higher officials at the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration
CHENNAI: As the Madhavaram Municipality gets ready to hand over the first batch of houses constructed under the Basic Services for Urban Poor scheme to 31 residents in a few days, many beneficiaries have voiced concern over the escalating cost of construction materials. The soaring prices are coming in the way of the completion of their houses, they said.
The 433 underprivileged residents were chosen to be provided with grant to build new houses under the BSUP scheme, which aims to improve the housing facilities and infrastructure in slums.
The beneficiaries were identified in 19 slums, including Periasekkadu, Udayar Thottam, Maduramettupalayam and Vasumudali Thottam. Most of them are unorganised sector workers who earn Rs.70 to Rs.90 every day.
Residents of Madhavaram said of the total estimated cost of Rs.80,000 to construct a house of area ranging from 250 sq.ft. to 450 sq.ft., each beneficiary was provided a grant of Rs.72,000 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
However, beneficiaries in Udayar Thottam said that they were struggling to raise their share of the cost to finish construction. The escalating price of the construction materials in the past six months has hiked the project cost to Rs.1.30 lakh to construct a house of an area of 300 sq.ft.
On an average, the beneficiary's share to build a house has increased manifold from the estimated Rs.8,000 . This has forced several beneficiaries to borrow money at exorbitant interest rate to transform their thatched huts to concrete houses, they said.
Beneficiaries demanded that the grant amount be increased to achieve the purpose of the scheme to upgrade the slums.
An official of the Madhavaram Municipality said that of the 433 units to be built as part of the first phase, 31 houses have been completed so far. The new houses would be handed over to the beneficiaries by Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi at a function to be held at Avadi on Saturday.
While 34 more houses are nearing completion, construction work is under progress in the remaining units. Of the Rs.5.42 crore allotted to the local body under the BSUP scheme, nearly Rs.3.46 crore has been disbursed to the beneficiaries for constructing houses.
The remaining amount would be used to improve the infrastructure in the slums, including laying new roads, improving parks, streetlights, providing burial grounds and remodelling noon-meal centres, the official said. Tenders are to be floated soon to take up infrastructure development in 19 slums.
Admitting that the pace of construction has slowed down, the official said residents' demand to increase the grant due to increasing cost of building materials would be discussed with the higher officials at the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration.


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Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Nice day for the most part. Main computer got a nasty Trojan and had to spend part of my valuable Saturday off trying to fix. Hey hackers, get a d*mn girlfriend! Seriously dudes, get a life.
Out in the yard, workin on bits and pieces. N... Read more
Saturday, May 04, 2013
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Went out to local Jeep Blessing today. More people than last year, well over 1K vehicles there and quite a few Cherokee's. :) Did (rode along) 2 course runs, only needed tow once. Should have some interesting footage of the front of vehicle... Read more
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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Still on the wagon so to speak. Little itty losses this last couple weeks but it means maybe I'm finding the right balance. Glad the snow is nearly gone, makes it easier to get out and do things. Actually got up recently and drove to the civi... Read more
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Hoping I was going down this Monday but alas, up 4 lbs. I totally chose to overdo my weekend eating and I shouldn't have been surprised. At the least, my waist measurement went down 1". I'll take what I can get :)
So earlier this week ha... Read more
Monday, March 18, 2013
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Have decided to weigh in only every other week, alternating measurements on the other days. 2 pounds down since last weigh. Below 300 now (ok, if only by a smidge). Still, it's reassuring to see the steps work if I work them. Bottom line tho,... Read more
Friday, March 15, 2013
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Aww, I missed blogging on PI day :)
I'm struggling today after a bad hunger day yesterday. I've been getting up about 2 hours earlier than normal for the last weekish so I could get more stuff done and exercise. I've alternated strength ... Read more
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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There's a cool date, almost imposing. Hubby and I have some old friends who are also big people. Very big, but good people. We go out every so often, waiting while they struggle to walk from their car to the restaurant table. It's hard not to... Read more
Monday, February 25, 2013
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Had a slight computer malfunction, now on a brand new laptop with win8. OMG. Call me an old dog but darn it gets tiring learning new OS's. This will be my 8th operating system to learn. Yah, I've been using computers since the early days. ... Read more
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Monday, February 18, 2013
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Have been trying to loose weight on and off for, well decades at this point. I got down to 270 at one point about 5 years ago, loosing 70 lbs on my own through lots of walking and just a little self control. Unfortunately life happened, illnes... Read more
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
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Or don't rather. For years I've been working on the loosing weight thing, both with exercise and trying to change my eating habits. The one thing I used to swear was that I'd give up chocolate (not my big thing either), or any other food item... Read more
Sunday, January 23, 2011
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But it is a little frustrating to do everything as I should for a week, walking an average of 45 minutes a day, keeping calories to 1500 a day, etc. and not see even a tiny bit of weight move. Always the hardest part, feeling like all the work ... Read more
Friday, January 21, 2011
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Part of trying get a little healthier life is to look at my life in an honest way. I know inside that some things have to change, not as in a punishment way but as in an opportunity to add more interesting or enjoyable activities. I finally ge... Read more
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Been trying, or least mindful of things this last week. Granted the weekends are a little harder to track when I'm the go or eating out with friends. I've been making soup almost every week for the last couple of months it seems. Nice to have... Read more
Monday, January 10, 2011
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It's high time, was running around 275 and now am around 295 from the last year or so. I'm tired and in pain all the time these days, partly because of the head/neck pain I gained from being sick a few years ago. I know I need to walk more, th... Read more


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The concept of threatened and endangered species as applied to Texas mammals.
The roots of wildlife protection extend back to Roman times, perhaps beyond, when the private landowner was acknowledged to have control over harvest of animals that ranged on his property. In the Middle Ages, with the development of royal forests, preserves, and estates, wildlife became the property of kings and their cronies. Gradually, in England for example, the royal prerogative passed under parliamentary control.
In this country, the several states assumed the responsibility of protecting wildlife, but this activity was confined for many years to animals of economic importance in an attempt to prevent significant decline in numbers or local extinction. The concept of federal control first was manifested in laws governing maritime and freshwater animals--the take of oysters from Atlantic mud flats, for example--with responsibility for the harvest of terrestrial animals left to the states.
The first significant step in federal wildlife law was the Lacey Act of 1900. The major provision of this legislation was the prohibition of interstate transportation of "any wild animals or birds" killed in violation of state law. Thus the principal thrust of the Lacey Act was to enlist the aid of the federal government in the enforcement of state game laws.
It has been only in the past 25 years or so that federal and state laws have been developed to protect nongame animal species, including invertebrates, and also plants. The first federal legislation in this area was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, in which the Secretary of the Interior was directed to "carry out a program in the United States of conserving, protecting, restoring and propagating selected species of native fish and wildlife." Interior was given authority to acquire land as well as to work with Agriculture and Defense (the other federal departments with large land holdings) in carrying out provisions of the act. A species was to be determined as threatened with extinction upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior "after consultation with the affected states that its existence is endangered because its habitat is threatened with destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment, or because of over exploitation, disease, predation, or because of other facts, and that its survival requires assistance."
While the 1966 Act marked a significant first step in an effort to protect endangered species, it had a number of serious limitations. Among these were: 1) it placed no limits at all on harvest or taking of endangered species--that power remained solely with the states; 2) it did not restrict interstate commerce in endangered species or parts thereof; and 3) it applied only to native wildlife, not to endangered species of foreign origin--spotted cats (furs) or elephants (ivory), for example.
This led to the Endangered Species Act of 1969, which essentially provided protection for species that may be in danger of "worldwide extinction." Importation of such animals or their parts, and subsequent sale in this country, both were prohibited, except for educational, medical, and related purposes, as was interstate commerce in protected species. The 1969 Act also broadened potential coverage to species of "wild mammal, fish, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean," thus including under the provisions for the first time noneconomically important lower vertebrates and two economically important groups of invertebrates. This act also called for an international meeting of ministers to deal with the problems relating to details and enforcement of laws to protect endangered and threatened wildlife species.
The international conference was held in Washington, D.C., early in 1973 and led to a signing by many countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES). It was the intent of this convention to restrict international commerce in plant and animal species believed to be endangered by economic exploitation.
Later that year, the Congress passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, by far the most comprehensive of the three acts. Its principal new provisions were: 1) United States and foreign lists were combined and uniform provisions applied to species on the combined list; 2) categories of "endangered" and "threatened" were defined for the first time; 3) plants and all groups of invertebrates were made eligible for protection, as they were under the CITES provisions; 4) all federal agencies were required to undertake programs for conservation of threatened or endangered species, and were prohibited from actions that might jeopardize such a species or destroy or modify its habitat; 5) broad provisions against taking protected species were authorized, overriding the rights of the several states to set limits or otherwise circumvent the law; 6) cooperative agreements with states became possible using matching federal funds; and 7) additional authority to acquire land to protect affected species was authorized; and 8) implementation of provisions of the CITES treaty was approved.
The 1973 Act has remained more or less intact for the past 20 years, with important amendments in 1978, 1982, and 1988. In 1978 provisions were made to: 1) exempt some situations from the law when a cabinet-level committee convened for that purpose agreed; 2) designate critical habitat concurrent with listing of a species when prudent, taking into consideration economic and other impacts of designating habitat boundaries; and most importantly 3) allow for definition and designation of "populations" of species or vertebrates, as well as any species, subspecies, or variety of plant or invertebrate. Thus for vertebrates, a segment of a species or even of a subspecies--namely a "population"--could be designated as threatened or endangered.
In 1982, the determination of a species considered for listing was required to be based entirely on biological and trade information, and there was additional protection for plants found on federal lands and several provisions for procedures of consideration and listing. In 1988, provisions were added for monitoring the status and recovery of listed species, with periodic reports to the Congress, plus additional protection for plants.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 expired in 1992. Reauthorization of it surely will engender serious discussions and past experience with application of provisions of the several acts certainly will be considered. The first big case was that of the snail darter, which held up completion of Tellico Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority project, for almost a decade (until viable populations of the fish were found elsewhere). And we all remember surburban expansion and Bufo houstonensis (the Houston toad), more recently the controversy over the spotted owl and logging in forests of the Northwest, and most recently conflict concerning several species of salmon in the Columbia and Snake river drainages.
Before turning to Texas law, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 should be mentioned. Up to 1972, only eight species of whales threatened with extinction, plus the manatee, the monk seal, the sea otter, and the North Pacific fur seal were federally protected. The remaining marine mammals--all the whales, seals, and their allies--were either protected only by state law or not at all. The Marine Mammal Protection Act removed state authority over all marine mammals, substituting a comprehensive federal program. But provisions were included for the states to re-establish authority with federal assistance and under federal guidelines for operations of their approved management plan. Limited exceptions to protection were carved out for scientific research, public display in aquaria, sea gardens, and the like, and capture incidental to commercial fishing. All this applied to United States territorial waters only, but laid the groundwork for international accords to follow.
Why are state laws needed concerning endangered or threatened species? Aren't all species covered by federal law also listed by states in which they occur? The answer is affirmative in that species listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are, de facto, also included by any state in which they are found. However, state lists allow inclusion of species that, although not endangered or threatened throughout a large part of their range encompassing several or many states or countries, may be rare or have a restricted distribution in one or more states--at the periphery of their overall distribution, for example. Thus, state authorities realistically may feel that protection is needed because of the small area or narrow habitat in which a species may be found there.
The first endangered species legislation in Texas was enacted in 1973, and subsequently has been amended several times. Chapter 68 of the Parks and Wildlife Code provides for the establishment of a list of fish or wildlife threatened with statewide extinction, sets up the procedure to allow the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to recommend designation of species for inclusion on the list following public notice, and authorizes procedures for the handling and propagation of endangered species. The statutory definition of fish and wildlife excluded most terrestrial invertebrates from designation as state endangered species.
Legislative authority for the designation of threatened animals is embodied in Chapter 67 of the Code pertaining to nongame species. This legislation authorizes the Parks and Wildlife Commission to adopt a list of protected nongame wildlife following public notice and to regulate the taking and possession of such wildlife. The statutory definition of nongame wildlife does permit the designation of invertebrates as threatened species; however, none has been listed to date.
Chapter 88 of the Code, adopted in 1981 and amended in 1985, set up the designations of endangered, threatened, and protected plants. The Executive Director is authorized to recommend designation of plants for inclusion on any of the lists following public notice, and also to prohibit commercial collection or sale of any listed plant without departmental permits.
Animals and plants are placed on Texas lists of endangered or threatened species by action of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission upon recommendation by the Executive Director. Proposed changes and additions must be published in the Texas Register prior to consideration by the Commission.
It should also be pointed out that there are several private organizations and groups that also rank animal or plant species, or both, as to their survival status. On a global scale, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) ranks species. In Texas, the Texas Organization for Endangered Species (TOES) considers species of both plants and animals as endangered, threatened, or on their "watch list", the latter meaning surveillance from year to year. And the Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society, and others also contribute significantly to the effort of monitoring the well-being of native plants and animals. The real contribution of private organizations to protection of endangered or threatened species lies in the fact that, unencumbered by governmental bureaucracy, whether at the state or federal levels, they can react rapidly to call attention to a recently developed and serious situation, thus bringing public pressure on the various agencies. They also can acquire land through gift or purchase, which later may be turned over to a governmental agency, such as the Harte Ranch addition to Big Bend National Park.
Ten species of mammals that once occurred in Texas no longer are found there, except for three that were reintroduced, having been driven to extinction within the borders of the state directly or indirectly by humans.
Canis lupus (gray wolf). -- Gray wolves once were common in western and central Texas, especially in association with the vast herds of bison that occurred there. This species is listed by USFWS as endangered throughout its distribution in North America except in Alaska and Canada, where reasonably good populations are extant in some areas. Small numbers prevail in the northern Great Lakes states.
The last wolves known to have been taken in Texas were two killed in December of 1970 in Brewster County (Davis, 1974). It is possible that a few individuals still cross over into the Trans-Pecos region from Mexico, but the species is endangered there too. There have been some discussions of reintroducing C. lupus to Big Bend National Park, but any action on that proposal is years away and is likely to be strongly questioned by representatives of the livestock industry.
Canis rufus (red wolf). -- This species once ranged throughout eastern Texas, northward into Arkansas and southern Oklahoma. None has been taken in Texas since the early 1960s (from Kenedy and Chambers counties--Davis, 1974), and the species is listed as endangered throughout its range in the southeastern United States. Genetic swamping by expanding coyote populations (with which this species is cross-fertile) probably was responsible for much of the decline of the red wolf in Texas.
Fortunately, captive breeding programs for this canine have been remarkably successful, and monitored reintroduction of individuals into the wild now is underway in the Carolinas and Mississippi. If these efforts prove to be successful, reintroduction in eastern and coastal Texas may be possible.
Ursus arctos (grizzly or brown bear). -- This species probably occurred sparingly in western Texas from the Panhandle to the Trans-Pecos up until the days of early exploration of the region. However, only one specimen is on record from the state--a large male killed by hunters in October 1890 in the Davis Mountains of Jeff Davis County (Bailey, 1905). The grizzly is regarded as endangered throughout its former range in the conterminous United States and in Mexico.
Mustela nigripes (black-footed ferret). -- Closely associated with the vast colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs that once obtained over much of western and central Texas, this mustelid now is extinct in the state and apparently in the wild over its entire former range.
Ferrets were driven to extinction in Texas with the demise of prairie dogs, their principal food source. In one report, it is stated that the last specimen taken in the state was a young animal "3 to 6 weeks old" captured alive in May 1953 in Dallam County, in the extreme northwestern part of the Panhandle. This record, not substantiated by a specimen, seems implausible to me for several reasons; I suspect ferrets disappeared from Texas at least a decade or so earlier.
The last known wild ferrets occurred in Wyoming and died out several years ago from an outbreak of distemper. Fortunately, captive breeding by USFWS has been successful, and reintroductions in Wyoming are scheduled. TPWD is drawing up plans for potential reintroductions in Texas, the only problem being the availability of large enough prairie dog towns to support a breeding population of ferrets. Prairie dogs are widespread and common now, but in small and scattered colonies.
Monachus tropicalis (West Indian monk seal). -- This seal rarely occurred in Texas waters, but once was common in the Gulf of Mexico to the south and east. It now may be totally extinct throughout its range.
Panthera onca (jaguar). -- The distribution of the jaguar once extended northward well into central Texas, including much of the Edwards Plateau, as well as all along the southern part of the state. There are many records and sightings that date from the late 1800s and early 1900s, and this large cat actually was regarded as common in some areas. The most recent documented record from the state was in the early 1950s (Tewes, 1990). This species is regarded as endangered throughout its relatively broad range in Central and South America.
Felis wiedii (margay). -- The inclusion of this small cat in the fauna of the United States is based on a single specimen taken at (or near) Eagle Pass sometime prior to February 1852 (Goldman, 1943). It presently is known from tropical eastern and western Mexico southward to Paraguay and northern Argentina. One of the smallest of American spotted cats, it is regarded as endangered throughout its range.
Cervus elaphus (wapiti or elk). -- This well known species once ranged over parts of northern and western Texas, but there seem to be no actual specimens to document its modern occurrence there. In any event, it was hunted to extinction within the borders of the state before the turn of the last century. Fortunately, good populations remain in several western states. Wapiti were reintroduced into the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in 1928, and a herd that was estimated to number 150 in the late 1970s still occurs there and there also is a small herd in the Davis Mountains area. The reintroductions were not of the native subspecies (Cervus elaphus merriami), however, which evidently is extinct.
Bos bison (bison). -- This magnificent creature, once numbering in the millions, was hunted to extinction in Texas. It once ranged over most of the state. The last verified report of wild bison was from the northwestern part of the Panhandle (Dallam County) in 1889 (Jones et al., 1988). Though no longer wild-ranging, herds prevail on many national and state sanctuaries in the West. In Texas, bison are kept in captivity on many farms and ranches.
Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep). -- The desert bighorn sheep, which once occurred in the Guadalupe Mountains, on many of the arid ranges in Trans-Pecos Texas, and probably eastward into the rugged lands that form the western edge of the Edwards Plateau proper, was last seen in the Sierra Diablo Mountains, in 1959, when the population was estimated at fourteen (Davis, 1974). After extinction, reintroductions in the Trans-Pecos area, not always of individuals representing the native subspecies, have been successful and bighorn sheep now occur in several mountainous areas in the Trans-Pecos.
In conclusion relative to species extinct in Texas, it should be underscored that of the 10, only the West Indian monk seal is thought to be extinct throughout its range, although the red wolf and black-footed ferret may be extinct in the wild (except for recent reintroductions), the two spotted cats are recognized as endangered, and bison are found only on reservations.
Six taxa of land mammals currently are considered as endangered in Texas. Four of these, Leptonycteris nivalis, Felis pardalis, Felis yagouaroundi, and Trichechus manatus appear on both state and federal lists, whereas the black bear (Ursus americanus) and the white-nosed coati or coatimundi (Nasua narica) are listed as endangered in Texas by TPWD (Table 1).
Leptonycteris nivalis (Mexican long-tongued bat). -- This bat acquired its endangered status primarily because it is known in the United States only from the Texas Big Bend. A cave-dwelling species, it is to be looked for elsewhere in the southern Trans-Pecos as well.
Aside from a few records of foraging individuals, L. nivalis is known only from a cave on Emory Peak in the Chisos Mountians, where a maternity colony, along with some adult males, is present in spring and early summer, and from the Chinati Mountains in Presidio County (Schmidly, 1991). Several years ago, the Chisos colony was estimated by one investigator to contain 5000 to 6000 individuals, but more recent investigations suggest a lesser number. This is one of a group of Neotropical species that feeds on pollen and nectar of flowering plants, using a long, extensible tongue. It is an important pollenator of some species of agave and cactus.
Ursus americanus (black bear). -- This bear once occurred throughout the state. The last native animals were taken in the woods and swamps of eastern Texas in the 1940s, but a stocking program in Louisiana has resulted in a few reports from along the border in recent years. As an aside, the population in Louisiana was pronounced as endangered in 1991 by USFWS even though part of it is descendent from 161 black bears transplanted there in the 1960s from Minnesota.
A small number of black bears, perhaps numbering as many as eight, now occur in Big Bend National Park, presumably from natural invasion from Mexico in the past few years. It is hoped that a breeding population will become reestablished in the park.
Nasua narica (white-nosed coati). -- The coatimundi is listed by TPWD as in the endangered category primarily because of its sporadic occurrence along the southern border of the state--from the lower Rio Grande Valley to the Trans-Pecos. It evidently has not been listed as endangered by USFWS because of the relatively good populations extant in southeastern Arizona. It is widespread in Mexico and Middle America. The current status of this procyonid in Texas definitely is in need of serious study.
Felis pardalis (ocelot). -- This beautiful spotted cat once ranged over much of southern, eastern, and central Texas, inhabiting dense brushy country. Currently, the population is estimated to be between 80 and 120 individuals (Tewes, 1990), which are known to occur at a small number of fragmented sites in the lower Rio Grande Valley, especially on the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Destruction of the dense cover needed by this cat and its prey species has been the principal reason for its decline, and only habitat restoration will enhance its recovery. Its biology in the state presently is under intense study. The ocelot is considered endangered throughout its entire range.
Felis yagouaroundi (jaguarundi). -- This cat is known in two color phases--brown and grayish-black. It was never as widely distributed in Texas as the ocelot, but shares the latter's prediliction for brushy country. According to Tewes (1990), the jaguarundi is the rarest of native cats currently extant in the state, being represented in the lower Rio Grande Valley by no more than 15 individuals. With numbers so low, it is doubtful it will survive in the state. Like the ocelot, the jaguarundi has a broad but threatened distribution in Neotropical America. All subspecies occurring from Panama northward are listed by the USFWS as endangered. The last specimen taken in Texas was a road-killed individual found near Brownsville in 1986 (Tewes, 1990).
Trichechus manatus (manatee). -- This is an aquatic mammal of coastal bays and estuaries. Probably the manatee never was especially common along the Texas coast, but reasonably good populations remain in Florida and at some places along the Caribbean Coast of Latin America. Despite this, the manatee is listed as endangered throughout its range by USFWS. The most recent Texas records are a sighting near Corpus Christi in 1979 and a dead animal stranded near the Louisiana border in February 1986 (Fernandez and Jones, 1990).
Six species of mammals, three bats and three rodents, are listed as threatened in the state by TPWD (Table 1), but none is thusly recognized on federal lists.
Lasiurus ega (southern yellow bat). -- This bat is listed as threatened only because of its limited distribution in the southern part of the state. It is common around Brownsville and in other areas in the lower Rio Grande Valley, and is known northward to Corpus Christi (Schmidly, 1991). Tall palms are necessary roost sites, and this species would really be threatened only if such habitats were destroyed or in danger of destruction.
Euderma maculatum (spotted bat). -- This beautiful bat has a wide distribution in western North America, but is not known to be common anywhere within its range. In Texas, it is known only from Big Bend National Park (Schmidly, 1991), but probably will be found elsewhere in the Trans-Pecos region. The restricted range in Texas accounts for the threatened status there. The USFWS has taken the position that much more knowledge is needed about the biology of this widespread western species, which is known from southern Canada to northern Mexico, before listing should be considered.
Plecotus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat). -- This bat, which occurs in mountainous and hilly country through the middle part of eastern North America, has a restricted distribution in eastern Texas (Schmidly, 1991), and thus is listed as threatened by TPWD.
Dipodomys elator (Texas kangaroo rat). -- The Texas kangaroo rat is unique in that it is the only species of native mammal that is restricted in distribution to Texas. A beautiful kangaroo rat with a banner tail, the species occurs in a band just south of the Red River from Motley County in the west to Montague County in the east, but with substantial populations apparently only in Hardeman, Wichita, and Wilbarger counties. Its status is even more peculiar when it is realized that three specimens of D. elator have been reported from Oklahoma, one taken in 1904 and another in 1905 in Comanche County, and the third from Cottle County, just across the Red River from Texas, obtained in 1969. The provenance of the latter specimen is doubtful to me but, in any case, this rat evidently does not occur in Oklahoma at the present time.
Because of its restricted geographic range and because of habitat alteration from time to time for agricultural purposes within that range, this species is justly listed as threatened by TPWD. USFWS has taken a somewhat more cautious view of the status, all the while seeking additional information on D. elator. Several state- and federally-sponsored studies of the Texas kangaroo rat have been completed in recent years (see, for example, Jones et al., 1988). It appears that heavily grazed rangeland and the eroded sides of well-worn rangeland roadways may provide optimum habitat for this species--much as overgrazing and trampling by bison may have done in the past (Stangl et al., 1992).
Oryzomys couesi (Coues' rice rat). -- This small rat is regarded as threatened in Texas by TPWD only because it is restricted in occurrence to the grasslands along the southern coast and adjacent inland areas in Cameron and Hidalgo counties. It is a common small mammal from Mexico southward to Panama, where it is in absolutely no danger. Whether it should be continued to be listed in Texas is problematic.
Peromyscus truei (pinon mouse). -- TPWD has listed an endemic subspecies of this mouse, Peromyscus truei comanche, as threatened. This is sometimes referred to as the Palo Duro mouse because it occurs in Palo Duro Canyon State Park and adjacent areas, including Caprock Canyons State Park, in three Texas counties--Armstrong, Briscoe, and Randall (Jones and Jones, 1992). There it occupies high rocky ledges clothed with juniper along the break of the Llano Estacado. Taking into account the numerous side canyons, identations, and contours along the edge of the Llano caprock within its range, this mouse must have at least 100 miles of more-or-less continuous distribution. Whether it occurs beyond this area to the north or south remains to be determined, but it now is known that supposed records from as far south as Garza and Lynn counties represent misidentifications.
Actually, another subspecies of the pinon mouse, Peromyscus truei truei, also occurs in Texas, and is much rarer than P. t. comanche. It is known by only four specimens from Guadalupe Mountains National Park and five from along the northern edge of the Llano Estacado, just inside Texas from New Mexico in Deaf Smith County. To be consistent, all known populations in Texas should be regarded as threatened.
Although this mouse is not currently in direct danger from man's activities, it easily could fall victim to major climatic perturbations such as global warming. An upward shift of mean annual temperature of but a degree or two easily could put a competitor, Peromyscus attwateri of more southerly overall distribution in the region, at advantage. Elsewhere, the pinon mouse is widespread and common in pinon and yellow pine forests in western North America.
Although cetaceans, for several reasons, have not been a main thrust of this manuscript it is noteworthy that there are 20 or so species that occur in Gulf waters near the Texas coast, more than half of which are listed either as threatened or endangered. All are covered under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The sperm whale and all three baleen whales occurring in the region are recorded as endangered on both federal and state lists. Another seven small cetaceans are listed as threatened by TPWD. The status of many of these species is not accurately known. Current research by marine biologists at Texas A & M University at Galveston is designed to provide much-needed data about the biology and status of several species. There is, of course, some question as to how far off shore TPWD should be concerned about marine life--three miles or perhaps up to 12 miles, which are recognized continental limits, would seem appropriate.
There are several species of terrestrial mammals, or populations thereof, in Texas that may well warrant protection in the future. Certainly their situation bears watching; in some cases, considerable additional data are needed to establish the facts necessary to arrive at a meaningful and biologically defensible position as to their status. Several of these taxa are listed below by way of example.
There are two bats of the genus Myotis--lucifugus and septentrionalis--that are known from Texas each by a single specimen, the former from Ft. Hancock in Hudspeth County in the early 1900s and the latter from Winter Haven, Dimmit County, in 1942 (Schmidly, 1991). Probably these represent wanderers and neither species now is a part of the permanent Texas fauna. Similarly, the Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) is known only from photographs of a single individual and observations of several others at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Are these accidental occurrences or is there a tenuous, seasonal population of this pollen- and nectar-feeding species in southernmost Texas? Of certain accidental occurrence is the one specimen of a hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) found in a partially inundated railway tunnel in Val Verde County in 1967.
The large mastiff bat, Eumops perotis, has a restricted distribution along part of the southern border of the state and is recorded from few localities (Schmidly, 1991). It requires clefts in high, rocky cliffs as roosting sites. The pocketed free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus, requires similar habitats and has an even more restricted known range in Texas (southern Big Bend region). Another free-tailed species (N. macrotis), although widespread as a transient, is a rare resident of the southwestern part of the state.
Among the rodents, the muskrat subspecies Ondatra zibethicus ripensis of the Pecos River or the rock mouse, Peromyscus nasutus, which occupies only a few mountainous habitats in the southern and western Trans-Pecos, and which is poorly known ecologically, might be mentioned. One interesting case is that of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, known from but three localities in the state--from Hardin County in the southeast and Hansford and Lipscomb counties in the northern Panhandle. The single specimen from Hardin County was taken in 1902 and represents the relictual subspecies M. o. ludovicianus, now extinct. It once occurred also in adjacent western Louisiana.
The Panhandle specimens, nine in all, were collected in the late 1980s. They represent a totally different subspecies (M. o. haydenii) and are from along the southern border of the range of the species on the Great Plains. With only nine specimens known from but two localities in the Panhandle, it could be argued that this vole ought to be protected somehow, but much more information about where it does or does not occur is needed before any such action should be taken. A relatively large area of potentially suitable habitat still needs to be explored. This points up, once again, the fact that there still is much to learn about distributional patterns and biodiversity in otherwise rather well-studied groups of vertebrates.
Concern has been expressed from time to time about the swift and kit foxes, variously regarded as two species, Vulpes velox and V. macrotis, or as well-differentiated subspecies of a single species, the current view (Dragoo et al., 1990). These little foxes, which occur throughout much of the western part of Texas, were driven to near extinction by indiscriminate poisoning campaigns directed at wolves and later coyotes. With curtailment of this dastardly practice, the population of plains foxes has rebounded, and no longer are these animals threatened.
Another example involves the two species of spotted skunks in the state, Spilogale gracilis in the Trans-Pecos and adjacent regions and S. putorius in the east and north. Once relatively common, these two species now are rare in some areas and their current status in the state is unknown. This genus is in need of detailed study in Texas. Because these small skunks consume many insects, some believe populations (particularly those of putorius) were decimated by widespread use of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides, with the deadly effect passed (and concentrated) up the food chain.
Finally, no account of this kind would be complete without mention of the mountain lion (Felis concolor). This large cat occurs, at least sporadically, in many areas of Texas. For example, one was shot in Dallam County in 1985 (Jones et al., 1988) and a young adult male was taken in Irion County in 1987 (Engstrom and Maxwell, 1988). It is most often encountered, however, in the Trans-Pecos mountains and in the roughest parts of the southern Edwards Plateau and brushlands of the Rio Grande Plain.
Tewes (1990) estimated that the population of mountain lions in Texas numbered 300 to 500 animals. If this were not a large and feared predator, surely such low numbers would qualify F. concolor for special attention as threatened or endangered in the state.
Much remains to be learned about biodiversity in Texas, and both governmental and private organizations are urged to support the process of gathering much-needed baseline data about the natural history of plants and animals in the state. Obviously, decisions and actions concerning protection and conservation of animal and plant species will be much a part of our future. I urge all to become familiar with the issues so as to act as responsible citizens as an attempt is made to find the appropriate compromises between man's economic and social needs and the clear need to preserve our natural heritage.
TABLE 1. List of endangered and threatened species of land mammals presently extant in Texas as ranked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Endangered Threatened Species USFWS TPWD USFWS TPWD Leptonycteris nivalis X X Lasiurus ega X Euderma maculatum X Plecotus rafinesquii X Dipodomys elator X Oryzomys couesi X Peromyscus truei (comanche) X Ursus americanus X Nasua narica X Felis pardalis X X Felis yagouaroundi X X Trichechus manatus X X
Many individuals supplied, through one source or another, directly or indirectly, information that was used to complete this manuscript, and I thank them collectively here. I am especially mindful of the contributions of Eric G. Bolen and David J. Schmidly.
A modified version of this paper was presented as the plenary lecture at the 95th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science in Wichita Falls on 6 March 1992, in connection with recognition of the author as Distinguished Texas Scientist of the Year by the Academy.
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Davis, W. B. 1974. The mammals of Texas. Bull. Texas Parks Wildlife Dept., 41:1-294.
Dragoo, J. W., J. R. Choate, T. L. Yates, and T. P. O'Farrell. 1990. Evolutionary and taxonomic relationships among North American arid-land foxes. J. Mamm., 71:318-332.
Engstrom, M. D., and T. C. Maxwell. 1988. Records of mountain lion (Felis concolor) from the western Edwards Plateau of Texas. Texas J. Sci., 40:450-452.
Fernandez, S., and S. C. Jones. 1990. Manatee stranding on the coast of Texas. Texas J. Sci., 42:103.
Goldman, E. A. 1943. The races of the ocelot and margay in Middle America. J. Mamm., 24:372-385.
Jones, C., M. A. Bogan, and L. M. Mount. 1988. Status of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator). Texas J. Sci., 40:249-258.
Jones, J. K., Jr., and C. Jones. 1992. Revised checklist of Recent land mammals of Texas, with annotations. Texas J. Sci., 44:53-74.
Jones, J. K., Jr., R. W. Manning, C. Jones, and R. R. Hollander. 1988. Mammals of the northern Texas Panhandle. Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ., 126:1-54.
Schmidly, D. J. 1991. The bats of Texas. Texas A & M Press, College Station, xvii + 188 pp.
Stangl, F. B., Jr., T. S. Schafer, J. R. Goetze, and W. Pinchak. 1992. Opportunistic use of modified and disturbed habitat by the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator). Texas J. Sci., 44:25-35.
Tewes, M. 1990. Cat country. Texas Parks & Wildlife, 48(11):4-11.
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I'm looking to get back into sailing after having a heck of a time restoring a 19' powerboat and then not enjoying it nearly as much as I thought.(Boat for sale!) This will be my first cruiser.
I will be doing a fair amount of sailing across Lake Erie where the swells can get pretty big at a moment's notice. So I think I am looking for a 24-27 ft boat, limited by the ability to trailer. It seems that you can't really find anything bigger than 26 that ever comes with a trailer.
First priority is stability, followed by speed, followed by interior headroom of at least 6'. I want to be able to go a few miles out on the lake without thinking I'm going to sink the boat.
The budget is pretty low right now, about $3500. I know, this is a low number for a boat with a trailer, but if I wait longer into the season I should have some more. If I go in with a friend I can double that budget. Right now I am trying to get my bearings as to what kind of boats to look for.
I have strong mechanical skills so fixing things is not a problem for me and I wouldn't mind doing some work on a boat (I just got done rebuilding a Merc 888 and replacing the interior in my 19' Reinell). It seems to me from looking at sale ads and eBay that the difference between a $1500 boat and a $3000 boat is a really good cleaning. But without seeing these boats in person, my experience is valueless.
I've heard good things about Catalina and Hunter 26s, and I was quite interested in MacGregor until I saw how poorly they are spoken of in these forums (I don't mean to embroil a debate here, so just consider that option out!) My friend had a '72 Oday 25 that I remember was a decent boat.
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I've had very weird signal connections and data problems in certain areas of Baltimore. And have been convinced for a while that I've been encountering a stingray tower in certain areas.
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Keep It Simple Stupid
All they have to do is pick one of the big 5 labels, one of the smaller two. And say....
Oops....NONE OF YOUR ARTISTS are getting any airplay.
That label will tank, as none of their artists will get sales. Meanwhile, those artists will riot, because they will be locked into contracts unable to move to another company, and unable to make profits. The result - RIAA will backpedal.
LICENSES are merely the means to collect the fees to pay the royalties. They are, in fact one and the same. One is merely the means of securing the other.
BMI and ASCAP pay the writers of the music.
RIAA is payment merely for the use of a recording.
Frankly, any such law, should state that 75% of the royalties should go directly to the artists. Otherwise, there should be no collection. Presently, most artists rarely see any of their royalties. It used to be because artists were indebted to the recording studios. But these days, many artists self-produce professional quality musicin home studios - often of better quality than the recording label studios. (As the latter rush the production of the recording, where as home studio artists spend hundreds and thousands of hours tweaking things to perfection.)
I think all of the chips I've bought from Intel have been made in Malaysia or China. This is probably one of those, hey the chips are fabricated in China. But don't you dare sell the units to them. So China just operates a midnight shift, presses their own, and America loses out on revenue.
The system requires you to change your password. That complicated passphrase is now useless.
In fact, mandatory password resets often are the cause of weak passwords. Humans can't constantly change and remember their passwords. So they go to simpler passwords and patterned passwords.
Trolling baby, seven lines out, I'm catching me some sea bass in my internets.
That's right, trucks that are strategically located and can re-charge your Tesla. And a few strategically located regional helicopters to reach more rural areas.
Think Tesla AAA, a partnership to help equip tow trucks with rapid recharging systems.
Some insights....I grew up in San Diego, droughts were fairly common.
I returned to southern California for school, and was there for the last half of the nineties, you know...those uber-hot years. Guess what, we were getting more rain those hot years. People were talking about the decades old drought finally coming to an end.
Than it began to get cooler again, and the droughts returned. For your info, droughts, deserts, etc are often tied to global cooling. Cooler global temperatures lock up moisture as ice. Resulting in increased ice caps, but also increased equatorial deserts.
Higher temperatures result in a much more humid global climate. Greener, greater moisture content. So when I see all the references to droughts. I think global cooling, not global warming.
While that is climate change. It's Earth, the climate is always changing - I'd be more afraid if it wasn't. The earth has experienced far cooler periods, and periods that were twenty degrees hotter than today. Life continued and thrived.
"We were looking for it — and by miraculous chance we happened to find it."
Than you probably didn't find it. You created the result you desired. If you're conducting research science, and you got the result you want. You probably did "science" wrong!
Find people who are constantly late...
It's already been noted by numerous studies, that those who wake up early and are always early, tend to have a circadium pattern which follows a shorter minute/date. Those who are late, have a rhythm that results in a longer perceived minute. The end result, those of us who are the latter will probably finally wake up and function the way we should...
Per the logic in this article headline, humanity is DOOMED!!!
The article stipulates that we stopped at 2 bombs, we can stop at 2 degrees.
Well, we didn't...in fact humans have droped 2,119 bombs (+ or - a few)
By this logic, expect the average global temperature to go from a cozy cool 57.2F to a sunlike 2,176.2 degrees (+ or - a degree or two)
Supernova will be ~1/4 the brightness of the Luna.
There, you can now skip to your loo and read your Kindle.
Accept all 800 students in a newly established online degree program. Inform those who successfully achieve an 3.75 their first year will be granted acceptance onto the campus.
Nearly every astronomy event of my life with a few exceptions has been once in a lifetime missed by clouds.
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Using the Common Unix Printing System, you can configure and manage your printer from the command line.
Printing in Linux has changed out of all recognition from the early days. Today, you no longer need a PostScript printer or to set the options for print laboriously by hand. Thanks to OpenPrinting's database, you can immediately find whether a given printer will work on Linux, and, thanks to CUPS (originally, the Common Unix Printing System), you can easily configure a printer with a GUI. As with most of the inner workings of a Linux system, however, working at the command line remains the easiest way to see what is actually going on when you print.
Before you dive into the subject of printing, a very brief reminder of the basics might be useful. Today, all major distributions install CUPS as a matter of course, as well as a number of printer drivers in the form of PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs), which are generally stored in /usr/share/ppd and consist of a series of formatting and operational options. Should you need more PPDs, look in your distribution's repositories for the HPLIP, Gutenprint, and Foomatic Database drivers, the basic sources for printer support.
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The government on Tuesday exuded confidence that revenues from sale of spectrum for 3G telephony and Broadband may touch Rs 50,000-55,000 crore, beating the budget estimates of Rs 35,000 crore.
"It is a matter of pride... The revenue from 3G alone may cross Rs 40,000 crore. The motivation shown by the operators is remarkable. Revenues from 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum put together may touch Rs 50,000-55,000 crore," Telecom Minister A. Raja said here.
When asked about some analysts terming the 3G bid price as irrational, the Minister said "...It is only some frustrated forces, who have not been able to get (spectrum) are spreading this kind of information."
The revenues from 3G, till Monday, had touched Rs 33,895 crore and the operators are still bidding and with bids set to come in for 'B' and 'C' category service areas, the quotation is all set to increase.
The revenues, going by the bid trend as of Tuesday, may cross the Rs 35,000 crore-level at the end of the auction round today — the 15th day of auction.
On the comparison being drawn in certain circles about revenues from sale of 2G spectrum, for which the licences were given in early 2008, and 3G, he shot back: "We can't compare PDS rice with Basmati rice."
The comparisons are "complete rubbish, complete nonsense." 2G services were for the common man and 3G is aimed at those requiring value-added services and hence, it was expected to rake in this level of revenue.
3G services will allow users to download and upload data on their mobile at higher speeds and stream movies online.
The auction of 3G spectrum began on April 9, 2010. Nine mobile operators are in the fray for the three pan-India slots of spectrum put on the block. In some service areas, four slots are being auctioned.
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