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Free-flowering white tufts on shorter soft-green stems - a gentle support for early asters like 'Monch' and 'Violet Queen'
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to September
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Whorls of wonderful, long-lasting, tufted, white flowers surrounded by a ruff of green bracts appear from July to September, above pointed, aromatic, mid-green leaves. This elegant bergamot associates well with other late-flowering perennials such as achillea and veronicastrum, or with ornamental grasses. It looks gorgeous planted en masse in the middle of a sunny, moisture-retentive herbaceous border, where it will be smothered with butterflies and bees during the flowering period.
- Garden care: Most monardas can be capricious, and do not like soil that is either too damp or too dry. These plants are susceptible to powdery mildew, and while this rarely causes long-term damage, it can look unsightly towards the end of the summer. You can help reduce this by applying a 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted organic matter around each plant. Resist cutting bergamot back in autumn, since the stiff, vertical stems look good all winter.
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Hi there I have a Phlox and some Bergamot which I bought from you a while back and whilst it's growing really well, I am finding that the lower leaves on the Phlox are going brown then yellow. I've been taking them off but as it's happening all the the way up the plant, bit by bit, it's going to look quite bare soon! I wondered why they are going yellow, and what I could do about it please? More or less the same with the Bergamot except that the leaves are going brown around the edges. Should I be taking those off and is there anything I could do to prevent it? Many thanks and best wishes DebbieAsked on 16/6/2009 by Deborah Newbury
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Children learn by watching and mimicking the behaviors they see. So why is it that adult's think that children should have respect for them without the adult showing respect back to children? Respect, like all other skills, is a learned behavior. We model the behavior and show them the 'right way' to do it.
Webster's Dictionary's definition of respect- To treat with propriety or consideration
As adults we all know how it feels to be treated without propriety or consideration. The first reaction is to be mad and hurt by the disrespect. The second is to show the same consideration, or lack thereof, back to that person.
Keeping that in mind, why do we expect different behavior from children who are trying to learn social rules and how to communicate?
"Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it." – R.G. Risch
Teaching your child from a young age how you expect them to act is very important. Just as important is modeling those same expectations to them in your interactions. When a child does speak to you with disrespect tell them. Talk about how important the tone, words, and meaning are when communicating. Explain how it was rude or disrespectful and then explain how they should have done it better. Helping your child understand what they are feeling and how to communicate those feeling in a positive manner will assist in respectful behavior.
Explain that respect is not only for how you treat other people but how you treat your toys and things and others toys and things. Be straight forward and honest when explaining how respect works. The University of Maine "Children and Respect" helps breakdown what respect is and how better to teach it.
Give other children and teens the benefit of the doubt. Just because one is disrespectful doesn't mean they all are. Just like adults, every child/teen is different. In "Respect is a two-way street that adults aren't walking" talks about how teens are assumed to be disrespectful and are in turn treated with disrespect. What kind of message does that send?
Adults need to remember that we are the ones who know better and teach the correct way to treat and talk to people. Think before you speak and teach your child to do the same. The more we, as adults, show respect and model those behaviors the more children and teens will follow our lead.


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Quicken Loans took first place, Compuware came in second and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan took the bronze in this event. These competitions embody the intention and spirit of the week; competing companies and working together for Detroit.
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The Trifecta
This past Saturday, I faced a delicious dilemma: When you've had a perfect breakfast and lunch, where do you go for dinner?
It started at Sofra, Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick's incredible bakery in Cambridge, MA. My parents were in town to celebrate Father's Day, so we treated them to a breakfast of glazed orange buns, blueberry cheese brioche buns, Greek yogurt parfaits, and the "Turkish Breakfast" of a filo-wrapped soft-boiled egg, Persian cucumbers, tomato jam, olives, fried feta cubes, and more Greek yogurt with fresh jam. The pastry display at Sofra is so overwhelmingly gorgeous that customers inevitably find themselves gawking at it all, unable to choose just one item. I do it, too. Even better, the food tastes as good as it looks.
With a breakfast like that, I could've easily eaten stone soup for lunch and been happy.
But as luck would have it, we found ourselves over in Brookline at lunchtime. And Brookline at lunchtime always means a stop at Cutty's, where Charles Kelsey makes the best sandwiches in Boston—perhaps in all of New England. Here's another place where I can't ever make up my mind about what to order, but I settled on the "Greens Bacon," a smoky mix of sauteed Swiss chard, bacon, and spicy house-made mayo on toasted ciabatta bread. "Shouldn't we get an extra ham-and-butter sandwich on the side, just to taste?" I asked helplessly. Fortunately, my husband had some restraint. He had the slow-roasted pork sandwich with garlic and pickled fennel. Food like this is so good you can only sigh.
Content with our 2-for-2 record, we could have now eaten shoe leather for dinner and been happy. But just for the sake of asking, we mulled the hypothetical: "What would round out the trifecta? The perfect finish for a perfect food day, based only on our personal taste and the types of restaurants we most like to visit?" My job has provided us with plenty of opportunities to enjoy fine dining, so we tend to go a little more casual on weekends. We tossed around a few of our favorites: East by Northeast, Oleana, or Bondir. But in the end, we couldn't decide. We decided to take our son to a playground instead and grab a slice of pizza in Harvard Square.
Thanks to today's lunch, however, I may have a winner: Michael Leviton's new restaurant, Area Four, in Cambridge. Here is another menu so attuned to my personal taste (fresh, seasonal, ingredient-driven food accented with just-unexpected-enough flavor combinations and rounded out by
a stellar pastry team) that I think it could've been the ultimate finale. I tasted a roasted chicken salad with arugula, capers, raisins, and pine nuts; a sea bass "Gyro" on house-made flatbread with a creamy tzatziki sauce; sweet pea "hummus"; a lemony salad of potatoes and fresh artichokes; and, for dessert, a cherry tart and a honey panna cotta with a strawberry-rhubarb-pistachio compote (pictured).
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The first regards what happens when a customer cancels the service. Until now, when OnStar service stopped, so did the vehicle's two-way communications system. As of Dec. 1, however, that will not necessarily be the case. Vehicles of owners who no longer subscribe could still be monitored via the system's still-active two-way cellular link.
The second policy change concerns the potential use of the data collected by OnStar, which includes information like the vehicle's speed and location, current odometer reading, driver seat-belt use and air-bag deployment. Under the new terms, OnStar reserves the right to share that information with other companies and organizations, even data culled from motorists who no longer subscribe to the service but who have left the two-way communications connection open.
Of course, OnStar says GM customers can opt out of the service, but it's making the case that by only sharing anonymous data, it can limit meaningful privacy concerns. But OnStar doesn't exist in a vacuum, and as it continues to sell Americans on the notion that security is worth sacrificing some sense of privacy for, it will find itself increasingly pulled into a national debate.
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my 9 year old 16.2 TB gelding was out on loan due to me loosing my job. before he went he was a great horse competeing in hunts, beach, XC and done hacking he was turned out for 8weeks to grass and wasnt ridden in this time then he went on loan to a girl who was a notice rider. when she rode him she has turned him to Buck and rear then she stoped riding him i didnt know this at the time. so i finaly brought him home when i herd and now after 10months of being out of work im going to be the one to bring him back intowork. i am a experianced rider and have good seat and good confidence with horses.
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First of all get his back, teeth and tack checked over to ensure there is no physical cause for the bucking and rearing. Then after that I would start by doing some ground work with him on the lunge, get him listening to you and build up his confidence, once that is established well then start backing him again as though he was a baby, just sitting quietly getting him to walk for you. Do this for a few days then add in trot, then keep that going and a few days later add in canter and so on until he is confident with you and more settled.
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I agree with all of the above. Checking no pain issues causing him to buck etc then I would start with inhand groundwork and lunging. Ideally I would hack as been oout of work so long but if he is liable to mess arund lunging may be safer! Good luck!
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In addition to lunging I would do lots of ground work with him as it is an excellent way to assess or to observe any issues before you get back in the saddle. It will help re-establish your relationship, leadership, trust and control.
I always think if I have got control and respect from the ground - chances are any problems will be made worse when I'm on board.
If you know Join Up that might be a good place to start once all phyiscal checks have been made to ensure there are no physical issues.
Also, I came across this which might help http//www.hoofon.co.uk/what-is-leadership-to-a-horse?/373743/
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MEDINA — The suspected target of a shooting Friday at Union Square Apartments was arrested Monday night for possession of crack cocaine, police said.
Vincent Horn, 20, of Maple Heights, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Monday at 306 W. Union St., Apt. 2, after police arrived with a warrant for the arrest of the apartment's resident, Josephine Alestri, 52.
Horn was reportedly upstairs when police arrived and had attempted to flush two bags of crack cocaine down the toilet, said police Lt. Bob Starcher.
Horn was arrested for possession of crack cocaine, a second-degree felony, and Alestri, who was discovered at a neighboring apartment, also was arrested for possession of crack cocaine, a fifth-degree felony.
The warrant for Alestri was issued after a two-month investigation where two undercover drug purchases occurred at her apartment, police said.
A search warrant for the apartment was issued after the arrests, resulting in police reportedly finding more crack cocaine, money, scales, crack pipes and razors.
Both Horn and Alestri were taken to the county jail. Horn's bond was set Tuesday at $150,000 and Alestri's was set at $40,000. Both were still in jail as of Tuesday afternoon.
"We are investigating the possible connection between drugs and the shooting,†Starcher said, adding they are also looking into the connection between Horn and the suspected 17-year-old male shooter.
The shooting, which took place around 1:15 p.m. Friday after several witnesses reported they saw a man with a handgun at the apartment complex and said shots had been fired, though no injuries were reported or damage observed as a result of the shooting.
After multiple interviews, a warrant for the arrest of a 17-year-old Medina boy was issued late Friday afternoon. Police still hadn't located the teen, who will be charged with felonious assault, as of Tuesday, Starcher said.
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Scandinavian elegance in tech design isn't a new phenomenon, a quick peek into a Bang & Olufsen store will demonstrate that - and Danish audio startup Libratone will be hoping to tap into the trusted formula with its début speaker - the Libratone Beat.
The Beat is a simply stunning looking piece of kit. Standing at 47cm high, with a width of 19.5cm, a depth of 15cm, and with a curved-triangular disposition all wrapped in Italian wool (on the cheaper grey variation), or cashmere if you prefer (for the pricier vanilla beige, blood orange, or black variations) and a sturdy looking chrome handle, the Beat looks more like a exhibit at a modern art gallery than a speaker.
It takes minimalism to the extreme as well. Don't expect to see a wealth of ports on the Beat - there is just the one, a 3.5mm aux-in, that its makers would prefer you didn't use anyway. And that's because it sees wireless playback as its strong point. In the box you'll find two wireless adapters, one for the 30-pin Apple iDevice dock connector and also a standard USB one too, that will chuck your tunes over to the Beat via a 2.4GHz connection. There's also a modified USB lead that lets you charge your iPod, iPhone or iPad whilst still transmitting your tunes.
Along with the one port, you'll find an on/off switch on the back and a white illuminated button on the top, up front, which is the only button you'll (rarely) need. One tap of the button when initially setting-up changes it from red to white when it's matched with a device (it takes less than a second) and it changes to orange if you tap twice to scan for additional devices (you can pair up Libratone speakers as well).
It's all well and good looking great and being easy to use but, as this is a speaker we're reviewing here and not a lamp, it's crucial that we discuss the most important aspect - how well it performs.
And, you won't be disappointed to hear that it performs really well. Although you may be disappointed to hear that the performance perhaps doesn't match the aesthetic beauty of the Beat. Sure, it sounds crisp, full, and fills a room quite well - but it doesn't quite kick on and take our breath away quite as much as say, the B&W Zeppelin does.
But that's not to say this isn't a high-end single speaker, because it is. In terms of drive units it packs in one 5-inch bass speaker, two 3-inch drivers for the midrange and two 1-inch ribbon-based tweeters. It has an amplified power output of 50W bass and two 25W tweeter/midrange with a frequency range of -6dB at 50Hz and -3dB at 20.000Hz. Its max output is 100dB SPL/1m.
But it's the "Full Room acoustic technology" that its makers are most proud of. Libratone states that "the tweeters and midrange drivers disperse sound in different directions, reflecting it off the walls, providing 360 degree sound". In theory this sounds great – but does it actually work? The answer is yes … but only sort of.
You need to position the speaker around 20cm from a wall to get the best room filling sound, and it doesn't really like corners - so take that into account before buying a Beat. But, after some fiddling, it's quite a satisfying sound when you do finally find the optimum position for the speaker. It's not exactly room filling, you can still tell the sound is coming from one place (but most high-end docks are guilty of this) but it is a nice, full sound that holds back the deep bass enough to let the treble come through. If you're not happy with the sound, you'll need to tweak the EQ settings on the device you're playing back from as the Beat has no adjustable settings itself.
Ultimately, the price-tag has to play a part when deciding how to rate the Libratone Beat. Sure, it's an absolutely looking stunning piece of audio tech, and it does perform bloomin' well but you're going have to part with £550 to get one into your living room (not in a corner, and 20cm from the wall, of course).
So, is it worth the money? That kind of depends on what you're after. If you're looking for a high-end single speaker solution, or a replacement for your old iPod dock then definitely. The Libratone Beat is a minimum fuss machine that has brilliant audio quality on board. But, if you're looking for a multi-speaker solution, and you think that the Beat will suffice, then think again. The room filling technology is good, really good in fact, but it still isn't enough to convince you that the sound is firing in from all angles.
In short, the Libratone Beat is one of the sexiest, easy to use single speakers that we've come across - with excellent playback too. But it is just that, a single speaker - so consider what you want before parting with your readies.
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A Winter Sun & Copper Moon
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 is a day unlike any other we'll see in our lifetime because two astronomical events conspired to occur together - the winter solstice and a total lunar eclipse. You may recall from our earlier blog post back in June "Summer is here…officially," that a solstice is when sun stands still in declination, that is the apparent movement of the sun's path north or south comes to a stop before reversing direction. In astronomical terms, the winter solstice means the Earth's axial tilt puts us (in the Northern Hemisphere) as far away from the sun as we're going to get this year while our friends in the south are enjoying the balmy weather of mid-summer.
Well, solstices certainly aren't a rarity since we have two every year - winter and summer. But last night, we also experienced a total lunar eclipse. There are at least two lunar eclipses each year, though they're usually partial. The total lunar eclipse is a much less common event. What's a lunar eclipse? Well, it's when the shadow of the earth "covers" the moon. This can only happen when the sun, earth and moon are perfectly aligned or nearly so with the earth in the middle. Unlike a solar eclipse which can only be viewed in a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse can be viewed from anywhere on the "nightside" of earth. Now while our little planet isn't able to make the moon disappear in its shadow, the effect can still be quite dramatic, as the moon often turns a lovely shade of copper as it did last night.
What makes today so special is the fact that these two events occurred on the same day. A total lunar eclipse and the winter solstice falling on the same day hasn't happened since 1638 and as far as historians and astronomers know, that's the only day this has happened in the last 2,000 years.


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CBSSports.com's Jason LaCanfora obtained a copy of the statement former New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove gave on Tuesday in
According to the statement, Hargrove has denied involvement in the scandal.
"I have sat back over the past few months and watched as the NFL has spent countless hours painting a picture that has left a lot of people convinced that myself and three other players deserve to be punished, not to mention the coaching staff and Mr. Loomis. I have asked myself a million times: why? Why on earth are they trying to make a mountain out of a molehill? I do not have an absolute answer, but I'm guessing it has something to do with image, power, and money," Hargrove said according to the statement.
"The words they have used over the months to capture your hearts and minds have been many, practiced, and calculated. But that does not make them true. It just makes them good at what they do. They are, in my opinion, master politicians. Bill Clinton once said, "I did not have sex with that woman."
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Gulo gulo
|Scientific Name:
|Gulo gulo
|Species Authority:
|(Linnaeus, 1758)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Some authors (Hall 1981) have regarded the North American Wolverine as a species (Gulo luscus) distinct from the Eurasian Wolverine (Gulo gulo). Most recent accounts (Jones et al. 1992, Pasitschniak-Arts and Lariviere 1995, Wozencraft 1993, 2005) treat G. luscus as a subspecies of G. gulo, following Degerbol (1935) and Kurten and Rausch (1959).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Abramov, A., Belant, J. & Wozencraft, C.
|Duckworth , J.W. & Schipper, J.
This species is listed as Least Concerned due to its wide distribution and remaining large populations. Wolverine occurs at low density and many Wolverine populations appear to be relatively small and isolated (Ruggiero et al. 2007) and there is evidence of resurgence in some places of its historical distribution (Rowland et al. 2003). Thus although there is an overall continued decline due to human persecution and land-use change, the global decline of this species is not at a rate sufficient to qualify for listing at this time. However, the European Mammal Assessment determined that the European Wolverine is currently Vulnerable (A2c), thus the Least Concern listing is driven by the estimation that some large populations remain in North Asia and North America. Wolverines still face some threats such as over-exploitation through hunting and trapping, predator poisoning programs and habitat resource extraction that caused the contraction of wolverines' historical range. More data on population trends, especially in North Asia, may result in this species being re-assessed as Vulnerable in the near future.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The species has a circumpolar distribution, corresponding with the Boreal zone of the northern hemisphere (Kvam et al. 1988). The range of the wolverine reaches from Scandinavia through the Russian Federation and Siberia to Alaska, Canada and the western lower states of the United States south to California. The range includes territory of the following countries: Canada, China (Heilongiang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia), Estonia, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, and United States (Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California) (Whitman 1999).
During the 19th century, wolverines disappeared from the southernmost of these areas in Europe mainly due to persecution, but also due to deforestation and other human developments. In Europe the species is now found in Norway, Sweden, Finland and European part of Russia. Within these countries wolverines are mainly found north of 60ºN. Based on geographic connectivity and genetic surveys the wolverines in Europe likely consist of five populations/occurrences.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada; China; Estonia; Finland; Mongolia; Norway; Russian Federation; Sweden; United States
|Range Map:
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|North America: The distribution and abundance of the species has been notably reduced in the 20th century in United States (Pasitschniak-Arts and Larivière 1995) and during the 19th century, wolverines disappeared from the southernmost of its European distribution mainly due to persecution, but also due to deforestation and other human developments. However, although there has been substantial range reduction, there is evidence of resurgence in some places of his historical distribution (Rowland et al. 2003). Throughout their range, wolverines occur at relatively low densities and require large home ranges varying from at least 100 km² to upwards of 600 km² (Whitman 1999). In Europe, the species is relatively rare. Densities of this species are never high, and it has been found to be less abundant than wolves, even in optimal habitats (Pasitschniak-Arts and Lariviere 1995). Densities range from one per 500 km² in Scandinavia to one per 65 km² in Montana, USA (Pasitschniak-Arts and Lariviere 1995).
Substantial populations occur in northern Canada and Alaska. Outside of Alaska, the population in Montana is considered to be the largest and most stable population of wolverines, given its close proximity to healthy populations in Canada (Cegelski et al. 2003). Densities of wolverines are never high (Aubry et al. 2007, Makridin 1964). Many wolverine populations appear to be relatively small and isolated (Ruggiero et al. 2007).
In North America, population density estimates range from one wolverine per 65 km2 in Montana (Hornocker and Hash 1981) to one per 200 km2 in northern British Columbia (Quick 1953), Alaska (Becker and Gardner 1992), and the Northwest Territories (Lee and Niptanatiak 1993). Lofroth and Krebs (2007) estimated densities for wolverines in British Columbia using existing wolverine distribution, wolverine food, ecosystem mapping and human development data. Density estimates range from 6.2 wolverines/1,000 km2 in high-quality habitat to 0.3/1,000 km2 in rare-quality habitat. Their predicted population estimate for British Columbia was 3,530 wolverines.
Europe: The European population of Gulo gulo is currently estimated to be approximately 2,260 individuals: 1,400 in European Russia (Novikov 2005), 150 in Finland, and 1998–2000 were 326 (±45) individuals in Sweden and 269 (±32) individuals in Norway (Sæther et al. 2005). The southern Norwegian population was naturally re-established during the late 1970s and was a result of protective legalisation (Landa and Skogland 1995). To the east, the Eastern Russian wolverine population is believed to comprise more than 18,000 individuals (Novikov, 2005). The species is not abundant in Mongolia, but still relatively widespread: it is only found in northern taiga habitats in Hentii and Hövsgöl mountain ranges (Bannikov 1954, Dulamsteren 1970), northern parts of Hangai Mountain Range and Mongol Altai Mountain Range (Dulamtseren et al. 1989).The European distribution is connected to the East Russian population along the Urals. The overall European population forms a relatively continuous distribution with a few geographically and genetically distinct subpopulations and constitutes a smaller fraction of the large Eurasian population.
1. Scandinavian wolverine population: The Scandinavian wolverine has shown a low genetic variability and subdivision among populations indicating that the wolverine in Scandinavia has lost variation due to a previous bottleneck event and that the current populations are the result of a recent common genetic background (Walker et al. 2001, Flagstad et al. 2004). The current population estimate is 580 individuals (>1 yrs of age) with approximately 200 in Norway and 380 in Sweden (Larsson 2005, van Dijk et al. 2005). The population has a continuous distribution and is narrowly connected to the Finnish – Western Russian population along the border of Finnmark County in the northernmost parts of its distribution. However, an initial genetic analysis has indicated a clear genetic distinction between these populations (Ø. Flagststad pers. comm.). In its southern distribution, the Scandinavian wolverine population provides as a source for the Southern Norwegian wolverine population (Walker et al. 2001, Flagstad et al. 2004, Flagstad et al. 2006) as well as a source for the Swedish forest wolverine population(s) close to the Gulf of Bothnia in Southern Sweden (Hedmark 2006).
2. Southern Norwegian wolverine population: The southern Norwegian population was naturally reestablished during the late 1970s and was a result of protective legalisation (Landa and Skogland 1995). This population has recently increased in numbers and distribution, but is currently kept at around 100 individuals by various control measurements (Flagstad et al. 2006). Genetic surveys have shown that the Southern Norwegian wolverine population is genetically distinct from the Scandinavian population, but the geographic gap between the southern and the main Scandinavian population to the north and east has decreased from 100-200 km by the early 1990s to virtually connectivity by 2006. However, exchange of individuals still is limited and the Southern Norwegian population seems to form a sink with a few individuals emigrating from the northern continuous population (Landa et al. 2000, Flagstad 2006).
3. Swedish forest wolverine population/occurrence: The Swedish forest wolverine occurrences were naturally established, during the mid 1990s (Hedmark 2006). These new occurrences were likely established by as few as 2 and 2-4 individuals and are currently consisting of 2 and 10 individuals, respectively (Hedmark 2006). Non-invasive genetic surveys has showed that these occurrences have little, if any, contact with the main Scandinavian wolverine population (Hedmark 2006).
4. Finnish – western Russian wolverine population: During the last decades, there has been an increase in population numbers and distribution of wolverines in Finland, but decreasing trends in Russia (Landa et al. 2000a). The western Russian population is estimated to be approximately 1,400 individuals (Novikov 2005). Relationships with other populations: to the west the distribution of the Finnish – Western Russian wolverine population is narrowly connected to the Scandinavian population along common borders with Norway and Sweden. An initial genetic analysis has indicated a clear genetic distinction between the Scandinavian population and the wolverines living in northern parts of Finland (Ø. Flagststad pers. comm.). It is also unclear how the western part of the wolverine distribution within this population (Finland, Kola, Karelia) connects along the narrow isthmus between the White Sea and Lake Onega in Western Russia. This area is judged as an extremely important connection for the northern element of the taiga fauna (Lindén et al. 2000) and these concerns should be further investigated. To the east, the European Russian wolverine population has a wide connection to the much larger East Russian population adjoining along the Urals in western Siberia. The Eastern Russian wolverine population is believed to comprise more than 18,000 individuals (Novikov 2005).
5. Finnish western wolverine population: This population was established by translocating animals from domestic reindeer herding areas in the north during the 1980s-1990s. The population is estimated to consist of about 10-15 individuals and now seems to reproduce naturally (Kojola 2005). The gap between this and the Karelia distribution is about 200-300 km and little is known about exchange between these populations. This population/occurrence should therefore be judged as isolated from other populations until further knowledge is gained.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Wolverines inhabit a variety of habitats in the alpine, tundra, taiga, and boreal forest zones. They are found in coniferous, mixed, and deciduous woodlands, bogs, and open mountain as well as tundra habitats (Mitchell-Jones et al. 1999). Snow is generally regarded as an important component of the wolverine's seasonal habitat requirements (Banci 1987, Hatler 1989). Wolverine habitat selection is negatively affected by human activity, including roads, infrastructure, and backcountry recreation (May et al. 2006; Krebs et al. 2007). The wolverine has vast home-ranges (Landa et al. 1998), vary from 100 to 500 km2 for males and 100 to 200 km2 for female, and good dispersal abilities. Faecal DNA sampling has detected dispersal distances of more than 500 kilometres (Flagstad 2005, Flagstad et al. 2006). Hornocker et al. (1983) consider this species as solitary, which influences the large home ranges and extensive seasonal movements.This species is nocturnal with some daylight activity and it is considered as opportunistic feeder. Wolverines prey on hares, rodents and occasionally animals as large as moose given certain snow conditions. They can also prey heavily on domestic sheep and semi-domesticated reindeer.
The wolverine is a nocturnal species (Whitman 1999) with an average life expectancy of 4 to 6 years in the wild, with a maximum of about 13 years (Pasitschniak-Arts and Lariviere 1995). The species reaches its sexual maturity at 2.5 years, breeding occurs in early spring to late fall with litters of 1-5 young (mean litter size is 3 young) born between February and April (Whitman 1999).
Wolverines are thought to have evolved to scavenge from the kills of wild ungulates abandoned by other carnivores such as the lynx and wolf, as well prey animals felled by disease or injury. Wolverines also actively hunt smaller animals such as rodents, hares, musk deer, roe deer and wild sheep; given the appropriate snow conditions they will also hunt larger animals such as moose. Conflicts arise when wolverines prey on domestic livestock such as sheep or semi-domesticated reindeer. Given their dependence on other hunters for much of its scavenged food, wolverines are able to carry and cache large amounts of meat for later consumption.
|Major Threat(s):
Within the current range, extensive human activities continue to pressure wolverine populations and habitat (Krebs et al. 2004). Overexploitation through hunting and trapping, as well as predator poisoning programs and resource extraction likely caused wolverine populations to contract in the eastern and south-western portions of their historical range in North America since the early 1900s (Banci 1994).
The wolverine is threatened by fragmented distributions, presumed low genetic diversity, as well as "population control" hunting and conflicts with human settlements resulting from depredation of livestock. While this species inhabits a zone that is particularly affected by climate change (IPCC International Climate Report 2005), habitat change or even loss is not taking place at such a rate to be considered a major threat to the wolverine. Ample forested lands and tundra with suitable prey stocks are available throughout much of its range. The problem is the low rate of human land use expansion into this range, increasing the frequency of interaction with human populations and conflict over livestock depredation. Given the remoteness of these locations, tolerance of wolverines taking livestock is low and in some areas "population control" hunting is used as a proactive means to avoid loss of animals. In Norway, where almost 10,000 sheep are believed to be killed by wolverines each summer, government committees have instituted annual harvest quotas in an effort to control livestock losses; however, these quotas may not be sustainable as they are set very high even in relation to the most liberal estimate of wolverine population size, and it is unclear whether this hunt actually reduces the numbers of sheep and semi-domestic deer lost to predators.
Wolverines are scarce in Europe today. Their continued survival is threatened due to their small and fragmented distribution, and the potential for their future survival may be weakened by the likelihood of low genetic diversity. Habitat loss per se is not a substantial threat to wolverine conservation. Large areas of Norway, Sweden and Finland are still covered by forests and mountains that offer a suitable prey base and habitat for wolverines. The problem is that these are not wilderness areas, and wolverines come into conflict with a low, but crucial, number of human land uses. The fact that there are no large areas within their distribution where there is no conflict potential with sheep or semi domestic reindeer means that human tolerance for wolverines is low. This results in a difficult situation for wildlife managers who are forced to try and balance wolverine conservation with the conflicts they create with livestock. In Norway, farmers no longer use traditional sheep-herding methods that once deterred depredation, so wolverines are often controlled in an effort to protect livestock. Poaching also occurs. In Russia, overharvesting and declines in key prey species are major threats.
1. Scandinavian wolverine population: The species is subject to illegal killings due to depredation conflicts (sheep, domestic reindeer). The scope of this is difficult to quantify. Furthermore wolverines are sensitive to human disturbance (settlements, public and private roads etc.) especially in the vicinity of their denning areas (May et al. 2006).
2. Southern Norwegian wolverine population: The Southern Norwegian wolverine population is subject to illegal killings due to depredation conflicts on sheep. The scope of this is difficult to quantify. Most people in Norway are settled in southern Norway and the wolverines are sensitive to human disturbance (settlements, public and private roads, etc.) especially in the vicinity of their denning areas (May et al. 2006).
3. Swedish forest wolverine population/occurrence: A high degree of genetic similarity among individuals in the two areas indicates inbreeding, possibly including brother-sister matings (Hedmark 2006). Inbreeding depression and demographic stochasticity are therefore likely to be the main threats (Pimm et al. 1988). These forest dwelling wolverines live outside the distribution of "domestic" reindeer, which form the most common prey for wolverines (Landa et al. 1997). Establishment of wolverines in the forest landscape is judged to be a way of reducing conflict with the domestic reindeer industry (Hedmark et al. unpubl. ms, Hedmark 2006).
4. Finnish – Western Russian wolverine population: About half the Finnish wolverine population are living within the reindeer management area in the north (Kojola 2005), thus creating conflict with the domestic reindeer industry (Landa et al. 2000b) with associated illegal killings. The scope of this is unknown. The Russian economic depression during the 1990s is believed to have led to widespread poaching of ungulate game species. Furthermore, it led to a reduction of the domestic reindeer herding industry due to large calf/breeding losses. This is believed to have indirectly negatively affected the wolverine's populations in the European and most human populated part of Russia. The wolverine's main prey base (wild and domestic reindeer) became less abundant and the population has faced a decrease in numbers and distribution during the last few decades (Landa et al. 1997, Landa et al. 2000a, Novikov 2005). In Russia the wolverine is harvested for fur, and to the best knowledge of the assessors, there are no harvest restrictions. Russia has not yet ratified the Bern Convention.
5. Finnish western wolverine population: It is likely that this small and presumably isolated population will face inbreeding problems (Hedmark 2006) as well as being exposed to demographic stochasticity (Pimm et al. 1988). Inbreeding depression and demographic accidents are therefore main threats. These forest dwelling wolverines live outside the distribution of semi domesticated reindeer, which form the most common prey for wolverines (Landa et al. 1997). Establishment of wolverines in the forest landscape is judged to be a way of reducing conflict with the domestic reindeer industry (Hedmark et al. unpubl. ms, Hedmark 2006).
|Conservation Actions:
The wolverine has been petitioned twice for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act in the conterminous United States, but the most recent petition was denied citing lack of information on distribution, habitat requirements, and threats (United States Fish and Wildlife Service 2003). In North America, the eastern wolverine population continues to be Endangered, and the western population remains Special Concern.
The wolverine is recorded from a number of protected areas. However, due to its spatial requirement, very few reserves will contain the full home ranges of more than a small number of individuals (Schreiber et al., 1989).
European range states have different monitoring and management regimes varying from strict protection in Finland and Sweden, licensed harvest and control measurements in Norway to legal harvest year round in Russia.
In North America, wolverine management issues include regulating trapper harvest, preventing human disturbance at denning sites, and mitigating for habitat loss and fragmentation (Krebs et al., 2004).
Key conservation measures that need to be implemented revolve around minimizing conflicts resulting from depredation of livestock, reducing legal and illegal hunting of wolverines, establishing well-planned conservation areas and carrying out surveys to gain a better understanding of the population and ecology of the wolverine.
Farmers and local communities should be educated in and encouraged to adopt husbandry practices that will minimize depredation of livestock thereby reducing conflicts. Economic incentives could encourage farmers to conserve wolverines on their land instead of hunting them. A compensation and education program has been implemented in Sweden with reindeer herders where the herders profit financially from identifying dens on their land and protecting them; similar programs could be applied in more areas of the species range.
Governments and researchers require a more solid knowledge of population dynamics, wolverine-prey relationships, habitat-use and distribution of the wolverine. This information is needed to ensure that legal, government-permitted hunting quotas are appropriate and small, localized, endangered populations are protected. Better enforcement of laws that prohibit hunting of wolverines is required in applicable parts of the species range, with higher penalties to discourage poachers. Governments need also improve coordination between wildlife conservation and agriculture programs to ensure that conservation areas are established in regions with little risk of conflict with farmers and herders.
The wolverine is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Annex II* and Annex IV of the EU Habitats and Species Directive. European range states have different monitoring and management regimes varying from strict protection in Finland and Sweden, licensed harvest and control measurements in Norway to legal harvest year round in Russia.
1. Scandinavian wolverine population: The Scandinavian wolverine population is covered by both Swedish and Norwegian management regimes, which are quite different. However, both Norwegian and Swedish populations are monitored through annual counting of active natal dens (Landa et al. 1998b) and non-invasive faecal DNA surveys (in southern areas). There is cooperation and data exchange between the two national programmes. The Swedish national interim goal is to reach minimum 90 annual wolverine reproductions (approximately 575 individuals >1 yr of age) (Riksdagen 2000). Sweden has international obligations through the Bern Convention for the conservation of the European wildlife and habitats, the regulation of trade through the European Council Regulation on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora, and the EU habitat directive. The wolverine is in Sweden is officially listed as endangered and is not subject to hunting. However, recently a few family groups have been killed in the purpose of reducing conflict with the domestic reindeer herding industry in northern areas. Norway was recently (2003) divided into 6 different management regions with politically appointed management boards (Miljøverndepartementet 2003). The Norwegian national goal is to control the total population within the limits of 39 yearly active reproductions (21 within the Norwegian part of the Scandinavian wolverine population) (Miljøverndepartementet 2003). The total of 39 breedings equals approximately 250 individuals >1 yr of age. Control measurements, killing of family groups in early spring and licensed harvest is used as a management tool to restrict wolverine distribution and predation on unattended sheep during summer and domestic reindeer all year around. Wolverines in Norway are covered by the Bern Convention (Bern 1979). The wolverines in Norway are officially listed as vulnerable (new official listing is expected by the end of 2006).
2. Southern Norwegian wolverine population: Norway was recently (2003) divided into 6 different management regions. The national goal is to control the Southern Norwegian population (including North Trøndelag County) at maximum 18 yearly active reproductions (approximately 115 individuals >1 yr of age) (Miljøverndepartementet 2003). Control measurements, killing of family groups in early spring and licensed harvest is used as a management tool to restrict wolverine distribution and predation on unattended sheep during summer in southern Norway. Wolverines in Norway are covered by the Bern Convention (Bern 1979). The wolverines in Norway are officially listed as vulnerable (new official listing is expected by the end of 2006).
3. Swedish forest wolverine population/occurrence: Totally protected, also see description for the Scandinavian wolverine population for further details.
4. Finnish – western Russian wolverine population: Management differs in Finland and Russia. In Finland the species is monitored through a national fauna monitoring programme based on tracks crossing fixed 4x4+4 km triangles. Wolverines have been fully protected in Finland since 1982. In Russia the wolverine is monitored via tracking surveys and numbers are estimated based on daily pats and a calculation coefficient (Novikov 1994, Novikov 2005). In Russia wolverines are considered a game/pelt species.
5. Finnish western wolverine population: Wolverines have been fully protected in Finland since 1982. In western Finland, the small introduced subpopulation seems to function without the presence of semi-domesticated reindeer, wolf, or lynx. A research project where nutritional ecology of wolverines within the three areas of wolverine distribution within Finland will be compared has been initiated. A future aim is to develop non-invasive molecular genetic monitoring of the wolverines within Finland similar to the one conducted in Scandinavia (Kojola 2005).
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Monday 28 January 2008 à 18:39
Data for the Umitaka Maru
Graham Hosie (CEAMARC Leader) and Takashi Ishimaru (Voyage Leader)
Position :
-57° 58.2 S, 135° 11.6E (degrees latitude, longitude)
Current speed :15.7 kts (knots)
Distance in last 24 hours : 332 Nm (nautical miles)
Monday 28 January 2008 à 18:36
Quick guided tour of the Umitaka Maru
Patrice Pruvost. Correspondent aboard the Umitaka Maru
Today is our last day of crossing. We are going to arrive in the work zone during the night. The entire scientific team meets to organize the division of the work for the duration of the operations.


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Blame Avatar. The massive success of the 3D blockbuster has studios scrambling with a way to compete. Enter Harry Potter.
Warner Bros has decided that the next installment of the franchise, the 2-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be coming at us in 3D (an official announcement is expected shortly).
According to THR's Heat Vision Blog, each Harry Potter movie, which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, will cost around $5 million to convert to 3D, plus an additional $5 million for theater expenses including the special 3D glasses. Pennies for a film whose success is all but guaranteed.
Warners is also said to be currently toying with the idea of releasing the upcoming Clash of the Titans in 3D, with an official announcement expected by week's end.
For those of us who find 3D obnoxious, overrated, and a gimmick that seems to be taking the place of intelligent storytelling, the news isn't great. But hey, you can't fight commerce.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I is due in theaters on November 19, 2010. Part II will arrive the following summer. Clash of the Titans opens April 2.


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The Record Hunter: Hinson Motorsport's 2,250 hp C5
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Can we really expect first responders to respond if they think they might be the focus of a murder?
Update (10 a.m.) : POLICE SPOKESMAN JUST CONFIRMED 4 FIREFIGHTERS SHOT, 2 ARE DECEASED
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say they're evacuating a lakeside neighborhood in western New York where a firefighter has been shot while responding to a blaze that has engulfed three homes.
Officials in the town of Webster tell local media outlets that someone shot at firefighters around 6 a.m. Monday when they arrived at the scene of the blaze near the Lake Ontario shore just east of Rochester.
A fire official with the West Webster Fire District tells the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester that the firefighter is listed in satisfactory condition at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Officials say a fire started in one home has spread to two others and a car. Police have surrounded the neighborhood and are searching for the shooter.
The Muslim Brotherhood's strategy for realizing its mission of "destroying Western civilization from within" was described in an undated 1991 Muslim Brotherhood document entitled "Phases of the World Underground Movement Plan." In this part, we investigate what they're doing to implement it.
- According to the Muslim Brotherhood's strategic plan, the group's mission in America is a "civilization-jihadist process…a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within" by our hands and the hands of the believers "so that God's religion is made victorious over all other religions."
- A list of 29 Muslim-American groups was attached to that plan identifying them as "our organizations and organizations of our friends." Even today, 21 years later, most of the preeminent Muslim-American advocacy and public policy entities are on that list.
- The Muslim Brotherhood's civilization jihad is being pursued through stealthy means involving the penetration and subversion of this country's civil society and governing institutions.
- A central feature of the stealthy, pre-violent jihad is what the military calls "information dominance" – it helps the Muslim Brotherhood keep us ignorant of the true nature of the threat they pose and the progress they are making in bringing shariah to America.
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Hi everyone, Just wanted to look for an explanation regarding what happens on the subscriber's end of a replication set. I currently have 4 nodes (1 thru 4), and node 4 also has the "-a <dir>" flag turned on for log shipping (but I think this is irrelevant) Occasionally, I will see in test_slony_state_dbi.pl, that one of the subscribers has really old events or that the provider is lagging behind the provider, so I decided to harvest some data. Wrote up a cronjob that will fetch the average slony lag on node 4 (I could've picked any of them, but just chose this one because load was lowest). Basically, I ran this command from the shell every hour: `psql -tc "select avg(st_lag_time) from _slony_schema.sl_status" mydb postgres` Now, I logged it into a file (http://pgsql.privatepaste.com/e4ce8f8f67) and it shows that the other nodes average > 70 days' worth of lag at times. (see period from May 10 to Jul 09) There are 3 other replication clusters I tracked, and one of them even went up to 153 days before dropping right back down to zero. Could someone explain why this happens, or perhaps more importantly--what causes the lag to drop from high 70s of days down to 0. Is it sl_log_{1,2} rotation? Sorry, I might be able to find the answer by scouring the logs, but I'm hoping to find a quick answer here.(Continue reading)


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There are methods for making a firefox window semi-transparent so that other windows will show up in the background, but is it possible to make a tab semi-transparent so that another tab could show in the background?
I can't give you a definitive yes or no answer, but I believe behavior like that would have to be implemented by Firefox itself, since Firefox acts like the "window manager" for its tabs. If it's not supported by the browser, I don't believe there's anything the underlying window manager can do to create that behavior.
You could try looking for a Firefox addon that does this. If it's possible, somebody's probably written it. I did a Google search for
Take a look at http://userstyles.org/ there are a number of styles that make firefox transparent. One option is http://userstyles.org/styles/3874 but you can search for others.
The style can be applied either by adding the Stylish addon or, in a lot of cases, you can enter the code directly into userchrome.css.
There is no a good way to have firefox transparent. transset-df on linux can make something like that, but the complete windows goes transparent, that includes letters too. I don't know if transset-df works with xcompmgr o composite, perhaps no.


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The National Deaf Children's Society and the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) have teamed up to create the Deaf-Friendly Swimming i-Learn course to help coaches become more deaf aware.
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