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When it comes to job creation in Canada, Alberta is number one. And by a fairly wide margin, too.
In a report issued by Statistics Canada this week it was revealed that the Albertan economy created 87% of all the jobs created in Canada over the past year. Out of 94,700 jobs created in Canada during the past year, 82,300 were created by Alberta's economy. Employment in Alberta rose by 3.8%.
Saskatchewan was #2 with a less-impressive increase of 0.9%.
Not everyone is entirely pleased with Alberta's success. "The first thing to recognize is that there's a problem," declared Canadian Labour Congress economist Angella MacEwan. "Because if we recognize what is happening, then the problem in Ontario, Quebec, the Atlantic provinces and BC looks much worse."
So what is the problem in Ontario, Quebec, BC and the Atlantic provinces?
Well, to see what those regions are doing wrong one needs look no further than what Alberta and Saskatchewan are doing right: simply put, economic freedom.
In 2013, the Fraser Institute's annual economic freedom index placed Alberta and Saskatchewan at the apex of economic freedom amongst Canadian provinces and US states. In the report, Ontario -- whose employment rose 0.6% over the past year -- held the median score for all Canada's provinces, with 7.4. Saskatchewan scored 8.0. Alberta scored 8.5.
So we can see that a high score on the economic freedom index correlates with strong job production. How about a low score on the index? What does that correlate with?
For the answer to this (admittedly rhetorical) question, one need look no further than Quebec. With a score of 7.1 Quebec was ranked #40 in all of North America. And as it turns out, Quebec's job numbers are beyond awful.
The only segment of Quebec's economy that has grown whatsoever has been part-time work. Full-time work -- a necessity for those who intend to provide for themselves and their family -- is a disappearing commodity in Quebec. Going into the election Pauline Marois' Parti Quebecois just called, the PQ has nothing to boast about whatsoever. (No wonder Marois intends to contest the election on the back of her party's tyrannical "values charter.")
In February alone, a time when Alberta was adding 19,000 jobs, Quebec shed an astounding 25,500 jobs.
Quebec is the extreme example: it's what happens when governments become so hostile to economic freedom that government policy in effect forbids, rather than encourages, the development of resources. It's not coincidental that Alberta and Saskatchewan allow the freedom for their economy to develop and then lead the country in jobs. They would likely do so even without oil and gas.
Canadians across the country should take note of this, beginning with Quebeckers in their upcoming election. Simply put, they can opt for a government that will further the cause of economic freedom, or they can vote for the Parti Quebecois and continue to wonder what went wrong.


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Asura Necromancer (Guild Wars 2) watercolor painting. I really want to rename her but I have no money for the gems. :c I think her name is going to be something like Vixi Codex.
I drew the right arm wrong on the Tier 3 armor but I didn't realize it until after I started painting. Oh well. XD Her little circle thingies bend.
The paper was crap so the colors didn't turn out as well as they could, but I'm still happy I made something. I'll draw art on my nice watercolor paper next time! That and my crappy cel phone photo was a better representation of the colors than the scan. >_<
Here is a photo of it with flash so you can see the crystals in the genuine sugilite paint. Daniel Smith's gemstone paint is a lot of fun! This one used sugilite (purple), black tourmaline (the black of the sythe), and turquoise (there is actually a ton of blue in this pic). You can see how much more vibrant the painting is in person. :c

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Othniel Marsh, one of the founding fathers of paleontology, was active in the late 1800s in finding, gathering, and naming many of the dinosaurs that we know and have in natural history museums today. Marsh competed against paleontologist Cope on who would find the most fossils. This competition led into the battle called the "bone wars".
Because of this Marsh achieved a bit of infamy for placing the wrong head (Skull) on a dinosaur, that of course, being the famous Brontosaurus. The skeleton that was missing a skull came from one quarry, while the skull came from a different dinosaur from a different quarry. Once the correction was made and the correct head was placed on the correct skeleton, the Brontosaurus ceased to exist and the creature was renamed the Apatosaurus.
The story of Brontosaurus begins when Marsh went out west and befriended the Sioux Indians and used them as guides to earn him a Sioux name, "Wicasa Pahi Hohu" which means "man that picks up bones". The Sioux told Marsh a number of particular stories about creatures that they called "thunder beast". When Marsh found the remains of this creature he named it to honor the Sioux tribe. The skeleton was actually that of an Apatosaurus. But Marsh decided to name it Brontosaurus which means "thunder lizard", when he put the wrong skull that was actually a Camarasaurus type skull.
Poor thunder lizard, Brontosaurus has been put to rest and can no longer be found in natural history museums. The dinosaur Apatosaurus which means "deceptive lizard" is what you will see today. Appropriate name for this dinosaur.
For over one hundred years after Brontosaurus was discovered in 1875, it was used in movies, books and even put on a U.S. Postal Service stamp. An oil company name Sinclair Oil even used Brontosaurus as their symbol. Poor Brontosaurus is just a memory now, that was a casualty of the so-called "bone wars".


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Lydia McLaughlin won't be seen when The Real Housewives of Orange County returns later this month on Bravo. The reality star was more of a calm and cool celebrity on the show and offered a different perspective than all the glitz and glamour paraded around by the other stars. While the contrast was interesting, it appears she left because of the flash of the show. According to WetPaint on Friday, Lydia McLaughlin felt continuing on the show would have compromised her values and she didn't want that as part of her life.
There is no doubt that The Real Housewives of Orange County definitely does focus on the money and glitz with the reality stars. Offering up a look at the lavish side of life and taking on problems of rich people, the reason to watch is to check out what those issues might be. However, it appears that's not where Lydia McLaughlin comes from when she focuses on her community. Over the past season fans got to see her level headed antics offered up and she rarely bought into the drama of the other women.
While fans might be shocked that the star walked away from a huge paycheck to stick to her values, it's definitely admirable. The Real Housewives of Orange County might not be the same without Lydia McLaughlin, but the fans know that she really was a gem on the show. Hopefully everyone will get to see her again on another show with a little less drama!


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Tunica County has been chosen to receive $7,584 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.
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The Saunders Trail at Monticello is truly a beautiful trail achievement as it winds its way two miles up Carter Mountain to the entrance to Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. The entire trail never exceeds a five percent incline making it one of the few wheelchair accessible mountain climbs on the planet. The trail starts at the base of Carter Mountain at the Kemper Park and Arboretum. From here the trail winds through native plantings and gradually begins its ascent, passing by a small manmade pond edged with bull rushes that is well worth a closer look. Green herons can be seen stalking small fish along its banks and the rushes usually hold some skulking song and occasional swamp sparrows. The trail was designed to reflect how Thomas Jefferson wanted his home to be approached as he wrote: Of prospect I have a rich profusion ñ it may be successfully offered, & in different portions through vistasÖwith the advantage of shifting scenes as you advance on your way. These shifting scenes are almost continuous, each changing with the gaps in the canopy. The trail continues to ascend up the mountainside through patches of deciduous forest crawling with gray squirrels, Carolina chickadees and tufted titmice. Continue your journey upward as the trail becomes a series of boardwalks that take you high into the forest canopy. This is perhaps the best portion of the trail for birdwatchers since it leads to eye-to-eye contact with many species more usually seen from below. Here American redstarts and white-breasted nuthatches can be watched for hours without straining your neck. Migration is sure to bring in some pleasant surprises with black-throated green, black-throated blue, Cape May warblers and red-eyed vireos all likely to be around. Once you reach Monticello, the older growth forests of Jefferson's era have persevered and host raucous pileated woodpeckers. The forest floor should be checked carefully for wood thrush hopping about in search of worms and other tasty treats. Monticello's mountain top location also provides an ideal opportunity to watch for raptors migrating along the ridgelines. The rising warm air from the valley below makes black and turkey vultures ubiquitous overhead. This sometimes attracts kettles of broad-winged hawks and the occasional osprey, or bald eagle as well.
From I-64 in Charlottesville, take Exit #121 and head south on SR 20 for 0.6 miles to SR 53/Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Turn left on SR 53/Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Go about 300 yards, turn right into trail head parking lot. The entrance to Monticello is approximately 1.5 miles further along SR 53.


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The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday power for cooling systems at three spent fuel pools was still out more than 14 hours after it failed.
The power outage occurred at 6:57 pm Monday (0957 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Co., (TEPCO) said, adding that while engineers did not yet know the cause, there was no immediate danger.
"Electricity has been cut to pools used to cool spent fuel at the reactor 1, 3 and 4 units" as well as to the equipment to treat contaminated discharge including radioactive caesium, TEPCO spokesman Kenichi Tanabe said.
However the incident had not so far affected cooling-water injection to the number 1, 2 and 3 reactors, which suffered core meltdowns soon after the start of the March 2011 nuclear crisis, he said.
The temperature at the pool for spent fuel from reactor number 4 was believed to be the highest and slightly above 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit), still well below the safety limit of 65 degrees, he said, adding it was rising by 0.3-0.4 degrees every hour.
If the system is not restored, it will take four more days for that pool to reach the limit, he said.
"We are trying to restore power by then," he said, adding the deadline would be about 14 days and 26 days for the other two.
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Domestic Violence can be incredibly traumatic for the children who witness it. Through Their Eyes tells the stories -- through artwork and poetry -- of the children in a YWCA Children's Domestic Violence program. The book is also filled with research and statistics on DV as well as strategies for escaping violent situations.
This book is in it's third edition and has been distributed for free around the world. We are currently looking for someone to pay for a large run of this book so we can continue to make it available for free to Domestic Violence programs and other nonprofits.
In the meantime it is available for purchase on blurb.
The YWCA's mission is to advance the quality of life for women of all ages, races and faiths, and their families. In support of this mission, the YWCA provides services to meet critical needs, promote self-sufficiency, reduce violence, eliminate racism and achieve equal opportunities for all people.
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College Hockey:2003-04 Alaska-Fairbanks Season Preview
Two seasons ago, Alaska-Fairbanks head coach Guy Gadowsky publicly thanked two beat writers for being the only members of the media not to pick the Nanooks last in the CCHA preseason media poll.
This year, UAF is picked ninth by the press, eighth by the coaches, and Gadowsky knows that this represents real progress. "We shouldn't forget where we came from. We've come a long way but we know we can go further."
After stunning the CCHA with a fourth-place finish in 2001-02, the Nanooks struggled much of last season, unable to find the right combination of leadership, scoring, and goaltending to make UAF a going concern.
Add the emotional limbo the team suffered waiting to hear word that the bone tumor in sophomore Aaron Voros's leg was benign, and you've got yourself a season that never quite came together.
Gadowsky says that 2003-04 will be different because of the strength of his nine-member senior class. "I think that can be a big difference in the CCHA, not only in terms of experience, but also in leadership."
Perhaps that senior class and the rest of the Nanooks can pick up where they left off, almost. Before losing two games to Michigan State in the first round of the CCHA playoffs last year — one a brutal 11-1 defeat — UAF finished the regular season with a nine-game unbeaten streak (6-0-3). The late-season success was due, in part, to walk-on goaltender Keith Bartusch (2.73 GAA, .912 SV%). Gadowsky calls Bartusch "a great story." The junior had the best numbers of any UAF netminder last year.
So there's leadership. Voros is back. Bartusch may be for real. You can't win if you're up one week and down the next, and someone's got to score some goals. Averaging 2.79 goals per game, the Nanooks were ninth in offensive production last year, and they'll be without Blaine Bablitz, the senior who last year was tied for the team lead in goals scored (14).
"From the impressions I've been getting so far," says Gadowsky, " Ryan Campbell and Cam Keith are going to be relied upon very heavily offensively." On the blueline, Gadowsky calls senior Felipe Larranaga "one of the most exciting to watch" in the league.
The Hook
It's hard to resist the Nanooks. With the exception of that 2001-02 team, they're viewed as a non-threatening underdog, a team that travels great distances to play in the CCHA, the antithesis of big college sports.
It's easy to appreciate what Gadowsky has done with a program that's difficult to recruit to, hard to budget, and so very far away. Besides, even if you're not a UAF fan, you want to follow them to see if that single season was some sort of fluke.
And if you like Canadians, this is your team. There are 21 Canadians on the roster, six from Alberta alone.
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Any one on which Voros is playing. If he returns to form, he'll be offensively explosive and more disciplined than he was his rookie season.
The Sinker
The Nanooks could be the most talented team in the league and still finish in the middle of the pack because of their travel schedule. Gadowsky and the program downplay the effects of having to hike halfway or more across North America for road games, but there's no question that it takes its toll.
Another fly in the Alaskan ointment is the incredible inconsistency the Nanooks displayed last season. Gadowsky counters that "the intangibles" along with the senior class will dispel that little problem, but the kind of magic UAF had in 2001-02 is two years gone.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Yeah, not sure how many times I've labeled a post Day 1. I probably need to get a bit more creative with these things. I'll put that on the to-do list for later tho.
I looked at my last blog entry here and realized it was from the very start of BLC20. We are now nearing the end and I have managed to not stick to my plan. Moving and the loan process became so much more stressful than I had ever imagined and I made a decision for my sanity that trying to deal with perfect eating and working out more just wasn't in the cards. I think I gained a few pounds in there but only a few and now I can happily say that we are in our new house and are past the initial rush of getting settled and while there is still tons to unpack, it's time to start taking care of myself again. I realized that I have signed up to do a half-marathon in May and I am nowhere near ready to do that and training needs to begin now! I'm also really close to hitting black belt at KSW and I want to have that completed in 2013 (earlier rather than later) but I almost passed out at the last black belt test due to lack of cardio conditioning. Not good.
So today I'm starting things back up. Trying to go slowly so as to not injure myself but not so slowly that I get bored and give up. Here's the plan:
Sun: 10min Trainer + C25K
Mon: 10min Trainer + 2hrs KSW
Tues: 10min Trainer + C25K
Wedn: 10min Trainer
Thurs: 10min Trainer + 2hrs KSW
Fri: 10min Trainer + C25K
Sat: 10min Trainer (and possibly 1hr KSW)
We have a recumbent exercise bike now that I may try to set-up to do some light workouts in the evenings or something but still need to get space for that in the garage and we are looking to find a treadmill on Freecycle or Craigslist for the days when the weather isn't cooperating for my C25K.
So today I got up, cleaned and vacuumed the living room and did 10min Cardio with Tony. I figured trying to jump in and do the abs and/or lower body as well was probably pushing it a bit farther than I wanted to since I was doing C25K so I just did the one thing. Going to try and get 2 segments in tomorrow and be doing all 3 segments by the end of the week. We'll see how the plan goes.
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C25K W1D1: 34min, 2.14mi, avg speed 3.77mph
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How do you take youth lessons from ordinary to exciting (and life changing)? Here are six tips, plus list of our most popular lesson ideas.
Select your topic
It is always important for speakers to consider their audience when selecting a topic. Maybe your youth group is going through something collectively. Or maybe your group has been asking questions on a specific topic or you've overheard them talking about a specific issue. Whatever your youth lesson is about, help your students see how it applies to them.
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The goal of a youth Bible lesson is to help students engage with the Word of God. You want to teach them God's truths and how the Bible can relate to their life today. Once your topic has been narrowed down, find the verse(s) that speak to that topic. If you're having a difficult time, try an online Bible topical reference such as Biblegateway.com or Biblos.com.
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The Bible is a timeless, living work inspired by God. Many students wonder, "Does the Bible have anything to say about eating disorders, divorce, or sexting?" The Bible may not have verses that contain the word sexting or casual sex, but there are verses that speak directly to purity, our body as a temple, and guarding our hearts. Take those Biblical principles and tie them into what your students are experiencing today.
Add interesting stories
Jesus was the ultimate story teller and used countless parables to teach the masses. Stories are a great tool because they are memorable and relatable. When you can, use personal stories that tie in to your main topic. Telling your students a story from your past and the lessons you learned is a great way to bring home any concept in your youth lesson.
Conclude with a challenge
Believe it or not, students don't just come to a youth lesson to feel warm and fuzzy. They want to feel challenged, and they want a call to action. They want to know that they can change their world and they are looking to you for direction. Give them a challenge, whether for the next week, month, or year. Give them goals and help them live up to the challenge. Have them commit to something on paper or give them a reminder of their decision. It will help make the commitment tangible and confirm that yes, everyone has the potential to change the world.
Pray, pray, and pray some more
We are nothing without Christ, and our youth group lessons won't go far without the help of the Holy Spirit ;). Pray to ask the Lord for direction while you are planning, and for inspiration while you are teaching. God's heart is to have a deep, personal relationship with each of them, and give them the forgiveness and hope they are hungry for. We are just the vessle of His transforming love!
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This party was for my husband's sweet Grandmother, Roberta who turned 90 this Summer. My mother-in-law envisioned lots of bright floral garden-style decor mixed with a pool side feel, so I did just that. We rented the pool deck at the Historic Santa Maria Inn in Santa Maria, CA and I was assisted by their Event Coordinator, Stephanie Purple, with set up. This party was incredibly fun to shop for with all of the great colors and girly touches. I really wanted to create something with a "90″ in it to honor such a special age so I crafted (from muffin size cupcake tins) one to be the main table centerpiece. I ombred it pink with spray paint and the entire thing cost me $8 and took about an hour from start to finish. My friend Hannah Henry and I worked on the branches that surrounded it, they are made of of scrapbook paper, cut in to leaves with floral wire sandwiched in between them. This was tedious but costs next to nothing if you have even just small scraps of scrapbook paper lying around!
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Other special details from the party included our Family Tree table which had photos of Roberta through the years- as well as her family. They were displayed in antique looking brightly spray painted frames and our version of a guest book (frame matting for a future party photo) was also on the table to be signed.
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The next future-shaping invention is three-dimen- sional printing, and Youngs-town has a front-row seat for this global game-changer.
Additive manufacturing is another name for 3-D printing, and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute — a public-private group whose goal is to accelerate use of the technology — is headquartered here.
But how many people actually know what 3-D printing is?
To spread awareness and enthusiasm, the McDonough Museum of Art has put together an exhibition that will explain the new technology and its uses. Titled "Re-Shaping Ideas: Ingenuity in 3-D Technology," the exhibition opens Friday and runs through Aug. 2.
The McDonough is part of Youngstown State University, which is partnering for the exhibition with NAMII and Applied Systems and Technology Transfer (known as AST2), a tech firm in the Youngstown Business Incubator.
The best way to understand 3-D printing is to see it in action, and the public will be able to do just that. An interactive lab will be set up in one gallery where visitors can design a component — a gear — on a computer and then watch it being printed. The gears then will be placed on a collage mounted in the gallery.
Leslie Brothers, director of the McDonough, said the interactive lab will be aimed at schools, summer camps and other educational outlets, and time slots will have to be reserved. A reservation system will be set up and publicized.
The general public, of course, also is welcome, and Brothers expects a lot of interest.
"People who are unfamiliar with 3-D printing will be amazed," said Brothers.
The entire museum will be devoted to the exhibition. The other four galleries will feature:
A 70-foot time line that graphically depicts the history of 3-D printing, from its development in 1984, to its rapid rise in 2010, to the present.
A theater that will show a series of interviews with industry leaders and other experts.
Oversized photographic representations that show where research will take 3-D printing in the future.
Video shorts on the technology.
Despite its futuristic concept — it seems like science fiction — 3-D printing is exactly what it sounds like.
The "printer" uses a computer-guided stylus that — on a small level — is similar in appearance and function to a household computer printer. As it springs to life and starts moving around, it melts and lays into place a stream of liquefied plastic, ceramic or metal that is fed to it via a tube. Any material that can be melted can be used in 3-D printing.
The stylus moves exactly as the computer tells it to move, busily and quickly, like a spider spinning a web. And when it's done, an object exists.
That aspect of it — creating something out of nothing — is what makes it seem like magic.
And it's also what gives the technology its formal name: additive manufacturing.
It's the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, which is when you start with an existing material and take away from it until the desired result is attained. Woodcarving is a simple example.
In additive manufacturing, you start with nothing and add only what is needed to create the desired result.
Brothers is enthused when talking about the new technology and the city's key role in its development.
"Youngstown was once a center for manufacturing and having NAMII here will make it so again," the museum director said. NAAMI was founded last year and is located in a building on West Boardman Street, downtown.
At this point in its development, 3-D printing is really most useful as a prototype maker, said Mark Baka of AST2.
Precise designs for an endless array of products can be created on a computer screen and then printed. Once this development step is complete, traditional manufacturing methods can be used to mass produce the prototype.
Creating a prototype on a 3-D printer is much less expensive and time-consuming, said Baka, noting that this rapid turnaround and lower cost will be a boon to industry. A few examples of industries that can benefit from the technology are auto parts, medical equipment, human prosthetics and clothing. But the possibilities are endless, he said.
As the printers become smaller and less expensive, they eventually will become standard fixtures in every home, said Baka. They already are available in stores and from online retailers.
Costume jewelry, plastic silverware and ad hoc repairs are just a few examples of in-home consumer uses.
"When it gets to the point where everybody has one, that's when everything will change," said Brothers.
3-D printing is now available to manufacture guns.
Individuals who cannot pass a background check will be able to make their own gun.
I don't get all the ballyhoo, this is just rapid prototyping that has been around for years. Other than the custom pieces like the one made to ease the breathing difficulties of that little boy it is limited. Of course it has already become a political football ( the FDA had to be petitioned to get out of the way to allow the Docs to save that little boy) and now the Great Plastic Gun Debate begins. We are the victims of our own hyperbole.
What has changed since 1984 is the additional materials and methods. The early prototypers added thin layers of plaster of paris, so the resulting objects were weak.
Then we added the capability to layer up various plastics.
And now we can sinter together bits of metal alloy powder. They're still not as durable as some kinds of metals, though, cast, forged and then milled to spec... but it's usually faster and cheaper... and the metals are getting better.
There was a young girl who was fitted with custom cyborg arms, someone else a couple years back got an artificial jaw-bone. With 3-D laser scanning and prototyping, such customization is much easier than it used to be. You could use it to make individual teeth, for instance. You can use it to scan fossil bones and fit the pieces together using a combination of automation software and intuitive manipulation... without damaging the originals.
Nearly a century ago, they were manufacturing hand-guns using layers of sheet-metal, cut and then riveted together... but people were used to that. The hoplophobes have to keep seeking new ways to shock the gullible out of their reason.


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U.S. Economic Growth Stalls. GDP data for Q4 was released this morning showing that the U.S. economy has come to a standstill. Q3 GDP came in at 3.1% and economists had estimated that Q4 GDP would slow to 1.1%. The actual Q4 GDP growth came in at -0.1% far off economist estimates and well below Q3 number. The poor data will come ahead of a FOMC policy to be announced later today. Economists expect the Fed to maintain its asset buying at $85B a month and keep its commitment to hold interest rates close to zero until unemployment drops to 6.5%.
EMC (EMC): Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their rating from Neutral to Buy and placed a target price of $30.00 on the company. Pre-market: 24.37 +0.19 (0.79%)
Viacom (VIAB): Cowen raised their rating from Neutral to Outperform.
Amazon.com (AMZN): CLSA lowered their rating from Outperform to Buy and lowered their target price from $290.00 to $265.00. Pre-market: 282.61 +22.26 (8.55%)
Exxon Mobil (XOM): Macquarie lowered their rating from Outperform to Neutral and lowered their target price from $101.00 to $99.00. Pre-market: 91.37 -0.39 (-0.43%)
Ford Motor Co (F): Craig-Hallum lowered their rating from Buy to Hold and maintained a target price of $14.00 on the company. Pre-market: 13.04 -0.10 (-0.76%)
Ford Motor Co (F): CLSA lowered their rating from Outperform to Underperform and lowered their target price from $15.00 to $14.00. Pre-market: 13.04 -0.10 (-0.76%)
Harley Davidson (HOG): Goldman Sachs lowered their rating from Buy to Neutral and lowered their target price from $58.00 to $54.00. Pre-market: 53.73 -0.79 (-1.45%)
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So what's Twitch.tv and why is it worth $1-billion?
Twitch.tv is a streaming video website that allows gamers to broadcast themselves. So if you were playing a game and wanted to show off your skills to an audience you can sign up for the website. The site also streams some of the largest video game tournaments like the international which has a prize purse 4 times larger than the Kentucky Derby.
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It's always a good idea to add various types of exercises together, from time to time. Mixed Martial Artists and other professional athletes involve themselves in cross training activities regularly. It helps them to gain a physical advantage in competition. Cross-training is a safe and effective way to train. Using just one set of muscles repeatedly can increase your risk of repetitive injury. Keeping cross training in your routine can keep you injury free. Your body will not get time to adapt to this style of training. Cross-training will keep you primed to different activities, so your body doesn't get lazy doing the same thing day after day. Also, cross-training activities are great cardiovascular workouts, they can build your cardiovascular endurance similar to running. For example; you can weight train one day, then the next day do sprints. Play basketball, then next day do a body resistance exercises and so on. Mixing up various exercises and altering your routine from time to time will not only keep you motivated but will give you a fuller total body workout. Have fun with your workouts by cross-training your body will appreciate the results.
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In the song "Blue Jay Way" from the Beatles, we've got the following lyrics :
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
I'm (obviously) not a native English speaker but the first sentence seems right to me but the second one seems pretty weird because of the subject of the imperative sentence being explicitly given.
Is the second one just as right as the first one? Is it just a songwriter trick to get the good number of syllables? Is it something specific to the scouse?
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IRVINE, Calif.-- Bobby Bollier finished fourth in the 200-meter butterfly and Stanford alum, Randall Bal was eighth in the 100 backstroke to highlight the Cardinal on day two of the National Championships.
Bollier's time of 1:57.47 was fourth in the butterfly, as he also reached the B Finals of the 200 freestyle, but elected not to swim in the earlier event. Teammate David Mosko just missed his second "A" Finals in as many days, settling for a win of the "B" Finals of the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:58.21. Mosko was .25 seconds behind eighth place in the morning preliminaries of the event.
Bal, who last swam for Stanford in 2003, was eighth in the "A" Finals of the 100 back with a time of 55.18. Eugene Godsoe, this year's Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year, was 11th overall, reaching the "B" Finals with a time of 55.15.
Also reaching a finals was Morgan Priestley, as he was 18th overall, reaching the "C" Finals with a mark of 1:50.57
It was a quiet day for the Stanford women as Betsy Webb (100 back), Kate Dwelley (400 free) and Kelsey Ditto (400 free) all reached "C" Finals.
The event runs through Saturday and live coverage is available on swimnetwork.com and NBC on August 7 and 8. Most trials begin at 9 a.m with finals starting at 6 p.m. Results from this event will help choose the American team to compete at the Pan Pacific Championships starting on August 18.
Stanford Athletes in the Top-24
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Complete Results: http://www.star-meets.org/results/Nats/2010/
400 Free: La Tourette (A Finals, 4th, 3:48.76), Mosko (A Finals, 7th, 3:52.64)
100 Breast: Lovelace (A Finals, 6th, 1:01.72), Criste (C Finals, 24th, 1:03.90)
200 Free: Priestley (C Finals, 18th, 1:50.57)
100 Back: Bal (A Finals, 8th, 55.18), Godsoe (B Finals, 11th, 55.15)
200 Fly: Bollier (A Finals, 4th, 1:57.47), Mosko (B Finals, 9th, 1:58.21)
What to Watch For This Week (Top-30 Ranked Competitors)
100 Fly (Bollier (8th), Simpkins (11th), Godsoe (21st)
50 Free: Muhammad (7th), Allen (18th), Wayne (30th)
100 Free: Allen (18th), Wayne (23rd)
200 IM: Thompson (14th), Lovelace (21st)
200 Back: Thopson (10th), Godsoe (21st)
200 Breast: Lovelace (3rd), Criste (7th)
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Hey Precious, How are your new T distractors working for you? My self treatments are still doing well. My treatments are the demag, suppliments, no diet pop or artifical sweeteners, reading and studying inspirational literature. All details and progress in my journals. Please let us know how your distractors are working for you. Thanks.
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Hi prec3,
Many run into Arches, specifically, as it's one of the most aggressively marketed T products online but I've not personally known anyone to benefit from it.
Not arches specifically, but many such companies know it pays to be in the top results on google, and are usually just buisiness oriented (looking for some extra bucks), not scientific establishments who've ever researched tinnitus. They put their efforts and funds into marketing, not research.
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I'm wishing you very well with the Distractors, please let us know how they work for you whenever you can. Thanks a bunch.
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I have tryed several supplements - lipoflavoid, sonarx, ginko,... and found no benefit from these for my T. I do get an email newsletter from Arches Tinnitus Relief and it does have some good information.
I've been a regular on this site for about a year now and have not come across anyone who has benefitted from these types of products.
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Thanks for the info on Arches. I should have waited 1 more day to order. I ordered the B-12 lozenges and T Relief Formula. As far as the distractor, I like it except it really does not drown out the T but when the noise is really bad, the softer noise helps and it fits in ear. It comes with several tips to fit ears. What are we going to do??
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I realize that nothing works for everybody but I had real success with Arches Tinnitus Relief Formula but it did take time to work... almost 3 months. I was prepared for that though - since they told me that on their website. So you may have some success Precious but they say you need to try 4 bottles to be able to determine total effectiveness. Hope it works for you too.
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Unscrupulous people with commercial interest in products frequently drop into internet threads posing as sufferers to say "it worked for me, you just need to buy more".
The red flag is always the same: No one recognizes them.
The poster has no friends on their DS friends list, no pictures, no hugs, no comments on other threads, no comments on others' pictures, they refer to the product in full commercial name with capitals per each word and post their "it worked for me" message on or around the same day they joined.
The ATA does not acknowledge Arches as a viable treatment. Incidentally, their research department is available mon-fri (800) 634-8978
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Well I am a real person and I came across your group on a tinnitus search. My mistake.
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I've been a regular on this site for about a year. There have been a few success stories about certain products and devices that have seemed suspicious - mostly under the profile that Snowrider described.
Welcome to the group. I hope you stay with us. I'm glad you've had success with the Arches Tinnitus Relief. Do you have to continue taking this after several months?
Again, please understand and pardon our suspicions.
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Thanks JohnK for the support. I've never done this before and not to sure of all the proper protocols.
To answer your question, yes unfortunately i have to keep taking it. It is a maintenance program otherwise they'd have something of "cure." For me my T went down by at least half, after a few months - still some days are better that others. I tried stopping once and the noise went back to previous levels. A buddy of mine tried it (on my suggestion) with no success, but to their credit they told him it doesn't work for everybody - but he tried 4 bottles anyway (their recommendation) .
Me, I'm in my 56 and got T over time playing in rock bands in my youth and standing way to close to the speakers - mine and others. It got progressively worse as I aged to the point of insanity. It much better now - can at least get to sleep easier, though I had kiss a few frogs before I found results from Arches. But that's me.
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We have a server (written in C and C++) that currently catches a SEGV and dumps some internal info to a file. I would like to generate a core file and write it to disk at the time we catch the SEGV, so our support reps and customers don't have to fuss with ulimit and then wait for the crash to happen again in order to get a core file. We have used the abort function in the past, but it is subject to the ulimit rules and doesn't help.
We have some legacy code that reads /proc/pid/map and manually generates a core file, but it is out of date, and doesn't seem very portable (for example, I'm guessing it would not work in our 64 bit builds). What is the best way to generate and dump a core file in a Linux process?


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Chloe predicts a soft and romantic spring and summer 2013! Clare Waight Keller showed a collection full of ruffles, flower appliqué, mesh-like overlay and sheer panels for a feminine and playful collection. The colors dominated with soft neutrals. I always liked this classy look and you cannot go wrong with this one! The neutral colors makes it easy to match and mix with (almost) any wardrobe!
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Ford Motor Company has announced today that its all-new 2012 Ford Focus will be the first vehicle to have customized protection in frontal and side crashes.
The driver's airbag is designed to reduce chest and rib injuries by using an innovative tether system that pulls in the lower section of the airbag to reduce the impact of the airbag on the driver's chest and ribs when involved in a frontal crash.
The front passenger should not feel left out because the passenger airbag features adaptive venting technology which, depending on seat position, will vent away some of the gas from the inflator, thereby reducing its force.
The Focus' side airbags also have venting to help out smaller passengers while larger passengers, such as yours truly, will block the vents with their shoulders and thereby create a higher pressure in the airbag.
Ford says that this new safety new technology will appear on other Ford vehicles in the next few years. Included with the article is a slideshow explaining in detail how the airbags work. There is also a video of the airbag in action. As a bonus, there is a video linked here that shows the 2012 Ford Focus driving around.
When we were shown the all-new Focus at a preview event back in December of 2009, I asked one of the Ford representatives if the Focus will equal the Chevrolet Cruze's 10 airbag count. All I could get out of them at the time was "It will be competitive." At this point, I am still unclear what the exact airbag count of the 2012 Focus will be.


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Iranian Soccer Team's Subtle Statement of Solidarity
The Iranian soccer team's World Cup qualifier against South Korea didn't end as the team might've hoped. That 1-1 draw and North Korea's later 0-0 tie against Saudi Arabia eliminated Iran from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Of course, that's not the biggest issue facing Iran at the moment, but members of the Iranian soccer team appeared to make themselves part of the political protests in their home country by donning green wristbands and undershirts during Wednesday's game. The players — anywhere between five and eight, depending on which article you read — were told to remove the offending items at halftime, but photos of the team were showing up just a couple hours later in Tehran, in the hands of the pro-democracy protesters marching in support of opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
"The history of sport is littered with symbolic political gestures, but few have been as brave as the stand taken by some players on Iran's national soccer team," Time's Glen Levy writes. "The match was broadcast live on Iranian state television with millions in the soccer-mad nation tuning in. Both the players and coaching staff surely knew that their protest would be big news in Iran."
In the Israeli paper Haaretz, not usually a hotbed of pro-Iranian sentiment, Bradley Burston cheers the team's bravery. "When the national soccer team, the sporting love of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's life, took the field in Seoul, and when Iranian state television showed the team captain and most of the squad wearing wrist and arm bands in the green of the reformists, the players knew that there was much more at stake — at risk — for them personally, than whether they would defeat South Korea and advance to a place in the World Cup," Burton writes. "But the team had already clinched a victory of momentous proportion. They are quiet lions. They are, in every sense of the word, champions. I never thought I'd be rooting for Iran. But I'm pulling for them now, hard as I can."
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With the sun shining and a light breeze, Bethpage Black is not a terribly forgiving golf course. When it's pouring rain, as it was on Thursday … well, then it's literally unplayable. The first day of play at the U.S. Open was suspended due to rain on Thursday, with more rain — and possibly more delays — to come in days ahead. "It's never a good sign when weather experts not only advise golf fans to bring along umbrellas and galoshes, but suggest they wear latex, not Gore-tex," Steve Elling writes at CBS Sports. "As it stands, the future looks so wet for the 109th U.S. Open, they should be advising fans to build arks and pair off in twos. For those hoping to see the conclusion, extending their hotel reservation another day might be a good idea, too."
The USGA has a grounds crew of 220, numerous specialized tools (greens squeegees — they exist), and a pair of meteorologists on site. But as Bill Pennington writes in the New York Times, there's only so much that can be done to protect an outdoor golf course from the elements.
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The Los Angeles Lakers held their NBA championship parade on Wednesday. While the event was not without drama — the city of Los Angeles announced it couldn't afford the parade, which led to private backers ponying up the cash to make it possible — it was still missing a certain something. That is, it was missing the distinctively un-funky stylings of ex-Lakers forward Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen, who became a cult hero by dorking up a storm at Lakers victory parades in 2001 and '02. In the Los Angeles Times, Madsen, now a reserve for the Minnesota Timberwolves, dishes on how he stole consecutive championship parades. "I didn't want my dancing to be too bad, so I tried to make it too conservative," Madsen writes. "So, well, I made it too conservative." That's a question of perspective, though. Some of us might see this display as not nearly conservative enough.
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It's not Brandon Morrow's fault that the Seattle Mariners chose him fifth overall in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, four spots before San Francisco picked University of Washington product and 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. In Tacoma's News Tribune, John McGrath argues that Morrow's struggles since then are mostly the fault of a Mariners organization that has seemingly done everything wrong in developing this talented young pitcher, who will take the mound for his second 2009 start Thursday after bombing as Seattle's closer early in the season. "Think about this: Since May 14, Morrow has pitched as much as the 170-pound Harvey Haddix pitched one night in 1959, when the Pittsburgh left-hander retired 36 hitters in a row before an error broke up the perfecto and a homer by the Braves' Joe Adcock ended [the] game," McGrath writes. " 'I could have put a cup of coffee on either side of the plate,' Haddix said later, 'and hit it.' Hitting a cup of coffee set up on either side of the plate, that's the art of pitching. Morrow needs to practice his art in [Triple-A] Tacoma, but he won't be able to practice it until the Mariners understand that the major leagues are no place for a student, no matter how gifted, to learn his craft."
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You might think that the story of disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy has been told already — that is, that he's a gambling addict who either did or did not fix games, was caught, was sentenced to prison and served his time, full stop. It's understandable that you might think that, but such a simple and eminently deserved potential ending is prevented by Donaghy's considerable hunger for continued attention — in this case, by attempting to drum up interest in a tell-all book — and the acumen of Executive Prison Consultants, the consulting/PR group he's retained on his behalf. At Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel examines the latest labored gasps from a person who has gone in a little over a year from a possible symbol of the NBA's crumbling fortunes to just another sub-Octomom fameball.
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While the eventual winner will enter the writer's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, preliminary nominations for baseball's J.G. Taylor Spink award don't usually draw that much attention. The nomination of former Associated Press reporter Steve Wilstein is different. "Here, potentially, is the ultimate — and fitting — commentary on the 1998 home run extravaganza that supposedly saved Major League Baseball from its self-inflicted collective bargaining wounds of four years earlier," Harvey Araton writes in the New York Times. "The reporter who doused the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa celebration of strength with a long article that raised a short question — is it real? — has a chance to be voted into the Hall of Fame before either of the now-shamed sluggers."
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The last time Rick Maese was mentioned in this space, he was one of three Baltimore Sun employees being fired by cellphone while in the press box covering an Orioles game. He's back with a fascinating story in Sports Illustrated about Baltimore product Donte Greene, who left Syracuse after his freshman season and had a humbling rookie season with the Sacramento Kings in 2008-09. Personal, poignant and impeccably researched, it's the sort of article that would've been great in, for instance, the Baltimore Sun. It's beyond your Fixer's limited ken to dispense prescriptions on how print journalism might save itself, but dropping the up-to-the-minute stuff (where the Internet is pretty much always going to win) and focusing on analysis and carefully crafted, in-depth, local-interest stories such as this one doesn't seem like that bad of an idea, right?
– Tip of the Fix cap to readers Brendan Flynn and Don Hartline and fellow Fixer Garey Ris.
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Most people go to the Farmers' Market to get fresh, healthy produce like veggies to put into a salad, or apples to have at breakfast. After reading through Farmers' Market Desserts ($18), all those people are going to look at produce in a whole new way. From here on out, the Farmers' Market will be about what's in season to make the most scrumptious, decadent treat - not which veggie to serve as a side dish with grilled chicken!
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|Potamogeton crispus L.
|Synonym(s): curly-leaved pondweed, curly pondweed
Curlyleaf pondweed is a perennial, submerged, aquatic herb that is native to Eurasia. Leaves are sessile, oblong, stiff, 1.6-3.9 in. (4-10 cm) long, 0.2-0.4 in. (5-10 mm) wide, translucent and have noticeably curly margins (resemble lasagna noodles). Flowering occurs in the summer to early fall, when emergent flowers develop. Flowers are brown, inconspicuous and wind pollinated. Fruits are flat with a pointed beak and are 0.2 in. (4-6mm) long. In the midsummer plants form turions (vegetative buds), from which new growth starts in fall or winter. Curlyleaf pondweed tolerates fresh or slightly brackish water and can grow in shallow, deep, still or flowing water. Plants can grow in clear or turbid water, but are mostly shade intolerant. Plants were introduced to the United States, possibly as a hitchhiker on boats, in the mid-1800s.
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Interpendence continued – the story of the Swiss Cottage.
One of the most gorgeous buildings I have ever seen is the [Swiss Cottage](http://www.12travel.ie/ie/attractions/swisscottage.html"SC") near Cahir in County Tipperary. It was built around 1810, and is a fine example of cottage orné, a style that was particularly fashionable among the well-to-do at the time. The cottage was originally part of the estate of Lord and Lady Cahir, and used for entertaining guests. As well as being a fine example of gorgeous architecture, it also offers a very useful allegory for the concept of Interdependence I wrote about yesterday in my review of the recent NEF report on the subject.


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Nyctereutes procyonoides
|Scientific Name:
|Nyctereutes procyonoides
|Species Authority:
|(Gray, 1834)
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|There are six recognized subspecies: albus, koreensis, orestes, procyonoides, ussuriensis and viverrinus.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Kauhala, K. & Saeki, M.
|Sillero-Zubiri, C. & Hoffmann, M. (Canid Red List Authority)
The Raccoon Dog has been widely introduced. It is now widespread in northern and eastern Europe as well as in its native East Asian countries. Abundance is unknown in the Far East outside of Japan where it is common. The species is not considered threatened at present.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The historical distribution of this species was the Far East, from northern Indochina to the southeast corner of Russia, also in Mongolia. In the Japanese Archipelago, the species was confined to Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Awaji island, Sado island and other islets of Japan except those south of Kyushu (e.g., Okinawa islands, Nansei islands, Miyako islands and Ogasawara islands). There has been a recent introduction in Yakushima island (S. Azuma pers. comm.)
Today, the species has been widely introduced. It is now widespread in northern and eastern Europe, thriving in moist forests with abundant undergrowth. The northern limit of distribution lies in areas where the mean temperature of the year is just above 0°C, the snow cover about 800 mm, the duration of the snow cover 175 days and the length of the growing season 135 days (for example, in Finland the northern limit of permanent distribution is between 65°N and the Arctic Circle). If winters become milder, the raccoon dog may expand its range northwards.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:China; Japan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Mongolia; Russian Federation (Amur, Central European Russia - Introduced, Chita, East European Russia - Introduced, Khabarovsk, North European Russia - Introduced, Northwest European Russia - Introduced, Primoryi, South European Russia - Introduced); Viet Nam
Introduced:Austria; Belarus; Czech Republic; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine
Present - origin uncertain:Uzbekistan
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|Abundance is unknown in the Far East outside of Japan where it is common. Population estimates have never been
conducted in the latter country, but indirect indices (e.g., road-kills per km of the National Expressways and harvest
density per prefecture), suggest that relative abundance is high in south-western parts of Japan (i.e., Kyushu, Shikoku, and Chugoku) and low in Hokkaido, Chubu, and extremely urban areas (M. Saeki and D.W. Macdonald
unpubl.). See also Sillero-Zubiri et al. (2004; Table 5.4.2).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Two features are typical of the habitat of Raccoon Dogs: 1) they are often found near water; and 2) during autumn they are more or less dependent on fruits and berries, which affects their habitat selection. In Japan, Raccoon Dog habitat includes deciduous forests, broad-leaved evergreen forests, mixed forests, farmlands, and urban areas from coastal to subalpine zones. In the countryside, the species prefers herbaceous habitat and uses less Cryptomeria plantation throughout year, while riparian areas are often used (M. Saeki and D.W. Macdonald, unpubl.). In urban areas, Raccoon Dogs inhabit areas with as little as 5% forest cover. In the Russian Far East, the Raccoon Dog favours open landscape, especially damp meadows and agricultural land and avoids dark forests (Judin 1977).
In the introduced range, Raccoon Dogs favour moist forests and shores of rivers and lakes, especially in early summer (Korneev 1954; Nasimovic and Isakov 1985; Kauhala 1996). In late summer and autumn, they favour moist heaths with abundant berries (Morozov 1947; Kauhala 1996). In the Finnish archipelago, however, they favour barren pine forests where they feed on crowberries (Empetrum nigrum) (Kauhala and Auniola 2000).
|Major Threat(s):
Road kills, persecution, government attitudes, epidemics (scabies, distemper and rabies) and pollution (organtins, lead, PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs) remain the major threats to the species across its range.
The Russians introduced Raccoon Dogs into the wild in the European part of the former Soviet Union because they wanted to establish a valuable new fur animal in the wild. Raccoon Dog furs continue to be commercially sold, although today they are produced in fur farms. While the species is still commonly farmed for fur in Finland, Raccoon Dogs are no longer farmed in Sweden (J.-O. Helldin pers. comm.) or Hungary, where the last fur farm was closed in 1995 (M. Heltai pers. comm.). In Japan, Raccoon Dog fur is also used in the production of calligraphic brushes, stuffed animals, and other products.
|Conservation Actions:
Not listed in the CITES Appendices.
Raccoon dogs occur in national parks and other wildlife protection areas in Japan, where hunting and some other activities are prohibited. Raccoon dogs occur in national parks also in Finland (although they are hunted in some parks). Elsewhere across their range, they occur in numerous protected areas and wildlife sanctuaries.
In many countries where the Raccoon Dog is legally hunted, hunting is permitted year round (e.g., Sweden, Hungary and Poland). However, in Finland, females with pups are protected in May, June and July, and in Belarus hunting is allowed from 1 October to the end of February. In Japan, hunting/trapping of the species requires a licence or other form of permission and can only occur within the designated hunting season (November 15 to February 15). The raccoon dog on Mukojima island (18.4 km²), Hiroshima prefecture, is designated as a natural monument under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, and permission from the Director-General of the Agency of Cultural Affairs is required for capturing the animals on the island.
There have been no conservation measures developed for the raccoon dog to date.
In Japan, around 40 zoos hold captive animals and successful breeding has been reported (e.g., Kobe Municipal Zoo). Captive raccoon dogs still exist on fur farms in Finland.
|Kauhala, K. & Saeki, M. 2008. Nyctereutes procyonoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T14925A4475530. . Downloaded on 29 June 2016.
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Ian Somerhalder And Ana Beatriz Barros Heat Things Up During Azzaro Perfume Shoot
So I guess we know now why Ian Somerhalder is in Lake Cumo, Italy. The Vampire Diaries star is shooting an ad campaign for Azzaro perfume with model Ana Beatriz Barros.
Ian might as well enjoy his time in Italy because he's due back on set to begin filming the latest season of The Vampire Diaries.
[midpostembed id="9747744″ type="gallery" title="ian somerhalder on lake cuomo"]Ian took to Instagram to celebrate another Teen Choice Awards nomination. Check out the photo he posted below, then launch the gallery to click through all the pics of Ian and Ana.
Damon and I have 3 because you all rock-maybe 4 in a little while if you want:) Not sure when voting ends but I think it's soon -Hopefully see you soon you bad-ass teens. Love, Damon Salvatore& Ian Somerhalder by @iansomerhalder
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