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Kentucky behavioral health professionals participate in Operation Immersion at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Nov. 14-16, 2012. The goal of the event was to reduce stigmas attached to Service Members receiving behavioral health care and increase the quality of such care in Kentucky. (Kentucky National Guard photo by Cody Stagner, KYNG Medical Outreach Coordinator/Released)
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Saving the planet one step at a time
Have you heard of climate change?
Temperatures are getting higher. Storms are getting worse. Ice is melting and sea levels are rising. Portions of the coast of Bangladesh are likely to go underwater, lost forever. Millions will become homeless. The ability of the earth to sustain people is threatened.
Why is climate change happening?
Because people are burning up fossil fuels (diesel, petrol, natural gas, coal) at such rapid rates that future generations are now threatened.
Is it possible to slow climate change?
Yes, but we cannot continue to waste time. Carbon dioxide levels are rising rapidly. That is where the number 350 comes in. If we can limit CO2 in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million then we can avoid the worst of the harm to come.
Is there anything we can do?
No one person cam stop climate change but everyone contributes something significant. We can slow out own use of fossil fuels by walking and cycling and taking cycle rickshaws rather than using motorized transport. We can reduce our use of electricity. We can avoid, as a nation, burning coal (pure carbon) or selling it to others to burn. We can encourage the government to act to encourage reductions in fuel use and to encourage walking, cycling, and rickshaws.
This will mean making some changes. Fortunately most of those changes are likely to
increase rather than reduce our quality of life. Imagine being able to cycle safely in
Dhaka. Imagine the air being fresh and clean. Imagine children and youth being able to play in side streets. If we move our focus from cars to people, from traveling long
distances to accessing basic needs close to home, we can reduce congestion and all the misery it causes, We can have more time with family and for the other important parts of life.
Remember 350 is not just a number. It is not just an ideal. It is something we can all work to make a reality.
Syed Saiful Alam
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10 days at school now..
the real percent of what i've learned in this week and a half: 5% (or so)!
again, this is possible thanks to the federal system and our great teachers!
everyday i have a free/dead time in the middle of my day.. which allow me to move freely around my school and take pictures.. or just sit somewhere and die from doing nothing or really just procrastinate in my computer.
at least today i went with my friends to this really nice park and we played in this big tree, we felt like little kids again :D ill post pictures later :B
River Oaks specializes in the treatment of mental illness. We treat children and adolescents with mental illness as well as adults with addictions, eating disorders and trauma based disorders.
Part of a series of photos taken for my colleague Prof. Doug Levey for the PR surrounding their paper in PNAS about mockingbird recognition of individual people, not just people in general. This photo went out on the wire and was published in a number of newspapers, including USA Today (see scan of article).
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The story is....on my husband's sandtrap, there hover many, many, many little black striped flying things that look like bees...but they are very passive...they just hover. they have little holes dug out of the sand, which they keep very neat and tidy....then along comes this BIG galoot....all bright orange and yellow, and when it flies in, it gets the little black striped guys all crazy. They actually dive bomb it, trying to knock it down to the ground. After a few close calls the big orange and yellow one enters the little cave...then backs out with it's front arms carrying a wad of dirt, which it proceeds to smooth out in front of the hole...it does this several times before flying off for a few moments and then comes back and the process begins all over again!! i am now going to bed...i am going to pull out my insect book (I am such a nerd!!) and find out what this is all about!! Once again the 3 year old me needs to know "WHY?"!!
NHC ABC Board Meeting - July 21, 2015 - Wilmington, NC
The New Hanover County ABC Board held their regular meeting on July 21, 2015 at the ABC Administration Building in Wilmington, NC. Following the meeting, ABC Board Members welcomed Chairman of the North Carolina ABC Commission, James C. Gardner to speak to the group about the Talk It Out campaign.
About Talk it Out from talkitoutnc.org -
In May 2014, Governor Pat McCrory issued an executive order establishing the Governor’s Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force.
The North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission was charged with directly addressing the issue, and established the North Carolina Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking. The Initiative immediately undertook first-of-its-kind quantitative and qualitative research throughout the state to understand the magnitude of the problem and the mindset of parents and children.
Getting people in North Carolina to address the dangers of underage drinking — and to change behavior that many mistakenly believe is harmless — is no small task.
That’s why we’re committed to using every resource at our disposal and working with as many like-minded partners as possible, to talk about a problem that’s been swept under the rug for far too long. We can start the conversation. We can begin to change minds. We can protect North Carolina’s children. Together, we can solve this problem.
Through our research, we confirmed that there is, in fact, a problem: Too many kids are drinking. Too many parents are unaware of the scope. Neither group feels comfortable dealing with the issue or has a good handle on the facts.
But we also identified a solution: Kids want and expect to hear from their parents. Parents want to be better prepared. And better communication can go a long way toward reducing underage drinking.
That’s why Talk It Out exists — to fill the gap with real information and honest discussion. And to start the long, challenging process of reducing underage drinking, and all the harm it causes in North Carolina.
About James C. Gardner, from talkitoutnc.org -
Governor Pat McCrory appointed James C. Gardner to serve as chairman of the North Carolina ABC Commission in February 2013. Chairman Gardner serves as the leader of the NC Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking, as well as the co-chair (along with Secretary Perry of the Department of Public Safety) of the Governor’s Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force.
Chairman Gardner has served as a United States Congressman and Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. He is also a military veteran with service in the United States Army.
He was co-founder and executive vice president of Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. and vice president of Gardner Dairy Products.
Chairman Gardner is a native and current resident of Rocky Mount. He was educated in the public schools of Rocky Mount and at North Carolina State University. He and his wife, Marie, have three children and nine grandchildren.
Phone: 919-779-0700
Email: jim.gardner@abc.nc.gov
10-18-2022 Secretary of Health & Human Services Xavier Becerra SAMSHA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Press Conference
Harbor seals are NOT sociable. When they haul out, they do so in groups, but keep their distance, a meter ( a yard) or so. Too close, and there is growling and flipper flapping, lunging and baring of teeth, and this youngster gets the word. Thanks to seaworld.org for the insights into the harbor seal behavior I recorded.
attends the celebration for Mindless Behavior's #1 Girl album release with an in-store signing and performance on September 22, 2011 in Universal City City.
Not sure whether this is pursuit for sex or a battle for flower-feeding territory. Many of the Anise Swallowtails at this place have shredded wings. To me it seems more like a fight.
MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA
This is a Tutelina elegans male, the jumping spider with the weird "eyebrows". After spotting this ant, in order to get to it, the spider took a route behind a stem, peered around the stem and then finally started to make his move.
But having snuck up on this meal, he was hesitant to pounce. At first I thought the spider hesitated because the spider was not very smart and a bit of a bumbler.
After some research, it looks like the ant could be an acrobat ant (Crematogaster). After noticing the spider, the ant went into "alarm posture" www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/.... I can't say for sure what the ant is thinking but wikipedia says: "When in conflict, acrobat ants can release a venom by flexing their abdominal regions. The effectiveness of the venom varies greatly with the opposer to the ant." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crematogaster
After capturing the ant, the Tutelina did what seemed to be a "happy dance", at times putting one or both front legs up, or hoisting the ant into the air. I've never seen a spider emote in such a way so maybe the "dance" served some other purpose.
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Found in a field down the street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Id corrections appreciated.
My #40 spider for this year.
The fish has entered the hoop – there are two infrared lights and receptor (creating a beam) that will be broken as his body enters. This is how our computer system detects the hoop swim.
Most of the range mapped for this species is in the Sonoran Desert of AZ... it may be found in about half of the state. It is regular in the Tucson area in both urban and desert settings. I believe this one to be male. I find them not too skittish... just move slowly when positioning for shots.
IMG_0938; Desert Spiny Lizard
Reproductive behavior and life history
Steller Sea Lions congregate on rocks in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia Steller Sea Lions congregate on rocks in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia
Reproductively mature male sea lions aggregate in May on traditional, well-defined reproductive rookeries, usually on beaches on isolated islands. The larger, older males establish and defend distinct territories on the rookery. A week or so later, adult females arrive, accompanied occasionally by sexually immature offspring, and form fluid aggregations throughout the rookery. Like all other otariids, Steller sea lions are polygynous. However, unlike most other species, they do not coerce individual females into harems but control spatial territories among which females freely move about.
Pregnant females give birth soon after arriving on a rookery, and copulation generally occurs one to two weeks after giving birth, but the fertilized egg does not become implanted in the uterus until the fall. After a week or so of nursing without leaving the rookery, females begin to take progressively longer and more frequent foraging trips leaving their pups behind, until at some point in late summer the mother and pup both leave the rookery. Reproductive males fast throughout the reproductive season, often without entering the water once from mid-May until August, at which point the structure of the reproductive rookeries begins to fall apart and most animals leave for the open seas and disperse throughout their range.
Age at weaning is highly variable, pups may remain with their mothers for as long as 4 years. Incidents of mothers feeding daughters who are simultaneously feeding their own newborn pups have been documented, an extremely rare occurrence among mammals.