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Eila Roberts, a graduate student in psychology, identifying female geladas. Image credit: Clay Wilton
I spotted this clothing line at Got Beauty boutique in Salt Lake City...hot tag - great tops! I think they also have a website.
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team Behavioral Health Clinic, located next to Olive Gym, held an open house for the 3BCT Leadership Oct. 20. Leaders from around the Brigade were given a rundown on the services that the clinic provides, and how good mental health keeps the Soldiers of the unit ready to fight. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, 3BCT Public Affairs)
Lt Governor Rutherford virtually chairs the Mental & Behavioral Health Commission by Joe Andrucyk at Lt. Governor's Office, Maryland State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
“I can’t control your behavior; nor do I want that burden… but I will not apologize for refusing to be disrespected, to be lied to, or to be mistreated. I have standards; step up or step out.” -Steve Maraboli
Nayla and Junior had sex for the very first time this past weekend!!
Still flirting and pawing at each other but never a scratch on either!!
I notice the non-verbal playful interaction between children, and I decided to try it out. There was a lady in the airport sitting next to me with her head wrapped similar. I wrapped my scarf around my head, and I looked up at her and smiled. Although we didn't speak to each other, we giggled back and forth for the next 20 minutes... That was fun! lol
I guess something about these blue lights messed with the sensor in my camera. This is not at all what they looked like.
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host Allyssa Dickert were invited to come out to 5th Annual Los Angeles Unbridled Eve Derby Prelude Party hosted by the York Sisters, Tonya York Dees & Tammy York Day at the London Hotel in Hollywood.
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The Unbridled Eve Derby Prelude Party combines all of the best Kentucky Derby and Bluegrass traditions – fine bourbon, music, fashion, Southern hospitality and all benefiting a great cause – Blessings in a Backpack. In addition to warm Southern Hospitality, the Derby Prelude Party also features delicious food, a silent auction, musical performances, beverages by Pacific Wine & Spirits, and of course – fine bourbon, featuring Mint Juleps and a bourbon tasting presented by Hollis Bulleit and her family’s “Bulleit” Bourbon. For more info, please visit their website at www.unbridledeve.com
Blessings in a Backpack is a unique program designed to feed elementary school children whose families qualify for the federal Free and Reduced Price Meal program, and have little to no food on the weekends. Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behavior; improved health and increased attendance have all been attributed to the success of this program. $80 feeds a child in the program for an entire school year. Blessings in a Backpack is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization currently feeding over 63,000 children in 583 schools and in 45 U.S. states and three countries.
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I kept hearing splooshing noises near this pond and looked down to see some ripples followed by big splashes. The fins of several fish were visible, and then a lot more of the fish became visible. They were shimmying almost completely out of the water to feed on something on/in the rocks. I had never seen this behavior before.
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Did You Know?
Males sing complex songs on wintering grounds in Hawaii, that can last up to 20 minutes and be heard 20 miles (30 km) away!
In the Pacific, humpbacks migrate seasonally from Alaska to Hawaii--they can complete the 3,000-mile (4,830 km) trip in as few as 36 days!
Species Description:
Weight:25-40 tons (50,000-80,000 pounds; 22,000-36,000 kg);
newborns weigh about 1 ton (2,000 pounds; 900 kg)
Length:Up to 60 feet (18 m), with females larger than males;
newborns are about 15 feet (4.5 m) long
Appearance: Primarily dark grey, with some areas of white
Lifespan:About 50 years
Diet:Tiny crustaceans (mostly krill), plankton, and small fish; they can consume up to 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) of food per day
Behavior:Breaching (jumping out of the water), or slapping the surface
Humpback whales are well known for their long pectoral fins, which can be up to 15 feet (4.6 m) in length. Their scientific name, Megaptera novaeangliae, means "big-winged New Englander" as the New England population was the one best known to Europeans. These long fins give them increased maneuverability; they can be used to slow down or even go backwards.
Similar to all baleen whales, adult females are larger than adult males, reaching lengths of up to 60 feet (18 m). Their body coloration is primarily dark grey, but individuals have a variable amount of white on their pectoral fins and belly. This variation is so distinctive that the pigmentation pattern on the undersides of their "flukes" is used to identify individual whales, similar to a human fingerprint.
Humpback whales are the favorite of whale watchers, as they frequently perform aerial displays, such as breaching (jumping out of the water), or slapping the surface with their pectoral fins, tails, or heads.
In the summer, humpbacks are found in high latitude feeding grounds, such as the Gulf of Maine in the Atlantic and Gulf of Alaska in the Pacific. In the winter, they migrate to calving grounds in subtropical or tropical waters, such as the Dominican Republic in the Atlantic and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific. The Arabian Sea humpback does not migrate, remaining in tropical waters all year.
Humpback whales travel great distances during their seasonal migration, the farthest migration of any mammal. The longest recorded migration was 5,160 miles (8,300 km); seven animals, including a calf, completed this trek from Costa Rica to Antarctica. One of the more closely studied routes is between Alaska and Hawaii, where humpbacks have been observed making the 3,000-mile (4,830 km) trip in as few as 36 days.
During the summer months, humpbacks spend the majority of their time feeding and building up fat stores (blubber) that they will live off of during the winter. Humpbacks filter feed on tiny crustaceans (mostly krill), plankton, and small fish and can consume up to 3,000 pounds (1,360 kg) of food per day. Several hunting methods involve using air bubbles to herd, corral, or disorient fish. One highly complex variant, called "bubble netting" is unique to humpbacks. This technique is often performed in groups with defined roles for distracting, scaring, and herding before whales lunge at prey corralled near the surface.
In their wintering grounds, humpback whales congregate and engage in mating activities. Humpbacks are generally polygynous "having multiple female mates" with males exhibiting competitive behavior on wintering grounds. Aggressive and antagonistic behaviors include chasing, vocal and bubble displays, horizontal tail thrashing, and rear body thrashing. Males within these groups also make physical contact, striking or surfacing on top of one another. These bouts can cause injuries ranging from bloody scrapes to, in one recorded instance, death. Also on wintering grounds, males sing complex songs that can last up to 20 minutes and be heard 20 miles (30 km) away. A male may sing for hours, repeating the song several times. All males in a population sing the same song, but that song continually evolves over time. Humpback whale singing has been studied for decades, but scientists still understand very little about its function.
Gestation lasts for about 11 months. Newborns are 13-16 feet (4-5 m) long and grow quickly from the highly nutritious milk of their mothers. Weaning occurs between 6-10 months after birth. Mothers are protective and affectionate towards their calves, swimming close and frequently touching them with their flippers. Males do not provide parental support for calves. Breeding usually occurs once every two years, but sometimes occurs twice in a three-year span.
Habitat
During migration, humpbacks stay near the surface of the ocean.
While feeding and calving, humpbacks prefer shallow waters. During calving, humpbacks are usually found in the warmest waters available at that latitude. Calving grounds are commonly near offshore reef systems, islands, or continental shores.
Humpback feeding grounds are in cold, productive coastal waters.
Distribution
Humpback whales live in all major oceans from the equator to sub-polar latitudes.
In the North Pacific, there are at least three separate populations:
California/Oregon/Washington stock that winters in coastal Central America and Mexico and migrates to areas ranging from the coast of California to southern British Columbia in summer/fall;
Central North Pacific stock that winters in the Hawaiian Islands and migrates to northern British Columbia/ Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound west to Kodiak; and Western North Pacific stock that winters near Japan and probably migrates to waters west of the Kodiak Archipelago (the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands) in summer/fall. There is some mixing between these populations, though they are still considered distinct stocks.
Threats
Humpback whales face a series of threats including:
entanglement in fishing gear
Whale watch harassment
Habitat impacts
Harvest
Humpbacks can become entangled in fishing gear, either swimming off with the gear or becoming anchored. We have observed incidental "take" of humpback whales in the California/ Oregon swordfish and thresher shark drift gillnet fishery. Potential entanglement from gear from several fisheries can occur on their long migration from Hawaii to Alaska. Humpbacks in Hawaii have been observed entangled in long line gear, crab pots, and other non-fishery-related lines.
Inadvertent ship strikes can injure or kill humpbacks. Whale watching vessels may stress or even strike whales. The central North Pacific stock is the focus of a whale-watching industry on their wintering grounds in the Hawaiian Islands. The feeding aggregation in southeast Alaska is also the focus of a developing whale-watching industry that may impact whales in localized areas.
Shipping channels, fisheries, and aquaculture may occupy or destroy humpback whale aggregation areas. Recreational use of marine areas, including resort development and increased boat traffic, may displace whales that would normally use that area. In Hawaii, acoustic impacts from vessel operation, oceanographic research using active sonar, and military operations are also of increasing concern.
Source: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/whales/humpback-whal...
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
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)
I have no idea what you're talking about. I was just counseling her about life on three legs. As I mentioned earlier, Vincent (seen on the left) has been spending some time in the 9th Life Retirement, Assisted Living and Psychiatric Center, following a short illness, and trying to get his paper towel habit back under control. Meanwhile, Victoria in Cat House #1, is missing Vincent, in hopes he will be able to return soon.
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Cute but Helplessly Naughty. Collection of funny baby pictures of baby boys behaving badly, although they may be cute, they cause a lot of troubles this kind of funny as well as crazy behavior in their nature or their parents failed...
Some dogs will also have chronic Malassezia infections in the ear or will have Demodex infections and must be treated (Scott-Moncrieff, 2007).
Mark, Selah's second cousin, squeezes Selah inappropriately in her leg. Selah, in the meanwhile, is still baffled about her ill-chosen outfit.
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
shovan1209@yahoo.com