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Enjoy a living Christmas tree you then plant and enjoy for years

If you landscape needs a nice evergreen tree, consider purchasing a balled-and burlap tree you decorate indoors for about five days, then plant outdoors for years of enjoyment ... and holiday lights in the landscape.

Trees you can use for this purpose and purchase at garden centers in Hampton Roads include cypress, arborvitae and the native eastern red cedar (pictured here).

Keep in mind that living trees are very heavy and bulky, according ot the National Christmas Tree Association. A 6-foot-tall tree balled and burlapped can weight as much as 250 pounds.

The tree should be stored in an unheated, sheltered area such as a garage or porch, out of the wind and sun. Do not expose the tree to freezing temperatures at any time.

The tree will need adequate water. The root ball or soil should be kept slightly damp but not flooded. Wrap the root ball of a balled tree in plastic or place in a tub while it is in the house.

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WORLDWIDE FUR FREE FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Worldwide Fur Free Friday (WFFF) is one of largest global days of action in the history of animal rights organizations. We have had rallies numbering up to 120 locations around the world; held on the last Friday in November, that is the beginning of the big holiday sales. Simultaneous rallies are held worldwide, in one united voice, to save the voiceless victims of the cruel fur trade. This is your chance to add your voice! The Goal is to inform the public on the true face of fur and about the millions of innocent fur bearing mammals who are slaughtered each year, many skinned alive, including dogs and cats, all in the name of fashion fur, whether it is for a coat, a trim, for a toy or trinket! They live in torturous fur farms, going mad in filthy tiny wire cages and exposed to the elements or trapped in torment until they die alone or are killed skinned alive! Join in this year’s WFFF and help put an end to their anguish!

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Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)

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Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)

Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors - The Economic Times

The elephants stood at the stream's edge. As the adults drank in measured trunkfuls, calves gambolled in the water. Just above them, on the slope, a large sambar stag emerged silently from the undergrowth. From a cluster of trees above came the scolding call of a giant squirrel, as a troop of Nilgiri langur foraged in the canopy.

Just as we were slipping into a reverie, imagining ourselves in pristine wilderness, a woman called loudly to her children playing nearby as she washed clothes outside a neat row of houses, a mere hundred metres upslope of the elephants.

This vignette, from the Anamalai Hills of southern India, is not all that unusual. Across large parts of our country, a wide range of species still occur outside the confines of wildlife reserves, and even in the middle of busy, human-dominated landscapes. This is possible because a variety of natural and human-modified habitats - forest fragments, coffee plantations, orchards, paddy fields, marshes and lakes – still exist outside our reserves. These habitats may offer permanent residence for smaller creatures, whereas larger species may use them as passageways to move between wildlife reserves.

But the size, location and status of these habitats that lie outside reserves often belie their importance to the survival of endangered animals. This is so for many reasons.

Firstly, our wildlife reserves, crafted more by circumstance than by design, look like islands when seen on a map. But not long ago, wild animals occupied vast unbroken stretches of habitat – the Western Ghats that run across five states is a good example – and have evolved to move and migrate across such large landscapes.



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America's Great Outdoors IdeaJam - Designate wildlife corridors of national importance

President Obama has launched a national dialogue about conservation in America to learn about some of the smart, creative ways communities are conserving outdoor spaces.

The voting tool is available to encourage interaction among those interested in America's Great Outdoors. All comments submitted will be considered.

What are your ideas on the following topics:

• Challenges - What obstacles exist to achieving your goals for conservation, recreation, or reconnecting people to the outdoors?
• What Works - Please share your thoughts and ideas on effective strategies for conservation, recreation and reconnecting people to the outdoors.
• Federal Government Role - How can the federal government be a more effective partner in helping to achieve conservation, recreation or reconnecting people to the outdoors?
• Tools - What additional tools and resources would help your efforts be even more successful?

Your ideas and comments from the previous three topics have been archived and will be delivered to the America's Great Outdoors team for inclusion in the report to the President. The four new topics now match those on comment cards provided at AGO Listening Sessions, in order to optimize the organization of ideas and comments.

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Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week - Defenders of Wildlife

September 12, 2010- September 18, 2010

Nationwide

Every year Defenders of Wildlife organizes and promotes Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week, a week designated to raise public awareness of the serious obstacles facing the nation's wildlife due to its transportation infrastructure – both by roadway deaths and through habitat fragmentation.

Transportation infrastructure, though vital, cuts through the habitat of wildlife populations and creates the danger of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Each year in the US more than 200 people are killed in collisions with deer, elk and other wildlife; more than 1.5 million animals are estimated to be hit on roads; and the cost of property damage caused by collisions surpasses $1 billion. For some wild populations, roadkill added to other threats such as habitat loss, fragmentation, climate change and invasive species, is severely reducing their viability.

The main goal of Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week is to reduce risks of collision for the benefit of people and wildlife.

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Giant blue plankton mass seen from space

Satellites have photographed an electric blue mass of plankton almost as big as Ireland drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.

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ALERT : DO NOT ADOPT ANIMALS TO THIS MAN!

HUGE DNA ALERT...CONNECTICUT...PLS CROSS POST FAR AND WIDE...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:01am

This is urgent - Jay Baldwin, animal abuser - Please cross post!!!!!

Please cross post to all shelters, ACOs and anyone doing adoptions! He will torture and kill any animal he gets his hands on. He sometimes has a woman helping him. It is best to check driver's licenses to verify identity.

Subject: Do Not Adopt!!!!

I work at an animal shelter in northwest CT. Today we had to keep all our doors locked and check people (license, etc) before they entered our shelter and keep the security camera on at all times. There is a man called Jay Baldwin who just got out of jail on Thursday and on Friday he stopped at a local vet and tried to get an animal from them. They recommended our shelter and another local one (not knowing his reputation, he is known for animal abuse). Our director alerted the police who kept an eye on us and will continue to do so. He may even break into a building to get an animal.

Jay Baldwin is in his 50s, tanned and likes to wear hats. He will pay an adoption fee to get the animal and can even get violent and take the animal if thwarted. He may also send friends in to get the animal. He will use other names. So it this makes it hard to tell who he is. Hopefully adoption screening will help keep animals from him.

Please let other shelters you know of know this.

First Names: Jay

Last Name: Baldwin

City/State: Derby, CT

Posting: This guy was charged with 10 counts of animal cruelty in Derby, CT Superior Court.He is 59 years old, tall and pot belly heavy, bald and a very smooth talker.He is prohibited from having any pets now and anyone who knows of him trying to adopt a pet should contact Ansonia Police directly at:203 734 1651.

This is JAY BALDWIN....someone circulated a different picture of an animal abuser and confused him as Jay Baldwin as listed above..This, according to the West Waldwick shelter, is Jay Baldwin.

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Breaking news: The progressive Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act

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The State of Delaware has just passed the most forward-moving animal companion law in the country. The law, initiated by the non-profit No Kill shelter Faithful Friends, in Wilmington, Delaware, modeled itself after the No Kill Advocacy Center’s Companion Animal Protection Act, notes the No Kill Advocacy Center, which initially reported the recent ratification of the law.

The Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act will insist upon collaboration between shelters and rescue groups. Thus, a shelter will be unable to kill an animal if a rescue group is willing to save that animal’s life. It also makes illegal “convenience killing,” mandating that shelters can no longer euthanize an animal if there are cages available or if the animal can share a cage or kennel with another one.

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BBC News - Secret trade in illegal rare species

By Claire Marshall BBC News

Skulls of hundreds of exotic animals and birds were found in Alan Dudley's house

From his semi-detached house in a quiet Coventry suburb, Alan Dudley played a small part in a huge global trade in endangered species.

It is a trade that is pushing many species to the edge of extinction, and the National Wildlife Crime Unit says there are clear indications it is on the increase.

When investigators raided Dudley's home they found the skulls of hundreds of exotic animals and birds in an upstairs room.

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Chemical Index | Simple Steps

Wonder whether the chemical used in your pet's flea collar is safe? Or if that sweet smell from a new shower curtain is of concern? Use our searchable Chemical Index to learn about chemicals commonly used in everyday products, find out what the health concerns and sources of exposure are, and how to stay safe.

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ENTJ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Myers-Briggs personality type. For the Socionics ENTj, see Logical Intuitive Extrovert.

ENTJ (extraversion, intuition, thinking, judgment) is an abbreviation used in the publications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to refer to one of sixteen personality types.^[1] The MBTI assessment was developed from the work of prominent psychiatrist Carl G. Jung in his book Psychological Types, which proposed a psychological typology based on his theories of cognitive functions.

From Jung's work, others developed psychological typologies. Jungian personality assessments include the MBTI assessment, developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, developed by David Keirsey. Keirsey referred to ENTJs as Fieldmarshals, one of the four types belonging to the temperament he called the Rationals.

ENTJs are among the rarest of types, accounting for about 2–5% of those who are formally tested.^[2][3] They tend to be self-driven, motivating, energetic, assertive, confident, and competitive. They generally take a big-picture view and build a long-term strategy.

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