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Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of April 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.3 billion and its unaudited net asse
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Diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and snakes
Christian Dior fine jewelry creative director Victoire de Castellane likes snakes. If you like her beautiful designs, however, be prepared to bring a bucket of money — prices start at $150,000 per piece.
Fortunately, looking is free.
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Paul Miller Racing Audi R8 LMS on Podium at Laguna Seca and Heartbreaking Finish for Flying Lizard
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Paul Miller Racing R8 LMS takes second place in GTD Flying Lizard's Spencer Pumpelly maintains commanding lead of race before running out of fuel on final lap Flying Lizard place 5th and 6th at Laguna Seca Audi R8 LMS customer racing cars finish a strong 2nd, 5th and 6th at TUDOR United SportsCar race at Laguna Seca in GTD class
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Kill the Lights, Save the Turtles
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LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – The Naked Turtle Rum and Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) are stoked to announce the second year of Kill the Lights, Save the Turtles.
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Flying Lizard Audi on class pole for TUDOR Championship race
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Flying Lizard Motorsports was able to take the pole and 5th place starting positions for today's two-hour TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race despite an interrupted qualifying session caused by a car stuck in the Turn 4 gravel. After only six minutes the red flag came out and the team returned to pit lane. The session did restart however and was extended by enough time to meet the … Keep …
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Draped in python
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Little Ray of Little Ray's Reptile Zoo shows off a python to a room filled with excited children at the RE/MAX Centre in St Johns Saturday.
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‘Turtle Talks’ coming to Crooked Creek in Bethel
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If you want to talk turtle, Greg Levish is your man and the Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center on Saturday is the place to do …
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House lawmaker advance Turtle Bay deal on final day
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The House cliffhanger vote on the last day of the legislative session was met with applause. It was an end to a decades-long fight to keep country, country. Click here to watch Catherine Cruz's report. “I think we have to celebrate today's victory and again, it's not just for the residents of the North Shore. It's for everyone who comes to visit our slice of paradise,” said Mark Cunningham …
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House lawmaker advance Turtle Bay deal on final day
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The House cliffhanger vote on the last day of the legislative session was met with applause. It was an end to a decades-long fight to keep country, country. Click here to watch Catherine Cruz's report. “I think we have to celebrate today's victory and again, it's not just for the residents of the North Shore. It's for everyone who comes to visit our slice of paradise,” said Mark Cunningham …
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Sample of a frog’s slimy skin predicts susceptibility to disease
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A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog’s skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a new technique. The findings could help scientists successfully reintroduce endangered amphibians into the wild by reducing the chance that the amphibians will be killed by diseases that may have played a role in the species’ original declines.
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Herp Video of the Week: Leopard Gecko Morphs!
Check out this video “Leopard Gecko Morphs,” submitted by kingsnake.com user PH FasDog.
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Escaped exotic lizard triggers warnings in Scottsdale
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A dangerous exotic lizard, probably kept as a pet, either escaped or was dumped in Scottsdale and is still on the loose. A family near 57th Street and Thunderbird Road spotted the 3-foot long, 10-pound Tegu lizard in their backyard. “It was big and ugly,” Robeta Koron told 3TV. The lizard was drinking out of a dog bowl and was tough to scare away. “It hissed at my son when …
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`Turtle Talks’ coming to Crooked Creek in Bethel
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The Adventures of Hotrod, Pokey and Teddy… – The Cast
Often called “the babies”, “the trio” or the most recent “the Three Amigos”; Hotrod, Pokey and Teddy were originally wild with the first two found in the middle of the street that led to the railroad tracks while Teddy was found in a back yard. Thinking they were helping instead of hindering the Care Takers brought them inside and placed into a large fish tank where they have lived ever since but don’t seem to mind.
The Main Cast
Hotrod:Hotrod is a three toed box turtle with red markings on his face, neck and legs, and two yellow spots on either side of his head. Named partly for the red colouring and partly for how he rip roars down the tank from one end to the other; he’s the most outgoing of the trio. He loves to have his neck stroked, is obsessed with apples and willing to fight over grapes. He’s also the only male of the group, or at least that’s what his care taker thinks.
Pokey:Pokey is an ornate box turtle named for her original lazy disposition. Upon getting to know her she’s fairly sassy and is
Hotrod’s jousting partner when it comes to grape fights. She loves grapes and apples with the occasional turtle treat. She has the traditional yellow markings of her kind however her shell shows signs of a run in with a dog around the neck opening long before she was found. Her favorite past time is hogging the water dish for a good long soak.
Teddy: Teddy is the largest of the Three Amigos and was named by Sena Re’s mother. She’s a three toed box turtle that is brown in colour with carmel coloured eyes. She was found in a back yard missing her right hind leg but she doesn’t let that slow her down being not only the largest but also the fastest of the trio. She’s not entirely out going but under the right circumstances she’s happy to stick her head out. She loves when Sena Re talks to her in strange voices and shows it but coming out to bob her head. She loves to have the butt of her shell rubbed and is quite happy to be held, have the butt of her shell rubbed and watch the birds in the front yard. Her favorite food is chopped apples, she loves burrowing into the dirt under the leaf litter in the trio’s tank and hanging out on the sunshine end of the tank and watch the world go by.
The Caretakers
Sena Re: This is me. You can see a picture of me up in the upper left hand corner of the screen. I’ve always loved turtles and whenever I come across them in the road I stop and find a way to get them out of the way and off in the direction that they were heading in..Even if they …read more
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[Update] Turtle Rock Community Manager Fired Over Donald Sterling Remarks
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Update: We've received a comment from Josh Olin further clarifying his Twitter remarks and on his termination by 2K Games and Turtle Rock. Josh Olin: “Anyone who follows me knows my tweets were not in support of Sterling's actions. Rather, they were promoting three core tenets I believe in: 1) The harm sensational media presents to society. 2) The importance and sanctity of your privacy within …
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Cornwallis Academy student Trystan Nield from Cranbrook reunited with Matilda the Leopard Gecko lizard
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Waltzing Matilda, a gecko lizard, has been reunited with her tearful young owner – all thanks to the power of the internet.
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Pounds of Prosperity
Greg bought me a Fitbit. It’s a little device I wear on my person that tracks my steps, activity levels, calories burned and sleep. All that information is transmitted to my own personal fitness page where I can also enter what I’ve eaten. I can clearly see how food and activity directly effect my bottom line…you know, my weight. It’s been a real eye opener.
Yes, moving from a three story house to a one story house had a huge impact on my fitness: I gained weight. So, Greg getting me this Fitbit helps track my heath and fitness. Since I’ve started using the Fitbit I have return to my normal weight.
I’d like to say that this miracle is due to a change of diet but I can’t really say that. Since I dropped all hydrogenated oils from my diet nearly 15 years ago maintaining a healthy weight is pretty simple. I’ve made just a few adjustments to food intake but still get ice cream and organic peatnut butter nearly every week. It’s activity that has made the difference
Nope, it’s not the food. It’s Frankie.
Reviewing yesterday’s activity level on my FitBit there was this huge spike of activity at 10:00 am. That was me raking all the leaves and branches from Frankie’s yard. I gotta do this almost every day if there is ever going to be grass in his yard. I gotta water it everyday, by hand, to get that grass growing. Unless it rains. Then I get a day off.
And since there is so little grass in Frankie’s yard I have to drive twice a day (2X!) somewhere and pull up grass and weeds enough to fill a plastic garage bag. According to Fitbit pulling up grass for 30 minutes every day is “high activity.”
Does stress count? This last week I was at this empty lot next to a shopping center pulling up red clover (huge stalks!) when this beat up old Chevy pulled up next to me. I realize it must be a strange sight but why would anyone what to bother what clearly must be a scavenging homeless woman stuffing grass in a plastic bag?
This rough old guy leans out this his window and starts asking some really silly questions: “What are you picking?” What you gonna do with that clover.” “Your feeding it to a turtle?”
All these questions were quite distracting from my real worry that I am not carrying a gun or even a knife to protect myself. I could throw the bag of clover at him if he makes one false move but then I would have to pick another bag of clover for Frankie. See. I am burning calories.
And if I don’t have a bag of clover for Frankie then I have to take him on a walk. This is where the Fitbit goes through the roof.
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Tortoise Capital Advisors Launches MLP and Pipeline Investment Solution for the Insurance Market
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Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced the introduction of the Tortoise VIP MLP & Pipeline Portfolio, an investment solution serving the variable annuity market. The variable insurance portfolio will invest primarily in equity securities of MLP and pipeline companies that own and operate essential North American energy infrastructure assets, with an investment objective of total return.
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Bambi in the 21st Century: roe deer not adapting to climate change
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Once almost extinct in parts of Europe in the late 17th century, the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) eventually bounced back, and how: today, it is one of the most widespread deer in Europe. But will its luck dry out in the future? A new study published in PLoSBiology suggests that while roe deer populations are still increasing, it may not be adapting to climate change.
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Amphibians in a vice: Climate change robs frogs, salamanders of refuge
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Amphibians in the West’s high-mountain areas find themselves caught between climate-induced habitat loss and predation from introduced fish. A novel combination of tools could help weigh where amphibians are in the most need of help.
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Summit County search discovers rare spotted turtle last seen locally about 10 years ago
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For three years, Ramsey Langford searched for a spotted turtle in two Summit County parks. And found nothing.
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Reptile Day at St. Edward School in New Iberia
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Students at St. Edward School in New Iberia got a hands-on lesson on reptiles today. One of the nation's leading reptile experts was on hand to teach the students about their impact on wildlife throughout the world. The students were also able to interact with a few animals, including an alligator, snapping turtle and corn snake.
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
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This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on April 30, 2014 and cumulati
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Featured video: elephant advocates ask Antiques Roadshow to stop appraising ivory
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The 96 Elephants campaign has asked the television program, Antiques Roadshow, to stop airing appraisals of ivory, even if it is antique. To help convince the PBS program, the campaign produced a satiric video capturing not the worth of ivory, but its cost.
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Featured video: elephant advocates ask Antiques Roadshow to stop appraising ivory
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The 96 Elephants campaign has asked the television program, Antiques Roadshow, to stop airing appraisals of ivory, even if it is antique. To help convince the PBS program, the campaign produced a satiric video capturing not the worth of ivory, but its cost.
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Frog eggs help researchers find new information on grapevine disease
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Vitis vinifera are common grapevines and are the world’s favorite wine-producing varietal. However, research has shown that grapevines are susceptible to powdery mildew, a plant disease, which contributes to significant crop loss for most commercial wine varietals that are cultivated each year. Now, researchers have used frog eggs to determine the cause of this disease, and have found that a specific gene in the varietal Cabernet Sauvingon, contributes to its susceptibility.
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Frog eggs help researchers find new information on grapevine disease
By Herp News
Vitis vinifera are common grapevines and are the world’s favorite wine-producing varietal. However, research has shown that grapevines are susceptible to powdery mildew, a plant disease, which contributes to significant crop loss for most commercial wine varietals that are cultivated each year. Now, researchers have used frog eggs to determine the cause of this disease, and have found that a specific gene in the varietal Cabernet Sauvingon, contributes to its susceptibility.
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Climate change results in bird, reptile shifts
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Albuquerque, New Mexico – As temperatures climb across the American Southwest, researchers have found some species will win, but others stand to lose – and lose big. The U.S. Geological Survey and researchers from the University of New Mexico and Northern Arizona University released a report this week that takes a closer look at some of the effects climate change is likely to have on species …
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Climate change results in bird, reptile shifts
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Albuquerque, New Mexico – As temperatures climb across the American Southwest, researchers have found some species will win, but others stand to lose – and lose big. The U.S. Geological Survey and researchers from the University of New Mexico and Northern Arizona University released a report this week that takes a closer look at some […]
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Fish-terrorizing, prehistoric-looking turtle actually three species
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So, you’re a fish swimming in a river in Louisiana. Hungry, you see a little worm wiggling out from the river bed. You swoop in for the ambush only to have that little worm turn into the gaping maw of some prehistoric-looking monster out of fishy nightmares. You’ve been duped: it’s too late to escape as the beast’s jagged jaws close over you. Meet the alligator snapping turtle…or one of several species.
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Fish-terrorizing, prehistoric-looking turtle actually three species
By Herp News
So, you’re a fish swimming in a river in Louisiana. Hungry, you see a little worm wiggling out from the river bed. You swoop in for the ambush only to have that little worm turn into the gaping maw of some prehistoric-looking monster out of fishy nightmares. You’ve been duped: it’s too late to escape as the beast’s jagged jaws close over you. Meet the alligator snapping turtle…or one of several species.
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Therapy snakes help kids with special needs
You don’t normally think Burmese pythons when you hear about therapy animals helping kids, but that’s just what they’re doing at Nova’s Ark in Brooklin, Ont.
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TURTLE TANGO: Sea creatures begin season tomorrow
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With the 2014 tourism season in the books now that Easter has passed, another season is upon us with an official beginning tomorrow.
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Australian marine reserves provide safe passageway for endangered species
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The value of Australia’s newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used satellites to track the vulnerable flatback sea turtle. In the study, researchers used advanced satellite tracking systems to record the passage of more than 70 flatbacks off the north-west Australian coastline. A high value migratory corridor, more than 1,000 kilometres in length, was pinpointed, with about half the corridor contained within the network of marine reserves.
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Chinese who eat endangered species could face over ten years in jail
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It’s well known that much of the world’s massive illegal wildlife trade ends up in China, including poached tigers, pangolins, and bears. But now those who order pangolin fetuses, tiger blood, or bear bile at a restaurant or market may see significant jail time.
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Get a job: Turtle Rock Studios is hiring a Technical Artist
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The developer of Evolve is looking to hire a technical artist to work alongside the team in the company's new Lake Forest, CA studio on a game targeting next-generation hardware. …
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Important Migratory Corridor For Endangered Flatback Sea Turtle Off Northwest Australia
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[ Watch The Video: Animation Of Flatback Turtle Tracking Data Off NW Western Australia ] Deakin University The value of Australia 's newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used satellites to track the vulnerable flatback sea turtle . Researchers from Deakin University, Swansea University (United Kingdom) and Pendoley Environmental …
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Family bought Victor the tortoise only discover he was rare giant breed
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The animal, which weighs nine stone and is still getting bigger could end up weighing 200 pounds (14 stone). The tortoise has been nicknamed Victor Meldrew.
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The Tortoise and the Hare
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Just about everybody knows the story of ‘ The Tortoise and the Hare ’ from their childhood, perhaps the most well known of Aesop's Fables and the wise lessons that lay inside.
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The remarkable story of how a bat scientist took on Russia’s most powerful…and won
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In a country increasingly known for its authoritarian-style crackdown on activists and dissidents, a bat scientist has won a number of impressive victories to protect the dwindling forests of the Western Caucasus. For his efforts, Gazaryan was awarded today with the Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the Nobel Prize for the environment, along with five other winners around the world.
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