habit 114,000 pounds of trash found at uninhabited islands By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:42:54 +0000 Divers scoured remote Pacific atolls to collect the garbage, some of which had entangled sea turtles. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
habit Why you should kick the plastic straw habit By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:52:44 +0000 Plastic straws create litter and often end up in the stomachs of wild animals — but the group Last Plastic Straw has an easy solution. Full Article Responsible Living
habit Is your Netflix habit bad for the environment? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:21:32 +0000 Netflix and other streaming video services have a climate footprint, but it's not as bad as the headlines say. Full Article Responsible Living
habit NASA mission discovers first potentially habitable Earth-sized planet By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:10:13 +0000 NASA's Planet Hunter, TESS, discovered its first potentially habitable Earth-sized planet called TOI 700 d, located 100 light-years away. Full Article Space
habit Scientist enlists forest fungi to save their own habitat By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:58:15 +0000 Instead of synthetic insecticides, entomologist Rich Hofstetter is recruiting native fungi to protect forests from bark beetles. Full Article Leaderboard
habit 12 tips for kicking the refined sugar habit By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:35:58 +0000 You continue to hear how bad sugar is, but how do you avoid it? Here are some ways to help you eliminate refined sugar from your diet. Full Article Healthy Eating
habit We can't kick the working lunch habit By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:06:51 +0000 The rejuvenating lunch breaks of yesterday are long gone. They've become rushed working lunches, and surveys show it's getting worse. Full Article Green Workplace
habit The benefits of quitting smoking and 5 natural ways to kick the habit By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:43:26 +0000 It's tough, but not impossible, to quit smoking. Here are some natural ways to put your cigarette-puffing habit behind you. Full Article Fitness & Well-Being
habit How to break your rotisserie chicken habit By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:46:14 +0000 Rotisserie chickens are convenient, but there are reasons you may want to save them for emergency chicken needs only. Full Article Healthy Eating
habit 11 Fail Proof Habits for Producing a Floodgate of Energy By www.articlegeek.com Published On :: Learn about smart ways for boosting your energy levels. Full Article
habit Transform Your Life Through Small Changes: 'Atomic Habits' Author James Clear on Marketing Smarts [Podcast] By rss.marketingprofs.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:00 EST Atomic Habits author James Clear offers tips for adopting good habits, dropping bad ones, enhancing your decision-making, and focusing on continuous improvement. Full Article 15 to 30 minutes Beginner Career Management Management
habit NuWave Solutions Gives Back to the Community By Donating Time and Efforts to Habitat for Humanity By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:00:00 GMT NuWave Solutions works with DC Habitat for Humanity to help move them closer to their goal of reducing poverty housing and homelessness. Full Article
habit Le Choix du Consommateur est fier d'annoncer Les Habitations Paris & Frères en tant que lauréat dans la catégorie construction de maisons pour la région de Trois-Rivières By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 07:00:00 GMT Le Choix du Consommateur 2019 Trois-Rivières Full Article
habit Habits: Why We Do What We Do By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:14:32 -0500 Charles Duhigg, reporter for The New York Times and author of "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business." Full Article
habit Set Habits You’ll Actually Keep By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:47:15 -0500 Gretchen Rubin, author of "Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives," explains that you've got to know your habit-setting style. Full Article
habit Why Leaders Should Make a Habit of Teaching By hbr.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:36:19 -0500 Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, encourages leaders to approach their direct reports like teachers. As Finkelstein explains, being a teacher-leader means continually meeting face to face with employees to communicate lessons about professionalism, points of craft, and life. He says it’s easy to try and that teaching is one of the best ways to motivate people and improve their performance. Finkelstein is the author of “The Best Leaders Are Great Teachers” in the January–February 2018 issue of Harvard Business Review. Full Article
habit The Right Way to Form New Habits By hbr.org Published On :: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 09:15:21 -0500 James Clear, entrepreneur and author, says that the way we go about trying to form new habits and break bad ones — at work or home — is all wrong. Many people, he says, focus on big goals without thinking about the small steps they need to take along the way. Just like saving money, habits accrue compound interest: when you do 1% more or different each day or week, it eventually leads to meaningful improvement. So if you’ve made a resolution for the new year or have an idea for how to propel your career forward at any time, these strategies will help. Clear is the author of the book "Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results." Full Article
habit Lyst Index for Q1 shows impact of virus on shopping habits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:00:04 GMT Full Article
habit Xiaomi, Realme says potential of offline sales post Covid-19 intact; consumers may change buying habit By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T23:02:09+05:30 Both Xiaomi and Realme said they will restructure their product plans and portfolio this year with the change in buying habit. Full Article
habit Newly Discovered Fossil Footprints from Grand Canyon National Park Force Paleontologists to Rethink Early Inhabitants of Ancient Deserts By www.nps.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2019 05:43:00 EST An international team of paleontologists has united to study important fossil footprints recently discovered in a remote location within Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A large sandstone boulder contains several exceptionally well-preserved trackways of primitive tetrapods (four-footed animals) which inhabited an ancient desert environment. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/newly-discovered-fossils.htm Full Article
habit Big changes in cold places: the future of wildlife habitat in northwest Alaska. By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Wed., 19 Oct 2016 12:00:00 PST Higher global temperatures are changing ecosystems in the Arctic. They are becoming greener as the climate and land become more hospitable to taller vegetation. Full Article
habit Striving for balance: maintaining marten habitat while reducing fuels By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thur., 29 Dec 2016 12:00:00 PST Martens are small forest carnivores associated with dense, mature forests. Full Article
habit Can we store carbon and have our timber and habitat too? By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Tue., 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 PST With the passage of the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960, the U.S. Forest Service has managed its 193 million acres of forest and grassland for multiple uses, including timber, watersheds, and wildlife. Using today’s terminology, some of these purposes are considered ecosystem services, which encompass a breadth of benefits provided by forests, including their ability to absorb and store atmospheric carbon, a greenhouse gas linked to climate change. Full Article
habit Forage resource evaluation system for habitat—deer: an interactive deer habitat model By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Wed., 14 Mar 2012 14:50:00 PST We describe a food-based system for quantitatively evaluating habitat quality for deer called the Forage Resource Evaluation System for Habitat and provide its rationale and suggestions for use. The system was developed as a tool for wildlife biologists and other natural resource managers and planners interested in evaluating habitat quality and, especially, comparing two or more patches of habitat or the same patch at different seasons or under different conditions. It is based on the quantity (of biomass) and quality (digestible energy and digestible protein) of the habitat's food resources in relation to user-specified metabolic requirements of deer (which differ with species, age, sex, season, and reproductive status). It uses a linear programming algorithm to determine the suitable forage that can sustain deer at the specified requirements. Full Article
habit Costs of Landscape Silviculture For Fire and Habitat Management By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Tue, 21 Dec 2005 15:25:36 PST In forest reserves of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, management objectives include protecting late-seral habitat structure by reducing the threat of large-scale disturbances like wildfire. We simulated how altering within and among-stand structure with silvicultural treatments of differing intensity affected late-seral forest (LSF) structure and fire threat (FT) reduction over 30 years in a 6070-ha reserve. We then evaluated how different financial requirements influenced the treatment mix selected for each decade, the associated effects on FT reduction and LSF structure in the reserve, and treatment costs. Requirements for treatments to earn money (NPV+), break even (NPVO), or to not meet any financial goal at the scale of the entire reserve (landscape) affected the predicted reduction of FT and the total area of LSF structure in different ways. With or without a requirement to break even, treatments accomplished about the same landscape level of FT reduction and LSF structure. Although treatment effects were similar, their associated net revenues ranged from negative $1 million to positive $3000 over 30 years. In contrast, a requirement for landscape treatments to earn money ($0.5 to $1.5 million NPV) over the same period had a negative effect on FT reduction and carried a cost in terms of both FT reduction and LSF structure. Results suggest that the spatial scale at which silvicultural treatments were evaluated was influential because the lowest cost to the reserve objectives was accomplished by a mix of treatments that earned or lost money at the stand level but that collectivel broke even at the landscape scale. Results also indicate that the timeframe over which treatments were evaluated was important because if breaking even was required within each decade instead of cumulatively over all three, the cost in terms of FT reduction and LSF structure was similar to requiring landscape treatments to earn $0.5 million NPV. Full Article
habit Highways and Habitat: Managing Habitat Connectivity and Landscape Permeability For Wildlife By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:00:00 PST Millions of miles of highway crisscross the United States. Highways fragment the landscape, affecting the distribution of animal populations and limiting the ability of individuals to disperse between those populations. Moreover, animal-vehicle collisions are a serious hazard to wildlife, not to mention people. Full Article
habit Northwest Forest Plan-The First 10 Years (1994-2003): Status and Trends of Populations and Nesting Habitat For The Marbled Murrelet By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:00:36 PST The Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) is a large-scale ecosystem management plan for federal land in the Pacific Northwest. Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) populations and habitat were monitored to evaluate effectiveness of the Plan. The chapters in this volume summarize information on marbled murrelet ecology and present the monitoring results for marbled murrelets over the first 10 years of the Plan, 1994 to 2003. Full Article
habit Managing For Wildlife Habitat In Westside Production Forests By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:00:00 PST On October 18, 2006, a workshop was held in Vancouver, WA, with the title "Managing for wildlife habitat in Westside production forests." The purpose of the workshop was to provide prescriptions and guidelines for people who manage Westside forests (those west of the Cascade Mountains' crest) primarily for wood production, but because of mandate or personal preference, want to integrate wildlife values. The audience included over 150 professionals from forest industry, consulting firms, and public and tribal forest and wildlife management agencies. This proceedings includes ten papers based on oral presentations at the workshop plus a synthesis paper summarizing workshop themes, discussions, and related information. Topics include a history of wildlife management research in the Pacific Northwest, elements of habitat and how to manage for them, the challenges of appropriately implementing ecosystem management, and economic implications to private forestland owners. Full Article
habit Birds and burns of the interior West: descriptions, habitats, and management in western forests By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 PST This publication provides information about prescribed fire effects on habitats and populations of birds of the interior West and a synthesis of existing information on bird responses to fire across North America. Our literature synthesis indicated that aerial, ground, and bark insectivores favored recently burned habitats, whereas foliage gleaners preferred unburned habitats. Full Article
habit A protocol using coho salmon to monitor Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan standards and guidelines for fish habitat By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 PST We describe a protocol to monitor the effectiveness of the Tongass Land Management Plan (TLMP) management standards for maintaining fish habitat. The protocol uses juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in small tributary streams in forested watersheds. We used a 3-year pilot study to develop detailed methods to estimate juvenile salmonid populations, measure habitat, and quantitatively determine trends in juvenile coho salmon abundance over 10 years. Coho salmon have been shown to be sensitive to habitat alterations, and we use coho salmon parr as the primary indicator in the protocol. A priori criteria for type I and type II error rates, effect size, and sample sizes for the protocol were derived with estimates of variance computed from the 3-year pilot study. The protocol is designed to detect trends in abundance of coho salmon parr, as well as coho salmon fry and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), in small streams managed according to TLMP standards and guidelines and to compare these to trends in unmanaged (old-growth) watersheds. Trends are adjusted to account for statistically significant habitat covariates. This information provides an important element in monitoring land management practices in the Tongass National Forest. The methods we describe may have application to monitoring protocols elsewhere for fish populations and land management practices. Full Article
habit Precommercial thinning: implications of early results from the Tongass-Wide Young-Growth Studies experiments for deer habitat in southeast Alaska. By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:00 PST This report documents the results from the first “5-year” round of understory responses to the Tongass-Wide Young-Growth Studies (TWYGS) treatments, especially in relation to their effects on food resources for black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis). Responses of understory vegetation to precommercial silviculture experiments after their first 4 to 8 years posttreatment were analyzed with the Forage Resource Evaluation System for Habitat (FRESH)-Deer model. The studies were conducted in western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)-Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) young-growth forests in southeast Alaska. All four TWYGS experiments were studied: (I) planting of red alder (Alnus rubra) within 1- to 5-year-old stands; (II) precommercial thinning at narrow and wide spacings (549 and 331 trees per hectare, respectively) in 15- to 25-year-old stands; (III) precommercial thinning at medium spacing (420 trees per hectare) with and without pruning in 25- to 35-yearold stands; and (IV) precommercial thinning at wide spacing (203 trees per hectare) with and without slash treatment versus thinning by girdling in >35-year-old stands. All experiments also included untreated control stands of identical age. FRESHDeer was used to evaluate the implications for deer habitat in terms of forage resources (species-specific biomass, digestible protein, and digestible dry matter) relative to deer metabolic requirements in summer (at two levels of requirements—maintenance only vs. lactation) and in winter (at six levels of snow depth). Full Article
habit Managing heart rot in live trees for wildlife habitat in young-growth forests of coastal Alaska By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Wed, 21 May 2014 9:55:00 PST Stem decays of living trees, known also as heart rots, are essential elements of wildlife habitat, especially for cavity-nesting birds and mammals. Stem decays are common features of old-growth forests of coastal Alaska, but are generally absent in young, managed forests. We offer several strategies for maintaining or restoring fungal stem decay in these managed forests that can be used to enhance specific types of wildlife habitat. Full Article
habit Silviculture and monitoring guidelines for integrating restoration of dry mixed-conifer forest and spotted owl habitat management in the eastern Cascade Range. By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thur, 03 Mar 2016 9:55:00 PST This report addresses the need for developing consistent regional guidelines for stand-level management that integrates goals and objectives for dry forest restoration and habitat management for the northern spotted owl. Full Article
habit Northwest Forest Plan—the first 20 years (1994–2013): status and trends of northern spotted owl habitats By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 9:55:00 PST Northwest Forest Plan—the first 20 years (1994-2013): status and trends of northern spotted owl habitats. Full Article
habit Northwest Forest Plan—the first 15 years (1994–2008): status and trends of northern spotted owl populations and habitats. By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Fri 04 Nov 2011 10:02 PDT This is the second in a series of periodic monitoring reports on northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) population and habitat trends on federally administered lands since implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan in 1994. Here we summarize results from a population analysis that included data from longterm demographic studies during 1985–2008. This data was analyzed separately by study area, and also in a meta-analysis across all study areas to assess temporal and spatial patterns in fecundity, apparent survival, recruitment, and annual rates of population change. Full Article
habit Northwest Forest Plan—the first 15 years (1994–2008): status and trend of nesting habitat for the marbled murrelet By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:39:00 PST The primary objectives of the effectiveness monitoring plan for the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) include mapping baseline nesting habitat (at the start of the Northwest Forest Plan [the Plan]) and estimating changes in that habitat over time. Using vegetation data derived from satellite imagery, we modeled habitat suitability by using a maximum entropy model. We used Maxent software to compute habitat suitability scores from vegetation and physiographic attributes based on comparisons of conditions at 342 sites that were occupied by marbled murrelets (equal numbers of confirmed nest sites and likely nest sites) and average conditions over all forested lands in which the murrelets occurred. We estimated 3.8 million acres of higher suitability nesting habitat over all lands in the murrelet's range in Washington, Oregon, and California at the start of the Plan (1994/96). Most (89 percent) baseline habitat on federally administered lands occurred within reserved-land allocations. A substantial amount (36 percent) of baseline habitat occurred on nonfederal lands. Over all lands, we observed a net loss of about 7 percent of higher suitability potential nesting habitat from the baseline period to 2006/07. If we focus on losses and ignore gains, we estimate a loss of about 13 percent of the higher suitability habitat present at baseline, over this same period. Fire has been the major cause of loss of nesting habitat on federal lands since the Plan was implemented; timber harvest is the primary cause of loss on nonfederal lands. We also found that murrelet population size is strongly and positively correlated with amount of nesting habitat, suggesting that conservation of remaining nesting habitat and restoration of currently unsuitable habitat is key to murrelet recovery. Full Article
habit Better lifestyle habits are useful additions to optimize management of atrial fibrillation By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:00:00 GMT Statement Highlights: Improving lifestyle habits – such as attaining and maintaining a healthy body weight and getting regular, moderate physical activity – may be useful additions to physician-guided management of atrial fibrillation (AF), a serious... Full Article
habit Better sleep habits may help reduce heart disease risk and aid in weight loss By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:00:00 GMT Research Highlights: People who had the best heart health, defined as having healthy sleep in addition to meeting the AHA Life Simple 7, were less likely to have a diagnosis of a heart disease and were less likely to develop heart disease in the ... Full Article
habit 9 Apps to help you develop Life-changing Habits for the Worth Living Life By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 04:20:27 +0000 As the time passes by, the dependency of humans are increasing day by day on the technology and applications to manage their daily chores. But at the same time, the need of changing habits are in high need now a days due to unnatural life and tough... The post 9 Apps to help you develop Life-changing Habits for the Worth Living Life appeared first on SmashingApps.com. Full Article Best of the Web Education and Learning Tools Web Applications
habit Microcosm terrestrial and aquatic landscape habitat: a freestanding “miniature mountain” chain, topiary, upper pool, waterfall and pond-aquarium hybrid habitat with natural curves By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT The “Microcosm Terrestrial and Aquatic Landscape Habitat” is a Main Basin Pond 4 surrounded on three sides by artificial rock, “Miniature Mountains” 3 a, 3 b, 3 c or Natural Looking Imitation Rocks. The fourth, front side has no “Miniature Mountains” or Natural Looking Imitation Rocks to enclose the Main Basin Pond. Instead, here I adhere on a Pane of Glass 2 a to the imitation rock surface using Silicon Sealant 2 b or other sealants 2 c: A pond-aquarium hybrid! The “Miniature Mountains” are higher than the water level in the Main Basin Pond. On the top or sides of the “Miniature Mountains” is an Upper Pool 5. Water in the Main Basin Pond is circulated up to the Upper Pool using a Submersible; Electric, Aquatic, Pump 8. From the Upper Pool, the Water then flows down a Water Course to the Waterfalls and back to the Main Basin Pond to oxygenate the water. Full Article
habit How kicking smoking habit changed my life By www.dailyecho.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:54:13 +0100 IT was a landmark lifestyle change which transformed his life for the better at the dawn of the new millennium. Full Article
habit IKEA new CEO targets 'even more affordable' furniture as habits shift By retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-02-12T08:33:36+05:30 "I think we could broaden the product range a bit in our lower price range," Abrahamsson Ring said, adding that new materials, production techniques and distribution methods would help make IKEA "even more affordable". Full Article
habit Blackstrap molasses helped normalize bowel habits By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0700 One reader reports success with molasses for normalizing bowel movements. Full Article Life Wellness
habit Steeled courage from state lawmakers needed for steelhead habitat By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:01:00 -0700 A last legislative push is needed to save Nisqually River’s storied steelhead run. Full Article Opinion
habit A chance to change our harmful habits of eating and abusing animals By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:45:20 -0700 There are no more excuses to use and abuse animals when humankind’s collective minds have conjured up every possible alternative. Full Article Opinion
habit Fears for man missing in crocodile habitat in Far North Queensland By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 09:06:22 +1000 Police say they are concerned for the safety of a man who has gone missing in a well known crocodile habitat in Far North Queensland. Full Article Missing Person Crocodile Emergency Incidents Disasters and Accidents
habit For Tasmania's Mother Teresa, isolation has been a habit for quite some time By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 06:58:40 +1000 Having been a nun for 22 years, Mother Teresa Benedicta knows a thing or two about isolation. Here are her tips for living in solitude. Full Article Women Religious COVID-19
habit Skinned crocodile found in Murray River in NSW, thousands of kilometres from natural habitat By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:57:00 +1000 A Gold Coast electrician fishing on the Murray River on the NSW-Victorian border was startled to find that what he thought was a log, or a dead Murray cod, was in fact a partly-skinned freshwater crocodile, thousands of kilometres from its natural northern Australian habitat. Full Article ABC Riverina riverina darwin Environment:All:All Environment:Rivers:Murray-Darling Basin Human Interest:Animal Attacks:Crocodile Human Interest:Animals:All Law Crime and Justice:Animal Welfare:All Australia:All:All Australia:NSW:All Australia:NSW:Barham 2732 Australia:NT:All Australia:NT:Darwin 0800
habit Summernats fraudster stole more than $160,000 from car festival to fund drug, gambling habit By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:24:00 +1000 A former finance officer for the Summernats car festival, who stole thousands of dollars from the business to fuel a drug habit, avoids prison time. Full Article ABC Local canberra Arts and Entertainment:Events:Carnivals and Festivals Community and Society:Community and Multicultural Festivals:All Law Crime and Justice:All:All Law Crime and Justice:Courts and Trials:All Law Crime and Justice:Fraud and Corporate Crime:All Australia:ACT:All Australia:ACT:Canberra 2600
habit Esperance swimmers brave 13-degree Celsius shark habitat without wetsuit to boost mental fortitude By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +1000 Unperturbed by the region's infamous sharks and 13-degree Celsius sea temperature, Lisa Julian is among a group that swims off the state's south coast each week without wearing a wetsuit. Full Article ABC Goldfields esperance perth goldfields Environment:All:All Environment:Oceans and Reefs:All Human Interest:All:All Lifestyle and Leisure:All:All Sport:Swimming:All Australia:WA:All Australia:WA:Esperance 6450 Australia:WA:Mandurah 6210 Australia:WA:West Beach 6450