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Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877)
Common Name(s):
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermani (Severtzov, 1877)
Scaphirhynchus hermanni Kessler, 1877
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A2c ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Mugue, N.
|Pourkazemi, M. & Smith, K.
Information for the species is limited though there are current unconfirmed reports of fishermen (poachers) catching the species. The species is only found in the middle Amu Darya and has been extirpated from the Aral Sea and lower Amu Darya due to water abstraction. Water pollution and poaching is also a threat to the species. The species' extent of occurrence (EOO) is estimated to be around 100,000 km². The location of its spawning grounds are uncertain.
Its generation length is estimated to be 3-8 years as it is a smaller species than other similar sturgeons. There are no published estimates of population sizes or declines, but there has been a decline as its range declined drastically in the past 30 years, and due to poor economic status the level of poaching in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan is thought to be increasing. However, water quality has improved as the amount of chemicals used in agriculture has declined.
There is very little information available for this species, but based on the data that is available and on the status of P. kaufmanni which shares the species range and has similar biology and susceptibility, it is suspected that there has been a population decline of more than 80% in the past 3 generations. Also, the species is thought to occur in less than 500 km of river (one location based on threats of poaching and pollution).
There is a critical need to survey the species from both the Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan sides of the river, as more information is needed.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to the Amu Darya River (middle and lower reaches) (Birstein 1997).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
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|This species is very rare; in April 1996 three specimens were caught for the first time in the last 15 years (Birstein 1997). However, there are current unconfirmed reports of local fishermen (poachers) catching the species.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The habitat and ecology of the Small Amu-dar Shovelnose Sturgeon are practically unknown (FAO 2009). Adults are benthophagous, feeding mostly on midge larvae. This species may possibly hybridize with P. kaufmanni (Birstein 1997).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Movement patterns:
|Full Migrant
|Use and Trade:
|This species is poached for human consumption.
|Major Threat(s):
In the past, the Amu Darya River entered the Aral Sea near the town of Muynak (Amu Darya River delta) but since 1982, due to dams and water extraction (primarily for irrigation), the river has not reached the Sea (Birstein 1997, Zholdasova 1997). There are also high levels of water pollution recorded from the Amu Darya River due to mineral fertilizers, pesticides for cotton agriculture and the disposal of drainage waste, with the highest level of pollution in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, though between 1989-1990 a decrease in pesticide content in the Amu-Darya water was noticed (Zholdasova 1997).
Poaching is a threat to the remaining population.
|Conservation Actions:
|Part of the species' range is within a nature reserve (Amu Darya Nature Reserve). During the carrying out of the recovery plan for P. kaufmanni, it will be possible to make an estimation of the status of P. hermanni. More survey work is needed to determine the status of the population (Birstein 1997). This species was listed on CITES Appendix II in 1998.
|Mugue, N. 2010. Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T18600A8497165. . Downloaded on 14 August 2018.
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Pete Shannon, entertainment manager at Six Flags New England for the past 21 years, has presided over making Fright Fest New England's largest haunt event with 23 themed attractions that ramp up the fear factor for Halloween season visitors.
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"This is an attraction at Magic Mountain in California that we took on to produce this year at Six Flags New England. People will really have to face their fear of the dark as they feel their way through this new haunted area that also has a few ghouls to add to the terror of the situation," said Shannon.
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FOX59 introduced you to Jacen back in July. He started a campaign on GoFundMe to raise money to buy bulletproof vest plates for police officers.
To date, Jacen has raised more than $15,000. Crown Hill Cemetery presented Jacen with a $1,000 donation Thursday afternoon. IMPD Chief Rick Hite thanked him during the check presentation.
"I feel very happy," said Jacen Troxell.
Crown Hill Cemetery is challenging other Indianapolis business to match the $1,000 donation.
"Please donate and if you do, thank you," said Troxell.
Jacen started the campaign shortly after Officer Perry Renn was killed in the line of duty. His dad is an IMPD detective and he knew Officer Renn very well. Jacen knew his dad was very sad about losing a friend so he wanted to do something.
Thirty-four bulletproof vest plates are on order and expected to come in any day now. These plates will go to the North District officers who worked with Renn. The make and model has been tested by instructors at the police shooting range.
"This is just another way that our officers can feel a little better about going to work each day, it gives them a better chance of coming home to their families. We're seeing basically an unprescented level of violence in the city right now, and much of that is being directed against our police officers," said Lt. Dale True, IMPD Firearms Instructor.
In less than a year, two IMPD officers have been killed in the line of duty. Over the past 18 months, nine officers have been shot and more than 20 have been fired upon.
The Indianapolis Police Foundation was also inspired by Jacen's efforts. The organization is planning to work with the boy to help raise additional funds for plates and other protective equipment.
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OTTAWA – The veterans ombudsman says ex-soldiers and members of the RCMP should no longer be at the mercy of government institutions when it comes to submitting their disability applications.
Guy Parent's new report calls on the federal government to stop keeping veterans in the dark over the medical records used to decide on compensation claims.
Under the current system, when a claim is filed the applicant's medical records are requested from either the military, the RCMP or Library and Archives Canada, if the documents date back decades.
Federal bureaucrats also cherry-pick the records that are deemed relevant, a process known as flagging, before they are sent on to an adjudicator for review.
The applicant never gets a copy of the submitted records, nor the chance to point out whether documents are missing.
Parent says the process infringes on the applicant's ability to substantiate claims, and may even result in a biased decision.
"It's certainly an unfair procedure," Parent said in an interview Monday. "Fairness demands the individual be able to participate, but there is no participation whatsoever."
The ombudsman says it isn't a deliberate attempt to inject bias, as some veterans groups have suggested over the years.
Instead, Parent said, the procedures have evolved over the years, sometimes at the expense of fairness.
"You can't forget there's fairness for the applicant as well as for the administrator, and in this case in point, it seems we've forgotten the applicant's side, which is important," he said.
Although the ombudsman's office did not investigate specific accusations of bias, it has received complaints about the application process since the Harper government established Parent's watchdog agency.
"This is an apprehension of bias," he said, noting that some adjudicator might restrict their review strictly to the flagged documents, where other documents could be pertinent.
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney released a statement Monday saying the report was useful.
"We welcome the ombudsman's report and while over 70 per cent of first applications currently receive a favourable decision, we are always looking for ways to improve how we serve veterans," he said.
The government was expected to release a specific set of responses to ombudsman's report later Monday.


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One thing that success always brings in its wake is envy, and as sure as the sun rises, success in Houston begets envy in Dallas, and all the usual myths that accompany it.
Regarding the letters of July 23 on the livability of Houston: The reader from Denton remarks that Houston "is still without a viable public transportation system." When taken as a whole, Houston's public transit actually serves more daily riders than Dallas's system, with 277,000 versus 220,000 (the two metro areas are comparable in size). This is because Houston has invested more in that less sexy but more cost-effective mode of transit: the bus.
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text: Bass, Berry & Sims Releases Healthcare Fraud Year in Review for 2015 Firm Publication Publications March 16, 2016 Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to provide its annual Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review, which highlights significant enforcement trends and legal developments, discusses recent cases and settlements affecting the healthcare industry, and provides an outlook on what lies ahead in 2016. During the previous year, Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys have represented virtually every type of provider in the healthcare industry in civil and criminal healthcare fraud investigations and related litigation. We have incorporated this experience into our Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review for the benefit of our clients and friends and hope that the Review will be a valuable resource for healthcare providers facing complex compliance and fraud and abuse-related issues. The Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review offers a concise discussion and analysis of such topics as: Noteworthy Healthcare Settlements Issues to Watch False Claims Act Update ("FCA") Stark Law/Anti-Kickback Statute Developments Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Developments Click below to download the PDF copy. If you have any questions about the Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review or other healthcare fraud and abuse issues, please contact one of the Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys listed. Inside the FCA blog In conjunction with the release of the Review, Bass, Berry & Sims announces the launch of its new blog, Inside the FCA, which will provide ongoing updates related to the FCA, including insight on the latest legal decisions, regulatory developments and FCA settlements. To read the blog, click here. Download Document - Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review 2015


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I am a fat weak punter.
There is no denying this. My current weight is a shocking 90kg.
Anyone who has read this blog for a while will know I am a Huddersfield town fan. What you may not know is I do not like Arsenal.
The reason for this is simple ... family.
My Grandma on my dads side before she died had a partner called Ron. He served with my Grandad on my Mums in the second world war but lost touch after the war. They eventually met each other again when one of my Aunts was getting married and my Grandad invited Ron along.
He then met my Grandma at the wedding and things clicked. They quickly found they wanted to spend all their time together.
There was one issue. He lived in Islington. He was a gooner and cobbler making shoes for the royal family amongst others. So they spent half there time living in Islington under the shadow of Highbury and half there time in Huddersfield enjoying the clean air and quiet streets.
Growing up almost every year we would live in Rons house in London for two weeks as a summer holiday. I grew up joking with them about Arsenals troubles. So it was a jovial dislike.
Time went on and both my Grandma and 'Uncle' Ron passed away.
I have not been to London for any great period in years and not been to Islington for longer. This brings me to the title of this blog.
The pedal for pounds is a long bike ride for charity organised by Huddersfield Town football club. They run what is called the keep it up campaign. This raises money for Yorkshire air ambulance and Huddersfield's academy with 50% of all money raised going to these good causes.
The bike ride this year is from the emirates stadium to Town ground. It is roughly 250 miles. They have called it the Chapman trail because of the almost century old connection between the two clubs. P4P5
I have wanted to do the bike ride for a number of years now but always found an excuse. This year being a start in Islington I felt the time was right and my school friend Josh who I do not see often enough wanted to do this also. So we both bit the bullet and have joined up.
My issues were many:
I did not own a bike
I had not ridden a bike this millennium
I had never ridden more than around 1 mile
I had never ridden a road bike
The bike ride is in April
So I now have a road bike and have done my first over 5k bike ride today. I am slowly building confidence and learning how to ride a bike again. It is a slow process.
I have 3 months to get fit enough for 3 80 mile days in a row.
The cause is one I believe in. I fully support football youth development and I think the Yorkshire air ambulance is a vital service we should all support especially climbers/walkers and mountaineers in Yorkshire as one slip and their service could be the difference between life and death.
I will be blogging and tweeting my progress with training and will blog after the event.
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JERSEY CITY– At its Sixth Annual Dinner and Awards Night at Puccini's Restaurant in Jersey City, the Rotary Club of Jersey City-Daybreak recognized Jean Quinn, vice president of corporate communications at The Provident Bank, with a Community Service Award. An active volunteer, Jean serves as president of Habitat for Humanity of Hudson County and is a staunch advocate for the hungry, spearheading initiatives to raise funds for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey and volunteering with The Sharing Place, a food pantry in Jersey City.
Left to right: Stewart Gladstone, sergeant-at-arms and past president of the Rotary Club of Jersey City-Daybreak; Chris Martin, Provident president and CEO; Jean Quinn, Provident vice president of corporate communications; and Michael Ricciardone, secretary of the Rotary Club of Jersey City-Daybreak and owner of Salon St. John in Jersey City.
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Juli-Anne J. James is like the friend you call when you need good advice and honest feedback. Drawing on her experiences as a wife, mother of three, all around creative, and business communication analyst she easily adds fresh perspective to life's everyday situations. She passionately seeks godly wisdom for herself and others, helping to refine the mind and heart as a personal trainer would the body. "Every Day, Wisdom" is her first official release of printed material; however, Juli-Anne … Read More about About Juli-Anne
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There's some Rising Damp at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking this July!
The classic ITV hit comedy of the 70s, Rising Damp is brought vividly to life on stage in a brand new production written by Eric Chappell and directed by original cast member Don Warrington coming to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking from Mon 1 - Sat 6 July.
Set in a run-down Victorian house, the show follows Rupert Rigsby and his variety of tenants who rent out his shabby bedsits in arguably the seediest boarding house that England has to offer. His unluckly tenants include Ruth Jones, an administrator at the university, Alan, a medical student, and Philip, who is studying town and country planning. Between them, Alan and Philip are the focus and foil of the majority of Rigsby's many prejudices, usually at the expense of his dignity and standing in the eyes of Miss Jones with whom he is hopelessly and pathetically in love.
Brought to the stage by the same producers who revived Victoria Wood's dinnerladies and BBC's Bird of a Feather, the production has the writing talents of Eric Chappell who took up full time writing in 1973 after his first stage play, The Banana Box, was produced at the Apollo Theatre, London. The play later inspired the classic TV comedy Rising Damp, winner of the BAFTA award for best situation comedy. In 1979 Eric's screen version won the Evening Standard Film award for best comedy. Other television successes include The Squirrels, The Bounder, Home to Roost (all of which won PYE TV awards), Only When I Laugh, Duty Free, Singles, Fiddlers Three and Haggard.
Don Warrington is best known for having played the part of Philip Smith in Rising Damp alongside Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale. Don has starred in many television series including Red Dwarf, The Crouches and the BBC drama Casualty. He has performed with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bristol Old Vic and has recently toured in the role Hoke Coleburn in the award-winning production of Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy. As soon as this tour of Rising Damp opens he starts filming the third series of BBC TV's Death in Paradise which will air later this year. Don was also in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing and partnered Lilia Kopylova.
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It is a busy time of year here in the U.S. capital, a time when visitors from around the world come to Washington to see the sights, visit the city's many national museums and attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival. But something ominous is hanging over Washington and the tourist trade.
Springtime in Washington. The flowers are blooming, leaves are coming out on trees and tourists are returning to museums around the National Mall.
But with a budget agreement stalled on Capitol Hill and a government shutdown looming, the nation's monuments and museums may have to close their doors after Friday. Tourists are scrambling to see the sights.
Leslee Samuelson and her son Keith from Atlanta, Georgia changed their schedule to make sure they get to see the popular National Air and Space Museum.
"We are going to get it done today and tomorrow, because hopefully everything will stay open tomorrow," said Samuelson. "And if it does shut down it won't shut down until tomorrow night."
Vendors and tour guides around the mall also are worried. Private tour guide Ken Rogoff brought a group of children from Buffalo, New York. He says the coming weeks traditionally are some of the busiest for the tourist industry each year.
"Well that is very bad," said Rogoff. "We will have to do things that are not government institution. But they came here to see the nation's capital because it is their parents' taxes that are paying for this. I mean it is so wonderful to have the Smithsonian Institution and have it free. You know if you go to Italy or France or Spain to the major museums they are very expensive."
Street musician Jentry McCombs has been playing for tourists on the mall for 30 years. He says the tips are usually good, but he worries about what will happen if there is a government shutdown.
"I will have to have some more private shows, a lot more private shows because right now in the summer most of my income comes from the tourists," said McCombs. "When the United States government shuts down, where is there to go. Oh, I go to the food bank."
If there is a government shutdown, many tourists say they will visit some of the private museums around Washington, and seek out other sights.


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Archaeologists have started surveying the Roman-built Antonine Wall in Scotland using innovative laser scanners to gather data for 3D visualisation of the ancient site.
A joint initiative of Historic Scotland, Glasgow School of Art's Digital Design Studio and international non-profit organisation CyArk, the project will gather information that could be later used to improve management, conservation and interpretation of the site while also providing an educational tool for future generations to learn about history.
"The Scottish Ten project offers the exciting possibility of virtual reconstruction, based on accurate survey information, to help in-site interpretation," said the project manager Dr Lyn Wilson.
"We are also using these surveys as a training exercise for Historic Scotland's architectural technicians to build capacity within our organisation to better enable us to fulfil our commitment to digitally document in 3D all 345 properties in the care of Scottish ministers."
Currently working in the area of the wall near Bonnybridge, Falkirk, the team will require two weeks to scan the Rough Castle and Bar Hill Roman sites.
Complemented with previously taken airborne images, the data collected along the entire length of the wall will enable the researchers to produce visual models of the wall with unprecedented detail and accuracy.
Antonine Wall is the fifth national heritage site in Scotland the team has been working on.
The protective Antonine Wall was built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde. Representing the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire, the 3m high and 5m wide wall spanned approximately 63 km. Construction began in 142 AD at the order of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, and took about 12 years to complete.


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