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Panther Road Deaths Set Record
TAMPA - A record number of Florida panthers were killed by motorists last year, a grim toll that is troubling yet encouraging to experts who follow the endangered cats. In all, 11 panthers were killed by motorists, the highest number since the state started tracking panther deaths in 1972 and roughly 10 percent of the entire population. "That's a huge hit, particularly when it's a breeding female or mother with young," said Elizabeth Fleming, Florida representative of Defenders of Wildlife, a nonprofit organization that helps preserve animals. However, the high number of deaths also may signal that the overall panther population is holding steady or growing in number. "It's an unfortunate downside to an increasing population," said Darrell Land, panther team leader for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Simple steps are the key to making big changes
This will be the year you get serious about minimizing fat and carbs while eating more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Instead of a crash program, you might try a novel approach, one that's more likely to succeed: small changes that are easy to live with but that cumulatively can have significant and lasting effects on your health and your pants size. "People hate to admit the fact that it took them 10 years, 20 years, 30 years to get from a size they are comfortable with to a size they are miserable with," says Jeanne Goldberg, a professor of nutrition science at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. "They want to turn that around in 10 minutes," she says. "That's totally unachievable." Where to begin? It helps to equate food with physical activity.
Simon & Schuster Sets One Week Record with Twenty-One New York Times Bestsellers
On December 24, 2006, the New York Times bestseller list will include an unprecedented total of 21 separate bestsellers from Simon & Schuster, Inc. This one-week bestseller accomplishment comes as a complement to the company's record-breaking year-to-date total of 110 bestsellers (sixteen #1), and shatters the previous S&S record of 102, set in 2003. The plethora of S&S bestsellers on the December 24 list come in eight out of ten of the Times bestseller categories, and includes a rare domination in the ultra competitive hardcover Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous category, in which Simon & Schuster titles have claimed the top three spots (led by the 2.7 million copy mega seller YOU: On a Diet), and four out of a possible six spots on the list. "This record-breaking abundance of bestsellers in the busiest and most crowded of publishing seasons is the ultimate tribute to our robust front list publishing," said Jack Romanos, President and CEO of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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