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  Clouded Leopard
The clouded leopard has been described as having the skull and dentition of a big cat with the body of a small cat.
The eyes of clouded leopards are distinctive in that the pupils are vertically oblong rather than round or linear as in other cats.
Nowell (1990a) states that the most recent sighting of a wild Formosan clouded leopard was by a biologist in 1983, the animal was a snared juvenile.
www.catsurvivaltrust.org /clouded.htm   (1288 words)

  
 Rare clouded leopard saved from smuggler in Vietnam safe at rescue centre
He escaped by jumping into a river along the Vietnam-China border near the town of Mong Cai, said Ngo Ba Oanh, director of the Hanoi Centre for Wild Animal Rescue, where the cat is being held.
Another clouded leopard that was confiscated from a smuggler in 1996 was taken to the centre and eventually housed at a zoo, said Nguyen Van Nhung, an official at the centre.
Clouded leopards are found in Asia and are rarely seen in the wild.
www.cbc.ca /cp/Oddities/060714/K071406U.html   (354 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Border a geographer's nightmare
The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is a geographer's nightmare.
In the case of Ethiopia and Eritrea, however, the issue became clouded as the old colonial boundary disappeared for several decades within the territory of a single state.
Around Bure, the treaty defines the border provisionally as running "parallel to and at a distance of 60km from the coast" - a definition giving rise to ambiguities in how the 60km is to be measured.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/396571.stm   (760 words)

  
 Picture page about Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
The Clouded Border is a white moth having fl or brownish bordered wings.
It is likely the Clouded Border has two or even more generations a year, except for Scotland.
Therefor it is on the wing for a long time, usually from the end of April to the middle of August.
www.gardensafari.net /english/picpages/lomaspilis_marginata.htm   (280 words)

  
 Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Clouded Skippers can be distinguished from female Zabulon Skippers because Clouded Skippers lack the white border of the top edge (as viewed from below or above) of the hindwing.
Note also that the subapical forewing spot line in Clouded Skippers tends to be curved, not straight.
Clouded Skippers are fond of crawling into large flowers like this Morning Glory in search of nectar.
www.duke.edu /~jspippen/butterflies/cloudedskipper.htm   (92 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Senate backs 370-mile fence along Mexican border   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With the administration eager to emphasize its commitment to border security, officials continued to flesh out details of Bush's Monday night announcement that he would send up to 6,000 National Guard troops to states along the Mexican border.
He said border areas where barriers are in place have experienced economic improvement and reduced crime.
By Denis Poroy, AP A section of the unfinished U.S.-Mexico border fence, near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-05-17-senate-immigration_x.htm   (1231 words)

  
 Border Action Network\: News
Police and sheriff departments have prepared themselves as if going to a war in which the enemies are migrants, clouded in the language of terrorism and drug trafficking and taking on the dirty work of immigration enforcement agencies.
To us, migrants and border residents, it is clear that those who are responsible for this situation are the same border and immigration policies and those who implemented them.
The Border Patrol and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) must withdraw from our communities and suspend activities that are jeopardizing the security and safety of communities.
www.borderaction.org /news2.php?articleID=25   (914 words)

  
 ABC News: Senate OKs Border Fence, Backs Citizenship
Border Patrol agents watch the double fence seperating San Luis, Ariz., from San Luis, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday, May 17, 2006.
This port of entry is part of the busiest Border Patrol station in the country.
The measure includes steps to secure the borders, the citizenship-related provisions for illegal immigrants and a new guest worker program for as many as 200,000 people a year.
abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=1974806   (414 words)

  
 Butterflies of Canada
The female has yellow spots in the fl border and there is also a white female form.
Range: The Clouded Sulphur is one of the most widespread and common North American butterflies.
This is often how the Clouded Sulphur is encountered, for it is an avid mudpuddler.
www.cbif.gc.ca /spp_pages/butterflies/species/CloudedSulphur_e.php   (447 words)

  
 Vietnamese police rescue rare clouded leopard from smugler - Pravda.Ru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The 18-kilogram (40-pound) female was discovered by border guards on July 1 in northern Quang Ninh province when a man dropped a bag before running from authorities.
He escaped by jumping into a river long the Vietnam-China border near the town of Mong Cai, said Ngo Ba Oanh, director of the Hanoi Center for Wild Animal Rescue, where the cat is being held.
The animals are not technically leopards but a separate species of wild cat that belongs to the same family as lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards, according to the Thailand-based Clouded Leopard Project's Web site.
english.pravda.ru /news/world/14-07-2006/83303-clouded_leopard-0   (506 words)

  
 Moorland Clouded Yellow - Colias palaeno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The moorland clouded yellow is rarer than the mountain clouded yellow, preferring rather more remote, heathy sites.
The male is a much yellower, cleaner butterfly than the mountain clouded yellow; the female is whiter.
Both sexes lack white spots in the border of the forewing and have neat fl edging on the spots on the underside.
www.guypadfield.com /moorlandcloudedyellow.html   (146 words)

  
 untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Clouded Sulphur is one of the most common butterflies in Ohio.
Clouded Sulphers hybridize with Orange Sulphurs and they can be difficult to distinguish in the field.
Late in the summer many of the females are white and it is not possible to distinguish them in the field from the white form of the Orange Sulphur.
www2.kenyon.edu /Bfec/butterflies/sulpherCl.htm   (191 words)

  
 |P| Wake me up when September ends |J| - Message Board - ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clouded Tears was weaker then, all the grown up members had to take care of the puppies, make sure they were safe.
She was afraid maybe Syliat would come back for more, and the demonic beta of Chimera now had a lot of cubs to choose from.
Colibri wished Ceres could have opened the pack borders again, but guessed the alpha female had a reason why they were closed, so she did not complain.
p202.ezboard.com /fbleedingsoulsrpgfrm61.showMessage?topicID=571.topic   (3641 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- High-tech ideas for border
The secure border initiative calls for extending high-tech "fences" in urban corridors, such as these surveillance cameras mounted atop towers just east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
The request for proposals, which was issued by the department earlier this year, is part of the broader Secure Border Initiative that President Bush outlined in his address to the nation Monday evening.
The idea is to create a “virtual fence” that can detect border intrusions, enable different agencies to share information, and provide a command-and-control ability to interdict illegal crossings.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20060518-9999-1b18border.html   (1180 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Pakistan vows to help Kabul crush Taliban
Islamabad says it does all it can and on Tuesday struck a deal with pro-Taliban rebels in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan under which the militants agreed to stop raids in both Pakistan and across the border.
The issue of cross-border movement clouded President George W. Bush's visit to Islamabad early this year and Musharraf's pledge comes ahead of a trip to the United States and Cuba and an expected meeting with Bush.
With the Taliban regrouping, especially in its birthplace of Kandahar province bordering Pakistan, NATO launched its biggest offensive against the guerrillas at the weekend.
news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1321442006   (883 words)

  
 Orange Sulphur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Orange Sulphur and Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) are often difficult to distinguish.
Here in the Chicago area, at least for the past few years, it seems that Clouded Sulphurs are more common in the early summer and Orange Sulphurs more prevalent in late summer.
White females of Orange and Clouded Sulphur are probably indistinguishable in the field.
tdpc02.fnal.gov /peterson/tom/butterflies/OrangeSulphur.html   (162 words)

  
 Couded or Orange Sulphur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Clouded Sulphur and Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) are often difficult to distinguish.
This is probably Clouded Sulphur, since I only saw those flying when I took this photo, but the white female for the Orange Sulphur is very difficult to distinguish from the white Clouded female.
The upperside fl border of Sulphur females (both the white and yellow forms) contains spots, while the male border is solid.
tdpc02.fnal.gov /peterson/tom/Butterflies/CloudedSulphur.html   (127 words)

  
 WPSI - Wildlife Protection Society of India - news
A group of poachers killed a highly endangered clouded leopard in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, on 23 November 2004.
They left behind the carcass of a 5 to 6 year old female clouded leopard.
The Reserve has a long border with Assam, and a porous border with neighboring Bhutan.
www.wpsi-india.org /news/01122004.php   (221 words)

  
 ScrappleFace: Bush: U.S.-Mexico 'Border' Renamed 'Junction'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The executive order changing the terminology follows the president's meeting with linguistic consultant George Lakoff, who recently helped the Democrat party realize that Americans don't oppose their liberal ideology, just the words they use to talk about key issues.
"Folks get concerned when illegal aliens, of unknown origin and motivations pour across the border by the thousands each day," said Mr.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) immediately hired a consultant from Wal-Mart to retrain border guards for their new junction function, which closely mirrors the role of a Wal-Mart 'People Greeter'.
www.scrappleface.com /MT/archives/002242.html   (263 words)

  
 ENN: Environmental News Network [[Today's News Full Story ]]
Transborder wildlife smuggling is a major factor leading to the demise of endangered species that are prized as delicacies or for medicinal purposes in Asia.
The agreement brings together a wide range of parties, including border guards, provincial officials and the military to help crack down on illegal animal hunting and trafficking.
The plan will also work to enhance conservation awareness among local people living in four border provinces and will strive to strengthen cooperation between the local officials on both sides of the border.
www.enn.com /today.html?id=413   (363 words)

  
 Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve - Sightings Highlights May 2004
Overnight moth catch: Light Emerald, Common Marbled Carpet, Broken-barred Carpet, May Highflyer, Small Seraphim, Clouded Border, Sharp-angled Peacock, Clouded Silver, Eyed Hawk-moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, Elephant Hawk-moth, Pebble Prominent, Pale Prominent, Chocolate-tip, Cinnabar, White Ermine, Heart and Dart, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Flame Shoulder, Small Square-spot, Bright-line Brown-eye, White-point, Common Wainscot, Treble-lines, Vine’s Rustic, Pale Mottled Willow, Silver-Y..
Overnight moth catch: Lime-speck Pug, Sharp-angled Peacock, Light Emerald, Clouded Border, Poplar Hawk-moth, Elephant Hawk-moth, Buff-tip, Pebble Prominent, Pale Prominent, Chocolate-tip, Cinnabar, White Ermine, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Flame Shoulder, Bright-line Brown-eye, Common Wainscot, Knot Grass, Treble-lines, Vine’s Rustic, Silver-Y, The Spectacle, Herald.
Overnight moth catch: May Highflyer, Clouded Border, Sharp-angled Peacock, Brimstone, Scalloped Hazel, Poplar Hawk-moth, Puss Moth, Pebble Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pale Prominent, White Ermine, Muslin Moth, Cinnabar, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Flame Shoulder, Common Quaker, Clouded Drab, White-point, Early Grey, Green Carpet, Knot Grass,
www.hants.gov.uk /countryside/titchfield/sightings/2004/may.html   (982 words)

  
 European_Council - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Fresh clouds as Cyprus blocks EU accord on Turkey
2005-09-19 09:17:11 The European Union was "very close" Monday to resolving a dispute over Turkey's refusal to recognize Cyprus which has clouded the planned start of EU entry talks next month, diplomats said.
2005-09-16 08:49:24 EU member states again failed to agree on Friday how to respond to Turkey's refusal to recognize Cyprus, clouding Ankara's EU prospects as it prepares to start entry talks next month.
www.eubusiness.com /topics/European_Council/index_html?b_start:int=1020   (804 words)

  
 Senate OKs Border Fence
WASHINGTON - The Senate agreed to give millions of illegal immigrants a shot at U.S. citizenship and backed construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday.
It would make all illegal aliens subject to prosecution as felons and calls for construction of a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border - more than twice as long as the barrier the Senate backed during the day.
Let your public officials know how you feel!
www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,97719,00.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS   (1043 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Leaders disagree on Israel's policy regarding military response, but see eye to eye on nuclear, terror issues
The difficult security incidents on Israel's northern border clouded Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi trip of to Israel on Wednesday, but diplomatic officials were pleased with the visit, the first in a decade, and with its contribution to the tightening of relations between the two countries.
Koizumi said that the North Korean missile tests and the nuclear weapons the country possesses pose a threat to the international community.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3274802,00.html   (423 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Senate approves fence on border
Lawmakers agree to give illegals shot at citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed to give millions of illegal immigrants a shot at U.S. citizenship and backed construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday.
Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett both voted in favor of the plan to build the fence.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635208413,00.html   (1114 words)

  
 Wildlife of Rochdale | and its surrounding areas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A female Ghost Swift was at Tandle Hill.
15th - 1 Cinnabar, 3 Freyer's Pug, 1 Green Silver Lines, 1 Buff Ermine, 1 Scalloped Hazel, 1 Large Yellow Underwing, 15 Heart and Dart, 1 Common Swift, 1 Clouded Borded Brindle and 1 Beautiful Golden Y (Norden One).
Nearly all the people who trap moths in Rochdale use a version of the 'Skinner Trap'.
www.wildlifeofrochdale.co.uk /moths.htm   (1371 words)

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