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The Endangered Snow Leopard—Habitat, Feeding Habits and More
Rehana Stormme
Fighting for Survival: The Endangered Snow Leopard
What is the Snow Leopard?
Scientific Name: Uncia uncia
The endangered snow Leopard is a large cat of the species Uncia Uncia, descending from the wild cat and panther families. The endangered snow leopard is identified by its beautiful black spotted smoky-gray coat and snow-white colored belly. Said to be relatively smaller than most big cats, the endangered snow leopard weighs only about 30-55 kg. Lengthwise, the endangered snow leopard is about 80-135 cm long and at its shoulder, it stands at almost 2 meters.
The endangered snow leopard possesses a thick dense body and a furry tail, which both shield it from the extremely cold climate experienced in its habitat. The fur on its belly is about 5 inches thick. Its long tail is nearly as long as its whole body and in exceedingly harsh frosty winds, it acts as a kind of muffler to protect the nose from the cold. The endangered snow leopard has well-adapted paws for walking on snow and even wading across when there is very deep snow cover. In summer, the endangered snow leopard may spot on a less-dense and thin layered coat of fur.
The Endangered Snow Leopard: Innocent eyes...
Endangered snow leopard
Map showing regions inhabited by the endangered snow leopard.
Where Do the Endangered Snow Leopards Live?
The endangered snow leopard is native to the rugged and snowy highlands of Central Asia particularly the Himalaya region. Although China is said to hold 60% of the endangered snow leopard population, endangered snow leopards are widely spread in many Asian countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, India, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. They prefer to live in rocky ridges, cliffs, and rock outcrops due to their convenient locations for camouflage when tracking and sneaking up on prey.
The endangered snow leopard may be found in altitudes as high as 3500 meters above sea level. In summer, endangered snow leopards can even be located in very high altitudes of 5000m. The endangered snow leopard may choose to live in different locations depending on various conditions, including an abundance of prey, temperature, altitude and competition for food. In Nepal, where prey is abundant, endangered snow leopards huddle within a close 30-65 km range. On the other hand, flat relief and terrain do not host a lot of prey but are convenient spots, because the ridges offer safe and comfortable traveling routes. In the flat landscape of the Tibetan Plateau and the Gobi Desert, endangered snow leopards are spread out over an area of about 1000 km. The reason for this is for an easy lookout for prey.
Two Snow Leopards. Being a solitary animal, the endangered snow leopard only socializes during the mating season, which begins early in the year and ends in mid-March.
panthera uncia
The Endangered Snow Leopard: Behavior
The behavior of the endangered snow leopard may resemble other wild cats. But unlike other big cats, snow leopards are often regarded as quiet and diffident creatures. It is very hard to stumble upon a snow leopard, even in a densely populated snow leopard habitat. They generally avoid humans, like most other wild cats. When they sense any human presence in their territories, they become nocturnally active so as to avoid unnecessary encounters and by so doing they may be able to escape the various dangers posed to them by man.
Due to their reserved and non-aggressive nature, there has been no report of snow leopards ever attacking man, in fact, if confronted; a snow leopard would most likely back away slowly, even if it means leaving its hard-earned kill for other predators. The times when snow leopards may tend to become aggressive and lunge in attack is when trying to defend themselves especially their cubs.
Like most other wild cats, the endangered snow leopard can make a variety of sounds like growling, meowing, yowling and hissing, but one fact remains—the endangered snow leopard cannot roar. Unlike the ferocious roars of other members from the cat family, like the African lion and the Tiger, the snow leopard, does not roar. Although most people may argue that it is not a disability for them not to be able to roar and that they are perfect just the way they are, scientists are yet to find out the actual reason for this inability. As not much is known about the endangered snow leopard, its inability to roar just contributes more to their mystery.
Being solitary animals, the endangered snow leopards only gather during the mating season, which begins early in the year and ends in mid-March. The endangered snow leopard uses scent markings to locate mates. The gestation period of the endangered snow leopard is about 90-110 days. The female snow leopard searches for hidden rock crevices when going to give birth as these locations provide safety, away from any threat or danger. An average female snow leopard gives birth to a litter of about one to five cubs. Cubs don't open their eyes until they are 7 days old. At 2 years, they are old enough to they feed on animal flesh. The cubs live with their mother for 2 years at most, after which they become independent and start living alone in the wild, with only the handy hunting skills taught by their mother for survival. Most cubs don't make it to adulthood because of various natural or artificial threats and dangers. At times, the mother may have to search high and low for food and the cubs may end up dying from starvation and malnourishment.
The endangered snow leopard, like most other big cats, spends part of its time moving around its territory, marking it with different signs to warn other cats of its presence. By spraying urine over prominent landmarks like huge rocks, clawing the ground with its hind legs and depositing feces around its claimed land, other snow leopards and cats have to be extremely desperate and brave enough to try to confront and kill off the territorial male in order to take over the land. But the markers clearly define the boundaries of one's territory and keep away other snow leopards that may be having any ideas.
The average snow leopard lives between 15-17 years of age but some have been known to live to twenty. Those that live in the wild are said to die off at a faster rate due to several natural and man-made causes.
Very cute: Snow leopard cubs.
Feeding Habits of the Endangered Snow Leopard
The endangered snow leopard is known to be an opportunistic predator as it may feed on any herbivore roaming in their habitats. They feed on a wide range of animals, for example, wild goats, sheep, gazelles, boars, and deer. They are known to kill many sheep and cattle and drag them into snow tunnels carved by ice for storage. A kill may last for 2 days- three at most.
The endangered snow leopard is known to bring down large prey of about 3 times its own size. It may hunt down large mammals on average twice a month and feed off the flesh for several days. Occasionally, the endangered snow leopard may feed on smaller prey for example rodents like rabbits, hares, marmots, pikas and snow cocks, especially during migrating seasons and in the summer.
Being an agile creature, the endangered snow leopard is a stealthy hunter that quietly prowls behind its prey and lunges for it in one go, tearing it to shreds. In some cases, especially in winter, when prey is not available in its wild mountain habitats, the endangered snow leopard may ravage farms, preying on domestic sheep and goat.
Snow leopard resting on a rocky ledge.
Born in the Zoo: An adorable cub curled up on the ground, fast asleep.
Zoo Borns
Why Are the Snow Leopards Endangered?
Like many other endangered animals, the endangered snow leopards are excessively hunted by man. The endangered snow leopards were principally killed for their attractively patterned pelt. In many Asian cultures especially in Chinese traditions, the fur, organs and claws of wild cats like tigers are very important in various medicinal and traditional practices. Since tigers are very rare and are only occasionally spotted in the wild woods and forests, many locals took to hunting down snow leopards, majorly contributing to their endangerment.
In winter, when herds of animals migrate and move away from the cold mountain regions, the snow leopard may be left with nothing to prey on. In such cases, the endangered snow leopard may enter the boundaries of farms and corrals and wreak havoc on the places, killing several domestic animals at once. It may be common for a farmer returning to his farm, only to find the whole place in ruins, everything desolated by a snow leopard. In this case, the farmer may either trace it back to its location or shoot it down or wait for it to show up again and take revenge.
Another reason for why the snow leopard might have become endangered may be due to land encroachment by man. The natural habitats of the endangered snow leopard have been put into jeopardy due to the different threats by man. Some of them might be the destruction of habitat due to the need for land for settlement, agriculture or industrialization. Eventually, due to habitat destruction, the snow leopards inevitably end up being killed.
Even now, with the support of many animal conservation organizations, numerous beautiful snow leopards are still being illegally shot down and their highly valued pelts and coats are still making their way into the black markets. Today, only about 6000 of the endangered snow leopards roam about freely in the wild. Besides that, a number of snow leopards are being captured and placed in cages in zoos. This just adds to their restriction of movement and inability to live a life that they desire, in their comfortable homes in the wild, where they belong.
Snow leopard with cub.The endangered snow leopard is very protective of its cubs and can become very aggressive when its cubs are threatened or attacked.
Watch: The Endagered Snow Leopard
Did you find this helpful? Share your thoughts on the endangered snow leopard!
Tariq Sattar from Karachi on November 20, 2015:
It is high time that some credible steps are taken to save this endangered specie. But, luckily there are some people who have taken on themselves to prevent its extinction.
One of such a man is Shafqat Hussain: the founder of Pakistan's Project Snow Leopard, besides, international agencies this gentleman is doing wonderful job to save this fine animal. Loved reading this hub!
Harry Poter on April 29, 2015:
Thanks for the info. I'm doing a school report on snow lepeords.
IM NOT TELLING MY NAME on April 23, 2013:
I live snow leopards!!!! It doesn't really matter what animals there are in the world, I love ALL SORTS OF ANIMALS!! heehee BYEE
Secret Commenter on February 22, 2013:
Too cute I love the cute little Tigers!
Siba on February 04, 2013:
we sould do something about to save the Snow Leopard 'cause man are hunting them for fur, hat's and all kind of stuff said don't u think guys and girls
Peter Geekie on October 21, 2012:
I LOVE KITTEHS
grace on June 10, 2012:
this is an amazing web site i am doing a sub ject at school (to find out what animal are endangerd) and i chose the snow leopards and i had to do home work about it (to find facts) and this is the best site about snow leopards thank you
Peter Geekie from Sittingbourne on June 09, 2012:
Dear Rehana
Excellent piece about a beautiful animal - how great would it be to see one in the wild rather than a zoo (and obviously so much better for the animal)
Kind regards Peter
Amber on May 01, 2012:
who is the author of this article?
Dubuquedogtrainer from Dubuque, Iowa on April 20, 2012:
Interesting - beautiful cats. Interesting video.
Wesman Todd Shaw from Kaufman, Texas on February 26, 2012:
Thank you for this. I'm big into these endangered critters, and am especially the big pretty ones such as this one.
If you don't mind my saying - I think you might have used the entire phrase "endangered snow leopard" too much. I think you should substitute in the scientific name "Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia" - will also give you some more keywords or search terms someone might find your great article with.
Sheila Brown from Southern Oklahoma on February 26, 2012:
Awesome hub! I hate to see any species populations decrease so. Unfortunately there are a number of endangered species. I am glad you shared this information with us. Voted up, awesome and sharing! Have a great day! :)
winbo on February 26, 2012:
wow! what a wonderful hub. Great job.. I liked up
James Kenny from Birmingham, England on February 26, 2012:
Wonderful hub about an iconic creature. I remember watching them on the BBC series 'Planet Earth' and was captivated by their athleticism and grace. I hope they can survive the impending extinction crisis. Voted up etc.
Suhail Zubaid aka Clark Kent from Mississauga, ON on February 10, 2012:
You can count on my return to your hubs of similar nature :-)
Rehana Stormme (author) on February 10, 2012:
Hi Suhail and your dog! Thanks for reading and commenting! Yes, I saw that video series on the snow leopard mother and cub. It's just amazing. I love big cats and I'm passionate about spreading awareness on endangered species. The thing is I'm interested in a whole range of topics and I can't seem to focus on just one. But that's the thing about hubpages, you can write about anything. Anyway, I will be writing more on this topic. Hope to see you again some time! Thanks once again for stopping by!
A great hub on one of my favorite endangered wild animals - wolves, polar bears, dolphins, whales and sharks are some others. You have researched the piece very well indeed.
Here is one of the best series of videos made on snow leopard (mother and cub):
Snow Leopard of Pakistan - Beyond the Myth
http://youtu.be/jKm7Dmpt6Us
Hey, Giocatore! Welcome to the hub above! Thanks for reading and commenting :)
Jim Dorsch from Alexandria, VA on February 09, 2012:
Nice hub, up and shared.
Hahahaha :) As a matter of fact, I am particularly fond of the nutard beast, it is a rare species! Thanks for your encouraging words, somethgblue!
somethgblue from Shelbyville, Tennessee on February 09, 2012:
Another great hub from a gifted writer, well done!
Have you heard of the endangered Nutard Beast, that prowls the hub pages looking to pounce on unsuspecting writers to share its profound wisdom with.
Great Hub!
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The Power Five conferences are becoming more and more like a "Power Two" these days, with the SEC getting Oklahoma and Texas and the Big Ten getting USC and UCLA.
For better or worse, this seems to be the new world order, and it begs the question: With the Big Ten and SEC the clear top dogs, who's going to stay with them when this realignment craze goes away?
If the ACC loses Miami and Clemson, that's a huge problem. If Miami leaves, the state of Florida will likely follow, most likely to the SEC. Clemson is considered an SEC program in all but name. If the conference sticks to North Carolina and Duke, it could be good, but if it loses the Hurricanes, that's a no-brainer.
The Pac-12 doesn't look much better.
Let's just say, if Oregon leaves, the Pac-12 will be as good as dead. According to Sports IllustratedOregon booster and Nike co-founder Phil Knight wants the Ducks in the Big Ten.
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According to Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsthe Big 12 tries to bring six teams from the Pac-12 to the Big 12. Oregon is one of those six, along with Arizona, the state of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Washington.
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The Pac-12 is renegotiating its media rights deal, so we'll see if it can keep its schools where they are.
This is an ever-changing situation that looks set to set the new standard for collegiate athletics by 2022. The SEC and Big Ten have reshaped the college football landscape. The ACC will have to worry about the Big Ten and SEC poaching teams. The Big 12 appears to be cementing his future, while the Pac-12 may not have much of a future left if the Big 12 successfully overtakes him.
A year ago, it looked like the Big 12 would become the Power Five conference to take a back seat, but with their additions from the BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF along with the reported attempted addition of the Pac-12 schools, the Big 12 seems to have a long, bright future ahead of them.
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Saints DE Cam Jordan Wins NFC Award for Second Time in Three Weeks
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New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan has been in the NFL for 11 seasons, earning a spot on the 2010s NFL All-Decade team, multiple AP All-Pro honors, and 7 Pro Bowls.
Early in the season, the Saints were without starting defensive tackle David Onyemata and lost starting defensive end Marcus Davenport for a stretch of games.
Upon their return, Jordan has seen far fewer double-teams.
As a result, his sack total has picked up.
He had zero over the first 6 games. Jordan is now up to 11.5 on the season, including 7.5 over the last three weeks.
After a 3.5 sack performance in Sunday's win against the Carolina Panthers, Jordan was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.
In addition to his superb play on the field, the Walter Payton Man of the Year and multi-time Saints Man of the Year does plenty of good off it.
With one game to go, Jordan can continue to climb up the Saints record books.
Jordan has 106 career sacks, only one of two players in franchise history to reach triple-digits.
The franchise leader in sacks is NFL Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson, who had 115 of his 128 career sacks with New Orleans.
Jackson did it in 195 games.
Jordan has played 175.
With more left in the tank, Jordan has a good chance to set the franchise record next season.
He can also add more this Sunday.
Jordan has sacked Matt Ryan 22 times in his career, the NFL record for most by one player against another.
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THE €100 billion bailout of Spain's banking sector has been dismissed as a 'sticking plaster' solution to the country's economic woes.
It comes after initial market gains quickly dissipated amid fears of further financial fall out.
Dubbed 'bailout lite', the relaxed terms of the package have caused anger in other bailed out countries including Ireland and Greece.
Both are subject to much more stringent terms.
"The bailout is yet another sticking plaster on the eurozone's fractured edifice, for which there are still no long-term plans," said Ruth Lea, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group.
Anger at the lack of stringent measures imposed on Spain comes as it emerged Prime Minister Rajoy urged his finance minister not to give in to pressure from EU leaders over the terms of the deal.
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The financial markets initially responded positively to the bailout, but borrowing costs on 10-year Spanish bonds rose sharply to 6.5 per cent on Monday, while the euro slumped again against the pound.
Rajoy has publicly acknowledged that the recession will continue to bite in Spain, despite the rescue fund easing the problems of a banking sector struggling with billions of euros of debt related to the failed property sector.
Just the first tranche of blackmail money. They'll be back with their hands out again…..


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2005/06/07 Milan, Italy
Mazda Palace in Milan, Italy
Against All Gods
Against All Gods Tour: European Leg
Marilyn Manson, Mark Chaussee, Tim Skold, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Chris Vrenna
June 5, 2005 June 7, 2005 June 8, 2005
The performance on June 7, 2005 took place at the Mazda Palace in Milan, Italy.[1]
Marilyn Manson – vocals, saxophone
Mark Chaussee – guitar, bass
Tim Skold – basses, backing vocals
Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards, percussions, programming
Chris Vrenna – drums
"Repent"
"Prelude (The Family Trip)"
"The Love Song"
"Tourniquet" (with "Minute of Decay" intro)
"Personal Jesus"
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I travel around the country every week facilitating leadership development programs. I find that companies of all sizes make significant mistakes when it comes to developing their leaders. If you want to make more money, increase morale and drive productivity, focus on your leadership team. After all, you can't do it all yourself.
Here are five mistakes companies make that lead to less effective leaders and the solutions for each.
I see many organizations where someone gets promoted because they are technically competent. They are a good salesperson, so then they get promoted to a sales manager. But just because they're good at selling does not necessarily mean they're good at leading. The huge error that is made is we assume that they know how to lead. The person who has been promoted will not admit that they don't know how or worse, they will emulate the person they used to report to who may not be a good leader either.
Solution: When someone gets promoted to a leadership role, make sure they are provided with training and development on how to lead either with an internal training program or using an outside resource. Additionally, it may be a good idea to have a leadership development program inside your company which helps you develop people who will be leaders in the future.
When I conduct leadership development programs, I teach the leaders in the program about the importance of coaching and developing each of their employees in order for them to reach their highest potential. Far too often, a hand in the back of the room goes up and they say "yes, Shawn, that is a good idea, but there's a problem. On our performance reviews the company does not review our leadership capabilities or activities -- all the company reviews is our results".
Solution: Have leadership activity metrics on the performance review.
There are many organizations that promote someone to a leadership role and give them the initial training in order to be effective. However in many organizations that I work with, they say it's great that the new leaders get training and development in order to be effective -- but the more veteran leaders do not get training and development whatsoever. Just because someone has been a leader for several years does not mean they don't need to continue to develop their skills. We want to prepare them to be ready for the next level of leadership.
Solution: Have ongoing development for more senior managers.
4. Leaders hold back future leaders.
One of the interesting challenges in organizations is leaders who actually prevent their employees from growing and developing. I hear many a story of someone who is interested in a leadership development program, and their managers tell them they can't go because they are too busy, or they can't afford them being away from their work for that amount of time.
The harsh reality is that those leaders are actually holding back those employees because they are so talented, they don't want to lose them to a future promotion. This act of selfishness actually holds back that employee for getting the development that they deserve as is extremely de-motivating.
Solution: Hold leaders accountable for developing and promoting people.
If the company is going to invest in developing their leaders and give them the proper training and development that they need, there has to be support from the highest level of the company -- including the founder and the CEO. I have seen many cases where the CEO comes in and introduces a program, and then leaves. I realize that CEOs are very busy people, but to me that sends the wrong message.
I have seen other CEOs who introduce the program and then explain to the group that they are going to attend that day as a participant, because they would like to learn more about leadership as well. This to me is the best way to show true support of leadership development. Another way of showing support is for the CEO to actually facilitate a module leadership skills for class to show their commitment in terms of time and energy.
Solution: CEO'S and their team should show continuous support.
Please take some time to go back to the checklist and ask yourself honestly -- are you doing all of these things in order to develop leaders who are going to drive sales and revenue opportunities at your company in the future? If you want that, then now is a good time to start putting these actions into play. In order to get results you have to invest in developing the people that are driving them.


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Q: In Java, Why String is non-primitive data type? In Java, we can directly use String to declare a string variable name and specify its value. We do not have to define the string as an array by using new keyword, even though String is non-primitive data type.
Can someone please explain why String is non-primitive datatype?

A: Yes String is an object in Java. The fact that it can be used similar to primitives does not contradict
Please refer - Strings are objects in Java, so why don't we use 'new' to create them?

A: String is non-primitive because only class can have methods. Primitive can not. And String need many functions to be called upon while processing like substring, indexof, equals, touppercase. It would not have been possible without making it class.
Also class has made it possible to make strings immutable and final to enhance security and efficiency by allowing pooling.

A: String creats an Object each time you assign a value in its String Pool.
Where every time if you create a similar object it will look for that and refer, if that value is not there it will again create a new one. Study more on String Pool you will automatically come to know the difference.

A: The String Javadoc clearly indicates that String is a subclass of Object; and further String.equals(Object) overrides Object.equals(Object).
JLS-3.10.5. String Literals specifies that

A string literal consists of zero or more characters enclosed in double quotes.

Also, JLS-4.3.3. The Class String adds

Instances of class String represent sequences of Unicode code points.
A String object has a constant (unchanging) value.
String literals (§3.10.5) are references to instances of class String.
The string concatenation operator + (§15.18.1) implicitly creates a new String object when the result is not a compile-time constant expression (§15.28).

It's also worth pointing out that arrays are also Object(s), and An Array of Characters is Not a String. Finally, if a String wasn't an Object it couldn't be null.

A: String is a Java Object and not a primitive data type.
String is part of the java.lang package that is imported by default in any java project.
There is no need to define an array of char, just use String.
Possible duplicate: Java String import

A: String is object, is immutable, that means that you cannot change the object itself, but you can change the reference to the object.
This is how String works
String myStr = "test";

This as usual, creates a string named "test" and assign it a reference "myStr".
Important point to note here is, while the String object is immutable, its reference variable is not.

A: I think you are confusing 'primitive' and 'literal'. A primitive is a datatype that is not an object. A literal is a  convenient way of describing the bit pattern for a datatype. For instance -1 describes the bit pattern 0xFFFFFFFF for an int,and 'a' describes the unicode code point for a lower case A in 16 bits (0x0061). Literals aren't restricted to describing primitive datatypes. You can describe an array. For instance, int[] a = {1, 2, 3};.
A string literal is just a way of describing an immutable array of characters with some methods attached. The literal is syntactic sugar for describing something that would otherwise be very complicated. For example:
String s = "ab";

Is much simpler than:
char[] c = new char[2];
c[0] = 'a';
c[1] = 'b';
String s = new String(c);

A: In Java, String is an object that stores the location to where the actual "value" of where the String is located.
You DO need to use the new keyword when making an array of Strings, as you do with making an array of anything else.
String[] text = new String[4]
This create's four String references that lead the computer to where the text is located at. Also, all Strings default to a value of null because until you give them a value to store at a memory address, there is nothing to be stored.

A: String str = "This is string literal";
This is string literal. When you declare string like this, you are actually calling intern() method on String. This method references internal pool of string objects. If there already exists a string value "This is string literal", then str will reference of that string and no new String object will be created.
String str = new String("this is string created by new operator");
This is string object. In this method JVM is forced to create a new string reference, even if "this is string created by new operator" is in the reference pool.

A: *

*String is an array of characters

*Primitive data types have limitations which fixed data type

*but in strings size is vary so that is the main reason why the the strings are non primitive

*String in Java is itself is a class and has its own methods to manipulate and operate over object of String class

*Strings has its own feature that they are immutable.

A: Primitive data types are types that don't have a method. Whereas strings have method e.g. toupper, lowercase etc. In intellij you can check is there is a method or not.
this is showing the methods for the (int) which shows no methods(it is primitive

This image is showing the (String) which shows methods (it is not primitive)

A: Because string is actually a group of character (char) datatype. So it is being derived from char datatype. It have its origin datatype i. E. Char but int float chat etc do not have origin type. They are unique. Which is why string is derived datatype

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Сілвертон () — місто () в США, в окрузі Сан-Хуан штату Колорадо. Населення — 637 осіб (2010).

Географія
Сілвертон розташований за координатами  (37.811092, -107.664643).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 2,19 км², уся площа — суходіл.

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Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало 637 осіб у 319 домогосподарствах у складі 142 родин. Густота населення становила 290 осіб/км².  Було 501 помешкання (228/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 2,4 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 12,1 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 17,4 % — особи молодші 18 років, 70,0 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 12,6 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 44,2 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 124,3 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 115,6 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  долари для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 18,1 % осіб, у тому числі 18,3 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 5,9 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 299 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: роздрібна торгівля — 23,4 %, будівництво — 19,4 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 18,1 %.

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Містечка Колорадо
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Wet-drum magnetic separation of dense-medium slurries containing fine coal refuse
J. Franko, M. S. Klima
John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Laboratory testing was carried out to evaluate the performance of a wet-drum magnetic separator (WDMS) when treating magnetite dense-medium slurries containing fine bituminous coal refuse material. Test variables included slurry feed rate, magnetite-to-coal ratio, and size distribution of the coal refuse. The separations were carried out with and without the application of ultrasonic energy. The performance of the WDMS was evaluated based on the purity of the magnetic concentrate and recovery of magnetic material. As expected, the purity of the products depended on the operating conditions, whereas magnetic recovery was essentially independent of operating conditions. Moreover, under many conditions, the purity of the magnetic material increased slightly after ultrasonic treatment. For selected tests, the size distributions of the magnetic material were determined for both the magnetic concentrate and nonmagnetic streams. This analysis indicated that after demagnetization, the size distributions of the magnetic material in both the concentrate and nonmagnetic streams were similar.
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Franko, J., & Klima, M. S. (2005). Wet-drum magnetic separation of dense-medium slurries containing fine coal refuse. Coal Preparation, 25(3), 155-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/07349340590962801
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Former Morgan Stanley Advisors Pleads Guilty to $7M Ponzi Scheme
By admin On Sep 17, 2022
A former Morgan Stanley advisor faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding clients of $7 million, according to the Department of Justice.
Shawn Edward Good pleaded guilty in North Carolina federal court to counts of wire fraud and money laundering for running the scheme, after being charged by the DOJ earlier this year. (He also faced similar charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission in April.)
"This investment advisor breached the trust of at least a dozen clients, taking over $7 million—money he promised would go to low-risk investments—and used it to line his pockets, buying real estate, luxury cars and vacations," U.S. Attorney Michael Easley said. "This decade-long scam has finally come to an end."
Good worked as a registered rep and investment advisor representative for Morgan Stanley from 2012 to 2022, and with Wells Fargo and Charles Schwab prior to that, according to his BrokerCheck profile.
Starting in 2012, Good began running a Ponzi scheme on a number of his clients by soliciting investments for purported real estate projects and municipal bonds. According to the SEC's complaint, he told clients the investments were low-risk and would offer returns as high as 10% over three to six months.
To complete the investments, Good convinced clients to access liquid asset lines of credit backed by their Morgan Stanley accounts, and would direct them to transfer those funds into their own personal bank accounts and then into his own personal account, according to the DOJ.
However, Good didn't use the money to invest in the real estate or bonds, but instead he used new investors' funds to repay previous investors; in 2020 and 2021 alone, he used about $1.6 million of new funds to pay back investors, according to the SEC.
He also used the funds for personal expenses, including payments on his house in Wilmington, N.C., as well as a Florida condo, cars that included a Mercedes Benz, a Porsche Boxster, a Tesla, an Alpha Romero Stelvio and a Lexus, as well as vacations to Paris, Italy, Wyoming and Las Vegas, according to the Justice Department.
There were also more than $110,000 in Venmo payments, with memo lines including "because youre sexy (sic), "tattoo," and "Hotel for Destiny," among others, according to the SEC complaint from April.
One of Good's Morgan Stanley clients was a divorced mother of two kids who'd received nearly $2 million from a divorce settlement, and worked with him to invest it, according to the SEC. In February, the client recorded two calls with him, in which he said he was working on returning her funds.
"In addition, Good discouraged (the investor) from contacting law enforcement and from hiring a lawyer, who Good said would start 'digging around' and thus 'hamstring' Good's efforts to redeem the supposed investments," the SEC complaint read.
Morgan Stanley declined to comment, but according to the SEC, the firm fired Good in February after he'd refused to cooperate with an internal investigation about the purported scheme.
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