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☆ The French Bulldog is the No. 1 most popular dog breed in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

For the first time in 31 years, the United States has a new favorite dog breed. The American Kennel Club released its 2022 registration statistics and found that after being the most popular dog breed for three decades, the Labrador Retriever was outranked by the French Bulldog. According to a press release, the French Bulldog has spiked in popularity over the last 10 years. In 2012, the breed was the 14th most popular and jumped to no. Registrations have also increased by over 1,000% from 2012 to 2022.

☆ French bulldog claims title of top US purebred, dethroning Labrador retriever
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

2 spot the previous year, according to the club, which maintains the largest registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the country. They're great companions, cute and show great affection," said breeder Johnny Danley Jr., of Atlanta. But we sell to blue-collar, 9-to-5 people who want to spend a little for a great companion," Danley said. The breed's rising popularity - and price tag - has led to a surge in French bulldog thefts in recent years, according to the club. The former top dog, the even-tempered Labrador retriever, still has plenty of fans, as it slipped a notch to the No.

☆ Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Turkish Airlines flew earthquake rescue dogs home for free on special flights. The dogs were flown in from around the world to help locate victims trapped beneath the rubble. A representative for Turkish Airlines told Insider: "It was the least we could to do show our appreciation for these heroic dogs' sincere and heroic efforts." These rescue dogs are pictured waiting for their return flight to Thailand. Turkish Airlines told Insider that it had flown dogs from countries including Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and China.

☆ Fact Check-Images of two rescue dogs pre-date 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Two photographs of different Labrador retriever rescue dogs were not captured in the aftermath of the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6. One image shows a Labrador covered in dirt looking at the camera, with the second showing a similar-looking Labrador wearing goggles, boots, and a harness. The photograph shows a rescue dog who searched for victims following a mudslide in Oso, Washington (here). The latter photograph is viewable on Getty Images and shows a rescue dog called Frida who belonged to the Mexican Navy. One photograph was captured in 2014 and shows a rescue dog searching for people following a mudslide in Oso, Washington.

☆ Fact Check-Stock image of dog searching for people in rubble miscaptioned as Turkey earthquake aftermath
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Stock images circulating online of a Labrador retriever appearing to search among the rubble of a collapsed building have been falsely claimed to show the aftermath of a severe earthquake that stuck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6. A reverse image search reveals that the photographs are available to purchase via the stock image websites Alamy and Dreamstime (here), (here). Based on the description of the photograph on Alamy, the image was captured in October 2018 by photographer Jaroslav Noska. The stock image website also features other photographs of the same dog captured, per the description, by the same photographer (here). A further reverse image search reveals iterations of the photograph have been on the Noska’s Instagram since at least Oct 2018 (images 3 and 4) (here).

☆ 10 most welcoming places in the world—see which U.S. state made the list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This year's most welcoming places in the world span five continents. This year's annual Booking.com Traveler Review Awards included a list of the most welcoming places in the world for 2023. La Rioja, SpainEpirus, GreeceOberösterreich, AustriaCounty Down, U.K.Mures, RomaniaMarlborough, New ZealandNinh Binh, VietnamLimon, Costa RicaNewfoundland & Labrador, CanadaNorth Dakota, U.S.One of the most welcoming places in the world is La Rioja, Spain. Costa Rica is one of the happiest places in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. Limon is considered to be one of the most pristine and lush regions of Costa Rica.

☆ My avalanche dog and I protect skiers at a Utah Resort. It's a dream job — here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Molly O'Brien | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tracy Christensen, 55, is an assistant patrol director at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah. He's worked there for 31 years and has been a dog handler for 20. A "Level A" avalanche dog has to retest to stay certified at this level every other year and maintain this certification for their entire career. I named my first avalanche dog at Sundance "Mick." My dog is a people magnet, but whether you can pet an avalanche dog depends on the situationApproach the handler first, and ask them for permission.

☆ Ex-'socialite heiressblogger' Emily Brill is back — and she's terrorizing the pet industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Emily Brill might be the most hated woman in the pet industry. Now, Brill — the preppy blond daughter of the media magnate Steven Brill — is reinventing herself as the founder of the dog-centric publication The Canine Review. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less One reader even threatened to cancel their subscription because of the so-called bird-massacre photo shoot. Courtesy of Emily Brill Show less Brill says the photos reassure readers that "I'm not a stereotypical sort of Manhattan, head-up-my-ass, agenda, PETA person." It isn't a bad start, but "she's got a long way to go to make it really thrive," Steven Brill told Insider.

☆ Kevin McCarthy could face a floor fight for speaker. That hasn’t happened in a century.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kyle-Stewart-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Kyle Stewart | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure the 218 votes he needs to be elected speaker of the House in January. In this game of chicken, if the conservatives don’t blink and McCarthy refuses to back down, it could result in a chaotic floor fight with House members taking multiple votes for speaker — something that has not happened in a century. The House was called to order at noon and the chamber moved to the first order of business: electing the speaker. The House held three more unsuccessful votes for speaker that day before adjourning just after 2 p.m. The date was Feb. 2, 1856, two months after the first speaker vote.

[1/2] Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter, arrives for a trial about his Tesla pay package at the Delaware Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 16, 2022. "The amount of pain, no words can express," Musk testified on Wednesday. The package allows Musk to buy 1% of Tesla's stock at a deep discount each time escalating performance and financial targets are met. "It wasn't a knock-down, drag-out affair," Todd Maron testified about the pay talks in 2017 when he was general counsel. You could almost make an argument they didn't pay him enough because he ran off after Twitter."

K9s for Warriors, an organization that has rescued over 1,500 dogs from shelters and trained them as service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, matched Romero with Puppy — an Australian shepherd — in June. His wife, Brenda, who is a nurse practitioner in psychiatry, encouraged him to apply for a service dog. So far, O’Haire said, research based on participants from K9s for Warriors is showing that veterans with service dogs are struggling significantly less. And for those who are employed, there’s five times less absenteeism from work due to health.”But getting a service dog for veterans with PTSD is still a challenge. “The waitlist for service dogs on average tends to be two years.

☆ I built a name and career on Twitter. I'm worried Elon Musk will destroy opportunities for creatives like me.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Scott Bryan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Scott Bryan used Twitter to build a career as a journalist writing and commentating about TV. He fears Musk's takeover will drive people from the platform, which would deny others its benefits. For people interested in entering journalism, Twitter provides a network of pretty much every single editor and journalist in the country. Beyond my following, I use Twitter to sense how much the wider public is reacting to a new TV story. My tweets show editors and producers what I'm knowledgeable about and have led to invitations to go on radio and TV.

Eastern Canada, with its strong electricity-generating winds and short shipping distance, is a prime potential source for green hydrogen. Most hydrogen output uses natural gas or coal, called gray hydrogen, but companies want to produce green hydrogen without emissions by separating hydrogen from oxygen in water using wind-powered electrolyzers. Green hydrogen is typically more expensive, but soaring natural gas prices have elevated gray hydrogen production costs above those of green hydrogen, according to an October report. GERMANY-CANADA HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIPGermany and Canada signed a non-binding agreement in August to ship clean Canadian hydrogen to Germany by 2025. "We believe in green energy, but we don’t believe in destroying nature for a profit or supplying Germany," Rowe said.

Some, like fossil fuel-burning Saskatchewan and Alberta, say the federal government's plan for a 2035 net-zero grid is unrealistic. The challenges Canada faces underline how difficult meeting net-zero electrification goals will be globally. Reuters GraphicsUnlike Canada, the United States has a federal electricity regulator and mostly delivers power through regionally integrated systems, which may make it more nimble to transform the grid. Provinces regulate Canada's electricity utilities, but the federal government has some jurisdiction over the environment. The Alberta Electric System Operator in June estimated it would cost an additional C$44 billion to C$52 billion ($38.18 billion) to meet Ottawa's 2035 net-zero mandate.

☆ British radio host dies from suspected heart attack during on-air broadcast
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A British radio host died during an on-air broadcast on Monday, according to the radio station. Host Tim Gough, 55, died while broadcasting his breakfast show on GenX Radio Suffolk from his Lackford, Suffolk home at 7:50 a.m., according to the radio station, which said in a news release that Gough died of a suspected heart attack. The entire GenX Radio family are shocked and devastated beyond words." According to Gough's biography on the GenX Radio website, his return to radio marked his first time back on air in over a decade. Tributes poured in on the station's Facebook page, where one commenter called Gough a "local radio legend."

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians were without power Saturday after former hurricane Fiona slammed into the country’s Atlantic provinces, causing what officials called a shocking and devastating amount of damage. More than 471,000 customers across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island New Brunswick and Newfoundland were without power Saturday, according to utilities. “PEI (Prince Edward Island) has experienced storm damage like they’ve never seen. Fifteen deaths in Puerto Rico and two deaths in the Dominican Republic have been tied to the storm, officials there said. In Prince Edward Island, King, the premier, said Saturday that the damage is most likely the worst the province has ever seen.

☆ Canada girds for long haul after historic storm Fiona ravages east coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( John Morris | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Waves roll in near a damaged house built close to the shore as Hurricane Fiona, later downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, passes the Atlantic settlement of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada September 24, 2022. The historic storm slammed into eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, uprooting trees and powerlines, and reducing many homes to "just a pile of rubble." read moreThe Canadian Hurricane Centre estimated that Fiona was the lowest pressured land falling storm on record in Canada. Several university students lined up for food outside convenience stores powered by generators due to the power outage caused by Fiona. "So this is exactly the kind of work that will accompany provincial authorities in the coming weeks and months," he added.

☆ Fiona Floods and Lashes Eastern Canada
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fiona, no longer a hurricane but still a mighty storm, left a trail of devastation across eastern Canada on Saturday as it knocked down power lines, uprooted trees and flooded roads. Roughly half a million people in Atlantic Canada were without electricity as Fiona raged across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

☆ Canada braces for ‘extreme event’ as storm Fiona nears after leaving path of destruction
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Residents of Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada were bracing for hurricane-force winds and a potential historic storm surge as Hurricane Fiona approached Friday. “It is going to be certainly a historic extreme event for Eastern Canada,” said Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, at a briefing Friday. At 9 p.m. Halifax time, the storm was “accelerating quickly” toward Nova Scotia, Canada’s hurricane center said. Damage in Nova Scotia was estimated at almost $102 million, the CBC reported. In 2003 Canada was hit by Hurricane Juan, a Category 2 storm at landfall that ripped through Nova Scotia.

☆ Hurricane Fiona barrels toward Canada in a rare weather event after hitting Bermuda with heavy rains
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kathryn-Prociv.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Hurricane Fiona hammered Bermuda with heavy rains early Friday as the now-Category 3 storm marched toward northeastern Canada. The center of the storm was passing northwest of Bermuda by Friday morning with maximum sustained winds nearing 125 mph, with higher gusts, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane as it made its way past the island, it said. The hurricane center said the severe winds and rain expected to come with Fiona would have "major impacts" for eastern Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, western Newfoundland, eastern Quebec and southeastern Labrador. The hurricane center also warned of the possibility of downed trees and power outages, noting that "most regions will experience hurricane force winds."

Increasing wind pushes waves towards the south shore before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Bermuda September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Nicola MuirheadHAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fiona threatened the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Friday, passing west of the British territory on its northward trek toward Nova Scotia while packing the potential to become one of the most severe storms in Canada's history. That made it a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, meaning it was capable of producing catastrophic damage. Fiona is shaping up to be the most powerful storm to reach Canada since Dorian made landfall to the west of Halifax in September 2019, the government's Environment Canada website said. Like Dorian, Fiona could ease to a post-tropical storm, but Dorian still carried Category 2 intensity, with sustained winds of 96 mph (155 kph).

Hurricane Fiona moved toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving a devastating path of destruction in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, authorities said. The Category 4 storm, traveling north, was expected to deliver a glancing blow to the western edge of Bermuda on Thursday night or Friday morning. After passing Bermuda, Fiona will target the Atlantic edges of Canada and likely make landfall near eastern Nova Scotia on Saturday morning. Much of Puerto Rico was still without power Thursday, as temperatures neared 100 degrees, triggering an excessive heat warning. "We’ll be with the Puerto Rico folks ... until this is done, until we recover," Biden told reporters in New York City, following a meeting with Gov.

☆ Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda, up to 8 dead in Puerto Rico
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

People walk on a street affected by the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Penuelas, Puerto Rico September 19, 2022. After making landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday, Fiona caused devastating flooding and landslides on the island. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has so far attributed four deaths to the storm in Puerto Rico. For many Puerto Rico residents, the memory of Hurricane Maria in 2017 is still fresh. "Bermuda residents are very well practiced in preparing for storms," she said.

☆ Un labrador a salvat de la înec un pui de căprioară: Imaginile care au surprins emoționantul moment au ajuns virale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: colaj foto Jurnal.mdUn labrador a salvat de la înec un pui de căprioară: Imaginile care au surprins emoționantul moment au ajuns viraleUn labrador a salvat un pui de căprioară de la înec și acum e considerat erou. Ralph Dorn//FacebookRalph Dorn//FacebookRalph Dorn//FacebookRalph Dorn//FacebookPovestea nu s-a terminat aici. A doua zi dimineață, familia a observat câinele trecând de la o fereastră la alta, neliniștit de ceva de afară. Când au deschis ușa, au putut auzi plânsetul puiului de căprioară, moment în care câinele a și fugit țintă în tufișuri, unde l-a regăsit pe micuț și a început să-l aline, scrie digi24.ro. Harley a fost câine de terapie și a lucrat mult timp cu vârstnicii și cu copiii.

Persons: Harley, Ralph Dorn, Facebook Ralph Dorn, aline, . Harley Organizations: Facebook Locations: labrador, Statele Unite

☆ Kremlinul dezvăluie că Vladimir Putin urmăreşte televiziunile germane pentru a-şi menţine fluenţa
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Kremlin.ruKremlinul dezvăluie că Vladimir Putin urmăreşte televiziunile germane pentru a-şi menţine fluenţaPreşedintele Rusiei, Vladimir Putin, urmăreşte televiziuni din Germania pentru a-şi menţine fluenţa în limba germană, a declarat purtătorul său de cuvânt, citat de dpa. „Se uită la canale TV germane, urmăreşte şi canale TV în engleză. Întrebat dacă Putin are acum câini sau pisici, Peskov a răspuns: „Nu am văzut niciodată pisici la locuinţa preşedintelui. "Cu aceştia, preşedintele a avut întâlniri prieteneşti în diferite formate", a reamintit oficialul citat. Peskov a criticat şi răspunsul afirmativ dat recent de preşedintele Statelor Unite, Joe Biden, la întrebarea dacă crede că Putin este un "ucigaş".

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Peskov, Putin, Li, german Gerhard Schroeder, Silvio Berlusconi ., Peskov, Joe Biden Organizations: KGB Locations: Germania, Dresda, Republică Democrată Germană, labrador, german, Statelor Unite, Rusia, Washington

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