Austin bobcats

It was the electric car companies' ninth straight profitable quarter. Northwest Arkansas is urging Austinites to move once again with a free one-way ticket giveaway. While Northwest Arkansas isn't exactly looking to be a breakfast taco-loving, live music-having tech hub, it is branding itself as the Austin of yesteryear.

And who better to come to the quickly-growing paradise than Austinites themselves? The company, which is named after the area's Ozark Mountains, promotes travel, trails and art within the region and is owned by Runway, a NW Arkansas business investment group.

Why swap cosmopolitan Austin for NW Arkansas' forest-filled hideaway? Just like other local programs including the Greater Bentonville Chamber of Commerce and the NW Arkansas Council, OZ Brands is looking to capitalize on priced-out Austinites who may not be pleased with the region's unprecedented growth.

OZ is far from the first program to offer financial incentives to move to the area. Ads for Greater Bentonville began cropping up on the feeds of Austinites weeks ago as they promoted their annual tech summit, while the NW Arkansas Council rolled out similar ads. Greater Bentonville. Like similar programs in the past, One Way Out "is an opportunity for Austinites who no longer feel at home in their own city to see for themselves the value and qualities of Northwest Arkansas It's for those living in the Texas city who feel the growing pains of Austin expanding beyond its limits," the company said in a press release.

The region has recently experienced substantial growth, moving to fourth on the U. And with a great arts and culture scene, a lower cost of living and even a financial incentive to move to the area, talents like film producer Kristin Mann decided it was time to swap Austin for sunnier skies in Arkansas.

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But the Bruins cashed in that insurance just 20 seconds later as Bismarck's Michael Neumeier scored his first goal of the season to pull his team back within one. The Bobcats couldn't get the equalizer, though, as Bruins goalie Hudson Hodges made 25 saves, including 10 in the third period, to pick up the victory.

Defenseman John Larkin — a cousin of former Bruin and current Western Michigan University player Hugh Larkin — scored his first goal as a Bruin to give the team a lead late in the first period. Matys Brassard opened the scoring into the game, giving Austin a lead. Therien Thiesing also scored for the Bruins, and six players had one assist each. Former 'Jeopardy! The Panthers take over the top spot while the Oilers and Rangers make their early season move.

Head coach Jeremy Colliton put the Blackhawks through a rigorous minute practice on Monday after the team lost its sixth in a row. Quite the opposite, coach Andy Reid said. Some cats may have more gray and others more brown. The lighter belly area is spotted. Even though the bobcat is not classified as a furbearer, its dense, short, soft fur is marketed. The taking of bobcat pelts by trappers is strictly regulated in Texas, and information collected from harvested cats is used in research studies.

Enemies of adult bobcats include mountain lions, coyotes, and humans. Coyotes also compete with bobcats for food, since they both eat the same prey species. Excellent eyesight is one of the physical capabilities that allow the bobcat to survive. Its pupils close to thin vertical slits to reduce bright sun-light during the day, and they open wide, covering most of the eyeball, to let in the maximum amount of light at night. The sensitive eyes are protected vertically with eyelids and horizontally with a thin covering called a nictitating membrane.

The nictitating membrane, connected to the inside corner of the eye, moves across the eye from one side to the other beneath the eyelid. Bobcats, agile animals, use lookout trees to survey their territories, and may sometimes be spotted on a branch during the day. For good day and night vision an animal such as the bobcat must have an abundance of both rods light receptors and cones color receptors in its eyes.

The cones allow it to distinguish color, see fine details, and detect movement. The rods respond to changes in light intensity and add to its ability to see at night. The combination allows the bobcat to lie motionless and see the slightest movement even in low-light conditions. Being able to see the twitch of a field mouse's nose at dusk or in the pre-dawn light can mean the difference between eating and going hungry. Night vision also is improved by a special mirrorlike membrane called the tapetum ta-PEA-tum , located behind the image surface retina of the bobcat's eye.