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annual IUCN includes updated threat threatened trees whose bark is harvested for cancer treatment

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Images - 2011 Red List update

A species of Himalayan yew

used to produce Taxol, a chemotherapy drug to treat cancer, is pushed to the brink of extinction by over-exploitation for medicinal purposes and the collection of fuel, scientists warned Thursday.

medicinal tree

Taxus contorta

are Afghanistan, India and Nepal, has seen its status change "vulnerable" to " danger "in the year of the IUCN" Red List "of endangered species.

Taxol was discovered by a U.S. program National Cancer Institute in the mid-1960, isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew

Taxus brevifolia

. All 11 species of yew have since been found to contain Taxol. "Harvesting the bark kills the tree, but it is possible to draw Taxol cuts, so the crop if left unchecked, may be less harmful to plants," said Craig Hilton-Taylor, head Red List Unit.

Chinese water
granite islands in the Seychelles, 77% of endemic flowering plants are considered endangered, including the Coco de Mer, which is the illegal exploitation of its alleged aphrodisiac properties.

25% of all mammals are considered at serious risk, according to the list. The black rhino in West Africa was officially declared extinct. The white rhino of central Africa is in danger of extinction and has been classified as possibly extinct in the wild. In Vietnam, poaching has led the Javan rhino to extinction, leaving the population of critically endangered species' unique numbering less than 50 on the Indonesian island that gave its name.

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Food Charity FareShare

is a 20% increase in demand, largely from people affected by unemployment and changes in benefits

Britain has experienced a sharp increase in the number of people who can not afford to feed themselves in the most basic level, due to the worsening economic climate and changes in system performance, according to a survey by a leading charity for food.

In the last year FareShare, which redistributes food waste from food manufacturers and major supermarkets charities well-being, has seen a 20% increase in the number of people is the power - from 29,500 to 35,000 per year.

And many of those ruined by unemployment and business failures on the rise, just the nature of family history once considered stable from the worst effects of the recession.

The new findings, which are supported by research of other organizations working in the same area, it is instructive to read the Conservative Party annual conference meeting in Manchester this weekend where the direction of government program of deficit reduction will be carefully analyzed stringent.

The number of charities that have registered to receive food from FareShare, which operates from 17 sites in the UK, has also increased over the last 12 months, 600 to 700 . Over 40% of charities are experiencing increases in demand for its food service up to 50%.

"People in our communities go to bed hungry because they can not afford to feed themselves," said Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of FareShare. "It's a huge problem and it is here in our neighborhoods, our streets. It is outrageous enough, even before you consider the thousands of tons of good food thrown away each year. It is illogical and frankly immoral these problems co-exist. "

"We are seeing a sharp increase in what might be called, for want of a better term, normal working people who have lost their jobs or seen their businesses go under," said Jeremy Ravn, Network Director of Food Banks. "The big problem is that the welfare state does not react quickly enough to the needs."

a growing gap between the benefits of accepted claims and payments become operational days, Ravn said, leading to some seriously hungry.

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Pacific Ocean pelagic This mysterious bird has no relatives living nearby (including videos)

phaetons

Redstart Phaeton
rubricauda

Boddaert in 1783 (before

Phaeton

rubricaudus

) also known as the boatswain bird Amokura money or at various locations throughout its range, photographed at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii in the western Pacific Ocean.

Image :. John Klavitter / USFWS, July 16, 2002 (public domain) [velociraptorize] Nikon E995

Question:

This bird mystery of the Pacific Ocean has no relatives living nearby. However, even if I am a sweet girl showing like this, I think there is enough evidence available to you that you can identify this bird pelagic species, family and even its taxonomic order.

answer: pigeon

is a red-tailed phaetons

Phaeton

rubricauda

. Tropical red tail are monomorphic and monogamous. They nest on the ground, often near the base of a tree or shrub, on oceanic islands. They produce a single egg between mid-November and December and the eggs are incubated for about 42 days. Both parents care for their young for 85-90 days.

phaetons There are two species that nest on Midway Atoll, but the red-tailed phaetons is much more common than white-tailed deer phaetons small

P. lepturus , which nests only on Easter Island. Straw in the red tail is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Matthew Pinsent and Alan Titchmarsh rally of the Town of Norfolk rebellion against job losses

is a tale of crabs, celebrities and passionate revolt in a small coastal town north of Norfolk. Stephen Fry, Alan Titchmarsh and Matthew Pinsent are among a growing number of stars join the fight to save the famous Cromer crab processing plant closed. The owners want to advance work in Grimsby and Scotland.

protest signs now dominate this picturesque city. Posters calling for the rescue of the Cromer Crab Company, owned by Young Seafood, affixed to the windows of the houses in pastel colors. The protesters occupied the crab costumes last weekend the main street. Tudor-style shops and cafés sporting bright red crab logo - a sign that they are collecting names for a petition that is already strong-6000

Fry, who grew up in Norfolk, has catapulted the country to the national honor by Twitter "Nooooo! Youngs Cromer crabs? Inconceivable. ... Sign the petition to Keep It Cromer" their three million followers. Pinsent Titchmarsh and the same, retweeting @ keepitcromer news. Activists are trying to win the support of Jamie Oliver - Young produces a wide range of seafood Jamie Oliver

The only

does not seem optimistic about the campaign workers of the company. Standing at a bus stop outside the plant on his lunch hour, employees say that despite the signing of 90-day period of consultation, the closure of the plant is a

fait accompli " / aa>

. "You can not fault the support we have in the city, but do not put money on the table," said a worker who has worked for five years and young people declined to be identified. "They [leaders of the company] can do whatever they want - what you guys at the factory can do about it counted the cards, dealt with them and now we expect them to return? " . Young said that the erosion of the pound against the dollar has a competitive advantage. Chief Operating Officer Peter Ward, who heads the investigation, said: "The best scenario" was to close the plant and consolidate the work elsewhere: "We put this proposal on the table without acknowledging the seriousness of the n is not any. to do with employee performance. There are external factors ... We must be sustainable. "

But political pressure is growing in the company. Norman Lamb, who is Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the private Nick Clegg, said Young, is missing something: "They are sitting on a goldmine here live in a time when the market trend is towards all .. local, high quality food just had an event in parliament on the production of Kettle Chips Norfolk -.. [Held in Norwich] have become very powerful Cromer crabs brand could offer the same "

Senior Lamb
the government can explain David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the recent commitment to support the EU protected status for Cromer crab. As pork pies from Melton Mowbray and Cornish sardines, crab, I tagged for Cromer crabs caught and processed locally. Young said he is ready to make this concession, but as only 2% of the food is from local process, it is unlikely to save many jobs.

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Inspired by the protests of Tunisia in New York, activists and assemblies of people have collaborated on a vision for a new global governance

Saturday, people will take to the streets for nearly a thousand cities, 82 countries and six continents. In London, people are considering the stock market. We are united for global change and united for global democracy, global governance of the people, by the people

The following statement was filed over four months through consultations between the groups, activists and people's congresses in countries like Britain, Egypt, Tunisia, Germany, Spain, United States , Palestine, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, India and Australia. We have comments, suggestions, support, and written and rewritten again and again. The text was supported by Canadian author Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva based in India, US-based Michael Hardt and Noam Chomsky and Eduardo Galeano.

United

GlobalDemocracy

On October 15, 2011 united in our diversity, united by global change, global demand for democracy: global governance by the people and for the people. Inspired by our brothers and sisters in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, New York, Palestine-Israel, Spain and Greece, which also require a change of regime. Regime change global

In the words of Vandana Shiva, Indian activist, today, the demand for replacement of the G-8 to all of humanity -. the G-7, 000 000 000

undemocratic international institutions around the world are our Mubarak, Assad our world, our world Gaddafi. These include: the IMF, WTO, global markets, multinational banks, G8/20, the European Central Bank and the Security Council of the UN. As Mubarak and Assad, these institutions should not be allowed to run people's lives without their consent. We are all born equal, rich or poor, male or female. Each African and Asian is equal to all Europeans and Americans. Our global institutions should reflect this, or is revoked.

Today, more than ever, global forces shape people's lives. Our jobs, health, housing, education and pensions are controlled by global banks, markets, tax havens, businesses and financial crises. Our environment is destroyed by pollution from other continents. Our security is determined by the wars and the international arms trade, drugs and natural resources. We lose control over our lives. This must stop. This will stop. The world's citizens should have control over decisions that affect all levels - from global to local. It is the world democracy. This is what we call today.

Today, as the Zapatistas in Mexico, we say "

Enough! The rule people and the government obeys

" Enough! Here is the command people and to obey global institutions? Tomalaplaza As the Spanish say "

Democracy Now

This manifesto is not supported by all those involved in events around the world on Saturday, of course. With social movements, you can never have

World
write the entire text or approve it. But as we can - we tried to create a writing process was truly participatory as possible, worldwide. We believe that the text is legitimate, as a manifesto of protest, with the support of many involved, such as International Real Democracy Now, the main set in Madrid, the main body of Boston, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. We hope that this is the beginning of a movement.

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Mystery This rare bird is very rare in North America, where he was photographed this guy

Crochet

peak kite Chondrohierax
uncinatus
, Temminck, 1822 (protonym

Falco

uncinatus

) , also known as the Grenada hook or neck edge kite kite, photographed at Smith Point Hawk Watch, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas (USA).

Image :. Joseph Kennedy, 29 October 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize] Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with the eyepiece of the camera to TSN-PZ 1 / 1250 ISO400 f/8.0 at 1000.0mm I encourage you to purchase images photographers who share freely their wonderful work with us.

Question:

This bird of Central and South America qualifies as a mystery only North American species, although this is where he was photographed. Can you identify the species and its taxonomic family? Well I took the time to identify this species (I've never seen before), I am sure it will be easily identified for all of you, so I would like to know what features make this bird so special taxonomy in your family?

answer:

is a hook-billed kite

Chondrohierax

uncinatus

, a half the size of the comet of prey found in the riparian forests along the coastal regions of Central America and tropical South America. This species is placed in the Accipitridae (diurnal birds of prey) and the actions of the kind Chondrohierax with a single species, critically endangered (and probably extinct!) In Cuba kite

C. wilsonii

. Its congener is endemic to Cuba. Despite several studies of DNA suggest that the Cuban Kite is a full species, some authorities consider it a subspecies of the hook-billed kite.

Hook-billed Kite

is unusual in that it shows a wide variation in plumage color: adults range from gray to black.

This species is remarkable because it feeds on snails tree. It is also unusual because it is the size of the change in the law, probably more than any other species individual within Accipitridae. This dramatic change in the size of the beak, which is not related to the color of the plumage, is likely to reduce competition for prey among conspecifics [Smith and Hall, 1982 (paywall)].

[here] is just right on the Rio Grande, where he is a force feeding tree snails. Snails die during droughts and algae on the trunks of trees die so there is no food. Recent droughts have been common and hawks eat snails outside areas and move on.

never been more than 3-4 pairs in the state at any time (usually only 1 or 2 pairs) and most people who go to the Rio Grande Valley never see them except if they are under the flight path between the areas of shelter and snails.
have disappeared from this small part of Texas in a few years and are very difficult to do, anyway, because they sleep late, fly to an area of ??the snails and snails [down] trunk of a tree and eat very low. [Only when it is completed] to return to the show.

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Linda said Katcha

asked the police to remove the tents of the university, but not directly to remove the protesters

University of California, Davis, Chancellor defended by critics around the force of the campus police pepper spray peaceful protesters emerged as the information agent at the heart of the incident.

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Lieutenant John Pike and another officer in riot gear spraying a cloud is going to orange in the heads of protesters who were sitting quietly on the floor caused the 'national outrage, as it began to circulate in the line Friday night.

The students gathered on campus on Tuesday for the second time in two days to condemn the violence and urged the university authorities to require the police to attend sensitivity training.

UC Davis Chancellor

, Linda Katcha, which has faced criticism from students about the incident on Friday, defended himself at a public meeting on Tuesday evening. She told an auditorium filled with over 1000 students who applied for the police to remove the tents of the university quad, but did not lead to forcibly remove the protesters.

"I expressly requires that the police chief that violence must be avoided at all costs," he said. "It was the absolute last thing I wanted to happen."

He stressed that students have the right to demonstrate peacefully.

"Because the camps were closed by the policy of the University of California, who led the police to arrest only those stores," he said. "My instructions were no arrests and police. "

Pike, another officer and the chief of campus police were placed on administrative leave with pay after the incident, which attracted international attention for the campus of 32,000 students, West the state capital.

not all students at the meeting were satisfied with the answer, Katcha who attended a rally on campus on Monday and apologized to the students. Puneet Kamal, 22, science and environmental policy major, was one of the lines to ask questions on Tuesday.

"She said," I'm sorry I did that, or I made that call, "said Kamal. "She said," I'm sorry this had to happen. "Where is the blame go?"

Pike is a Marine sergeant at retirement was honored for his police work on campus, but also contained in an official discrimination against the university.

was twice honored by the University for outstanding police work, including a 2006 incident in which he addressed an inpatient brandishing scissors threatening his fellow officers. Then said he decided not to use pepper spray because it could damage your colleagues or patients to other hospitals.

As the controversy over the fumigation of incidents increased, the images of the Lieutenant became the subject of a popular blog, with his image superimposed on the spray paint and famous celebrities, Gandhi John F. Kennedy.
Dieter

Dammeyer, a lawyer for the Federated Association of police of the university, the union representing UC Davis officials said the plan of operation issued by the Department includes the use of pepper spray. Dammeyer said he does not pike, because he is a manager.

"The officers were simply doing what they were instructed to do so by senior management," Dammeyer said, referring to the police, university management.

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