Polar bears have become the universal symbol of global warming, not so much because they're cute or cuddly (they're actually ferocious and not opposed to cannibalism), but because it is eminently clear that climate change is killing them. Polar bears depend on solid sea ice for survival; it's where they do their hunting. But when the ice begins to melt — as it has in recent years, thanks largely to warming — the bears can starve and die.A 2007 study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that two-thirds of the polar bears on the planet could disappear by mid-century if Arctic ice keeps melting. So when the Bush Administration bowed to pressure from environmental groups last year and finally listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — admitting that melting sea ice was the reason — it was considered a rare green coup. Since the ESA mandates the government protect endangered species from hazards, listing the polar bear as threatened by global warming would appear to require Washington to control carbon emissions. Some green groups even thought the ESA could be used to fight new coal plants and other big emitters of greenhouse gases, on the grounds that they would accelerate warming and harm the polar bear. (See Germany's latest polar bear celebrity.)But there was a catch. While declaring the polar bear threatened by global warming, the Bush Interior Department added a rule that limited the use of the ESA to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, even though science says that global warming is directly hurting polar bears and man-made carbon emissions are the chief cause of global warming, Washington wouldn't be allowed to use the ESA to do anything about it.President Barack Obama had promised to review those last-minute Bush Administration changes to the ESA. And green groups were hopeful that the new Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, would restore full protections for the polar bear. But they came away disappointed on May 8, when Salazar announced that he would keep the Bush rule in place, claiming that the ESA wasn't meant to be used to cap carbon emissions. "When the ESA was passed, it was not contemplated it would be a tool to address the issue of climate change," he said. "It seems to me that using the Endangered Species Act as a way to get to that global warming framework is not the right way to go." (See pictures of the effects of global warming.)Though he coupled his announcement with a call for comprehensive climate legislation, Salazar essentially made the same argument that his predecessors had: that the ESA was meant to deal with local threats to species, not global ones. It would be impossible, for example, to directly link the increase in carbon emissions caused by a new coal plant to the polar bears' melting habitat. But environmental groups, several of which had fought in the courts for years to force the Bush Administration to list the polar bear, found Salazar's logic faulty. "From a scientific standpoint they're wrong," says John Kostyack, senior counsel at the National Wildlife Federation. "By doing this, the Obama Administration is missing a chance to tell the American people what global warming is doing their wildlife."Environmental groups were already less than enthusiastic about Salazar heading the Interior Department. A Democratic senator from Colorado, Salazar was a rancher more attuned to the idea of using nature rather than protecting it, and he angered greens early by removing the Western gray wolf from the endangered species list. As the head of Interior, he'll be making decisions on whether to open up new land to oil and gas development, and the polar bear ruling has some environmentalists worried. "This does raise a red flag," says Noah Greenwald, program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, which is fighting the polar bear ruling in court. "You worry this means he is not going to be a friend of the environment and the Endangered Species Act."It's a little early to judge Salazar's tenure at the Interior Department, and the Secretary may have a point — the ESA wasn't designed to counter a threat as global as global warming. The best way to deal with carbon emissions is to pass national legislation that would create a cap-and-trade program, rather than trying to stretch the ESA to fit a purpose its drafters couldn't have foreseen. But the ongoing battle over the polar bear is a reminder that wildlife will be the first victims of global warming — and that saving them won't be easy.
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Hello everyone!!!!Finally i'm posting something here...i hope that you like it or at least that you don't get "too" bored with it.Thanks for reading it.....Love you!!!!Close your eyes, don't you ever dare to tell me somethingClose your eyes and imagine the place that you really want to be in'Cos i know that you (deeply maybe, in your heart) have never enjoy be with mehere.Close your eyes and let's imagine a song....a noise that makes you dream. Your perfect song.....sing by your lover, by your mother, by your sister...by that person that you always desire but you never got.Close your eyes and imagine the perfect picture. The one that you always wanted to be in. The photo where you were smiling, crying, blowing a kiss or just being there....trying to not be a ghost lost in the camera's flashClose your eyes, and imagine a scent, the one that you always wanted to smell but you didn't dare to taste because you were so cowardNow you look at me, breaking the promise and you speak.....and you tell me why i'm telling you all these things....i answerClose your eyes and imagine that we never met, that we're strangers and i'm seducing you for first timeClose your eyes and think about the first time that we looked at each other in that restaurant.Close your eyes and looked at me in your mind....imagine me with all the positive adjectives that you wanted in a woman, imagine me with all the negative adjectives that i needed for youClose your eyes and remember our first kiss....Remember that park near to her houseClose your eyes and keep in mind how much i loved youClose your eyes, while you hear my voice, because this is the last time that you'll hear itNow open your eyes and look at me, trying to keep all the details....Smell my wrists 'cos this will be the last time that you'll smell themDon't say a word, please"Nice to meet you" i said...please don't answer.Forget every thing that embarresed you...every thing that bothered you...Don't have regretsClose your eyes and promise that when you open them, you won't be as coward as you were before our episodePromise that you'll enjoy lifePromise that you'll love and live as the first time....Open them and live!
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I hope people support this. Many species of tuna are already endangered." Greenpeace has launched guidelines and an on-line pre-order petition at the European Tuna Conference in Brussels calling on retailers, restaurants and tuna traders to pre-order and shift their supplies to sustainable and equitable skipjack tuna.Many stocks of tuna species are dangerously in decline. Even fisheries not yet fully exploited are using fishing methods that negatively impact juvenile tuna and other vulnerable species such as sharks and turtles, leaving the marine environment in peril.Skipjack tuna is often harvested by purse seine fleets operated by companies from industrial fishing nations from the North, leaving very little of the social and economic benefits in the hands of coastal states (1). However, many coastal states, such as the Pacific Island countries, are in a prime position to develop a sustainable pole and line skipjack industry. Pole and line fishing is a method well-suited to local use, providing income and livelihoods to coastal communities and therefore providing a more equitable product (2)...."Read full articlehttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/pole-line-skipjack
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Сегодня в полдень телефон напомнил о каком-то событии. На экране было написано: "Ну что, едут хэды? Не подвела интуиция?". Еле вспомнила, что месяцев восемь назад завела эту дату, вдруг поверив в чудо.Ну, на пару тысяч километров не подвела)
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"Disarm, Disarm!The sword of murder is not the balance of justice! Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence indicate possession.”Julia Ward Howe began Mother's day with the following proclamation. I am proud to say she is very likely an ancestor of mine.As you can see the powers that be do everything they can do to hide our true history from us. Another example is International Workers' Day or May Day that arose out of the struggle for the eight hour day in the US.AnywayA Happy Mother's day will finally truly be when her plea is heeded.Mother’s Day ProclamationJulia Ward HoweArise, then, women of this day!Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of fears!Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,"Our husbands shall not come to us reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause."Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience."We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"The sword of murder is not the balance of justice! Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence indicate possession.As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as the means whereby the great human family can live in peace,And each bearing after her own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God.
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Daily rituals that fill our lives are born of a crazy world. If we control the little and useless, then the rest doesn't feel so lost. The toothpaste must be squeezed from the bottom of the tube. It is a tragedy to grab it in the middle. Why is that so? Is it that difficult of a task to squeeze from the bottom by yourself? Must everyone conform to your touch of OCD? Does it matter if they do it how they want to? Isn't the point that the teeth get brushed. In the grand scheme of things is toothpaste even important? Yet, the ridiculous argument ensues on a fairly regular basis. The fact that it's been argued repeatedly for years leads one to wonder if the tube gets grabbed in the middle just to start the argument. Then, if that is so, what does that say about the dynamic between those who are arguing. Weeks of useless self-analysis later, it is still being argued. Pointless, as are much of the things that linger in the mind. Take the toilet seat. There are couples who have dissolved over this particular dilemma. I've never been one of those people. After a couple of times of your butt being kissed by icy toilet water in the middle of the night. It becomes a habit to check before you sit. Now, it is the guy who falls in more than I. I chuckle every time. Like I said, pointless
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Tienes poco tiempo para explicarte todos los que enigmas que te rodeanllevas en tus manos la pielabre los ojos y toma el cieloSólo una vez más nacerásdentro de un viento celeste que vamientras danzas con tu sombraTienes poco tiempo para encontrarteen la inmensidad de la que venimoshazle la pregunta a la piedrasu respuesta esconde un cuerpo.Sólo una vez más naceráspero dentro de un viento celeste que vamientras danzas con tu sombra.---------------------------------------------------------------No veo donde esta el horizonteUn edificio obstruye el amanecerSe desarma el cieloLas estrellas ya no se ven masCada sombra que agreganCada vez mas se encierraY la sed de la tierraYa no ve su lugarTodos somos reciclables?Biodegradables?Y el sol no se escondeNosotros nos encargamos de eso
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the official office chart for aint no-one here except me the cleaner
1. Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout) by Blackalicious 2. Nannou by Aphex Twin off the WIndowlicker Ep 3. Lars Von Sen by Mr Oizo off Lambs Anger 4. Steroids (feat Uffie) by Mr Oizo off Lambs Anger 5. A break in the the clouds (beats tool) by James Holden 6. La Mariee mise a nu par ses celibataires meme by Marcel Duchamp (apologise if this is not correct) 7. Saul, HWV 53, Act III scene V.78. Chorus "Mourn, Israel" written by Handel performed by Rias Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs & Concert Koln 8. Numbers by Kraftwerk off Computer World 9. Black Sun by Kode9 off Black Sun/ 2 Far Gone 10.Ripped Knees by No Age off Nouns
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All my life I’ve come across stupid people, I’ve come to expect people to be stupid, and I’m usually not let down by that assumption. When I find intelligent people I treasure them like Eskimos would treasure electric blankets covered in whale fat powered by a bucket sized cold fusion reactor. Of course I use the web more than is healthy, that’s one reason I always speak to stupid people, this is all fine and something I take in my stride. It’s when you come across people that aren’t meant to be stupid yet are that you lose that little faith you had left in humanity.
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04/24/200908:32 amCream - Disraeli GearsArbolito - Cuando salga el solTony Williams - Emergency----------------------------------------Walk----------------------------------------Bauhaus - Burning form the insideDe Facto - Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues----------------------------------------back in the house:Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Se dice Bisonte, no BufaloAstrocity - Ave TierraTony Williams, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke - Wilderness----------------------------------------Intermission-Grey tea-Cookies----------------------------------------Divididos - Narigon del siglo, yo te dejo perfumado en la esquina para siempreVarious Artists - 100 Masterpieces Vol. 1 (1685-1730)Break----------------------------------------Footbal game----------------------------------------Various Artists - 100 Masterpieces Vol. 2 (1731-1775)Various Artists - 100 Masterpieces Vol. 3 (1776-1787)Turn off04:32 am-----------------------------------------END OF TRANSMISSION
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The indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now, flooding blamed on climate change is forcing at least one Eskimo village to move to safer ground.Floodwaters rip through the village of Newtok, Alaska, destroying its infrastructure.Authorities have ordered about 340 residents of the tiny coastal village of Newtok to move to new homes 9 miles away, up the Ninglick River. The village, home to indigenous Yup'ik Eskimos, is the first of possibly scores of threatened Alaskan communities that could be abandoned.Warming temperatures are melting coastal ice shelves and frozen sub-soils, which act as natural barriers to protect the village against summer deluges from ocean storm surges."We are seeing the erosion, flooding and sinking of our village right now," said Stanley Tom, a Yup'ik Eskimo and tribal administrator for the Newtok Traditional Council.The crisis is unique because its devastating effects creep up on communities, eating away at their infrastructure, unlike with sudden natural disasters such as wildfires, earthquakes or hurricanes.Newtok is just one example of what the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns is part of a growing climate change crisis that will displace 150 million people by 2050.The group says indigenous peoples in Asia, Central America and Africa are threatened by shifting environmental conditions blamed on climate change."We will not be able to survive"Tom's ancestors have been living in the region for centuries, he said."Our land is our resource, our source of food; it's our country. We live off of it. If we go to another village or city, we will not be able to survive," Tom said.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has estimated that moving Newtok could cost $130 million. Twenty-six other Alaskan villages are in immediate danger, with an additional 60 considered under threat in the next decade, according to the corps.The village crisis is taking place as more than 400 indigenous people from 80 nations gather 500 miles (800 kilometers) away in Anchorage, Alaska, at the first Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change.The conference aimed to address global issues effecting indigenous communities like the Yup'ik Eskimos. The five-day summit also hoped to raise global awareness about the crisis facing these indigenous communities and to help them speak with a more unified voice, said Patricia Cochran, chairwoman of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, which hosted the event.U.N. scientists have long blamed increases in average global temperatures on the emission of excess greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide by industry and the burning of petroleum-based fuel.Summit delegates will work on a declaration outlining the climate change-related issues facing indigenous people. The declaration will be agreed upon Friday and presented at the Conference of Parties United Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December."On the international level, the meeting in Copenhagen at the end of the year is incredibly important, it will lay down the road map on how we tackle climate change and who gets to be involved," said Sam Johnston of Tokyo, Japan-based United Nations University, a co-sponsor of the summit."Climate change poses threats and dangers to the survival of indigenous communities worldwide, even though they contribute least to greenhouse emissions," United Nations General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto said at the summit.Climate change, conference delegates say, is threatening the traditional lifestyles of indigenous peoples around the world. Specific environmental threats include droughts, sea level rise, warmer temperatures; lack of rainfall, flooding and loss of biodiversity, climatologists say. The specific combination of threats varies by region.For example, in the island nation of Papua New Guinea, an increase in population growth coupled with rising sea levels is decreasing the amount of crop land making farming very difficult for the indigenous people of the region, according to the U.N.In the African nation of Kenya, the Samburu tribe is on the verge of a food and economic crisis, the U.N. said, as lengthy droughts kill livestock that provides income and sustenance for the community.In Mexico, highland Mayan farmers are fighting to survive amid decreasing rainfall, unseasonal frost and unprecedented changes in daytime temperatures, the U.N. reported. These conditions are forcing the farmers to plant alternative crops and to search for other sources of irrigation."We are the ones that are the most effected" by climate change, said Saul Vicente-Vasquez, a Mexican economist and longtime human rights activist for indigenous peoples."Climigration" refers to the forced and permanent migration of communities because of severe climate change effects on essential infrastructure. This differs from migration caused by catastrophic environmental events such as hurricanes and earthquakes. The concept of "climigration" implies that there is no possibility of these communities returning home, said Alaskan human rights lawyer Robin Bronen, who coined the term."There needs to be a new institutional framework that is created, that's based in human rights doctrines ... that facilitates relocations," Bronen said.Back in Newtok, village leaders continue to work with federal and state representatives while they plan to relocate."We have a new village, but we don't have all the funding that the village needs to move right now," said Sally Russell Cox planner with the Alaska division of community and regional affairs.If the crisis worsens and forces an emergency evacuation, Cox said officials want to provide "a safe place to go if they need to get out of the village."As for Tom, he said he's looking forward to getting it over with. "We hope to move to the new village site and be able to get on with regular life."
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