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Endemism

Duration: 10:01
Updated: 29 Oct 2014

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. Another term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species (and subspecific categories) that are restricted to a defined geographical area. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video

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Marco Madia - Endemism

Duration: 5:39
Updated: 10 Jul 2014
author: StilleRuhe

Marco Madia Endemism Music For Plants [DTR023] [http://dewtonerecordings.com/album/music-for-plants-dtr023] 2013 Dewtone Recordings https://soundcloud.com/ma...

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Bird Endemism in Mindanao by Willem van de Ven

Duration: 16:31
Updated: 01 May 2014
author: Christine Telesforo

Talk delivered during the 9th Philippine Bird Festival at the Centro Latino in Zamboanga City on March 01, 2014.

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'Endemism' 8. Subtile - Second Wave by Sven Strecker

Duration: 2:11
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Promotional video for my new LP release: 'endemism' Music composed and performed by Sven Strecker Cover Art Davide Pellegrini.

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Species endemism in Madagascar

Duration: 1:59
Updated: 26 Oct 2014

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Petridish Project: Toxic Geology: A Cause of Insect Endemism in Cyprus

Duration: 2:07
Updated: 28 Mar 2013
author: Marc Srour

Find more information and donate here: http://www.petridish.org/projects/toxic-geology-a-cause-of-insect-endemism-in-cyprus My biology blog, where more info ...

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How to Pronounce Endemism

Duration: 0:16
Updated: 03 Sep 2014
author: Emma Saying

Learn how to say Endemism correctly with EmmaSaying's "how do you pronounce" free tutorials. Definition of endemism (oxford dictionary): noun (biology) the f...

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Miguel Vences explains frog endemism in Madagascar

Duration: 0:28
Updated: 25 Apr 2012
author: xxKatInTheRainxx

Famous German herpetologist Miguel Vences explains to a South African film team why the frogs of Madagascar are so special - because all of them are endemic,...

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'Endemism' - 5. As Happy as Sisyphus by Sven Strecker

Duration: 4:35
Updated: 22 Feb 2014
author: sven alfred strecker

'Endemism' produced, composed & performed by Sven Strecker.

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'Endemism' - 1. Prologue by Sven Strecker

Duration: 6:03
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

'Endemism' - produced, composed & performed by Sven Strecker.

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Endemism by Sven Alfred Strecker

Duration: 4:52
Updated: 28 Nov 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Title song from the Album 'Endemism' by Sven Alfred Strecker.

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'Endemism' 9. Subtile - Third Wave by Sven Strecker

Duration: 2:07
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Promotional video for my new LP release: 'endemism' Music composed and performed by Sven Strecker Photography by Davide Pellegrini.

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K-Strategistak - Carpathian Endemism

Duration: 1:36
Updated: 18 Oct 2013
author: Hodlaz

Carpathian Endemism K-Strategistak. First video clip ever The ballad from the demo titled The Alpine Tsintsair Szarumaaan Records Vocals: Suto Attila Vocals:...

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'Endemism' 3. Adhere to Death by Sven Strecker

Duration: 2:42
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Lyrics: I haven't the faintest notion why you peg out symbols to dry them under our purple sun We slash our wrists despite the lord's deficiency Refrain: We ...

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'Endemism' 7. Subtile - First Wave by Sven Strecker

Duration: 5:24
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Lyrics: You're too subtile when you declare an open truth when you deliver me a pack without tongue-bombs I feel the smell of slow decay out of your envelope...

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'Endemism' - 6. Lightworm by Sven Strecker

Duration: 2:24
Updated: 22 Jul 2013
author: sven alfred strecker

Here the lyrics: Just in case you're in a state of apprehension Grease your crumpled skin Now you feel and you know So, leave your window open when we come C...

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Venus of Asia - Sri Lanka (Wildlife)

Duration: 2:20
Updated: 14 Jun 2013
author: venusofasiasrilanka

Wildlife of Sri Lanka includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of biological endemism. Diversity and e...

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Agrodiversity Hotspots

Duration: 7:37
Updated: 22 Sep 2014

There are several remarkable biodiversity rich places in the world primarily known as the ‘Biodiversity Hotspots’. Literature suggests that these are prioritised areas which have high species endemism but extreme habitat loss and therefore, receive focused conservation attention. In a similar manner, there are several pockets of agrodiversity rich areas which have a high diversity of traditional crops and crop germplasm, but are threatened by rapid land use changes and policy driven agricultural transformation, and; hence in urgent need for conservation attention. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, such repositories of traditional agro-resources are paradoxically concentrated among the remote and marginalized communities residing in areas where the ingress of so called "Green Revolution" has not been effectively felt. These communities still manage (and hence conserve) the germplasm of traditional crop varieties for their sustenance, and hence, are de facto custodians of an agro-biodiversity that is critical for inter-generational and global food security. Through this innovation fund research, we attempted to garner some evidence to authenticate our argument on ‘Agrodiveristy Hotspots’. The long term goal is to subsequently develop a regional analysis for advocating the Hindu Kush Himalayan region as "Agrodiversity Hotspots", and draw attention of global communities to acknowledge and strengthen mountain communities’ knowledge and expertise for their management.

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MARE NOSTRUM day

Duration: 52:10
Updated: 11 Jun 2014
author: New Atlantis Full Documentaries

At the Mediterranean Sea there is a prodigious biological diversity, with a high degree of closely linked endemism. Unfortunately n the early XXI century, ma...

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Madeira and Island Ecology

Duration: 5:18
Updated: 24 Nov 2014

Madeira is often referred to as the floating garden. The reason for this unusual name, its astonishing floral diversity. Out of the hundreds of species of plant, a high proportion of these are endemic to Madeira. Endemism is a common pattern shared by oceanic islands around the world. So why is this case? In this episode, David explores the fundamentals of island ecology, in an introduction to the subject. --- If you like this episode, or any other, why not hit that subscribe button? We need all the support we can get, to help continue produce the huge array of videos we hope to make. --- And check out our Tumblr blog for competitions and conservation and wildlife news, and our Facebook and Twitter for more updates! http://ecosapienshow.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/EcoSapienShow https://twitter.com/@eco_sapien http://instagram.com/ecosapien --- More about Island ecology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_biogeography http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412101336.htm More about Madeira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira https://www.ipna.csic.es/dept/agro/eei/ http://www.islandconservation.org/ --- Copyright notices "Fox study 6" by Peter Trimming - Fox Study 6Uploaded by Mariomassone. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_study_6.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Fox_study_6.jpg "Komodo dragon with tongue" by Mark Dumont - Flickr: There Be Dragons. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komodo_dragon_with_tongue.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Komodo_dragon_with_tongue.jpg "Oxford Dodo display" by BazzaDaRambler - Oxford University Museum of Natural History ... dodo - dead apparently.Uploaded by FunkMonk. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxford_Dodo_display.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Oxford_Dodo_display.jpg --- References Brown, James H. (1978). "The Theory of Insular Biogeography and the Distribution of Boreal Birds and Mammals" (PDF). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs 2: 209–227. Gerlach, Justin. 2008. Island biodiversity - issues and opportunities. World Conservation Congress Paulay, G. 1994. Biodiversity on Oceanic Islands: Its Origin and Extinction. American Zoology 34: 134-144. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/934

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Monitoring of marine biodiversity in Calabria - Mobiomarcal project (2012)

Duration: 38:21
Updated: 19 Aug 2014
author: ISPRAVIDEO

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the richest of the world as far as animal and plant species, with a high level of endemism. The project Mobiomarcal, involved...

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Osaka Monaurail - The Archipelago

Duration: 4:55
Updated: 30 Aug 2014
author: funkoverload78

Nakata Ryo (Vocals, Keyboards, Organ, Percussion) Hiraishi Katsutoshi (Trombone, Flute) Kawasaki Taichiro (Trumpet) Sakakibara Seiji (Trumpet) Yamagata Kenta...

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Reserva Tehuacán Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve

Duration: 3:59
Updated: 23 Jun 2014
author: hectorfergo

Mexican Botanic Garden named after biologist Helia Bravo Hollis. The importance of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán is the great floristic diversity of the zone. About 270...

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Suqadara-Socotra Island - Strangest Island In The World..

Duration: 22:09
Updated: 27 Aug 2014
author: Omar Dualeh

Socotra is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean, near the Gulf of Aden. Situated some 250 miles off the coast of Yemen, the largest member...

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Phylogenetic approaches to conservation - Brent Mishler

Duration: 53:49
Updated: 25 Apr 2014
author: uniofcanberra

Workshop: Phylogenetic approaches to conservation with examples from Australia: presented by Professor Brent Mishler, who has been invited to Australia as pa...

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Quantitative Analysis of the Flora of Jordan and its Conservation Status

Duration: 25:21
Updated: 07 Aug 2014
author: RoyalBotanicGarden Jordan

As yet there is no descriptive flora of Jordan, though a revised checklist of the plants of Jordan has been recently published (Al-Eisawi 2013). Through the ...

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Development of Landscape-scale, genetically based aquatic biodiversity assessments

Duration: 62:20
Updated: 28 May 2013
author: GreatNorthernLCC

Presenter: Dr. Michael K. Young, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Lab, Missoula, MT Date: August 16, 2012 To position state and federa...

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"Environmental Impact of Mining" ~ C/O Neville Bardoli

Duration: 32:09
Updated: 24 Jun 2014
author: Neville Bardoli

The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and contamination of soil, groundwater and surface water b...

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Frontiers: The Future of Biodiversity

Duration: 47:08
Updated: 07 Jul 2014
author: Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

April 29, 2013 -- William F. Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia and Pri...

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duivenfred Les frères pouw

Duration: 34:51
Updated: 21 Jul 2014
author: duivenfred

colombophilie.

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Milk by Sven Alfred Strecker - Complete project

Duration: 28:08
Updated: 05 Apr 2014
author: sven alfred strecker

5th music project produced & performed by Sven Alfred Strecker FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE COMPLETE PROJECT: https://soundcloud.com/svenalfredstrecker/milk-by-sven-...

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Biodiversity & Classification

Duration: 51:27
Updated: 20 Oct 2014

In this live Gr 10 Life Sciences show we take a close look at Biodiversity & Classification. In this lesson we discuss the definition of biodiversity and endemic species. We discuss the classification schemes used to organise plants and animals.

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Namibia

Duration: 47:39
Updated: 26 May 2014
author: encyclopediacc

Namibia /nəˈmɪbiə/, officially the Republic of Namibia ; Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlan...

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Tropical rainforest

Duration: 31:14
Updated: 27 Jul 2014
author: Audiopedia

A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator (in the equatorial zone between ...

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Biodiversity

Duration: 58:01
Updated: 29 Apr 2014
author: Frank Eckstein

This is a synthesized speech reading of the Wikipedia article "Biodiversity" and is intended primarily for blind and visually impaired individuals who can no...

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UTS Science in Focus: Invasion by Land and Sea

Duration: 51:23
Updated: 23 Jul 2014
author: University of Technology, Sydney

Australia's biodiversity makes a significant contribution to our national identity, our culture and our tourism industry. Over the past 200 years we have suf...

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The Making of Alpine Tsintsair

Duration: 30:12
Updated: 13 Nov 2013
author: Hodlaz

K-Strategistak Moments of making the first brilliant demo (The Alpine Tsintsair), In the Studuo 54 ( S54 ). 2004 November Szarumaaan Records.

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All About - Philippines (Extended)

Duration: 82:34
Updated: 12 Dec 2014

What is Philippines? A report all about Philippines for homework/assignment The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,107 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila while its most populous city is Quezon City; both are part of Metro Manila. Intro/Outro music: Discovery Hit/Chucky the Construction Worker - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under CC-BY-3.0 Text derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines Text to Speech powered by voice-rss.com Images are Public Domain or CC-BY-3.0: 2000px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Philippines Ph_regions_and_provinces.png from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines 1280px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg Philippines_HDI_map.svg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Philippines Map_of_the_Philippines_Demis.png from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_the_Philippines Philippine_ethnic_groups_per_province.PNG from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines Philippine_climate_map.png from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Philippines

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Gansu

Duration: 23:58
Updated: 02 Dec 2014

Gansu (simplified Chinese: 甘肃; traditional Chinese: 甘肅; pinyin: Gānsù) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country. It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video

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Kerala

Duration: 85:01
Updated: 29 Apr 2014
author: Frank Eckstein

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10 - Jaume Segui: "Ecología reproductiva, diversidad genética y adaptación local..."

Duration: 20:21
Updated: 12 May 2014
author: Congresos UCA

Reunión científica ECOFLOR XI (Puerto Real, 6 y 7 de febrero de 2014) Jaume Seguí, IMEDEA, Illes Balears.

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Mount Kilimanjaro

Duration: 21:23
Updated: 27 Jul 2014
author: Audiopedia

Mount Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa ...

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Fisica Para Todos

Duration: 28:39
Updated: 19 Jul 2013
author: Hodlaz

Estudios de fisica. Karolyi Mihaly Gimnazium, 2004 Gudman Studios : Gudella Peter : Szabo Peter : Horvath Andras : Tigrincs.

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2015 16.20: Differentiating the Metcalf Canyon jewel flower

Duration: 22:01
Updated: 08 Feb 2015

From the Rare Plant session of the CNPS 2015 Conservation Conference, "Differentiating the Metcalf Canyon jewel flower", by Justen Whittall of Santa Clara University.

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BITC / Biodiversity Diagnoses - Richness and Endemism 1

Duration: 15:21
Updated: 17 Feb 2015

This talk was presented in the course on National Biodiversity Diagnoses, an advanced course focused on developing summaries of state of knowledge of particular taxa for countries and regions. The workshop was held in Entebbe, Uganda, during 12-17 January 2015. Workshop organized by the Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum, with funding from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation.

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BITC / Biodiversity Diagnoses - Richness and Endemism 2

Duration: 15:21
Updated: 17 Feb 2015

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Endemism (Original Mix)

Duration: 5:39
Updated: 08 Feb 2015

Endemism Original Mix Marco Madia ℗ Dewtone Recordings Released on: 2013-04-30 Unknown: Marco Madia Auto-generated by YouTube.

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2015 2.01: Patterns of plant diversity and endemism

Duration: 16:45
Updated: 08 Feb 2015

From the Plant Science session of the CNPS 2015 Conservation Conference, "Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in the California Floristic Province", by Dylan Burge of the California Academy of Sciences.

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Sold Bridges by Sven Alfred Strecker

Duration: 2:33
Updated: 17 Mar 2014
author: sven alfred strecker

FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE COMPLETE PROJECT 'MILK': https://soundcloud.com/svenalfredstrecker/milk-by-sven-alfred-strecker Music & Lyrics by Sven Strecker Lyrics: ...

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Reticence by Sven Alfred Strecker

Duration: 4:42
Updated: 31 May 2014
author: sven alfred strecker

Music composed & performed by Sven Alfred Strecker.

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Russian police investigate the the body of Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister and opposition leader at Red Square with St. Basil Cathidral in the background in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015.

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Assassination in Moscow

New Yorker

28 Feb 2015

Just after midnight on Friday, Boris Nemtsov, a fifty-five-year-old Russian opposition politician, was gunned down as he walked across a bridge just outside the Kremlin walls. A car drove past, shots rang out, and Nemtsov was killed by four bullets to the back ... It had been six years since such people were shot dead in Moscow ... ....

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File - In this picture taken Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, a Syrian Kurdish sniper sits among the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani, Syria.

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Islamic State's position on Christians

BBC News

27 Feb 2015

The recent abduction of dozens of Assyrian Christians and the mass beheading of Egyptian Copts at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) militant group raises questions about its stance on Christians, both in the Middle East and worldwide ... When the group announced the beheading of the Copts earlier this month, it said it had acted in revenge for the alleged mistreatment of Coptic women converts to Islam by the Egyptian Coptic Church ... ....

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Chinese diplomat tells West to consider Russia's security concerns over Ukraine

Reuters

27 Feb 2015

BEIJING (Reuters) - Western powers should take into consideration Russia's legitimate security concerns over Ukraine, a top Chinese diplomat has said in an unusually frank and open display of support for Moscow's position in the crisis ... He said the "nature and root cause" of the crisis was the "game" between Russia and Western powers, including the United States and the European Union ... (Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Paul Tait) ....

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This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Also shown is an outflowing jet of energetic particles, believed to be powered by the black hole's spin.

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Scientists Discover Brightest Quasar Ever Powered by Black Hole, Dating to Dawn of Time

ABC News

26 Feb 2015

In a galaxy far, far away, a colossal black hole 12 billion times more massive than our sun has been discovered by astronomers, sparking a new mystery about the early universe. Located 12.8 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers discovered the behemoth black hole inside of a quasar that shines 420 trillion times brighter than the sun, according to an article published Wednesday in the journal "Nature ." ... Titan ... ....

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Indian doctors shed light on massive medical procedure scandal

Sydney Morning Herald

28 Feb 2015

In a report releasedthis week, 78 doctors - half of whom have identified themselves - provided testimony of the greed and corruption that seem to have become endemic in the ......

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Detaining the President’s Daughter (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

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28 Feb 2015

(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). A year ago, the daughter of Uzbekistan's authoritarian president disappeared from public life ... In response, she accused others in the political elite of dirty dealing ... It is indicative of Uzbekistan's desperate human rights crisis, and underlines the need for robust international attention to its myriad abuses such as the absence of civil and political freedoms, torture, and endemic corruption ... (noodl....

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Speakers in Economic and Social Council Welcome ‘Mushrooming’ Partnerships as Vital for New Development Scheme, But Stress Need for Oversight (UN - United Nations)

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28 Feb 2015

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Study of the rich avifauna of Eastern Ghats

The Hindu

27 Feb 2015

“It is not just the endemic existence of a bird such as the Brook’s Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys that can be intriguing, but the variable colour forms in which they occur and a possibility of hybridization with a much commoner flycatcher that can pose questions about its biology,” adds Aditya....

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Madagascar's frogs at risk as killer fungus found on island for first time

The Guardian

27 Feb 2015

A fungus that devastates amphibian populations – often to extinction – is now widespread on the island and could threaten its 500 frog species, say scientists ... Photograph. ZSL. Karl Mathiesen ... Scientists say a fungus that has devastated global frog populations has reached Madagascar, putting the island’s 500 endemic frog species in danger ... Photograph ... Of the world’s 6,500 frog and toads, around 7.5% are endemic to Africa’s largest island ... ....

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Zim Must Maintain Re-Engagement Momentum

All Africa

27 Feb 2015

[Zimbabwe Independent]AMID the pervasive gloom that appears to perpetually envelope the country, with frequent reports of company closures, retrenchments, bank failures, late or non-payment of salaries, endemic corruption and infrastructural collapse, among others, some rays of light seem to be filtering through. ....

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Ebola outbreak: Disease ebbs in West Africa but aid agencies warn against complacency

The Independent

27 Feb 2015

International aid agencies have warned that the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa risks being wound down too quickly and fear that it could become endemic if efforts to stem the spread of the disease are not maintained ... “It only takes one case to reignite the outbreak, so there is no room for complacency ... This exacerbates fears that Ebola will become endemic in high-risk areas, instead of being completely eradicated ... --> ... ....

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Ebola outbreak: Disease ebbs in West Africa as aid agencies warn against complacency

The Independent

27 Feb 2015

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U.S. Biologists Keen To Explore, Help Protect Cuba's Wild Places

National Public Radio

27 Feb 2015

12.11 PM ET. Christopher Joyce. Twitter. Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7.00 p.m. ET. i. Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker found only in Cuba ... Pete Oxford/Minden Pictures/Corbis ... U.S ... U.S ... "It's a native — an endemic of the savannahs of Cuba, where it's rapidly disappearing," says Eduardo Inigo-Elias, an ornithologist with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York ... ....

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State issues general alert against H1N1

The Hindu

27 Feb 2015

The Health Department has issued a directive to all district health authorities to strengthen surveillance and prevention activities against H1N1 as a general precaution ... Surveillance. Considering the situation in many parts of the country and the fact that H1N1 has become endemic, sentinel surveillance for the infection and other preventive measures are being strengthened, H1N1 nodal officer Amar Fettle has said ... Schools ... ....

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General alert against H1N1 in State

The Hindu

27 Feb 2015

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Gold Coast drugs scandal: Clubs can breathe a sigh of relief - for now

Canberra Times

27 Feb 2015

Final chapter? Former Gold Coast Titan Steve Michaels is likely to be the last sportsman to be charged in the cocaine investigation when he returns to Australia. Photo. Getty Images. It seems Australia's professional football codes can breathe a sigh of relief, for now at least ... Dangerous speculation on social media was endemic, while a Queensland sporting great was accosted by cameras outside his house ... ....

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Humanitarian community must move quickly to halt cholera spread in Malawi – UN

United Nations

27 Feb 2015

Print ... “These displaced populations are extremely vulnerable, particularly those with low-immunity, such as malnourished children ... The disease is endemic in Malawi, though the country’s last major outbreak was in 2009, when well over 1,000 people were infected, but concerns have been raised by reports of more than 3,400 cholera deaths, and 37 deaths, in Mozambique – which borders Malawi – in the past two months ... News Tracker ... Source....