Experts Probe Urban Growth, Climate Change Links in Africa

A new project has united researchers exploring the connection between rapid urban growth in Africa and climate related emergencies, in an effort to safeguard vulnerable urban populations from the effects of climate change.
The Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa program, or CCAA, aims to increase the capacity of African people and organizations to cope with the effects of climate change.

Sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Center and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, the project hopes to indentify strategies to help the urban poor in Africa's largest cities to adapt to challenges posed by the changing environment, says project manager Francois Gasengayire.

"The program supports research that helps reduce poverty by improving the environment. And the goal is to harness the capacity of the poor to reduce environmental degradation as it relates to natural disasters, and enhance the use of natural resources for food, water, and income generation," he said.

Gasengayire says program organizers sought out proposals from across Africa for research projects exploring the links between urban growth and climate change. The researchers, who have assembled in Dakar, represent a range of institutions working with the diverse climate-related issues facing urban areas throughout Africa.

Gasengayire said that an increase in disasters caused by climate change is likely to be felt most acutely in Africa's urban centers.

"There is a kind of link, and at the same time a vicious cycle between poverty, urban poverty, and environmental burdens," he said.

Experts say the effects of climate change are already being felt across the continent, and fear that incidences of flooding and drought, and the frequency and intensity of severe storms, will continue to increase in coming decades. Gasingayire says recent shifts in familiar weather patterns, caused by climate change, have made traditional agriculture across Africa less profitable, and driven Africans from rural areas to cities in unprecedented numbers.

The resulting population growth of urban centers, in turn, places stress on natural resources, such as arable land, natural fuels, and fresh water supplies, according to Liqa Raschid-Sally, program manager in Ghana and Ethiopia for Sri Lanka based International Water Management Institute.

"When you move water from agriculture to cities, you can also have an aggravation of the situation in the rural area, or the suburban area, affecting the city, and so there are a lot of issues around this rural-urban interface which could be aggravated by climate change and therefore also affect the cities," she said.

Sally says increasing numbers of poor migrants to an urban area also heavily tax infrastructure, placing higher demand on already inadequate water and sanitation systems, and creating a challenge for urban planners. She says her work is aimed at giving policy makers some tools to employ in their planning.

"The approach is to try to have a science-based decision tool to help policy makers and planners, decision makers at the city level essentially, to address these questions," she added.

Such policy tools are necessary because the urban poor have fewer resources to adapt to climate change, and are extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, says University of Ghana researcher Samuel Nli Andey, describing an urban settlement outside Accra.

"The problem is you have this huge migrant settlement, which is located on a flat plain, these areas experience floods on a normal basis, every year there are floods, and we think this is going to increase. And once it increases it is going to affect the lives of the people there," he said.

Andey says his research will focus on surveying houses in the effected zones, and studying the anticipated responses to flooding. He says the problems caused by flooding are likely to worsen as new residents move into flood plains around Accra.

In 2008, floods struck several countries in West Africa, including Ghana, Liberia, and Senegal, and caused significant damage in Accra. Ghanaian officials and urban planners blamed overbuilding in low-lying, flood prone areas for exacerbating the damage caused by the disaster.

Sebastian Vollmer rising as 2009 NFL draft neared

With the 58th overall pick in the NFL Draft the New England Patriots select Houston OT Sebastian Vollmer. Vollmer is one of the more unusual stories in this year's draft class. He did not start playing football until he was 14 years old, but still helped his German prep school win two national championships.

According to Belichick, “ sebastian Vollmer played in the East-West game and has played both left tackle and right tackle in college and in the all-star game. We think he gives us some flexibility, also a big man who works hard and brings some size and toughness. We look forward to seeing him compete on the offensive line.”

sebastian Vollmer, who is represented by agent Leonard Roth of Houston, wasn’t a typical first-day pick, however. He wasn’t invited to the NFL scouting combine and wasn’t even originally invited to an all-star game.

sebastian Vollmer, a native of Germany, eventually made his way into the East-West Shrine Game, which was held on the UH campus, and he took full advantage of the opportunity.

It was during the East-West Shrine workouts that the Patriots took notice of him. Dante Scarnecchia, the Patriots’ assistant head coach/offensive line, then ran UH’s pro day, and he put Vollmer through offensive line drills. His versatility intrigued the Patriots, Belichick said in an interview with ESPN after selecting Vollmer.

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What is your Greatest Obstacle in Starting an Internet Business

Today, let us just consider some obstacles faced by some Internet Business Owners. I took a random survey and discovered the obstacles below:

• Capital
  
• Getting Traffic
• Lack of Motivation
• Information Overload
• Not Staying Focused
• Competing with the Big Boys
• Time

These are some of the major obstacles facing most Internet Business Owners

TOM ZART’S QUOTABLE QUOTES

TOM ZART’S QUOTABLE QUOTES

THE POWER of WORDS

WINE


Wine was served at the Last Supper

And guzzled in King Arthur's court.

Wine can make a sad man happy

And a mean woman turn good sport!

HEAVEN'S HEROES


All of heaven’s heroes have suffered remorse
From hate, fear, lust, loneliness and war.
They do what they do with deliverance of heart
Defeating the dark side of life and more.

TEARS

Tears are a love-mates humble gift

When it's time to say goodbye

Though the eyes are wet and swollen

With time and patience they dry.

THE BELL RINGERS OF THE SOUL


Poets are the bell ringers of the soul
As they depict the past, the present and beyond.
They sound their alarm of what lies ahead
As the missteps of man live on.

THE GREATEST LESSON ONE CAN LEARN

The greatest lesson one can learn
Is how when loved, to love in return.
Remaining true both body and soul
Never loosing our common goal.

MOTHERS

Mothers have great big aprons
To hide from the world our flaws.
They kiss and scold when we do wrong
Teaching compliance of laws.

HEAVEN'S GATE


With one foot in heaven and one down on earth
I pray to be remembered and judged by my worth.
If I’m forced to camp, just outside your gate
I will still be grateful and not, “hesitate.”


SELF SERVING FOOLS


No matter how far in your marriage you've gone
The highway of love has its rules.
The excitement of sex, trust and affection
Never tolerates self-serving fools.


FOREVER MORE


I love to be loved in the morning
I love to be loved at night.
I love to be loved anytime
For love in the darkness is light.

LOVE AND LIFE


With one foot in the future
And one foot in the past
Let us try to live our days
As though each was our last.


FREEDOM


America has survived all attempts to destroy
Knowing the cruelty of war
And, we who remain
Must help keep her free
For those who can march no more!


A GOOD POEM


A good poem paints a picture
For both your heart and brain.
It doesn't need a second chance
To make its meaning plain.


HOW LUCKY I'VE BEEN


Wise men learn more from watching fools
Than fools do from watching wise men.
I should know for I've been both.
I can 't believe how lucky I've been.


BIRDS


Birds are really quite remarkable
When left alone to do their thing.
We have robbed their eggs and plucked their plumage
And yet they continue to sing.

FAITH


Our confidence and trust in a higher power
Helps guide us through every moment and hour.
Fidelity to ones promise and observance of law
Lets our Lord know we heed his call.


HISTORY


Some have asked why must we study history;
It just encourages us to live in the past.
When we forget history we repeat its mistake
As the outcome of humanity is cast.


RESOLUTE


May God continue to bless America
Refusing evil, the upper hand.
It’s up to us to stay resolute
Defending the liberty of Man.


FORGIVE ME


I love you and I need you
It's a fact and not a lie
So if you plan to punish me
Say anything, but good bye.


FRIENDSHIP


Better is a good friend in the house next door
Than brothers and sisters who are far away.
The spirit of man needs the help of its friends
To face all the problems of each fleeting day.

SPRING


Gone till next year, are winters cold days of chill
While the fever of love hits the ground on the run.
There's heavenly splendor wherever we look
As earth is warmed by the rays of the sun.


FLOWERS


King Solomon spoke of earth’s flowers in the Bible
And that where they appear the birds begin to sing.
The voices of love can be heard across the land
And that lilies and roses are a sacred thing.


LOVE & ELECTRICITY


Love and electricity are a lot alike
For we never seem to miss them till their gone.
We need both, every day of our life,
And even more so between twilight and dawn.


SMILE


The one thing that goes the furthest
Towards making our lives more worthwhile
Which costs the least but does the most
Is the sight of a friendly smile.


ADVICE


Those who wish to advise others
Should practice what they preach
For their pupils need inspiring
To listen to what they teach.

MY WIFE


Heaven won't be heaven
If I don 't see you there
May the first to go
Be me, is my prayer.


FLIGHT


Nothing else man can conceive
Is more luring than God's sky.
To be as one with the stars
Is the wish of all who fly.


TWILIGHT


The twilight is first evening's bell
A time of peace when all is well.
Another day has come and gone
Not to return until the dawn.


EYES OF LOVE


Eyes that twinkle, I distrust
For they are the distant stars.
Eyes in love have a steady glow
Like Venus, the Moon or Mars.


MY FAVORITE POET


My favorite poet is our father of love
Who was first to know us before birth.
His poetry prolongs every thing we love

As his deliverance gives life its worth.

INTEGRITY


What Satan has planned for our harm
Integrity will transform to good.
Adhering to morals gives us peace
Teaching us to respond, as we should.


FORMIDABLE FOE


America is the birthday cake of earth
As the ants march from every direction.
Thank God for all who have sworn to defend her
Serving with love, honor, pride and affection.


PEACE


War is an emotional release for man
Practiced since the first stones were cast.
Could it be nature's way of thinning the numbers
As the fallen are consumed by the past.


ORDINARY MOMENTS


Even ordinary moments
Aren't the same any more.
Together we have so much
To plan, accomplish and explore.


DIVINE INTERVENTION


What would our world become
Without intervention from above?
Angry beings in a revolving cage
With no sense of passion or love.

AMERICAN SOLDIER


Our soldiers line up to be remembered
As the best of the best at their job.
They wish to be needed and depended on
To save all we love from the mob.

They risk their life and limb for liberty
Standing firm against evil unwilling to break.
To be part of something greater than themselves
They are willing to sacrifice whatever it will take.


MYSTICAL JOURNEY


After death who will miss us
When to heaven we have gone?
Will family cry our name in tears
As in their hearts we live on?


WAR


When war breaks out, boundaries change
And all who die are a token
Of the rage that must run it's course
Before words of peace are spoken.


LOVE


Love, indeed, descends from heaven,
Like a shooting star across the sky.
Love sometimes stirs the dust
Till tears fall free from the eye.

FAME


Those who wish to be, not forgotten,
Just days after they're dead and gone
Must write such things worth remembering
Or commit acts, worth passing on.


ROSES


The poet Horace once expressed
That roses were worth more than grain
Seed fills a hungry man's stomach
Where roses feed his heart and brain.


SEPTEMBER 11th


We shall seek them out wherever they may hide
Street by street, house-by-house, cave by cave.
They will be eradicated from the face of the earth
By the righteous, the loyal and the brave.


THE SEED OF LOVE


The Lord planted love within mankind's heart
Though things can grow sour when from” Him” we depart.
Love and hate are but two sides of life's golden coin
So be ready for both no matter whom you join.


CONSCIENCE


Our conscience makes us righteous
It's a whisper of god in man.
For without it we're mere puppets
Who dance to the devil's hand.


SORROW


Sorrow is better than laughter
For by grieving, we're improved.
Blessed be all who morn
Till from sadness they're removed


OUR FLAG


Wars were waged where brave men died
As patriots fought side by side.
Our flag is still the pearl of earth
Because of those who prove her worth.


TROUBLES


Mankind is born from a woman’s womb
With a short life that's full of trouble.
Faith is our refuge in times of woe
For without it our troubles double.


FRIENDSHIP


Better is a good friend in the house next door
Than brothers and sisters who are far away.
The spirit of man needs the help of its friends
To face all the problems of each fleeting day.


WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE


The wise listen to increase their learning
Where the scorners of wisdom close their mind.
The hearts of the prudent gather knowledge
For a soul without grace becomes confined.

WHY?


The biggest question of life is "why?"
The wrath of man is always in season
Why is our world the way it is
Like a tragic poem without rhyme or reason.


THE MOON


From the very first time man took refused
And peered out at the moon in the night.
Acts of love, lust, hate and human sorrow
Have been committed in the presence of its light.


THE ARMOR OF GOD


Eagerly plotting to disrupt God's works
Evil swallows up souls like the shifting sand.
The armor of God is our divine protection
Shielding every child, woman, and man.


POLITICIANS


Most of the time as a politician stands up
Along with the truth, their brain sits down.
Promising anything and everything to anyone
While posing to the public, to be on common ground.

LOVE CONSUMES ALL


Love consumes all physical functions
Hearing, taste, touch, thought and smell.
It can heal, destroy, weaken or bond
Those caught in its presence and spell.

PASSION AND LOVE

Thank heaven for passion and love
Blessings from God to man.
Without them we’re mere creatures
Subsisting like ants in the sand.

SHOULD TOMORROW START WITHOUT ME?


Should tomorrow start without me
Be proud I choose to serve
Our faith and our patriotism
Earn the freedom we deserve.

SATISFACTION

No one finds satisfaction from serving themselves
Contentment takes place, by our unselfish concern.
The more we repent and regret our wrongs
The more we are able to retain what we learn.

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Conservative Poet

Tom Zart

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An Overture to Grasping Tarot Cards

The tale of the Tarot is something that is concealed by time. There are some remarks and academics that equate the genesis of the Tarot with that of aged Egypt, while alternative analyzers and academics indicate that the Tarot shares genealogy with age-old gypsy cultures. Still, there are additional scholars that appoint an Italian birth to the Tarot cards, and it is supposed that the Tarot Cards evolved into a mechanism of divination right around the 1400s. Since that time, hundreds of dissimilar decks present emerged and are now in use. One of the larger accepted decks being the Rider-Waite deck.

Tarot cards are separated into one major arcana and five suits, namely: The Major Arcana, The Suit of Wands, The Suit of Coins, The Suit of Cups, and the Suit of Swords.

The suits are separated as well. Their points' worth and specific meanings are determined by being one of Oudlers/Trulls, Kings, Queens, Cavaliers, Jacks, or Others. Oudlers and Kings show the same value; the others from Queens to Jacks are worth one point less than their predecessors.

Despite this, the English-speaking world pays more attention to the divinatory meanings of the cards, which will be tackled in the next area.

Meaning is assigned to each card in a tarot deck; notwithstanding, the specifics of interpretation are impacted by the layout of the cards, whether they are upright or reversed, and the interpreter's own translating. Many of the cards in the major arcana, the trump cards, are fairly logical. The Lovers act in place of fancy, in some capacity, while Strength is symbolic of courage and drive. Each of the cards in the minor arcana also carries meaning when used for divination, based on both the numeric value of the card and which suit it is. Meanings of each card could be found online, in books, or simply by interpreting the images on the card.

Along with the emerging interpretations to the meaning of tarot cards come new methods for card readers to express the message to the average Joe. Today, face-to-face card readings are being reconstituted by phone and online readings. All the same, for chock-full impact and experience, face-to-face card readings still trump more methods. Face-to-face tarot readings allow the character to choose his face-down card, giving him a semblance of control to his fortunes. Face-to-face readings are common in community fairs, parties, and in the roadways. The price of a tarot card deciphering varies depending on the popularity of the reader and how much detail the being wants to know about his outcome.

Substitute tarot card studying methods include phone and online readings. While there are free Internet sites to read your fortunes, they are only for be visible or offered as a gimmick. On the alternative hand, professional tarot card readers offering their services over the phone can cost about £5.00 per reading. Card reading over the phone suggests a diverse approach to commercial tarot card deciphering, since the customer could demonstrate a hotline to know his fortunes on demand. Card reading allows populace to show their fortunes checked every morning, which is both convenient and lifestyle altering.

Tarot cards have a long past, both as a simple card game and as a device for divination. The prevalent usage of these cards is purely esoteric. If you are interested, you should keep in mind that tarot cards are only as helpful as the reader is perceptive, and that while you may leave with some clarifications of your own thoughts, more than that is unlikely.

Angelys Groshong is an esteemed tarot card reader who practices in live relationship tarot telephone readings, gives love life assistance with tarot mobile phone readings and gives compatibility predictions with tarot card telephone readings.

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What is Fear, and What Do I Do With It?

The only reason why any fearful feeling, thought or image feels scary is because we have not looked it in the ‘eye’ yet. As soon as we allow ourselves to look at it we see that there is nothing to be afraid of. We see it was just an assumption that was holding us back from going deeper and keeping our heart open. The human survival mechanism is built to keep telling us to expect the worst. It is always on the fence when it comes to bringing awareness to deeper parts of ourselves, and diving into the unknown feelings of our personal, cellular or collective memory. We find ourselves running from whatever feels unfamiliar or more intense than we are used to, and with doing that we cut ourselves off from a huge part of life, enormous vitality within us.

Yet, every moment is a new choice, and breath reminds us of that. We can learn to change our breathing pattern to one that helps us let go, and open.

In Shamanic Breath of Love practice we teach our body to let go of triggers and neurophysiologic impulses. As a result our body and energy field learn to open and relax. We send a message of safety to our limbic and nervous system, and find a way to liberateourselves from the prison of the flight or fight response.

In Shamanic Breath of Love the breath learns to assist us with making peace with all manifestations of Life. It teaches our body to allow pure consciousness override the old habits of resistance, and it brings up courage to face all fears and doubts as they surface from our subconscious during the breath journey.

This kind of breathwork reprograms our mind and psyche, and alters the habitual thoughts of fear into the conscious choice of Love. It opens us to the wholeness of our being and helps us embrace everything that has felt separate. It shows us that no matter how ugly, scary or terrifying any part of us might seem it’s just another unmet energy. It is just another piece of Unknown that wants to be known. It is just another expression of Love. It is the same Source energy, same pervading light that also joy and laughter are born from.

Even if we don’t understand these words rationally, and most likely we don’t because it cannot be grasped by the mind, there is something in our hearts that listens and wants to embrace this loud and scary roar of denied energy. Our hearts trust. Our inner knowing listens. Our Spirit bows in humble reverence to all creation. When we surrender to the Spirit, it embraces even the loneliest and abandoned roars of our subconscious.

Our Light radiates into them with no resistance, with effortless strength, and as long as we trust and surrender to it, we experience its beautiful flame.

The Light that we are is always here and is always waiting for more opportunities to love and expand through our human experience. Our Self is always looking for a next opportunity to flood our bodies with its Love, Clarity and Strength.

Sometimes it feels as if our light faded, or our inner knowing became unclear. It can seem so, yet in truth it is only our attention that can fade in and out of the clarity and love of our Being. It is only the matter of where we put our attention. Do we let it rest in our heart, or we give our energy to the thoughts of conditioning, experiences of the past, and fears of the future.

The peace that is really available to us through a direct experience of surrender together with Breathwork is much more than anything we could ever imagine, much deeper than any word or understanding can give. It is Love that consumes our every cell. It diminishes the illusion of separation bringing us into the oneness with each other and the world. The more we open to surrender, and let breath assist us in that, the more we begin to feel that there is nothing left from the old “me”…no more old stories or struggles.

That’s why Breath of Love often can feel like death to the ego or our old personality. Yet, if it is a death of anything, it is a death of illusion of fear. It is a cessation of who we thought ourselves to be, and realization that the Self is significantly more powerful and real than anything our minds alone could conjure. We are much bigger than anything we could ever think or ask for.

Breath (especially in the Breath of Love work) is a doorway to Inner Fulfillment

The integration of our individual mind, physical body and higher Self is much simpler than we have been taught. It doesn’t require hard practices, or understanding complicated theories. All it needs is our attention, intention, and surrender to our inherent wholeness.
We have had a habit of searching outside of ourselves yet in doing that we have been overlooking the truth: what we have been looking for has been within us all along.

Although recognizing the truth is simple, it is not always easy. It takes courage to truly stop the familiar surface notions of our fears and beliefs, and take a leap of faith within, into the depth and breath of the Unknown. Yet, once we take this leap there is no end to the gifts that we start becoming aware of. We open to the unlimited fulfillment and wisdom within, and the more we allow ourselves to be lost in it through breathwork processes, the more its glow will take us over in our every day life. We will see and experience the perfection in every single moment and allow it to act and live through us freely and fully.

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Julia Mikk
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Shamanic Breath of Love Journeys.
Inner transformation beyond anything you have ever experienced.

Julia Mikk from Estonia, is a qualified breathworker certified by One Sky International Life Skills and Healing Arts Institute and Rebirthing Breathwork International. Her powerful approach to breathwork reflects her deep opening through the teachings of Gangaji, and trainings with many breathwork pioneers including the founder of Rebirthing, Leonard Orr. In her “Breath of Love” practice Julia is teaching breathing as a powerful tool for health, growth and change. Together with her powerful intuitive presence, sessions with her evoke the experience of one’s true nature, bliss, and inherent limitless potential.

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Tropical Rainforest food web and chain

The tropical rainforest food web is all about who eats who in the rain forest. The tropical food web describes the chain of events every organism goes through to obtain nutrition, or energy, in order to survive in the rain forest. A food web is a network of food chains.

The tropical rainforest food chain lies in the very critical concept of interdependence. Each organism in the food web depends upon all other organisms in the chain for basic survival. For example, if an insect becomes extinct, plants that it consumes will proliferate and equilibrium in the rainforest will be disturbed. In addition, members of the food web that rank above the insect in question will be affected because it will no longer be available for consumption. This disruption leads to further extinction of species and ultimately the entire food web is drastically changed if not completely obliterated.

Key Concepts for the Tropical Rainforest Food Web/chain

Everything about the tropical rainforest is about the flow of energy and the cycling of matter in the ecosystem.

• All energy comes from the sun (solar system).
• Plants capture some of this energy by the process of photosynthesis to enable them make food.
• Plant-eating animals obtain this energy from plants and meat-eating animals, in turn, take energy from them.
• Death and decay recycles matter and energy to help begin the process anew.
• All living things need a "home"--a place that provides shelter, food, air, and water.
• Living things need one another to survive. the connections are different and comprise the "Web of Life." Some relationships involve eating or being eaten, but many other "cooperative" relationships exist--e.g. providing a place to grow, helping pollinate flowers or scatter seeds.
• Damaging the strands in the Web can have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences.

There are some things we need to know about the Tropical rainforest food web.

• Each level in the tropical rainforest food web or chain is dependent on the adjoining levels.
• In the tropical rainforest food chain, autotrophs make their food from sun.
• These primary producers in the rain forest are eaten by herbivores. herbivores are known as plant eating organisms that are eaten by carnivores and omnivores.
• The secondary consumers in the tropical rainforest may be eaten by tertiary consumers, who are carnivores.
  
• When any organism dies, in the rain forest tiny microbes (detrivores) take over and decay occurs .
  
• The cycle in the food chain or food web continues
  

Tropical Rainforest Food Web

Understanding The Tropical Rainforest Food Web
The tropical rainforest food web is all about who eats who in the tropics. The web describes the chain of events every organism goes through to obtain nutrition, or energy, in order to survive. A food web is a network of food chains.

There are some things we need to know about the food web. Each level of the chain is dependent on the adjoining levels. Autotrophs make their food from light or some form of chemical energy and are at the bottom of each food chain. These primary producers are eaten by herbivores (plant eating organisms) that are eaten by carnivores and omnivores. The secondary consumers may be eaten by tertiary consumers, who are carnivores. When any organism dies, tiny microbes (detrivores) take over and what we humans know as decay occurs. And the food web starts all over again.

The rainforest is home to more plants and small insects than any other organism. And herbivores far outweigh carnivores and omnivores. We could provide pages of scientific facts about tropical rainforest food webs. Instead, we'll cut to the chase and tell you why all this is important.

Its importance lies in the very critical concept of interdependence. Each organism in the food web depends upon all other organisms in the chain for basic survival. For example, if an insect becomes extinct, plants that it consumes will proliferate and equilibrium in the rainforest will be disturbed. In addition, members of the food web that rank above the insect in question will be affected because it will no longer be available for consumption. This disruption leads to further extinction of species and ultimately the entire food web is drastically changed if not completely obliterated.

We humans need to work to avoid obliteration of any member of the tropical rainforest food web. The endangered species list keeps getting longer, not shorter. We should be concerned.

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