Circus Animal Ban, Lepidometer Use, Failure of the IMCI & More for Friday, July 31, 2009

Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_bolivia_circus_animals;_ylt=Ak7zfBwr1PQHsEBvAjAexq4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ2ZTY3N2p0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzMwL2x0X2JvbGl2aWFfY2lyY3VzX2FuaW1hbHMEcG9zAzEwBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYm9saXZpY

Rodent Size Linked To Human Population, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730200634.htm

Invigorated Muscle Structure Allows Geese To Brave The Himalayas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201743.htm

Anser indicus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_Goose

Anser indicus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1047336

Bald-headed, pink-faced songbird discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32210908/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Pycnonotus hualon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnonotus_hualon

Fresh hope for world's fisheries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8176292.stm

New Hope For Fisheries: Overfishing Reduced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730141555.htm

Honeybees warn of risky flowers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8176000/8176878.stm

Bees face another killer: selenium

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32203740/ns/technology_and_science-science/


All a flutter: Painted lady invasion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177655.stm

Vanessa cardui

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_cardui

Vanessa cardui (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/2926929

Butterflies tracked as a barometer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32226247/ns/us_news-environment/

Lepidometer

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/lepidometer.html

Lepidoptera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera

Barometer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer

Coal Mine Canary

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine

Dinosaurs come alive in Chicago

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Private transplants to be banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8177826.stm

Just Expecting A Tasty Food Activates Brain Reward Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727102026.htm

Parasites May Have Had Role In Evolution Of Sex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706171542.htm

Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234135/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/

Breast-feeding could save 1.3 million lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234145/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

U.N. program to save children failed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32222438/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Program

http://dub.washington.edu/djangosite/media/papers/tmpbj0qhL.pdf