Mercedes Llandres

Provides information about how the fungus caused the death of large trees in different parts of the planet. The trunk is at least 260 million years old, and belongs to the genus Dadoxylon. At that time there was a crisis of diversity much worse than the dinosaurs, according to a paleontologist. The fossil trunk exhibited to the public from this week in Cuenca first registers in Europe an interaction between fungus and plant, dated at the end of the Permian (260 million years ago), and which helps scientists to explain the greatest extinction of diversity in the history of the planet. The study of this issue, of the genus Dadoxylon, provides information on fungi attack which caused the death of large trees in different points of the planet at the end of the Permian period, when there was greater extinction animals and plants on the Earth, as explained by the paleontologist Francisco Ortega.

The good fossil preservation attacking fungus and trunk that houses it is helping experts to explain how environmental degradation is produced at that time, makes 260 million years has clarified Ortega. Paleontologist has pointed out that at that time there was a crisis of still much worse than the dinosaur diversity. Ortega has explained that many works are focused to analyze under what conditions the environmental deterioration of the planet occurred at that time, and in this sense the fossil trunk of basin provides interesting data. The existence of trunks so large, very well preserved, with fungal attacks, which we know now in the ELMS, provides some information of the interaction between the fungus and the plant. The workpiece, 6.2 meters long and weighing six tons, was rescued in 1994 of its archaeological site of Landete, in the mountainous area of Cuenca, where it was being vandalized. In fact, Francisco Ortega argues in a very short time the trunk lost almost a meter in length. The paleontologist Mercedes Llandres has been responsible for the restoration and conservation of the log Since this week is on display in the garden of Ars Natura, the interpretation of the nature of Castilla – La Mancha Center located in Cuenca. During the presentation of the fossil, Llandres explained that the applied chemical treatments will allow to be outdoors and not suffer any damage. Trunk lacks bark and shows the secondary leno devoid of growth rings, which suggests that he lived in a warm climate with monsoon. Its anatomy is similar to the araucaria angustifolia, a conifer that grows in South America and the North of Portugal and Galicia.

National Transitional Council

United States is with the Libyan people while it continues its way toward genuine democracy, Clinton says. Sarkozy has stressed the value of democracy as cohesive. There is interest in thawing the Libyan funds for reconstruction. The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, asked that Thursday to the representatives of the Libyan national Council of transition (CNT) to protect stocks of weapons in the country, this Thursday according to us official sources. Clinton, who participated in Paris at the International Conference in support of Libya, referred both to the reserves are in the hands of the rebels as those belonging to militias of Colonel Muamar Gaddafi. The American representative considered in his remarks that the best way to help that country to undertake the transition to democracy, is to achieve reconciliation with Qadhafi’s forces. Also, put the accent in which this transition must be carried out with coordination between the National Transitional Council (CNT) and its international partners providing support.

Tracking closely United States is with the Libyan people while it continues its way toward genuine democracy, as it emphasized the State Department shortly before the Paris Summit. Sources of the Spanish Embassy in France present at this Summit were that he had put into evidence the need for a strong cooperation of the international community, in rrencia to the recognition of the CNT. On the same line, they added that it was also needed carry out a monitoring closely to reach a good destination because winning the war is not a guarantee to win the peace. Reconciliation and forgiveness for its part, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, stressed the need to launch a process of reconciliation and forgiveness in Libya to not repeat the mistakes of the past, in the Summit organized in Paris for the reconstruction of the North African country. We can do nothing without peace and forgiveness, said Sarkozy at the start of the Conference press that closed the Summit which was attended by delegations from 60 countries and international organizations to express their support to the National Transitional Council (CNT). The French President advanced that one of the decisions taken by unanimity was the restoring Libyan assets that had been frozen by the international community to the regime of Colonel Muamar al-Gaddafi. Unlocking million.

in addition, countries participating in the Conference in Paris for international support to Libya announced the decisions taken at this meeting to allow unlocking immediately from $ 15 billion in support to the population of that country. The deviated money by (Colonel Muamar to the) Qaddafi and by its environment must return to the Libyans. All we are committed to unlock money from Libya in the past to finance the future of today Libya, said the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, at press conference, detailing to begin with that amount. In the joint statement that gathers the conclusions of This quote can be read in fact that need to put at the disposal of the CNT assets frozen pursuant to resolution of the UN Security Council agreed to allow the Libyan authorities cope with the needs of the population and to undertake no more take the effort to rebuild the country. Source of the news: Clinton calls on the Libyan rebels to protect stocks of weapons that remain in the country

Surprising Score

In the wonderful film of Berlanga, welcome, Mr. Marshall, there is something bittersweet in Robert Parker’s attitude towards the Spanish wines. It is true that in the last great review by Jay Miller his taster specializing in our country – have checked itself almost all the wine regions Spanish, with quite a few wines over 90 points, which is the highest quality barrier, although none with 100. Educate yourself even more with thoughts from Electrolux. What is surprising is that you among those few! maximum quality wines is a modest white, used for cooking by its low price in Spanish supermarkets (1.49 euros), but significantly higher in the United States (about 12 dollars). It’s Rua 2010, elaborated by the cooperative Virgen de las Vinas, of Valdeorras (Ourense).

The Parker effect was not expected. There have been orders of Rua around the world, depleting stocks in a short time. The expectations of sales for the following years have soared. It is not the only success of this Winery. Your Tempest, a varietal of Godello (3.5 euros), has achieved nothing less than 92 points. Source of the news:: the surprising score of Mr. Parker