two stories from the natural world to end this hour researchers have warned that the cactus family of plants is facing a severe threat from climate change despite the ability of many species to endure heat and drought. a study of more than four hundred cactus species concluded that sixty percent could be at greater risk of extinction by the middle of this century. the authors note that despite their reputation for being hardy survivors many cacti depend on very specific environmental conditions, which are likely to change as the world heats up. many of the prickly plants are already endangered because of human activity. and a bit of news that s come from germany, where the berlin zoo celebrated the birthday of a rather special gorilla. her name is fat ou and yesterday,
she turned a remarkable 65 years old. the average lifespan for most western lowland gorillas is roughly 35 to a0 years. so, the zoo presented fatou with a cake made of rice and fruit. for many of us the weather throughout the eastern pleaded is very decent indeed with one sunny spells, today been the warmest day of the next few but this headline does not tell the whole story, in fact many western parts of the uk are often cloudy especially around coastal areas because of a weather system on top of the british isles giving some rain, murky and drizzly conditions around coasts. 15 and plymouth but inland and excess of 20 and look how cool it is on the north sea coast in aberdeen. in the north
apes why are you here? get out of here. it s just absolutely unacceptable. all these events happen in oklahoma ferguson new york they re not any different than seattle. how wide do these problems run and how far back do they go? joining me now is lawrence ross author of the divine nine a history of african-american fra tern tistyies ternties. and chelsea davis, head of the black student group at ou. they re the ones that first posted the video online. thank you both for being here. thank you reverend. thanks for having me. lawrence the big news today, the local chapter hiring a lawyer. what are the legal tensions that play between the school and fraternities? well, fraternities and schools typically have traditionally have had a relationship that is kind of i don t want to say tenuous
do customer loyalty plans work? know that my wall set filled with cards that i get stamped each time i get cove and every time i get a frozen yogurt and have all of my airline frequent flier numbers in there. basically i take part in a million loyalty programs, and bins strategist col roh, author of the new book the entrepreneur equation. great to see you. you, too. i don t know if i m shooting myself in the foot by even asking because i love them, love getting my tenth free frozen yogurt for free. fat ou abso diert mpy, wldou ov t as long as it was close to me and the frozen yogurt is good, absolutely. that s the problem. they are really rewarding the behavior. they are not creating loyalty to you but to the program. as soon as somebody comes along with another better offer then, you know, you lose the customer.