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Dimapur district gears up to combat dengue
Dimapur, July 27 (EMN): In its attempt to achieve a ‘dengue free Dimapur,’ an awareness programme was organised by the National Borne Vector Disease Control Programme in collaboration with the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) and Chief Medical Officer at Town Hall in Dimapur on July 27.
The adminitrator of DMC, Moa Sangtam urged for public participation to control dengue. The administrator has proposed for a mass social work in colonies under Dimapur municipality area. However, Sangtam said, unlike the usual sanitation drives on the roadsides, this social work will concern inside one’s kitchen and compound.
Starting from next Saturday, Aug. 4, every household in Dimapur will begin with the ‘home social work’ from 7 am to 8 am, he added.
A consultant at Christian Institute of Health and Scientific Research, Dr. Rohan, spoke about dengue, its causes, signs and symptoms. He said, it is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of aedes mosquito, also known as tiger mosquito. A person bitten by aedes mosquito will develop the disease only after four to ten days, he informed.
It was also informed that the confirmatory test of dengue is available only at the Dimapur district hospital. Therefore, it was advised that a doctor be consulted immediately if any cases should arise. However, one must avoid getting injection or any kinds of medicine prescription at pharmacies or at private hospitals, as these institutions cannot give concrete result, which in turn may lead to complications, Rohan said.
But for emergency cases, one may take paracetamol tablets, he advised.
According to him, Dimapur district registered a total of 357 dengue cases, with highest enrolment of 181 in the month of November, both in 2017. Further, he said dengue breeds in hot climatic areas and post-monsoon.
‘Everybody is at risk of getting bitten by the mosquito,’ Rohan asserted. However, there are some group of people who are more vulnerable, such as; pregnant women, babies, older people, and person with obesity. Therefore, maximum care should be given to these group of people, Rohan informed.
Some of the common signs and symptoms of a person having dengue are: high fever, severe headache, muscles and joint pains, rash, etc. In extreme cases, it will show signs of breathing difficulty, bleeding (nose and mouth), blood in urine, consistent vomiting, abdominal pain, and restlessness. The final complications show signs of shock, seizures, bleeding.
Like that of HIV, there is no cure to dengue, he said. However, one can keep the surroundings clean and free from stagnant water, as this is the only way to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.
The assistant director of Urban Vector Borne Diseases Scheme, Kiko Kheiya, spoke about the prevention of dengue. He said the urban local bodies can aid in the dengue prevention process by implementing programmes to manage sewage, drainage, and solid waste.
Referring to the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act of 1928 for prevention of breeding during construction of developmental projects, Kheiya said, ‘all developmental projects in urban and semi-urban and peri-urban areas should have clearance on anti-mosquito preventive measures after assessment by the health authorities.’
Further, he suggested that schools and children should be involved in the awareness generation programme. Introduction of course curriculum for primary and secondary level of education should be advocated with the help of department of Education, he added.


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This week we return to the blog to celebrate a particularly exciting event- our wee Golden Stirling’s first birthday! And what better way to celebrate than to bring the youngest of the Wee Walking Tours’ canine crew to his namesake, Stirling. While today is Stirling’s actual first birthday (don’t worry, there are photos of his party at home later in the post), we decided to do his big celebration a few days early to take advantage of the beautiful, Scottish weather.
Stirling has grown up quite a bit since you last saw him on the blog- all the way back in July 2021! That was his very first castle visit to Craigmillar Castle when he took over the blog post duties for the day.
For the visit to Stirling, our Black Labrador, Finn, stayed home as he prefers quieter visits to his favourite local spots over busy out of town sites. Therefore, with our Golden Retriever tour guide, Sawyer, and wee Stirling in tow, we set off for our ‘Golden’ journey to Stirling. This post will be brief, but we wanted to share some of the lovely photos from Stirling’s wee adventure. Of course, if you are looking for more general information and the history of Stirling Castle, please be sure to check out our previous article, ‘Stirling Castle: From Medieval Fortress to Renaissance Palace’.
The day’s adventure started with a wee roam around the grounds of Stirling Castle.
Sawyer and Stirling continued their exploration to various places surrounding Stirling Castle. Below is a shot of them visiting the Old Town of Stirling at Cowane’s Hospital (a 17th century almshouse).
They paid their respects in the kirkyard of the Church of the Holy Rude.
Fortunately, Sawyer and Stirling are two very good boys so they didn’t have to stay at the Old Town Jail.
If you look in the distance, you can see The National Wallace Monument behind Sawyer and Stirling.
Spring has officially begun in Scotland and there are delightful reminders all around.
Stirling may be the tour guide in-training, but Sawyer is still the King!
With our travels behind us for now, we can officially let the birthday celebrations begin. Happy 1st Birthday Stirling!
With the Wee Walking Tours canine crew's bellies full of peanut butter pupcakes, we will end our post for now. Be sure to subscribe to our blog as we will be returning to Stirling and doing more in-depth posts on various places throughout the town as well as more travels around Scotland of course.
Until next time- Explore & Discover!


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Y Combinator classmates Alexandre Lebrun (the founder and CEO of VirtuOz) and Willy Blandin have launched Wit. AI, a startup geared at providing an API that can incorporate natural language processing and speech recognition into apps, or even hardware. Wit.ai’s objective is to bring down the cost of developing natural language-enabled applications from over $100,000 per app to near zero using the API. Within months of launch, the API --- which the company pitches as “natural language for the Internet of Things” --- has attracted 2,000 registered developers.
Through Wit.ai, developers will be able to speech-enable their apps with just a few lines of code much the same way Stripe’s API can enable apps for mobile payments.
The company’s Web site claims that “it’s faster and more accurate than Siri, and requires no upfront investment, expertise, or training dataset.”
PW last covered Wit in February.

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The home of the Royal Festival Hall wants to turn out the lights when the orchestras play. Senior management have held a two-day brainstorming session on how best to increase audiences. They decided they had to 'improve the visual presentation of the classical concert'.
This could involve musicians formally trooping on to the stage rather than sauntering on while chatting, and, most importantly, playing concerts with only the stage lit.
Malcolm Young, director of event planning at the South Bank, said: 'We are agreed on the need to create a different mood, an atmosphere of something about to happen . . . we could create the atmosphere of a piece with stage lighting. With The Planets or Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique you could have a field day with lighting.'
Listening to concerts with the lights on - traditionally because high society wished to be seen as well as to see - has been an anomaly for more than 100 years. Opera, dance and theatre all keep the audience in darkness.
British classical musicians are likely to welcome being more in the spotlight. Gareth Wood, who stands at the rear of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with his double bass, said: 'The RPO has played at opera houses in Italy where the lights go right down and you are the centre of attention. If it's completely dark you force people to look at you.'
What the musicians wear is also likely to change. Nicholas Snowman, the South Bank Centre's general director, said: 'When symphony orchestras play contemporary work it is crazy for them to come on in penguin suits . . . what is wrong with lounge suits or polo-neck jumpers?'


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The blockade of immune checkpoints (ICPs), such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), has propelled the field of immuno-oncology into its current era. Drugs targeting these ICPs have improved clinical outcome in a number of patients with solid and hematological cancers. Nonetheless, some patients have no benefit from these ICP-blocking therapies. This observation has instigated research into alternative pathways that are responsible for the escape of cancer cells from anti-cancer immune responses. From this research, a number of molecules have emerged as promising therapeutic targets, including lymphocyte activating gene-3 (LAG-3), a next-generation ICP. We will review the current knowledge on the biological activity of LAG-3 and linked herewith its expression on activated immune cells. Moreover, we will discuss the prognostic value of LAG-3 and how LAG-3 expression in tumors can be monitored, which is an aspect that is of utmost importance, as the blockade of LAG-3 is actively pursued in clinical trials.
Keywords: LAG-3; cancer; diagnosis; immune checkpoint; immunotherapy; oncology.

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The Europe Mobile Phone Accessories market report provides an overall analysis of current market aspects, estimations, assessments, rotation scenarios and dynamic forces of the industry from 2021 to 2027. An in-depth study of the aspects which stimulate and limit Europe Mobile The growth of the telephone accessories market is also demonstrated. The overall assessment of market size and its proper breakdown helps in determining the dominant market opportunities.
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"Not knowing anyone and stepping out of my boundaries was the first changing point. To share common goals with 30 other individuals and making new bonds. Hurts me to think after all this time I'll be sharing the cage with one of them. Please let it be a person who I haven't learnt to care for."
"100 percent pushing my boundaries and focusing on my inner myself."
"Fail, fail and fail get up and keep moving. Weather the storm, beat your drum."
"Focus on yourself so you do better for others. If your unhealthy to begin with. How can you be for others."
"Hook in. Push those boundaries. Share new connections. Embrace living your life. Don't look back the future is forward"
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text: Walking away or towards San Giovanni on the Via Merulana, this ancient route of Rome, you’ll have to grapple with the crazy traffic that chokes this avenue. And then you’ll have to pay attention to find this place. It’s called 081 Cafè and makes reference to Naples. It’s literally a hole in the wall, just a door and nothing else. But what might catch your attention, is the little stool outside and then, a big piece of wood with a La Pavoni little home lever machine at the entrance.

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Theater and film actress Laura Linney returns to the Great White Way in the Manhattan Theatre Company's production of Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still. Linney, who first appeared on Broadway in Six Degrees of Seperation, was most recently seen in Les Liasons Dangereuses, Sight Unseen, The Crucible, and Uncle Vanya. She has also been seen in the films The Squid and The Whale, Love Actually, Mystic River, You Can Count on Me and the HBO mini-series John Adams. Linney is a graduate of the Juilliard School.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Which, as tradition dictates, heralds the advent of a new Covid variant that threatens to slam the door on festive fun like a harassed innkeeper.
But lo! There may be a ray of light amid the omicron gloom: The Ghosts of Variants Past.
It is worth remembering that we have been here before, and while variants have undoubtedly caused problems, they have never created anything like the devastation forecast when they first emerged.
Take alpha. On December 14 last year, an ashen-faced Matt Hancock stood up in the House of Commons to inform MPs that a newly mutated coronavirus was spreading exponentially across Kent, London, Essex and Hertfordshire.
Alpha had actually emerged in September, but was only discovered following an investigation into why coronavirus cases in Kent continued to rise during the November lockdown.
By the time the authorities noticed there was a problem, the mutated strain was already out of stable, with more than 1,000 cases recorded across 60 local authorities.
Unable to bolt the door in time, Boris Johnson was forced to cancel Christmas for millions on December 21, with many areas placed in Tier Four restrictions.
We had the same issue with delta, which despite not being identified in Britain until April, had actually arrived by at least February.
Today we are in a much better position to track the virus and try to limit its impact. Just a handful of cases of omicron have so far been found and NHS Test and Trace is working to throw a ring around contacts to stop it from spreading.
Even if we do not manage to stop the spread of omicron, which many scientists think is unlikely, the previous variants give us hope that it will not be as deadly as feared, and vaccines will still work.
In December, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) suggested that alpha was between 34 per cent and 74 per cent more transmissible than the original strain.
A study published in January by academics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) put it even higher, at 70-80 per cent.
But in July, the University of Oxford assessed the spread of the alpha variant and found it had largely been carried by “super-seeding” events. Oxford scientists eventually determined it was around 30 to 40 per cent more transmissible than the original, wild-type virus.
Similarly, on January 23 last year, a report by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) estimated alpha was 30 per cent more deadly, with early data suggesting the variant changed the death rate from 1 per cent to 1.3 per cent.
But by March, Public Health England (PHE) had determined that the Kent variant was no more deadly than the original strain. Although it was linked to a 34 per cent increased risk of hospitalisation, no significant difference in the risk of mortality was observed.
Undoubtedly, the Kent variant was responsible for the rapid rise of cases that led to the deadly winter wave, but if the original predictions had been right, we might have faced excess deaths closer to 100,000 rather than the 63,000 we actually saw.
A similar pattern emerged with delta. On April 15, PHE announced that a new variant with worrying mutations had been found in the UK. By then, 77 cases had already been found, and within a month it was spreading through the country and doubling each week.
On May 15, Boris Johnson warned the variant could “seriously disrupt” roadmap plans, and after apocalyptic modelling suggesting it could bring more than 200,000 deaths, Freedom Day on June 21 was pushed back a month.
Yet the devastating delta wave never occurred, as it became clear that vaccines were holding up well against the new variant. Real-world data from PHE showed that AstraZeneca was 92 per cent effective against hospitalisation against delta while Pfizer was 96 per cent.
Studies have since found it to be around 50 per cent more transmissible, with double the risk of hospitalisation for unvaccinated people compared to alpha. It is undoubtedly a scarier virus, yet our vaccines held up admirably.
It was a similar story for the original South African variant - now known as beta. In February, South Africa halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca jab after trials showed that the beta variant all but wiped out any benefit of a vaccine.
Critics pointed out at the time that the trial subjects had been young and healthy, which made the effectiveness against severe disease in those most at risk impossible to determine.
They were right. Later studies found that a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine offered up to 80 per cent protection against hospitalisation and death.
Although omicron is now showing up as the latest spectre at the feast, there is cause for optimism. Unlike South Africa, where the virus is spreading rapidly, we have high levels of vaccination.
Nearly half the country has also now had a previous Covid infection, according to Cambridge University, meaning T-cell levels will be high, and these long-term memory immune cells are far better than antibodies at battling infections that look slightly different to the original virus.
Most scientists think it is unlikely we will see complete immune escape from the vaccine, with some even suggesting this variant might bring a more infectious, but milder disease. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, if true.
So there are good reasons to stay merry and bright as Christmas approaches. As Dickens reminds us, “there is nothing in the world so contagious as laughter and good humour”. Even omicron can’t compete.

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Another View -- John H. Sununu: Don't be fooled, Barack Obama is no Bill ClintonJOHN H. SUNUNU
September 05. 2012 1:12AM
This week, Democrats huddling in North Carolina for the party's convention will hear speeches from party leaders past and present, including former President Bill Clinton. But while President Obama and his allies would love to be able to borrow credibility from the nation's 42nd President, the contrast between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - particularly when it comes to economic and fiscal issues - couldn't be greater.
President Clinton's keynote address in Charlotte today will serve to remind the world of a time when the leadership of the Democratic Party took fiscal responsibility seriously. It might even induce nostalgia for the days of balanced budgets and bipartisan accomplishments such as welfare reform.
Unfortunately, that record has nothing in common with President Obama's record of failure during the last three-and-a-half years. In ushering in new levels of fiscal recklessness, President Obama doesn't simply depart from the Clinton legacy - he shatters it with a sledgehammer and runs over it with a steamroller.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, we've added more than $5 trillion to our national debt. Under his leadership, we've seen four consecutive years of trillion-dollar deficits. Under his leadership, the welfare-to-work requirement - a bipartisan achievement passed by Republicans and Democrats in Congress and signed by Clinton - has been dismantled. Under his leadership, the size and scope of government has rapidly and dramatically grown.
The blast from the past President Clinton's appearance will provide, however refreshing it may be, simply cannot compensate for nor distract from President Obama's failed ideology and poor stewardship over his first term in the White House.
President Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address in 1996, 'The era of big government is over.' President Obama espouses a very different philosophy. Instead of building upon President Clinton's path, President Obama unleashed a new era of big government.
His words speak for themselves, from his remark about the private sector 'doing fine' to when he said that 'if you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.' This view misunderstands the role of individual initiative in American society and dismisses the hard work and sacrifices of business owners in a way that is as misguided as it is demeaning.
His policy prescriptions are equally troublesome. President Obama supports higher taxes on job creators and middle-class families at a time when we can ill afford it. President Obama wants to empower more bureaucrats to implement job-killing legislation like Obamacare.
To be sure, America has a long tradition of spirited debate between two political parties. That's what makes a democracy healthy. And the contrasting images and rhetoric coming out of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions most certainly highlight that debate.
But the problem with the Obama approach is that it justifies polices of uncontrolled spending, uninhibited government, and unlimited taxation under the guise of common sense. The results, however, prove that these big-government policies promote deeply unfair outcomes of more poverty, fewer jobs, and declining incomes.
This course is not sustainable, and we know from President Obama's first term that it will not work. A second term will not turn out any differently.
That's why we need to elect new leadership in the White House. That's why we need to elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
John H. Sununu is a former governor of New Hampshire, White House chief of staff and chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.


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Itazura Na Kiss – Love In Tokyo has ended. Thank God, another Japanese drama called Summer Nude that I’m waiting for is begin airing. I have just watched Summer Nude episode 1 and i think I love it.
Synopsis episode 1 :
Asahi Mikuriya (played by Yamapi) was on duty as a photographer at the wedding of Chiyohara Natsuki (played by Karina). Unfortunately, he was also a witness when Natsuki’s prospective husband chose to leave and cancelled the wedding. Natsuki sad for a few days. Company where Asahi work still request a payment for services that have been used up, so that Asahi sent bill to Natsuki. Asahi was in a bar owned by Kenji with Hanae Taniyama (played by Erika Toda) when Kenji was complaining that he could not operate a bar without his wife who had just given birth. Hanae is Asahi’s childhood friend who secretly love him. To help Kenji take care of the bar, Asahi call Natsuki to help to work at Kenji’s bar since she was a chef. Natsuki eventually agrees to help Kenji at the bar. Natsuki and Hanae quickly became friends. However, when they were busy re-layout and tidy up the bar, Hanae saw Asahi and Natsuki were joking on the beach. Hanae saw with the sad look, while Hikaru (played by Kubota Masataka) also sad to see Hanae only focused on Asahi. Hikaru is Asahi and Hanae’s childhood friend. Hikaru is secretly attracted to Hanae.
If you’re a fan of Japanese drama and one of Yamahita Tomohisa a.k.a Yamapi fans, then you should be watching this drama. As its title, this drama takes many shoot on beaches. And like the Japanese drama in general, I like their angle to shoot. The beach is amazingly beautiful and makes me want to go on vacation :p Not only that, at episode 1 only we’re already treated to some Yamapi shirtless scenes. Hahaa..tempting, right?
For the female lead, there is Karina and Erika Toda that come into play in this drama. Both of them is my favorite actress. And I think Erika Toda looks pretty here. Actually, I already knew from the beginning that this romance drama is talk about triangle love story. Or wait, maybe not triangle, how about square love story? 😀 But it will not deter me to watch since I love all the casts here. Typical summer drama, the story is somewhat flat with a slow tempo.
I had just caught the first episode since episode 2 with english subbed is not yet available. News that I heard, Summer Nude is subbed by Ueto_senshi who did it voluntarily in between his busy daily life. So, I will not complaining about that because i really appreciate whoever fans subber that did it for us –drama fans– and i will wait patiently. Hopefully in the future it can be more smoothly so it is more convenient to enjoy ^_^


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Dec. 16: Bee International recalls Sweet Spots candy dots due to undeclared allergen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 16, 2013
Laura Van Wagenen-Birdsill
Wholesale Food and Recall Program Coordinator
Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability
Bee International recalls "Sweet Spots" candy dots
due to undeclared allergen
Company name: Bee International, Inc.
Product name: Sweet Spots candy in 2-ounce clear, plastic package marked with lot code 2158613 on the back and bearing UPC 0-73563-00471-6. Product consists of small drops of candy that are peeled off a backing paper and consumed.
Reason for recall: May contain undeclared allergen: egg
Distribution: Nationwide distribution

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The Corn Products calculator compute the pounds of livestock meet, ethanol, corn oil, or livestock feed that can be produced based on an amount of corn (maize). Rows of corn (maize)
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More than 100 families surrounded Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Santa Monica restaurant Schatzi on Main to protest his plans to cut childcare and fund of CalWORKS (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids) for California’s working families.
The candlelight vigil of parents and children Wednesday, June 9th, urged Schwarzenegger to stop “catering to the rich by stealing from the poor.”
Protestors who spoke said the governor’s budget protects wealthy Californians by cutting services to low-income families who need the services the most.
“The governor talks about creating jobs in California, yet how can I work and take care of my child at the same time?” asked Lori Zaitz, a member of Parents Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER), a nonprofit organization that focuses on taking direct action to make positive changes within low-income communities of west Los Angeles.
Zaitz says her daughter receives subsidized childcare from Westside Children’s Center, which is one of the programs that get state funding from CalWORKS.
The governor’s revised budget, released May 14th, includes cuts that would significantly increase the amount low-income families have to pay for childcare, protestors assert.
The budget also includes new time limits that would deny childcare to thousands of parents who have been able to transition from welfare to work because of access to childcare subsidies, they say.
State Senate and Assembly budget subcommittees are reportedly opposed to these cuts proposed by the governor.
“Hundreds of thousands of families in our state are about to lose their childcare, which will force them back into poverty and put more children at risk,” said Nancy Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness.
The Santa Monica protest was organized by The California Partnership, a coalition of more than 70 community-based groups opposed to the governor’s proposed 2004 budget cuts.

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Encanto Park, Side B, The Norton House, as well as the back nine of the golf course and the Executive Course have been officially added to The National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts worthy of preservation because of their significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
In 2009, Forbes Magazine named Encanto Park of the nation’s top-12 best city parks, and lifestyle website Thrillist named it one of the nation’s top 15 parks in 2016. This 222-acre oasis offers picnic areas, a lagoon, boathouse, swimming pool, nature trail, urban fishing and two golf courses.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has handed down new discipline to four players in connection with the NFL's bounty investigation of the Saints. There are no changes to the full-season suspension for New Orleans' linebacker Jon Vilma or the four-game suspension for Saints defensive end Will Smith. The suspension of free agent defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove was reduced from eight to seven games, while Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita is now docked one game, down from three. Only Smith and Fujita have played this season since an appeal panel created by the NFL's labor agreement vacated the original suspensions on technical grounds and told Goodell he needed to clarify the basis of the punishment. Vilma has been rehabilitating from offseason knee surgery. The players also can delay the suspensions by appealing again.
With Washington's loss to Arizona on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys have become the first team in the NFL to officially clinch a playoff spot.
That loss came after Dallas defeated Minnesota earlier in the week.
Dallas is 11-1. The Giants lost to Pittsburgh on Sunday to fall to 8-4. The Redskins are 6-5-1. The Eagles are 5-7.
Redskins center Spencer Long left the Redskins game with a concussion and will not return for action against the Cardinals.
Long injured himself in the second quarter and was helped off the field by medical staff. Initially, his injury was called a shoulder issue and he was questionnable to return.
The initial report also said Long did not sustain a concussion.Then, the news came that Long was re-evaluated and determined to have suffered a concussion.
With Long out, the Redskins turned to John Sullivan at center. Both while Long was playing and with Sullivan at center, the 'Skins O-line has struggled against Arizona, dealing with penalties and consistent pressure on QB Kirk Cousins.
In his third year out of Nebraska, Long was drafted to be a guard but converted to center once Kory Lichtensteiger got hurt earlier this season. Long's play has been steady and at times quite strong, a positive development for the franchise.


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With Boomer one and Boomer two the designers not only developed a piece of seating furniture, but also a sculpture that vividly approaches and follows ambient and waving shapes, fitting snugly to them and continuing their motion. Nevertheless Boomer is also standing on its own and appears to be jovial and decent, and invites you to chill out and linger. For this niche Boomer is meeting requirements way beyond any standards whatsoever. Glass fibre concrete convinced the designers with its solidness, akin in character and nature to stone, and with its sculptability, purity and unique haptics.
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Photographers are being offered the chance to enter a competition and have their work displayed at Tydd St Giles Golf and Leisure Estate.
The contest has been created to help raise the profiles of budding photographers in the area.
Adrian Hurst, managing director of the estate, said: “We are asking people to submit their photographs of wildlife snapped at Tydd St Giles throughout the seasons.
“We will be running the competition for the rest of 2013 and we are looking forward to seeing the different species that people have come across on-site.
“We will choose a winner for each season and they will have their photographs framed and displayed in the club house for everyone to see. As well as having their work on display, the winners will also each receive a free weekend stay on the estate.”
People will be able to submit their entries until Wednesday, January 1, 2014.
Adrian added: “We are asking people to submit low resolution versions of their pictures along with entry forms to firstname.lastname@example.org, with ‘Tydd St Giles Wildlife competition’ in the subject title.”
All entrants must have a high resolution original or copy of their photograph for us to display in The Venue should they be picked as the winner.
Exact specifications are given with the entry forms and rules. The winners will be chosen and notified on Friday, January 17, 2014.
Anyone who would like to enter the competition and find out more, should visit www.tyddgolf.co.uk for an entry form and rules.


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MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. The Russian government has endorsed a draft agreement with Pakistan on cooperation on the North-South gas pipeline project, according to a government resolution posted on the official website of the Russian cabinet of ministers on Thursday.
The agreement is geared to "create favourable conditions for the construction of the North-South gas pipeline from the city of Karachi to the city of Lahore in Pakistan with Russia’s participation."
The agreement is effective in a period of 25 years with possible automatic extension every five years.
The project provides for "a maximum use of Russian technologies, materials, equipment and products and engagement of Russian research, design and building organizations," the government said.
The Pakistani side "undertakes to grant the rights to use land plots necessary for the project implementation and carry out research route laying works."
Works under the agreement will be controlled and coordinated by the Russian energy ministry and Pakistani ministry of oil and natural resources.


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Delta. Omicron. New wave. Mask up. Scan in. Christmas. End of year chaos.
Anyone else feeling plain ole fed up? I hear you. I’m with you. Life is hard right now.
I wanted to end the year by reflecting on how I’m navigating through the current density of life. And my navigation tool is so painless I felt compelled to share it!
When my mind is churning and burning with thoughts and fears and worries about Christmas and COVID and desperately missing Australia, I take myself off to a quiet place, I get still, and I watch my mind. I wait for the tiny gap between each thought. Bingo. That space, that little gap, is freedom in its truest, purest form. It is the birthplace of peace. And every time I enter that space, I am no longer at war with anything. Despite what madness may surround me, that place always remains untouched. It is like some kind of infinite reservoir of strength and love – one that feels like, well, freedom.
How I came to find that reservoir is a long and nuanced story (that’s why I wrote a whole book about it), but I’ll try and give you the nutshell version.
Essentially, to even find it, I had to first get to the point where I was so darn disillusioned – with my cancer, with people, with the system, with the greed, with the house chores, with the destruction of the planet, and with life full stop.
Little did I know it at the time, but that disillusionment was freedom’s gateway.
For so long, I looked to ‘the other’ as the source of my disillusionment. Sometimes ‘the other’ was a person or a group of people, sometimes it was a situation. The biggest wars I’ve had in my own life were when I was trying to get ‘the other’ to yield / change / admit they have it wrong so I can live in peace. And it did feel good to blame cancer, or that person, or the pandemic for my woes - well, at least on the surface.
But the true source of my disillusionment was never with ‘them’. When I stopped waiting for the situation to change and shifted the attention to my own mind, I observed something that floored me at first: my very own righteousness. Starring back in the mirror were my tendencies to be correct, envy, judge, complain, and win. That mirror revealed one simple truth: I was adding to the war I desperately wanted to end. And those tendencies delivered nothing but suffering. I had arrived at the place where I was simply fed up – no longer fed up with life but rather fed up with the suffering caused by my very own mind.
The challenges and hindrances at this time of year (and, let’s face it, the last two years) may have taken you to a similar point - the point where you’ve had enough. Before freedom is even possible, this stage is necessary, essential even. The world is unsatisfying. So, now what? This is freedom’s front door. It is the opening to the very core of your being. When we have had enough of looking outside for contentment, only then do we look inwards. This is where the rubber meets the road.
But we have to go deeper to rest there- beyond the mind, beyond our thoughts about what is right vs wrong, vaccinate vs don’t vaccinate, left vs right– to our essential oneness.
And, as a collective, I think we get there by asking ourselves one simple question: do I want peace or do I want war?
If it is peace, we have to start with the peace in our own minds. In all the frenzy, it is possible to simply stop - stop and enter into the space between every thought. Rest there for a few scared moments. Feel the ease wash over every cell of your being. Come home to that again and again. Life doesn’t need to be any different to enter that space.
That space is freedom. And true freedom is not bound in any injection, any government, any location, any agenda, any mandate. I can be vaccinated, and be free. Freedom is what sits underneath the war.
The war that is gripping the world right now is ultimately about ‘our rights’ versus ‘our obligations’. But the irony is our primary obligation is also our primary birthright – to awaken. And awakening happens through that tiny gap between every righteous and non-righteous thought; it occurs through stillness.
From this stillness, I’ve learnt (yes, the hard way) that we can speak our truth, but now we speak it without the need to control any outcome. We speak without any expectation that ‘the other’ will change. We throw our seeds of truth, dug up from the depths of our hearts, out into the world. Sometimes they land in the fertile soil of ‘the other’. And sometimes they don’t. So be it. This is truth-telling without criticism, judgement, blame or control, without the war.
Eckhart Tolle says, “It is inner stillness that will save and transform the world.”
I couldn’t agree more. Because from that place, what do we possibly have to fight over?
So, to anyone feeling disenchanted, I want to honour you and say one thing: the freedom your soul is aching for is within arm’s reach.
It is as close as your breath, as close as the space between each of your thoughts.
It doesn’t involve any war.
And Christmas feels like a good time to give up the war.
I hope you have a happy holiday full of fun, love, laughter, peace and freedom.
Thanks again for being part of this community of everyday seekers. Until next year!
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‘Choked up’ Woods relives Masters win
The Masters over, Tiger Woods slipped on the green jacket again on the second Sunday in April. He just wasn't at Augusta National this year.
Woods got emotional on Sunday in the US, after CBS re-aired his victory of last year.
Tiger Woods completes an astonishing comeback to take out the US Masters last year.Credit:Getty
Woods had a lump in his throat at one point said, "now you're getting me choked up".
CBS last year quickly put together back-to-back images of Woods hugging his late father, Earl, after his record-setting victory in 1997 when he was 21, and then the embrace with his son, Charlie.
Woods said the embrace with his mother, Tida, was just as special.
"To have mum still there … people remember the hug with my dad, but my mum is here 22 years later with the same hug," Woods said.
"Special for all of us."
Woods said he didn't remember some parts of the celebration, just as thrusting both arms in the air and constantly screaming as the gallery chanted his name.
That wouldn't be the first time.
When he won at Bay Hill in 2008, he slammed his cap to the ground and later said he didn't realise he had done that.
Watching the end of the Masters from his Florida home, Woods told Nantz, "I don't remember screaming. I don't remember putting my arms up.
Tiger Woods dons his fifth green jacket following his remarkable win at Augusta National last year.Credit:AP
"It was one of those blackout moments. … I do remember my eyes coming back down and seeing people in front of me.
"As far as me celebrating? I don't remember that part."
He recalls thinking he needed to find Francesco Molinari and Tony Finau and their caddies, and then he was trying to find his own caddie, Joe LaCava.
"I finally found Joey and said, 'We did it!"' Woods said.
Each time Woods won a major – even the first of his 15 – it was one major closer to the 18 won by Jack Nicklaus. But 2019 was different. This was more about satisfaction and redemption than a thirst for more.
Woods said his kids once looked at him as the "YouTube" golfer because they never saw him at his best.
They were at Carnoustie in the summer of 2018 when he had the lead briefly in the final round of the British Open. They were with him at Augusta National, and that meant as much as the green jacket he wore – the jacket, he said, they fought over who could wear it on the flight home.
"It's been incredible for myself and my family to be a part of this, and for me to be the current Masters champion, it's crazy that somehow it all came together for one week," he said.
"One magical week."
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text: Education and training Seminars in ageing Seminar recordings Seminars in Ageing: Music Interventions in Dementia Care: An Overview of Research @Melbourne Music Interventions in Dementia Care: An Overview of Research @Melbourne Presenters: Professor Felicity Baker, The University of Melbourne Watch webinar recording About the presentation Music Therapy has long history of practice in dementia care in Australia, but until recently, very little empirical research has been undertaken to support its perceived efficacy. Three past and current projects funded by the NHMRC aim to establish music therapy as an evidenced-based practice that is highly effective in managing mood and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. The presentation describes the three studies and the theoretical basis from which they are build. About the presenter Prof Felicity Baker is a music therapy researcher who has specialised in developing and testing music interventions for people with neurodegenerative diseases. She is a world leader in the field, is the recipient of the World Federation of Music Therapy Research Award (2017) and she has secured more than $15M in competitive funding. Felicity was recently appointed Associate Dean (Research). Watch webinar recording Further information: [email protected] Booking for this event has now closed.

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An English actress Elizabeth Henstridge is known for playing the role of Agent Jemma Simmons of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She started her acting career with the short films since 2010. Before, getting the role of Jemma Simmons, she has appeared in some minor roles in series and movies.
Moreover, the actress relationship with actor Zachary Abel steps ahead to their engagement. Hence, sooner or later the couple would be taking vowing. Let us not waste further time and scroll below to read on information about the beautiful actress.
Elizabeth Henstridge: Bio, Family, Education
Henstridge was born on 11 September 1987, in Sheffield, England where she was raised up as well. She was born as Elizabeth Frances Henstridge to the British family. However, she has not revealed information on her parents and siblings.
Looking at her education, she completed her schooling from Meadowehead school and King Edward VII School. She went on to join the University of Birmingham and graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts. After that, she enrolled herself at the prestigious East 15 Acting School to polish her acting skills further.
Elizabeth Henstridge: Career & Achievements
The actress started her career with 2010 short film ‘Easy Under the Apple Bough and as the kid in ‘And the Kid’. Later she moved to Los Angeles to be the part of the CW’s TV pilot ‘Shelter’ which never premiered. However, she went on to cast on the 2012 independent horror film ‘The Thompsons’ which was her first debut movie. Then she appeared on 2013 feature film ‘Gangs of Tooting Broadway’. Next, she got her breakthrough role as an agent Simmons on S.H.IE.L.D. She has earned positive reviews and widely recognized for the show.
Inbetween the series, she has appeared in other projects as well. It includes 2014 ‘Film School Shorts’ and gave her voice to princess on ‘Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero’. Additionally, in 2016, she reprised the role of ‘Jemma Simmons ‘ in animated form on the first episode ‘Lizards’ of ‘Ultimate Spider-man’. In the same year, she featured in the role of Abigail Folger in the horror movie ‘Wolves at the Door’.
Elizabeth Henstridge: Personal Life & Boyfriend
The actress has shared the news on her Instagram account and captioned it ‘We have some news to share with you…A proposal in three parts; Happy, Shocked, and Flip…’ Further, she has flaunted her engagement ring by covering the mouth of her long term boyfriend, Zachary Burr Abel. Zac is also an actor known for his role as ‘Carter Anderson’ on the ABC series ‘Make It or Break It’. Although he started his career three years ahead of his girlfriend but compare to that Elizabeth has gained more popularity than him.
It is believed that the couple met for the first in the sets of S.H.I.E.L.D. where he has filmed the role of Tad but the scene was deleted and he was never given credited. However, after that, the duo started to have feelings for each other and now they are together, soon to be hearing wedding bells.
After dating for seven years, they ended up getting engagement. So sooner or later, there will be other news of her walking down the aisle on a beautiful wedding and her mesmerizing beauty.
Elizabeth Henstridge: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
The veteran actress has made a huge earning from her career. Further, she is one of the rising stars in Hollywood who makes around $380K an episode from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Therefore, she is listed in the 60 richest actors in 2019 by a whopping amount of $3 million net worth.
Henstridge is also highly active over social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. She has an Instagram account @lil_henstridge with 794K followers. On Twitter, she has the account @Lil_Henstridge with 393K followers. Further, she has a Facebook account having above 11k followers, which is not verified yet. And also seems not to use since 2016.
Elizabeth Henstridge: Body Measurements
The actress has a perfectly slim and curvy body with measurements of 35-24-35 inches. Her body has a height of 5 feet 4 inches or 1.63 meters. Other than this there is no more information on her body weight and shoe size.


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No. 2 Portable Flamethrower
The No. 2 Portable Flamethrower was the standard British flamethrower during World War II. Known as the "Lifebuoy" because the gas tank beared a resemblance to a lifesaver. It was a further development of the WWI German Wechselapparat M1917 (Wex).
- Weight: 64 lb (29 kg)
- Range: 120 ft (37 m)
The No. 2 Portable Flamethrower appears in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
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Lucasfilm has revealed (via social media) another new poster for Rogue One A Star Wars Story. These posters will be on display at Dolby Cinema AMC Theatres. Click the image above for a closer look.
The first teaser poster for Rogue One A Star Wars Story is also now available through Disney Movie Rewards.
Disney Movie Rewards has updated their store to include the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Teaser II Theatrical Poster. 1000 points, limit 2 redemptions per member.
Thanks to Twitter follower @RogueKnite for the heads up.
Here is a first look two upcoming “The Brain Trust” cover variants for Marvel’s Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #001 by artist Ashley Witter. Look for more info on the availability of these covers later this week. Click on through for the high res images.
UPDATE: Preorder details have been posted on via Collectors Choice Comics’ Facebook page. (Must request to join the group for pricing and to place your preorder reservation.)
Our latest Customizer Spotlight takes us back to one of the greatest times in modern Star Wars collecting – great figures on vintage style card backs!
Check out more in the forums, courtesy of forum member mrjedi1977 after the jump!
This theme isn’t a slight toward Disney, but a recognition that there are so many character choices that still deserve to be made in 3.75″ form – so if you’ve got the itch to join in the fun, CLICK HERE!
Our latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just wrapped up, and we’ve got almost 30 new custom dioramas to share after the jump!
If you’re a diorama lover, and have the funds, forum member kevin1126 has made the tough decision to part with some amazing custom diorama/playsets by Carl Boumansour (aka Boutros77).
If you are interested in contacting Kevin, you may contact him through our forums, or email me at email@example.com and I will be sure he gets your contact information.
You can also take a closer look at these dioramas by clicking on the image above.
One thing Hasbro has grossly neglected time and time again over the years is playsets/dioramas/environments for their action figure lines.
So in that light, our latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge theme is custom playsets/dioramas/environments! This Yakfinities runs through the end of September, so there’s plenty of time to create and submit an entry.
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Informal expert consultation on yellow fever threat to India and other SEA region countries : report of the consultation, Goa, India, 23-25 March 2011
AbstractYellow fever (YF) is a viral disease endemic in the tropical Regions of Africa and the Americas transmitted by Aedes aegypti. The risk for international spread of yellow fever is now greater than before due to the regularly used air routes connecting endemic countries. An informal expert Consultation on the yellow fever threat to India and other Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region was held on 23 - 25 March 2011 which discussed various issues concerning the yellow fever threat to the Region and made recommendations to Member States and WHO.
World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia. (2012). Informal expert consultation on yellow fever threat to India and other SEA region countries : report of the consultation, Goa, India, 23-25 March 2011. WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/205357
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As far as rock 'n' roll goes, tonight looks to be a relatively slow one for those of us in Music City. Who sucked out the feeling? Those bastards in Austin. That's who. I'll be at the bar. Here's some stuff:
A.C. Newman w/The Broken West at Mercy Lounge. The man of Superconductor/New Pornographers fame brings his red-haired, befreckled power-pop to Nashville. Dustin Allen thinks Newman's stuff is "genius."
Spat! Records Night at The End feat. Dharmakaya, Pussy Sisster, The Sediment, Devils Blood, DJs Toxxic Blvd. & Dick 'N' Blender. I mainly just wanted to list that one for the band names.
The Cooling System w/The Station, DJ Wick-It, The Dynamites & Paradise Daze at 12th & Porter.
The Mothership: A Led Zeppelin Tribute at 3rd & Lindsley. As you'll see in this video, the band is actually pretty tight. Even though the lead singer kinda has a Mark Wahlburg-in-Rock Star thing going on.
You've also got Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-Press at Station Inn and Southern Excursion Quartet's CD Release at W.O. Smith School of Music. Like I said, not a whole lot going down this evening. Tonight might be a good night to open up Garage Band and track that demo you've been meaning work on. By this time next year, maybe you'll be in Austin. Probably not. Let us know what we missed. Happy Saturday.


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Communication in the World Around Us
“Without communication, each individual would merely be an island isolated from all other such islands.”—The Language of Animals.
IN A patch of forest, a savanna, or even in your own garden, any number of animals might be busily communicating with one another. The book The Language of Animals says: “Animals use every sense, gesturing with appendages and body position; sending and receiving subtle—or not so subtle in the case of frightened skunks—odor signals; squeaking, squawking, singing and chirping; sending and receiving electrical signals; flashing lights; changing skin pigmentation; ‘dancing;’ and even tapping and vibrating the surface they walk on.” But what do all these signals mean?
Scientists discover the meaning of animal signals through careful observation. For example, they have observed that when a bantam (small domestic fowl) sees a ground predator such as a weasel, the bantam makes a high-pitched kuk, kuk, kuk sound to warn other bantams. But if it spots a hawk, a bantam emits a single long shriek. Each call elicits a prompt response that accords with the threat, indicating that the birds communicate meaningful information. Other birds have been observed making similar discriminating calls.
“One of the main ways to study communication in animals,” says the book Songs, Roars, and Rituals, “is to record the signal of interest and then play it back to the animals and see whether they respond in a predictable way.” Tests with bantams gave the same results as were observed in the wild. The method works even with spiders. In order to determine what attracts female wolf spiders to courting males—which try to impress females by waving their hairy forelegs at them—researchers experimented by videotaping a male wolf spider and digitally removing the tufts of hair from its legs. When they played the video back to the female, she suddenly lost interest. The lesson? Female wolf spiders are evidently attracted only to males waving hairy legs!
Signaling With Scent
Many animals signal one another by secreting powerful chemicals called pheromones, usually from special glands, or by means of their urine or feces. Just as a fence and a nameplate or number identify the property of a human, pheromones flag and define the territory of certain animals, including dogs and cats. Although invisible, this most effective form of marking enables animals of the same species to keep an optimal distance from one another.
But pheromones do more than mark territory. They are like a chemical bulletin board that other animals “read” with great interest. Scent marks, says the book How Animals Communicate, “probably include additional information about the resident, such as its age, sex, physical strength and other abilities, [and] the current phase of the owner’s reproductive cycle . . . The scent of the animal’s mark acts as his passport for individual identification.” Understandably, some animals take their scent marks very seriously—a fact well-known to zookeepers. After washing down cages or runs, keepers have observed that many animals immediately remark their area. Indeed, “the absence of its own scent is stressful and may evoke abnormal behaviour and even sterility,” says the above reference.
Pheromones also play a big role in the insect realm. Alarm pheromones, for example, mediate swarming and attack behavior. Aggregation pheromones attract individuals to a food source or to a suitable nesting site. They include the sex pheromones, to which some creatures are acutely sensitive. Male silkworm moths have two elaborate antennae that look like tiny, delicate fern fronds. These antennae are so sensitive that they can detect a single molecule of female sex pheromone! Some 200 molecules will cause the male to begin searching for the female. Chemical communication, though, is not confined to animate life.
Did you know that plants can communicate with one another and even with certain animals? Discover magazine reports that researchers in the Netherlands observed that lima bean plants, when attacked by spider mites, release a chemical distress call that attracts other mites that prey on the spider mite. Similarly, corn, tobacco, and cotton plants, when invaded by caterpillars, emit airborne chemicals that draw wasps—a lethal enemy of caterpillars. Said one researcher: “Plants are not just saying, ‘Yes, I am damaged,’ they are also saying specifically who is damaging them. It is such an intricate and fabulous system.”
Plant-to-plant communication is equally amazing. According to Discover, researchers have “caught willow, poplar, alder, and birch trees listening to their own kind and barley seedlings listening to other barley seedlings. In each case, damaged plants, whether eaten by caterpillars, infected by fungus or powdery mildew, [or] infested by spider mites, . . . sent out chemicals that seemed to jump-start the defenses of undamaged plants nearby.” Even unrelated plants have responded to chemical alarms.
When under attack or warned of one, a plant engages its own defenses. These include toxins that kill insects or compounds that impede or even stop the invader’s ability to digest the plant. Future research into this fascinating field may lead to more amazing discoveries, some of which may even benefit agriculture.
‘Morse Code’ With Lights
“Their little airborne lamps, winking on before the stars, endowed my ordinary suburban neighborhood with a wonderful kind of magic,” wrote ecologist Susan Tweit in an article about fireflies. These insects of the beetle family use a light-based vocabulary that “ranges from a simple warning glow to a complicated call-and-response flashing between potential mates,” says Tweit. The color of their light ranges from green to yellow to orange. Because females rarely fly, most of the flashing we see is that of males.—See the box “The Firefly’s Cold Light.”
Each of the 1,900 species of fireflies, also called lightning bugs, has a unique pattern of flashes. It might consist of three flashes, one second or so apart, or of a series of pulses of different lengths and intervals. When searching for a mate, a male flies about flashing his courting code. “A female cues in on the timing of the flashes,” says Audubon magazine, and “responds with a ‘Here I am’ flash at the interval appropriate to her species.” The male recognizes her silent invitation and flies to her.
Feathered Masters of Song
“In duration, variety and complexity, no other vocalisations produced by any other animal can match the song of a bird,” says David Attenborough in his book The Life of Birds. Birdsongs originate not in the throat but in an organ called the syrinx, deep within a bird’s chest near where the windpipe divides prior to entering the lungs.
The songs of birds are partly inherited and partly learned from parents. Hence, birds can even develop regional accents. Says The Life of Birds: “Blackbirds descended from those that were taken to Australia during the nineteenth century to gladden the ears of European settlers with sounds of home, now have very distinct Australian accents.” Male lyrebird vocalizations, which are said to be the most complex and melodious of all birdsongs, are almost entirely learned from other birds. In fact, lyrebirds are such gifted imitators that they can copy almost any sound they hear—including musical instruments, barking dogs, burglar alarms, the blows of an ax, and even camera motor drives! All this mimicry, of course, is mainly with a view to impressing a potential mate.
Woodpeckers, which normally use their beak to dig for food, are the percussionists of the avian world, signaling other birds by pounding their beak on a resonant hollow log or branch. Some may even “exploit exciting new instruments . . . , a corrugated iron roof or a metal stove-pipe,” says Attenborough. Birds also communicate visually, with or without musical accompaniment. For example, they might signal one another by flashing their beautifully colored feathers.
When advertising his territory, the male Australian palm cockatoo does it all—percussion, vocalization, rhythmic movements, and a feather show. He snaps off a suitable branch, grabs it with his foot, and taps it on a dead trunk. At the same time, he spreads his wings, fans out his crest, sways his head to and fro, and emits high-pitched shrieks—truly a spectacular performance!
Some birdcalls are recognized by other animals. Consider the honey guide, a small, thrushlike bird found mostly in Africa. True to its name, the honey guide, with its distinctive cry, will lead a ratel, a badgerlike member of the weasel family, to a tree containing a beehive. When the bird alights on or near the tree, it emits a different call that says, in effect, “Honey is near!” The ratel locates the tree, claws open the trunk, and indulges his sweet tooth.
Since the advent of hydrophones, underwater listening devices, researchers have been amazed at the many sounds emanating from the deep. Ranging from a low hum to a mew and even shrieks, these sounds are so abundant that submariners have exploited them to camouflage their own operational noises. But fish sounds are not without a pattern. In his book Secret Languages of the Sea, marine biologist Robert Burgess says: “Where one fish might ‘grunt, cluck, and bark,’ then repeat the performance precisely, another might ‘click and snap,’ then do a ‘scrape and rasp’ for an encore.”
Lacking vocal cords, how do fish make sounds? Some, says Burgess, employ muscles “attached to the walls of their balloonlike swim bladders to vibrate those walls until their bladders” resonate like drums. Other fish gnash their teeth or open and close their gill covers with a distinct thud or clap. Is all this just meaningless “chatter”? Apparently not. Like terrestrial animals, fish make sounds so as to “attract the opposite sex, for orientation, as a defense against enemies, and for general communication and intimidation,” says Burgess.
Fish also have good hearing. In fact, many species have inner ears as well as a line of pressure-sensitive cells that run along the midline of their flanks. This row of cells, called the lateral line, can detect the pressure waves created by sound as it travels through water.
Earth’s Preeminent Communicators
“When we study human language,” wrote professor of linguistics Noam Chomsky, “we are approaching what some might call the ‘human essence,’ the distinctive qualities of mind that are, so far as we know, unique to man.” Barbara Lust, professor of linguistics and human development, stated: “Children as young as 3 years of age already possess a remarkable knowledge of language structure and syntax which is so complex and precise that it must challenge any known learning theory to account for its acquisition.”
The Bible, however, does furnish a reasonable explanation for the miracle of human language. It attributes this gift to the Creator, Jehovah God, who made mankind in his “image.” (Genesis 1:27) But how are divine traits reflected in our language skills?
Take naming, for instance. Professor of speech communication Frank Dance wrote that humans “are the only creatures who can name.” That this is a divine trait is evident in Scripture. At the very start of the creation account, the Bible tells us that God called “the light Day, but the darkness he called Night.” (Genesis 1:5) According to Isaiah 40:26, God evidently gave each star its own name—a staggering achievement!
After God created Adam, one of the first projects he gave him was to name the animals. How that assignment must have challenged Adam’s powers of observation and creativity! Later, Adam named his wife Eve. She, in turn, called their first child Cain. (Genesis 2:19, 20; 3:20; 4:1, footnote) Since then, humans have spared no effort in naming every conceivable thing—and all in the interests of communication. Yes, think how difficult intelligent communication would be without names.
Besides having the ability and desire to name things, humans have many other communication skills, not all of which are verbal. Indeed, there is virtually no limit to what we can share with one another, from complex concepts to the most tender feelings. Yet, there is one particular form of communication that towers above all of these, as we will now see.
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THE FIREFLY’S COLD LIGHT
An incandescent light bulb loses over 90 percent of its energy as heat. A firefly’s light, which is based on complex chemical reactions, is 90 to 98 percent efficient, wasting next to nothing on heat. Hence, it is rightly called cold light. The light-forming chemical reactions occur in special cells called photocytes. Nerves turn the photocytes on and off.
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HELPFUL HINTS TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
1. Listen with interest when others speak, and do not dominate conversations. People will overlook a mispronounced word or a slip in grammar, but they will not warm to someone who wants to talk but not listen. “Be swift about hearing, slow about speaking,” says the Bible.—James 1:19.
3. Enlarge your vocabulary—but with practical words, not showy terms that draw attention to the speaker. People said of Jesus: “Never has another man spoken like this.” (John 7:46) Yet, even “unlettered and ordinary” people had no difficulty understanding Jesus’ words.—Acts 4:13.
4. Speak clearly, and pronounce words correctly. But avoid sounding overly precise or affected. When we speak articulately and refrain from slurring words or clipping off word endings, we dignify our speech and do a kindness to our listeners.—1 Corinthians 14:7-9.
5. Recognize that your communication skills are a divine gift. This will motivate you to accord those skills due respect.—James 1:17.
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Silkworm moths have extremely sensitive antennae
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Bird of paradise
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Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon continue to suffer economically and socially in squalid camps despite the stable security situation.
With the Syrian conflict entering its 9th year, thousands of Syrian refugees continue to reside in camps in nearby countries. According to UN reports, Lebanon alone hosts a little less than 1 million registered refugees. While their security situation is stable, their financial and social lives have been severely affected.
The family of Mona al-Ali, a Syrian refugee who fled to Lebanon after her hometown, Homs, was afflicted by war, has suffered from poverty and lack of education. The family is composed of 9 children with the eldest being 15 and 16 years old. Mona states that their father’s poor work conditions and the lack of aid by the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) has forced them to stop attending schools and work low-income jobs.
“My eldest daughters sometimes work and help me,” said Mona al-Ali. “Their little brothers help me with the house.”
According to a UN report published recently, refugees’ poor conditions have taken a toll on their social lives, forcing many of them to marry at a young age. This has caused an increase in underage marriages over the past year within Syrian refugee camps, with 3 in every ten girls getting married at the age of 18 or younger.
“I have eight children, I married off my 18-year-old daughter because our circumstances are difficult,” said Ibrahim al-Abdallah al-Fahad, a Syrian refugee residing in Lebanon.
Syria observers say that a lack of education and the rise in low-income employment and underage marriage will further deteriorate the situation for Syrian refugees.
Furthermore, the arrival of winter has also threatened the survival of refugees, as rainwater has flooded their ill-equipped tents.
With the instability and uncertainty that their country still faces, Syrian refugees are hesitant to return home, despite their harsh conditions in the camps.
With nine years and counting, Syrian refugees both at home and abroad continue to face hardships in economic and social security.


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Guitar Festival: Emily Yocum Black, soprano & Jamie Monck, guitar
Tickets: $20 general admission; $10 seniors and students; Free for UofL students with valid student ID.
Described as “bright-toned and vividly alluring” and “a sleek and glistening vocal talent” (San Francisco Chronicle) American soprano Emily Yocum Black is quickly emerging as a versatile and accomplished performer of varying genres of music. Known for her sparkling, clear timbre and particular gifts as a communicator, Emily feels at home in oratorio, chamber music, art song, opera, and musical theatre. Emily has performed major works with various orchestras and chamber ensembles including the Louisville Orchestra, Spire Chamber Ensemble, the Jackson Symphony, American Bach Soloists, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Madison Bach Musicians, and Bourbon Baroque.
Emily was recently named Silver Medal Winner of the 2019 American Traditions Vocal Competition and 2nd Place winner at the 7th Annual Handel Aria Competition. Upcoming engagements include performances as a 2019 Festival Artist with the Savannah VOICE Festival (in addition to concerts and recitals, Emily will be originating the role of Marie in Michael Ching’s new opera The Birthday Clown), a recital with guitarist Jamie Monck at the University of Louisville Guitar Festival, and concerts with the Savannah Philharmonic, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. In previous seasons, Emily was named winner of the Sherrill Milnes Opera Award at the American Traditions Voice Competition in Savannah, Georgia; she attended the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto, Canada where she was seen as Cupid in John Blow’s opera Venus and Adonis, and was a soloist in the final performance of Charpentier’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria; and she attended the American Bach Soloists Academy where she performed the role of Iris in Handel’s opera Semele to critical acclaim, and was a soloist in the final concert event of Bach’s B Minor Mass.
Jamie Monck from banging on pots and pans with chopsticks to clamoring for attention on a plastic toy guitar, classical guitarist jamie monck’s music begins from a place of exploration and creativity. an advocate for pieces off the beaten path (and also the bach chaconne), monck’s expansive repertoire has been described by eliot fisk as “brave.” much of his repertoire seeks to reimagine musical structures and ideas that came before us, demanding both the performer and the listener to consider their past experiences and memories through sound. a believer that life is not meant to be lived alone monck often shares the stage with his peers. be it schubert’s “arpeggione sonata” with cello, maw’s “six interiors” with tenor or his duo with dear pal and fellow guitarist ciyadh wells performing music of living composers from the western hemisphere, jamie believes that a healthy dose of chamber music is an essential part of any musician’s diet. in addition to pumping nylon jamie loves flowers, long pensive walks, fc barcelona, chopin’s op. 35, nineteenth century russian novels, jackson pollock, the scent of lavender, sunshine, tacos, and pups.
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm
School of Music, Comstock Concert Hall
105 W. Brandeis Ave. , Louisville, Kentucky 40292