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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
“Who’s a good boy?”
Scientists
chase mystery of how dogs process words
Emory Health Sciences
When some dogs hear
their owners say "squirrel," they perk up, become agitated. They may
even run to a window and look out of it. But what does the word mean to the dog? Does it mean, "Pay attention, something is happening?"
Or does the dog actually picture a small, bushy-tailed rodent in its mind?
Frontiers in
Neuroscience published one of the
first studies using brain imaging to probe how our canine companions process
words they have been taught to associate with objects, conducted by scientists
at Emory University.
The results suggest that dogs have at least a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught, differentiating words they have heard before from those they have not.
The results suggest that dogs have at least a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught, differentiating words they have heard before from those they have not.
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Catalog of cheating
Here Are the Trump Projects Where Ivanka and Her Dad Misled Buyers
Read the Trumps’ false statements — and what the actual facts were.
A pattern of deception ran through the Trumps’ real estate deals since the mid-2000s.
Not only were the Trumps more than the mere licensors they claimed to be, extracting millions in fees from nearly every facet of these projects, but they often misled buyers and investors on key information — such as the level of sales and the Trumps’ role and investment in the deals. (Read our full investigation.)
The Trump Organization did not respond to our questions, and the White House didn’t have a comment.
Read the Trumps’ false statements — and what the actual facts were.
A pattern of deception ran through the Trumps’ real estate deals since the mid-2000s. Not only were the Trumps more than the mere licensors they claimed to be, extracting millions in fees from nearly every facet of these projects, but they often misled buyers and investors on key information — such as the level of sales and the Trumps’ role and investment in the deals. (Read our full investigation.)
The Trump Organization did not respond to our questions, and the White House didn’t have a comment.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Anybody but him
New
group, Citizens for a Corruption-Free RI, targets Speaker Mattiello
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| Running against Mattiello is Republican Steven Frias. Since he first ran against Mattiello, I have been trying to figure out where I had seen him before. Finally, it came to me. He's actually John Hodgman, the comic who played the smarmy rich guy in Daily Show skits when Jon Stewart was the host. What do you think? - Will Collette |
Their campaign is known
as: Citizens for a Corruption-Free RI.
The groups believe that Cranston voters are fed up with their current representation and his loyalty to big campaign donors and high paid lobbyists that results in the constant interference from passing legislation that would benefit the majority of Rhode Islanders.
The groups believe that Cranston voters are fed up with their current representation and his loyalty to big campaign donors and high paid lobbyists that results in the constant interference from passing legislation that would benefit the majority of Rhode Islanders.
“Rhode Islanders are
tired of reading about corruption at the State House,” said Linda Finn, the CEO for the joint
effort, and the President of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence.
Native Rhode Islander returns home to pursue ocean science
For Matthew Dunn, URI’s Graduate
School of Oceanography is the place to be
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| Matthew Dunn, who grew up in South Kingstown, returned to Rhode Island to pursue his Ph.D. at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography. (URI photo/Ayla Fox) |
At least, that is the
case for South Kingstown native Matthew Dunn, a doctoral student at the
University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography.
Dunn grew up barely a mile from URI’s Kingston campus, and after graduating from South Kingstown High School, sought to broaden his perspective beyond his backyard, earning a bachelor’s degree in marine science at the University of Delaware.
Dunn grew up barely a mile from URI’s Kingston campus, and after graduating from South Kingstown High School, sought to broaden his perspective beyond his backyard, earning a bachelor’s degree in marine science at the University of Delaware.
For Dunn, 22,
returning home is about pursuing a childhood dream to become a marine scientist
and to do so in the place where he discovered his love for the ocean. The
University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography is where he made
that discovery.
NOAA predicts warmer winter, normal snow for New England
Wet
southern states to contrast drought in West
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| Photo by Will Collette |
In the U.S. Winter Outlook for December through February, above-average temperatures are most likely across the northern and western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
Additionally,
El Nino has a 70 to 75 percent chance of developing.
“We expect El Nino to be in place in late fall to early winter,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
“Although a weak El Nino is expected, it may still influence the winter season by bringing wetter conditions across the southern United States, and warmer, drier conditions to parts of the North.”
“We expect El Nino to be in place in late fall to early winter,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
“Although a weak El Nino is expected, it may still influence the winter season by bringing wetter conditions across the southern United States, and warmer, drier conditions to parts of the North.”
Teresa Tanzi and a dozen others endorsed in 2018 election as climate change champions
Climate
Action Rhode Island releases election endorsements
Climate Action Rhode Island (CARI), the Rhode
Island affiliate of 350.org, is proud to announce its enthusiastic endorsement
of 13 candidates for State House seats in Rhode Island.
We base our endorsements
on the candidate’s commitment to bold policies that support renewable energy,
ratchet down fossil-fuel emissions, and move us towards a sustainable future,
as well as on the dynamics of their particular district’s contest.
The candidates CARI has
endorsed for the November 6, 2018 General Election are:
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Trump Fiddles As The World Burns … And Drowns, Dries And Dies
White
House Ignores a Dire Warning on Climate Change
By Terry H. Schwadron, DCReport New York Editor
We’re becoming inured to name-calling and bullying threats as a
substitute for governing.
We’ve seen that on immigration, tariffs, foreign affairs and other topics.
Sloganeering for isolationist and protectionist approaches dominate, while on purely domestic problems, the White House/Republican-majority Congress response centers on handing the problem off to the states or to the private corporate marketplace.
By Terry H. Schwadron, DCReport New York Editor
We’re becoming inured to name-calling and bullying threats as a
substitute for governing. We’ve seen that on immigration, tariffs, foreign affairs and other topics.
Sloganeering for isolationist and protectionist approaches dominate, while on purely domestic problems, the White House/Republican-majority Congress response centers on handing the problem off to the states or to the private corporate marketplace.
So, now I’m interested to see what happens when planet-wide
apocalypse looms a little closer? What happens when, say, some governing needs
doing rather than just words?
Up until now, shouting America First slogans has allowed Trump
to duck much of the reality of climate change. Indeed, his government basically
has banned the mention of the problem, dismissing environmental scientists and
others from preparing for its effects.
Shouting
America First slogans has allowed Trump to duck much of the reality of climate
change.
VIDEO: Healing hurt critters
By FRANK CARINI/ecoRI
News staff
Video by JOANNA DETZ/ecoRI News
Video by JOANNA DETZ/ecoRI News
To watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJIavXStyw
Chi Chan bought the foreclosed house — the owner died before moving in — for $400,000 little more than a year ago. While she has no plans to move in herself, squirrels, a chipmunk, a snake, and an owl now call the place home, at least temporarily.
Before buying the Tower Hill Road
(Route 1) home, Chan had spent most of the past two decades working out of a
two-car garage in Wickford.
She’s not a mechanic. She’s a volunteer veterinarian for the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island. In fact, it could easily be argued that Chan, fellow veterinarian Meredith Bird, and executive director Kristin Fletcher — all licensed and trained wildlife rehabilitators — are the clinic.
The trio has been working together since the early 2000s. They have never been paid, and they also take care of wild animals at their homes.
She’s not a mechanic. She’s a volunteer veterinarian for the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island. In fact, it could easily be argued that Chan, fellow veterinarian Meredith Bird, and executive director Kristin Fletcher — all licensed and trained wildlife rehabilitators — are the clinic.
The trio has been working together since the early 2000s. They have never been paid, and they also take care of wild animals at their homes.
For 13 years, from 2000-2013, the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island, which
began as a nonprofit in 1993, was housed in Bird’s garage. For about four
years, the operation worked out of a barn on Shermantown Road, not far from
Chan’s “home.”
Editor’s note: The clinic is celebrating its 25th-anniversary year with an Oct. 27 fundraiser at Jacky's Galaxie in Bristol.
Editor’s note: The clinic is celebrating its 25th-anniversary year with an Oct. 27 fundraiser at Jacky's Galaxie in Bristol.
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