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LOS ANGELES - January 14, 2010 -
The National Education Association (NEA), Tavis Smiley and the America I AM: The African American Imprint exhibition have joined forces to offer educators an historically relevant, culturally diverse curriculum for use in classrooms across the country as part of Black History Month observances. America I AM lesson plans, activity sheets and other learning materials tailored around African American history and impact on the country are available free of charge for the length of the exhibition's four-year run at www.AmericaIAM.org.
The educational materials are tailored by grade level, covering grades 5 through 12, and can be used as a standalone history unit, or linked to other curricula including social studies, economics, math, art and literature.
"The National Education Association is delighted to be working with Tavis Smiley and the America I AM organizers to help share this informed curriculum with the education community," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "It is vitally important that our educators and students have a curriculum that reflects the rich diversity in America's classrooms. It is our hope that schools and communities will take advantage of this teaching tool as they commemorate Black History Month and throughout the year."
America I AM features more than 200 rare historic objects, documents, photos and multimedia through a 13,000 square-foot presentation of pivotal moments that celebrate the undeniable imprint of African Americans throughout the nation's history. The exhibition is on view at the California Science Center in Los Angeles through April 15, and serves as a real-world touch point for educators and students to experience lessons put forth in the curriculum materials. School group attendance to the exhibition is free in Los Angeles.
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. You can find the Western calendar date here.
"May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together, even if we are hundreds of miles apart," says the romantic Chinese poem. As the round shape symbolises unity in Chinese culture, the full moon stirs these ancient sentiments, which are embodied in the way the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated since the early Tang dynasty (618–907). In the past, families would get together to make offerings of osmanthus-flavoured wine, spherical fruits such as pears, grapes, pomegranates and of course mooncakes to the heavens, to express gratitude for a bumper harvest as well as enjoy a reunion with relatives who live far away. To many, this is considered to be one of the most important festivals of the year. Highly urbanised Hong Kong still celebrates this holiday, and does so in style and with its characteristic penchant for fusing tradition with innovation.
If you are in Hong Kong during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be impossible not to notice mooncakes. They are believed to have originated from Yuan-dynasty (1271–1368) revolutionaries, who are said to have used the pastries to pass secret messages between each other.
Traditionally, mooncakes are infused with embedded egg yolks and lotus seed paste, but this is Hong Kong where nothing is spared a modern makeover. You can find an exciting jumble of creative fillings now to take your taste buds on a dizzying tour!
Fire Dragon Dance
When the people of Tai Hang village miraculously stopped a plague with a fire dragon dance in the 19th century, they inadvertently launched a tradition that has since become part of China's official intangible cultural heritage and a major feature of Mid-Autumn celebrations in Hong Kong. See details here.
Lantern Displays & Carnivals
Neighbourhoods across Hong Kong arrange a host of magical lantern exhibitions and carnivals in homage to the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are traditional stage shows, palm readings, game stalls, lantern riddle quizzes and much more. The grandest of all of these is held in Victoria Park on Hong Kong Island.


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'Simpsons' fans experience Springfield at Universal Studios
ORLANDO — "Wanna try a Flaming Moe?" the chef asks as his bushy eyebrows inch up his forehead.
"Yes!" I say enthusiastically.
For years, I have seen this bubbly concoction featured on The Simpsons. Now, it's my chance to try it in real life. Inside Moe's Tavern, nonetheless, while I'm at Universal Studios Florida sussing out the new Springfield attraction.
As he hands me the fluorescent-yellow-colored drink with dry ice billowing over the sides, it hits me. On the show, the secret ingredient is a splash of cough syrup. Eeks!
He grins as I take my first sip. I have my doubts.
Turns out it has a refreshing citrus flavor, thankfully, rather than a NyQuil one. And with the entertaining smoky effect, it's the stuff Facebook posts are made of. In other words, it's a slam dunk for executive chef Steven Jayson. He led the team at Universal that created the popular beverage.
Now it's a must-have for guests visiting Springfield, a 30,000-square-foot attraction that officially opened Thursday. But it's not the only signature item. There are culinary treats pulled straight from the show around every corner. Plus, there's a new outdoor ride, water play area, a statue of Jebediah Springfield and two new walk-around characters, Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Bob.
"For longtime fans, it's the realization of a dream," says Mike West, an executive producer with Universal Creative. "We tried to make it as authentic as possible."
Moe's Tavern certainly mirrors that sentiment. From the pool table to the Love Tester machine to the Isotopes pennants hanging on the walls, it all looks just like it does on TV. The red rotary phone on the bartop even rings occasionally, and the bartender yells for a guest to pick it up. Then, a prank call ensues, courtesy of Bart Simpson.
Even the food-court area has fans smiling, as it's home to Cletus' Chicken Shack, the Frying Dutchman, Flaming Moe's, Krusty Burger and Luigi's Pizza. They serve crowd-pleasers such as chicken-and-waffle sandwiches, Meat Liker's Pizza and the legendary Krusty Burger. Personally, I'm glad to spot lower-calorie alternatives like hummus and veggies at Lisa's Teahouse of Horror, a grab-and-go area of pre-made items.
"You should see this place in the afternoon," West says. "The line goes out the door."
Fortunately, though, finding a seat is no problem; once your food is ready, an employee escorts you to your table. A huge bonus, indeed, for any frazzled, sweaty parkgoer, especially one with kids in tow. Prowling for an empty table at theme parks is typically no small feat.
"We seat people this way to ensure that everyone who orders food has a seat in the dining room," Jayson says.
What's on tap?
Across the way is Duff Brewery, an open-air brick building serving quick meals, such as 2-foot-long hot dogs, and the famed Duff Beer, brewed exclusively for Springfield by a Central Florida microbrewery.
After tinkering with about a dozen versions of Duff for months, Jayson and his team flew to California so Matt Groening and James L. Brooks, the show's creators, could sample everything.
Simpsons fans: Don't worry. Each beer is distinctly different, unlike the joke on the show that Duff Beer, Duff Lite and Duff Dry are all actually the same thing. In reality, Duff Beer is an American-style amber lager. Duff Lite is a traditional pilsner. And Duff Dry is a toasted dark ale.
The perfect place to polish off your beverage is around the back of the building, where there is plenty of seating facing the lagoon. From there, you can easily see the construction site that in 2014 will become the Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Diagon Alley.
Afterward, as I poke around in the gift shop, I see a twentysomething guy posing next to the Duff Man statue. In a bright tank top with puffed-up pecs, he bares a striking resemblance to the fictional superhero himself. Springfield clearly appeals to his crowd.
On the other hand, Springfield is equally attractive to youngsters. Take Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl, for example. With the one-eyed, octopus-like alien sitting on top of the ride and flying saucers as vehicles, labeled with names such as Barf Simpson, it's perfect for the 10-and-under set.
The slow-moving saucers travel in a circle, similar to the One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ride at Islands of Adventure, and riders take aim at spinning targets.
"It was good because the sensor makes you go up and down," says 9-year-old Kiefer Bairstow, whose Cookham, England, family checked out Springfield on their August vacation. "And you can hold your hand out in the wind."
New (and approved) in town
"The guys at Gracie (Films) have been involved with all of the design," West says — even down to the color scheme of the K&K ride. "They get so into it; Matt (Groening) was like a little kid. They never expected to have a Springfield for real."
The show's creators even approved new things that don't exist on the show, including Bumblebee Man's Taco Truck, which serves tacos of the Korean beef and carne asada variety. And Cletus' Chicken Shack, which serves Chicken Arms (aka buffalo or barbecue chicken wings) and Chicken Thumbs (fried chicken tenders).
To sum it up, Springfield is a place to momentarily toss your cares aside and act a bit silly. Sure, it invites excess, and it's expensive (a Clogger Burger will set you back $12.99, and a Duff draft beer another $7.95), but what theme park isn't?
Like many other theme parks, Universal is reaping success by adding this new realm, which houses several food outlets and a merchandise venue.
"Theme parks, especially the majors, are expanding in greater proportion than ever before," says Dennis Speigel, president of International Theme Park Services in Cincinnati. "In the past, they would add only one new ride or show."
On that note, Springfield is a no-brainer for a realm. West puts it best when he says, "Even if you lived on Pluto for the last 25 years, you know what the show is."
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Price: $92 for a one-day, one-park ticket


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Daniel Radcliffe has said his What If co-star Zoe Kazan had a message for him on set - which she wrote out across her nipples.
The actors were on a night shoot in a cold lake in Canada for a skinny dipping scene in their new rom com, but Harry Potter star Daniel said it was more fun than it sounded because of Zoe's practical joke.
He said of the shoot: "I've had much worse nude scenes in my life. It was kind of a fun scene because it's about skinny dipping and actually that night, it wasn't warm but it wasn't nearly as cold as I have felt it be in Canada at that time of year, so it could definitely have been a lot worse.
"We had a lot of fun. Zoe wrote me a message on her nipple pasties which said, 'Hi Dan'. It was a concise message. It was fun, it was a good couple of days."
Asked how he responded, Daniel admitted: "I tried to write, 'Hi Zoe' on my bum, but I seem to remember trying to do it in a mirror. My handwriting is not great at the best of times. Trying to do it backwards on the back side of me, it would not have gone well."
But he added of the skill: "Very few people need it, to be fair. There's not a great call in life for being able to write on your bum."
What If stars Daniel and Zoe as best friends who realise they are perfect for each other, except that Zoe's character is already in a relationship.
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The story behind this special guitar is that in 2002 a local San Diego dealer made a large Gibson order. Instead of the company giving him a 10% discount on the large order, they provided him with 5 additional guitars that were "Special".
A few days after receiving his entire order, Gibson called him and said "don't sell those five guitars" as they prototypes for the 50th anniversary guitars we are considering. They are not approved for sale yet. The dealer had in fact already placed them on the floor and sold them. I purchased this guitar from the original owner's estate. I had multiple shop owners look at the guitar and they all agree this is a very cool guitar and apparently only two exist in this configuration.
The guitar is in BRAND NEW condition. It has never been played. It still has the plastic on the pick guard. Additionally, the serial number on the back of the head states "000" as it was never officially released.
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I have a question regarding about any smartphones that run only in Android 2.3.3. Is the size of screen or the screen resolution is always HVGA or does it have capable of running this OS (Android 2.3.3) on big screen size (4" to 5") at about 720x1280?
I'm thinking of the game's compatibility depending on the version of the Android OS and the screen resolution, which affects the change of coordinates especially for assigning touch buttons and drag-n-drop at exact location, before I'm gonna decide to make one. My program works on the Android 4 ICS and Jellybean, however, will that work on Android 2.3.3 in spite of precise touch coordinate or just dependent on the screen resolution (regardless how large it is) as the X and Y coordinate?
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Something odd's happened to my writing of late. You see, for the past 20 years (or so… I'm old, numbers now mean less and less to me) I've generally written on some sort of electronic typing device. Starting with the good ol' Commodore 64 in the 1980s, through various incarnations of the Pentium through to […]


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Rationale thought of the Trump presidency would indicate that this is really the beginning of the Pence presidency. Bookies must have odds on Trump either being impeached or resigning before the end of his term.
There shall be a neverending demand for release of the tax returns. Chances are high that Russian involvement is found. Trump's violations of the Emolument Clause of the Constitution will be self-evident.
The GSA will voluntarily or by litigation terminate Trump's lease on the Trump hotel housed within the DC Post Office as a violation of the lease and contrary to the Constitution.
If Trump is found connected to Putin either by way of personal finances, business dealings or through his campaign staff, the implications are explicit. The Republican leadership are anti-Russia and view Putin as a thug.
The national security members of Trump's cabinet in large measure are opposed to his policies, such as Trump's disdain for NATO.
They view Russia as a danger and agree with members of Congress that Russian involvement in the election was an attack upon American democracy.
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell as leaders of the House and Senate will use Trump to achieve the objectives they have advocated for, but were blocked by Obama. Once their goals are achieved and the glow of Trump has deemed by revelations and missteps, they will dump Trump as quickly as possible.
Republicans will realize to keep the White House in 2020 will require Pence assuming the presidency before the next election cycle.
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Jeter gets 4 hits for Yankees in 7-4 win at Texas
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Derek Jeter had four hits to stretch his hitting streak to 13 games, Alex Rodriguez belted career home run No. 632 and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 on Monday night.
CC Sabathia (2-0) struck out eight over eight innings for his 11th career win against the two-time defending American League champion Rangers, who won their first five series this season.
The big left-hander was pitching with an extra day of rest after the Yankees' scheduled series finale at Boston was rained out Sunday night, a day after New York overcame a 9-0 deficit for a 15-9 win over the Red Sox.
Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
New York has won 10 of 13 since being swept in three games at Tampa Bay to start the season.
Josh Hamilton homered for the Rangers.
Derek Holland (2-1), the 25-year-old left-hander who signed a $28.5 million, five-year contract extension this spring, has never beaten the Yankees. He gave up seven runs and nine hits with four walks and one strikeout in six innings.
Holland is 0-5 with a 9.26 ERA in seven career appearances (six starts) against New York.
Rodriguez hit a three-run homer, his third of the season, in the fifth for a 6-1 lead. The Rangers hadn't given up more than five runs in a game before that, and Jeter added an RBI double in the sixth.
New York went ahead to stay when Curtis Granderson blooped a two-run single into short right-center with two outs in the first. Jeter led off the game with an infield single and Robinson Cano also had a single.
It was the 42nd career four-hit game for Jeter, who is batting .450 (27 for 60) during his current hitting streak and raised his season average to .411.
All of his hits came in the first six innings against Holland before he struck out in the ninth against Koji Uehara.
No. 9 batter Chris Stewart drew a leadoff walk in the Yankees fifth and scored on Nick Swisher's sacrifice fly. Rodriguez homered later in that inning, the ball landing in the reconfigured visitors' bullpen just beyond the left-center wall.
Hamilton's AL-leading eighth homer was a 422-foot solo shot to right-center in the sixth to get Texas within 7-2. The homer came a couple of pitches after his bat flew out of his hands on a swing and landed in the front row of seats past the Rangers dugout.
Before that homer, Hamilton was 1 for 15 with six strikeouts in his career against Sabathia.
No Rangers player had ever gotten his eighth homer quicker in a season -- Hamilton's coming in the 17th game. Rodriguez needed 18 games to hit his eighth homer in 2002, his second of three seasons in Texas when he went on to hit a career-best 57 homers.
Ian Kinsler led off the Rangers first with a single and scored when Hamilton grounded into a double play.
Craig Gentry had a two-run double in the seventh for the Rangers.
NOTES: Yu Darvish (2-0) makes his second home start for Texas on Tuesday night against Hiroki Kuroda (1-2). It will be the seventh matchup of Japanese starting pitchers in major league history, the first since Kuroda was with the Dodgers and faced Hisanori Takahashi of the Mets on July 22, 2010. ... Sabathia is 4-0 in five starts against Texas during his four seasons with the Yankees. ... Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte will make the next start in his comeback Wednesday for Double-A Trenton.


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In advance of Groundhog Day, Accuweather has offered its outlook for the remaining winter.
AccuWeather.com reports though Phil has a few more days to prognosticate the next six weeks, the AccuWeather.com long-range forecasting team already predicts that the nation will be split in half: cold and snow will linger in the Northern states, while spring will get an earlier start in the southern half.
Where Will Cold Linger?
Wintry weather is forecast to hold longest across the the Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic.
Cold air masses and a few snowstorms will continue to impact the regions as late as March before the winter season comes to an end.
A steady stream of warmth may not arrive for cities from Detroit to Boston and New York City until mid- to late spring.
"For the next six weeks in the Northeast, we're going to be dealing with some pretty good cold coming down out of northern Canada," AccuWeather.com Lead Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok said.
"I still think there's going to be a few systems of significance before the winter season is over with."
Similarly, snow and shots of cold air will persist across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest.
The best chances for an early spring will be found in the Southwest. Below-normal snowpack and dry conditions will contribute to a mild end of winter.
California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, where severe drought conditions persist, will warm early. Area farther east, into Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, will begin feeling spring's warmth in March.
A slower transition to spring will sweep the nation's midsection, however, from Washington across the central Plains and down to the interior Southeast.
Florida will mark the exception, where a quick warmup is in store.
Spring Flooding Versus Drought Concerns
There is a slight chance for spring flooding for the Tennessee Valley and lower Ohio Valley. Above-normal snowfall has fallen across the Ohio Valley this winter so far, and potentially more wet systems in the forecast could result in a moderate rise in rivers and streams.
On the other side of the spectrum, little improvement is coming for the dire drought situation in the West.
Pastelok believes March could usher in some rain for California, but the impact will be minimal and the situation will remain serious moving forward, with no significant relief in sight.
As of Jan. 21, more than 60 percent of the West was experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Earlier this month, the San Francisco National Weather Service office called the situation a phase of drought "largely unseen by many alive today."
Dryness will also prevail in Florida through the springtime, though the situation will be far less severe than in the West. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, portions of the state are abnormally dry for late January. Since Oct. 1, Orlando, Fla., has received less than 30 percent of the city's normal rainfall for the period.
"I do feel they'll get a little bit of rain going forward in the next few weeks; however, I think they could back in a dry pattern before they actually get into their wet season in June," Pastelok said.
Severe Weather Threats
After a below-normal severe weather season in 2013, this year is forecast to follow suit.
"Last year's severe weather season was a quiet season," Pastelok said. "A lot of it had to do with a lot of cold, stable air in place and I see that same situation setting up for this year."
While the season is anticipated to be below normal, it will be more eventful than 2013.
A few episodes of severe weather are possible in the Gulf Coast, where some severe tornado outbreaks occurred in 2013, Pastelok warns.
"I think you have to be concerned there again this year," he said.


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About 30,000 runners will invade Washington Oct. 28 for the 2012 Marine Corps Marathon. The race's popularity has skyrocketed since its inception in 1976, when 1,175 participants undertook the lung-busting challenge.
Nationwide, people are flocking to marathons: Between 2000 and 2009, the number of participants has increased 58 percent. This growing obsession with covering vast distances by foot has me thinking about its environmental efficiency compared to other modes of transit. How green are our two legs?
Calculating the average runner's greenhouse gas emissions for a 26.2-mile distance is a fairly straightforward task.
The first step is to determine how much energy is burned by the typical marathoner. Exercise physiologists estimate that an ordinary runner weighing 150 pounds uses approximately 3,000 calories on the marathon course. The next step is to determine how many carbon dioxide equivalents are released into the atmosphere in the creation of those calories.
You see, the carbon dioxide that a runner exhales does not directly contribute to climate change, because it's a part of a natural carbon cycle. Humans exhale carbon, plants inhale it, humans eat it and exhale it some more. However, our agricultural system uses fossil fuels to produce food, which means that carbon that had been safely stored in the ground is extracted and added to the atmosphere. Growing food on an American farm emits something like 0.0064 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents for every calorie produced. (A carbon dioxide equivalent includes emission of both carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide.) That means a runner eating a standard American diet is responsible for the emission of 19.2 pounds of carbon dioxide during a marathon.
A few footnotes are in order. Statisticians include all the food that farmers produce when calculating greenhouse gas emissions per calorie. If we didn't throw away as much food as we do, exercising would be less carbon-intensive by this standard.
The efficiency of food distribution and production is out of your control, but you can change such things as your diet. A calorie from fruit and vegetables is responsible for about 40 percent less greenhouse gas than a meat or dairy calorie, so vegan runners do substantially better in this department than omnivores.
You could also slow down. While slower runners get less glory, the tortoises are a little bit greener than the hares. Running a marathon at a pace of 10 minutes per mile releases about 5 percent fewer carbon dioxide equivalents than running at six minutes per mile.
What if you ditched your running sneakers and hopped on a bicycle? Just like running, it depends somewhat on how fast you go, but overall, cyclists produce far less greenhouse gas than runners over the same distance. Pedaling at a moderate 13 mph, a 150-pound bicyclist would burn around 1,150 calories over 26.2 miles. Eating a standard American diet, he would be responsible for 7.4 pounds of carbon dioxide - 60 percent less than the runner generated.
You might be surprised at how these totals compare to driving. The EPA estimates that the average vehicle on American roads emits 0.87 pounds of carbon dioxide per mile. So, over 26.2 miles, a car would account for just 22.8 pounds of greenhouse gas - about 19 percent more than the runner.
Of course, it's not entirely fair to suggest that your sedan is only slightly less environmentally friendly than your all-natural body. The carbon footprint of a car is more significant than the gas that it burns. When you take into account raw materials, manufacturing and disposal, in addition to fuel, a car is responsible for about 1.1 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents per mile, meaning that it's true marathon footprint is closer to 28.8 pounds, or 50 percent more than running.
Some analysts have pointed out that even that estimate is low, as nationwide infrastructure required to support automobile transport - including road-building and maintenance, gas stations, etc. - is difficult to calculate.
Bicycles, too, have impacts beyond the food required by their riders. Manufacturing the average bicycle accounts for approximately 530 pounds of carbon dioxide. It's difficult to apportion that total on a per-mile basis, though. Some people keep the same bicycle for an adult lifetime, while others change every time the color goes out of style. In addition, if you use a bicycle for commuting in addition to leisure riding, the carbon you save by not driving quickly pays for the manufacturing emissions.
By riding about 400 miles instead of driving, a bike pays for itself, environmentally speaking.
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A recent scientific article, using DNA evidence to look at actual contents of pills, found that many of the supplements sold aren't what they are supposed to be. I feel that some supplements can be beneficial, but many or even most are at best a placebo, often a waste of money and at worst actively harmful to health.
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This is Part 24 of the El Hierro Volcano eruption report
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With the collaboration of Joke Volta, an El Hierro resident.
Read also: Part 1 (28/7 - early 09) - Part 2 (25/09 - 10/10) - Part 3 (11/10 - 13/10 - Part 4 (14/10 - 17-10) - Part 5 (18/10 - 21/10) - Part 6 (22/10 - 26/10 ) - Part 7 (27/10 - 31/10 ) - Part 8 (01/11 - 03/11 ) - Part 9 (04/11 - 06/11 ) - Part 10 (07/11 - 08/11) - Part 11 (09/11- 11/11) - Part 12 (12/11 - 15/11) - Part 13 (16/11 - 19/11) - Part 14 (20/11 - 23/11) - Part 15 (24/11 - 27/11) - Part 16 (28/11 - 02/12) - Part 17 (03/12 - 07/12) - Part 18 (08/12 - 11/12) - Part 19 (12/12 - 15/12) - Part 20 (16/12 - 18/12) - Part 21 (19/12 - 25/12) - Part 22 (26/12 - 31/12) - Part 23 (01/01 - 03/01) - Part 24 (04/01 - 07/01)
Useful links : @VolcanoReport - El Hierro Picasa Photo Album - VIDEO OVERVIEW Page
Our Webcam pages : 3 in 1 page – Las Calmas Ustream – La Restinga village – Eruption webcam
Update 07/01 - 23:59 UTC
Lets finish this extraordinary day with the (once again) superb images which have been taken by the Guardia Civil helicopteres and Involcan. We are also sure that scientists will have a very huge task in analyzing what exactly is happening here. Hot SLS who are coloring the water leaving traces of different components. Mother nature in its complexity but also in her impressive beauty. Even after following the process since many months we are still speechless in what we sometimes see.
Update 07/01 - 22:51 UTC
What you will see on this very short video is burning lava. We have more footage, but fainter short blue lights. We have zoomed the area a little bit and have slowed down the speed with a factor 2. Thanks to all our readers who have seen the (limited) action (so far).
Update 07/01 - 21:33 UTC
- After a first observation of the video footage, we can say that the area that the SLS's are surfacing is very wide, which means that (without taking into account the current) the lava area along the vent has become wider too. A second finding is that we still cannot speak of steaming from the water but that the steam / smoke is from isolated SLS floaters.
- Guardia Civil Helicopters / Involcan flight of this morning. Enjoy once again the beauty of a volcano
Click here for the second video
Update 07/01 - 18:51 UTC
- What to look for tonight ? We would advise our readers to check from time to time the light sensitive Cabildo / Eruption webcam. We are far from sure that the gas burning episodes will be visible tonight - , but the chance might exist. Success. If we notice something, we will share our findings with you. If you are seeing it before us, feel free to send us your comment by the form below. Thank you.
Update 07/01 - 18:30 UTC
Joke Volta pictures of today. Click on the image to see the full series.
Update 07/01 - 18:23 UTC
- The picture below shows very well the haze (steam) above the vent.
Update 07/01 - 17:59 UTC
- What an extraordinary action today and not only steam, but also many earthquakes showing the restless power of the magma. Let us give an overview of the earthquakes until now :
M 1.5 @ 16 km at 06:23 Here
M 1.1 @ 12 km at 06:43 Here
M 1.0 @ 14 km at 10:51 Here
M 2.1 @ 15 km at 11:30 Here -- Lanzarote
M 1.2 @ 15 km at 15:34 Here
M 1.1 @ 19 km at 15:57 Here
M 1.2 @ 19 km at 15:59 Here
M 1.3 @ 14 km at 16:58 Here
Update 07/01 - 13:43 UTC
- On the picture below you can see the vapor/(gas mixture?) hanging above the wide stirring area. We are convinced that Involcan will have measured the concentrations from the helicopter, but until now we haven not seen the results from these measurements. They might not be published after all.
Update 07/01 - 13:20 UTC
- A new M 2.1 earthquake occurred at 11:30 at a depth of 15 km to the west of Lanzarote at approx. the same location than another one, a few days ago.
Update 07/01 - 13:17 UTC - How to connect to the Cabildo / Telefonica webcam
- We do not complain at the moment because we have an image for now.
- Readers like David (and many others) cannot get connected to this webcam. Here are a few tips from us and other readers who are more lucky
1 - ER : Use both La Restinga village – Eruption webcam links on top of this screen. These links are connecting you with an IP address, not a name address which may have another IP number. Select the cam you want. If you get a "FileNotFound" error, refresh you page (F5 in most cases or the recycle sign in your browser) every time you receive the error message. After 5 to 10 times your in. Success
2 - Daniel : try more often! I got the same error as you. After the 5th click, it worked. Another hint: First click on the "Panoramica general"-cam, and after that on "Zona de erupcion"-cam. That solved my problem sitting in front of a black error screen…!
3 - Diana : Hi David…try this, http://www.elhierrowebcam.com/
Update 07/01 - 13:03 UTC
- Due to the long time that the helicopter is in the air, we assume that he returned to the scene with other people and that he has seen new elements (this is only a guess, but so far we haven't seen the helicopter this long in the past).
- The poor Ustream webcam who did such a terrific job the last couple of days is unfortunately zoomed next to the action (we pardon them is this is a fix camera).
- The Cabildo webcams are now offering the better view showing us a VERY WIDE stirring area with occasional big SLS. They must be big as the cam is not very much zoomed !
Update 07/01 - 11:42 UTC
- A lot less SLS at the moment but the wide angle where they come up persists.
- Guardia Civil / Involcan helicopter arrived just too late to capture the better action, although we are sure that their images and video will be beautiful again.
Update 07/01 - 11:29 UTC
- new earthquake
M 1.0 @ 14 km at 10:51 Here
- Cabildo / Movistar eruption webcam is working again (on a Saturday !). We do thank all our readers who have joined us in asking Movistar to fix the problem.
- The U-stream webcam reveals powerful floater lava blocks in a far wider area than ever before. The floaters are surfacing in different spots whereas before they almost all surfaced at the same narrow spot.
Update 07/01 - 08:51 UTC
- 2 new earthquakes since midnight UTC
M 1.5 @ 16 km at 06:23 Here
M 1.1 @ 12 km at 06:43 Here
- harmonic tremor a little bit rising since 07:30 this morning
- continuous steaming above the vent and based on what we saw yesterday an even wider steam patch today (maybe in part due to a stronger blowing wind).
- Cabildo / Telefonica webcams @ La Restinga "out of order". Yesterday afternoon 800 people were looking at the same time at the U-stream webcam. No alternative. The FREE U-stream signal handler from ACN Press and El Pinar Ayuntamiente is doing a better job than a MULTI-BILLION COMPANY like TELEFONICA. As the eruption process continues at a steady pace and the current visiting numbers will only be peanuts compared to what will come if the eruption turns subaerial. AXIS, the company who delivered the webcams, is based on their webpage, an important player in Spain. They can do a lot better as they have also HD cams in their catalog (we want eventually to pay for part of the cost).
Update 07/01 - 01:01 UTC
- Our dedication for the volcano goes very far 🙂
Joke was checking the AVCAN news with her binocular and YES, she saw some glowing (burning) gas in the vent (Joke also saw the burning gas the day before yesterday). The smoke could also well seen. The burned gas can be seen about every 15 minutes she says. This afternoons activity is just continuing.
Thank you Joke for your nightly work !
Update 06/01 - 22:22 UTC
- AVCAN people living in La Restinga are reporting burning lava stones like the day before yesterday !
Update 06/01 - 21:22 UTC
- Joke Volta images of the day. A lot of walking, but limited in zoom to capture the action in the Las Calmas sea in full detail.
Update 06/01 - 20:59 UTC
- A new M 1.3 earthquake occurred at 18:08 at a depth of 14 km. Click here for the epicenter
- A full day Time Lapse of the volcanic activity at El Hierro, Canary Islands. There has been a lot of smoking lava stones coming out today, while tremor remained at medium levels.
Since a few days nobody at Telefonica or Movistar (the commercial trade mark) is doing something on their server issue. We need your assistance and hope you wil URGENTLY tweet the followig sentence. Ask your friends to Retweet as much as possible.
@movistar_es ¡Las webcams de la erupción volcánica en El Hierro NO FUNCIONAN! Hay mucha actividad, por favor arreglarlas pronto. Gracias
Translated : The El Hierro eruption webcams DO NOT WORK. There is a lot of activity, please fix them as soon as possible. Thank You
Update 06/01 - 16:44 UTC
- IGN has listed a new shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 1.2 at a depth of 7 km. It happened at 13:48 UTC to the SW of El Pinar (in fact right below the Tacaron coast)
Update 06/01 - 15:16 UTC - GPS numbers
GPS graph shows further movement of some stations
IGN only shows changes in the lateral distance between the indicated stations. No North-South components, no East-West components, and more importantly, no elevation change components.
GPS data shows the relative *distance* between FRON station (located on El Hierro) and other surrounding stations.
Rather, that FRON station got closer to them (or the opposite instead, but we have no way to know from those charts alone).
Negative values = FRON station is getting closer to xyz station (shorter distance)
Positive values = FRON station is getting away from xyz station (longer distance)
Update 06/01 - 14:23 UTC
- Some people are asking us, what would be the next step to look for before it gets really Surtseyan ?
If steam jets are starting to appear (even at limited height of a few meters), this would mean that the lava generated superheated steam reaches the surface waters. From that moment, everything is possible. If the volcano activity gets weaker again, the jets will fall back. It the vent continues to grow with the same activity, the superheated steam will soon carry ash and will become blackened.
- We do not expect this to happen soon, as we expect the current smoking material to be floaters. IGN will certainly inform us in time.
- Based on earlier interviews in the local press, we think that the current philosophy is : no gas alert and / or no earthquakes and / or no strong harmonic tremor = no (potentially dangerous) eruption action
- Good to know is that : IGN people do not really talk to the press about the alert situation, only Pevolca is in charge for press reports
Update 06/01 - 13:55 UTC
- Thanks to Julio del Castillo Vivero and the ACN Press people, the U-stream webcam is back online.
- NOBODY seems to bother about what is going on at the vent.
- It's Three Kings Day, a festival day in Spain, that maybe the real reason about what is happening.
- We are wandering if people at La Restinga feel OK with what is happening (in the meantime, Joke told me that people at La Restinga are telling her that there is "a lot of activity" today).
- No helicopters, no boats. No infrared camera's at night.
- Joke went to the CAP science center a little while ago and the IGN people on duty said - As usual, nothing special.
- IGN People at CAP were laughing about the burning lava at sea the day before yesterday (thousands of people have seen this phenomenon, images are online, videos are online, what else do they need to be convinced that gas was ignited + Joke has confirmed the burning lava with her binoculars ).
This site is not a "science fiction site, but a factual site".
Update 06/01 - 13:51 UTC
Julio del Castillo Vivero (the time lapse specialist studying photography in the UK) has just made a call the the ACN press people (U-stream cam). Here is what he got to now :
Just been on the phone with ACN Press. Today, as it is a holiday, there was only a person in charge, and the technical side is not in today. She said she would try making a few calls and see if there would be any luck. If today can't be repaired, she said tomorrow (but its Saturday, so lets see... could be like this till Monday).
Update 06/01 - 13:31 UTC
What currently happens is VERY STRANGE ! We cannot check it of course, because we have no serious cams, but the smoke tends to be continuous from one source. Until now we always had smoke patches, NEVER a continuous smoking source (2 from time to time). This does not mean he will go Surtseyan, but it is a new fact nevertheless.
Update 06/01 - 12:57 UTC
- Why is there NO OPERATOR on the Cabildo / Telefonica webcam ???
A lot of activity but NO zoomed image !
- U-stream webcam does not seem to cope with the demand as we are getting in all our browsers the same static image !
Update 06/01 - 10:26 UTC
- A lot of continuing activity @ the Las Calmas sea, however no webcam operator to zoom the cam on the vent. This maybe the best advice for the eruption webcam : Zoom it into a little wider area than the zoom factor of the U-stream cam and we see everything what is happening above the vent. The vent hasn't changed location since many weeks, thus the location will always be right.
- We still think that the touristic potential of a HD-webcam would be great for El Hierro - The cost is minimal for a company like Telefonica. Find below how a HD- image looks like in Iceland (they have many HD-cams on their volcanoes). Why has Iceland HD-webcams on their volcanoes ? Because they are using it both as information to their own people and to attract tourism to the island (they need every tourist dollar after the crisis)
- Since many days people have difficulties linking to the webcam. Using the IP address helps and refreshing helps too, but nobody at Telefonica seems to follow the cam and is doing something about it. This is basic server operations, nothing special.
Update 06/01 - 09:58 UTC
- The area where the smoking blocks are surfacing is a lot wider than yesterday.
Update 06/01 - 08:26 UTC
- Smoking Lava stones (SLS we call them, just to make life a little simpler) in the (faint) Jacuzzi area
- stain is very well visible in the calm Las Calmas sea
- harmonic tremor stayed at the same level as last night 21:30, when it picked up after subsiding a little
- NO earthquakes so far
Update 05/01 - 23:55 UTC
- Harmonic tremor did start to increase at 21:30 UTC
- No additional earthquakes (sometimes hard to say as it can take some time before they are listed on the IGN page)
- reader Marchal attracted our attention to the presence of many seagulls above the jacuzzi waters. It can be seen also on the webcam, but from the helicopter they do not look like moving points but like seagulls. Are these birds attracted by gases, the temperature of the water or do they see some dead fish ?
Update 05/01 - 20:22 UTC - Fireworks !
The fire tonight on the webcam is NO volcano activity but fireworks due to Three Kings Day as mentioned earlier today.
Update 05/01 - 20:11 UTC
What a wealth today. A lot of information + an overflight of the Guardia Civil Involcan helicopter taking pictures and recording a video.
People who want to see also the other 2 videos from Guardia Civil and Involcan today can click here : Video1, Video2 and Video Pancam1 Video Pancam2 Video Pancam3 (Panoramic Camera)
Update 05/01 - 19:17 UTC
- At 17:05 UTC a Felt M 3.5 earthquake (we got notifications of it) occurred approx. 30 km to the west of Lanzarote at a depth of 11 km. Yet another earthquake today (the sixth in total) in another Canary Islands location. Click here to see the epicenter.
Update 05/01 - 18:29 UTC
- Smoking lave pieces can still be seen on the Eruption webcam. Not the big chunks like yesterday but smaller material.
- CAP person on duty was told today about the fire in the sea, but nobody had seen the effects in the office !
Update 05/01 - 16:02 UTC
- The glowing lava that we were able to see during the night is probably caused by brittle lava blocks who are breaking apart. IGN did measure the temperatures the last couple of days of the lava blocks while they were picked up out of the sea. The lava blocks which we can see are hollow inside and are containing a lot of gas. This gas is the reason that they are floating to the surface waters. At the outside the blocks were no warmer than 40°C but the gases at the inside were 200°C. A theory for the flames we saw last night (it was no glowing but ignited gas - see video Julio) is that the hot gas (hard to say which composition) is ignited just by the oxygen when the brittle lava is breaking apart or that the gas is ignited by the high temperature of the lava at the inside.
Once the gas is burned, the lava sinks back to the sea floor.
Update 05/01 - 15:22 UTC
- A very curious pattern in GPS deformation patterns (the data which are published are probably 2 days old). The deformation at HI02, HI03 and HI04 climbed strongly ! La Palma deformation stayed approx. the same, but Tenerife and La Gomera GPS data decreased the strongest since the beginning of El Hierro activity. The current earthquakes at Tenerife may have an origin in this strong movement (tension). The smoking lava Yesterday and Today also. @ IGN to solve the clue here. Hopefully they will explain in their report later today.
Comment from reader Mr. Moho : FRON gps station, located roughly on the middle of El Hierro island, according to the latest data got farther relatively to HI01, HI02, HI03, HI04 (especially) which are disseminated all around the island. At the same time, FRON is getting closer to ALAJ, TN03 and AZAN located on other islands to the West of El Hierro. To me, it looks like there is a renewed inflation ongoing on the entire island.
Update 05/01 - 15:00 UTC
The first 4 images of the series are Jokes theme of the day : Three Kings Day - a festival day in Spain. Tonight ar 19:30 UTC a ship with the 3 kings will enter the port of La Restinga and a lot of festivities will follow. Click on the picture to see the images in full size.
Update 05/01 - 07:50 UTC
- At 01:00 harmonic tremor decreased steadily for about 2 hours to increase later again. At the time of writing we have half of the HT than during the light show yesterday evening
- 1 M 1.8 earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km at 00:02
- 2 small earthquakes (normally not to be felt by people) occurred 10 km to the east of Guimar / Tenerife. No depth has been provided. Both earthquakes are visible on the CCAN graph. A lot more is needed to activate Teide volcano, like GPS deformation, etc etc. These kind of earthquakes occur many times in a year.
Update 04/01 - 23:39 UTC
- Julio del Castillo Vivero, has made an even better time lapse version of the glowing lava stones. He described what he did as follows : All clips are doubled to be slowed down 25% and zoomed in. What would we do without Julio and Joke !
Update 04/01 - 23:17 UTC - video glowing lava stones
As it may be hard for some people staring at a black screen, we have reverse time lapsed and zoomed what we saw a little earlier. A better copy made by Julio will arrive soon.
Update 04/01 - 22:44 UTC
Joke confirms that she has seen the glowing lava stones live from La Restinga (with her binoculars)
Update 04/01 - 22:22 UTC
There we go again and take the information as it is - we are not responsible when it should be a boat : )
- Reader Hein commented in our comments section below that he has seen at irregular intervals glowing ashes on the (still zoomed) eruption webcam. After our boat lights history we were far from eager to put this information online, but after looking at the webcam ourselves, we saw the same short-lived incandescent light at various locations . AVCAN members are also sure ! It is smoking lava !
Joke is currently out with her binoculars to look to the sea. She has not seen the glowing lava pieces yet but, sitting on some lava field outside La Restinga, she sees the stain clearly in the moonlight.
This is what can be seen now on then on the eruption webcam (we have captured 2 of the pictures ourselves in about 10 minutes time):
Update 04/01 - 21:21 UTC
- El Hierro, a piece of art made by the NASA Modis Aqua satellite (image 1 - strong current makes these beautiful patterns)
- Canary Island as created by the same artist. Click on the Canary Islands picture to watch in in full format
Update 04/01 - 17:27 UTC
- Joke has stopped her afternoon photographic sessions (due to too much glare) to do some better things like shooting pictures in the port of La Restinga. Today was a great day as she could make images from "the lava catch of the day".
Update : we did add about 20 more images to the current set, so more lava but also SLS
Update 04/01 - 16:54 UTC
- Worldwide VOLCANO news - Video of the eruption at the Zubair volcano group in Yemen - This might happen also at El Hierro if the eruption gets to the Surtseyan phase.
Update 04/01 - 16:52 UTC
- Harmonic tremor remains the same as earlier today
- IGN has listed a M 1.4 earthquake which occurred at 05:37 UTC at a depth of 17 km. Epicenter
Update 04/01 - 11:52 UTC
- A 7 minute SLS time lapse video from specialist Julio del Castillo Vivero (this morning activity)
Update 04/01 - 10:49 UTC
- A lot of SLS / smoking pumice this morning.
- Salvamar Adhara is out to pick up material or even to try videotaping what happens (if they are ready to risk their material).
Update 04/01 - 08:34 UTC
- Just like yesterday morning, the Las Calmas Ustream shows a lot of smoking material (Ustream has the better zoom this morning)
- NO new earthquakes
- Minor harmonic tremor (equal than yesterday)
- Cabildo / Telefonica webcam is down via the usual link, but can still be reached under the following link (we think a nameserver issue) : http://22.214.171.124/.
Read also : Scientific paper reveals massive historic Tenerife volcano flank collapse
Read also: Economic impact on El Hierro and the Canary Islands if an aerial eruption would occur
Volcano Discussion Panel : If you are a person who wants to discuss and read about all aspects of volcanoes, this discussion panel might be a very good place to hang around. Especially if we start speculating about what to happen next, this panel is a great place to look at. Give it a chance.


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For older adults, it's common for a moment of forgetfulness (where did I park the car?) to prompt major concerns about the development of Alzheimer's disease.
These fears are not completely unrealistic, since one in seven Canadians over the age of 65 suffers from dementia. And while even the brightest 20-year-old can forget where they parked the car, for some older adults, such temporary lapses do start to form a concerning pattern. Slowly, short-term memories become harder to retain, personality can change, and zest for living can decline. In its advanced stages, Alzheimer's dementia affects every aspect of daily life and takes a tremendous toll on families.
Everyone knows an older adult with a kitchen cupboard full of vitamins and supplements meant to ward off dementia. Search for information about preventing Alzheimer's on Google and you'll come up with a variety of Top 10 Tips and Seven-Step Plans, few of which are supported by research.
So it is understandable that we look for the latest preventive miracle. Over the years, various nutritional supplements and other strategies (more Sudoku?) have come in and out of favour.
Until now, the research surrounding the effect of physical activity on Alzheimer's disease has had promising though inconclusive results. It is theorized that even small amounts of physical activity enhance blood flow to the brain and slow deterioration of brain tissue. And we know that exercise has been proven to have a positive effect on other diseases, such as heart attacks, high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer and depression.
Fortunately, a recent large-scale analysis by the Ontario Brain Institute has confirmed a strong causal relationship between physical activity and many aspects of Alzheimer's. Researchers combined the findings from 45 studies, nearly half of which were of the highest standard (randomized controlled trials) to look at both the treatment and prevention of this condition.
For those who already suffer from Alzheimer's, these combined studies suggest exercise can improve the depressive symptoms that are common with the disease. There is an even greater benefit on measures of quality of life and the ability to maintain independence with basic tasks such as bathing, dressing and eating. On the prevention side, the quality of the research was less high-calibre but still consistently showed a significant reduction in the risk of developing Alzheimer's for seniors who exercise regularly. The researchers estimate that one in seven cases of Alzheimer's could be prevented with exercise, saving our health-care system millions of dollars. It seems that everything that gets worse with age gets better with exercise. The current recommendation is for 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous exercise. This can be broken up into small 10-minute segments, and can include household activities like gardening. There's no need to go to boot camp or run the marathon, just a brisk walk around the block will do.
Unfortunately, older Canadians are too sedentary, and only 40 per cent get enough physical activity. Sadly, there has been no improvement in this figure over the past decade, although some government health-care systems and private insurers are looking at rewarding those who exercise.
So it appears that part of the solution is quite simple, and inexpensive. If you are worried that one day you will not be able to remember where you parked your car, start walking to the store.
Dr. Eddy Lang and Dr. Zoe Oliver are emergency physicians with an interest in public health education. The best health care is individualized to the patient and this column is not a substitute for the advice of your physician.


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Justin Bieber was hanging out backstage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday when his on-again, off-again flame Selena Gomez walked by with her close friend, Taylor Swift.
In video of the backstage gathering, the 23-year-old Swift looks annoyed when the two stop for a catch-up session, while another friend tries to pull Gomez back into the crowd.
When Gomez wraps her arm around Bieber and grants him a kiss on the cheek, Swift sticks her tongue out.
Here's the GIF, courtesy of Zap2It:
The moment occurs at the 1:00 minute mark below:
Seating arrangements at the musical event fueled speculation that Gomez and Bieber might have rekindled their relationship, though Gomez told a radio station last week that she was "completely available in every way."


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The Latest: A schipperke wins Westminster nonsporting group
NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the Westminster Kennel Club dog show (all times local):
9:52 p.m.
Add a schipperke to the list of dogs who might become the first of their breed to the win the Westminster dog show.
Colton the schipperke won the nonsporting group at Madison Square Garden and advanced to the final ring of seven Tuesday night.
Earlier in the evening, a longhaired dachshund and Havanese took their groups. They haven't been chosen as America's top dog, either.
9:05 p.m.
Bono the Havanese has won the toy group at Westminster, besting Biggie the popular pug.
The Havanese is the national dog of Cuba. The breed has never won best in show at America's top pooch pageant, and Bono will get that chance Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Bono was handled in the ring by Taffe McFadden. Last year, husband Bill guided Flynn the bichon frise to best in show at Westminster.
"Whoever brings it home, it's team," she said.
Biggie the pug made it to the final ring of seven last February. He drew cheers again, and finished second in the toy group.
8:22 p.m.
Could it be, could a dachshund really win Westminster?
This is the 143rd edition of America's top dog competition, and no dachshund has ever walked off with best in show.
Sprightly at 7, Burns will get that chance after taking the hound group. A crowd pleaser, the longhaired dachshund and handler Carlos Puig hugged in the middle of the ring after the victory.
"Dachshunds are the best breed in the world," Puig told fans at Madison Square Garden.
Burns now advances to the final ring of seven Tuesday night.
There were 76 dachshunds entered at Westminster in three varieties. Dachshunds are among several popular breeds that have never won this event - golden retrievers, Labs, Chihuahuas and Dalmatians have been shut out, too.
4:25 p.m.
You might say the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's obedience competition is Heart to win.
For the fourth year in a row, a Labrador retriever named Heart and handler Linda Brennan took the title Monday. In fact, no one else has ever won it.
More than a dozen dogs competed. The event includes complicated six-minute routines.
Brennan's was inspired by "The Red Balloon," the 1956 French movie about a boy who's followed around by a red helium balloon. In the obedience competition, Heart picked up and carried a similar balloon while doing jumps and other exercises.
Brennan is an obedience trainer from Columbia, New Jersey. She says 6 ½-year-old Heart loves the crowd and the buzz at the big Westminster show and "just turns on in this environment."
3:10 p.m.
A top-winning whippet is out of Westminster - knocked off by, of all dogs, his own sister.
Whiskey had won the big National Dog Show televised on Thanksgiving Day and the AKC event shown on New Year's Day. But his bid for a Triple Crown of dogdom ended when he was topped by littermate Bourbon in the breed judging this afternoon.
Last year, Whiskey won the breed at Westminster, and Bourbon was award best of opposite sex. This time, the 3-year-olds switched places.
Justin Smithey and his wife, Cheslie Pickett Smithey, co-own both dogs and live in Sugar Valley, Georgia. Justin handled Whiskey in the ring, Cheslie guided Bourbon.
"We're as proud as we can get," he said.
Whiskey wasn't sour after the upset. The littermates are "best buds," Cheslie said, and nuzzled outside the ring when it was over.
1:25 p.m.
Biggie is back.
The popular pug who had fans at Madison Square Garden chanting his name last year in the final ring is off to another good start.
The 3-year-old won a best of breed ribbon in the morning, and advanced to the toy group judging at night.
"He's got the 'it' factor," said owner Carolyn Koch of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
"He's everything a pug should be. He's a lap dog. He's a comedian. He's a family dog," she said. "And he loves to show."
Instead of taking an early victory lap, Biggie took a victory nap. He spent part of the afternoon sleeping in his crate - on tap there was a plastic bag that had the words "Life is Ridiculously Awesome."
A dog's life, indeed.
11:45 a.m.
In the world of dog shows, there's no shame in sleeping on the competition.
At least not for GCH Haystac's Montgomery The Spartan General - or Monty, for short. The Old English Sheepdog is named after British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, who fought in World War I and II. Monty isn't much of a fighter, but he hasn't had to be. In fact, he may fall asleep before you can finish saying his name.
Monty took a preshow snooze on the groomer's table at a recent competition in Canada, slumbering away while handler Virginia Goscinak brushed out his puffy white coat. Goscinak woke up the 3-year-old dog shortly before the competition, and Monty went into the ring and came out a best of breed winner.
A few hours before competing at Westminster, Monty was back in top form, lazing away while two groomers brushed and sprayed his fur. Goscinak had to pull back the tufts on Monty's face to confirm his eyes were still open.
"He loves this," Goscinak said.
11 a.m.
Dogs from affenpinschers to Yorkshire terriers are rounding the rings at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.
Breed judging began Monday at the illustrious show in New York. More than 2,800 dogs in 203 breeds and varieties are signed up to compete over two days, leading up to the televised Best in Show award Tuesday night.
Monday's judging includes dogs in the herding, hound, non-sporting and toy groups. One closely-watched contestant is expected to be Whiskey, a whippet that notched big wins in shows televised on Thanksgiving Day and New Year's Day.
This year's Westminster show features two new breeds, the grand basset griffon Vendeen (grahnd bah-SAY' grih-FAHN' vahn-DAY'-ahn) and the Nederlandse kooikerhondje (NAY'-dehr-lahn-seh KOY'-kehr-hahnd-jeh).
The show also featured an agility championship Saturday and is holding an obedience competition Monday.
More AP dog show coverage: https://apnews.com/WestminsterKennelClubDogShow
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ETH Zurich
In their environment, wild animals are exposed to countless threats, be they predators, diseases or natural obstacles to get over, such as gorges or rivers. In the course of evolution, they have developed specific behavioral responses to allow them to deal with these risks. In recent times, numerous man-made threats have been added to the naturally-existing ones, such as dangerous roads to cross. On the evolutionary time scale, it is excluded that the animals have evolved a whole new repertoire of adaptive responses to these risks. Simon Townsend is a behavioral biologist at the University of Zurich, and Nicolas Perony is a systems scientist at ETH Zurich. They teamed up to understand how animals cope with novel man-made threats by studying groups of wild meerkats, a species of socially-living mongooses.
The leader gives way when crossing the road
To this end, Townsend observed several meerkat groups in the Kalahari Desert. Through the reserve runs a rather heavily-frequented road, which effectively cut the animals' home range in half. On their way from one burrow to another, the meerkats are often forced to cross the road. Based on field observations, the researchers discovered that in most cases it was the highest-ranked animal – the dominant female – who led her group to the road. However, upon reaching the road she yielded to a lower-ranked individual, who took up the role of «guinea pig» to cross the road first.
Reorganization at the front
From the observational data collected in the Kalahari, Nicolas Perony could develop a relatively simple computer model to simulate for the first time the behavior of a meerkat group, in which there are distinct social roles. By constructing this model, the researchers were aiming to better understand what they had observed in the field. The model simulates a group of eight meerkats, one of which Perony assigned the role of leader.
In the simulations the eight agents encounter a virtual barrier, which has an effect similar to the road's. The scientists could then vary the height of the barrier – the level of the risk it represents – for each individual. The model clearly showed the reorganization taking place at the front of the group. The ETH researcher thus concluded that the dominant female and the subordinate individuals have a markedly different appreciation of the danger presented by the road. This difference in risk perception may be enough to explain how the leading individual falls back to a less exposed position upon reaching the road, and leaves it to a subordinate individual to take the lead.
A «test individual» to minimize the risk
The dominant female's highly risk-averse behavior appears selfish. However, it makes a lot of sense for the long-term survival of the group and the closely-related individuals in it. Meerkats in fact minimize the threat to the whole group, even though it may imply for the «test individual» to lose its life: the survival of all the group members may depend from that of the alpha individual. Observations from other researchers indeed show that the predation of the dominant female can lead to the destabilization of the whole group.
Perony and Townsend interpret the observed behavior at the road as the adaptation of a phylogenetically-old behavioral response, transposed to the context of a danger hitherto unknown to them. The animals can thus apply innate behavioral mechanisms to a novel, man-made threat. It is however unclear whether the meerkats really perceive the traffic on the road as a risk. A road is above all an open area in the animals' environment, in which there is no shelter to flee from predators such as eagles or jackals, says Townsend. By nature, the animals tend to avoid open areas in dangerous situations. «In case of an imminent threat, meerkats use the cover provided by bushes and other elements of their environment», explains Perony. This study raises hopes that wild animals can adapt to a certain extent to the increasing perturbation of their natural environment.
Meerkats have long been studied at the Kalahari Meerkat Project, located within the Kuruman River Reserve (South Africa). Animals from the study groups are dye-marked to allow for individual identification. They are habituated to the presence of human observers. Meerkats live in groups of up to 40 members. Each group is dominated by a pair of alpha individuals, who are the only ones allowed to reproduce. The other individuals help the dominant pair to care for the young, which are often related to them. The meerkats' group structure is highly complex und has long fascinated behavioral scientists.
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