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Missile entered Polish airspace at 4.23am local time, according to Polish military
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Major alert as Putin fires Russian cruise missile over NATO territory for 39 seconds sparking growing concern over escalation of the Ukraine war
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A Russian cruise missile flew over NATO territory for 39 seconds overnight triggering a major alert amid fears over an escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Allied war planes scrambled to ‘ensure the security’ of Polish airspace after the incursion at 4.23am local time. 
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The Polish armed forces confirmed the incident in a statement on X, saying: ‘There was a violation of Polish airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched overnight by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation.
‘The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems.’
The military said the missile travelled about 1.2miles into Polish territory and that Polish and allied aircraft had been activated, but that the airspace over Poland was now safe.
Meanwhile Ukraine subjected Russian-annexed Sevastopol in Crimea to one of the heaviest bombardments of the 25-month war (pictured above: Sevastopol under missile attack) © Provided by Daily Mail
An explosion of a missile is seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on March 24© Provided by Daily Mail
The Polish armed forces said in a statement: ‘The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems’© Provided by Daily Mail
There were huge explosions in the city believed to be from Storm Shadow missiles, the kind supplied to Ukraine by the UK© Provided by Daily Mail
Police officers inspect a part of a Russian Kh-55 cruise missile, intercepted during a missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in a park in Kyiv, on March 24© Provided by Daily Mail
The potentially dangerous violation by Vladimir Putin‘s forces came during a Russian strike on the Lviv region of Ukraine.
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The head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera, said he talked with the head of the Ministry of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. ‘The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces was immediately informed,’ he said.
The Polish Armed Forces claim that the Russian missile entered the country’s airspace to a depth of one and a quarter miles.
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Russia deployed at least 29 Kh-101 and Kh-555 missiles in the overnight strikes, as well as 28 Shahed strike drones into Ukraine.
Of these, 18 missiles and 25 drones were shot down, said Air Force Commander General Mykola Oleshchuk.
Russia is believed to have hit infrastructure in Stryi, Lviv region after cruise missiles were launched form 14 Tu-95MS strategic bombers.
Meanwhile Ukraine subjected Russian-annexed Sevastopol in Crimea to one of the heaviest bombardments of the 25-month war.
There were huge explosions in the city believed to be from Storm Shadow missiles, the kind supplied to Ukraine by the UK.
There were reports that the communications centre of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was hit. A 65-year-old man died and four people were wounded in the strikes, said reports.
However it is not known if there were more casualties at the targeted communications centre.
Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev reported a ‘massive’ attack by Ukraine.
Russian air defences claimed to have shot down more than 10 missiles and numerous drones.
Police officers inspect a part of a Russian Kh-55 cruise missile, intercepted during a missile strike, earlier today© Provided by Daily Mail
There were reports that the communications centre of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was hit (pictured: black smoke over Sevastopol following the Ukrainian missile attack)© Provided by Daily Mail
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The OSINTtechnical project said the Ukrainians had struck a fleet facility, and a spectacular video showed the moment of the hit.
‘At least three Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missiles… hit a major communication node of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,’ they reported.
Telegram channel Crimean Wind said: ‘The hit of the missiles was at the main special communication node of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Mykola Muzika Street.’
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Ukrainian outlet Pravda reported: ‘Three Storm Shadow cruise missiles hit a building in the centre of Sevastopol at once.’
The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force thanked ‘the pilots and sailors for their successful combat work.’
Further explosions were later heard in the city and other locations in Crimea. An oil depot in the village of Gvardeisky was hit.
New evidence suggests dogs may ‘picture’ objects in their minds, similarly to people
Scientists measured canine brain waves to shed light on language learning.
BY LAUREN LEFFER | PUBLISHED MAR 22, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
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When a dog follows a command or fetches a ball, it’s hard to know what’s really going on inside its canine cranium. Do dogs understand and respond to tone of voice, the syllables of words, accompanying hand motions and body language, or just the situational context? Behavioral studies have offered some clues, but new research brings additional evidence that our favorite furry friends really do grasp the meaning behind words.
Dogs show a pattern of neural activity that seems to indicate they can differentiate between words for different objects, and are even surprised when presented with words and objects that don’t match up, according to a study published March 22 in the journal Current Biology. A team of neuroscientists and animal behavior researchers used non-invasive electroencephalogram (EEG) testing to measure the electrical pulses inside 27 pet dogs’ brains during an experiment involving the dogs’ owners and some well-loved toys. They found an electrical impulse pattern similar to a known signal in humans. The findings shed light on canine noggins and also add to our knowledge of the origins of complex language.
“We were interested in whether dogs understand words the way humans do.”
“It’s wonderful to have studies like this,” says Ellen Lau, a neuroscientist studying linguistics at the University of Maryland who was not involved in the new research. Applying EEG to dogs, instead of the more invasive techniques that are often used to study animal brains, allows for more direct comparisons between humans and non-humans, she explains. “If we want to understand what’s common across humans and animals, we need to have more of this kind of data.”
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A vocabulary test for babies, adapted to dogs
Among animals, family pups are unique for how much exposure they get to human language. “You can probe a lot of interesting questions about language experience with dogs, because they’re some of the only animals that live in our houses and pay attention to us,” says Amritha Mallikarjun, a neuroscientist researching canine cognition at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the new research.
The study scientists set out to test if dogs grasp the relationship between words and their corresponding objects. “We were interested in whether dogs understand words the way humans do,” says Lilla Magyari, co-lead author and a cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist at the University of Stavanger in Norway. Some standout dogs are able to demonstrate their vocabulary through behavioral tests, but not all dogs are as abiding, capable, or well-behaved. The scientists wanted to know if even dogs that don’t display exceptional abilities still have some language sense.
The bigger the surprise, the bigger the signal.
People have internal references for what words mean, or the ability to “picture” an object inside their minds’ eye from memory. However, it’s unclear if any other animals share this capacity to imagine something that’s not there from an associated sound. To explore this question, Magyari and her colleagues adapted a cognitive test previously used in studies of infants. The assessment compares EEG readings from a subject told a word or phrase, and then either shown a corresponding object or an object that doesn’t match the description.
In humans, even those too young to speak, an observable effect called the N400 appears on EEG read-outs when people encounter language and other stimuli. It’s a characteristic signal that peaks around 400 milliseconds after a stimulus is presented, and gets larger when objects or images and words don’t match up. The bigger the surprise, the bigger the signal. Many scientists interpret the effect as evidence of understanding and proof of an internal reference for a word’s definition, even in non-verbal subjects.
In order to make the test canine friendly, Magyari and her co-researchers made some careful adjustments, controlling for the dogs’ comfort, potential variability in voice, and other movements or communication signals between dogs and owners that might influence results.
“I think this study is beautiful,” Lau says–noting the thorough and well-considered design. “I think they really did everything you need to be doing in animal cognition work.”
The dogs, all healthy companion animals, were recruited via social media and were selected based on an owner’s assessment that their pet understood at least three object words. After a period of acclimating to the lab, owners and dogs were separated by an electronic window that could quickly toggle between transparent and opaque. The scientists attached electrodes to the dogs’ heads at key points. Over multiple trials, the pets were played recordings of their owners’ voices calling their attention to one of five familiar objects (e.g. ‘Fido, look, the ball’), while being shown their owners’ faces through the window. Then, after a brief period of opaque blankness, the window would reveal the owner holding up one of the objects–either a match to the previously played phrase, or a mismatch. Meanwhile, the EEG recorded the electronic pulses going on inside their brains.
Out of the 27 dogs that started the experiment, 18 were included in the final analyses. Nine were excluded, mostly because they wouldn’t sit still enough to yield clean EEG data. But even accounting for the challenges of wiggley animal subjects, the scientists still found clear patterns in their results.
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Five tribes speak out against poultry bill to protect Oklahoma farmers
Posted: Mar 22, 2024 / 06:30 AM CDT
Updated: Mar 22, 2024 / 11:36 AM CDT
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma’s Five Civilized Tribes are asking state lawmakers to not move forward with a bill they believe would harm the state’s water quality.
House Bill 4118 says if companies or famers are following state laws then they can’t be sued, even if their actions caused harm.
“It’s a multibillion dollar industry that’s wanting to get away with polluting the water,” said former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson.
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The issue started more than 20 years ago when Edmondson filed a lawsuit against several poultry companies accusing them of polluting the Illinois River with chicken waste. Then last year a judge ruled in favor of Oklahoma.
“It’s not a surprise that the poultry industry is looking for any way to get around the judge’s opinion based on that litigation,” said Edmondson.
But the bill’s author, Representative David Hardin (R-Stilwell), said it wouldn’t protect companies who don’t follow environmental protection rules.
“The state can still be sued, the Department of Ag(riculture) can be sued, if you are not in compliance. If you have an approved nutrient management plan and you are not in compliance, then this bill will not cover you,” said Hardin.Poultry companies ask judge to dismiss ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed
Opponents still see the bill as a way to protect farmers who could be polluting water with fertilizer run off.
That includes Oklahoma’s Five Civilized Tribes, who released the following joint statement:
As the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes (ITC), an organization that unites the tribal governments of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole Nations, we strongly oppose House Bill 4118.
Poultry farmers and the agriculture industry are essential to our economy, but they also have a responsibility to be good neighbors who avoid polluting the community’s drinking water and recreational areas. That is why current Oklahoma law prohibits the discharge of poultry waste into the waters of the state.
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By removing this common-sensical prohibition, shielding polluters from liability, and replacing these protections with vague rules to be developed by a relatively small state agency, HB 4118 could damage Oklahoma’s ability to keep our waters clean.
The State Department of Agriculture lacks the capacity to protect water quality and ensure best practices across Oklahoma on its own.
We are united in opposition to a bill that threatens to undermine safe drinking water and healthy environments across our Reservations. We ask that House Bill 4118 not advance in the Oklahoma Senate.
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