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The saber-winged hummingbird had only been seen twice. It took more than a decade for researchers to hear his song again. Twelve years ago, the Santa Marta saber-wing hummingbird perched on a researcher's mist net. That was the last time he was seen. Since then, in the last 12 years, it was believed to be extinct. Until now. The emerald green blue-throated hummingbird is one of the most sought-after birds in the world, according to Birdlife International, along with the Himalayan Quail and the Cuban Kite. "We must find them before they become extinct," says the institution. The saber wing was discovered in 1946. However, the species has been so elusive for researchers and sighting fans, that it was not until 2010 when it was recorded with certainty through its song and a photograph in the El Dorado Reserve. , which are kept public on the eBird documentation site. In July this year, the bird thought lost in the wild finally reappeared and was photographed perched on a branch singing. The image was captured by Yurgen Vega, who was studying endemic birds in the forests of Sierra Nevada, in Santa Marta, in an unprotected area. We suggest: This is how the Andean condor lives, the iconic South American bird that is in danger of extinction "It's like seeing a ghost" The observer, as he narrated, was about to leave the place, when he saw the brightness of a male of this species. The bird remained calm for a long time, which allowed his record to remain in photographs and videos, and allowed Vega to listen to his song. “IT IS SO AMAZING TO SEE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE SANTA MARTA SABERWING,” JOHN MITTERMEIER, AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY'S DIRECTOR OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OUTREACH, SAID IN A RELEASE. "IT'S LIKE SEEING A GHOST." For years, enthusiasts came to the habitat of this species in search of confirming its existence, hearing it sing and capturing the moment. This bird is quite large for a hummingbird, its emerald green plumage shines, it has a curved black bill and a blue neck. According to Birdlife, this bird is the rarest and most endangered of the 22 species identified in this Endemic Bird Area. “COULD STILL BE PRESENT GIVEN HABITAT REMAINS, BUT ANY SURVIVING PO[CENSORED]TION IS LIKELY TO BE SMALL AND DECREASE AS FORESTS AND ESPECIALLY OPEN PARAMO VEGETATION ABOVE TREE LINE CONTINUE TO BE DESTROYED, FRAGMENTED AND DEGRADED”, MENTIONS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. The habitat of this species is currently threatened by agriculture, as are some 22 endemic species that have been sighted in this Colombian region. https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/colibri-ala-de-sable-el-ave-casi-extinta-reaparece-en-colombia/

The Citroën C3 is remodeled for 2021, retaining its 2.54-meter wheelbase and its 300-liter trunk, but now sporting the brand's new design language on the front, new airbumps and up to 97 customization options depending on the colors , interiors or graphics that you want to choose. The brand will offer six versions, with three engine options: 1.2 Puretech 82 Hp or 100 Hp and 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Hp, one of the cheapest in the segment. Depending on the engine, 5MT, 6MT or 6AT boxes will also be offered. The three trim levels (Live, Feel and Shine) come with six airbags, ESP, lane departure warning, light and rain sensor, 7" multimedia system and air conditioning. https://www.autocosmos.cl/autos/hatchbacks-compactos

When you arrive at Kabul International Airport, the first thing you notice is the women, clothed in brown scarves and black cloaks, stamping passports. An airfield, which one year ago was the scene of a panicked tide of people desperate to escape, is now much quieter and cleaner. Rows of white Taliban flags flutter in a summer's breeze - billboards of the old famous faces have been painted over. What lies beyond this gateway to a country which was turned upside down by a swift Taliban takeover? Kabul, where women are told to give their jobs to men The messages are startling, to say the least. "They want me to give my job to my brother," writes one woman on a messaging platform. "We earned our positions with our experience and education… if we accept this it means we have betrayed ourselves," declares another. I'm sitting down with a few former senior civil servants from the finance ministry who share their messages. They're part of a group of more than 60 women, many from the Afghanistan Revenue Directorate, who banded together after being ordered to go home last August. They say Taliban officials then told them: Send CVs of your male relatives who can apply for your jobs. "This is my job," insists one woman who, like all women in this group, anxiously asks for her identity to be hidden. "I worked with so much difficulty for more than 17 years to get this job and finish my master's degree. Now we are back to zero." On a telephone call from outside Afghanistan, we're joined by Amina Ahmady, former director general of the Directorate. She's managed to leave, but that's not a way out either. "We are losing our identity," she laments. "The only place we can keep it is in our own country." Their group's grand title - "Women Leaders of Afghanistan" - gives them strength; what they want is their jobs. They're the women who seized new spaces for education and job opportunities during two decades of international engagement which ended with Taliban rule. Taliban officials say women are still working. Those who do are mainly medical staff, educators and security workers including at the airport - spaces where women frequent. The Taliban also emphasise that women, who once held about a quarter of the government's jobs, are still being paid - albeit a small fraction of their salary. A former civil servant tells me how she was stopped on the street by a Talib guard who criticised her Islamic head cover, or hijab, although she was fully covered. "You've got more important problems to solve than hijab," she shot back - another moment of women's determination to to fight for their rights, within Islam. Fears of famine weigh on rural Ghor The scene seems idyllic. Sheaves of golden wheat shimmer in a summer's sun in the remote central highlands of Afghanistan. You can hear a gentle lowing of cows. Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining patch of grain. "There's much less wheat this year because of drought," Noor remarks, sweat and dirt streaking his young face. "But it's the only job I could find." A harvested field stretches into the distance behind us. It's been 10 days of backbreaking work by two men in the prime of their life for the equivalent of $2 (£1.65) a day. "I was studying electrical engineering but had to drop out to support my family," he explains. His regret is palpable. Ahmad's story is just as painful. "I sold my motorbike to go to Iran but I couldn't find work," he explains. Seasonal work in neighbouring Iran used to be an answer for those in one of Afghanistan's poorest province. But work has dried up in Iran too. "We welcome our Taliban brothers," Noor says. "But we need a government which gives us opportunities." Earlier that day, we sat around a shiny pine table with Ghor's provincial cabinet of turbaned men seated alongside Taliban Governor Ahmad Shah Din Dost. A former-shadow deputy governor during the war, he gruffly shares all his woes. "All these problems make me sad," he says, listing poverty, bad roads, lack of access to hospitals and schools not operating properly. The end of the war means more aid agencies are now working here, including in districts out-of-bounds before. Earlier this year, famine conditions were detected in two of Ghor's most distant districts. But the war isn't over for Governor Din Dost. He says he was imprisoned and tortured by US forces. "Don't give us more pain," he asserts. "We don't need help from the West." "Why is the West always interfering?" he demands. "We don't question how you treat your women or men." In the days that follow, we visit a school and a malnutrition clinic, accompanied by members of his team. "Afghanistan needs attention," says the Taliban's young university-educated Health Director Abdul Satar Mafaq who seems to sound a more pragmatic note. "We have to save people's lives and it doesn't need to involve politics." I remember what Noor Mohammad told me in the wheat field. "Poverty and famine is also a fight and it's bigger than the gunfights." Star student shut out of class in Herat Eighteen-year-old Sohaila is fizzing with excitement. I follow her down a darkened stairwell into the basement floor of the women-only market in Herat, the ancient western city long known for its more open culture, its science and creativity. It's the first day this bazaar is open - the Taliban shuttered it last year, Covid-19 the year before. We peer through the glass frontage of her family's dress shop which isn't ready yet. A row of sewing machines sits in the corner, red heart balloons hang from the ceiling. "Ten years ago, my sister started this shop when she was 18 years old," Sohaila tells me, sharing a capsule history of her mother and grandmother's stitching of brightly-patterned traditional Kuchi dresses. Her sister had also opened an internet club and a restaurant too. There's a quiet hum of activity in this women's only space. Some are stocking their shelves, others gossiping as they linger over jewellery and embroidered garb. The premises are poorly lit, but in this gloom, there's a shaft of light for women who've spent all too much time just sitting at home. Sohaila has another story to share. "The Taliban have closed the high schools," she remarks, matter-of-fact, about something that has enormous consequences for young ambitious teenagers like her. Most secondary schools are shut, on orders of the Taliban's top ultra-conservative clerics, even though many Afghans, including Taliban members, have called for them to re-open. "I'm in grade 12 - if I don't graduate I can't go to university." I ask her whether she can be the Sohaila she wants to be in Afghanistan. "Of course", she declares confidently. "It's my country and I don't want to go to another country." But a year without school must have been hard. "It's not just me, it's all the girls of Afghanistan" she remarks stoically. "It's a sad memory..." Her voice trails off as she breaks down in tears. "I was the top student." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62535300

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What was the best phone of 2020? That's a question people keep asking us. It has been a tough year all around but that hasn't stopped smartphone manufacturers from releasing pretty awesome products. Most of the smartphones we've tested this year have been good and worth recommending, irrespective of their pricing. However, this also makes our job harder when it comes to picking the best of the best. To come up with the best smartphones of 2020, we've broken it up into the most po[CENSORED]r categories and chosen a winner in each of them. The winners are not necessarily the most expensive flagships (although a few are) but rather smartphones that do a particular task exceedingly well compared to the competition. Let's begin. Best gaming smartphone 2020: Asus ROG Phone 3 Technically, any smartphone with a 700-series Qualcomm SoC, or a G8x and above MediaTek SoC can be considered suitable for gaming since even demanding titles are very playable on such devices. However, what sets the best gaming smartphone apart from others are gaming-specific features that could give you a tactical advantage if you ever decide to game competitively. For such occasions, only one name really stood out this year and that is the Asus ROG Phone 3 (Review). Asus managed to improve upon the already successful formula of the ROG Phone 2, by making this third revision sleeker and even more powerful. It's one of the few phones we had in India with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC, which was the most powerful chip available for Android phones in 2020. The gaming-specific features of the Asus ROG Phone 3 included a superb AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate, enhanced cooling, cutting-edge RAM and storage technologies, more feature-rich AirTriggers, a variety of accessories, and of course, RGB lighting. Other than the excellent gaming features, the Asus ROG Phone 3 performed general-purpose duties very well too, offering very good battery life and cameras to boot. https://gadgets360.com/mobiles/guide/best-smartphones-2020-india-battery-gaming-cameras-performance-price-2336675

Although the OnePlus Nord 2T arrives nearly a year after the Nord 2, it's actually more of a refresh with incremental updates. Even so, the Nord 2T will ultimately succeed the Nord 2 on store shelves. Powered by the Dimensity 1300 and packing a more powerful 80W charger the Nord 2T recently got its detailed written review and now it's time for the video version. Take a comfortable seat as Will tells you all you need to know about the OnePlus Nord 2T and its real-life performance. https://www.gsmarena.com/our_oneplus_nord_2t_review_video_is_out-news-55405.php

Lyons Magnus issued a massive recall for 53 different drinks a few days ago, warning that they might be contaminated with microbes. At the time, the company named just one bacteria, Cronobacter sakazakii. That same microorganism triggered the massive Abbott baby formula recall earlier this year. Lyons has now updated its recall to add many additional products. The updated list only has 32 new UPCs, but Lyons added hundreds of new lot codes and best-by dates to the UPCs it listed in the original recall. On top of that, Lyons also identified another bacteria in the drinks, Clostridium botulinum. Updated Lyons Magnus Recall Lyons issued a new press release on Thursday to announce the updated recall. You’ll find it on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) site — see this link. The company explains it added the new brands, UPCs, lot codes, and best-by dates to the list of recalled products following continued collaboration with the FDA. You’ll find the complete list of Lyons products that are unsafe to consume at the end of this post. Of note, the list does not include any products for infants. Lyons further explains it issued the recall due to the potential presence of microbes in its beverages. Potential contaminents include Cronobacter sakazakii and Clostridium botulinum. The company says customers should not drink any of the beverages in the recall, even if they do not look or smell bad. Lyons explained that root cause analysis shows the products did not meet commercial sterility specifications. The Lyons beverages in the recall come in various formats with different brand names. You can see some of them in the images in this article. The table below includes all flavors and identifying information, so you can see all the different products that are affected. The lot code and best by date should appear on the top of the carton for individual products. They’ll be on the side for multi-carton cases. https://bgr.com/lifestyle/32-new-drinks-added-to-massive-beverage-recall-heres-the-full-list-of-85-drinks/

Can spiders dream? The movement of their eyes and the reactions they have when sleeping suggests that it is. This is what we know. Jumping spiders move slowly, smoothly. They are not in a hurry. At just a few millimeters in length, they are some of the smallest arachnids in the world. However, they are also among the most agile: they can jump up to meters away, despite their small size. In addition to being innate acrobats, it seems that jumping spiders can dream. A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) suggests the possibility that these arachnids experience vivid images when sleeping, just as mammals do. This is what we know. We suggest: Why you shouldn't kill spiders you find at home What happens to spiders when they enter deep sleep states? Jumping spiders are the largest family of arachnids on the planet. According to the Naturalista platform, "constituting 13% of all species" of which there is a record. This percentage adds up to approximately 600 genera and 6000 species described. This family of arachnids has developed movable retinas. So a team of Harvard researchers recorded in a controlled laboratory environment how jumping spiders move their eyes very quickly while sleeping. And what's more: they have reactions with the body similar to the involuntary movements that other species experience when sleeping. Considering the above, the researchers overcome that the spiders are not only resting, but also dreaming: "THE OBSERVED RETINAL MOTION EPISODES WERE CONSISTENT, INCLUDING REGULAR DURATIONS AND INTERVALS, AND BOTH INCREASED OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT," THE SCIENTISTS WRITE. "THE FACT THAT THESE CHARACTERISTIC BEHAVIORS OF REM SLEEP EXIST IN A HIGHLY VISUAL AND DIVERGENT LINEAGE FURTHER CHALLENGES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS SLEEP STATE." The movement that scientists recorded is known as REM: Rapid Eye Movement, which translates as 'rapid eye movement'. This happens in some animals when they enter deep stages of sleep, and coincides with the dream experiences that some vertebrate animals have. In fact, as documented by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the REM state "represents 25% of the sleep cycle and first occurs 70 to 90 minutes after falling asleep." Taking this into consideration, the researchers suggest the possibility that spiders can dream. Beyond human cognition For centuries, the anthropocentric view that science has had of other species has biased research on animal behavior. Under the assumption that only human beings can think and perceive the world as sentient beings, much of the current knowledge about language and cognition focused on us, nothing else. Today, however, we have evidence that our species is not the only one that can dream. Jumping spiders seem to do it too. And not only that, they seem to have vivid dream experiences: "their legs, rows and abdomens were contracted, or their legs were curled up in what seemed to be a defensive posture", Science Alert documents about it. Even though spiders do not have very sharp vision, they mimic the reactions they have when they are awake when defending themselves and moving around. This behavior, the Harvard researchers conclude, could shed light on the evolution and function of the REM state. https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/descubren-que-las-aranas-saltarinas-pueden-experimentar-suenos-vividos-como-los-seres-humanos/

The best-selling car in the Latin American market, the Chevrolet Onix, was relaunched in Chile during 2020 in a completely new generation, which introduced turbo engines, greater technology and a much more current safety standard. Made in Brazil, the hatchback model is 4.16 meters long and offers 291 liters in the trunk. Today the brand offers four versions of the model, including an RS sports package. The good thing is that, as standard, the car is already very complete, with six airbags, ESP, a multimedia system with an 8" screen and connectivity to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, air conditioning and steering wheel controls. The engine is a 1.0 Turbo of 116 Hp and 160 Nm, associated with a five-speed manual gearbox or a six-speed automatic. https://www.autocosmos.cl/autos/hatchbacks-compactos

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Christian Fostitschenko sat near his camp bed at an evacuation centre in Salles, southwestern France. He lives in the little town of Saint-Magne, but he can't go home. It's too close to the fire zone. This area, south of Bordeaux, was hit by a massive fire in July, and another blaze this week. This is the second time this summer that Christian has been evacuated from his home - and he doesn't know when he can go back. "I've been here since Monday night and could be here for 10 or 12 days," he told me. "I'm fed up of it, mentally and physically," he said. "It's time to go home, but it just doesn't stop. It's a very serious fire - the first time that there's been such a big fire in our region." He sighed sadly. "But people have been very generous. The fire crews are doing a magnificent job." Climate activists fill golf holes with cement Drought on the Rhine: 'We have 30cm of water left' 'Climate catastrophe' A huge fire-fighting operation is under way. More than 1,000 French firefighters have been joined by teams from Germany, Romania, Austria and Poland. In a field near the village of Hostens, fire engines from Dusseldorf and several other German regions, were lining to up to help, as a helicopter flew overhead. Around the cordoned-off fire zone, south of Bordeaux, the big flames have been extinguished, but in some areas, almost everywhere you look, there are wisps of smoke from burning embers on the ground. We watched as a French fire crew hosed down several small fires that were still smouldering in charred tree trunks, destroyed in an earlier blaze. Stephanie Martin, from the French fire brigade told me that the fires this summer are "exceptional", with successive heatwaves, wind and no rain creating the perfect conditions for big fires. She said the emergency teams are managing to stop the fire from spreading, but they remain on high alert, because lightning, wind, and storms, are forecast for the coming days. "It is very stressful, but we are glad to have firefighters from other countries and professional teams from France." On Friday night the flames reached the edge of the village of Louchats, threatening several houses. The next morning we met the mayor, Philippe Carreyre, as he supervised a truck spraying water into the woods. "We've never known a summer like this," he said. "It's a catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe and also a climate catastrophe. The sun and wind need to be replaced by clouds and rain as quickly as possible." Our local economy depends on forestry, he said. "We have pine forests, we use the wood for construction, for houses, for the paper industry, so a whole part of the economy is threatened." In the main square in Louchats, Didier Legros parked his car close to a phalanx of fire engines. "I live close to the forest," he said. In July the flames reached within 300m (330 yards) of his house and they were forced to evacuate. "The fire came very close. We've got horses," he said. "It was very stressful." "If it continues this way, I think we will have to move away to a calmer area." The little local shop in Louchats is still open, but these days mainly for the fire crews. It's hung with banners and drawings by children, thanking the emergency crews for saving their houses. Laura Blondeau, who works at the shop, is worried too. "I was born here. I used to play in the forest," she said. "To see the forest dead like this is devastating. I'm frightened for the future." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62536131