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Massive Fire Hits Queens Apartment Building; Around 400 Firefighters Called To The Scene KEY POINTS It is believed to have begun on the building's sixth floor The fire marshall will determine its cause once they can enter the building Responders on the scene will probably stay there through the night A massive fire is currently enveloping an apartment building in Queens. Around 400 firefighters have already been called to the scene to extinguish it. A total of 21 people, 16 of whom are firefighters, have sustained injuries in the fire, The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Deputy...

Published February 17, 2021, 3:47 PM Kalaw – or the Philippine hornbill – is classified globally as a threatened-vulnerable species. In the country, however, the bird is “endangered” according to the DENR’s National List of Threatened Philippine Fauna.  It is alarming indeed as nine out of the 11 species of hornbill in the Philippines are facing critical numbers.   The Philippine Hornbill or Kalaw (All photos by Edwin Martinez) Photographer Edwin Martinez ( facebook.com/edwinmartinezphotography / IG: @EdwinMartinez) “captured” this elusive bird during an expedition at the Sier...

February 5, 2021 The University Convocation, “The Radical Possibility and Democratic Necessity of Navel-Gazing,” was held virtually by the Public Events Committee on Monday, Jan. 28. Kiese Laymon, Hubert H. McAlexander Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi and the author of the book, “Heavy: An American Memoir,” spoke at the event about his writing experience with “Heavy” and the need for navel-gazing within the community.  Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Public Events Committee, Allison Fleshman, is part of the selection pro...

CircuitMOM Podcast Shares Untold Stories Of Industry DJs Thu. January 21, 2021 8:30 AM by Ross Forman photo credit // provided ’… the stories that I have heard from our guests on CircuitPOD have been fascinating,’ said CircuitSON With 25 years of experience working with DJs, clubs, promoters, artists and circuit parties, Matthew Harvat has long been asked to share some stories. At least the stories that don't cross the line of morality too far. So Harvat – aka, CircuitMOM of CircuitMOM Productions – has the CircuitPOD pod...

How the act of hand-washing can help you cope with COVID stress FacebookTwitterEmail "Meditation doesn't always have to be formal," says Alejandro Chaoul, director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center Houston.Courtesy Alejandro Chaoul A spike in COVID-19 cases combined with the holidays make for an extraordinary amount of stress. For ways to deal with it, I called Alejandro Chaoul. For decades, working with MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, he’s researched the therapeutic effects of meditation and Tibetan yoga; and he’s the founding director of the Jung Center’s Mind Body Spi...