Communication is usually understood to be the transmission of
information. Many models of communication describe it in terms of a
source using a coding system to express ideas in the form of a message.
The message is sent through a channel to a receiver who decodes it to
understand it. For verbal communication, the message is articulated in
linguistic form, including regular speech and writing. Nonverbal
communication, including body language, touch, and facial expressions,
does not rely on a linguistic system. The history of human communication
was shaped by the development of technologies such as writing, printing,
radio, and the internet. Communication also happens among animals and
plants, for example when birds sing to attract mates. Interspecies
communication occurs between distinct species, such as flowers using
distinctive colors to signal to bees where nectar is located. The main
discipline investigating communication is called communication studies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
First World War: Troops of the British Empire defeated Ottoman
forces at the Battle of Rafa on the Sinai–Palestine border in present-
day Rafah.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rafa>
1972:
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association
lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, ending a 33-game winning streak, the
longest in major American professional team sports.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers>
1975:
In Central and Southeastern United States, a Great Storm formed
the first of forty-five tornados over a three-day period.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1975>
1992:
Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced
the discovery of two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12
(depicted), considered to be the first definitive detection of
exoplanets.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
slightingly:
(archaic) In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slightingly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We shall support vigorously the principle that no country has the
right to impose its will or rule on another by force. We shall
continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of
nuclear arms, and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the
great powers. We shall do our share in defending peace and freedom in
the world. But we shall expect others to do their share. The time has
passed when America will make every other nation's conflict our own, or
make every other nation's future our responsibility, or presume to tell
the people of other nations how to manage their own affairs. Just as we
respect the right of each nation to determine its own future, we also
recognize the responsibility of each nation to secure its own future.
Just as America's role is indispensable in preserving the world's peace,
so is each nation's role indispensable in preserving its own peace.
Together with the rest of the world, let us resolve to move forward from
the beginnings we have made. Let us continue to bring down the walls of
hostility which have divided the world for too long, and to build in
their place bridges of understanding — so that despite profound
differences between systems of government, the people of the world can
be friends.
--Richard Nixon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon>