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.

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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

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

slightingly: (archaic) In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slightingly

___________________________ 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