Oleg Vtulkin was the first photographer on the scene of the MH17 plane crash that killed 298 passengers and crew members. The anniversary evokes memories he would rather let lie. Kitty Logan reports from Torez, Ukraine.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Leftists, hawks clash – then unite – in Bundestag debate on Greece bailout
No political punches were pulled in German parliament as leftists attacked the government over Merkel’s Greece policy. But as the vote came, the socialists climbed into bed with the ultra-conservative wing of the CDU.
What happened to flight MH17? | World | DW.COM | 17.07.2015
One year ago, 298 people were killed when a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down over Ukraine. What is known about the tragedy and its consequences? DW reviews the case’s most important questions and answers.
via What happened to flight MH17? | World | DW.COM | 17.07.2015.
How a social media re-enactment ′points to′ separatist involvement in MH17 crash | News | DW.COM | 17.07.2015
Evidence that Reston ebolavirus resides in live bats in the Philippines…
| Jayme and colleagues find some “smoking bats”-possible bat reservoir species for Reston ebolavirus in the Philippines. |
@MackayIM all bats we sampled appeared clinically healthy.— Jonathan Epstein (@EpsteinJon) July 17, 2015
| Locating the Philippine RESTV sequences on the ebolavirus phylogenetic tree. Jayme et al. Virology J. (2105) 12:107.[1] |
- Cynopterus brachyotis (Lesser dog-faced fruit bat; range; fruit bat)
- Miniopterus australis (Little long-fingered or little bent-wing bat; range; insectivorous bat)
- Miniopterus schreibersii (Schreiber’s Bent-winged Bat; range; insectivorous bat)
- Chaerephon plicata (insectivorous bats)
What’s particularly interesting to me is that some of these bat species are found in Australia. However, keep in mind that the range of some (?many) bats may be underestimated. The example here is using the IUCN Red List’s described range for M. schreibersii-apparently it’s a bat that inhabits an area around the Mediterranean.[4] Last I looked, the Philippines is a bit south of there. In the past, as Wikipedia lists, a much bigger range was ascribed to this bat, also including Australia,[5] Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – among many others. Looks like there may be lots of work to do in the area of bat census.
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Molecular evidence of Ebola Reston virus infection in Philippine bats
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Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus
- Many details about bats to be found at the excellent IUCN Red List
http://bitly.com/1Joahtv - Population Structure of a Cave-Dwelling Bat, Miniopterus schreibersii: Does It Reflect History and Social Organization?
http://bitly.com/1fSnrrx - Seasonal movements of the Schreibers’ bat, Miniopterus schreibersii, in the northern Iberian Peninsulahttp://bitly.com/1JoafBT
Updates…
- Added bat specie range data (and discussion) from IUCN Red List and Wikipedia.
Havana: Afro-Cuban Culture
youngest sunflower … among elderly…
symbol of fortune – ladybug…so happy friday !!!
Dr Schäuble’s Plan for Europe: Do Europeans approve? – English version of my article in Die Zeit
On 15th July 2015 Die Zeit published this piece. Here is the original English language version.
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