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The 22 point fourth-quarter comeback is not enough for the OABCIG Falcons during their quarterfinal playoff game.
The OABCIG Falcons, last year’s champions, were ready for another trip to the Dome but were stopped early in the playoffs when they were unable to beat Southeast Valley. The very same team the falcons lost to in September during their regular season.
According to Storm Lake Radio, going into halftime the score was twenty-six to zero with Southeast Valley in the lead. It wasn’t until the Falcon’s first possession in the second half that they scored making it twenty-six to 6.
Within the last five minutes of the game, the Falcons were able to put twenty-two more points on the board, but when that time clock hit zero it wasn’t enough. The final score was thirty-four to twenty-eight.
2019 OABCIG graduate Lindsey Kruse had this to say…. SOUND HERE
The Falcons finish their season 9-2
https://stormlakeradio.com/news/2021/11/05/falcons-rally-falls-short-at-southeast-valley
Pfizer and bio and Tech are Requesting emergency use authorization from the FDA for a vaccine booster that is eligible for all individuals 18 and older.
According to CNN, the request is based on results from a phase 3 trial that involved more than 10,000 participants. It found that boosters were safe and were 95% effective against symptomatic covid-19.
Pfizer initially sought the okay for booster doses for everyone 16 and older however the FDA authorized it to use for a limited group of adults. since then eligibility now consists of anyone who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine 6 months ago or longer if they are 65 years or older, at risk of severe covid-19 from an infection because of medical conditions, pregnancy, or at risk because of living or work conditions
Junior Nursing student Sarah Severes had this to say.
This request also comes from federal health officials and their concern as the country heads into the winter months
Studies show that dogs can catch human emotions as if they were contagious and tend to mirror them.
An article from National Geographic explains that there is a range of emotional connections between a dog and its owner. Our canine companions can sense and understand our emotions, but they can also share them.
Larry Young, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University explains that when bonding with a dog through actions such as eye contact and physical touch it releases oxytocin. Young says “In order to have emotional contagion, dogs need to be able to recognize the emotions of their owner—that requires attention, which oxytocin facilitates. It causes the brain to focus on social cues.”
Dogs have affective empathy which is defined as the ability to understand someone else’s feelings. Specifically, those who are important to them.
Clive Wynne, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University explains that dogs are very social beings and they are easily affected by human joy. However, the latter is also true which means that if the owner is stressed and anxious, the dog will mimic these feelings.
Paige Taylor, a psychology student, and dog owner had this to say – SOUND HERE
Sensory factors such as facial expressions and body odor can also influence the emotional contagion between humans and dogs. The Journal Learning & Behavior found that dogs respond to human faces that express six basic emotions— anger, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise, and disgust. Dogs are also very sensitive to body odor. This is how they can detect diabetes in humans. This idea works the same in emotional responses.
The length of a relationship can also influence a dog’s ability to catch on to its owner’s emotions.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/yes-dogs-can-catch-their-owners-emotions
This has been “The Latest” for Tuesday, November 16th.