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The Architectural Foundation of Los Angeles is dedicated to bringing awareness about the value of architecture and related arts to the general public and design professionals. AFLA sponsors workshops, conversations, exhibits and site specific symposia that offer members and guests a unique first hand glimpse into works of art, the designers, their creative process and their finished products.

EurekAlert! is an online science news service, sponsored by AAAS, the science society. It features health, science and technology news from leading research institutes.

UCLA Linguistics Department is world's leading centers for the scientific study of language. The expertise of the faculty includes the traditional core areas of phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics, as well as the interdisciplinary fields of psycholinguistics, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and mathematical linguistics.