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From Napoleon to Doctor Who: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Going out: Cinema NapoleonOut nowRidley Scott’s Napoleon biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix is less po-faced historical epic than it is deadpan character study. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of battles and skirmishes – but his love life proves just as lively, with Vanessa Kirby delivering a sultry turn as the defiantly unfaithful Joséphine de…
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Takeaways from the Scioto Valley Conference boys basketball preview scrimmages
BAINBRIDGE — It’s almost that time of year again. With just a few scant days until the high school boys basketball season begins, the Scioto Valley Conference hosted its annual boys basketball preview scrimmages on Friday night at Paint Valley High School. The scrimmages were divided into four two-quarter games, allowing fans a glimpse of…
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Desoneração da folha de pagamento: golpe duro para o setor de tecnologia
A decisão recente do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva de vetar integralmente o projeto de lei que prorrogava a desoneração da folha de pagamento para 17 setores econômicos, incluindo o vital setor de tecnologia da informação, representa um marco crítico que requer uma reflexão aprofundada. Esse veto lança sombras sobre a competitividade e a…
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Crop rotation soil health
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Unless the price of corn increases relative to the value of soybeans before planting time next year, we are certain to see continuous soybeans planted on more farms across the area. That change is not surprising. We need to…
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LETTER: Address mental health, struggling Iowans first
Gov. Reynolds wants to use the $1.83 billion budget surplus and the $2.74 billion tax relief fund to eliminate the state income tax. Prior to doing so, how about fully funding her mental heath bill and providing some help for struggling Iowans? She could start by increasing the child tax credit, paying our teachers more,…
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WATER FIGHT: Local group concerned about quarry’s potential impact
It was January 2022 that I last wrote about our ongoing battle with Vulcan Construction Materials and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) regarding the proposed aggregate quarry in south central Comal County. A lot has come to pass since then. I left off with news that TCEQ and Vulcan had appealed our unprecedented…
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FITSKO: Lessons in baseball
An old friend, Hub Greenlees, whom I’ve known since I moved to New Braunfels, surprised me a couple of weeks ago with a nice note and book for a little something I did on behalf of his daughter, Kimberly, who was once a student at a school where I was principal. While such a deliberate…
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Colorectal cancer: Alcohol and white bread linked to higher risk
Share on PinterestWhite bread and alcohol may contribute to colorectal cancer risk, new research shows. Design by MNT; Photography by SEAN GLADWELL/Getty Images & Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images. Colorectal cancer is a common cancer type that can lead to poor health outcomes. Research is ongoing about risk factors for colorectal cancer and what people can do…
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Japan’s Galapagos syndrome found in cell phones
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The Galapagos and Japan: both island chains in the Pacific, both highly idiosyncratic, and both famous for instances of evolution — the Galapagos with finches and tortoises, Japan with cellphones. The comparison is no joke. Around 20 years ago,…
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Shoppers travel to Elizabethtown for Black Friday to find gifts
Black Friday shopping veterans and novices took to the retail district on Dixie Highway in Elizabethtown to find the next best deal, if there was one. Lebanon Junction resident Beth Clark was there shopping at the Overstock Furniture & Mattress with family members.