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Why Country Music Dominated 2023’s Charts
Songs Discussed Lil Nas X – Old Town Road Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road remix Morgan Waller – Last Night Jason Aldean – Try That In A Small Town Oliver Anthony Music – Rich Men North of Richmond Luke Combs – Fast Car Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves – I Remember…
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Celebrities Really Love Hanging Out With Jeff Bezos
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images This weekend, the extremely rich and extremely famous came together in Los Angeles for the hottest event of the year — no, not the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala nor Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th-birthday party. Rather, the celebs ascended to Beverly Hills to celebrate Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in an…
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U.S. technology and AI in education
image: @PakinJarerndee | iStock Open Access Government examines the priorities of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, including a look at AI in education, plus digital equity for all learners The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) creates a national education technology policy and sets the roadmap for how…
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The Heavy Metal Librarian Files: Favorite books and bands: Literature and lyrics are often intertwined
Working at the library, I often get asked questions about what I am currently reading or what books are my all-time favorites. The first question is always easiest to answer, because it is something happening now — usually something recently published and newly acquired by the library. But whenever I’m asked to reflect upon the…
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Ankeny and Centennial fans share watch party at Sports Page Grill
Both Ankeny high school football teams battled each other for a trip to the Class 5A high school football championship game Friday night, drawing in proud Ankeny residents to watch the game.Ankeny topped Ankeny Centennial, 10-7, in the UNI-Dome to clinch a championship berth. While fans packed the Dome in Cedar Falls, around 150 fans…
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Billboard Music Awards Seat Fillers: How you can go to the award show and get paid for it?
If you’ve ever wondered how to become a seat filler at prestigious events such as the Billboard Music Awards, Oscars, Grammys, Emmy’s, and more, there are companies that can help you gain access to these exclusive roles. Seat fillers are individuals hired by awards shows to ensure that all seats are filled when the camera…
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Arts, culture orgs reckon with floods’ lingering impact
Your life as a professional artist demands constant attention to detail: tracking opportunities for commissions, keeping a well-stocked pile of paints, film and other supplies and making sure you have a space to focus on your craft and make a living. And of course, there’s the art itself. Now, imagine your gallery collection, your supplies,…
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Three reported hospitalized after person pulled from burning car in Marcellus
Marcellus, N.Y. — Three Onondaga County sheriff’s deputies and Marcellus Ambulance personnel pulled a driver from a burning car after it crashed in Marcellus on Tuesday. At 9:18 a.m., 911 callers reported a car had crashed, was upside down and on fire with a person trapped inside at Bishop Hill Road and Lee Mulroy Road,…
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Mindfulness meditation can help address the teen mental health crisis, researcher says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a paper published in Nature Mental Health, Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli advises policy makers to consider turning to the low-cost, readily available practice of mindfulness meditation to change brain activity associated with mental illness. “We wanted to show that lifestyle changes and behavioral interventions such as mindfulness meditation and…
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Meet the packs giving new life to fashion industry waste
Synergies between fashion and beauty have long been explored by the often overlapping industries. Embossed tweed patterns in Chanel eyeshadows, MCM’s handbag-shaped fragrances and the stiletto-like silhouette of Louboutin’s nail and lip make-up are just a few examples illustrating beauty’s love affair with apparel and accessories. But beauty packaging is now presenting an opportunity for…