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‘Be kind to your mind, live drug free’ | Educating students on living a healthy lifestyle
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Beaumont Magnet Academy is in the running to win $1,000 and a free IPAD, but the contest is part of a bigger message, educating younger students on how to live healthy, drug free lives. Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s largest and longest running drug use prevention campaign. It encourages young…
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Optoma Launches New Ultra-Bright 4K Laser Home Entertainment And Gaming Projector
Laser projectors are continuing to rewrite the big-screen home entertainment rulebook with their combination of high brightness, rich colours and long life spans. And as Optoma’s new UHZ66 home entertainment and gaming projector proves, they’re also now starting to get more affordable. The UHZ66 ticks all the key laser projector boxes. It claims a huge…
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Wrong-way driver killed in 3-car crash in South Whittier
A wrong-way driver died after he collided with a sport utility vehicle which was then rear-ended by a car in South Whittier Wednesday night, Nov. 1. The 3-car crash happened on Mulberry Drive and Mills Avenue in the unincorporated county area around 7:50 p.m. A Hyundai Sonata was heading west on Mulberry Drive when for…
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College Station celebrates Music Friendly Texas Community status
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – The City of College Station officially became a Music Friendly Texas Community on Thursday. Music Friendly Texas is a state program out of the Texas Music Office, created to provide a network to foster the local music industry. Representatives from the Governor’s Texas Music Office presented the certification at the…
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Chưa hết khổ vì muỗi, người Hà Nội lại bị kiến ba khoang “hành”
“Sống trong bóng tối”, chi tiền triệu vì sợ kiến Tỉnh dậy vào buổi sáng, chị Liên (tên nhân vật đã được thay đổi), 29 tuổi, sống tại Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội bỗng nhiên cảm thấy sau cổ mình bị sưng và rát như bỏng. Sau khi ra quầy thuốc gần nhà mô tả triệu…
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Top 30 travel destinations worldwide for 2024 revealed by National Geographic
From “wildlife havens and urban escapes to off-grid locales and cultural gems,” National Geographic Traveller’s Cool List 2023 reveals destinations that are “set to make the news” next year, a company press release said. National Geographic Traveller (UK) announced a list of thirty locations which span five continents that were chosen by editors as the “top…
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SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals
SAN FRANCISCO – The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceRake, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, $1.8 million to develop miniature laser communications terminals. It was the first government contract for SpaceRake, a firm founded in 2021 by Kerri Cahoy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Telecommunications, Astronomy and Radiation Laboratory director with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering,…
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Sustainable fishing: The tech making it cheaper and greener
SafetyNet Technologies By Ashleigh Swan Technology reporter, BBC News It’s 05:00 on a Monday morning in Largs Boat Harbour on the west coast of Scotland. The sun is yet to rise and the rain is getting heavier. But Ian Whiteman is already out on the water, because over the next 12 hours, every minute counts.…
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UCLA Basketball 2023-2024 Season Preview Part 1: The Team
When UCLA takes the floor on November 6 against St. Francis in the opening game of the 2023-2024 season, it will be the start of a new chapter for Mick Cronin and the Bruins. Gone is Jaime Jaquez, UCLA’s do-everything star from the first four years of the Cronin era. Gone is Tyger Campbell, the…
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Scientist settles ‘good vs. bad carbs’ debate
Time to go against the grain? The debate over “good versus bad carbs” has long tormented diners — now, new research published in Frontiers in Nutrition is revealing the carbohydrates you should be choosing at mealtime. “It’s tempting to think of all carbohydrate foods as interchangeable,” study author Keith Ayoob, associate professor emeritus at Albert Einstein…