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They used their catering deposit to feed hundreds of people on Thanksgiving. Emily Bugg, 33, and Billy Lewis, 34, married on Oct. 1st at City Hall in Chicago. Instead of having a catered reception, the newlyweds used their deposit to purchase 200 Thanksgiving dinners for clients of Thresholds, a nonprofit mental health provider dedicated to […]
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Neil Lennon remains bullish about reviving Celtic’s fortunes after a second 4-1 reverse at the hands of Sparta Prague in as many matches increased pressure on the Scottish champions’ manager. Celtic have won only two of their past nine matches, with defeat in the Czech capital confirming a Europa League exit with two group games […]
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Researchers at Imperial College London have shown how the whole body changes while learning new movement-based skills. By using a new data-driven approach to analyse full-body movement during motor learning in the real world, the researchers both demonstrated the involvement of the whole body in the learning process and identified the key joint movement for […]
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Mike Tyson has been a successful entrepreneur in the marijuana industry and has a popular podcast, so his decision to go back between the ropes may have perplexed some people. Tyson, 54, will square off against Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition boxing match on Saturday night in Los Angeles. In a pre-fight press conference […]
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Intrepid developers have done the expected and necessary: Doom now runs on Nintendo’s recently released Game & Watch portable. The Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. was designed to run three games, but successfully porting Doom shows it can handle others if you have a lot of patience (via Hackaday). This version of Doom is […]
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A homeowner in Saskatoon, Canada, built a giant dragon out of snow in hopes to make people smile. Mel Thompson said it took her about a week to create the blue snow dragon on her front lawn. She started by shovelling the snow into a big pile. “I used some buckets and basically just my […]
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Fans will next week return to the Emirates, the London Stadium and Twickenham in limited numbers but many grounds, including at half of all Premier League clubs, will remain closed. The government’s new coronavirus restrictions left 51 of the 104 clubs across the Premier League, EFL and Women’s Super League able to host a maximum […]
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Overcrowding in emergency rooms is a costly and concerning global problem, compromising patient care quality and experience. In a new study, a researcher from The University of Texas at Dallas investigated whether telemedicine could enhance ER care delivery. “This longstanding problem is mainly driven by the imbalance between increasing patient flow and the shortage of […]
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HSBC Holdings Plc is considering a complete exit from retail banking in the United States after narrowing the options for how to improve performance at its struggling North America business, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The bank’s senior management aim to present the plan to the board in the coming weeks, the FT reported, […]
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Elon Musk has passed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Tesla CEO’s net worth now sits at around $128 billion, after increasing by $100 billion this year. There is a sizable gap between Musk and the number one spot, which is currently held […]
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