Month: July 2021
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Beloved Actor And Personality LeVar Burton Gets Tonie-fied This Fall
The acclaimed director, producer and author’s likeness and voice will be available to a new generation of fans as a Tonie figure and audio book PALO ALTO, Calif. — This Fall, beloved actor, director, producer and author LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Star Trek and Jeopardy!) will have his voice and likeness immortalized as a Tonie! LeVar Burton’s award-winning children’s book, The Rhino…
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Can Herd Immunity End the COVID-19 Pandemic?
By Karan Chechi The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented situation worldwide, causing millions of deaths and significant damage to the world economy. For more than a year, people have heard and hoped for herd immunity that may be achievable in the long-term with near-universal vaccination. Do the low infection rates around the world…
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Nature’s Magical Place – Gibbs Gardens is where roses reign all summer
Hundreds of crape myrtles in majestic allées Gibbs Gardens is nature’s magical place all year long but summer—with vibrant color everywhere—is the most amazing season. Thousands of colorful roses create ribbons of blooms across the Valley Gardens while allées of majestic crape myrtles march along the gentle slopes. All set against a backdrop of annual…
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What is a North American Monsoon? (video)
The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon, is a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, typically occurring between July and mid-September. During the monsoon, thunderstorms are fueled by daytime heating and build up during the late afternoon and…
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US Interns, Texas, Bulgarian Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts
Students across the globe have opportunities this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space calls air live on NASA Television, as well as the NASA app, and the agency’s website, where they are also available on-demand. On Wednesday, July 28, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…
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Mother’s Market & Kitchen Announces Grand Opening Celebration of New Sunset Beach Location, July 31
Grocer to hold celebration for Sunset Beach/Huntington Beach communities COSTA MESA, Calif. — Mother’s Market & Kitchen, a 40-year pioneer in the health food movement in Southern California, today extended an invitation to the Sunset Beach, Seal Beach and other Huntington Beach communities to attend the Saturday, July 31, Grand Opening Celebration of its newest store in Sunset Beach at Peter’s Landing, 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington…
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What is a Haboob?
A haboob (Arabic: هَبوب‎, romanized: habÅ«b, lit. ’blasting/drifting’) is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world. Like haboobs that occur in the Middle East, haboob occurrences in North America are often created by the collapse of a thunderstorm. This is a local or mesoscale event, and at…
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GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team Returns to Perform at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021
OSHKOSH, Wis — The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team will take flight during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 set for July 26-August 1 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI. Aviation enthusiasts will have the opportunity to watch the squadron of six World War II-era aircraft perform their dynamic aerobatic precision flying demonstration on three afternoons of the week-long event. “AirVenture is one of the…
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BIG3 Announces ‘Return Of The BIG3 Ballout’ As Games Shift To Dallas On July 31
The BIG3 announced the league has changed the location of next weekend games on Saturday, July 31 to American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas for the “Return of the BIG3 Ballout.” The games will remain at the same broadcast slot on CBS and Triller/FITE TV beginning at 12pm PT/3pm ET. Due to increased COVID-19 concerns, the league has decided to…
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New Study Reveals That High Quality Healthy Plant-Based Diets Cut COVID-19 Risk
FN Media Group Presents Microsmallcap.com Market Commentary NEW YORK — A recent study by top researchers at Harvard Medical School and King’s College London has revealed that eating a healthy plant-based diet rich in whole foods can help protect against COVID-19. And the staggering results from nearly 600,000 respondents indicate those on a ‘high quality’ healthy vegan…