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Verkada is taking it back to basics — and offline — through a unique work perk. After 3 p.m., three or more employees can spend up to $30 in total on food and drinks. San Mateo County became the first in the nation to declare the issue a public health emergency and this month pledged to invest $1 million in fighting loneliness.
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2 years ago Read more at The Mercury News

Maryland's ION Storage Systems is apparently breaking some rules when it comes to battery science. Lithium-ion power packs typically have an anode, cathode and electrolyte — all needed for common chemistry to work. But a recent ION news release promotes an 'anodeless" creation with a unique design concept. Part of the big news is the tech's reported deployment with the U.S. military, as it survived
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2 years ago Read more at The Cool Down

Harrison Humanities Montana is a nonprofit state council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has a B.A. in English literature from Manhattanville University. Harrison is credited with raising funds in Montana. He has worked for Helena Food Share, The Greater Yellowstone Coalition.
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2 years ago Read more at Independent Record

Melissa Galen joins the team as a senior architect, bringing more than a decade of experience primarily focused in the housing sector with a specialty in mass timber design. She has built a robust portfolio of projects, from multifamily and senior living to mixed-use and modular housing. Nutter pioneered Dozer Day, which gives children and students hands-on exposure to construction careers.
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2 years ago Read more at The Columbian

Sabastian Sawe won the Prague Half Marathon in a world-leading PB of 58:24 on Saturday (6). The 29-year-old was racing just a week after finishing seventh at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. After exchanging the lead from 15km, Gete Alemayehu eventually strode away from Kenya’s Jesca Chelangat to win in 1:08:10.
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2 years ago Read more at World Athletics

Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won its first big battle with Waterloo. A half-century ago on Saturday, April 6, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song. In the English coastal town of Brighton, fans were staging a flashmob dance.
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2 years ago Read more at WPLG Local 10

The GameScent is a bizarre new product that lets players smell their games. It uses AI to analyze a game’s audio and release one of six scents to match what’s happening on screen. The gameScent’s more cost-effective $180 price tag seemed more practical on paper.
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2 years ago Read more at Digital Trends

Observing Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, there are many exceptions — during menstruation, due to health concerns, while pregnant or breastfeeding, or while traveling. As the holy month falls, many Muslim professional athletes don’t fast. But if you aren’t able to do this, let a coach know.
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2 years ago Read more at Oregon Public Broadcasting

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: Saturday-Sunday, Lory Student Center, 1101 Center Ave. Mall, and The Lyric, 1209 N. College Ave., Fort Collins. Festival passes $35 to $110; individual tickets also available, actfilmfest.org.
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2 years ago Read more at Loveland Reporter-Herald

In 1931, the U.S. Forest Service established this 2,600-acre forest near Conway as a place where scientists could research forest management methods. For more than 90 years, foresters, biologists, and other resource managers and scientists have conducted decades-long studies at the property. One of them, Bill Leak, has spent his 68-year career studying this forest.
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2 years ago Read more at Concord Monitor