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The 2024 Ampersand International Art Festival will light up from March 18-24 at the Kimball Theatre and other venues on campus and throughout Williamsburg. The festival had a modest beginning in 2007, when the Reves Center for International Studies organized an event called the W&M Global Film Festival. As the festival grew, theater, music, dance and author talks were featured.
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5G has yet to put self-driving cars on roads or equip robot surgeons with scalpels, but it has opened residential broadband possibilities in markets around the world. A panel at the MWC Barcelona trade show served up a global perspective on 5G FWA's advances. The panel did, however, offer some insight on the potential of network slicing to help carriers cope with growing FWA traffic.
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LIV Golf League has withdrawn its application for recognition from the Official World Golf Ranking. The LIV golf League, now in its third season, had been fighting for OWGR accreditation since July 2022. Only four players are currently ranked in the top 50 in the world.
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The Small World Festival is this Saturday in Hinesville. Leah Poole from the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce joined us on Morning Break. Copyright 2024 WTOC. All rights reserved.
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We divide these restrictions into two categories: actions by governments and actions by private individuals or groups. Our tally of restrictions includes laws that prohibit atheism, as well as attempts to coerce people into adopting religious beliefs. To measure global restrictions on religion in 2021, the study rates 198 countries and territories by their levels of government restrictions on religious beliefs and practices.
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2 years ago Read more at Pew Research Center

Results from the US PATRIOT-II trial showed a significant improvement in PFS and OS with avelumab plus best supportive care (BSC) vs BSC alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who had not progressed on frontline platinum-based chemotherapy. Most patients were White (89.4%), non-Hispanic or Latino (78.1%), and had an ECOG performance status of 0 (42.5%) or 1 (33.1%)
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The Parks and Recreation Department announced on Monday that the Beal Slough Disc Golf Course, Pine Lake Road and South 60th Street, is ranked as one of the top courses in the world. The course is 88th in UDisc’s annual World’s Best Disc golf Courses top 100 ranking and is the only Nebraska course in the list.
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As of Monday’s closing bell, Jeff Bezos boasts a net worth of $200 billion. Roughly $8.5 billion came from the tech tycoon’s selloff of 50 million Amazon shares. The sale included four transactions under a prearranged trading plan.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

LIV Golf has given up on its pursuit of ranking points from the Official World Golf Rankings, according to CEO Greg Norman. The rankings points are used to place players in the majors, men's golf's four crown jewels. Norman, in a letter to players first obtained by Sports Illustrated, indicated that 'a resolution which protects the accuracy, credibility and integrity of the OWGR rankings no longer exists'
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Sports

Prostate cancer remains a significant global health concern. From well-established risk factors to regional healthcare disparities, understanding the geographical variations in prostate cancer rates sheds light on the complexities of this disease. The global prostate cancer therapeutics market is expected to reach $26.7 billion by 2031, driven by an aging population and innovative drugs extending survival rates for advanced cancer patients.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance