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Former Marquette women's basketball coach Carolyn Kieger accused of misconduct by ex-players

Onward State published a story this week that contained on-the-record comments from former Marquette players about Carolyn Kieger's coaching style.




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Lady Vols basketball schedule for 2025-26 season will open vs NC State in Greensboro

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball will open the 2025-26 season with a neutral-site matchup against NC State in Greensboro at First Horizon Coliseum




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Women's ballot breakdown | Illini joins Big Ten party in AP Top 25

Nov. 12—THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking. Rk., Team ReC. Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (31) 2-0 775 1 2. Connecticut 2-0 733 2 3. Southern Cal 2-0 703 3 4. Texas 1-0 665 4 ...




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LSU women's basketball dominates Charleston Southern as Aneesah Morrow shines for Tigers

LSU women's basketball bucked a bit of a slow start to blowout Charleston Southern Tuesday morning.




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Lady Vols basketball vs MTSU: Final score, Talaysia Cooper logs double-double

The Lady Vols beat Middle Tennessee 89-75 on Tuesday at Food City Center. Talaysia Cooper led Tennessee with 18 points




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Kim Mulkey updates LSU women's basketball status of PG Shayeann Day-Wilson, Last-Tear Poa

LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey provided updates for Shayeann Day-Wilson and Last-Tear Poa on Tuesday after LSU's win vs Charleston Southern.




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Texas women's basketball preview, prediction: How to watch Longhorns' game against Lamar

On Wednesday at Moody Center, a Lamar team that went 24-7 last season should provide a tougher test for the Longhorns than in their season opener.




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Louisville women's basketball: Cards use size advantage to maintain streak vs UT Martin

It was Louisville women's basketball vs UT Martin at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. See score updates and highlights from the road clash.




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Where South Carolina football ranks in latest College Football Playoff poll

South Carolina football landed 21st in the latest CFP bracket. Here’s the College Football Playoff for the newly ranked No. 23 Gamecocks.




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Blugolds men’s and women’s basketball have home opener, first games in the new Sonnentag Event Center

EAU CLAIRE— This weekend saw the first basketball games for Blugold men’s and women’s basketball during the Market & Johnson Blugold Tip-Off Tournament. The games were the first to be played at the Sonnentag Event Center, a part of the new $122 million multi-purpose facility which opened earlier this year. The event center has a capacity of 3,500 people for sporting events as compared to the ...




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Women's basketball notebook: Gonzaga got the best from a motivated Stanford team, a sign of respect for Bulldogs

Nov. 12—The Gonzaga women's basketball team has much to learn after a challenging loss at Stanford on Sunday. Losses have a way of exposing a team's shortcomings. And there is much to learn from the worst loss (89-58) in coach Lisa Fortier's 11 seasons. Stanford, unranked in the preseason poll for the first time since 1999-2000, is unranked no more. The Cardinal (3-0) entered at No. 24 in the ...




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FAO urges global commitment to tackle world's nutrition challenges

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today called on countries to put nutrition high on their national and international agendas, and to take a lead role in the upcoming Second [...]




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FAO urges strong and effective implementation of global anti-rogue fishing treaty

Washington, 15 September 2016 - The recent entry into force of a ground-breaking international accord on illegal fishing is a welcome development but it now requires "strong and effective implementation", FAO [...]




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FAO tapped to lead a global dialogue to mainstream biodiversity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries

Cancun, Mexico. On [...]




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Webinar: Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Ecosystem Restoration

Rome - The experience of farmers who manage agricultural heritage can help achieve the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration's main goals: support and scale-up efforts [...]




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Global consultation on the implementation of the UN Decade of Family farming (UNDFF) in 2019-2020

In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) to serve as a framework for developing public policies and investments to [...]




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FAO - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Programme call for experts

Rome - The FAO - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Programme opens the process of establishing a new Scientific Advisory Groupfor the 2021-2022 term.  The Programme is seeking for [...]




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Global Dialogue and High-level Segment on the Role of Food and Agriculture in the Global Biodiversity Framework 6-7 July 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will hold a Global Dialogue on the [...]




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Join us: International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, is organizing the International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 2021 [...]




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The global fertilizer market: taking stock of a tightening market situation

International fertilizer benchmark prices have risen throughout 2021.




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FAO Director-General addresses G7 Agriculture Ministers on Global Food Markets and Prices

Click here to access the presentation by QU Dongyu.

 




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New Scenarios on Global Food Security based on Russia-Ukraine Conflict

by Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).




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The importance of Ukraine and the Russian Federation for global agricultural markets and the risks associated with the current conflict

Information Note.




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Three sites in China designated FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Three sites in China - an ancient tea-producing area, a nomadic livestock-rearing region and a rain-fed stone terrace farming system - were formally recognised  as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage [...]




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20 years of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the FAO GIAHS Programme. FAO launched the GIAHS initiative at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002. Since its inception, [...]




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Two new sites in Japan designated FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Rome - Two new sites in Japan - an inland fisheries and associated paddy farming system centred on the country’s largest lake and a traditional fruit-growing area  believed to have been the [...]





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FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Plant Production

Hybrid event (FAO headquarters and Zoom)

Wednesday, 2 November 2022 from 9:30 to 20:00 hours (CET) – with reception from [...]




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Global consultation on the implementation of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) in 2021-2022

In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) to serve as a framework for developing public policies and investments to support family [...]




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FAO launches Global Information Exchange System under the 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures

Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global [...]




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Glückwunsch! Hay Milk in Austria celebrates its recognition as FAO global agricultural heritage

Salzburg – Austria, marked a significant milestone as it celebrated the formal recognition of Traditional Hay Milk Farming in the Austrian Alpine Arc as a FAO Globally Important Agricultural [...]




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FAO response to global food security challenges

Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.




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Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions: Investing in food and agriculture to achieve the SDGs

Social protection and decent jobs are cornerstones of agrifood systems transformation, but they require strong political commitment




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Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines at the heart of this year's FAO Global Conference

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing its first-ever Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines from 23 to 25 September at FAO headquarters [...]




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Traditional knowledge and innovation in Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

In this workshop, we will explore the role of innovation in supporting traditional practices that conserve agricultural heritage systems.  

Traditional agricultural practices, often rooted in the local communities and the knowledge [...]




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FAO GLOBEFISH Celebrates 40 years of impact on global fisheries and aquaculture trade

For the past four decades, FAO GLOBEFISH has been a cornerstone of global fisheries and aquaculture market analysis. Since its inception in 1984, the project has provided [...]




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Three new sites recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Indonesia and Sao Tome and Principe receive their first designations from FAO along with Austria’s second system




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The Architect of Notre Dame's Astounding Football Success

Under exuberant coach, Knute Rockne, Notre Dame set the standards for football excellence. But off the field, the Fighting Irish was a PR sensation, capturing the hearts of a riveted nation.




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Seeing Baltimore Through Aubrey Bodine's Lens

A. Aubrey Bodine's daughter reflects on her father's trained eye toward capturing the people of Charm City. Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/photographing-baltimores-working-class-9338157/




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Hooverball

Credit: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum




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Flipping Out Over Pinball

David Silverman has collected more than 800 pinball machines to preserve their history and create a national pinball museum.




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Civil War Ballooning

The story of how Thaddeus Lowe reinvented reconnaissance at the encouragement of President Lincoln.




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Rare Footage of Duke Ellington Playing Baseball

[Harry Carney Home Movies], Ruth Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History




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The Rhythms of Bali Gamelan Music

Read more at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/12/music-of-the-tropics-balinese-drum-troupe-performs-at-the-sackler/ Bells and gongs are the sounds behind Gamelan music, which has different variants from one Indonesian island to the next.




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Ask Smithsonian: Do Cannibals Still Exist?

Hungry for an answer? Host, Eric Schulze, dishes one up in less than a minute.




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What Roberto Clemente Meant to Baseball

Biographer David Maraniss says that in order to truly understand Clemente's importance to the sport, you have to look beyond his spectacular numbers




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See Footage of a Thief Breaking Into a London Gallery and Stealing Banksy's Iconic 'Girl With Balloon'

Officials launched an investigation and recovered the $360,000 print less than a week after it vanished from Grove Gallery. Two men have been charged for the crime




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DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition—and His Remains Show Signs of Cannibalism

Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest Passage in 1845




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Twin Birth Rates Have Soared Globally in the Last Three Decades

The trend is a result of women deciding to have children later in life and the use of medically assisted reproduction methods




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Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots into powerful propaganda