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Pune autorickshaw driver arrested for pelting stones on police route march, wife bites woman constable




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‘I will miss US as a team’ — Neeraj Chopra wishes happy retirement to coach Klaus Bartonietz




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Ranji Trophy: Shreyas Iyer’s double ton puts Mumbai in command against Odisha




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Sanju Samson stars with ton as India defeat South Africa by 61 runs in 1st T20I




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Pep Guardiola concedes Premier League title after losing to Brighton




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‘It’s just an empty space’: Aussie off-spinner Nathan Lyon on not having the 300-wicket milestone ball




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Israel, Iran, Trump and Kamala: As war clouds loom over Middle East, weather in Washington matters




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My Kid Brother Washington Sundar

'The world is yet to watch him, show his prowess as a batter, but given the chance he will do a great job.'




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Neeraj Chopra's emotional tribute to Coach Bartonietz

Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday bid an emotional farewell to his German coach Klaus Bartonietz who ended his five-year partnership with the star Indian javelin thrower, citing family commitments.





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Brighton cite 'concerns' over restart as third player tests positive for Covid-19

  • Unnamed player to go into 14-day isolation
  • Chief executive: every club is sizing up restart with self-interest

A third Brighton and Hove Albion player has tested positive for coronavirus, the club’s chief executive has said.

Related: Using players as guinea pigs would wipe out Premier League's integrity | Paul Wilson

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'Airlines are way behind': Hilton CEO says hotels more likely to recover faster from coronavirus

The hotel industry, like all others in the travel space, is facing an unprecedented crisis - a truth that's starting to show teeth as companies release financial reports for the first quarter. But there are signs of hope that the industry will recov...




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Clinton Leads Trump By 2 Points: Poll

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading Republican rival Donald Trump by 2 percentage points among likely voters, according to a national Fox News poll.




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Clinton Has 65 Pct Chance Of Winning Election: Poll

FiveThirtyEight founder and editor-in-chief Nate Silver said in a blog post




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Clinton, Trump In Nail-Biting Finish To Brutal U.S. Prez Poll

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump today scrambled to make their final pitch to voters in the closely-contested U.S. presidential race dogged by controversies like the Democratic nominee's email scandal.




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Clinton Wins Dixville Notch Midnight Vote

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday beat Republican rival Donald Trump in Dixville Notch, a small town in New Hampshire that traditionally votes just after midnight before the Presidential election balloting starts elsewhere in the US later in the day




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U.S. Presidential Elections: Hillary Clinton Leading Donald Trump By Four Points Says, Poll

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival Donald Trump by 4% points, a latest national opinion poll said on Sunday, two days ahead of the crucial US general elections.




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Halliburton writes off investment in Venezuela

Crude production in the country has dropped to less than half its level in 1998




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Billy Vunipola: 'It wouldn't be right for me to play for Tonga'

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Vunipola has played a supporting role in rugby's version of House of Cards. The No 8 turned political pawn as his name was touted in promises for World Rugby elections




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Keira Knightley and husband James Righton ring in the 75th anniversary of VE Day 

The actress, 35, and her husband James, 36, enjoyed a socially-distanced celebration to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day in London.




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Firmware for R&S®TSMA Autonomous Mobile Network Scanner




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Schoenberg's atonal music: musical idea, basic image, and specters of tonal function / Jack Boss

Lewis Library - ML410.S283 B66 2019




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Topological and non-topological solitons in scalar field theories / Yakov M. Shnir (Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Moscow)

Barker Library - QC174.26.W28 S46 2018




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India’s coal production to clock record 700 million tonnes in FY21: Coal Secretary

Coal Secretary Anil Jain said FY20 coal production was lower than the target of 660 million tonnes because of flooding of a key coal mine.




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Brighton Covid-19 case highlights challenges of resuming EPL





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On behalf of Ballou Library in Washington DC, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

The final total of books gifted to Ballou Library via the October Book Fair & Cyber Monday  holiday shopping (which continued all week), comes in just over 200 titles! Thank you so much for buying books and helping to spread the word for this DC high school!


The wish list remains open year-round and there are a ton of great books on it, all of them chosen and approved by Ballou students. These are books the teens want and we so enjoy doing everything we can to get these books to them.

In the coming days I will be moving things around a bit on the list, getting series books together so they are easier to find. (I really really REALLY wish that amazon had "search by title" and "search by author" functions. So frustrating!) And we will, of course, be continuing to assist Ballou to fill its shelves next year and hope that you will return to the list and also help us spread the word about the amazing work done by librarian Melissa Jackson.

Have a lovely holiday folks, and thanks again for all you do to support this high school library.



  • Book Fair for Boys

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Dear Martin by Nic Stone


Lots of authors are publishing gritty, raw stories grounded in current events and this book by Nic Stone is another that falls into this category. The young man on the cover bears an uncanny resemblance to Trayvon Martin what with the hoody and all. Also on the cover is a quote from author Jason Reynolds proclaiming the novel to be "raw and gripping". That quote alone was enough to make me pick this book up as it will for many readers, I am sure.

Justyce is bright, articulate and for the most part just a regular high school kid trying to make it to graduation and then make his way to a prestigious college if all goes well. In the novel's intro we meet him trying to do right by his on again, off again girlfriend Melo who is about to make a bad decision. His actions are somehow misconstrued by a passing police officer and before he knows it Justyce ends up face down with a face full of asphalt. This is only the precursor to what is destined to be an eventful Senior year to say the least.


As it so happens Justyce's grades have allowed him to gain entry to one of Atlanta's most prestigious private schools where seemingly every teacher has at least three degrees. Most of the students are bright, many come from well to do families such as his best friend Manny whose parents are successful professionals. As you would expect, the campus is not very diverse and some of the students display white privilege (perhaps a bit too predictably by lamenting the fact that minorities have it "easy") Justyce's way of dealing with the many, many changes occurring in his life is to write letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He's studied the Civil Rights leader's speeches in class and is trying to reconcile the words and the values espoused therein with the realities of daily life. As if that isn't complicated enough, there is also the not so small matter of the evolving relationship with his debate partner SJ.

I've read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely and this novel is just as gripping, timely and relevant. Stone does a great job balancing the heavy stuff with some touchy feely stuff so it isn't too hard to digest. Well worth a read.




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Third Brighton player tests positive for coronavirus

A third Brighton player tests positive for coronavirus.




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Reunion x Station Cold Brew Coffee & Tonic




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Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing

In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron can pass its quantum information to a particle of light. The particle of light, or photon, can then act as a messenger to carry the information to other electrons, creating connections that form the circuits of a quantum computer.




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Princeton University is significant contributor and catalyst to New Jersey economy, quality of life

Princeton University has a substantial impact on the New Jersey economy, generating an annual total of $1.58 billion in economic output as an employer, research and innovation leader, sponsor of construction projects, purchaser of goods and services, and financial and civic contributor to local communities. That total supports an estimated 13,450 jobs with $970.7 million in earnings.




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Prentice to succeed Lee as Princeton provost

Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice will take office as Princeton University's provost on July 1, succeeding Provost David Lee. Lee has decided to return to full-time teaching and research after serving since 2013 as the University's second-ranking officer.




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Princeton joins court challenge to federal immigration executive order

Princeton University and 16 other universities filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday supporting a legal challenge to the Trump administration's Jan. 27 executive order on immigration.




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Researchers create 'time crystals' envisioned by Princeton scientists

Theories developed at Princeton University led to the creation of time crystals reported in the journal Nature March 9 by two groups of researchers based at Harvard University and the University of Maryland. Time crystals feature atoms and molecules arranged across space and time and are opening up entirely new ways to think about the nature of matter. They also eventually may help protect information in futuristic devices known as quantum computers.




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Princeton offers admission to 6.1 percent of Class of 2021 applicants

Princeton University has offered admission to 1,890 students, or 6.1 percent of the record 31,056 applicants for the Class of 2021, in what is the University's most selective admission process to date. Last year, the University's admission rate was 6.46 percent. The class size is expected to be 1,308 students for the Class of 2021.




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Princeton unveils preview of new main website design

Princeton University has made public a preview version of a new design for its main website and is seeking comment from the University community and other visitors to the site. The preview site is at beta.princeton.edu.




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Princeton reaffirms climate pledge

Princeton University has reaffirmed a statement it made in 2015 expressing the hope that the then-upcoming U.N. Climate Negotiations in Paris would “lead to significant progress in promoting clean energy and other positive actions to address the environmental impacts of climate change.”




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Princeton University holds 270th Commencement

Princeton University awarded degrees to 1,268 undergraduates in the Class of 2017, three from former classes and 520 graduate students at its 270th Commencement Tuesday, June 6.




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St. Louis Community College in Bridgeton, Missouri, Selected for $200,000 EPA Job Training Grant

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




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Community members step up to pay Washington County school lunch debt

Two residents of Washington County organize donations from community members to pay Washington County School District 15k+ lunch debt

       




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Magnitude  mb 4.8
Region  SOUTH OF TONGA
Date time  2020-05-10 05:04:00.0 UTC
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ML 2.4 WASHINGTON

Magnitude  ML 2.4
Region  WASHINGTON
Date time  2020-05-10 07:50:23.7 UTC
Location  45.86 N ; 120.29 W
Depth  16 km




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Former Purdue forward Vincent Edwards officially signs with Houston Rockets

Vincent Edwards signed with the Houston Rockets on Thursday, per the team.

      




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West Lafayette grad Luke Staton gambles on himself with Purdue football walk-on spot

The Red Devil linebacker will join the Boilermakers in the fall.

       




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Purdue basketball opens Charleston Classic against Appalachian State

The Boilermakers open the 2018 ESPN Charleston Classic against Appalachian State, with the winner facing Davidson or Wichita State.

       




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Toughness, maturity define incoming Purdue quarterback Austin Burton

Austin Burton announced last week he's transferring from UCLA to Purdue. He'll be a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility.

       




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UFC 249: Justin Gaethje finishes Tony Ferguson to capture interim lightweight title

Justin Gaethje produces the best performance of his career to finish Tony Ferguson and win the UFC interim lightweight title at UFC 249.




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Kingston officially clear of positive COVID-19 cases

Kingston’s top health officials say that there are no current cases of COVID-19 active in the city.




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Drive-by Mother's Day celebration at Edmonton retirement home

Messages to mothers and words of support were front and centre as Edmontonians cruised by MacTaggart Place retirement residence on Saturday afternoon.