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Can Proper Nutrition Reduce EHV-1 Risk? One Study Says Yes

Good nutrition and correct management seem to have the ability to largely downplay the effects of equine herpes virus 1 (EHV-1) in horses, a new study out of Belgium shows. EHV-1 traditionally affects horses that are less than one year old; the virus resides in the upper respiratory tract, replicates and enters the bloodstream. EHV-1 […]

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Young Reopens City-Owned Reservoirs For Recreational Activities

In addition, residents can expect to see water bills in the mail.




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Texting your vet? The future of pet care could be virtual visits

Texts, e-mails and video chats may become part of the future of pet care.




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'Vida' and 'Never Have I Ever': shining examples of TV finally welcoming immigrants with open arms




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Ebola Patient Arrives In Maryland For Specialized Treatment

A Dallas nurse with Ebola has arrived in Maryland for treatment. Her plane landed Thursday night in Frederick.




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Cummings: Secret Service 'Worked Well' When Apprehending White House Fence Jumper

Cummings says on MSNBC that security will have to be upgraded at the White House, and it will have to strike a balance.




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‘We have to test more people’: Wisconsin expands coronavirus testing for African American, Latino and tribal communities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ‘We have to test more people’: Wisconsin expands coronavirus testing for African American, Latino and tribal communities. “All African Americans, Latinos and tribal community members in Wisconsin will have access to free COVID-19 testing under a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Tony Evers. Evers’ plan is an effort to combat the staggering … Continue reading ‘We have to test more people’: Wisconsin expands coronavirus testing for African American, Latino and tribal communities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)




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Vice: The Ghanaian Pallbearers Lean Into Their Role as Pandemic Grim Reapers

Vice: The Ghanaian Pallbearers Lean Into Their Role as Pandemic Grim Reapers. “The Ghanaian pallbearers have become the most explicit cultural icons of this pandemic. They are cultural icons of death and dying. In a new video, they warn you to stay inside, lest you wish to dance with them in death.”




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Wicklow People: New website aims to beat lockdown boredom

Wicklow People: New website aims to beat lockdown boredom. “A student from Wicklow town has built and programmed a website to help people cope with boredom during Covid-19 lockdown. The website… created by Jack Kennedy features music, youtube videos, movies, TV shows, documentaries, articles, and Wikipedia rabbit holes that are deemed interesting and entertaining. The … Continue reading Wicklow People: New website aims to beat lockdown boredom




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Lawsuit: Southern Minnesota deputies conducted roadside cavity search of woman in freezing temperatures

The lawsuit, brought the ACLU, says Rock County deputies ignored Kelli Jo Torres' pleas to go to the station or hospital.




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Bloodlines: Mr. Prospector Weaves Through Racing’s Past And Present

The two early selections for the two divisions of the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, set to be run this weekend at Oaklawn Park are Nadal (by Blame) and Charlatan (Speightstown). Both are fast, unbeaten colts with bags of speed. Whereas Nadal most recently won the G2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn as his prep for the […]

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Baltimore County Schools Name New Superintendent

In a release sent on Tuesday night, the Baltimore County Public Schools Board of Education announced that Darryl Williams will serve as the next Superintendent of Schools.




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No more samples: What you can expect at Minnesota's farmers markets

Consumers will find the farmers market experience to be altered due to social distancing guidelines.




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Comment on Clocker Suspended Five Years For Posting Fraudulent Workouts; Trainers Sanctioned by perks

omg thats about right Hamish. I never trust work times on claimers especially.




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Comment on Clocker Suspended Five Years For Posting Fraudulent Workouts; Trainers Sanctioned by perks

oh here we go... seriously get a life tired of the racial BS.




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Comment on Clocker Suspended Five Years For Posting Fraudulent Workouts; Trainers Sanctioned by perks

Theres a new female trainer at Remington park, has pretty much zero stats/starts. So far her horses have qualified/won several stakes. . Pretty talented for zero trainer whos history shows zero starts. Qualified one last night again to futurity. And then Judd Kearls shill trainer padgett who won everything in NM has not hardly lit the board. Tres Abagados Stupidos do you anything about this girl?




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Comment on Pennsylvania Gaming Board: Wagering Up 3 Percent In 2017 by Barrmorr

In my opinion the most amazing part of this story is wagering on horse racing in Pennsylvania is up. I guess people don't read all the stories about how crooked the Pennsylvania Racing Commission is and all the under handed goings on at the racetracks in the state. Anybody that would bet on racing in Pa. deserves what they get.




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State Officials Plan Unemployment Mobile App As They Cope With Backlog

The state labor secretary says her department has made great strides in ironing out problems with the unemployment website and is trouble shooting errors.




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Kirwan Reforms Among Slew Of Spending, Tax Measures Vetoed By Gov. Hogan

Most of the bills were passed before the COVID-19 crisis forced lawmakers to bring the session to a close.




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Navy's Malcolm Perry: Proving Once You're A QB You're Always A QB

What a few weeks it has been for Navy's Malcolm Perry as he has literally stood the college football world on its head for the Midshipmen. Hear Scott Wykoff's WBAL NewsRadio 1090 feature interview with Navy's Mr Everything on offense.




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Operation: Shop Local

WBAL NewsRadio, 98 Rock, WBAL-TV 11 and our partners at Howard Bank are proud to launch ‘Operation: Shop Local’ a community initiative to benefit small businesses in the Baltimore region.




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Ruppersberger: Small Businesses Need Support For Lengthy Closures

The congressman cosponsored a proposal to back $900 billion more in small business loans.




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State Officials Plan Unemployment Mobile App As They Cope With Backlog

The state labor secretary says her department has made great strides in ironing out problems with the unemployment website and is trouble shooting errors.




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‘I Think She’ll Take To The Turf’: McPeek To Target 1,000 Guineas With Fantasy Winner Swiss Skydiver

The next target for Swiss Skydiver is firm, trainer Kenny McPeek said late Saturday afternoon, roughly 24 hours after her 2 ½-length victory over Venetian Harbor in the Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park. McPeek said Swiss Skydiver is targeting the 1,000 Guineas (G1), a 1-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies, June 6 in Newmarket, England. […]

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Pope Urges Solidarity On An Easter Of Both Joy, Virus Sorrow

Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken.




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Operation: Shop Local

WBAL NewsRadio, 98 Rock, WBAL-TV 11 and our partners at Howard Bank are proud to launch ‘Operation: Shop Local’ a community initiative to benefit small businesses in the Baltimore region.




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Protesters Demand Reopening Of Maryland; Lawmakers Suggest Regional Approach

There were no arrests during Saturday's protest in Annapolis, where organizers were calling on Gov. Larry Hogan to lift his executive order shutting down many businesses by the end of the month.




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Trump tours Honeywell plant making PPE

President Donald Trump participated in a tour of a Honeywell International plant that manufactures personal protective equipment, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Phoenix .




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First peek at the next 12 Home of the Month selections

Homes include small cabin, remodeled warehouse loft and lakeshore estates.




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“I don’t want ‘crowd peer review’ or whatever you want to call it,” he said. “It’s just too burdensome and I’d rather have a more formal peer review process.”

I understand the above quote completely. Life would be so much simpler if my work was just reviewed by my personal friends and by people whose careers are tied to mine. Sure, they’d point out problems, but they’d do it in a nice way, quietly. They’d understand that any mistakes I made would never have […]




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Updated Imperial College coronavirus model, including estimated effects on transmissibility of lockdown, social distancing, etc.

Seth Flaxman et al. have an updated version of their model of coronavirus progression. Flaxman writes: Countries with successful control strategies (for example, Greece) never got above small numbers thanks to early, drastic action. Or put another way: if we did China and showed % of population infected (or death rate), we’d erroneously conclude that […]




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How scientists perceive advancement of knowledge from conflicting review reports

Kevin Lewis pointed me to this article. It seemed kinda familiar, I took a look at the abstract, and I realized . . . I reviewed this article for the journal! Here was my referee report: The paper seems fine to me. I have only two minor comments, both relating to the abstract. 1. I […]




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Statistics controversies from the perspective of industrial statistics

We’ve had lots of discussions here and elsewhere online about fundamental flaws in statistics culture: the whole p-value thing, statistics used for confirmation rather than falsification, corruption of the pizzagate variety, soft corruption in which statistics is used in the service of country-club-style backslapping, junk science routinely getting the imprimatur of the National Academy of […]




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NPR’s gonna NPR (special coronavirus junk science edition)

1. The news! Zad’s cat, pictured above, is not impressed by this bit of cargo-cult science that two people sent to me: No vaccine or effective treatment has yet been found for people suffering from COVID-19. Under the circumstances, a physician in Kansas City wonders whether prayer might make a difference, and he has launched […]




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Imperial College report on Italy is now up

See here. Please share your reactions and suggestions in comments. I’ll be talking with Seth Flaxman tomorrow, and we’d appreciate all your criticisms and suggestions. All this is important not just for Italy but for making sensible models to inform policy all over the world, including here.




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After 'bumpy' GOP endorsement fight, Michelle Fischbach seeks to unseat Collin Peterson

Bruising convention battle calls into question party unity behind the Peterson challenger.




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Orioles Opening Day Delayed, Spring Training Games Canceled

The Baltimore Orioles' Opening Day will be delayed by at least two weeks after Major League Baseball announced its response to the coronavirus outbreak Thursday.




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MLB Delays Opening Day Until Mid-May At Earliest Due To Virus

The commissioner's office said clubs remain committed to playing "as many games as possible" when the season begins.




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Former Oriole Pearce Retires, Injured Most Of 2019

The journeyman's career saw a resurgence after he joined the Orioles. He went on to be the MVP of the 2018 World Series with the Boston Red Sox.




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Elbow Room: Santana Suspended 10 Days By Oaklawn Stewards For Careless Riding

Ricardo Santana Jr., whose six-year streak as Oaklawn's leading rider was ended in 2019 by David Cohen, has been suspended the final 10 racing days of the 2020 race meeting at the Hot Springs, Ark., track for an incident involving Cohen in the stretch run of the seventh race on Sunday, April 5. Santana was […]

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Introducing Ask Ray: Impertinent Answers To Important Questions

In a new video feature being introduced today, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick tries to answer questions that readers have submitted using the “Ask Ray” button at the top of the horse racing website's home page. Many recent “Ask Ray” questions have focused on re-scheduling of major races and the resumption of the sport in […]

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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Arkansas Derby’s Deeper Division

By all accounts, the second division of Saturday's Grade 1 Arkansas Derby from Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark., going as the 13th race on the 14-race closing-day program, is much deeper in quality than the first division, which is dominated by the Speightstown colt Charlatan, likely an odds-on favorite. Nadal, who like Charlatan is an […]

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SEASON OPENING FOR NORTH RIM MAY 15

Grand Canyon's North Rim to open for the season on May 15, 2009. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/north-rim-season-opening.htm




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Park Helicopter Exhibit a Hit at Air Force Open House

Grand Canyon National Park was once again invited to display its contracted MD 900 Explorer helicopter at the recent "Thunder in the Desert" Open House and Air Show at Luke Air Force Base on March 21 and 22 in Glendale, Arizona.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-2009-04-02-luke.htm




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Grand Canyon's North Rim to Open for the 2009 Summer Season on May 15

The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-2009-05-13-north-rim.htm




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National Park Service Seeking Comments on Mule Operations and Stock Use in Grand Canyon National Park

The National Park Service is now accepting comments on mule operations and stock use in Grand Canyon National Park as the agency begins to develop an environmental assessment.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-2009-05-22-stock.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin Receives Resource Stewardship Award

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-2009-06-01-award.htm




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National Park Service Announces Availability of Environmental Assessment for Train Operations in Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-announces-availability-of-environmental-assessment-for-train-operations-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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US Court of Appeals GRCA CO River Management Decision

An opinion was filed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today, affirming the United States District Court’s entry of summary judgment for the National Park Service in a lawsuit titled “River Runners for Wilderness, et al v. Stephen P. Martin, et al. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-national-park-service-in-lawsuit-challenging-grand-canyon-national-parks-colorado-river-management-plan.htm




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Aspen Fire Update, Grand Canyon National Park: August 23, 2009

The Aspen Fire, located on the Walhalla Plateau east of the North Rim developed area in Grand Canyon National Park, received precipitation on Saturday, August 22, reducing visible smoke and fire activity.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2009-08-23_aspen.htm