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Atlanta officials say water repairs are done after 5 days of outages and service is being restored
Read full article: Atlanta officials say water repairs are done after 5 days of outages and service is being restoredCity of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday.
Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City
Read full article: Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake CityTumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’
Read full article: Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.
New this week: 'The Sea Beast,' early Elton John, 'Maggie'
Read full article: New this week: 'The Sea Beast,' early Elton John, 'Maggie'This week’s new entertainment releases include two lost albums from rock superstars Neil Young and Elton John, more than two dozen contestants of reality shows like “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Big Brother” facing off in the contest “The Challenge: USA,” and Netflix’s “The Sea Beast” brings a “Moby Dick”-like tale down to kid size.
Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sports
Read full article: Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sportsLemiley Lane, a Bountiful junior who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, poses for a photograph at Bountiful High School, July 21, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. It's an honor, they say, but not to many Native Americans who see the portrayals throughout high school, collegiate and professional sports. Maine lawmakers last year banned Native American mascots in public schools. Attempts in other states to govern the use of Native American mascots have failed in recent years. At the college level, Native American mascots seen as hostile and abusive have been banned in championship play since 2005.
Serve those who serve our entire community: Virginia Tech researchers create reusable N95 mask alternative
Read full article: Serve those who serve our entire community: Virginia Tech researchers create reusable N95 mask alternativeResearchers in Virginia Tech's DREAMS Lab have been working around the clock for months, trying to find a solution to a problem many feared the pandemic would create. Could 3D printing be used to make an N95 replacement if the supply were to run out? said Chris Williams, director of the DREAMS Lab at Virginia Tech. Williams and his team immediately got to work, trying to create a mask that was reusable, comfortable and effective. After hundreds of different prototypes, they've landed on an effective, efficient design that they say is as good if not better than a traditional N95 mask. The DREAMS Lab has been partnering with Carilion, which does not currently have a shortage of N95 masks.
Virginia Tech faculty, students design and produce medical supplies
Read full article: Virginia Tech faculty, students design and produce medical suppliesBLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech students and faculty are living out the school’s motto - Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). Dozens from different departments at Virginia Tech have joined forces to help those on the front lines of the pandemic by providing medical equipment. They have donated the newly-made products to health care systems statewide where there’s one product that’s most in demand. That’s an important piece, bring them back to campus for sterilization,” said Chris Williams, director of Virginia Tech’s DREAMS lab. In all, they’ve produced 10 different health care products.