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Today’s innovative apps are opening up new avenues for entrepreneurs to make big money, and according to businessofapps.com, consumers will spend $135 billion on apps in 2023.If you thought a successful app idea had to be complicated, you might be surprised. For example, one category that's growing in popularity is bubble-popping apps like Bubble Pop-Pop Bubble, which focuses on the human tendency to pop bubbles. With a 4.7 rating from nearly 9,000 reviewers, the app is just one of many that help you pop fantasy bubbles.Or consider Fruit Ninja, the fruit-slicing game that sold 200,000 copies in its first month…
Paris — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the arrest in France of Pavel Durov, CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, was not a political move but part of an independent investigation.French media reported that Durov, a citizen of Russia, France, the United Arab Emirates and the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, was detained at Paris airport on Saturday on an arrest warrant issued for him on allegations that his platform was used to commit crimes including money laundering and drug trafficking.In France's first official comments on the arrests, President Macron posted on social…
Multiple Districts — This summer, students got to experience what it's like to be part of a rock band at Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities' 11th annual Girls Rock Grand Rapids Camp. During the weeklong camp, girls and gender non-conforming young people ages 8 to 18 were split into groups to choose band names, design logos, and participate in instrumental and songwriting workshops. Staffed by local women and gender non-conforming volunteers, the camp included students from Grand Rapids, Godfrey Lee, Godwin Heights and Kelloggsville public schools. Each band had different combinations of students playing guitar, drums, and keyboards, some students…
Protecting What We Love: A Celebration of Environmental Action in Maine Wednesday, September 25th, 5-8pm, Freeport Photo by Kate Burgault Join us at the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). Wolf's Neck Agricultural and Environmental Center Enjoy an evening of inspiring talks, engaging workshops and hands-on activities focused on protecting Maine's beautiful environment. This event is your chance to network with like-minded people, learn about local conservation efforts and take action to protect what we care about. In addition to celebrating our collective actions, we Conservation Leadership Award It's to honor a few people who have done great work in…
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Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about. The actor: Rosalind Chao started her career as a child actor, sharing a scene with both Lucille Ball and James Hong in her first TV gig, but at the time, she wasn’t even sure that she wanted a career in acting. At some point in the ’80s, however, Chao changed her mind, and since then she’s become a familiar face in film, including notable roles in The Joy Luck Club…
By Reece Baker USD 379 Clay County School District has an app for that. Seven years ago, when smart phones started to become commonplace, USD 379 launched its district app for smartphones. The app gives users another way to access district information. The app is easy to use and is easily accessible if you are using a smartphone instead of a laptop. Matt Weller, communications coordinator for USD 379 Clay County Schools, said, “The app has a feed that shows all the news stories that we are putting out, and in my role, you will notice more of that. All…
August 26, 2024 by Wildlife Society Winterstein’s student-centered philosophy of education has inspired and guided a variety of career paths. Scott Winterstein, professor in the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, received the Wildlife Society’s Excellence in Wildlife Education Award in recognition of his exemplary teaching and contributions to improving wildlife education. Winterstein has been an undergraduate and graduate educator and leader in the field of wildlife ecology and management for over 30 years. Winterstein's teaching philosophy is based on the belief that teaching is for the students, not the teacher, which has enabled him to build…
What are PFAS? As mentioned above, PFAS are man-made fluorinated compounds found in many everyday products. Their widespread use is due to their ability to repel water, heat, stains, and oil on many surfaces.2 The concern with these materials is that they decompose very slowly, posing significant impacts to the environment and individual health. PFAS are made up of carbon and fluorine atoms that form very strong bonds that give them hydrophobic and oleophobic properties. The number of carbon atoms present determines whether a PFAS is short- or long-chain.3 The longer the carbon chain, the more likely the PFAS will…
(Illustration by Peter Grant) Have you ever heard of Kalamang? If not, you’re not alone. It’s an endangered language spoken by only 130 people and it has virtually no online presence. That’s one reason why, in 2023, it became the perfect subject for an interesting question: Could an artificial intelligence large language model (LLM) learn and translate a new language from scratch after training on only a single book? The author of that book—Kalamang’s first-ever grammar book—was University of Oslo PhD student Eline Visser. She joined researchers from Google, Stanford University, and the University of Oxford to dig into this…