[ad_1] A Greene County man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently applying for and collecting COVID-19 relief funds and stealing money from the Missouri Institute of Natural Sciences, a private museum just south of Springfield that is home to Henry the Triceratops. Daniel Pomeroy pleaded guilty to two Class C felony counts of wire fraud in November 2023. He was sentenced on Tuesday, June 18, by U.S. District Judge Steven Baugh. According to online court records, Judge Baugh sentenced Pomeroy to one year on each charge but ordered the sentences to run concurrently.…
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[ad_1] Maddy Craig, Amitees Ghiasian, Daria Gerus, and Vivian Huang brought a new perspective to their science communication group project, “Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.” The project deepened their understanding of science by exploring Indigenous history and knowledge-sharing culture and comparing it to Western science. These students were among the first to experience a new Indigenized science communication requirement, developed under the guidance of Savannah Sloat, the Faculty of Science’s Science Indigenous Initiatives Manager. They were taught four models focused on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). This interdisciplinary framework focuses on the interrelationships between science and the environment and explores…
[ad_1] On National Reading Day, Sattar Adur from Thrissur unveiled a book measuring just half a centimetre. Titled ‘Salt’, the miniature book is a multilingual anthology of stories from 70 languages and weighs just 90 milligrams. It can be read with the naked eye. Sattar Adur, a Guinness World Record holder known for his miniature books, has transformed an A4 sheet of paper into 3,672 pages and created 51 tiny books of 72 pages each. The world’s smallest reading book, published on Reading Day in 2012, is a poetry collection called “One”, which is one centimetre long, half a centimetre…
[ad_1] Fox spirits are currently enjoying a surge in popularity in fiction, with books such as Yangze Zhu’s The Fox’s Wife. In Asian cultures, these mischievous shapeshifters are revered, but they are also seen as fascinating incarnations of deception. Ninetails, a new collection of nine short stories about foxes, beautifully illustrates this dichotomy.Sally Wenmao has been widely acclaimed for her poetry, but “The Nine Tails” is her first work of fiction, and she not only plays with words and images, but also brings a surreal and poetic logic to the stories themselves. Some of these stories feature fox spirits, others…
[ad_1] When Apple announced the ports of several big console games for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPad (and possibly macOS), I had already played three of the four games announced. The games I hadn’t played much, and decided to hold off on playing until the iPhone came out, were: Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Free) From Ubisoft. Assassin’s Creed Mirage Billed as a return to a more traditional series, it has a shorter running time, which may not be a good thing for those who hadn’t been paying attention until now. assassin’s creedBut even though most of the new games are…
[ad_1] The US has some support for the 2024 T20 World Cup ICC/Getty ImagesIn 2010, the US was playing in Division Five of the World Cricket League (WCL). Fast forward to 2024, and they became the biggest surprise of the T20 World Cup 2024. As co-hosts, they made history by shocking Pakistan in the group phase and advancing to the Super Eight, where they would compete against South Africa, England, and fellow hosts the West Indies for a semi-final spot. Here’s a brief history of the ups and downs of US cricket over the last two decades:2004 The USA’s first…
[ad_1] The world’s oldest wine was discovered in a Roman cemetery in Spain, and one thing is clear: it certainly had body. For almost 2,000 years, this wine has been kept in a glass urn, along with a man’s ashes and a gold ring, in an ancient mausoleum in Carmona, a small town in southern Andalusia. According to a new analysis.This study A team led by scientists from the University of Cordoba published the findings this week in the archaeological science journal Reports. The urn was recovered in 2019 after a family discovered the submerged grave while renovating their home.…
[ad_1] FRANKFURT – Europe needs to promote greater political stability, cut red tape and reduce energy price volatility to reverse declining foreign direct investment, according to a survey of business leaders by EY. Business leaders see political instability as a threat to Europe {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} More than 500 business executives surveyed by the consulting firm ranked political instability, including upcoming elections, populism and polarization as the second biggest risk to Europe, after increasing regulatory burden. Watch your favorite games anytime, anywhere with Crickit. Here’s how Europe has struggled economically for years due to soaring prices and Russia’s war…
[ad_1] It’s hard to miss the fact that companies like Google, Microsoft, and Samsung are constantly introducing new artificial intelligence tools, and now Apple has joined in, although it prefers the term Apple Intelligence because it wants users to believe its AI is better than others. Many of these Apple Intelligence upgrades are aimed at Siri, the digital assistant that’s been part of the iPhone experience since 2011 and the iPhone 4. The added AI is meant to make Siri easier to use and more useful. According to Apple, these new Siri and Apple Intelligence features will be available as…
[ad_1] BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A business conference coming to Baton Rouge aims to help small business owners succeed. The Louisiana Minority Business Development Agency Business Center will host the “EmpowerED Entrepreneurs: Accelerating Success” small business training conference July 14-15 at the Renaissance Hotel, 7000 Bluebonnet Blvd. According to the website, the Small Business Awards Reception will be held on Sunday, July 14 from 6 to 8 p.m., and the training conference will be held on Monday, July 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. “The conference is focused on providing small and minority-owned businesses with the right training…