Entertainment

One Piece’ Breaks ‘Egghead Arc’ With Unexpected Hiatus

One Piece, the long running and iconic Japanese animation series, is to take a six-month hiatus, effective immediately. Toei Animation, the company behind the show, said that the series will take a break after Sunday’s Episode 1122 and return in April 2025 with fresh episodes from the “Egghead Arc.” No explanation for the abrupt break was offered in a written press statement, but at an online event, it was explained
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Environmental Factor – September 2020: Aging and the environment explored through research partnership

NIEHS and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have announced the 2020 NIEHS-NIA Joint Fellowship Program (JFP) grant winners. The funding opportunity supports dual research projects, with scientists from the institutes working together for two years. The financial support allows each team to hire a postdoctoral fellow to work exclusively with them. In 2018, NIEHS principal investigators Douglas Bell, Ph.D., Guohong Cui, M.D., Ph.D., and Frederick Miller, M.D., Ph.D., received
Education

Derby school to launch challenge over VAT increase

Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCThe headteacher at Emmanuel School, Ben Snowdon, fears parents may not be able to afford the increaseA Derby school is launching a court challenge against the government's imposition of VAT on fees. Emmanuel House and other faith schools claim the tax would unlawfully discriminate against them as it could force Christian schools to close. The government says the money raised by imposing VAT would
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Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California

Summarize this content to 1000 words LOS ANGELES -- A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said. He was released the same day on $5,000 bail.The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving an unregistered black SUV with a “homemade” license
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rewrite this title Sir Ernest Shackleton cross goes on display in Dundee after 7,000-mile journey

Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCA poignant memorial to polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton from his crew has gone on display in Dundee after a journey of more than 7,000 miles from the South Atlantic.Shackleton died in 1922 in South Georgia during his final expedition. The Hope Cross was constructed by crew members who could not attend his funeral.The 3m (9.84ft) memorial is now on display beside RRS Discovery,
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rewrite this title Environmental Factor – September 2020: Intramural Papers of the Month

Summarize this content to 1000 words IntramuralBy Victoria Placentra, Prashant Rai, Saniya Rattan, Payel Sil, and Nancy Urbano Butylparaben exposure targets the liver in rats Researchers from the Division of the National Toxicology Program studied the effects of butylparaben (BP) exposure on reproductive fitness and development in rats. BP is a member of the paraben family, a group of chemicals that has antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Parabens are used liberally
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rewrite this title Artist Natalie Chapman inspired by her council estate childhood

Summarize this content to 1000 words @gethintjonesNatalie Chapman says her work reflects her experience on the margins of societyArtist Natalie Chapman grew up feeling stigmatised that she lived in a council house, received free school meals and had a parent in and out of rehab."You face prejudice from people, people have ideas about people who live in in council houses," she said.In her most personal project to date, she has
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Walz tramps through tall grass on pheasant hunting season opener but bags no birds

Summarize this content to 1000 words MINNEAPOLIS -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz spent Saturday morning tramping through tall grass on the opening day of Minnesota's pheasant hunting season, giving the campaign a chance to highlight the governor's rural roots and love of outdoor sports. Neither Walz nor Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan managed to bag any pheasants as they hunted near Sleepy Eye, a town about 90 miles (145