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2018 West Burlington 7th Grade Girls Basketball

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Front (l-r): Kennedy Ritter, Isabella Murphy, Ellie Davis, Ashi Pennaka, Jia Liu
Middle: Shona Andersen, Taryn Havener, Kaylee Martin, Kaylee Kramer, Logan Kelley
Back: Rowan Willeford, Audrey Sperfslage, Isabella Blaufuss, Erin Ryan
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2018 JH Basketball Cheerleaders

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(l-r): Olivia Dellanos, Kelis Holmes, Abrieauna Rose, Emma Martin, Sayla Watson, Kendall Colter, Jaylin Washington
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NASA: Mini ice age is on the way due to lack of sunspots and it’s going to be very cold

Click here: Humanity is facing a long, cold winter which could see temperatures across the planet plunge to depressing lows. That’s the warning from a NASA scientist who fears sunspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped so low that it could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim mini Ice Age.
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Iowa State University Study: Weightlifting is good for your heart and it doesn’t take much

Click here: Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 percent, according to a new Iowa State University study.
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Fake fingerprints imitate real ones in biometric systems

Click here: The neural network not only generated multiple fake fingerprint images, but it also created fakes which look convincingly like a real fingerprint to a human eye.

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Error upends major ocean warming study

Click here: Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University had to walk back their findings published last month that mistakenly showed oceans have been heating up dramatically faster than previously thought as a result of climate change.

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Video shows migrant caravan is ‘organized, well-funded’ and 95% adult males.

Ami Horowitz traveled to Mexico for a firsthand look at the migrant caravan from Central America. Horowitz shows the reality of the caravan in this short 4-minute video.

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Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism

Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations that hurt their competition. John Stossel explains in this short 6-minute video.

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Falcons scrimmage Keokuk at IWU

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West Burlington’s Iliyah Moore (23) looks to the basket against Keokuk during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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West Burlington’s Leah Collier (12) puts up a free throw against Keokuk during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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West Burlington’s Sydney Marlow (10) shoots a three over Keokuk defenders during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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West Burlington’s Annaka Harris (2) looks to pass the ball over a Keokuk defender during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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West Burlington’s Alexis Davis (14) shoots a three over a Keokuk defender during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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West Burlington’s Morgan Flowers (13) pulls the ball away from a Keokuk defender during a scrimmage at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant Monday night.
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Social media use increases depression and loneliness, study finds

Click here: Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first study examining social media use shows a  link between time spent on social media and increased depression and loneliness.
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