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City of Topeka invites community to help celebrate 'Good Neighbor Day'

Ksnt.com 

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topekans are being invited to take part in National Good Neighbor Day at a local library later this month. The City of Topeka posted to social media Wednesday, Sept. 18 about the special upcoming event which will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Topeka & [...]

PayPal has a new logo that makes it look just like everything else

The Verge 

Image: PayPal

Roughly 25 years after it launched payment processing, PayPal is “ushering in a new era for customers” with some generic black text. The company has a new logo, designed by Pentagram, that looks incredibly plain — especially compared to previous iterations of the logo that featured a rakish slant, two shades of blue, and prominent PayPal P’s.

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Bews leans on hero during flag tilt

Sydney Morning Herald 

Jed Bews turned to his famous Geelong father, Andrew, to go from a forgotten defender to a key cog in the Cats' flag tilt.

Orange Slovakia continues expansion of 5G network

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) Orange Slovakia has expanded the coverage of its 5G network, reports Zive.aktuality.sk citing Alexandra Piskunova, spokesperson at Orange Slovakia...

Gauff splits with coach Gilbert

BBC Sport 

Coco Gauff ends her partnership with coach Brad Gilbert just a fortnight after what she described as a "disappointing" US Open title defence.

Mexican chinampas survive surrounded by threats

Inter Press Service 

Mexican Crescencio Hernández orders radishes, herbs and lettuce for shipment to an alternative market in west-central Mexico City. The vegetables have been harvested from his chinampa, a pre-Hispanic wetland farming system that survives in three boroughs in the south of the Mexican capital, albeit surrounded by multiple threats. Hernández, 44, married without children, attributed the […]

Giant Leaps Start at Johnson for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague

Nasa.gov 

As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston holds a variety of unique responsibilities and privileges. Those include being the home of NASA’s astronaut corps. One of those astronauts – Nick Hague – is now preparing to launch to the International Space Station along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the […]

Seeking Open-Source Sail Configuration Simulators and Laser (ILCA) Sail Trim Resources

SailingForums: Capri/Catalina 14 Talk 

Hi everyone,

I’m on the lookout for any open-source sail configuration simulators that allow me to play around with sail controls (mainsheet, vang, cunningham, etc.) and visualize airflow over the sail. I’m especially interested in simulators where I can see how different adjustments affect performance, ideally in real-time, or even via computational simulations (CFD).

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Eli Manning, Marshawn Lynch, lead 2025 Hall of Fame nominees

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com, NorthJersey.com via Imagn Content Services, LLC) Giants quarterback Eli Manning and few other familiar Super Bowl performers are among 167 modern-day nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Running back Marshawn Lynch, kicker Adam Vinatieri, defensive end Terrell Suggs and late wide receiver Demaryius Thomas are among first-year nominees with Lombardi

Umpire Ruins Justin Steele’s Return to Cubs Rotation

SportsMockery.com 

Chicago Cubs lefty Justin Steele made his return to the starting rotation, making the start in Wednesday’s series finale against the Oakland A’s. Steele, who hasn’t pitched for the team since Aug. 27, missed the last three weeks of action because of left elbow tendinitis, wasn’t expected to go long against the A’s, but his […]

Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center

Nasa.gov 

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 4709 located around 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. Hubble beautifully captures its faint halo and swirling disk filled with stars and dust bands. The compact region at its core might be the most remarkable sight. It holds an active galactic […]