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Veterans, their families, employees, volunteers and community members participated in Butler VA’s 11th annual Summer Health and Wellness Event. VA Butler Healthcare hosted the event on Friday, August 23rd from 10am to 2pm on the lawn outside the Abby Abraham VA Clinic. The day featured fitness and yoga demonstrations, drum circles, a farmers market and educational activities led by VA staff focused on promoting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. The event was free, but attendees were encouraged to bring items for veterans in need, including body wash, shampoo, shaving cream, razors and cleaning supplies. — Photo: Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle Michael…

Indonesian lawmakers have backed away from plans to ignore a constitutional court ruling over a controversial election ruling after demonstrators tried to storm parliament in protest at the proposal.Supporters of the Constitutional Court have welcomed the ruling with jubilation, but many have warned that the government could push for similar measures to bolster the power of outgoing President Joko Widodo and his successor, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who takes over on October 20.The constitutional crisis began when the court handed down two key rulings on August 20. The first drastically lowered the nomination standards for candidates to run in local…

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — HonorHealth is helping provide hands-on trauma care to military members through lifelike simulation. The training facility, located at Osborn Medical Center, is 15,500 square feet and includes a simulation room for personnel to complete their training. “If there's a situation where we have to deploy them overseas, this is the group that's going to be deployed, so this training is really important for them,” said Roxanne Flynn, HonorHealth's director of military and community engagement. From fake blood to high-tech mannequins that breathe and interact with trainees, the goal is to put trainees in high-stress situations and conduct…

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — HonorHealth is helping provide hands-on trauma care to military members through lifelike simulation. The training facility, located at Osborn Medical Center, is 15,500 square feet and includes a simulation room for personnel to complete their training. “If there's a situation where we have to deploy them overseas, this is the group that's going to be deployed, so this training is really important for them,” said Roxanne Flynn, HonorHealth's director of military and community engagement. From fake blood to high-tech mannequins that breathe and interact with trainees, the goal is to put trainees in high-stress situations and conduct…

This week's episode of Best of Quirx & Quirx with Bob McDonald:Blue whales are genetically healthy but are interbreeding with fin whales, study suggestsStrange Whales and Quarks8:52 Blue whales are genetically healthy, but they are mating with fin whales, study findsResearchers sequenced the genome of a blue whale that washed up on Newfoundland in 2014 and used it to conduct a comparative study of blue whales in the North Atlantic. Led by Mark Engstrom, curator emeritus at the Royal Ontario Museum, the team found that, despite their small population, the whales are genetically diverse and connected across the North Atlantic.…

Week 3 of the NFL preseason is fast approaching, and we're calm enough to continue betting on the final preseason games. Three of our five bets were winning last week, and we're hoping to cash in again this time. Our preseason total is now 7-3, so we're in the money. Just like last week, the preseason can be tricky. You never know how long your starters will play. It's also hard to predict how your backups will play, especially when they're going up against first-team players. Let's take a look at our picks and best bets for Week 3 of…

Just four teams remain in the Little League World Series with any hope of taking home the world championship title Sunday afternoon, and all four are the ones with a shot at victory when the U.S. and international championship games begin today at Lamade Stadium. The international final will feature the Asia-Pacific regional champions Taoyuan, Taiwan and the Latin American regional champions Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The U.S. final will be between Southwest Regional champion Boren, Texas, and Southeast Regional champion Lake Mary, Florida. The International Championship game is scheduled to start at 12:30pm and the U.S. Championship…

Ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers' final preseason game, there are a few things we want to go over before diving into the post-game info. The preseason is generally a great time to see young players in action, so I thought I'd put together a table of how the 2024 draft prospects for Pittsburgh and the Detroit Lions played out leading up to the game. Besides remembering how the draft went for both teams, there were some other interesting takeaways. Both teams selected seven players, but neither had a fifth- or seventh-round pick. The Lions had no third-round picks, but doubled…

Stay up to date with free updatesJust sign up for the Life & Arts myFT Digest and have it delivered straight to your inbox.How will Americans of a certain age explain 1968 to their grandchildren? “Well, sir, a famous person was assassinated. And then another one. No, not those two. That was the shooting from ten years ago. And then the racists won the presidential election in five states. There were riots that some cities never recovered from. The Democrats held their convention, and the police rioted. Vietnam? That's what the protests were like, and a president who'd been running…

Known for his flamboyant personality on and off the cricket field, Hardik Pandya has long been a figure of attention. His high-octane lifestyle and love for the limelight has made him a star, but this bold personality may have also contributed to his marital difficulties. According to sources quoted by Times Now, Natasa Stankovic was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with Hardik's high-octane lifestyle, despite her own fierce independence.Their relationship reportedly became strained due to differences in their personalities — Hardik enjoyed the attention and social life that came with celebrity status and thrived in the public eye,…