May the Fourth be with you: How 'Star Wars' fans are celebrating the iconic films this year Star Wars fans, this day is for you. May 4 is upon us, but to fans of the space franchise, it’s more commonly referred to as “May the Fourth” — a play on the iconic Star Wars phrase “May the Force be ... 05/4/2024 - 10:34 am | View Link
Dive into the future: Honda's UNI-ONE lets you move with your mind (almost)! Honda's UNI-ONE is a hands-free mobility device controlled by body motions, offering immersive VR gaming and improved accessibility for wheelchair users. 05/4/2024 - 6:10 am | View Link
THIS AND THAT: Changes and an out-of-control world Do you ever feel as though life is out of control? Too much is happening too fast? Change has come, but it’s not always to your liking? 05/4/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
16 Tell-Tale Signs You're a Control Freak, Despite Not Wanting to Admit It Control freaks often have difficulty acknowledging their excessive need to exercise control over people. No one worth keeping around over the long haul will stick around if you’re controlling and want ... 05/4/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Raleigh Police Animal Control to host free clinics offering low-cost rabies vaccines for pets As the weather warms up, more people will be spending time outside with families and pets, and everyone, including our four-legged friends, need to be protected. 05/3/2024 - 11:27 am | View Link
Brainwashing Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and forced re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. 05/3/2024 - 1:26 pm | View Website
How to Control Your Mind: 20 Science-Backed Strategies Mind control involves intentional practice in activities that include: Mindfulness; Meditation; Gratitude; Positive visualization; Goal-setting; Physical activity; Acts of kindness; Limiting exposure to negativity; Setting boundaries internally and externally; Keep reading to explore the 20 strategies you can start using today! What Are the ... 05/3/2024 - 11:10 am | View Website
Mind control as a guide for the mind | Nature Human Behaviour Mind control is a common plot device in many genres of fiction. Its ubiquity is perhaps unsurprising: the prospect of the explicit, full control of the mind evokes alluring and startling ... 05/3/2024 - 9:01 am | View Website
How to Control Your Mind: 10 Techniques Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD — By Crystal Raypole on January 8, 2021. You don’t have to live in a sci-fi movie to control your mind. We break down 10 strategies to help you... 05/3/2024 - 7:35 am | View Website
5 Signs Someone Is Using Mind Control against You and How to Prevent It Mind control is the concept by which a subject’s thoughts and actions can be controlled by an external force. This can be via psychological or physical means and often involves breaking the subject down so that complete control can be achieved. 05/3/2024 - 2:13 am | View Website
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.