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The Drug That Never Lets Go | PBS NewsHour | Sept. 20, 2012

Photo By @FatTonyBMX Dickie Sanders was not naturally prone to depression. The 21-year-old BMX rider was known for being sweet spirited and warm -- a hugger not a hand-shaker. The kind of guy who called on holidays. Who helped his father on the family farm. Who spent countless hours perfecting complicated tricks on his

Thomas J. Hudner Jr., military and civil rights hero of Korean War, dies at 93

Thomas J. Hudner Jr., then a 26-year-old Navy pilot with the rank of lieutenant junior grade, did not radio for permission on Dec. 4, 1950, when amid a punishing battle in the Korean War he purposely crash-landed his plane into an enemy mountainside in an effort to rescue a downed squadron mate. He simply swept

What does the Pacer test measure?

The Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) is a multistage shuttle run created by Leger and Lambert in 1982. The PACER is designed to measure aerobic capacity, which is characterized by endurance, performance, and fitness.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, what does the Fitnessgram Pacer Test measure?PACER test, Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance

Stay Awake: Dan Chaons frightening collection of stories

Ghosts have long served an important role in our literature not only as terrifiers, the role they're probably most comfortable playing, but also as fuddy-duddy moralizers (think "A Christmas Carol"); Victorian-era stand-ins for repressed sexual abuse ("The Turn of the Screw"); or inducers of guilt (Macbeth's Banquo). They're as abundant in the horror genre,

North Paulding High School: Parents and teachers clash after viral photo

Prayers, applause and strong opinions swirled around at an emotionally charged Paulding County School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night, video shows. Parents, teachers and students voiced their conflicting beliefs on school safety and leadership as the Georgia school district grapples with providing an education during a global pandemic.