OPPORTUNITY EXPLORES FOR 14 YEARS
DISCOVERS EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT FLOWING WATER
NARRATOR: Over 50 years of Mars exploration has revealed intriguing clues, suggesting Mars has a surprisingly watery past.
ASHWIN VASAVADA: There’s a lot of evidence for ancient flowing water on Mars. For one thing, there’s a lot of rivers that once coursed across the surface that are now dry, today. There’s also evidence for floods that catastrophically scoured the surface.
JOHN GROTZINGER: It’s undeniable that the early history of Mars was much wetter than it is today.
STEVE SQUYRES: The surface of Mars is littered with an uncountable number of little round things. These “blueberries,” as we nicknamed them, are what geologists call “concretions.”
Felt like I hit the lottery, teacher says at COVID-19 vaccination clinic for educators Share Updated: 12:36 PM EST Mar 12, 2021 Share Updated: 12:36 PM EST Mar 12, 2021
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Show Transcript LIVE AT A VACCINATION SITE IN BROCKTON WITH THIS PART OF THE STORY. MATT: THERE ARE MORE THAN 1300 TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS ME THERE’S ENOUGH VACCINES FOR EVERYONE OF THEM TO GET THE SHOT IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. THE LATEST FIGHT FOR THE CITY CHAMPIONS IS GETTING BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF VACCINATED. NOW THAT HYBRID LEARNING HAS RESUMED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT’S 15,700 STUDENTS. FELT LIKE I HIT THE LOTTERY. I FEEL VERY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DAY. IT REALLY IS. MATT: BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SARAH WATT SCHEDULED HER APPOINTMENT DURING HER MORNING PREP TIME. AND SHE WILL GO RIGHT BACK TO HER CLASSROOM AFTER RECEIVING THE FIRST OR TWO DOSES. BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE FO
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NARRATOR: 1939: A chemist at a midwestern paint company makes a startling discovery, one that could improve the health of millions of people. The company wants him to stick to making paint, but this man has always gone his own way. He was the grandson of Alabama slaves, yet he went on to become one of America s great scientists.
HELEN PRINTY (Julian Laboratories Chemist) : He had to fight to overcome the odds of being a black man in America.
JOHN KENLY SMITH (Historian) : The chemical world was a club, and outsiders were not really all that welcome.
PETER WALTON (Julian Laboratories Employee) : We lived, for the most part, in a highly stressed, very competitive environment.
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With Chillicothe no longer enforcing Gov. JB Pritzker’s Tier 3 COVID-19 restriction prohibiting indoor dining, Track Inn Restaurant co-owner Linda Callahan feels a degree of stress has been lifted for her 18 employees.
The City Council on Monday repealed an ordinance approved last year that required enforcement of the COVID restrictions, also voting to dismiss citations issued to Track Inn and Banana’s Beach Bar.
“It s a relief. It helped make my employees a little bit more relaxed today,” Callahan said Tuesday. “I mean, we ve all been under a lot of stress over it and we just feel like we re actually able to breathe a little bit easier right now.”